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ODOT Planning Construction Project On S.R. 315
POWELL, Ohio
The Ohio Department of Transportation was alerting businesses in Powell about an upcoming construction project.
Construction at the intersection of State Routes 315 and 750 could begin as early as August.
ODOT plans to add turn lanes at the intersection.
Powell Road is one of the main thoroughfares through the city and will be shut down.
ODOT is also planning to shut down that portion of 315 for a time, but officials say the highways won't be closed at the same time.
Officials with ODOT want to make sure businesses in the area are aware and prepared.
They began distributing fliers Friday morning in downtown Powell.
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St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor has refused to deny he's running a smoke screen for ex-Canberra bad boy Josh Dugan to make a surprise return at fullback against his former club.
With usual Dragons fullback Adam Quinlan to be rested from Saturday's NRL clash in Canberra, McGregor has named Gerard Beale to slip into the No.1 jersey from centre as cover.
But when asked to confirm it wasn't all just a smoke screen for Dugan to make a return to fullback from centre, McGregor coyly replied: "Can't say that. There's always a smoke screen out there."
The clash is shaping as a huge one for Dugan, as the NSW State of Origin star hasn't returned to GIO Stadium since the Raiders gave him the boot for a string of off-field incidents last year.
McGregor, however, gave a strong indication that he'd keep Dugan at right centre, saying he was "building a really good relationship with Benji Marshall".
"Josh prefers to stay at right centre in this part of his career," McGregor added.
The Raiders have also noticed the improving partnership between Marshall and Dugan, with prop Brett White identifying the duo as the Dragons' key threat.
"Benji is getting back to his best," White said.
"He can hurt us, really badly. He was one of the best in the NRL, and he's getting back to that form.
"He can step just about anyone, and that's a worry for blokes like me."
The 15th-placed Raiders, who are unchanged after last week's 18-10 loss to Parramatta, have been talking down the famous hoodoo between the clubs all week.
Yet there's no denying a huge statistical anomaly exists between the two sides.
It's been 14 NRL seasons since St George Illawarra were victorious in Canberra, while they've managed to beat the Raiders just twice in their past 19 outings.
McGregor also took time to rubbish any talk of superstitions on Friday, saying the past wouldn't have an impact on the game - which his side must win to stay in finals contention.
"Different year; different coach; different players," McGregor said.
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This thread has been fun to watch develop, the pics and heart felt appreciation of this amazing fish are wonderful to see, but in a way I feel it's pointless without mentioning the struggle that the species faces now and in the future.
So if I may ask those that fish for them now, and those who are planning to in the future to educate themselves about the struggles of the wild Steelhead and their decreasing numbers. Everyone needs to do what they can to help raise awareness so future generations can enjoy them too.
Ok, I'm stepping off my soap box now.
A long post, but history.
A profitic post from almost a year ago. The real 'Begging of the End' was in 1974 when Judge Hugo Bolt handed down a ruling that Washington State AND most of the Indian Tribes were '
of the fish in the rivers. To over simplify the size of a run in a river would be 'estimated' and minimum escapement numbers agreed upon. The balance of the fish were to be divided up 50-50. Only problem with that is what sportsmen/commercial's didn't get, the Indian's could. And sportsmen (and to the greatest degree possible the commercials) were not allowed to retain a Native (no clipped fins).
So how does that math work? 1,000 fish in the run; 200 for the minimum escapement (and who the hell if that ever reached, or when). Sooo Tribes and sportsman have 800 fish to work with. If you assumed that the run was 50-50 Hatchery/Natives (and the sportsman can't retain a Native) the Indian's are up for 75 per cent of the run as they have no such restriction.
As this was a commercial fishery, and its illegal to even give a Steelhead to your neighbor without 'transfer paperwork' (I kid you not!) these were all shipped out of State. Typically sold as 'Summer Salmon' of all things. Oregon has similar restrictions. Several years back I was shopping at our local Albertons (Ashland) and saw 'fresh steelhead' under the glass. I damned near crooked on the spot. Asked for the Store Manager, whom I knew conversationally anyway, told him selling 'Steelhead' was a major violation of State Game laws. Went out to my car, pulled the regs and showed them to him. He summed the conversation up in two words:
! Fish were gone by the following day, as were they in every Albertson's in Oregon.
Even back at that point 'sportsmen' had to purchase a punch card and record their catch. For context here I'll use the Skagit River. The year before river netting was allowed sportsmen kept
just under 20,000
fish out of that river. The following year? Just under 2,000
or a 90% drop.
The deal with river netting is 'they' weren't allowed to have a net that extended more than 3/4 of the way across the river (and the Skagit is one hell of a big river). 'They' got around this by running nets off of both banks so they over lapped by 50%. NOTHING got by those in the (if memory serves) four days a week netting was allowed. Worse after dark as fish could not see the Mono Gill Nets. And there is NO catch and release with a Gill Net.
Anyway, within 10 years most of the fishery had collapsed. My guess the only way its going to be 'revived,' assuming that's even possible is a total shut down for at least 20 years (5 fish cycles).
As you can well guess the retention of a Native fish is a total no-no. Even here in Oregon there are only two rivers that I can think of that has a small winter retention (one's the Rogue). Five for the Winter Season, one in possession. Summer Runs,? Native, and right back she goes.
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(CNN) – Two leading U.S. senators were both critical Sunday of President Barack Obama's delay in speaking out over the uprising in Libya.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Obama should "stand up for democracy" and noted that the British prime minister and French president were not hesitant to address the crisis.
"America leads," McCain told CNN's "State of the Union" from Cairo. "They're looking to America for leadership, for assistance, for moral support and ratification of the sacrifices they've made in the defense of democracy. America should lead."
Anti-government protests continued Sunday in Libya, where the nation's leader of more than 40 years, Moammar Gadhafi, clings to power in Tripoli after weeks of protests.
On the same program, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, in independent who caucuses with the Democrats and chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said he understood why the administration initially hesitated in speaking out on the crisis in Libya due to concerns about the safety of U.S. citizens there.
"Frankly I wish we had spoken out much more clearly and early against the Gadhafi regime," Lieberman said, adding "the fact is now is the time for action, not just statements."
On Saturday, Obama said Gadhafi "has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also issued a statement urging the Libyan leader to step down.
Lieberman said he hoped that new sanctions imposed by the United Nations and the United States are successful, and that the U.S. should aid opposition forces in Libya if they are unable to end the Gadhafi regime on their own.
McCain predicted the end of the Gadhafi's rule.
"I think his days are numbered," McCain said. "The question is how many people are going to be massacred between now and when he leaves. We ought to shorten that time frame as much as possible, and I believe we can."
McCain said the United States should help impose a no-fly zone to prevent government aircraft from attacking the Libyan people and should also recognize a provisional government in the east, where anti-Gadhafi forces hold power.
