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EVERETT — This time, the robbers really stepped in it.
With a few hitches, a March 25 home-invasion robbery in Everett mostly went according to plan.
Trouble was, it wasn't much of a plan.
And the crooks apparently left a trail — in feces.
Early that morning, two men in bandannas stormed an apartment along 18th Street in north Everett. They pepper-sprayed and beat the man who lived there, and threatened to kill his 10-year-old-son, who was asleep.
The robbery allegedly was arranged with the help of three others who were already in the apartment at the time, including a woman who knew the victim.
When the victim's son started to wake up, all five suspects got in a car and drove off. They were pulled over in Marysville about 15 minutes later.
Investigators then had to sort out the mess.
According to court papers, detectives believe much of the robbery was organized via the suspects' cellphones — now locked up as evidence.
Police also found baseball bats, knives, drug paraphernalia and backpacks stuffed with what appeared to be stolen goods in the getaway car.
During the commotion, someone in the apartment stepped in some kind of excrement that was lying on the victim's carpet, according to a search warrant filed in Everett District Court earlier this week.
"A trail of where someone stepped in the feces is visible from the assault location to the exit door," detectives wrote.
When police searched the getaway car, they looked for a matching substance, court papers say.
Tracking around feces, however, wasn't the only way the team fouled up.
The suspects initially hit the wrong home.
The people who were inside the victim's apartment accidentally gave the men in bandanas the apartment number for next door.
The two men knocked on that door, decked out in their robbery getup. The woman inside answered, and they asked for someone by name.
The woman told them they had the wrong apartment. They left when her German shepherd came to the door.
Undiscouraged, the five suspects met back up at the car and drove around south Everett for a while before returning, court papers show.
Three of them then went inside the victim's apartment, under the guise of visiting with him. One of them unlocked the front door for the others waiting outside.
You know the story from there.
About 15 minutes after the robbery, police arrested three men and two women in connection with the case. All five remained behind bars Friday for investigation of first-degree robbery.
At the time of arrest, one of the men was allegedly carrying a Boeing identity badge, Costco card and checks in three names, all different from his own.
All of the people arrested have some criminal history, but this appears to be their first attempt at a violent felony.
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Filmmaker James Gunn thanks fans for Guardians of the Galaxy success
Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn has penned an open letter to fans thanking them for helping to propel the superhero film to the top of the North American box office. The movie, which stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Vin Diesel, earned $94 million (£55.3 million) in its opening weekend (01-03Aug14) across the U.S. and Canada, and now the filmmaker has taken to Facebook.com to express his gratitude to moviegoers.
He writes, "Thanks to all of you who saw (and are seeing) Guardians of the Galaxy this weekend, from the bottom of my heart.
"The Guardians are a group of oddballs, outcasts, and geeks. The movie is for anyone who ever felt cast aside, left out, or different. It's for all of us who don't belong. This movie belongs to you. And, today, I think we're doing okay.
"I am of course happy with all the film has accomplished box-office-wise. But what touches me the most is that the film I told the folks at Marvel I wanted to make two years ago is the film that you're seeing in theaters today – it's that so many of you seem to be directly EXPERIENCING the film I INTENDED… And for that, I am profoundly grateful…"
Guardians of the Galaxy also proved to be a big hit around the world, raking in a further $66.4 million (£39 million) outside North America.

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Country of Origin: Germany
Height: Males 24–27 inches, females 22–25 inches
Weight: Males 110 pounds, females 92.5 pounds
Coat: Double coat with medium-length, straight, coarse, dense, flat-lying outercoat and an undercoat
Colors: Black with rust to mahogany markings
Other Names: Rottweil Metzgerhund
Registries (With Group): AKC (Working); UKC (Guardian)
As Roman soldiers marched across Europe, herds of cattle accompanied them as sources of food. The herds were guarded and driven by mastiff-type dogs who kept thieves at bay and potential deserters in the ranks. As the cattle were eaten, dogs were left behind—sometimes as guardians at the various outposts and sometimes to fend for themselves. The northern boundary of the army's ventures traced through southern Germany, including the town of Rottweil, which became a major European center for livestock commerce during the next 18 centuries. The mastiff types that came to populate Rottweil became known as German "butcher" dogs, or Rottweilers, driving cattle and carting the meat and other wares to market. These excursions were dangerous; butchers and other traders were often ambushed and robbed. To safeguard themselves, travelers often tied their money belts around their Rottweilers' necks.
As railroads and other means of transportation put the Rottweiler out of a job, he lost favor for some time. When the police and military began using him for protection and other work, his popularity made a comeback throughout the 1900s. His extreme popularity led to overbreeding and a deterioration of his steady temperament, which caused him to be targeted as dangerous. As a result, his popularity level again dropped off. Today, he is bred in far fewer numbers by those who know his true nature and value his noblest qualities.
A well-bred Rottweiler is a calm, confident, and courageous dog, although he tends to show aloofness toward strangers and a reserved or cautious attitude in new and unfamiliar situations. This is a dog who needs to trust his owner completely to properly do his job as guardian of family and home. The Rottweiler has been a service dog to sectors as diverse as the military and the infirm because of his intelligence and discretion. Although a strong, powerful guard dog, he can also be a true friend with a deep reserve of respect and love for those in his care.
Exercise: The Rottweiler thrives on plenty of exercise, and because he is a robust and energetic working dog, he can never have too much to do. He must be taken on long walks or runs daily, and just about any outdoor activity will make him happy. Participating in sports such as agility, cart pulling, competitive obedience, tracking, and so on will work wonders for his physical and mental well-being. Participating in various outings also provides him with much-needed opportunities for socializing.
Grooming: Average shedders, Rottweilers should be brushed and combed regularly to keep their coats in shape. Folds around the face must be kept clean of dirt and debris as well.
Life Span: The average life span of the Rottweiler is 10 to 12 years.
Training: The Rottweiler must receive obedience training beginning in puppyhood. Positive, firm, careful, and consistent training is essential to handle this powerful breed. HeThey also requires an owner who can manage his massive size and strength. This breed needs a lot of leadership, companionship, and socialization to be truly happy.
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Butterfield: a pitching staple
Senior Haley Butterfield remembers the first time she stepped in the varsity pitching circle.
Though the Midgets lost the game, Butterfield was happy just to be playing.
"I remember after the game everyone was mad because they hammered us, but I was just excited I got to play my first varsity game," she said with a smile. "That's something I'll never forget."
Butterfield's teammate senior Rachel Jahner also received her first varsity playing time during the game against Glasgow.
"We got killed like 24-0 or something like that," Jahner said. "I remember I hit the ball to the shortstop and I started running. The only mistakes they made, they misthrew it and it hit me in the helmet. It was funny."
The days of losing by large margins are gone. The Midgets enter the North Dakota state softball tournament with a 26-5 record and the No. 2 seed from the West Region.
Dickinson's five losses all came against Minot Ryan, the No. 1 seed from the West. The Lions defeated the Midgets 1-0 in the West Region Championship game on Saturday.
Dickinson's first round opponent is Fargo North, the No. 3 seed from the East. They play at 3:30 p.m. today in Minot.
"We are as ready as we are going to be," Dickinson head coach Bill Butterfield said. "They proved in the championship game at the WDA. Everybody from top to bottom had a stellar performance."
One of Dickinson's staples over the last four years has been Haley Butterfield. The senior, who is committed to playing softball at Bismarck State College in the fall, has been the team's No. 1 starter the past three years.
Butterfield closed out the regular season and West Region Tournament with a 16-2 record and a 1.71 earned run average. She struck out 103 over 102Z\c innings.
