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Make a pom pom stuff it in
This easy home made toy idea can be popped in a toddler busy bag for those times when you need your child to sit still: doctor's waiting rooms, car trips and plane trips.
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What you need:
- 1 x small plastic container with lid
- a packet of pom poms (from the discount shop or craft shop)
- 1 x metal skewer
- scissors
Punch a hole in the lid of a plastic container - the easiest way to do this is to heat up a metal skewer on the gas stove top and then burn a hole through the plastic.
Then get the scissors to make the hole just big enough for a pom pom to squeeze through.
Put the lid on. Give it to your toddler and challenge them to stuff all the pom poms back inside the container.
Hours of focused play that will also help develop fine motor skills!
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If you've visited Bethesda Blog over the past two years, you'll know that we've periodically given updates on Play! – a Video Game Symphony. Over the years, the touring symphony has played music from both Morrowind and Oblivion.
For this reason, I thought I'd let you know that they have a live concert CD/DVD available for sale on Amazon (and iTunes, too), which includes a suite of music from Oblivion. The concert was performed by the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra & Kuehn's Mixed Choir.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Relentless barking and howling from a Holiday Hill neighborhood prompted neighbors to call Animal Care and Control after they said they hadn't seen the homeowner in weeks.
Julie Whitcomb said her neighbor Joseph Carlton on has six animals that haven't been cared for in nearly two weeks.
According to Whitcomb, Carlton hasn't been at his home on Waikiki Road to feed his two cats and four dogs, two of whom don't live inside and are chained up in the backyard.
Whitcomb said she started giving the animals food and water when she realized how much time had passed since she'd seen her neighbor. The woman told Channel 4 she was surprised by how angry and withdrawn the animals had become.
"We tried to go in the backyard and they lunged at us, bearing their teeth, barking at us and they've never treated us like that before," said Whitcomb. "They usually come to the fence happy to see us, wagging their tail, letting us pet them, so this was very unexpected behavior and very concerning."
Channel 4 found out Carlton has been in jail on two different fraud charges. According to his inmate report, he was booked for the crimes on January 30th. Channel 4 also learned Carlton is a registered sex offender. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement website, Carlton committed lewd acts on a child under the age of 16 back in 1996.
Cameras were rolling when Animal Control officers pulled up to the Waikiki Road home. After inspecting the animals and interviewing neighbors, the animal control officer posted a warning notice.
The city issued a statement to explain why the Animal Control officers didn't remove the animals from the home Tuesday.
"ACPS needs to verify if the animals are actually abandoned," said Monica Landeros with the city. "In some cases, the animal is actually being cared for by another person and the concerned resident may not notice that person coming and going from the property. In some cases, neighbors are feeding animals, which means they are not abandoned. ACPS would also need to monitor the animal from day to day to verify the situation. There is a legal process to taking truly abandoned animals; ACPS cannot take an animal unless it is in imminent danger. ACPS would need to secure a warrant which would require going in front of a judge to prove the case. ACPS will monitor and go back tomorrow, however, there is no schedule or warrant to pick these animals up. The animals are not considered abandoned because they have food, water and shelter. There are no grounds at this point to take the animals."
Whitcomb said she found the situation frustrating, but would continue to do what she can for the animals.
"We want the dogs to be taken care of. We want them to be fed and watered and they're health to be looked after. We just don't like to see animals suffer," said Whitcomb.
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Michigan State Police said Tuesday they have a new lead they are following to try to find out who killed a young mother of two while she drove on I-75.
Jennifer Scavone, 32, worked as a waitress at Bouzouki Lounge in Detroit's Greektown. The Sterling Heights woman never made it home to her fiance and two children after leaving work on Feb. 9.
She was found dead about 3:40 a.m. inside her sports utility vehicle on the shoulder of northbound Interstate 75 near Mack Avenue. There were bullet holes on the driver's side of her SUV.
Police said they are now looking for a gray or silver 2006 Dodge Stratus that was caught on a surveillance camera following Scavone from the lounge onto the interstate.
The car is missing both front wheel covers and may have damage to the trunk lid and right front quarter panel.
Friend says mom lived in fear
Heather Raye, the manager at Bouzouki's, told Local 4 she spoke to Scavone as they were leaving work just minutes before her death.
"We said our goodbyes. She told me to be careful, and then she got into her truck and pulled away," said Raye. "A lot of the girls and staff in general are extremely upset. It shakes you, knowing that she left work. Of course our first concern was to make sure it wasn't work-related in any way -- a disgruntled customer or somebody out on the street -- and it wasn't."
Raye says Scavone always lived in fear for her life. She was involved in a bitter custody dispute with the father of her oldest child. Macomb County court records show the dispute has been going on since 2003. Police say they are looking into that.
"We knew that she had problems with some people outside of her work environment, but she was really good at keeping her personal life personal and her professional life professional. She always came in with a smile and upbeat, and happy and ready to brighten your day," said Raye.
Local 4 tried to contact the father in the custody battle but he could not be reached. The last time they were in court was in January. They were due back in court in March.
Detroit police have not made any arrests as the investigation continues.
Anyone with information is being asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-SPEAK-UP.
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For many of us, summer reading is code for what we plan to take to the beach to occupy our time while our loved ones frolic in the waves. We've all noticed that the more addictive the book, the less we're noticing the damage to our epidermis as we revel in the sun's ultraviolet glory.
After all, the goal is always to lose oneself in the literary experience, be it heavy or light. Light never has to mean frivolous.
The following summer reading list is by definition idiosyncratic. As a book editor for nearly two years, I've learned to get out of my own well-worn groove in both assignments and recommendations. These recommendations reflect my tastes, but it is a far more populist list than it would have been two years ago. These are some of the books I recommend while frying under the sun this summer:
"Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Our Troubled Times" by Andrew D. Kaufman (Simon & Schuster, $25).
What happens when one of the world's foremost Russian literature experts applies the wisdom cribbed from Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" to our 21st-century sociopolitical blues? You've been putting off reading what many consider the world's greatest novel because it is so massive, but fear not. You don't need to fully grasp the nuances of the Napoleonic wars to understand what this novel is about.
If you come from a family, then you'll understand the book's deepest meaning, thanks to Kaufman's erudition and scholarship. Turns out Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" with our generation in mind, too.
"Peter Pan Must Die" by John Verdon (Crown, $25, July 1).
I'm a recent convert to the crime/thriller genre, but John Verdon has made me an eager and willing supplicant to a whole category of books I once sneered at. Verdon writes about genius-level criminals who really have committed perfect crimes. Alas, these smug killers never counted on the sheer intuitive brilliance and doggedness of retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney, a modern Sherlock Holmes and Watson rolled into one.
"Prayer" by Philip Kerr (Putnam, $26.95).
Someone is killing the nation's most prominent atheists in ways only the Lord himself could differentiate from legitimate acts of God. FBI agent Gil Martins is a lapsed Catholic based in Texas trying to make sense of these unfathomable acts. Oh, there's also a serial killer nicknamed St. Peter on the loose killing only good people. This is not your run-of-the-mill thriller.