In addition, McCain said, Washington should make clear that Libyan officials involved in attacks on their own people would face war crimes prosecution.
"Get tough," McCain said. However, he stopped short of advocating that U.S. ground forces enter Libya to help oust Gadhafi. Instead, the United States should supply and equip a provisional government, McCain said.
– CNN's Tom Cohen contributed to this report
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Dub Atomica are a collaboration between Ian Boddy and Nigel Mullaney. Syntax is a recording of their concert at The Buddle Arts Centre in the North-East of England on December 1st 2001.
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I am 37 weeks pregnant and have no problems with baby. I got the flu monday its now almost sunday and i only feel like im getting worse every day! My doc prescribed me some tamiflu to help but i dont feel its done anything. I didnt get the flu shot because ive heard a lot of terrible things having to do with unborn babies and the mercurey. But i just want to know if there is anything else I can do to relieve my symptoms: Headache(horrible), cough(horrible), Chills, body aches, EXTREMELY runny nose, and just pain :( ive taken tylenol already but it doesnt seem to help. anything else i can do?
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Depending on the next steps, this could either be a good thing or a bad thing. The decision to assign rather than auction is based on faulty assumptions about the best way to meet public safety needs, but sometimes good things can happen for bad reasons. The public safety lobby insists that they have unique requirements that standards-based commercial networks can't meet – especially for reliability and security – but also insists that it will embrace the LTE standard for the construction of a new network. We've examined the "unique requirements" previously, and have found them to be a combination of features that have more to do with mobile applications, handsets, and nice features that users of commercial networks would like to have, such as enhanced reliability when towers are hard to reach (presumably because they've lost power, been shifted by earthquakes, or flooded.)
So we have to wonder whether the public safety lobby is quite serious in its commitment to refrain from deploying the one-off solutions that have made their networks incapable of interoperability today in favor of a truly standards-based system. Our position is that the best way to ensure public safety interoperability is to take police and fire out of the infrastructure business and have them sub-contract this part of their system to commercial providers. They can write contracts with commercial network infrastructure providers that allow them to run all of their applications at the required level of reliability, security, and priority without building a single tower, just as commercial Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) such as Tracfone do today and Virgin Mobile did in the past (before they were acquired by Sprint.) Running an MVNO still takes some work, but much less than it takes to operate each tower in a nationwide network that requires constant attention to ensure smooth operation.
Running an MVNO also ensures that the operator has access to additional resources – spectrum and backhaul – to meet extraordinary demands of first responders in times of crisis. If public safety contracts for average capacity of, say, 20 Mbps in New York, and the provider has a physical network with, say, 100 Mbps average capacity, it's not hard to see that there's an opportunity to add "peak capacity up to 50 Mbps in case of emergency" to the contract. As infrastructure providers have roaming agreements with each other, peak capacity could even be much higher. Running an MVNO would also allow the spectrum that public safety doesn't use in typical day-to-day operation to be monetized, essentially sold back to the infrastructure provider for other uses until it's needed. In some cases, this sell-back may generate enough income for public safety to pay for most of their own networking costs.
Sharing spectrum between public safety and commercial networks frees the taxpayers of the albatross of under-utilized spectrum, network equipment, and network operators and allows public safety to focus on their core mission, keeping the peace, fighting fires, and dealing with emergencies. It also removes the temptation to pursue excessively expensive special-purpose equipment with enormous long-term cost of ownership.
Despite the grant of spectrum to public safety, we may still get to MVNO nirvana if the public safety network is administered correctly. The plan calls for the creation of a special corporation to administer the public safety network, and we can hope that the proper incentives will help the administrators to realize the wisdom of relying on standards-based commercial networks to provide the bulk of their services.
The spectrum assigned to public safety could function the way land grants do for public universities, as a permanent endowment. With the spectrum crunch that's already hit several parts of the U. S. – and is forecasted to become more severe until action is taken – this spectrum is more valuable to commercial operators than it is to the public sector. So we simply have to make it clear that the public safety corporation is free to sub-license its raw spectrum to commercial operators and to buy back data services on running networks and keep any "profits" for reinvestment in their networks or other public safety uses.
An economic system like this supplies water to the Republic of Singapore: Malaysia supplies Singapore with untreated water, Singapore returns treated water to Malaysia and keeps enough to meet its own needs. The two countries are not particularly friendly, but the system works because it provides mutual benefit.
This outcome is likely as long as nothing in the public safety networking bill precludes it and the public safety networking corporation is properly scrutinized. This is the best way to achieve interoperability, low cost, and high reliability.
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AlsoI've been told the Bucks may have some interest in Indiana shooting guard Brandon Rush, whose name has surfaced on the trading rumor mill
Maybe Rush and 15 for Bucks #10?The Milwaukee Bucks' interest in possibly drafting Marshon Brooks has heated up.
Brooks, a prolific shooting guard from Providence College, will work out for Bucks officials Tuesday at the team's training facility in St. Francis.
It'll mark the second time Brooks will audition for the Bucks but the first time he'll display his talents before all of the Bucks' talent evaluators.
Brooks worked out before assistant general manager Jeff Weltman and player personnel director Dave Babcock just over a week ago in Chicago.
Bucks general manager John Hammond and scouting director Billy McKinney couldn't attend the workout because they were scouting other players in Europe.
Brooks, who averaged 24.6 points a game last season, the second highest average in the nation, is one the fastest rising player in the draft.
Once considered a late first-round pick, the 6-foot-5 Brooks who has a 7-foot-1 wing span is a legitimate top 15 selection.
Seth Cohen, Brooks' agent, confirmed his client would work out for the Bucks again and added that Brooks will also work out for another lottery team, one drafting in front of the Bucks, Wednesday. Cohen wouldn't reveal the team.
"I think Marshon Brooks is going to be one of the biggest stories of the draft,'' Cohen said.


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I'M SO old, I remember going to gigs without people holding up mobile phones above their heads to video the acts.
I'm so old, I thank my lucky stars that my youthful misdeeds came before the era when everyone had a camera phone to record them.
I'm so old I grew up in an era when my friends didn't publish different "selfies" every day.
The past is another country. They did things which weren't on social media there.
That said, if a city landmark like the Capitol car park was being demolished with explosives, I am sure that pre-internet, pre-mobile phone crowds would have still turned out.
There is something primal about watching something so big being reduced to rubble so quickly.
All the talk we hear of most people not liking change simply does not apply to knocking stuff down. We love it.
Think crowds in Las Vegas for hotel demolitions, the knocking down of tenement blocks in Scotland.
I'm not surprised that around 2,000 people gathered to watch it.
Oh how we all envy the teenager who got to press the button to detonate the Capitol car park explosives.
There was even some talk on Twitter about "Big Bang" T-shirts.
Hmm. "I went to the Capitol car park demolition, and all I got was this lousy T shirt..."