"It has been fun to watch her develop through the years and go through the stages of pitching," said Bill Butterfield, her head coach and father. "She's learned a lot about the game. It has been nice that she has had six years in the program."
Dickinson's No. 2 pitcher, sophomore Madison Jahner, said it has been a blessing to throw alongside Butterfield for the past three years. Jahner came in as a reliever during her eighth-grade season.
Jahner has a 10-3 record with a 1.10 ERA and 102 strikeouts over 82X\c innings.
Though her father is the head coach, Butterfield knows he is going to teach her like every other player.
She admitted he might even be a little tougher on her.
"He knows he can be harder on me than anyone else, because he won't hurt my feelings," Butterfield said with a smile. "It's pretty cool that he's the coach while we are playing the game, but he's also my dad when the game is over."
The Midgets have reached the state tournament the past three seasons. Their highest placement was last season when they took third. The year before, they placed fifth.
Though Dickinson has placed higher each season, the team isn't looking at the championship game right now.
The Midgets' main priority is Fargo North.
"We are just taking it one game at a time and we aren't getting ahead of ourselves," Butterfield said. "We are trying to maintain our focus and consistency going into the state tournament."


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Card boys defend home track
It was a successful afternoon for the Alexandria boys' track and field team as it grabbed first place at the Jefferson High School annual home triangular on Tuesday.
The boys' team finished with 76 team points, which was six ahead of second place Willmar. Eight first place finishes led the Cardinals in the meet, with three individually coming from John Vogeler.
He grabbed first place in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.34, the high jump at 6-02.00 and in the long jump at 21-02.75. With this being his first season as part of the track and field team, head coach Mike Empting was impressed with Vogeler's strong day.
"John is, for the first time being out as a senior, he's a good athlete," Empting said.
Other individuals who took first place for the Cardinals were Joe Gorghuber in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.97, Mitch Peck in the 300 meter hurdles in 40.29, Aaron Steidl in the shot put with a toss of 50-09.50 and Colin Guetter in the discus with a distance of 165-04.
The 4x100 meter relay team also grabbed the top spot for Alexandria with a time of 45.51.
After qualifying for the state track and field meet in the 300 meter hurdles in 2013, Peck was one of two Cardinals selected to compete at the Hamline Elite Meet last April.
Peck did not disappoint, taking fifth place among some of the state's best 300 meter hurdles athletes with a time of 39.92. Empting is confident that the senior will have a good shot at returning to Hamline as a state qualifier again this June.
"Mitch works super hard, he's a great athlete," Empting said. "He's picking up where he left off, and he's going to finish strong, I know that. I hope he ends up back at the state meet at the 300 hurdles, for sure."
At state in 2013, Peck ran a 41.61 in the preliminary event and did not qualify for the finals. On Tuesday, Peck's 300 relay time of 40.29 was more than two seconds faster than the second place time of 42.46 from Derek Peterson of Willmar.
Peck said he is happy with where his times are right now in the middle of the season. He plans to feel even better once the training levels start to decrease in preparation for the conference and section meets.
"I'm doing pretty good for where we are at in the season for training," Peck said. "We're just getting off our peak, so legs are still a little tired. We'll taper and be ready for the end of the season."
As far as his goals for this season, Peck said he just hopes to reach his potential at the conference and section competitions. The Alexandria coaches have been working with Peck on his form this season, something he hopes will help him drop even more time.
"The coaches are really helping me out with stuff I've got to work on, and it's going good," Peck said. "I've got plenty of stuff to work on. There's still plenty of time to drop."
The Cardinals would like to send a relay team to the state competition this year after qualifying a 4x100 team in 2013.
The Alexandria team consisted of since graduated seniors James Holmquist, Nathan Huss and Donovan Chock, along with Peck, who was a junior. The team was unable to advance to the finals at the meet and finished with a time of 44.47.
This season the Cardinals are looking at options to fill a 4x100 or 4x200 relay team to make a trip to state. Empting said Gorghuber, Vogeler and Peck are likely candidates for a top relay, and Alec Wosepka and Elliot Jacobson are also possibilities to round out the team.
"Our section is tough, they've got some very good sprint relays," Empting said. "Moorhead and Brainerd are running blazing fast right now, but if we can put these guys together and stick some handoffs, maybe we got a shot. We snuck in with a relay last year kind of the same way."
TEAM – 1. ALEXANDRIA, 76; 2. Willmar, 70; 3. Sartell-St. Stephen, 40
ALEXANDRIA INDIVIDUALS – 100 METER DASH – 1. John Vogeler, 11.34
200 METER DASH – 2. Mitch Peck, 23.36
800 METER DASH – 2. Aaron Runge, 2:08.75; 3. John Kumorowicz, 2:18.73
1600 METER RUN – 3. Colton Sailor, 4:55.00; 4. Austin Thom, 4:58.85
3200 METER RUN – 3. James Pfeffer, 10:52.79; 4. Eric Branch, 11:00.33
110 METER HURDLES – 1. Joe Gorghuber, 15.97; 3. Mitch Meier, 17.54
300 METER HURDLES – 1. Mitch Peck, 40.29; 3. Mitch Meier, 43.19
4x100 METER RELAY – 1. Alexandria A, 45.51
HIGH JUMP – 1. John Vogeler, 6-02.00
POLE VAULT – 3. Alec Wosepka, J11-00.00
LONG JUMP – 1. John Vogeler, 21-02.75; 3. Joe Gorghuber, 19-04.50
TRIPLE JUMP – 2. Joe Gorghuber, 38-00.00; 3. Mitch Meier, 37-07.25
SHOT PUT – 1. Aaron Steidl, 50-09.50; 2. Logan Steidl, 46-04.00
DISCUS – 1. Colin Guetter, 165-04; 2. Brett Ludwig, 137-09; 3. Aaron Steidl, 127-10


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One of the great challenges in the digital world is: "How to create value?" People are spending more and more time online, and are moving to a mobile Internet, which has been attested to by the success of Apple's iPhone platform. But spending online has lagged behind, especially in China, where advertising has been slow to take off.
Obviously there is something wrong with this picture. What can be done to bring value to people, and are companies looking in the wrong places?
Advertising has been established in the west for more than a century, but it has been much slower to take off in China. There are several reasons for this: for one thing, after having been a strictly socialist society for nearly thirty years, there really wasn't much of an ad industry in China in the period from 1949 to 1977. A consumer society did not exist, and Chinese citizens did not have many choices. There was the hukou system which meant that Chinese citizens could get enough of what they needed, but only if they were in the right city, and only enough to take care of their basic necessities.
After 1977, when China started to open up, the ad industry had to basically build up from almost nothing. Now, in 2008, it is one of the few markets where ad revenue is growing by leaps and bounds. In the west, many companies are questioning the effectiveness of advertising in the face of the growing power and effectiveness of the Internet and its poster boy for online advertising, Google.
Still though, there is plenty of room for alternative business models. In 1999, while Yahoo! was earning a great deal of ad revenue from banner ads, Chinese companies had to look for alternative business models which were grounded in how Chinese were willing to accept value, and were willing to pay for it with real money.
Tencent, the creator of the fabulously successful QQ IM client, has probably the most successful virtual currency in the world, Q-Coins (in Chinese, Q-bi, it means "Q currency"). Since its introduction, it has become a fabulously successful currency which has its own currency exchange rate, and is bought and sold offline. In short, to many Chinese, it is a real currency with value. This is a case of something which was created in the virtual world, was deemed to have value, and then taken into the offline world.
This leads to a very interesting question for social networks: If Q Coins have been so successful as an online social currency for transactions among community members in China, then why haven't the western SNS sites such as Facebook, Friendster, etc. created their own currencies which their own members could use worldwide? And why should there not be a secondary market for trading these virtual currencies among themselves, and then with real currencies?