"California" by Edan Lepucki (Little, Brown & Co., $26; July 8).
When the American economy collapses and anarchy reigns in the land, a couple from Los Angeles head for the hills where they have to forage for food and improvise shelter. They are quickly confronted by stark choices and must figure out whether reconnecting with other survivors would be worth the aggravation that comes with being a part of civilization.
Be warned: There are no zombies or mutants in this apocalyptic drama.
"The Martian" by Andy Weir (Crown, $24).
Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded alone on Mars after he is believed killed during a violent dust storm that forces his comrades to make an emergency launch back to Earth less than a week after arriving. Though injured, Watney figures out how to survive the hostile Martian environment with minimal supplies and food. His ultimate plan is to make it back to Earth, though it will be years until a rescue mission can be launched. His ingenuity is rewarded by dramatic failures and successes.
Be prepared to read this sci-fi thriller in two or three sittings.
"The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food" by Dan Barber (Penguin, $29.95).
Dan Barber, co-owner and executive chef of New York's Blue Hill -- a pioneer in serving food close to the source -- wants you to think about where your food comes from while disabusing you of any quaint notions you continue to harbor that there was a time when American commercial farming wasn't an exploitative racket. Barber may be our foremost muckraker about cooking and food.
"The Rise & Fall of Great Powers" by Tom Rachman (Doubleday Canada, $28; June 10).
Every journalist you know has either read or intends to read Tom Rachman's 2010 literary debut "The Imperfectionists," about the staff at an English-language newspaper in Rome. As a result, his sophomore effort is highly anticipated among writers. "The Rise & Fall of Great Powers" is not about newspapers, but it is about book lovers and book culture.
"So Long Marianne: A Love Story" by Kari Hesthamar, translated from the Norwegian by Helle V. Goldman (ECW Press, $24.95; June 10).
The subject of one of Leonard Cohen's most haunting songs is given flesh and blood and context in this memoir about Marianne Ihlen, the singer's muse from his years on Hydra, the Greek island, in the 1960s.
"Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King (Scribner, $30; June 3).
All you need to know is that a madman driving a Mercedes mows down eight unlucky souls at a job fair and drives off. Years later, a suicidal detective is roused from self pity to find and arrest the killer.
Yeah, of course there are twists. This is Stephen King.
"I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You" by Courtney Maum (Touchstone, $25.99; June 10).
After cheating on his fabulous French wife, a British painter tries to win her love back by doing the sort of art he did when they were in love. Meanwhile, the extent of his cheating sabotages his plans. A very funny comedy of modern manners.
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Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Nobody outside of Miami's big three will make it, right?
If the Pacers only get two in, are they really going to get 7 players from the rest of the conference?
they would have too.
I felt exactly the same way. I knew there wasn't a better team than that one. And I knew that team would have destroyed the Lakers if they had made the Finals the year before too. I was still pretty early in my twenties then and I didn't understand that having the best team in terms of ability wasn't enough. You also had to have the team that was mentally ready to be the champ.
My wish was Danny could score at least 12 points against the Rockets. It happened tonight. My next wish is for him to reach 18 in Nets game.
JMO, but Lance's little dance is going to cost him money. I don't see the NBA being amused at all.
I will get criticized for this, but here it goes anyway. I really like Lance's game, I mean I like his talent, skills, passing, everything. But he rubbed me the wrong way tonight, to the point that I did not cheer when he got the triple double. I did not appreciate his antics, his celebrating was way over the top for me, his new shimmy or what ever it us, is uncalled for. If a celtics players had taken a very hard foul on him I would have been fine with it.
I have to believe his antics tonight also did not please Frank Vogel. I believe frank called the timeout right after lance got the triple double in order to get lance out so ge would not get another standing ovation.
Maybe i am an old fuddy dud, but to me that was a tainted triple double.
"Just look at the flowers ........ BANG"
It looks to me like they are fine with it.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
No, but didn't the nba put a stop to the mark Jackson shimmy?
If the Celtics dont like Lance's showboating then make the starters play the 4th quarter. You got spanked. Lance was dominating. Dont want him to dance? Stop him.
I can get what you're saying about his antics. I have no problem at all with his antics (I love them, actually) but that's because I never have a problem with players that celebrate good plays (I love Noah as well) but I can certainly see how they could rub someone the wrong way.
However, the triple double was in no way tainted. He earned that on the court because he had 7/9/8 at the end of the 3rd quarter while playing within the offense.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Ok ok good point. Maybe tainted is not the correct word. But I was embarrassed to the point where I did not want him to get the triple double. I kind of wanted him pulled before he got it
Has lance gotten a triple double in a close game yet?
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@ScottAgness: West on Stephenson: "He definitely keeps us on our toes and keeps things light. Were going to be talking about [his moves] on the plane."
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
Who? I don't think the coaches were doing the wave. I am sure his teammates were fine with it
No, but when Lance gets a trip dub, the game isn't likely to be close anyway...
I don't think Vogel lets them do it if he is not fine with it.
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
I hope they are talking about some of his great passes instead of his embarrassing shimmy
Boston fans and announcers had no problems with the extra curricular antics when it was KG doing them.
I saw an interview once with Method Man and they asked him why Raekwon and Ghostface always have beef with other rappers and his answer was: "Those guys hate everybody." Whenever I watch Lance play I think of that quote.
He wouldn't be Born Ready if it weren't for the antics. At least he's consistent. It's not like he only does it against lesser team like the Celtics. He enjoys taunting the Heat too. His teammates get a kick out of it, and he's been a huge reason for the team winning so many games this year. I have no problem with it and personally think it's hilarious. You take the antics away and you're simply left with Lance Stephenson instead of Born Ready.
Can you imagine what he would do if the clock was ticking down on a game in which the Pacers were going to eliminate the Heat? I think he would start doing cartwheels in front of the Heat bench. He might even moon the entire team.
Lance helps give the Pacers personality. That's good for the NBA with a Pacers-Heat series looming in May.
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If you don't want to have Lance Stephenson airhump over your head you shouldn't be on the ground.
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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL


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The Betty Interview: James Tupper
The "Mercy" star is a fantastic actor, true romantic, great dad, and is fun to look at. What's not to love?
–Patty Adams
One thing's for sure: Anne Heche is a very lucky woman. Her beau of nearly three years, James Tupper, already made a name for himself as the hunky "McTreemy" on the now defunct Men in Trees, where the couple first met and fell in love. His latest nickname on the NBC hit Mercy is "Dr. Zhivago" — and for good reason. As Dr. Sands, the mysteriously brooding and oh-so-sexy Iraqi vet, he's breaking hearts as fast as he can jump in and out of bed with the ladies of Mercy Hospital. And that's pretty fast.