Unlike the loss of the Chartist Mural, I doubt many people in Newport will mourn the passing of the Capitol car park.
It was an ugly eyesore, a reminder of the sort of brutalist architecture which might have looked cool on Get Carter! for a few minutes, but didn't look quite so cool at the end of your street for decades.
Grey, reminiscent of the worst of the Eastern Bloc, what quite a few people have dubbed "a blot on the landscape" this week.
Let's hope its demolition can clear the way for the start of better things in our city centre.
I saw a tweet from Re: Newport which sums it up nicely: "Things to demolish: 1. Car park. 2. Preconceptions about Newport."
I hope a few of them are now lying in the rubble where the car park used to stand.
But I fear there are preconceptions about this city which won't be shifted by a few pounds of explosives.
Some of them are so ingrained, so deeply-held they will have to be chiselled out individually.
Still – it's a start.
Yearning to see Northern Lights
THERE'S also something primal about the desire to see nature's wonders - and last week, I had a deep need to experience the Aurora Borealis.
There was a chance that unusual space weather meant they could be seen as far south as Gwent last week.
Sadly, I saw no aurora in person. But I was enchanted by Liz Bonnin's reports on BBC 2's Stargazing Live from Norway in which the footage of the aurora was stunning.
It was an example of what the BBC does best - and even made me forget the strange ramblings of Dara O'Briain and eternal, worrying, toothy smile of Professor Brian Cox, always ready to tell us the universe will end. Don't forget it.
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Italian Mixed Vegetables Recipe
These eye-appealing vegetables are the ideal accompaniment to any main course. Bottled salad dressing and herbs dress up frozen vegetables, making this a great stovetop side dish for hurried weeknights.—Dawn Harvey, Danville, Pennsylvania
- 1 package (24 ounces) frozen California-blend vegetables
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat Italian salad dressing
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1. Bring vegetables and water to a boil in a large nonstick skillet. Cover and cook for 10-12 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Uncover; cook and stir until liquid is evaporated.
- 2. Add the salad dressing, salt, basil and oregano. Cook and stir until heated through. Yield: 6 servings.
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DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Dodge City softball team extended its winning streak to four in a row and dispatched Allen County, 13-5 and 7-6, in a Saturday doubleheader on Legends Park.
The Lady Conqs improved to 20-16 overall, 15-9 in Region VI standings and 12-8 in Jayhawk Conference standings.
"Our goal was 15 wins because usually that's enough to host a home playoff game," DC3 coach Howie Smith said. "It looks that we'll need at least 18 wins to earn that opportunity this year. We have six games left and I like our odds."
In the series opener the Lady Conqs quickly put the game out of reach. DC3 pushed across two runs in the first, one run in the second, two runs in the third and four in the fourth and led 8-0 after four-complete innings.
The Red Devils (1-31, 0-24 Region VI, 0-20 Jayhawk Conference) responded with four of their own in the top of the fifth to cut the deficit in half. However, the Lady Conqs added three more in the fifth and six innings and the game was called due to the mercy rule.
Kaitlyn Amaral (Las Vegas, Nev. /Silverado HS) finished 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs and a homerun. Mackenzie Maes (Parker, Colo. /Ponderosa HS) and Chantel Prester (Russell, Kan. /Russell HS) each added a pair of RBIs.
Jordan Mecham (Winnemucca, Nev. /Albert M. Lowery HS) earned the win. She tossed a complete-game and scattered six hits, allowed five runs (two earned) and one walk and fanned four batters.
In the second game of the double-dip, DC3 pounded out 10 hits, and benefited from six errors and squeaked out the 7-6 victory.
Allen County plated one run in the first inning, but DC3 responded with three runs of its own—highlighted by Megan Flynn's (Milliken, Colo. /Roosevelt HS) RBI single.
Allen County responded with a four-run third inning and took a 5-3 lead, however, The Lady Conqs pushed across three runs in their past of the fourth and fought back a late Red Devil rally to close out the win.
Maes finished 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs.
Lauren Kelly (Newcastle, Okla. /Newcastle HS) earned the win. She tossed a complete game and allowed 13 hits, six runs (five earned) and no walks and struck out two batters.


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A judge reversed a woman's conviction and ordered a private probation company to give back $500 but declined to address the constitutional issues in Lisa Harrelson's habeas petition.
Sentinel Offenders Services, a for-profit private company that provides probation services for Richmond County State Court, also lost its counterbid to reopen a default judgment in Ms. Harrelson's petition.
In July 2007, after two days in jail, Ms. Harrelson pleaded guilty in State Court to driving under the influence of alcohol. She was sentenced to one year on probation. The judge also ordered her to pay $651 in fines and surcharges and a monthly probation fee of $35.
In an order signed Wednesday, Superior Court Chief Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet wrote that the state cannot prove Ms. Harrelson's guilty plea was voluntary because the court proceeding was not recorded.
He also noted that Ms. Harrelson's guilty plea to an offense she did not commit was another reason to question the legality of the conviction.
Sentinel was properly served and chose not to answer Ms. Harrelson's allegation, Judge Overstreet wrote. Therefore the default judgment will stand. He ordered Sentinel to return the $500 Ms. Harrelson paid.
Judge Overstreet declined to rule on the constitutionality of the $50 fee to apply for a public defender.
Ms. Harrelson's attorney, John Long, said that she was denied legal counsel because she didn't have $50 to pay the fee.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will make a statement at 11:10 a.m. (1510 GMT) on Tuesday about new efforts to enforce U.S. trade rights with China and "level the playing field for America's businesses and workers," the White House said.
The United States, along with the European Union and Japan, formally asked the World Trade Organization to settle a dispute with China over Beijing's restrictions on exports of raw materials, including rare earth elements critical to major industries.
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BELTED PINTUCK DETAIL MAC at Warehouse (United Kingdom)
This is one of the most perfect trenches I've seen. Knee length, double breast (but with close together buttons so they don't make you look wide), belt with a buckle (way too rare on trenches), sleeve straps, lapel buttons, cute collar. And a slightly shiny black fabric to top it all off.
i need to stop watching 'the rachel zoe' project because it keeps making me want to buy a (faux) fur jacket!!Tags: fashion, style, jackets, fur, warehouse, faux, coats, rachel zoe, collarlessAdded 9 Years Ago from Warehouse
this military style coat by warehouse will make any outfit look instantly pulled together. great belt at the hem.


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Italian Pasta Bake Recipe
I love to make this dish whenever I need to bring a dish to pass. Fresh tomatoes add a nice touch that's missing from most other meat, pasta and tomato casseroles.—Karla Johnson, East Helena, Montana
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 jar (24 ounces) spaghetti sauce
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 3 cups uncooked medium pasta shells
- 3 plum tomatoes, sliced
- 3/4 cup shredded provolone cheese
- 3/4 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1. In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, mushrooms and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes.