Ogilvy China Digital Watch has done an excellent job of keeping an eye on the development of online advertising in China. But I have a question: "If the volume of online currency denominated transactions were added to digital adspend in China, how would that compare to how much is spent on online advertising in America?"
Could it be that in fact China is already a leader in bringing online-created goods and services to the offline world, and is ahead of the west?
Who knows, maybe the answer for a global ad agency like Ogilvy would be to issue its own virtual currency and to get as many people worldwide to use it as possible?
Now that would be a twist!


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I cut my authorial teeth on dialogue as a playwright. I was the creative arts director for 11 years at my church. We did everything from the 30-second sermon starter to full-length musicals. When I first wrote my first few scripts, my actors often used different words that I'd written, or they changed the sentences around, and even...gasp...dropped words.
But I liked what I heard, so I dissected the changes and found the common ground. I wrote like Snoopy, trying to be literary. Gag. The lines were too perfect and not realistic.
Have you read a book where the dialogue actually pulls you out of the story because it's so stiff and unbelievable? Or worse, it sounds like an info dump, as if the writer's saying, "You won't understand this unless I explain it to you."
Well, thank you Billy Sunday. That'll make me throw a book across the room faster than a politician can empty your wallet. Unless it's on my e-reader; then I'd delete it before it contaminated the other e-books.
So what does make good dialogue in a book?
It has to be realistic for starters. And it has to be organic to your character. If you're an Oregonian and writing about a Southern Belle, you'd better have a Cousin Sue Ellen read your manuscript, or it may well be stereotyped. The same goes for Sue Ellen writing about a Yankee.
What if you're writing a young adult book and don't have any teens or twenty-somethings living at home, and you aren't sure how the characters would really talk? Go to a local mall and hang out in the food court and eavesdrop. Listen to the half sentences, colloquialisms, and especially to the way people answer questions.
One mistake new writers often make is found in the way characters answer questions.
"Good morning, Bob. Where are you headed this fine morning?"
"Good morning, John. I'm going to the hardware store to get a new float for the toilet."
First of all, we don't really care about Bob's toilet, unless his four-year-old flushed the latest Wiki-leaks state secrets. A bit more realistic might sound like this:
"Morning, Bob. Where you off to?"
"Hardware store."
"Anything I can help with?"
"I got it."
"Okay, holler if you need me."
That's how two neighboring men would have this conversation. If it were women, it still wouldn't be complete sentences, but it might go something like this:
"Morning, Sally. Going shopping?"
"Macy's is having a huge sale, and you know those new slip covers I got for the den sofa? John ruined it with cranberry juice."
"I hear you. Bob got mustard on my bedspread. Why can't they be more careful?"
"I think it's in their genes."
"Yeah, he got mustard on those, too."
Anyway, you can see how their conversation veered off the main track. We women do that. Men, not so much.
In romance, Jenny B, Jones is a master at building conflict into dialogue. A few lines from Save the Date illustrate this point well:
"Do you know anything about football?"
"You toss around a ball and throw people to the ground. What else is there to know?"
"Okay then, what's a birdcage?"
"The name of the bar where you met your last girlfriend?"
"A cut?"
"A fantasy I have involving your throat."
She never answered his questions seriously and he kept asking instead of commenting on what she said. It was brilliant dialogue for building character and a great example of verbal ping-pong.
For realistic dialogue, remember to:
Study they way dialogue is written in books you love
Listen to people engage in conversation and study their responses
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Neighbors protest Largo annexations
As Largo cleans up its borders, would-be city residents object
By JULIANA A. TORRES
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Residents congregate in the foyer of Largo City Hall June 24 after the first reading annexing their properties into city limits was approved. They are upset that their properties will soon be part of the city of Largo.
LARGO In an effort to clean up pending annexations along the jagged city boundaries, Largo commissioners approved the first reading to annex 181 properties, representing $14.5 million in taxable value.
The residents of three subdivisions, representing the vast majority of the nearly 40 acres of land, were not happy to soon be included within the city.
I wanted a home in Clearwater. If I wanted one in Largo, I would have bought in Largo, said JoAnn Jacobson, secretary of the Long Branch Creek Homeowners Association. I really feel Ive been taken advantage of and that Ive had something taken away from me that is a right of mine.
The problem is, the properties within the Long Branch Creek and Arbor Trace subdivisions, along with those in the Brookstone Subdivision and Brookstone Addition, all had previous agreements with the city of Largo, some going back as far as 1987. The city agreed to extend one of its sewer lines to provide sewer service to the subdivision as it was being built. It was an expensive investment, but the developer agreed to what was called a sewer indenture, allowing the properties to become part of Largo as soon as the city boundary abutted the land.
Now it has. In January, commissioners questioned why city staff hadnt finalized 342 annexation agreements and 14 sewer indenture agreements that were eligible to be included in the city. The problem was reduced manpower and the sheer number of ordinances the commissioners had to approve to make those annexations a reality, they said.
Commissioners asked the community development department to make the annexations a priority. June 24 was added to the usual commission meeting schedule to accommodate the 18 ordinances in the first batch of those annexations.
The dozens of residents who came to protest said they had no idea that they had agreed to the sewer indentures when they bought their properties.
I wouldnt have bought, said Janet Psarsky of Brookstone, accusing the commissioners of underhanded, sneaky, sly tactics after the first reading passed.
The residents were upset that they had no choice and were upset with the wording of the letter they received informing them of the pending change. The commissioners agreed that the letters needed to be friendlier and include the benefits the residents were receiving by becoming Largo residents, directing staff to make those changes for similar future letters.
Bruce Blazej, president of the Brookstone Homeowners Association, advised that the city should let the issue simmer down a year or so and then do it the right way.
This is our lives and our property. And were going to be paying taxes to the city of Largo. So go out and sell it, for crying out loud. Dont beat us over the head with a stick, he said.
Tim Psarsky organized a petition drive in the subdivisions to protest the annexations. The vast majority of the residents with sewer indentures signed one of three petitions, though the petitions didnt sway the commissioners unanimous decision.
Their arrogance theyve always been just like that, Tim Psarsky said after the meeting. Its sad. They dont care about us.
Along with not feeling cajoled into the city, residents said they didnt understand how their properties were contiguous. The city was following the state law on the issue, City Attorney Alan Zimmet said.
The fact that theres city of Largo on the other side of Whitney Road establishes the contiguity that required under the annexation statute, he explained.
George Bollenback of Long Branch Creek asked what the benefits were to the city. Commissioner Woody Brown later explained that it was efficiency and simplicity in providing services to residents who now live among confusing jagged boundaries and enclaves.
Our solid waste vehicle drives past your house to pick up (trash for) the people in Largo, and you have a hired waste management or some other company to come and do it. Its just a really inefficient system, he explained.
The city also will gain an estimated $77,381 in property tax revenue from the annexations.
The residents left after the first reading of the three major subdivisions were approved. The city went on to approve 36 other individual properties with voluntary annexation agreements.
Its too bad they left. I hope theyre watching out in the foyer. Were not annexing only McMansions, Commissioner Curtis Holmes commented.
In fact, the residents were complaining in the foyer that the city was going after only their nicer neighborhoods. They didnt need the citys code enforcement and didnt need to be residents to enjoy its library or parks and recreation facility, they said.
During the meeting, Ryan Kiehn voiced another argument many of the residents had: the city wasnt taking care of the area around their homes. Kiehn said Whitney Road had no sidewalk, there were unsightly strip clubs on U.S. 19 and crime that wasnt addressed.
We dont see the investment in the community, Kiehn said. We dont feel thats something we want to be a part of.
