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SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. - (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with beating his girlfriend's son to death days before the child's second birthday.
The suspect, whose name was withheld because of his age, called 911 about 8:20 p.m. Tuesday to report the toddler in his care was unresponsive, Erie County Sheriff Timothy Howard said.
Sheriff's deputies found the child bruised and lifeless in an upstairs bedroom and administered first aid before paramedics arrived. The baby, Austin Smith, was rushed to nearby Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The teenager was charged after an autopsy concluded that Austin, who would have turned 2 on Saturday, died of blunt force trauma to the head, Howard said. The teenager is believed to have beaten the boy with his hands, the sheriff said.
A 2-month-old girl who also had been in the suspect's care was placed temporarily in the custody of the county.
The suspect and the children's mother, 19-year-old Ashley Smith, had been living together on the second floor of his parents' home south of Buffalo for about two weeks and had been dating on and off for the past three years, investigators said.
It was unclear whether the 16-year-old was the father of either of the children.
Smith had left for her job at a nearby restaurant about 4 p.m.
The suspect is expected to be arraigned later this week in Springville Village Court.
NY 16-year-old charged with killing 1-year-old boy
SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. - (AP) -- A 16-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with beating his girlfriend's son to death days before the child's second birthday.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Dirt on Cleopatra's Makeup
14 comments:
- Tracy Barrett said...
A medieval medical text from Italy supposedly (and probably) written by a woman has an extensive section on cosmetics, so the blending of the two areas lasted a long time! Some of the recipes in that are pretty gross, too.
- September 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
I can only imagine, Tracy! Actually, if we dug a little deeper into what's in our cosmetics, we'd probably be grossed out too!
- September 14, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...
how interesting!! thank you for sharing, Vicky! I also love the perez comparison :)
- September 14, 2010 at 6:51 PM
- Unknown said...
Yes, but was there Retin-A back then? I love this post bc it's one more nail in the coffin of Cleopatra as a seductress who wielded power from her feminine wiles rather than political shrewdness and military insight.
- September 14, 2010 at 7:22 PM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Thanks Webmaster (I know who you are!)
- September 14, 2010 at 8:00 PM
- Karen Strong said...
This is so interesting. Duck fat? Really? Hmm...
I see there were many differing views between the Egyptians and the Romans.
But I beat that see-through dress was fabulous! Ha.
- September 14, 2010 at 10:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Vicky!
Do we have any info on this from non-Roman sources?
- September 15, 2010 at 12:38 AM
- Vicki Leon said...
Great post----and I love the gorgeous but scary eye at the top. A contrast and compare of Egyptian vs Roman is a super idea! will coiffures be next?
- September 15, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Vicki--I probably won't write about hair again since I posted on Egyptian wigs a while ago. But good lord, those awful Roman coiffures need a good smack-down, don't you think?
- September 15, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Hasan, there are many Egyptian sources for the use of makeup, including instructions on the consequences of daring to meet the gods (at their temples or at death) without being properly "painted." And, as you can imagine, these consequences were not good! So while I don't doubt the Egyptians used makeup to enhance their attractiveness, both men and women used it initially to honor the gods...
- September 15, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Hi Karen. Yeah the see through dress must have been fabulous! And girlfriend could have pulled it off too since she was only in her early 20;s when she met the big "C."
Carrie, I'm glad you like the Perez comparison--I'm kind of waiting for a stuffy classicist to get all outraged on me for that! ;-)
- September 15, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Elizabeth O. Dulemba said...
Maybe we should do this for Halloween (with modern products). It's gorgeous! :) e
- September 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Unknown said...
Cheers for the info Vicky!
I know we have spoken about HBOs Rome before - but did you notice that when some of the Roman male characters were in Egypt they 'went native' and wore eyeliner.. I thought that was an interesting touch - though not sure about its veracity. eg. Would Antony have worn Egyptian makeup when he was Cleo's consort??
- September 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Vicky Alvear Shecter said...