In the two months since the show's debut, we've already discovered Dr. Sands' secret war-torn romance with Nurse Veronica (Taylor Schilling), which led to a brawl with Veronica's husband Mike (Diego Klattenhoff). He had a between-the-sheets romp with Nurse Chloe (Michelle Trachtenberg), and now is engrossed in a fling with Dr. Jelani (K.K. Moggie). The man gets around!
"What can I say, he's a whore!" Canadian-born James, 44, jokingly tells BettyConfidential. "Truth be told, it's odd as an actor. You're in bed with someone in a scene — sometimes a complete stranger — and you're like, 'Oh, hi. How do you do?' I'm always a tiny bit embarrassed when it comes to the steamy stuff, and then I overcompensate by trying to be funny and playful. Trust me, I'm not lascivious — I don't enjoy it. I'm not like, 'Mmm… another sex scene… good!'"
In fact, all of the onscreen bed-hopping just makes him miss his real-life love even more. While Anne's at home working on Hung in Los Angeles with sons Homer, 7 (from a previous marriage to Coley Laffoon) and Atlas, who's nearly 9 months old, James is taping Mercy in New Jersey (where he graduated from Rutgers University). So one of them is flying cross-country constantly in order to spend weekends together and they're busy sending sweet dreams every night via Skype. "Anne's the most loving, open person I've ever met," gushes James. "She's created a crazy-joyful life, and is just so fun to be around. I miss her and the boys so much."
James is going to be missing them a bit longer as Mercy, which is nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama, was picked up for a full 22 episodes. He's also promoting his part in the recently released Zach Efron–Claire Danes movie Me and Orson Welles. "As much as I love my job, the way I see it, family is the priority, and work is just a way of supporting our family," says James.


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Marios Schwab Spring 2013
For a designer like Marios Schwab, who immerses himself in his theoretical research and obsessing over the minutiae of sewing and embroidery technique in his studio in the East End of London, it's a huge epiphany to see his clothes being snapped up and paraded by young VIPs in Hollywood. But since the British Fashion Council took Schwab to Los Angeles last year to meet stylists with a group of fellow London designers, that's just what happened—an instant reaction from the likes of Kristen Stewart (who has worn his dresses multiple times), Jessica Chastain, Felicity Jones, Zoë Saldana, and others. What is it about Schwab's work that allows it to get through a chink in the notorious wall of the giant brands that offer arrangements for celebrity endorsements? At a guess, because it's young, classy, and fits a body without being too obvious or identifiable. There's something in the way he structures a bodice—hinting at corsetry or harnesses and the illusion of showing skin while remaining decent—that makes his work subtly sexy.
So perhaps the way to critique his spring collection is not to go too deeply into his inspiration—honeycombs, Amazonian tribes, and photographs of Native Americans—but to ask whether there's enough there to satisfy those girls? The answer: Probably, yes. Although the term "tribal" can play as a too-well-worn fashion cliché, most of his pieces, save for the ones with raffia trim, didn't lay on the references too overtly. Taken off the runway and put in the midst of a party, a dress like the raspberry pleated leather sheath with a side-slit skirt or the nude-pink chiffon fit-and-flare dance dress with an external leather cutaway corset will have the power to turn heads and look great in the flash of a camera. And for Schwab, that's the accolade that will win him more business.


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No Sex? Take Charge of Your Life
Don't be sexless, do something!
-Kristen Houghton
We expect it, it is good for our health, we need it, we want it; we're a young and healthy couple. So it comes as a surprise when, for one reason or another, we stop having sex.
Pinpointing the reason for lack of sex is the major key to getting back a healthy sex life. Unfortunately too many people put the subject of sex aside hoping "things will straighten out on their own eventually." Not so, they won't.
What are some of the things that cause no sex relationships?
Our frenetic lifestyles for one; we tend to put sex last on our daily "to do" list. Work, activities, long hours of "day-into-night," all lead to exhaustion and exhaustion leads to lack of sex drive. How romantic can you be when you can barely keep your eyes open?
Read There Is No 'J' In Vagina!
As one harried woman put it:
"I hate to say it but sometimes sex is just one more chore I'm required to do."
Researchers have found that when couples in so-called sexless relationships are able to get away from stress at work, and in life in general, and vacation on their own, their sexual activity is comparable to what is commonly called 'honeymoon sex'. It becomes a priority when they are relaxed and stress is a distant memory.


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Recent News: • June: Keynote talk at ACM GreenMetrics • June 5: Program chair for ACM Buildsys 2013 and ACM e-Energy 2014. • June 1: mBenchLab gets Best paper award at ACM/IEEE IWQOS • May 30: Best paper runner-up at ACM e-Energy 2013 • • April 21: Keynote talk at ACM ICPE • April: R. Singh to join IBM Watson • April: 4.5M award from MLSC for MGHPCC life sciences cluster • Jan 20: Lab alums Tim Wood and David Irwin get NSF Career awards; • Dec 5: Yank paper accepted at NSDI; • Nov 27: Selected as IEEE fellow; • Oct 1: MRI MGHPCC Cluster awarded; • 8/12: SMART* Energy data now available ; • Benchlab web benchmarking platform available ;
Ph.D. (1998), M.S. (1994), Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
B.Tech (1993), Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
My current research projects focus on cloud computing and sustainability. I also collaborate with colleagues on data centers and virtualization, data management, sensor networks, and pervasive multimedia.
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I maintain the UMass Trace Repository and the UMass CS Weather Station and am part of the UMass Center for Advanced RFID Research.
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I will teach Operating Systems this Fall.
I also maintain a page for the OS kernel Lab.
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Over the next few months, I will serve on the Program Committees of the following conferences and workshops
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Beppe Sannino is looking for Almen Abdi to continue to build up his confidence and fitness over the remainder of this campaign so that he is "ready to start fresh next season".
The midfielder made his second comeback of the season following his long-term foot injury in last week's 4-1 win at Sheffield Wednesday and that continued yesterday when he replaced the injured Cristian Battocchio shortly before half-time in the draw against Burnley.
"Abdi needs minutes," said the Hornets head coach. "Today he had 45 minutes, 50 minutes. It is good but he needs to come back step by step. He's coming back from a long-term injury. What I'm expecting from him is he builds up his confidence, his fitness and ready to start fresh next season."


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I think its completely ridiculous for you to even think of attempting the monkey.
But thats just my opinion.
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I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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Candice. I think its completely ridiculous for you to even think of attempting the monkey.
But thats just my opinion.
What is the total elevation gain of monkey?
The total elevation gain at the monkey is about 35GE Tm.
3500 feet of gain.
3500 feet of loss.
The downhills are not free.
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I thought you hung up Monkey weeks ago????
Having second thoughts with all of the marathon madness swarming about?
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Shan, what does this "LOL" mean?
Damn DH and his voice of reason...
" i don't think the monkey is a great idea. you aren't trained enough, and you would likely burn yourself out trying to get to that point in one month. I would recommend letting this one pass and trying for one next year if you are able to stick with your training."