Mayor Pat Gerard responded immediately.
We cannot make an investment in your area unless you are part of the city, she said.
Holmes pointed out that the problems Kiehn listed were county issues.
This is exactly what were trying to resolve, he said. Whens the last time the county put in a sidewalk? The city does that.
The residents currently are categorized with Clearwater addresses under the U.S. Postal Service. That wont be affected by the boundary change, commissioners assured them.
The second and final readings of the ordinances are scheduled for Tuesday, July 8.
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Higher echelons of judiciary were today hit by allegations of sexual harassment of a senior woman judicial officer by a high court judge with the Chief Justice of India (CJI) R M Lodha describing it as a "very serious issue" which would be dealt with "appropriately".
A woman additional district and sessions judge in Gwalior has quit her job after accusing a judge of the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court of sexual harassment, a charge he has rejected and offered to face death penalty if found true.
Justice Lodha told PTI, "It is a very serious issue. All versions will have to be taken into account. Let me go through it."
He said the matter has not come up before him yet but the registry has informed him that it has received emails on the issue. He would deal with the issue appropriately when the papers are placed before him as "the matter cannot be left like this".
The woman judge concerned has sent a nine-page representation to the CJI stating that the high court judge had some months ago started showing "more than normal interest" in her work and had gradually started making "coloured remarks" about her.
The complaint narrates an incident in February this year at the marriage ceremony of a judicial officer where the high court judge had allegedly told her in the presence of her 16-year-old daughter that her work was excellent but "you are more beautiful than your work".
In December last year, the wife of a senior judicial officer had telephoned her to tell her that the judge was eager to see her perform a dance on an item song at his marriage anniversary, she said.
Having refused to fulfil "the illegal and malicious aspirations" of the high court judge, she was subjected to a great deal of harassment after she was transferred last month in the middle of the academic session of her daughter to a remote place, according to her complaint.
After her representation against the transfer did not succeed she had resigned on July 15 "in compelling, humiliating and disgraceful circumstances to save my dignity, womanhood, self esteem and career of my daughter", she said.
The high court judge sent a letter to the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court today describing the allegations as "totally false" and expressing his willingness to face probe by the CBI or any other agency.
"If any allegation is proved I am ready even to face death penalty," the judge said although he added he did not want to face any trial by any court.
The high court judge's letter has been forwarded to the CJI by the Chief Justice of the MP High Court.
Meanwhile, a group of women activists led by former additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising called a press conference in New Delhi to demand impeachment of the high court judge and a thorough investigation into the complaint.
The activists, who included advocate Vrinda Grover and historian Uma Chakraborty, demanded that the woman judge's resignation should not be accepted and that the high court judge should be barred from work from tomorrow.
They appealed for bi-partisan support from political parties in their campaign for impeachment against the high court judge.
Meanwhile, in Jabalpur the Madhya Pradesh High Court today termed as "distorted version" the news report that the Lady Judicial Officer posted in Gwalior had sought an appointment with the High Court Chief Justice to apprise him about factual position and it was declined.
"It has been reported that when the Lady Judicial Officer sought appointment with the Chief Justice to apprise him of the factual position, the same was declined. This is a distorted version," a release issued by the High Court's Registrar General, Ved Prakash said.
It further clarified, "As a matter of fact, she sought appointment telephonically through Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to Chief Justice after she had already tendered her resignation which was forwarded to the state government for necessary action.
"In the given situation, she was informed by the PPS to submit a formal representation, if advised, in the matter. However, no representation has so far been made by her," the release said.
It also said, "In the context of the news item, the concerned High Court Judge faxed a confidential letter to the Chief Justice which was received on 4th August, 2014 in the morning. The Chief Justice has forwarded a copy of the said letter to Chief Justice of India with comments."
"The lady Ex-Judicial Officer, who was posted at Gwalior since August 2011 was transferred in July 2014 to Sidhi on administrative grounds. Her two representations seeking cancellation of the transfer on the ground of her education of her daughters were duly considered and rejected by the concerned Administrative Committee of the High Court.
"She has not represented about the alleged misbehaviour or harassment caused to her by anyone," it added.


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REALITY CHECK: Volume 1
Few domestic cartoons have been as successful as Reality Check at attempting American manga-styled adventures. This series draws its setup from familiar elements: 10th-grader Collin Meeks escapes his humdrum life by putting on his TVR (True Virtual Reality) helmet and roaming the VIS (Virtual Internet System). However, giving proof to the adage "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog," Collin's cat, Catreece, gets into the act, putting on the helmet and surfing the VIS while Collin's at school. Once she's wearing the helmet, she becomes an irresistibly cute teenager. As readers might expect, hijinks of all kinds ensue: Catreece turns Collin's font database into a musical number, changes the outcome of an interactive TV show and embarrasses her owner to no end. Of course, she also becomes more popular than him in the virtual world, too. The Simonses elevate this work from mere pastiche by adding a sense of fun and imaginative details (e.g., in the scene called "Around the World in 80 Megabytes," Collin and Catreece take a virtual trip around the world while battling a virus composed of puffy cats and fighting Loopy, a firewalled superheroine of the computer world who looks like a pint-sized harlequin). Wolfgarth-Simons's art is notable, using elements of Disney, manga and other classic animation to create Catreece, a character with immense appeal. (Mar.)
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The Jennings Bulldogs dominated Eunice on the stat sheets last Friday, with nearly twice as many first downs and total yards on the night. But the Bulldogs ultimately fell to their Bobcat hosts, 28-21. The difference in the final score was due to mental mistakes, as the Dogs lost two fumbles, had a punt blocked, threw an interception, and had a touchdown called back because of a penalty in the close contest.
The game wasn't decided until the final 15 seconds, when the Dogs threatened to tie the game from Eunice's 18-yard line. The Cats secured the win with an interception in the endzone to improve to 2-0 on the year. Jennings dropped to 1-1 on the early season.
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Building-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are to receive higher Government subsidies than ground-mounted projects, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced.21 Dec 2012
The decision to introduce separate bands of support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) for each type of project is intended to encourage the installation of solar projects at large factory and warehouse buildings, DECC said. It comes as part of the Government's response to two supplementary consultations published alongside its review of Renewables Obligation Certificate (ROC) bandings earlier this year.
The Government also announced details of a new subsidy for dedicated biomass plants, which it said could encourage investment worth up to £600 million and create around 1,000 construction jobs, alongside details of other changes to biomass incentives. However, this subsidy will be capped once 400MW of generating plant is built.
"We have listened to industry about the need to differentiate support between building-mounted and ground-mounted installations and we have introduced two bands as a result," Energy Minister Greg Barker said. "Our proposals for solar projects on commercial buildings will encourage businesses to consider solar PV as a serious option for meeting their power needs."
The RO is the main financial support mechanism used by the Government to encourage the development of large-scale renewable electricity generation projects. It places an obligation on suppliers to source an increasing proportion of the electricity they supply to customers from renewable sources. Banded ROCs were introduced in 2009, changing the RO from offering a single level of support for all renewable technologies to one where support levels vary in relation to the cost of developing that technology and its future potential.
The draft Energy Bill, published last month, proposes replacing the RO from 2017 with a new system of Feed-in Tariffs with Contracts for Difference (FiT CfDs) which will offer producers of low carbon power a fixed price for energy supplied to the National Grid. Payments will be made with reference to a technology-dependent 'strike price' and a market reference price, protecting consumers by 'clawing back' money from generators if the market price is higher.
The new rates for solar projects, which will apply between 2013 and 2017, are higher than the flat 1.5 ROCs per MW rate proposed by the Government in its original consultation. From April next year, support for ground-mounted solar PV projects will drop from two ROCs per MW to 1.6 ROCs per MW. Operators of building-mounted systems will be able to claim support of 1.7 ROCs per MW.