Hasan, my guess is that Antony did not wear the Egyptian makeup because if he had, you can bet his anti-Antony enemies would have been ALL over that to discredit him. Occasionally, he dressed up as Dionysus and I think I read somewhere that he dressed as Herakles because--supposedly, his family descended from Herakles' (Hercules) son, Anton...
- September 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM

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Watchuseek Blog
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Come on you reds: Hublot King Power Red Devil
A new King Power has been unveiled on the hallowed turf of Old Trafford, the world famous Manchester United football stadium. As with all major Hublot watch launches, Hublot CEO Jean-Claude Biver was on hand to do the unveiling honours.
Featuring new technical details, and equipped with a new chronograph movement with two centre chrono hands providing better readability, the King Power Red Devil is a symbol of fusion and innovation, paying tribute to this most legendary of football clubs.
The Manchester United players, Sir Alex Ferguson and Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of Hublot were all on the pitch to host the presentation of the new King Power Red Devil to the international press.
Chronograph movement
In tribute to one of the world's most famous football clubs, for which it has been Official Timekeeper since 2008, Hublot has developed a King Power equipped for the first time with a chronograph movement distinguished by two centre chrono hands. This makes for better readability.
The wearer can keep track of both hands at a glance; the first indicates the seconds, and the other hand, specially developed for football, indicates the time elapsed during the 45 minutes of each half.
Sapphire dial
With a sapphire dial, the movement – here in an Aero Bang version - has also undergone new skeleton working, leaving it more open to further reveal the working parts of the watch and its fine mechanics.
Black ruthenium
The topside is coated with black ruthenium for a beautiful overall effect. Predominantly red, the minute track, a time counter at 9 o'clock and a date window at 4 o'clock round off the piece, stamped with the famous Red Devils emblem at 3 o'clock.
Old Trafford turf
In a nod to Old Trafford's more than one hundred year-old turf, the watch indexes come in a natural grass-green colour, obtained using real blades of grass from Old Trafford, picked and preserved especially by the club's groundsmen for the making of this limited series.
It took Hublot 6 months of development to stabilise the plant material and its original colour, including against UV and temperature differences. The freeze-dried blades of grass were inserted into the indexes through an all-new process, then coated with a special transparent lacquer to secure them permanently.
The King Power case – 48 mm in diameter, here in micro-blasted black ceramic or in 18K King Gold - has been revamped. Its two push-buttons have been redesigned, and are now each protected by a safety bar, which is completely built in either side of the crown. And in a final reference to the legendary club, the black rubber strap has a red line in the centre, directly inspired by Manchester United's graphics.
Limited editions
This limited edition is produced in 500 numbered pieces for the micro-blasted black ceramic version and in 250 pieces for the King Gold 18K version.
Each signed by Sir Alex Ferguson
Every watch is accompanied by a certificate guaranteeing its authenticity, signed personally by Sir Alex Ferguson.
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LONDON -- When the 2012 Olympics comes to London this summer, thousands of athletes, coaches, officials and tourists from all over the world will descend upon East London, home to some of the poorest boroughs in Britain's capital.
The factories, warehouses and busy docks that once made it the industrial hub of the city have for decades been morphing into derelict buildings and abandoned scrap heaps as the industries dry up and move overseas – creating the perfect blank canvas for the Olympic sites, the Games' organizers say. But a vibrant community sprung up in place of the old industrial center, and not everyone is happy about the Olympics becoming a neighbor.
Gideon Mendel / Corbis for msnbc.com
Construction workers take a break from their task of building the Olympic site to enjoy a substantial lunch at The Griddler, a local cafe very close to site of the games.
Frank and Rosie Aviatti, owners of The Griddler café near the Olympic stadium in Stratford, almost sold their business a few years ago when construction workers closed off part of their road for Olympics-related building projects. "Business went down 90 percent," Frank Aviatti told msnbc.com.
However, other residents and businesses laud the transformative development of the area. Lance Forman, proprietor of H. Forman & Son smoked salmon purveyors, had to move his factory because it was on land that the Olympic organizers wanted for the new stadium. "We did a deal early," he told msnbc.com, explaining that the 105-year-old company realized it would be a waste of time and money to dispute the compulsory purchase order.