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The Journal News caught up with Food Network star Sandra Lee today in Bedford Hills today, and she said she and her boyfriend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, haven't had power since Superstorm Sandy hit.
"No one has power," said Lee to the Journal News. "Andrew has been eating cold, hard-boiled eggs, I know, because I make it for him."
Cuomo hadn't indicated he lost power at their house. He said early on that he had trees down on the property.
The Journal News said Lee, who owns the New Castle, Westchester County, home where she and Cuomo live, is one of 3,000 households there still without power.
"We have a generator," said Lee, Thursday, while standing in line for lunch at Salsa Fresca.
The statuesque first girlfriend, dressed all in black (including black rain boots), was busy coordinating relief efforts on her smart phone, even as she stood in line.
"I am trying to get food trucks to deliver to food banks in Queens," said Lee, host of the "Semi-Homemade Cooking" show. "Everyone's suffering."
No wonder Cuomo unleashed his fury on Con Ed at a press conference on Monday.
"The progress is unacceptable," Cuomo said. "To say that I am angry, to say that I am frustrated, disappointed, would be the understatement of the decade."
All of the state's utilities that have customers without power – Con Ed, Long Island Power Authority, New York State Electric and Gas, and Orange & Rockland Utilities – will be scrutinized, the governor said.
"I promise the people of this state that they (the utilities) will be held accountable for their lack of performance," he said. "These are not God-given monopolies. I will review all of them."


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"Bloggers are all over the new Atlas of Creation, Islam"s contribution to the anti-evolution cause. ... Atlas of Creation is his [Harun Yahya's] 12-pound, 800-page reply to Darwinism that suggests evolution is a sham since, well, species alive today are very much like those alive millions of years ago..."The following comment has been quoted in the report: "[I have] been stalking Muslim circles in the West for quite some time. I saw his [Harun Yahya's] books at every major Muslim bookstore I have ever been to, along with every single Muslim convention."
"The Atlas of Creation is an inspiring work, and like the beauty of a cathedral, will lift the spirit of those who enter. Even those who aided and abetted the faithless in the Dover case grudgingly admitted The Atlas of Creation is truly a beautiful book. God works in mysterious ways!"


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Did any of your ancestors sail across the Atlantic and settle in New York? Many of us will find that people who disappear between census suddenly appear in the Big Apple. FamilySearch have just released a very informative free guide to New York ancestors. The guide comprises a series of research articles about tracing ancestors in New York City which is a vast area so you need all the help you can get.
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PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say they are still looking for the bodies of two boaters missing in western Lake Erie for more than a week.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says officers still hope to find the bodies of 32-year-old Bryan Huff and 34-year-old Andrew Rose. Their capsized boat was found on the morning of April 17.
The bodies of two people who were with them, 17-year-old Paige Widmer and 33-year-old Amy Santus, were recovered later that day.
Chad German, an agency supervisor, tells WTOL-TV (http://bit.ly/1lNuIWo ) that crews searched for the missing men for about three hours Thursday. They will also search Friday as part of regular patrols. So far they've covered about 900 square miles of Lake Erie.
All victims are believed to have drowned.
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The Skate South bank Forever photography portraits, part of the Global Inside Out Project, will be launching on Saturday 8th June 2013, 10am at The South Bank Skate Park. Twenty five black & white portraits of the local skating community will be put up. The project is launching to help raise awareness of the plight of London's Skating community as it fights to save the skating area against the ongoing threat of retail developments. The Undercroft of the South bank Centre has been the heart of London skateboarding for almost forty years
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EXCITING details of how Worcester will benefit from a £20 million superfast broadband scheme can today be revealed.
Worcestershire County Council has revealed a raft of new details about the project, including:
- Worcester is expected to become a focus for the project next year as part of the three-year plan
- The first areas to benefit include Barbourne Road, Rainbow Hill, Sibdury, Foregate Street, Sansome Walk, The Butts and Angel Place
- By the end of next year 93 per cent of city businesses will be able to access superfast speeds, compared to just 47 per cent now
- The county council's contract with BT includes a "claw back" clause, which means profits which go over and above a certain level must go back into improving speeds further
- The project is now on schedule to finish by June 2016 across Worcestershire, around six months earlier than first thought
As your Worcester News revealed last year, the £20 million project is being funded with £3.3 million of Government cash, £8.5 million from the county council and the rest from BT.
BT has now set up an office at County Hall and is currently finalising the locations for new superfast cables across Worcestershire.
Pauline Harris, programme manager, turned up at a city council scrutiny meeting to reveal how it would benefit Worcester - and be grilled on the project's value for money.
She said: "The first question you might have is, 'why did we put taxpayers money into faster broadband'?
"There is clear, accepted evidence both from the Government and across Europe that in rural areas, putting superfast broadband in does not stack up commercially.
"Unless public money is put in, it doesn't happen.
"The business case for this was adopted by the Government, and we've been very ambitious in aiming to connect 90 per cent of businesses as well as residential premises."
She said the council has consulted its own independent, legal advisors who said the scheme was value for money.
During the debate councillors were told how 700km of new fibre would be laid, enough to run from Worcestershire to Brussels.
Ms Harris said under the "claw back" method, profits over a certain level will be split 73/27 to the county council, to be re-invested into improving it further.
The panel accepted the findings, with most councillors saying they were impressed.
Councillor Stephen Hodgson said: "We do get residents saying they are concerned with broadband speeds."
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THE lap of luxury beckons for rail passengers when all climb aboard Worcester's answer to the Orient Express to mark a city hospice's 30th anniversary.
More than 120 people have already signed up to climb aboard the gleaming Northern Belle luxury train, a sister train of Venice Simplon Orient-Express, which is being exclusively chartered by St Richard's Hospice to celebrate the charity's milestone.
Rachel Jones and Emma Grainger, recently swapped a day in the St Richard's Hospice Fundraising office for the high life, as part of the planning and research for the St Richard's Northern Belle trip on Saturday, September 20. They received complimentary tickets to go on board and discover more about the whole experience, in preparation for the hospice trip.
Fundraising Manager Rachel Jones said: "We knew it was going to be a fabulous day… but we can honestly say that the experience far-exceeded every expectation. From the welcome we received at the train station, to the magnificent interiors of the train and the amazing food, everything was just perfect and made for a truly magical and memorable day"
Emma Grainger said: "We truly did not want to get off the train - it was such a fantastic day. The staff were so friendly and the food and drink just kept flowing all day. We can't wait to go on board again in September and welcome our St Richard's Hospice guests for our trip to Bath."
Guests will embark in Worcester and enjoy a glass of Bellini and a delicious brunch travelling in the lap of luxury to the historic city of Bath. Returning on the train in the early evening guests will be served a delicious three course meal, champagne and wine whilst gliding through the countryside.
Tickets on the train are £380 per person and sponsorship packages available.