Dedicated biomass plants up to the 400MW cap will receive 1.5 ROCs per MW from April. After this point, DECC said that it would consider "issuing a consultation paper on proposals to restrict further biomass deployment" by removing guaranteed incentives for additional projects. Plants built before the cap is reached will be 'grandfathered' into any new scheme.
As proposed in the Government's July consultation, support for standard co-firing plants will be reduced to 0.3 ROCs per MW from April. Support for co-firing with combined heat and power will fall to 0.8 ROCs per MW at the same time. Both of these subsidies will run until 21 March 2015.
Energy law expert Peter Feehan of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that the announcement was a positive one which would "give clarity to a market which has been very uncertain of support for ROCs post-March".
"The key point is that there has clearly been a small concession by DECC in terms of the severity of the degredation, suggesting that DECC has listened to the market a little more than they did over feed in-tariffs," he said.
Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) encourage businesses and individuals to invest in small-scale low carbon electricity in return for a guaranteed payment for the electricity that they generate and use, as well as any unused surplus electricity they export back to the grid. As announced in October, solar power developers will be able to choose between claiming under the RO or the FiTs scheme for projects with a generating capacity between 50kW and 5MW.
"We want to see a healthy solar industry that grows in a sustainable way," Energy Secretary Ed Davey said. "That's why our support levels reflect the fall in the cost of the technology. Biomass will make a significant contribution as we seek to increase the amount of cost-effective, low carbon renewable power in our energy mix."
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A COCAINE user was so violent, it took four police officers to restrain him, an inquest at Daresbury heard on Monday.
Jacob Michael, aged 25, kicked out at officers after being chased along Lacey Street, yards from his home.
Police officers described how they had to use hand cuffs and leg restraints to contain him.
Pc Ainsley Waldridge said: "He was incoherent, constantly spitting. His eyes were glazed as if he was under the influence of drink or drugs or both."
Jacob died in a police cell at Runcorn's custody suite on August 22, last year, 45 minutes after calling 999 from his home, a jury has heard.
Police officers used pepper spray, after he threatened them with a hammer, a jury has been told.
Sgt Simon Tickle, an officer for 15 years, said Jacob's violent behaviour was typical of someone in a 'cocaine induced psychosis'.
He told the inquest: "Over the years, I have dealt with exactly the same behaviour as a result of drugs. People become violent and aggressive, no difference to what Jacob was like."
He helped colleagues handcuff him and lead him into a police van.
He denied claims by his family's lawyer that Jacob was ill and should have been taken to hospital.
Sgt Tickle said: "If he needed any medical attention, I would have sought it there and then.
"We would not have been able to carry him. He was a big, strong lad. We're not powerlifters. We kept hold of him to prevent him falling backwards.
"He was able to stand up and step into the van. He was perfectly capable of holding his own weight. He walked forward, slowly turned around and sat down on a wooden bench in the van.
"I did not see anyone striking Jacob or assaulting him. If I'd seen anything like that, I would have acted. I will not tolerate that kind of behaviour."
The inquest is expected to last five weeks.
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Northleigh House School was established in 2012 to address the growing need for a safe, calm and progressive learning environment for secondary aged children who, mainly as a result of being bullied or perceiving themselves to have been so, cannot study in a large mainstream setting.
To cite Edward De Bono: " We know very well that progress is due to creativity; to looking at things in a different way; to doing things differently; to putting things together to deliver new values." This is how we have established the learning environment at Northleigh House School.
By doing things differently" we are able to help each young person to regain their inner confidence and to begin, again, to trust other people. We promote a culture where every member of the school, whether student or staff, is valued, respected and plays a vital role in the development of Northleigh's community.
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Wake me up when this plastic bag nightmare is over. The Vancouver Sun says Thrifty Foods is going back to the plastic bag (after a two-year ban) because shoppers said the paper bag option sucked.
You know what sucks? Plastics in the ocean.
In 2010, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup scoured over 2,000 kilometres of waterfront all across our home and native land. Guess how many paper bags they picked up? Answer: they cleaned up 55,880 plastic bags! (Trick question.)
Only 19 more sleeps until my neighbouhood Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (join me at Kitsilano Beach). But this retailer decision based on "the customer is always right" model leaves me baffled. What if the customer is wrong?
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I thought Canadians were bigger than the plastic bag.
Lots of us have switched to reusable cloth bags — with great success. But some are stumped when it comes to lining household garbage pails. My suggestion: go garbage bag-less. Since you're recycling and composting, most household trash is dry and doesn't need a liner. Focus on making smarter purchases and reduce waste in the first place. If you must have a liner, use one biodegradable bag in the kitchen garbage pail.
What would you suggest Thrifty's (or any retailer) do to help their customers switch to reusable cloth bags? Why did you switch?
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SAO PAULO--Brazil's central bank seems willing to allow more volatility in the currency market, therefore avoiding becoming a "prisoner of its own rule," said former Brazilian finance minister Antonio Delfim Neto.
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THREE Torfaen schools could close next year as part of a multi-millionpound transformation of the borough's schools.
Two Locks Nursery School and Kemys Fawr Infants School in Sebastopol, and Pontymoile Primary School in Pontypool could all shut as part of proposals by Torfaen council to reduce surplus places.
There is also a proposal to close Pontymoile's autistic special needs resource base and move pupils to Nant Celyn Primary in Cwmbran.
Pupils from Two Locks Nursery School would also move to Nant Celyn Primary School while Pontymoile pupils would be split between George Street Primary and New Inn Primary.
Children at Kemys Fawr Infants School wouldmove to Griffithstown Primary.
Two Locks currently has 29 surplus seats – a quarter of all places – while Kemys Fawr has 47 across the whole school – 30 empty in the primary and 17 in the nursery, representing 32 per cent and 47 per cent respectively.
There are 114 surplus places at Pontymoile Primary - 49 per cent of the total - not including the special needs unit.
The plans are the first step in the council's £257.6 million school transformation programme and would see pupils starting at their new schools from September 1 next year.
The proposals, if approved by the council's cabinet members today, would then be open to a six-week consultation process starting next month.
The closures, which are not reliant on grant funding, would be the first part of Torfaen's 21st Century schools programme.
The programme will be split into four phases with schools in most critical need of improvement taking priority between 2014 and 2019 and will include a mix of new, extended and refurbished schools.
Torfaen council came up with the proposals after the Welsh Government requested all councils to submit plans in 2010 to transform education and tackle issues of ageing school buildings and surplus places.
It needs to reduce surplus places in primary schools to below ten per cent and surplus places in secondary schools to below 15 per cent by 2015.
The council's executive member for children and young people, Councillor Mary Barnett, said these proposals are the first of many steps to help end the 'patch and mend' approach of maintaining Torfaen's schools.
Parents vow to do all they can to stop closure
PARENTS at Pontymoile Primary School told the Argus they received letters about the proposals on Friday.
Kelly Beaumont and Kate Taylor said parents are now going to do everything they can to try to save the school.
Miss Beaumont, whose nine-yearold daughter Ellie is a pupil at the school, said: "It's a lovely school.
The class sizes are maybe a bit small but that's good.
"I went here, my oldest daughter went here and I would have liked my youngest daughter to go here."
Mrs Taylor has two sons at Pontymoile and said the small class sizes are ideal for her eight-year-old son Brodey, who has hearing problems.
She added: "I don't have transport so I would have to do four trips to George Street or New Inn each day.
If they do close the school, the next thing they've got to sort out is transport."