They bought land across the river from what is now the Olympic stadium, designed a factory – in just one month – and built it in under a year. To take advantage of what Forman knew was going to be an opportunity for his business, the company opened a restaurant, bar and event space in its new building. Although business suffered at first, Forman is optimistic because of the higher traffic East London is getting because of the Olympics.
Gideon Mendel / Corbis for msnbc.com
Salmon is sliced and processed at H. Forman and Son, a fourth-generation family business, at its new location directly across the River Lea from the Olympic Stadium.
"People now come to the restaurant and say they didn't know East London existed before," he said. "And they say they didn't realize how close it was."
As the Olympics fast approach, photographer Gideon Mendel has sought to capture the diversity of life within one mile of the main Olympic site.
Himself an East London resident, Mendel says he is struck by how many different people from different parts of the world live and work in the area – and is intrigued by the idea that the international participants in this summer's games will be greeted by such an international community. To see some striking images of the people, places and businesses that will be welcoming the world this summer, take a look at the slideshow below.
Gideon Mendel / Corbis for msnbc.com
When the Olympics is your neighbor
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WHHI-TV will broadcast this week's Bluffton-Beaufort high school basketball games as part of its "game of the week" series.
Bluffton hosts Beaufort at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Games will be aired on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 1 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m.
The station also will broadcast games played Jan. 29 between Hilton Head Christian and Hilton Head Prep, Feb. 5 between Hilton Head Island and Stall, and Feb. 12 between Beaufort Academy and Hilton Head Christian.
WHHI is available on Time Warner Cable channel 3 and Hargray Cable channel 8.
Bobcat Baseball Camp Feb. 9
Bluffton High School will host its seventh annual Bobcat Baseball Camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 9 at Johnston Stadium.
Players should bring their own cleats, glove, baseball pants or long pants and personal bats. Equipment will be provided if needed, along with lunch and drinks. Campers are welcome to bring their own lunch. There will be several contests for individual awards, with a participation and awards ceremony to follow.
Madigan notches ace
at Moss Creek
Ann Madigan had a hole in one Jan. 13 on hole No. 7 at Moss Creek Golf Club's North Course. She knocked in the ace with her 5-hybrid from 109 yards. Madigan's playing partners were her husband, Gene McGurl, and fellow members Laura and Gordon Kaiser.
Jim Andersen for had an eagle Jan. 12 on No. 8 on the South Course. His playing partner was Dr. Gene Lucia.
Weary places 2nd in Florida junior tournament
Alec Weary of Bluffton finished one shot off the lead to place second at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's Amelia National Junior Shootout in Fernandina Beach, Fla.
Weary shot rounds of 71 and 75 to finish at 2-over par 146 in the boys 11-14 division. Cody Carroll of Jacksonville, Fla., won the title with a 1-over 145.
Weary finished with one eagle, five birdies and 21 pars.
BHS tennis practice
opens Jan. 28
Any Bluffton High School students interested in playing boys tennis in the spring should contact coach Bob Brown at 290-2833.
Practice begins Jan. 28 for those with physical and parent permission slips completed. Bluffton Tennis abides by the United States Tennis Association's National No-Cut Policy.


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If you're on apple.com trying to look up all the new info you may have missed during the live event today, you might have noticed the site is going up and down more than a two dollar.... oil rig.
TechCrunch reports a source close the matter says the site may have been hacked. The "Access Denied" message has even started trending on Twitter.
A Whois lookup of the website shows some other strange information indicating the site was indeed hacked or possibly being attacked by DNS spammers.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
UPDATE: Gizmodo says the site was not hacked, and there is a simple explanation for the weird whois information. At any rate, the site seems to be back under control of Apple.


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This time last week I had no idea a hurricane was even in the weather forecast. Now, two canceled days of school, two postponed classes, 24 hours of whipping wind, and countless Twitter updates later, I can't imagine Sandy not being on her way. At times during the past couple of days, it has felt like there was nothing happening anywhere except for this hurricane – and I was reminded of the hurricane that landed just a few days before I started school at MSPP and which derailed my transportation plans in an instant. While the collective memory of Irene has mostly been replaced by the downed power lines, flooded streets, and fallen trees of Sandy, last year's hurricane has been present in my mind.