For more information and to watch a short film of Rachel and Emma's trip go to www.strichards.org.uk/northernbelle or please contact Rachel Jones or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Interstage home monitoring | What is HLHS? | Causes | Symptoms | Diagnosis | Treatment | Postoperative care | Home care | Long-term outlook
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is an uncommon, complex congenital (present at birth) defect in which several structures in the heart's left side form incorrectly. It is one of several "single ventricle defect" conditions where only one of the heart's two ventricles can pump effectively. Babies with HLHS cannot properly pump oxygen-rich blood to the body, and therefore cannot live without intervention.
Herma Heart Center specializes in repairing HLHS and single ventricle defects, and has the best published survival rates worldwide. Our center consistently achieves outstanding outcomes, including a "3-star" rating by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for the quality of our congenital heart surgery outcomes (the highest rating possible). Treatment for HLHS requires our highly specialized congenital heart surgeons to rework the baby's circulatory system through a series of three open heart surgeries (Norwood, Glenn, and Fontan procedures) staged over a span of about three years. An alternative approach is heart transplantation, also an area of expertise at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. See outcomes specific to the Norwood, Glenn and Fontan procedures.
For children undergoing surgical treatment, the time between the first and second procedures, commonly known as the "interstage period," is a critical stage in their care. Research has proven that careful monitoring of the child's condition can prevent serious complications, ensure optimal growth and improve both survival and quality of life.
The Herma Heart Center at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee is recognized for pioneering the first interstage home monitoring initiative of its kind for partnering with parents in caring for infants with HLHS and other single ventricle defects. The experience of Children's Interstage Home Monitoring Program has helped significantly boost survival rates among babies with HLHS and is now the standard of care worldwide.
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a combination of several abnormalities of the heart and great blood vessels. It is a congenital syndrome, meaning that the heart defects occur due to abnormal underdevelopment of sections of the fetal heart during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy.
In the normal heart, oxygen-poor (blue) blood returns to the right atrium from the body, travels to the right ventricle, then is pumped through the pulmonary artery into the lungs where it receives oxygen. Oxygen-rich (red) blood returns to the left atrium from the lungs, passes into the left ventricle, and then is pumped out to the body through the aorta.
In hypoplastic left heart syndrome, also known as single ventricle condition, most of the structures on the left side of the heart are small and underdeveloped. The degree of underdevelopment differs from child to child. The structures affected usually include the following:
Perhaps the most critical defect in HLHS is the small, underdeveloped left ventricle. This chamber is normally very strong and muscular so it can pump blood to the body. When the chamber is small and poorly developed, it will not function effectively and cannot provide enough blood flow to meet the body's needs. For this reason, an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome will not live long without surgical intervention.
Some congenital heart defects may have a genetic link, either occurring due to a defect in a gene, a chromosome abnormality, or environmental exposure, causing heart problems to occur more often in certain families. In hypoplastic left heart syndrome, there may be abnormalities of other organs, such as diaphragmatic hernia, omphalocele, and hypospadias.
In many children, HLHS occurs sporadically (by chance), with no clear reason evident for their development.
Infants with HLHS usually develop symptoms shortly after birth. The following are the most common symptoms of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
The symptoms of hypoplastic left heart syndrome may resemble other medical conditions and heart problems. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis.
Your child's physician may have heard a heart murmur during a physical examination, and referred your child to a pediatric cardiologist for a diagnosis. A heart murmur is simply a noise caused by the turbulence of blood flowing through the obstruction from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. Symptoms your child exhibits will also help with the diagnosis.
A pediatric cardiologist specializes in the diagnosis and medical management of congenital heart defects, as well as heart problems that may develop later in childhood. The cardiologist will perform a physical examination, listening to the heart and lungs, and make other observations that help in the diagnosis. However, other tests are needed to help with the diagnosis.
Chest X-ray - a diagnostic test which uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) - a test that records the electrical activity of the heart, shows abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias or dysrhythmias), and detects heart muscle damage.
Echocardiogram (echo) - a procedure that evaluates the structure and function of the heart by using sound waves recorded on an electronic sensor that produce a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
Specific treatment for hypoplastic left heart syndrome will be determined by your child's physician based on:
Your child will most likely be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) or special care nursery once symptoms are noted. Initially, your child may be placed on oxygen, and possibly even on a ventilator, to assist his/her breathing. Intravenous (IV) medications may be given to help the heart and lungs function more efficiently.
There are two approaches offered to treat HLHS. Your child's cardiologist and cardiac surgeon will explain the risks and benefits to you. The options include the following:
After each surgery, infants will return to the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) to be closely monitored during recovery.
Your child may need other equipment not mentioned here to provide support while in the CICU, or afterwards. The hospital staff will explain all of the necessary equipment to you.
Your child will be kept as comfortable as possible with several different medications; some which relieve pain, and some which relieve anxiety. The staff will also be asking for your input as to how best to soothe and comfort your child.
After being discharged from the CICU, your child will recuperate on another hospital unit before going home. You will learn how to care for your child at home before your child is discharged. Your child may need to take medications for a while, and these will be explained to you. The staff will give you instructions regarding medications, activity limitations, and follow-up appointments before your child is discharged.
Infants who spent a lot of time on a ventilator, or who were fairly ill while in the CICU, may have trouble feeding initially. These babies may have an oral aversion; they might equate something placed in the mouth, such as a pacifier or bottle, with a less pleasant sensation such as being on the ventilator. Some infants just are tired, and need to build their strength up before they will be able to learn to bottle-feed. Strategies used to help infants with nutrition include the following:
Pain medications, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, may be recommended to keep your child comfortable at home. Your child's physician will discuss pain control before your child is discharged from the hospital.
If any special treatments are to be given at home, the nursing staff will ensure that you are able to provide them, or a home health agency may assist you.
You may receive additional instructions from your child's physicians and the hospital staff. Families will also be referred to our Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Program, where our specialists will monitor and encourage your child's healthy development for living life to the fullest.
Consult your child's physician regarding the specific outlook for your child. For outcomes relating to the series of surgeries to correct hypoplastic left heart syndrome, see the information about the Norwood, Glenn and Fontan procedures.


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On The Road with Fair Trade Towns USA
Visiting Fair Trade Certified Farms in the Dominican Republic
Last week 12 Fair Trade Towns representatives from across the United States gathered together for a 7 day learning tour of Fair Trade farms in the Dominican Republic. Visiting cocoa, banana, and coffee cooperatives, along with a sweat-free apparel factory, organizers left the DR with a renewed sense of understanding of and commitment to the people who sew and grow the products we love. This blog comes to us from Fair Trade USA's Jenna Larson, who joined the delegates on their week-long journey to experience Fair Trade firsthand.
It's easy to become disconnected—from the people who grow our food, from the workers who sew our clothes, from their children who either go to school (or not) depending on the daily purchasing choices of individuals thousands of miles away. It's easy to forget that we are all intrinsically connected through the things we buy. In my work at Fair Trade USA, I spend my days telling the Fair Trade story-- educating U.S. consumers about the benefits of buying Fair Trade Certified products so they are empowered to make the best purchasing decisions possible. While I have always believed whole-heartedly in the power of this model, it wasn't until I made my first trip to origin with 12 incredible Fair Trade advocates that I recognized the true necessity of comercio justo.