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Raleigh, N.C. — Fire in the Triangle is moving into the second round this week. Let's get to know our second round chefs!
John Childers, of Herons, will be competing Monday night against Jason Cunningham of the Washington Duke Inn.
Childers bested Capital Club 16's Jake Wolf in a battle involving the secret ingredient peaches. It was close with Childers winning by a fraction of a point.
Here's what Childers had to say about round one and looking ahead to round two:
What surprised you most about Round One? Thoughts on your secret ingredient?
John: There is still never enough time! Our prep time feels like it flies by. I was happy with the secret ingredient. I had a sneaking suspicion that peaches were going to be the secret ingredient.
What secret ingredient in the first round, did you most want to work with but didn't get?
John: Texas Pete is one that I would like to work with. Hot sauce is a pantry staple, but creating a meal around a condiment would be challenging and exciting.
Going into the next round, what do you absolutely not want to see as a secret ingredient? Any great combos you'd like to see - i.e. donuts and coffee?
John: I'm glad that chocolate is out of the way. I did not want to work with it. The doughnuts and coffee combo looked fun. There was a competition last year that combined sturgeon with fruit purees. That is my favorite battle combo to date.
Do you know your competitor well? Any history of working together?
John: I do not know Chef Jason Cunningham personally. No, we have never worked together.
What do you want to get out of this competition, besides winning?
John: I hope to create approachable food, that will help further our diners repetoire and hopefully inspire them to create with North Carolina's bounty.
One thing you want to share with diners about you and your restaurant.
John: I aspire to one of the faces on Mt. Rushmore. Herons in North Carolina's only Forbes 5 Star Restaurant.
John also shared with us a special recipe from the Herons kitchen!
Chilled Corn Soup
Serves 6
4 ears, Yellow Corn, Peeled, Cleaned
1 quart Spring Water
½ Large Yellow Onion, Julienned
4 cloves, Garlic, Peeled, Sliced
1 Tbsp. Ginger, Peeled, Sliced
1cup, 2% Milk
Salt, As Needed
Remove the corn from the cobs with a knife. Add the cobs to a sauce pot and cover with water (chicken stock or vegetable stock can be substituted). Bring to a simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the cobs and add the corn. In a separate sauté pan, sweat the garlic, onion, and ginger until opaque. Add the aromatics to the corn broth. Bring the soup to a simmer for 25 minutes. Add the milk and blend the mixture in three or four batches with a blender. Strain through a fine sieve and adjust seasoning with salt. Chill the soup until very cold. Serve in chilled bowls, garnished with candied ginger, popcorn, and huckleberries


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When Tena Bladel's phone rang at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, she was expecting to be told about new medication for her daughter, Breana.
The voice on the other end of the line did not have medication. Instead, the voice had a new heart for Breana.
Breana, a Ryan High School junior and the school's Raiders mascot, underwent heart transplant surgery on Thursday at Children's Medical Center in Dallas just weeks after she had been placed on a waiting list.
Breana was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and also has a protein-losing enteropathy. Prior to the transplant, Breana was in heart failure.
A few weeks ago, the 17-year-old was upgraded to a 1B status on the transplant list. But Breana didn't have to wait.
"There wasn't another person viable for this heart," Tena Bladel said. "It was her perfect match. Two weeks on the list, and this is her perfect match. The transplant team, that's all they kept saying — 'This is her heart. This is for her.'"
Just last week at a Ryan pep rally, Breana learned the Make-A-Wish foundation was sending her to Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
The circumstances leading up to Thursday played a huge role in making her eligible for the transplant.
If Breana had received her medication on time, she wouldn't have been able to receive the new heart. The donor heart couldn't find a new home in the first tier of possible recipients, so the search was extended and Breana was chosen.
Dr. Joseph Forbess, the chief of the division of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at the children's hospital, performed the surgery.
At about 6:30 a.m. Thursday, the process started. According to Tena Bladel, the heart was flown by jet for 2 1/2 hours to get to Dallas and arrived at the hospital at 11:30 a.m., 12 hours after Breana's mother got the call to come to the hospital.
Despite not being able to eat early Thursday morning, Breana was singing in the back of the car on the way to the hospital and was ecstatic to receive her new heart.
"There was no fear in her," Tena Bladel said. "There was no anxiety in her. She was ready, probably more ready than her Momma was."
That morning at Ryan, news of Breana's heart transplant was broadcast over the school's speakers during the morning announcements.
Ryan Principal Vernon Reeves said it was exciting for the school to learn that someone who has worked hard dealing with the circumstances she's been through will have a second chance with a new heart.
Ever since last week's pep rally, Tena Bladel said the family has been overwhelmed with the outpouring of support from the community.
"Everybody's wanting to help her," Tena Bladel said. "Brea has been so happy. Everybody's been stopping her in the halls [at Ryan] and telling her that they love her and they care about her."
Staff writer Britney Tabor contributed to this report.
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Research Topics
Volker Schoeffl
Country: Germany
Detail Information
- Pulley injuries in rock climbersVolker Schoffl
Department of Trauma Surgery, Teaching Hospital of University Erlangen Nürnberg, Klinikum Bamberg, Germany
Wilderness Environ Med 14:94-100. 2003..The objectives of this study are to characterize this injury and to describe diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. A grading system for the severity of pulley injuries was developed and used to set therapeutic pathways...
- Finger pain in rock climbers: reaching the right differential diagnosis and therapyV R Schöffl
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Sporttraumatology Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
J Sports Med Phys Fitness 47:70-8. 2007..The question of the influence of high intensive climbing and training in young age and a possible higher risk for osteoarthrosis of the finger joints needs to be further explored...
- Injuries at the 2005 World Championships in Rock ClimbingVolker Rainer Schöffl
Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Wilderness Environ Med 17:187-90. 2006..To evaluate the injury risk associated with indoor rock climbing competition...
- Biceps tendon ruptures in rock climbersVolker R Schöffl
Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Clin J Sport Med 16:426-7. 2006
- Radiographic adaptations to the stress of high-level rock climbing in junior athletes: a 5-year longitudinal study of the German Junior National Team and a group of recreational climbersVolker Rainer Schöffl
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bugerstr 80, Germany 96049
Am J Sports Med 35:86-92. 2007..Radiographic adaptations and changes in adult climbers are a well-known fact, but few data are available for young climbers...
- Closed flexor pulley injuries in nonclimbing activitiesVolker Rainer Schöffl
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
J Hand Surg Am 31:806-10. 2006..We report 6 digital flexor pulley injuries in 6 patients aged 5 to 73 years that were not associated with a climbing injury. Excellent outcomes were achieved through conservative therapy in 5 patients and surgical therapy in 1 patient...
- Injuries to the finger flexor pulley system in rock climbers: current conceptsVolker Rainer Schöffl
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
J Hand Surg Am 31:647-54. 2006..Grade IV injuries (multiple ruptures) require surgical repair...
- Intestinal obstruction due to phytobezoars of banana seeds: a case reportVolker Schoeffl
Surgery Clinic, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Asian J Surg 27:348-51. 2004..As recurrence and presentation at multiple sites are possible, all of the gastrointestinal tract should be thoroughly examined intraoperatively...
- Radiographic changes in the hands and fingers of young, high-level climbersVolker Schoffl
Department of Trauma Orthopedic Surgery, Bamberg Hospital, Bamberg, Germany
Am J Sports Med 32:1688-94. 2004..In the past few years, competition climbing has grown in popularity, and younger people are being drawn to the sport...
- [Therapy of injuries of the pulley system in sport climbers]V Schoffl
II Chirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Bamberg
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 36:231-6. 2004..The objectives of this study were to characterise this injury and to formulate diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines. An algorithm and a grading system are analysed for validation...