Irene dropped a giant (and I mean, HUGE) tree branch on my car last fall; it shattered the front windshield, tore through the roof, and knocked out the side windows. There was also water damage inside, and the frame of the car was compromised. I saw the branch crash through my car, and felt fortunate that I was inside safe and sound with my family. After first declaring the car a loss, my insurance company eventually decided that the 8-year-old car could be repaired. I was also left wondering how I would get to MSPP for my first days of class.
This time around, I parked my resilient little Honda in the driveway of the house where my apartment is located, in between two tall houses, and most importantly, a good distance from any trees or telephone poles. Sandy, meanwhile, did not even knock out the power on my block, while friends and family on the east coast have begun serious clean-up from the ravages of the storm on their homes, cars, subway system, and sidewalks. People in West Virginia who do not even own snow shovels are finding themselves digging out from blizzard conditions, while New York City slowly starts to function again, limping from the temporary loss of its major transit system.
My recent experiences with hurricanes in Massachusetts, earthquakes in Chile, and hailstorms in Texas have all reminded me of just how unpredictable natural disasters can be. Although we can track hurricanes with sophisticated radar, we don't know with total certainty which trees will fall, which parking lots will flood, whose house will collapse under a telephone pole. The only thing we can expect from hurricanes is raging unpredictability.
For those who have not spent much time in schools recently, this level of uncertainty and this number of unexpected events are par for the course, day in and day out. While teachers may have an idea which students are likely to perform well on a test or who will probably arrive 20 minutes late, there are also many unforeseen incidents and occurrences throughout the school day, every day. One child throws a temper tantrum in the hallway, another gets a bloody nose at recess. The fire alarm system malfunctions, causing evacuation of the entire school in the pouring rain. Parents become alarmed by a school psychologist's findings, history teachers are assigned to cover biology classes at the last minute as the flu is going around the science department. A student throws a chair through the window, another finally remembers to bring her assignment notebook to class, and a third is found crouched under a table, sobbing. A sophomore fails to arrive for his testing session, and the soccer team shows up to school in their pajamas. Parents bring in breakfast to thank teachers for their hard work. A group of juniors initiate a food fight in the cafeteria. A teacher's most popular lesson falls flat for the first time and he must change gears quickly to keep his students on task. For those who work in elementary and secondary schools, unpredictability is the name of the game.
While we prepared ourselves for the hurricane by stocking up on bottled water, chocolate bars, and batteries, we are often woefully underprepared for the minor metaphorical hurricanes that whip through schools on a daily basis. School personnel often handle the unexpected as best they can, but crisis intervention and prevention plans must be in place, teachers must receive training to de-escalate angry students, and to safely restrain students if necessary. Teachers need back-up they can count on; other adults (including school psychologists) to help them navigate and juggle the constant deluge of unexpected scenarios. They must have back-up lesson plans, and a reliable communication system with school administrators. They need support for newly implemented programs, and for phasing in new behavior management strategies. In many cases, additional funding could provide these resources and more, to help teachers best manage the expected unexpectedness of an ordinary school day. Now, if we could only get public education as much airtime as Sandy has captured over the past several days, and as much financial support for launching a fresh start. In the meantime, back to the whirlwind of school – I will be juggling two transition groups, a counseling case, three evaluation cases, and rescheduling an intern training I have helped develop. I'm not sure what unexpected events the day will bring - I'm just grateful Sandy left my car alone so I can get there on time.


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In front of a crowd of more than 100 people Tuesday night, Samantha Lewandowski, 14, recalled the sad details of her father's final years after he became addicted to OxyContin.
In front of a crowd of more than 100 people Tuesday night, Samantha Lewandowski, 14, recalled the sad details of her father's final years after he became addicted to OxyContin.