- 2. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Add to beef mixture and gently stir in tomatoes.
- 3. Transfer to an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake 25-30 minutes or until bubbly and heated through. Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1-1/2 cups: 489 calories, 20g fat (8g saturated fat), 80mg cholesterol, 702mg sodium, 45g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 5g fiber), 32g protein.
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'Vampire Diaries' Katherine Returns: 10 of the Vamp's Best Lines (GALLERY)
While her return is seemingly part of the hallucinations Elena (also played by Dobrev) is experiencing after her killing Connor (Todd Williams), we here at Celebuzz couldn't be more excited to see the sassy and sexy vamp back on our TVs.
Fans have been clamoring for her return since she last appeared in Mystic Falls in the third season's ninth episode, "Homecoming," when she told Stefan that before she left she needed him to "get mad." And now, in "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes," she's back.
Throughout her time on The Vampire Diaries, Katherine has made quite a splash with every appearance she's made.
As with Damon (Ian Somerhalder), executive producer Julie Plec seems to always save the best lines for Katherine. To celebrate her return to the show, albeit for a most likely brief time, we've decided to take a look back at her best lines.
Take a peek through our gallery to see what we think her best lines are and then weigh in below to tell us your favorites.
The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8 PM on The CW.
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|From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 9 16:54:27 EST 2008
That's my guess too, fwiw. I think you have to run slatex from the same directory where the latex file lives. Robby On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk at cs.brown.edu> wrote: >> I played around a bit more and found that the location >> of the .tex file is actually the key: if it's exactly in the PLT/ directory >> it works fine, but anywhere else and SLaTeX exits pretending to be done >> without having generated any .Z files. >> >> For example: >> >> C:\Program Files\PLT>slatex --no-latex C:/Users/Bas/Documents/quick.tex >> SLaTeX v. 20050609 >> typesetting code[quick.tex]done >> >> This results in no .Z files being generated. I've tried putting the .tex >> file different folders and different ways of typing the path towards >> quick.tex (e.g., forward slashes, backward slashes, double backward slashes, >> surrounding by double quotes) but this made no difference. However, a typo >> in the path does result in an error, so SLaTeX really does find the file, it >> just doesn't do anything with it. > > I made a conjecture...I'm less sure of it now, but I'll throw it out > there anyway. > > I wonder if the difference *is* in the pathname. I suspect that you > haven't hit on the magical combination that undergoes translation and > still makes sense inside Scheme. My guess is that this: > >> C:\Program Files\PLT>slatex --no-latex quick.tex >> SLaTeX v. 20050609 >> typesetting code[slatex.sty]....done > > works not because of the location of quick.tex, but rather because you > are specifying quick.tex without any path prefix. > > (I was going to conjecture that it was because you were providing an > *absolute* pathname, but I went back through this thread just now and > noticed you did once try with a relative pathname...so maybe my > conjecture is off. Still, if you were try to try the PATH setting I > suggested earlier, and try running SLaTeX from a "harmless" directory, > and still get the error, that would be helpful to know. Also if you > have access to an XP system, too...) > > Shriram > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > >
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Field Season Reports
The Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project Field Reports 1992-2011
Since 1992 the Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project has conducted 11 field seasons of epigraphic documentation and physical conservation of the reliefs and inscriptions from this ancient building. Our work has been supported by multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Association, the University of Memphis and various private donors to all of whom we wish to express our thanks.
Here the reader will find webpages and PDF versions of our field reports.
Jean Revez and Peter Brand, "Le programme décoratif des colonnes de la grande salle
hypostyle de Karnak: Bilan de la mission canado-américaine de 2011,"Bulletin de la


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This program will fund agencies that utilize a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to provide intervention and supervision services for youth with sexual behavior problems and treatment services for their child victims and families. Award recipients will target for services youth with sexual behavior problems, their child victim(s), and parents/caregivers. Youth participating in this program must undergo a mental health evaluation to determine if they are amenable to community-based treatment and intervention. Targeted youth offenders should have no prior history of court involvement for sexual misconduct.
Learn more and apply.
© 2016 National Sexual Violence Resource Center – Founded by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
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Candid Queensland veteran Justin Hodges concedes changes might need to be made to the Maroons team for State of Origin II.
But the wily centre reckons Queensland's approach will remain the same - target NSW captain Paul Gallen.
Hodges will be one of the first picked for game two in Brisbane on June 26 after a standout performance in Queensland's 14-6 loss in Sydney.
However, Hodges believes the selectors might face some tough calls as they try to counter a dominant NSW pack - albeit without suspended prop James Tamou.
"Obviously there might be a few changes there. We were a little bit off the pace," Hodges said.
"We are always slow starters in game one.
"But that's up to (coach) Mal (Meninga) and the selectors."
Hodges agreed a new-look pack might be required but the same old gameplan would be adopted - get Gallen.
And the Maroons veteran said the Blues hardman was in Queensland's sights even before he ruffled feathers by punching Nate Myles in game one.
"Gal is always a target. He is their best player and the one who gets them forward," he said.
"If you take his spirit away ... you are almost going to win the game - he's a big factor for them."
Asked about Gallen's claims that Myles used aggressive tactics including leading with the head in tackles, Hodges said: "Nate's got a pretty big head.
"Maybe he just can't get it out of the way.
"That's just the way he tackles, I guess."
But Hodges added: "What happened on the field is between Nate and Gal - we will just have to wait for Origin II, I guess."
After David Shillington's quiet Origin I, Canberra wrecking ball Josh Papalii, recovering Brisbane prop Ben Hannant, Gold Coast giant David Taylor and Sydney Roosters' Martin Kennedy have been linked to a game two call-up.
Hannant (calf) has missed the past month but is expected to receive a last-gasp Origin audition in Brisbane's Monday night NRL clash with Wests Tigers.
Hodges said Hannant might be just what the Maroons need for game two.
"One game is enough for Benny (to earn Origin selection)," Hodges said.
"He will come into the (Origin) camp fresh and energised and that is probably what we need."
Hodges gave the impression Papalii - Queensland's 19th man for game one - was more a long-term Origin prospect.
"He is going to be a real force in years to come," he said.
"He is pretty fearless and the way he tackles is pretty frightening.
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The concept that the practice of teaching is based solely on the type of thinking involved in planning and decision-making is too limited and leads to a misunderstanding of the complexity of teaching, suggests Margaret Buchmann, professor and senior researcher at the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University.
She tells teacher educators that conceptions of teachers' thinking must be expanded beyond planning and decision-making. Buchmann asserts that contemplation is an essential and ultimately practical element of the teaching profession.
Contemplation important part of process
Buchmann describes contemplation as a kind of careful attention to ideas, people or things. Contemplative thinking suspends judgment or action in favor of an absorbed way of looking that leads to an objective perception of what is observed. Buchmann states that contemplation involves thoughtfulness and that through contemplation, we develop a carefully considered vision which is an essential basis for later action.