- [Pulley injuries in sport climbers]V Schoffl
II Chirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Bamberg
Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 36:224-30. 2004..Post-operative initial immobilisation and early functional treatment under external pulley protection should be performed...
- Evaluation of physiological standard pressures of the forearm flexor muscles during sport specific ergometry in sport climbersV Schoeffl
Department of Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Germany
Br J Sports Med 38:422-5. 2004..Most commonly affected is the tibialis anterior muscle compartment in runners and walkers. Only a few cases of CECS of the forearm flexor muscles have been reported...
- Evaluation of injury and fatality risk in rock and ice climbingVolker Schoffl
Department of Sportorthopedics, Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Sports Med 40:657-79. 2010....


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by: Morgan Creative • 44
Link gets you from where you are to where you want to go by public transport in New South Wales. Good for locals and pretty much essential for travellers looking to get around Sydney and NSW on a budget. Use NSW Transport Info and 131500 with saved trips!
Here are some of Link Express' features:
• Look like a badass. Rock up at the right platform at the right time without looking at the scrolly screens on the concourse. Link shows you which platform or bus stand to be at. Everyone will want to be your friend – trust me.
• Great for bus noobs. Stop using StreetView to look for landmarks when you're riding an unfamiliar bus route. Link shows you a map of where you need to get off and where you currently are so you know when to press the buzzer. Not too early so that the bus stops at the preceding stop and everyone behind you shoots lasers from their eyes into the back of your head, and not too late so that someone gets in on the button-pressing action before you.
• Why should you be awake on public transport while your phone sleeps? Technology should be working for us! That's why we invented robots slaves, right? Link can monitor your location and wake you up when you get close to your destination either by distance or time. Just don't blame us when the machines become sentient and you miss your stop.
• Ever wake up and not know where you are? It happens to me all the time! That's why Link can detect your location and plan your trip home, or to Stanmore Maccas.
• Too many lunatics on buses? Siderodromophobic? Link lets you exclude modes of travel from your plan. You can also exclude ferries but who wouldn't want ride a ferry? Nobody. That's who.
• See trackwork and service disruptions. Keep up to date so you know to call your mate and say that you can't go to the party because you're seeing your grandmother (but actually because you don't want to ride a trackwork bus or change buses at 1 AM at Mount Druitt station).
• Pick your destination from your contacts! Now you can ask for someone's address when you get their number. Strangely, I haven't been able to test this on anyone yet...
• Copy your trips to clip board as text so you can send it to all your friends who don't have this app.
• Press on a bus stop to send that bus stop number to 0488 TXT BUS! Older phones need to manually paste the number though. Lame!
What does Link have that Link Express does not?
• Location search history so you don't have to search each time you go somewhere other than work.
• History and favourites to see your searches without internet access or quickly plan a new trip based on an existing one.
• Fast proximity alarm mode for all your previous locations for when you know your route but still want to doze off on the bus.
What does Link Express have that Link does not?
• It's free! Spend your money on a Son of Mac at Maccas instead if they ever bring it back. Otherwise you might have to settle for a cheeseburger, but at least you still get the gherkin.
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Man struck, killed while walking on Fairfax County Parkway
A man was struck and killed by a pick-up truck{ }Sunday night near Fort Belvoir, police say.
Fairfax Country Police said that a man in his mid-50's was walking in the middle of the roadway near the intersection of Fairfax County Parkway and Ehlers Road when he was hit.
The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The striking vehicle remained at the scene.


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U.S. Open Rooster-Crow Guy Will NOT Face Charges (w/ VIDEO)
Ima let you finish, but first some bird sounds
After a Monday that saw a few significant legal waves ripple throughout the sports world -- a "not guilty" verdict for Roger Clemens in his federal perjury trial, continued disturbing testimony in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation trial, Roger Goodell cackling at the appeals of the suspended New Orleans Saints players -- it's understandable that nobody is talking about the "verdict" in the precedent-setting case of Golf Course Rooster Guy vs the U.S. Open.
Golf Course Rooster Guy, you say?
Yes, and if you saw the aftermath of the U.S. Open you know exactly who I'm talking about. If you didn't see the post tournament interview with U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson, well, here you go...
Golf Course Rooster Guy actually has a name, which is a good thing since Golf Course Rooster Guy is very wordy and sounds like a really lame "one-episode cameo hero" on the Super Friends. His name is Andrew James Dudley. Appropriately, he goes by the "first-middle-last" name method, which has always been reserved for serial killers, government targets, and apparently now, golf course trespassers.
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You may be asking yourself, "Wow, that Mets fan who celebrated Johan Santana's no-hitter on the field got a night in the pokey and a misdemeanor charge that carries a maximum sentence of a year in jail. What did Andrew James Dudley get as his punishment?"
First, that Mets fan had a name, people. It was Rafael Diaz. And as for Dudley, well, I'll tell you what's gonna happen to him, but first a few observations on this bit of footage:
1. Kudos to Dudley for knowing exactly where to position himself to get off his bird call. He landed himself right smack dab in the middle of the shot, a veteran move by a guy who (to the best of my knowledge) was attempting this on national television for the first time.
2. BIGGER kudos to the cameraman responsible for the wide shot. In a day and age where production teams for sporting events are instructed specifically not to give unwarranted attention to interlopers that inject themselves into the field of play, this cameraman panned out to make sure we caught the full shot of Dudley. Without the yeoman efforts of this cameraman, we don't get....
3. ...the shot of USGA director Mike Davis yanking Dudley off the set. I don't know Davis' height-weight dimensions but he doesn't appear to be a big guy. He tugged Dudley out of there like a rag doll. Impressive.
4. Simpson's line of "Enjoy the jail cell, pal." was maybe a D+ for humor, except when you apply the conversion chart to account for Simpson's being a pro golfer (not exactly a fleet of stand-up comics) and then it becomes a solid A-, and maybe the funniest line of the year on tour.
And the line, as it turns out, was accurate only to an extent. As it turns out, police did detain Dudley for a period of time in a station drunk tank until he sobered up (oh, news flash, he was shitfaced when he executed this little maneuver), but he will NOT face charges:
Dudley was not arrested for disturbing the interview but was held in a police station drunk tank after officers determined he was inebriated, said Albie Esparza, a police spokesman. Dudley was released when he sobered up.
Police did not arrest Dudley, concluding he did nothing illegal, Esparza said.
"There is no trespassing, since he had a ticket to be there," Esparza said. "All he did was go on the green of the 18th hole and make a bird noise."
So allow me to be the first to say "FREE RAFAEL DIAZ!" After all, he had a ticket to be at the Mets game. All he did was celebrate a franchise milestone moment with some of his heroes on the field.
Perhaps if he stopped and made a bird noise along the way, he'd have been granted immunity.
Meanwhile, you golf fans here in Houston, make a note -- if you're feeling a little saucy at next year's Shell Houston Open and want to show everyone your brand new raven crow sound, go ahead and saunter out to the 18th green and let her rip! Andrew James Dudley has blazed a trail for you!
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Parliament and Ethics
Issue | Are issues of ethics appropriately addressed in the laws and codes applicable to Canadian federal parliamentarians and public office holders?
Synopsis | This overview examines the regulation of ethics by conflict-of-interest and lobbying regimes, asking whether laws and codes are achieving their goals. The concept of private interest, for example, has been interpreted somewhat differently by the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada.
Timing | Several 2010 documents – The Cheques Report (Ethics Commissioner) and the "Clarifications about political activities in the context of Rule 8" (Commissioner of Lobbying) – make the scrutiny of ethics regulations timely. So, too, do current legislative reviews of the Conflict of Interest Act and the Lobbying Act.