Day 1&2: CONACADO, cocoa cooperative
We began our journey in the land of cacao. CONACADO is a large cooperative made up of around 10,000 small-scale cacao farmers spread across the island. In the region we visited, Hato Mayor, around 2,000 farmers each live on and work between 2-2.5 hectares of land. The cooperative was founded in 1998 in order to prevent exploitation by local traders. "Before we were organized, the price per pound was set by local intermediaries," said Hector Romero, General Manager of CONACADO. "Now we are organized and can negotiate based on market price and product quality. Now our cocoa is bought on our terms." With the help of Fair Trade Community Development Premiums, the co-op has also invested in quality control, health, education, sanitation and new roads.
During our two nights in Hato Mayor, our group broke into pairs, each staying with a different farming family on their small plot of land. Paola Castellanos, a fellow Fair Trade USA employee, and I had the great honor of staying with Elba Vilorio Ramierez and her family. With Fair Trade, Doña Elba (pictured right) was recently able to buy a new house, one much closer to the CONACADO headquarters, making it easier to bring her prized cacao to market. If I had to create a definition of empowered woman in the dictionary, there would be a beautiful photo of Elba, beaming from ear to ear with a basket of freshly harvested cocoa pods.
On our last day in Hato Mayor we spent a truly memorable evening at the local women's association, where 52 female farmers, including Doña Elba, have developed a small business making chocolate wine, jam, and bon bons. After a long night of dancing, feasting on traditional Dominican sancocho (a local stew in which I may have come across multiple chicken feet), we walked home through the cacao trees, fireflies lighting the path back to Doña Elba's. The next morning we headed out for another Fair Trade adventure, waving goodbye to the beautiful people I will always think of as mi familia Dominicana.
Day 3: Alta Gracia, sweat-free apparel
While not a Fair Trade Certified organization, our visit to the Alta Gracia sweat-free apparel factory made me painstakingly aware of the need to grow Fair Trade apparel as a category. After touring the facilities, our group met with several worker representatives who so generously shared stories about what it's like to work for a company that genuinely cares about the health and well-being of its employees.
During our conversation I learned that Alta Gracia is the exception in the DR; most apparel workers here are not so lucky. One female worker told us that in her previous job the supervisors would make bets on who would be fired that day. They worked 12 hours straight without food, water, or even a bathroom break, in 90 degree sweltering heat. In addition to sexual abuse by management, all female workers are given regular pregnancy tests. If you're pregnant, there's no chance you'll be hired. If you get pregnant while on the job, it's likely you'll be immediately fired (maternity leave is unheard of).
Then came Alta Gracia. Earning over 3 times as much as she did at the factory down the road, Clari told us that she now owns her own home, she can feed her kids, and everyone is in school. Just think—if we cared more about the people that make our clothes—cotton farmers and factory workers around the world would be able to afford the same basic things (clothes, food, housing) that we so often take for granted here in the United States. Choosing Fair Trade makes that possible.
Day 4&5: FEDECARES, coffee cooperative
There is nothing like a fresh cup of coffee straight from the source, nor is there anything like the experience of listening to Fair Trade farmers discuss how their Community Development Premiums were spent over the past few months (Fair Trade nerd-alert). In speaking with Juan Arias, President of La Esperanza (one of the satellite associations of FEDECARES), he told me that "if it wasn't for Fair Trade, we would probably not exist. With coffee prices so volatile, we would not be able to remain coffee growers, working the land we love." María Isabel Balbuena (below), FEDECARES employee and leader of the Fair Trade women's grower association, Café Feminino, added that "Fair Trade has allowed us to afford being a coffee farmer."
FEDECARES was established as a Fair Trade Certified coffee cooperative in 1979 in response to two giant hurricanes that destroyed their community infrastructure. "We organized to carry on," noted Arias. A 100% organic certified cooperative, its humble 24 founding members have grown to nearly 7,500. The organization has used its Fair Trade premiums for things like community healthcare, sanitation and trash control education, waste disposal, organic certification management, and roads. FEDECARES has also used additional money from Fair Trade to send 25 young people abroad for college, nearly all of whom have returned to the DR and now work for the cooperative.
As a final note about FEDECARES and Fair Trade coffee--one of the cooperative leaders left us with an important call to action. "While our whole community has benefited from Fair Trade, I want people to know the true story. Many of our farms are beautiful, but many are still so poor. I ask you to continue your efforts, so together we can help lift them out of poverty."
Day 6: COOPPROBOTA, bananas
Established in 1994, COOPPROBATA is a 100% organic Fair Trade Certified cooperative made up of 223 members (and around 80 hired employees). Unfortunately, this cooperative currently only exports to the UK. "Right now we can't sell to the U.S., there is not enough demand, and people don't really understand Fair Trade," said COOPPROBOTA's General Manager Yoel Tejeda. He hopes that one day all Americans will demand Fair Trade bananas, so that they can continue to invest in healthcare, college scholarships, physical and gender equality education, literacy, environmental conservation, bio diversity and reforestation.
In visiting the farm itself and the processing facility, I also became aware of COOPPROBATA's extreme commitment to worker health and safety. Not only do all workers receive intensive safety trainings, but everywhere you look there are signs about proper waste disposal, sanitation, machinery use, and even instructions on how to prevent a number of communicable diseases.
After touring the grounds our group was given a heartfelt adios by COOPPROBOTA's young production manager, Luis de la Cruz. Luis told us how proud he was of his bananas, and emphasized just how much they want the world to know about them. Then he asked for our help—to go back home and tell the U.S. about COOPPROBATA, and encourage them to learn more about Fair Trade and their small community of banana growers nestled deep in Dominican's beautiful Azua region.
Day 7: Goodbyes
To the incredible Fair Trade Towns organizers I met on this trip--I feel so incredibly honored to have shared this experience with all of you. I am inspired by your dedication to Fair Trade, and to promoting a system that genuinely supports the farmers we have come to know and love.
I think we have all come to realize that if you can't buy a Fair Trade chocolate bar, banana, or cup of coffee, you shouldn't buy at all. For me, not buying Fair Trade is no longer an option. It's not just about the product anymore—it's about Doña Elba and her family, it's Hector Romero, Maria Isabel Balbuena, Juan Arias, Luis de la Cruz and the others who have opened my eyes to the inner workings of a model that benefits farmers, consumers, businesses and the earth. I feel an incredible responsibility to these people; to tell the world their stories and to bring American consumers closer to the people and places that grow our food. I hope you will join me.


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AARON Finch may be one of world cricket's biggest names at present but the Australian batsman has admitted that he arrived at Headingley to play for Yorkshire earlier this season with an inferiority complex.
The Victorian right-hander spent two months with the county from mid-May onwards, playing Twenty20 and County Championship cricket, the latter as a replacement for Kane Williamson while he was on tour in the West Indies with New Zealand.