Buchmann quotes Thomas Aquinas, who described teaching as composed of both action and contemplation. Aquinas wrote that contemplation leads to a clarity of vision which engages not just the mind, but the emotions, the will and the moral virtues, and that it helps direct one's attention to worthy objects. Aquinas believed that the practical side of life should be guided by contemplation. Indeed, he thought, that if it were divorced from contemplation, it would be cut off from its source of value.
Buchmann feels that in recent years, unfortunately, the call for educational reform has led to increased pressure on teachers to concentrate on academic achievement goals along with methods to reach these goals. More than ever, therefore, the work of teachers involves making decisions based on 'means-to-an-end' kind of thinking. Buchmann urges, however, that contemplation, which often runs counter to 'means-to-an-end' thinking, affords teachers an opportunity to look at problems in another way.
Focus on the individual student
Buchmann describes several things worthy of teachers' contemplation – the intrinsic good of learning, the subject matter and the students themselves. For example, she calls on us to renew our engagement with the content of the curriculum.
Our sincere involvement with the ideas and values underlying the lessons, she believes, can increase the depth of our students' thinking. It is important, she believes, to pass on to them a sense of wonder about the world and man's knowledge which enhances their motivation to learn.
In order to meet the demands of our profession, and to ensure the quality of education we provide, we have to care and to show concern for the children we teach. Buchmann believes that we can achieve this by contemplating the object of our actions, the student. By focusing our attention non-judgmentally on an individual child, we begin to see with accuracy and with kindness the person that is there. It is by carefully looking at individual students that we develop the understanding which enables us to create appropriate and productive instruction for each student.
"Teaching is a virtuous activity that is the bearer of human good," Buchmann states, and it is by contemplating the children, the subject matter and the ultimate goals of our work that we, as teachers, maintain and perfect our craft.
"The Careful Vision: How Practical is Contemplation in Teaching?" American Journal of Education November 1989, pp. 35-61.
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It has been nearly a week since I woke up with what seemed like just another sinus infection, or if I were lucky, allergies. I should have gone to the doctor then, but I worked. I even went in Friday, despite having a fever when I woke up. All this, I did because I have trouble admitting when I'm actually sick enough to do something about it and because I have so much trouble changing my habits. I have to suspect there were I to have listened to my symptoms sooner, I would at least be better than I am now. Instead, I my sinuses are still dripping. My ears are so stopped up it feels as if I have earplugs in and my own voice sounds to me as though I were yelling through a kazoo. As if that weren't enough, I'm having episodes of severe vertigo when I stand for more than a few minutes, especially after I have a coughing fit. Take from this that you should listen to what your body is trying to tell you and see a doctor as soon as you think you're getting sick, especially if you have good insurance as I do. Don't put it off, or you'll probably pay the price for it sooner rather than later.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Sickness and Frustration
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out
This is perhaps my the most amazing video I've seen them do yet! I don't know how I haven't seen it before, but it's definitely worth watching. I would have loved to be a there for the production planning meetings where they worked out how to do this with the intervals of relative weightlessness available on a plane flying in parabolas. For more information about how this works and some other interesting things that are possible thangs to planes doing crazy things, you can check out these videos from Veritassium and Physicsgirl here and here respectively.
Monday, May 08, 2017
Musical performance on a squeaky toilet flush valve
This is what happens when music majors accidentally take one too many classes in Philosophy.
Feed Automation
In the past, I had my blog posts auto-shared to Twitter using a service that no longer exists. I decided it might be worth finding a replacement. The one I'm trying at the moment is called dlvr.it. It supports up to three social media services in its free plan, so I should be more than fine with that; I currently have it connected with my Twitter, Google+, and Facebook accounts. My only complaint is that I cannot tell it to shorten links with my own Bit.ly API key, so I can see analytics for clickthrough. Although, given the relatively-limited amount of traffic that this blog tends to generate at the moment, that's not really a big thing for now. If I do manage to find the motivation to write more here, then perhaps the increase in traffic will make it worth finding a better solution to this in the future.
I rarely post anything here anymore, especially over the last few years, but I still get page views, including odd bumps from France and Russia at times, as you can see in the image below. I wish I had a better idea of what I was doing that was causing the traffic, but nothing seems to fit a pattern. Maybe it's time I started posting more? Although, I've said that many times with little result.
Wednesday, November 09, 2016
A Nation Divided
I know the title is more than a little bit of click bait, but we do seem to stand at the cusp of a great divide. We have held yet another election where the result of our process did not align itself with the popular vote. As CCP Grey covers in the video embedded above, that brings our presidential election error rate up to roughly 7%. While I don't entirely agree with the thought of a direct democracy, I do feel that the continued failures of the present system indicate a more important, systemic issues with our nation. (If you want to learn more about why the electoral college is just so broken, watch this video, and if you, like many, have no idea how it's supposed to work at all, start with this one.) We have a government that grown increasingly less representative of the wishes of the governed, all the while opening itself to more and more infiltration by special interest groups that would sell the soul of our nation for a quick buck. It's time that we actually move for change and make America great again by demanding better election practices that allow a diversity of representation, instead of the current two-party system. We need to push for more rational voting schemes that prevent the spoiler effect, resist gerrymandering, and allow more of the people to get the representation in government that they actually want. A good place to start learning more about how voting can be better is here with CCP Grey again.
In this series of videos, he discusses the problems with first-past-the-post voting, and he talks about other methods of voting that, while still not perfect, at least fix most of the major issues with first-past-the-post. We, as a nation, need to take the time to learn why we use the methods we do for selecting who becomes part of our government, and we need to learn about the better options that exist. Then, we need to get involved in our local government and push for changes in how we cast our votes and how we get represented by our elected officials. It's only by taking a ground up approach that we can actually change this nation for the better.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Whatever Happened to Tom's Hoodie?: Tom Scott at Thinking Digital 2013
In a world where we cling to so many things, both physical and digital, it is all too easy to become burdened by the weight of the past we carry with us. Perhaps it's time for us to think about at least reducing that weight, even if we are not yet ready to rid ourselves of it entirely.
You can find more of his videos on his YouTube! channel here.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Thoughts By Night
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Quirky's Spotter
I have been ogling this device for a while, and I finally picked up one, as well as a Pivot Power Genius and Porkfolio, during Think Geek's recent clearance event. I'm glad I didn't pay full retail for it, but it's still an interesting device, despite its severe limitations.
Given my experiences thus far with the other products, I'm surprised at just how bad this one device is. Although, the included instructions with all of them need work. (The master power button on the PPG could be better labeled, and I still haven't taken the time to find out how to change the batteries on the Porkfolio.)