Ethics and politics share a long history. Some 2,500 years ago, Greek philosopher Aristotle considered the character virtues or moral principles that should govern individuals' behaviour. For Aristotle, inquiry into ethics necessarily led to the study of politics, especially law-making, which addressed the principles that should govern communal behaviour in the polis (the "city").
The interplay between ethics and politics is evident today on Parliament Hill. There is a Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, a Senate Ethics Officer, and a House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
However, despite its prevalence, the term "ethics" is not defined in any federal legislation or code. Rather, Canadian legislators have focused on regulating behaviour, primarily by encouraging public office holders to act in the greater public interest while disallowing the use of public resources to benefit private interests. A conflict of interest arises when the exercise of an official power, duty or function provides an opportunity to further a public office holder's private interests, or those of relatives or friends, or to improperly further another person's private interests.1
The most recent modifications to the federal "ethics" framework came with the 2006 Federal Accountability Act, legislation intended to make Canada's federal government more accountable and to increase transparency and oversight in government operations. The Conflict of Interest Act, applicable to public office holders such as ministers, parliamentary secretaries, ministerial advisors and other ministerial staff, and the conflict of interest codes that the Senate and House of Commons adopted to govern their respective members' conduct, are the main federal tools governing conflict of interest. The Lobbying Act and the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct aim to ensure that federal lobbying activities are transparent and that lobbyists conduct themselves in accordance with ethical standards.
|Aristotle's study of ethics and politics built on the work of his teacher Plato (left). (Detail from Raphael's The School of Athens)
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Whether these laws and codes governing ethical behaviour achieve their stated goals is an open question. A case in point is the concept of "private interest," which has been interpreted differently by the Ethics Commissioner and the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada.
In 2010, Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson held that the concept of private interest, as set out in the House of Commons Members' code and the Conflict of Interest Act, is limited to interests of a financial nature resulting in a pecuniary advantage, and does not extend to actions that may result in other types of advantage, such as political partisan advantage. This raises the question: Is "private interest" too narrowly defined to sufficiently limit conflicts of interest?
Commissioner Dawson seemed to suggest so in her April 2010 report to Parliament on the use of partisan identifiers on ceremonial cheques for Government of Canada funding announcements. While noting that "the interest in enhancing political profiles is a partisan political interest and not a private interest," she also added that "the practice of using partisan identifiers in announcing government initiatives goes too far and has the potential to diminish public confidence in the integrity of Members and the governing institutions they represent."2
In contrast, during the 2011 federal election, questions arose regarding the Commissioner of Lobbying Karen E. Shepherd's recent interpretation of Rule 8 of the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct. Rule 8 provides that "lobbyists shall not place public office holders in a conflict of interest by proposing or undertaking any action that would constitute an improper influence on a public office holder." Commissioner Shepherd indicated that political activities undertaken by lobbyists could count as actions that put a public office holder in a conflict of interest by advancing the public office holder's private interest.3 This implicitly suggests a broader interpretation of "private interest" than that taken by the Ethics Commissioner.
A statutory review of the Lobbying Act began in March 2011, and the Conflict of Interest Act is due for statutory review in 2012. With these reviews, parliamentarians will be able to reflect on the nature and scope of activities that should be considered conflicts of interest, as well as the broader question of the interaction between ethics and politics on Parliament Hill.
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Judge Jules has grown up and its gone all Pete tong for him. Back in his day he could have been the respectable dance DJ, but he has chosen to feel the force of the dark side. Yes commercialisation has set into him like foot and mouth has spread like wildfire in the farming industry. His movement from okish party DJ with a strange affliction of Trumpetitis to radio DJ is about the same bowel movement from Kiss 100 to Radio 1. Its strange that Radio 1 is playing catch up stealing London radio DJ's and turning them in a national commercial parody. The Judges vocal skill style involves comparing something of rather meagre taste to something a bit more involving using words to cover up what the music is about, and his style does not seem to have changed the slightest which is why I have got bored of him. It is a shame I liked the Dance Wars Album with John Kelly and some of his older tapes and CDs, but the cheese has crept in and now this radio DJ has matured like Stilton.
Judge Jules is probably Radio 1's most famous and popular DJs, and currently has his own show every Saturday afternoon, and on Fridays also I think! Although he doesn't produce many songs, he does an awful lot of excellent remixes and helps to compile the compilation albums like Euphoria and The Annual – maybe not these exact ones, but stuff like this! His shows are superb. There is no question as to why he is a Radio presenter – he's got talent and is good at the job, with a distinct voice – a rather worn out voice (from all the shouting 'everybody in da house say yeah!' et al…), but he always plays some superb tunes, especially exclusives and music from new artists – this is a great idea as it can help people to get into the music business. There's a very 'hard house' theme to the programme, lots of bass and lots of rhythm in every show. The music can get boring, but there have been a lot of superb mixes of old tracks, and a lot of new up and coming songs getting the Radio 1 Judge Jules once over before they're unleashed into the world! There are many special guests who appear on the show with him, and a lot of news has been told, as well as rumours of the music industry so it's great for info! Great program, on Radio one 98-102 FM every Saturday from midday to around 6!


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Smeltz is expected to miss three months after undergoing the procedure, with light training to commence in eight weeks.
Perth begins its season against Adelaide on 13 October, with Smeltz unlikely to return until November.
Glory coach Alistair Edwards said it was important for Smeltz to address the issue now rather than try to manage it during the season.
"He's had it for a little while and we thought having the rest over the pre-season would alleviate the problem," Edwards said.
"So when they went in and had the surgery, they did a bit of extra stuff as well.
"Long term it's good for Shane and the club. Short term not very good.
"But it's a great opportunity for younger players to get some game time and experience."
Smeltz is the A-League's leading goalscorer with 73 goals from 122 games.
The 31-year-old New Zealand international struggled to find top form last season, netting just seven goals from 19 matches.
In Smeltz's absence, the likes of Australia U-20 striker Jamie Maclaren, Japanese youth international Ryo Nagai, Chris Harold and Ndumba Makeche will be looking to fill the void up front.


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Last season on "Breaking Bad," Walter White finally managed to outmaneuver the local drug kingpin, Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) in part by winning back the trust of his longtime partner, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).
But to do that, Walt had to stoop even lower than Gus and poison a young boy whom Jesse loves like a son. Needless to say, Jesse won't be pleased when the truth inevitably comes out.
When the fifth and final season of "Breaking Bad" arrives later this month, Walt and Jesse will quickly come together to fill the void left by Gus' demise. During a recent interview with MTV News, Bryan Cranston confirmed Walt's attempt to build his own drug empire.
"Now, we're together," said Cranston. "[Jesse and Walt are] cohesive. We're working it out. And we're starting a new endeavor… We start cooking again. Walt figures out a very clever way to disguise it. Obviously we don't have the means or wherewithal to make another super lab, but we do it like a poor man's super lab … and in so doing, we need to expand our partnership."
Earlier this year, Jesse Plemons ("Friday Night Lights") was announced as a new addition to the "Breaking Bad" cast. And apparently, Plemons' character Todd will be Walt and Jesse's new partner.
"There's some friction when he joins the group," noted Cranston. "We think we know him, and then it's like, 'What just happened? What did he do?' It's fun for [Plemons] to play because it keeps him guessing, and it keeps [Walt and Jesse] as a partnership guessing, too."
Even more intriguingly, Cranston seemed to indicate that least one other person will be joining Walt and Jesse's burgeoning operation.
"There's someone else who comes into play [with the partnership] too, who you'll be familiar with." teased Cranston.
"Breaking Bad" season 5 kicks off on Sunday, July 15 on AMC.