Finch was, and still is, rated as the world's number one T20 batsman, but his first-class statistics were nowhere near as impressive.
However, in his five Championship appearances for the White Rose, the 27-year-old found form and hit 291 runs, including a century, at an average of 48.5.
Finch has returned home to be part of a national training camp ahead of their forthcoming one-day tour to Zimbabwe, and he told Melbourne Radio station SEN: "Realistically, I probably didn't deserve to take up an international spot in Yorkshire's side.
"It's been a format that I've struggled with for the past couple of years but I think that my game's changed slightly, my technique has tightened up.
"And I've got my head around batting in the middle order, which is a great change up from the top (of the order). It's a totally different scenario.
"It was a great opportunity, and something I was very thankful for. I was happy that I could get some runs and contribute in a big way in a couple of games.
"I feel as though my game has changed slightly, and my mental side of the longer format is coming together pretty well now.
"I've definitely got an eye on playing Test cricket at some point in my career. It's just a case now of putting some big scores on the board for Victoria and trying to force my way in there if an opportunity arises down the track."


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The Corps of Discovery is a signature program for new students at the University of Great Falls. It is required for all full-time, first-year students who are pursuing their degrees on campus. The purpose of the program is to foster emotional, spiritual and physical development, and a shared cohort bonding experience throughout many dimensions of university life.
The Corps of Discovery students meet in the classroom one hour each week and gather beyond the classroom on evenings and weekends. Class sessions provide students with the tools that help them become academically and socially successful at the University of Great Falls. Students also interact with campus faculty and community experts in a wide variety of engaging and experiential course workshops. The academic component is broad and inclusive – introducing students to collegiate living and learning – yet focuses on one's own awareness.
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Different Types of Asthma
When I exercise, when I am out in the cold and worse when I exercise in the cold weather and when I get a viral infection like a cold or flu I get very bad coughing and wheezing. My doctor told me that I have asthma. Last year I got bronchitis 4 times. I have no symptoms unless I am exercisng, out in the cold or have a virus. Could I have exercise induced, cold induced and viral induced asthma? Can one person have three different types of asthma? Is there any way to prevent from getting bronchitis again this year?
It is possible that people with chronic asthma can have multiple triggers including viral infections, cold air, and exercise. It may be that your maintenance asthma regimen is inadequate to protect you from asthma flares when exposed to these triggers.
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Tell Lahm (Kisiga)
Visited 08.30-10.00, 7 June, 2008
Located about 38 km to the south-east of Ur, Kisiga is about twice the size of Eridu.
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Tell Lahm (Kisiga)
Visited 08.30-10.00, 7 June, 2008
Located about 38 km to the south-east of Ur, Kisiga is about twice the size of Eridu.
Brief excavations were carried out by J. E. Taylor in 1855 and by R. Campbell Thompson in 1918. The most recent work at the site was undertaken by Fuad Safar in 1949 after local people informed him that Bedouin tribes had dug defensive pits and trenches on the mound.
J. E. Taylor, "Notes on Abu Shahrein and Tel el Lahm", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 15 (1855), pp. 404-15; F. Safar, "Soundings at Tell Al-Laham", Sumer 5 (1949), pp. 154-64.
The settlement dates from the Early Dynastic to the end of the Kassite period. The main mound was used as a cemetery throughout much of the first millennium BC.
The helicopter landed on the north-eastern side of the mound. The inspection team moved west across the mound to a large gully (oriented east-west). The south-western side and summit of the mound are covered by looter holes – pithos and bath-tub burials were the main attraction for the looters. Silt filled many of the holes. Sherds of Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid date are visible on the surface of the mound. The site has been badly damaged by military activity and the remains of tank emplacements (17 x 3.4 m) and other military installations such as a circular cutting (some 9 m in diameter) and a rectangular feature (14 x 11 m) scar the large gully. These military features (at least some of which were visible in photographs of the site dating to 1992) are filled with silt. The appearance of the puddled mud in the bottom of the looters' holes was similar to that in the bottom of the military installations, suggesting that the looters' holes were not recent and probably dated from 2003. The presence of US forces at Tell Lahm is demonstrated by numerous military food packages scattered on the surface. The site is unfenced. A large number of SPF personnel arrived in three vehicles after the team had been at the site for an hour.


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Happy birthday, Betty White! In honor of the occasion, here are some of the finest moments from your long and storied career. You're definitely still hot!
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Betty White might be turning 91 today, but as she herself knows, she's DEFINITELY still hot! In honor of this day of all days, we've rounded up 14 of Betty's finest moments, from her early days as a model all the way up through her Friar's Club roast. Happy birthday, Betty! And may you have many more to come!


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Mikolas solid, but Rangers let lead slip away
Orioles rally behind Flaherty's homer off Cotts in bottom of seventh
BALTIMORE -- Miles Mikolas was terrific for five innings in his first start for the Rangers on Wednesday night. Then everything unraveled with one out in the sixth, the Rangers saw their three-run lead slip away and their latest losing streak is now at four games.
The final blow was a seventh-inning home run by Ryan Flaherty off reliever Neal Cotts that gave the Orioles a 6-4 victory over the Rangers at Camden Yards. The Rangers have also lost 13 of their last 16 games.
"A bad day," said reliever Jason Frasor, who couldn't stop the sixth-inning bleeding when the Orioles rallied to tie the score. "We didn't do our job. I made it hard on Neal because I let our momentum slip away."
The game was stopped at 9:11 p.m. CT by light and intermittent showers plus the threat of heavy storms in the Baltimore area. It finally started raining hard at 10:05 p.m. CT.
"It was a lot of fun to be out there," Mikolas said. "I thought I pitched a pretty good game until the sixth. Things didn't go our way after that."
The Rangers let this one get away after Mikolas was given a 4-0 lead after three innings and seemed ready to make it stand. Mikolas gave up a one-out home run to Adam Jones in the fourth before retiring the next six batters. Four of them were on strikeouts. Then Mikolas did what he had not been doing at Triple-A.
He walked the next two batters. Mikolas had walked just three batters in 44 2/3 at Triple-A. Using that as a warning sign, manager Ron Washington went to the bullpen and brought in Frasor.
"He hadn't thrown that many balls the whole game," Washington said. "He was losing it. It was hot out there and I felt he was losing it. He did a great job. At that point, I brought in the two best guys I have, they just didn't get it done."
Frasor started out by moving up the runners to second and third with a wild pitch. Jones brought home a run with a sacrifice fly and Nelson Cruz drove in another with a line-drive single off the left-field wall. After Chris Davis walked, J.J. Hardy grounded a single up the middle that ticked off shortstop Elvis Andrus' glove as he tried to make a diving stop. Cruz scored to tie the game.
"I threw fastballs that started outside and then came back across the plate," Frasor said.