I have a major investment in X10 based controllers, so I'm used to having to deal with a certain amount of eccentricity and peculiar limitations in gadgets. (Imagine having loud clunks sound whenever you want to turn a light on or off just so you can have CFLs, or having to map the electrical wiring in your apartment and pulling drop cords behind furniture just so you can make sure all of your controlled devices are on the same phase.) In any case, the lack of any kind of meaningful logging, control over sensitivity, or immediate display of status in the app is really disappointing.
The simplest of these issues to resolve would be the in-app display. Whenever I launch the app, on iOS or Android, it shows my Porkfolio, and I have yet to find a way to change order of devices. As much as I like being reminded that I have money, it's not really what I'm looking for. Then, once the Spotter is selected, I get pretty but essentially useless menu. It would be easy to include the last temperature measurement and the light and vibration sensor state on that screen at least. If I want to configure triggers, then I can tap through to another menu. It would also be nice to be able to see and configure all of the possible triggers from one screen, instead of separately for every sensor. If I had more than one Spotter, I would probably give up before I had them doing anything useful.
Sensitivity adjustment… I understand the desire for simplicity, but that's what hidden menus are for. Make me have to jiggle the device three times, point my phone to the North, set a trigger with a magic word for the name, and draw the secret sigil upon my touch screen before you give me the extra dials and switches, but put them in there for those of us who are willing to do the calibration to suit our environments.
As far as logging and graphs over time are concerned, my bathroom scale does a better job as a temperature monitor, while running on batteries and connected to wi-fi. It was also somewhat easier to get connected to my wireless network. (For those of you wondering, it's the WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer from Withings.) It even has a website, so I'm not limited to just the mobile device platforms supported by the manufacturer for viewing the information it's collecting. (N.B. I would still need one for the initial configuration, but if it came down to it, I could likely borrow one from a friend for a few minutes, if I did not have one myself.)
These really need a full-featured, openly-documented API to make them useful for integration with other services and devices. It would also be amazing, if there were a way to poll them locally. I don't expect Quirky to disappear overnight, but I'm not spending hundreds of dollars on devices that depend entirely on a third-party to continue providing basic functions. (If the Withings devices didn't function at least as well as non-connected versions without the web-services component, I wouldn't have purchased them either.)
I look forward to seeing what happens as things continue to evolve, and I will probably buy more products from Quirky — the Egg Minder is what I have my eye on now. However, I'm not picking up any more Spotters until the situation improves, nor will I be recommending them to anyone I like in the foreseeable future.
Friday, August 09, 2013
Amazon.com Getting a Facelift?
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Even Google Makes Mistakes
Despite its enormous resources, even Google had trouble with English. Note the obvious typo in the change log fit Google Earth fit Android.
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
It's amazing what Science can do when in the hands of scientists with too much free time, a lot of very expensive equipment, and a good imagination. The making-of is here.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Spotify + Facebook = Suck
Yes, the headline is extreme, but I mean it. I've been using Spotify since it was first available in the US, and I love the service. However, they crossed a line, and I don't think there is any way they will ever regain my trust.
In preparation for deactivating my Facebook account quite some time ago, I did what I could to detach it's tendrils from my on-line life. I thought I had covered all of my bases, but it seems I was wrong. Using the Spotify client had never reactivated my Facebook account, but the moment I signed in to the Android app, it came back to life like some overly-clingy zombie girlfriend. So, this time I think I'm actually going to delete my Facebook account permanently, as I don't think I can trust a company that will let a third-party app reactivate my account without at least requiring it to warn me first.
Good by and good riddance to Facebook!


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In partnership with Covered California and three of the largest Spanish media partners, Univision, Telemundo and impreMedia, The California Endowment was joined by President Obama to launch a historic campaign that will help reach the 15 million Latinos in our state. Our president recognized this innovative education and enrollment effort as a model for other states to emulate. This is a great testament of what great work can be done when government, philanthropy and media come together. The campaign, which goes by the name Asegúrate, or "Get Covered: in English, will educate California Latinos about what Obamacare means to them and help them navigate through new enrollment opportunities and systems. This campaign will also help bolster local community and grassroots efforts to drive enrollment throughout California.
This collaboration is already proving to be effective and you can view a snapshot of the power behind this effort through this short clip.
Read the Los Angeles Times Article about the partnership here
Read the CBS News Article about the partnership here
Read the Kaiser Health News Article about the partnership here
Read The White House Transcript of the press conference here
Read the Asegurate fact sheet (English) here
Read the Asegurate fact sheet (Spanish) here
Read the Press Release (English) here
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In Memoriam: Len Aube
Robert K. Ross, M.D.Apr 10, 2015
[Chronicle of Philanthropy] Indiana's Lessons for Philanthropy: Timing and Agility Matter
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The term devalues the less curvaceous females among us. Ironically, and rather hypocritically, the term was coined by those who didn't comply with the media imposed 'skinny' image.
A term which first started in order to build someone's self-confidence is now beginning to have the opposite effect.
While it may have started as a catchphrase to dissuade innocent women from the horrors of an eating disorder, it's now beginning to be used to make 'normal women' feel superior to others for not wearing size 8 jeans.
To a certain extent, this is a positive movement, and yet the term is also couched in such wishy-washy language that has consequently created a new pariah: the 'unreal women'.
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Whether they are built like Miranda Kerr or Adele, young people should be told they are beautiful.
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Why is that one not vetoed???? Tyson Chandler is only worth Ronny Turiaf, a second rounder and a bunch of three 12th men???
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Why is that one not vetoed???? Tyson Chandler is only worth Ronny Turiaf, a second rounder and a bunch of three 12th men???
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but because they were gifted Chandler in a trade, they save enough money to get Crawford??? Yah. No hope.
"The sign-and-trade gives Dallas a sizeable trade exception."
Mavs get something for nothing. Cuban continues to play the system while the Gilberts of the world complain about it.
Well, it's about getting something rather then nothing. Dallas just went for the ride. They didn't have to do anything, but they did.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
I don't think the trade isn't like the way that you portray it....but I don't know the specifics of the S&T of Chandler....can someone elabortate?
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and they are gonna use it to try to get Howard They can now take on Hedo for the Magic
I am still pissed we didn't take Turiaf and the draft picks that is the type of deal we should of jumped on IMO.
The Owners was trying to drop the S&T, but the players wanted it. Without the S&T, all these FA's would have to go to teams under the cap or resign with current team or take less money to over capped teams.
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
I fully agree with you, but in Chandlers case he didn't get anything extra by going for the sign and trade. The Mavs weren't going to use their Bird rights on him to give them the extra year or extra money so he signed a 4 year deal with lower annual raises.
Chandler did go to a team under the cap which is what NY was once they Amnestied Billips. It wasn't Chandler or the Knicks forcing this, it was the Mavs who knew they no longer wanted or could afford Chandler. They used the system soley for the TPE.
this trade just netted them Lamar Odom nice move by Dallas's GM IMO.
Chandler still does not make the Knicks championship contenders. They have no back court. This is one of those signings that sounds good at the time but won't look so good down the road.
I think the Knicks will miss Billups quite a bit. If he hadn't gone down in that Celtics series then Boston probably wouldn't have swept them. The Celts would have still won the series, but I don't think they would have swept them with Billups out there.
Billups averaged 17.5 points in 21 games for NY last year.
Tyson Chandler is probably the most overrated player in the NBA right now. Glad the Knicks have to deal with that contract. They will be DESPERATE to trade him in a couple years when Melo and Amare are complaining that they don't have enough help. This is like Cleveland giving big money to Larry Hughes.
It's more like when they gave that huge contract to JJ, but yeah.
Slug 'em Sabres!!!!!
We got something out of nothing when Peja was a free agent. We got a trade exemption, but then we blew it on bringing back Al Harington.
They got a good deal out of it, Lamar Odom, now they'll be able to bring in a center like Dalembert or Kaman.
They still look to be a top team in the West and Lamar Odom strengthens their bench and will allow Dirk to get some rest.
In 49 states it's just basketball, but this is Indiana!
I think Chandler is overrated too. Don't get me wrong, he was HUGE for Dallas last year. But I still don't think he is worth that kind of money.
Cuban used the TE and came out with a really good player. I'm not certain, but doesn't he have some TE left from Chandler to use in another deal too? These are the types of moves I expected the Pacers to be doing when they hired Pritchard. I'm trying to remain patient with Bird, but it's not easy when I see things like this. Plus remembering what the Pacers did with their 7.5 mil TE from Peja. Harrington then an albatross contract of either Dun or Murphy. You sure AIN't mak'n it ez Mr. Bird!


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Car pool lanes are usually indicated by diamond symbols on the roadway, as well as signs setting the minimum number of occupants allowed in the vehicle. There will also be signs on the roadways letting drivers know the hours in which HOV lanes are restricted. In many cities the restrictions are in place 24 hours a day. In some less congested cities the restricted hours are only during peak times. Check with your local authorities if you are unsure what the rule is in your area.
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Vintage Tin Litho Ray Guns
This collection of vintage tin ray guns from the 30's-60's is mounted on an an apple green frame. I'd love to have this collection displayed on my living room wall. Very cool.
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Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 136,245.[1] It is the smallest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin was originally a pioneer outpost.
Darwin's proximity to South East Asia makes it an important Australian gateway to countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, ending at Port Augusta in South Australia. The city itself is built on a low bluff overlooking the harbour. Its suburbs spread out over some area, beginning at Lee Point in the north and stretching to Berrimah in the east. Past Berrimah, the Stuart Highway goes on to Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and its suburbs. The region, like the rest of the Top End, has a tropical climate, with a wet and a dry season. The city is noted for its consistently warm to hot climate, all throughout the year. Prone to cyclone activity during the wet season, Darwin experiences heavy monsoonal downpours and spectacular lightning shows. During the dry season, the city is met with blue skies and gentle sea breezes from the picturesque harbour.
The greater Darwin area is the ancestral home of the Larrakia people. On 9 September 1839, HMS Beagle sailed into Darwin harbour during its surveying of the area. John Clements Wickham named the region "Port Darwin" in honour of their former shipmate Charles Darwin, who had sailed with them on the ship's previous voyage which had ended in October 1836. The settlement there became the town of Palmerston in 1869, and was renamed Darwin in 1911. Having been almost entirely rebuilt twice, once due to Japanese air raids during World War II, and again after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, the city is one of Australia's most modern capitals.
The Aboriginal people of the Larrakia language group are the traditional custodians and the first inhabitants of the greater Darwin area. They had trading routes with Southeast Asia (see Macassan contact with Australia), and imported goods from as far afield as South and Western Australia. Established songlines penetrated throughout the country, allowing stories and histories to be told and retold along the routes.
The Dutch visited Australia's northern coastline in the 1600s, and created the first European maps of the area. This accounts for the Dutch names in the area, such as Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt. The first British person to see Darwin harbour appears to have been Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle on 9 September 1839. The ship's captain, Commander John Clements Wickham, named the port after Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who had sailed with them both on the earlier second expedition of the Beagle. In the early 1870s Darwin felt the effects of a gold rush at Pine Creek after employees of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line found gold while digging holes for telegraph poles.
In 1859 the colony of Queensland was excised from New South Wales and initially included the area of the Northern Territory. Four years later in 1863, the Northern Territory was annexed from Queensland by the colony of South Australia. On 5 February 1869, George Goyder, the Surveyor-General of South Australia, established a small settlement of 135 people at Port Darwin. Goyder named the settlement Palmerston, after the British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. In 1870, the first poles for the Overland Telegraph were erected in Darwin, connecting Australia to the rest of the world. The discovery of gold by employees of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line digging holes for telegraph poles at Pine Creek in the 1880s spawned a gold rush which further boosted the young colony's development.
In early 1875 Darwin's European population had grown to approximately 300 because of the gold rush. On 17 February 1875 the SS Gothenburg left Darwin en route for Adelaide. The approximately 88 passengers and 34 crew (surviving records vary) included government officials, circuit-court judges, Darwin residents taking their first furlough, and miners. While travelling south along the north Queensland coast, the Gothenburg encountered a cyclone-strength storm and was wrecked on a section of the Great Barrier Reef. Only 22 men survived, while between 98 and 112 people perished. Many passengers who perished were Darwin residents and news of the tragedy severely affected the small community, which reportedly took several years to recover.
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The Northern Territory was transferred to federal administration in 1911 and Darwin became the city's official name.
The period between 1911 and 1919 was filled with political turmoil, particularly with trade union unrest, which culminated on 17 December 1918. Led by Harold Nelson, some 1000 demonstrators marched to Government House at Liberty Square in Darwin where they burnt an effigy of the Administrator of the Northern Territory John Gilruth and demanded his resignation. The incident became known as the 'Darwin Rebellion'. Their grievances were against the two main Northern Territory employers: Vestey's Meatworks and the federal government. Both Gilruth and the Vestey company left Darwin soon afterwards.
Around 10,000 Australian and other Allied troops arrived in Darwin at the outset of World War II, in order to defend Australia's northern coastline. On 19 February 1942 at 0957, 188 Japanese warplanes attacked Darwin in two waves. It was the same fleet that had bombed Pearl Harbor, though a considerably larger number of bombs were dropped on Darwin than on Pearl Harbor. The attack killed at least 243 people and caused immense damage to the town. These were by far the most serious attacks on Australia in time of war, in terms of fatalities and damage. They were the first of many raids on Darwin.
Despite this major attack, Darwin's development was furthered considerably during the war, with sealed roads constructed connecting the region to Alice Springs in the south and Mount Isa in the south-east, and Manton Dam built in the south to provide the city with water. On Australia Day (26 January) 1959, Darwin was granted city status.