Cotts took over in the seventh but Flaherty hit a 3-1 fastball over the right-field wall to put the Orioles ahead. Cotts retired the next two hitters but walked Steve Pearce with one out. A balk moved him to second and he scored on a broken bat single by Jones.
"I threw a fastball and it caught the corner," Cotts said of the home run. "It was a little up, not down, down. Obviously he was sitting on a fastball and hit it a long way. It got ugly there in the seventh and I didn't help myself with a walk and the balk."
The Rangers gave Mikolas a lead before he threw his first pitch against Orioles starter Chris Tillman. Shin-Soo Choo led off with a single and scored on a pair of two-out singles by Adrian Beltre and Alex Rios.
Choo also started another rally in the third inning by drawing a leadoff walk. With Andrus at the plate, the Rangers went with the hit and run on the first pitch. Andrus swung at a pitch over his head, fouled it off and apparently caught catcher Caleb Joseph's glove. The play was ruled catcher's interference, only after Orioles manager Buck Showalter requested the umpires discuss the play among themselves and then forcibly disputed their conclusion that the play stood as called.
After Carlos Pena flied out, Beltre doubled down the right-field line and two runs scored. Beltre went to third on Rios' ground out up the middle and scored on Leonys Martin's infield single.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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General Assembly: Statement by Minister Plenipotentiary Silberberg on the 2nd International Development Cooperation Report
(General Assembly: Statement as delivered by Minister Plenipotentiary Silberberg at the Preparatory Workshop for the 2nd International Development Cooperation Report)
Assistant Secretary-General Shamshad Akhtar
Ladies and gentlemen,
It gives me a great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the German Government to this important workshop on the 2nd International Development Report.
I would like to convey greetings from Ursula Müller, Director - General of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and member of the Advisory Group of the Development Cooperation Forum. She was supposed to address you today, but is unfortunately not able to attend this meeting.
From the outset, I would like to thank the Secretariat of the Develoment Cooperation Forum and UN-DESA, particularly Navid Hanif, for the initiative to bring this distinguished group of researchers from North and South together. Let me also take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Marie-Therese Trasino on her appointment as the the new head of the DCF Secretariat.
It is also a pleasure to see so many participants of the Managing Global Governance Network with us today. The Managing Global Governance Network is funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented by GIZ and the German Development Institute. It aims at bringing together young outstanding government officials and researchers as well as policy-oriented research institutions and offers research-based and practice-oriented training in combination with dialogue, practical experience and networking.
Ladies and gentlemen,
My Government attaches great importance to the thematic work undertaken by the Develoment Cooperation Forum in the last years. This is an essential opportunity for exchanging views and knowledge on the development agenda within the UN and beyond. We believe that this will be even more important in light of the evolving post-2015 development agenda and the implementation of the Rio plus 20 Conference outcome and with a view to the Global Partnership for effective development cooperation.
Thematically, we are especially interested in seeing the DCF continue its work in the areas of South-South-Cooperation and Mutual Accountability. Germany will support this important work financially over the next two years and - looking ahead to the DCF in 2014 - Germany has just decided to host a high-level preparatory symposium.
At the same time we would like to see the DCF to broaden its thinking around these topics in line with the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation.
As we have seen in July this year, the DCF has a great advantage in being an informal platform for dialogue and for innovative thinking and in bringing together development practitioners. We should try to keep this informal character because it leads to lively discussions and active participation across all stakeholder groups.
Germany appreciates the proposed focus of the second International Development Cooperation Report on impact, results and quality, as well as on South-South and triangular cooperation and Rio + 20. Ultimately, results on the ground such as improvements in the wellbeing of women, men and children, human security, but also strengthened institutions and market opportunities for all – have been at the core of the vision and mission of development co-operation. As such, we very much support the renewed international drive towards achieving and transparently reporting development results. What we are looking for is sustainable results, not only simple outputs.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me briefly touch upon the outcome of the Rio plus 20 Conference. Germany believes, that we have to link today's challenges on the global and on the country level. If we want to master them, we need a way of thinking and acting that gives equal attention to the ecological, social and economic dimensions of economic activity and our lifestyles.
The agreement to establish a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bears the great potential of contributing to a holistic and universal agenda for the global future past 2015. We should focus on a single, coherent set of post-2015 goals which gives appropriate attention to the three dimensions of sustainability as we do not want parallel processes that compete for attention or resources. The choice of the topics and the methodology of the goals and respective targets, addressing all dimensions of sustainability will be crucial.
We think it is time for implementation: crucial decisions have been taken in Rio but the success of the conference will prove by its results in implementation. This needs political will and the involvement of all actors.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Busan Outcome Document provides the foundations for a new, comprehensive partnership for development, a partnership that includes important players from governments, private sector and civil society and that manages to include South-South and Triangular cooperation.
We see South-South and triangular cooperation as an increasingly important pillar of international cooperation for sustainable development. The growth dynamics of many economies of the South place them in a position of shared global responsibility for poverty reduction, social integration, environmental stability, and securing regional and international peace.
For us triangular cooperation is an important link between South-South and North-South cooperation, and an element in the future international development architecture that we support actively through technical and financial cooperation. We are ready and keen to expand our triangular cooperation portfolio, if there is demand for it.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me once again thank the organizers from UN-DESA, GIZ and the German Development Institute for all they have done to make this workshop possible. Without their initiative and commitment this innovative way of providing input to the DCF report would not happen. I wish you two days of intensive, fruitful and thought-provoking discussions.
Thank you very much.


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Speaking of love, the man with one of the most romantic voices on Earth, JOSH GROBAN is here! This friend of Ellen's is serenading her (and all of us) with a song from his upcoming CD, "All That Echoes."
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D2 Molly Hague has been elected as the President of the National Student Research Group (NSRG, part of the American Association for Dental Research - AADR) for 2014-2015.
She will assume office at the AADR Session next year in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the second UCSF Dentistry student in a row to receive this honor, following the election of current NSRG President Joshua Emrick last year [1].
The NSRG is a student-run organization whose main purpose is to foster an environment in every dental school whereby students interested in enriching their dental education through research are encouraged to do so. It is composed of a network of self-governing local student research group (SRG) chapters at each dental school and is led nationally by officers elected through a majority of votes from all members.
Says Hague: "This past year, I have had the honor to serve as the John C. Greene Society (JGS) President. This year JGS achieved some major goals, including win the National Student Research Group (NSRG) Best Student Newsletter Award [2]! None of this would have been accomplished without the stellar 2012-2013 JGS board members. These board members went above and beyond reaching out to students, organizing JGS events, and conducting superb research. I look forward to carrying what the JGS board members have taught me about leadership on to the NSRG position."
"I am ecstatic and honored to have been selected to serve as the future NSRG President. As the NSRG President I would like to establish a NSRG board mentor program, focus on informing third- and fourth-year students about organizations supported by the NIDCR and NIH, like The National Dental Practice-Based Research Networks, and to highlight local student research groups monthly to give greater visibility to their efforts."
"Thank you to all of the UCSF faculty, staff, and students for all of your support!"
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