On 25 December 1974, Darwin was struck by Cyclone Tracy, which killed 71 people and destroyed over 70% of the town's buildings, including many old stone buildings such as the Palmerston Town Hall, which could not withstand the lateral forces generated by the strong winds. After the disaster, 30,000 people of a then population of 43,000 were evacuated, in what turned out to be the biggest airlift in Australia's history.[2] The town was subsequently rebuilt with newer materials and techniques during the late 1970s by the Darwin Reconstruction Commission, led by former Brisbane Lord Mayor Clem Jones. A satellite city of Palmerston was built south of Darwin in the early 1980s.
On 17 September 2003 the Adelaide-Darwin railway was completed, with the opening of the Alice Springs-Darwin standard gauge line.
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With the churn of prices on the Internet, even the most intrepid electronics shopper can't keep track of every deal as it appears. Two types of website promise to help. Another blog will soon cover deal-a-day sites that sell a single bargain-priced product—manufacturer's surplus, end-of-product closeout, refurbished item, or occasionally, introductory model—for just 24 hours. Today, we look at so-called bargain-aggregator sites that find, check, and link to limited-time-only deals from a host of retailers, some of which may last only a few hours.
Such sites, which include dealnews.com, dealslist.com, techbargains.com, and techdeals.net, can help you find good deals. But they aren't for everyone. Rather, they're most useful if you're open to a range of different models or brands. If you're shopping only for a specific model, look elsewhere; it may never rise to being a good deal compared with other models—and so may never be listed by a bargain-aggregator site.
To get the best bargain with a deal-linking site, follow these tips:
Use price-comparison tools. Some deal aggregators include a price-search engine like PriceGrabber.com. Take advantage of it to see if any better deals for an item can be found online. To be sure you're getting the lowest price, consult more than one bot.
Consumer Reports has not rated deal-aggregator sites, but our reporter tracked 10 deals for laptop computers, TVs, monitors, digital cameras, and GPS navigators listed on dealnews.com or techbargains.com against PriceGrabber, Google Product Search and Yahoo Shopping. One of the best deals depended for its lowball price on a mail-in rebate, which can result in delays. The best immediate bargain (without shipping) came to nearly 10 percent less than all bots on a $600 Olympus camera. But more than half the time at least one of the bots matched or bettered the price on the so-called "deal" sites.
Be flexible with your timing. Don't settle for bargains listed at the moment. You could find a price you're more comfortable with if you're willing to wait until the right deal comes along. Check the lists for week-end specials and be aware of price drops as a product nears the end of its life cycle.
And in assessing deals you reach from these sites, follow the same prudence as for any other online transaction. With prices that are too good to be true—say, half what mainstream sites are typically selling the item for, or less—do some research. Be cautious if the site isn't listed in our Ratings of online retailers (available to subscribers) or well-regarded by previous customers, as reflected in the user ratings left on bots. Also, check if the item in question is an open-box or refurbished item, which may require additional cautions. Regardless of the item's status, before you buy, check the retailer's return policy and any warranty coverage that applies.
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Top 5 Unforgettable Joey + Rory Songs
Joey + Rory first found fame after appearing on CMT's Can You Duet? in 2008, and they've gone on to win fans with their down-to-earth personalities, gorgeous harmonies and honest lyrics. On a sadder note, the husband-and-wife duo also earned notoriety due to Joey Feek's battle with terminal cancer, so for those newer fans of the artists, here's a quick primer on several of their most unforgettable songs.
"Cheater, Cheater," Joey + Rory's very first single, is sassy, scornful … and not in any way based on the Feeks' marriage! It's their only song that cracked the country Top 40, and it's one of their most upbeat and playful.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is "When I'm Gone." When Joey + Rory recorded the song, they had no way of knowing that the lyrics would be their reality in a few short years.
The other Joey + Rory songs mentioned in the video above include a collaboration with the Zac Brown Band and a track from their final album of hymns. Let us know what your favorite Joey + Rory songs are in the comments below!
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Cricket fans can relive their greatest memories when they watch a Master Champions League T20 cricket doubleheader streaming live online for free on Friday, with two back-to-back matches from Dubai International Cricket Stadium, featuring some of the biggest names in the sport's recent history.
In the first match, England superstar Michael Vaughan — scorer of 633 in the 2002-2003 Ashes series — features for former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood's Capricorn Commanders squad as they take on living legend Brian Lara of the West Indies — still the only man ever to record a score of more than 500 in an innings — and his Leo Lions.
The Commanders-Lions game will be followed on the same ground by MCL Match Number Three, with Virgo Super Kings taking on the Saggitarius Strikers. The Super Kings are skippered by former South Africa Test Captain Graeme Smith, who is still only 34 years old, in the prime of his youth compared to most of the over-40 players who comprise much of the new league's top talent.
New Zealand spin bowling great Daniel Vettori, age 37, captains the Strikers side, less than a year after leading his country to the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup, where the Black Caps fell to neighboring Australia. Vettori's most recent competitive cricket came last July in the Caribbean Premier League where he bowled for the Jamaica Tallawahs.
The Masters Champions League opened on Thursday with the Gemini Arabians, led by an 86 run knock off of just 43 balls by Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara, amassing an impressive 234 for three total on their way to a decisive 86-run victory over the Libra Legends, skippered by former South Africa star Jacques Kallis.
Watch highlights of the historic Masters Champions League opening match in the video below.
To find out how to watch Friday's Masters Champions League doubleheader streaming live online for free, see the streaming link in the final paragraph of this article. The Capricorn Commanders vs. Leo Legends match is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubia, United Arab Emirates. That's 6 a.m. United States Eastern Time, 3 a.m. Pacific.
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The nightcap, Virgo Super Kings vs. Sagittarius Strikers, follows from the same venue at 7:30 p.m. Gulf Standard Time — but for United States viewers, the nightcap will serve as more of an eye-opener, getting underway at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time, 7:30 a.m. Pacific.
Also featuring for The Commanders will be former Pakistan fast all-round prodigy Abdul "Bang Bang" Razzaq, as well as controversial 40-year-old Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
For Leo Lions, in addition to Brian Lara, England Pacer Darren Gough, South Africa opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs, and Zimbabwe star Heath Streak are expected to see action in the opening match of Friday's doubleheader.
To watch the Master Champions League T20 cricket doubleheader — Capricorn Commanders vs. Leo Lions followed by Virgo Super Kings vs. Sagittarius Strikers — streaming live online free and legally from Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai, go to ESPN3, the online-only channel in the ESPN network, which will carry the historic contest live at this link. ESPN3 will also carry a Masters Champions League match every day until the conclusion of the tournament. The streaming ESPN3 sports channel is free to customers of most major internet service providers and many minor ISPs as well. For a full list, check this link. The channel can be accessed through the WatchESPN app on mobile and set-top streaming devices as well.
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