"You took me away from him when I needed him," Samantha said, reading a letter she had written to the drug. "Dad never played with me anymore. You made him look like a monster. Why was he mad at me? Didn't he love me anymore? I didn't even get to say goodbye."
A Whitman resident, Lewandowski said her father would not be there when she gets her driver's license in a few years, to watch her go to the prom, to see her graduate from high school or to walk her down the aisle on her wedding day.
Samantha's father passed away in 2003 when he was just 32 years old. He had been prescribed the painkiller after a shoulder injury and was unable to give it up after his recovery.
During a forum on addiction held at South Shore Vocational Technical High School in Hanover on Tuesday night (Oct. 23), Hanover Police Chief Paul Hayes told those in attendance that everybody has questions about addiction, including why users don't just stop.
"Addiction is a lifelong process," said Hayes, adding that addicts are always in a state of recovery.
The forum, run by the Hanover Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse (HAPSA), included the screening of an HBO documentary, "Addiction" along with a panel discussion and question and answer session.
Hayes served as the emcee at the forum, at which panelists included a Hanover parent Barbara Devaney, whose daughter died of a Heroin overdose, Matt, a person in recovery for OxyContin use, Hanover Police Det. Jonathan Abban, Hanover Police D.A.R.E. officer Mike McKeever, Jessica Healy of the Plymouth Country District Attorney's office, Maryanne Frangules of Massachusetts Organization for Recovery (M.O.A.R.),
Nurse Colleen LaBelle from the Boston University Medical Center addiction treatment department, Jo Ann Peterson from Learn To Cope parent support and D. Peter Collins from the New Hope Treatment Center.
The short movie featured interviews with doctors, experts and the families of addicts as well as the addicts themselves. According to the documentary, addiction generally starts when a person is between the ages of 18 and 25, though the human brain does not fully develop until a person is 25.
About 80 percent of teens who use drugs have underlying mental issues, ranging from depression to anxiety. The average person does not enter a treatment program until they have been on a drug for 20 years, though 70 percent of teens who go to treatment one time will relapse.
The parents who were featured in the movie said they never suspected their child was using drugs. One of the featured teens in the documentary, Ted, 17, was in a residential treatment center in Texas. He started out by adding vodka to his coffee and smoking marijuana.
Then, he moved onto prescription pills.
Ted said boredom is a trigger for him. His mother talked about the difficult decision the family had to make in sending him to a residential treatment center.Chief Hayes said the South Shore is no different than other communities when it comes to the frequency of drug use. At the forum, panelists said drug use doesn't escape any community – it doesn't matter who you are or where you came from, they said – drugs can affect anyone's friends or family.
Hayes said Samantha contacted the police department when she heard this forum was to be held and asked if she could speak.
Her mother, Danielle Light, also attended. The most important thing she said she wants parents to realize is that "yes, this can happen to your child." To the kids, Samantha said, "unfortunately, I've had to learn the hard way.
This drug, there are no three chances, there are no two chances, you only have one chance."
The panel discussion began with Devaney, of Hanover, who lost her 23-year-old daughter to Heroin. "The worst thing happened to me that could happen to any parent: my child died of a Heroin overdose."
After her daughter graduated from college, she moved to Boulder, Colo. where she worked at a newspaper. Devaney got a call one day from a hospital staff member telling her that her daughter was there.
She flew out to convince her daughter to come home and found that her child had no job, was homeless and had a boyfriend who was into drugs.
She drove her daughter across the country home. She slept in hotel rooms with her and spent hours in the car and noticed no differences in her, except that she wouldn't drive.
At the time, the two were living in a small place with just one bathroom. Her daughter told her that she wanted to go live at her grandparents' house in Hanover, which made sense to her since the grandparents had more room in their home.
The overdose happened in that home. "I know she didn't do it on purpose," Devaney told the crowd, adding that her daughter was found in a bathtub.
LaBelle, nurse at Boston University Medical Center was seated next to Matt, who is in recovery. She told his story. Matt has four brothers, three of which have been touched by addiction.
Matt, 20, started with alcohol and marijuana in junior high. He played sports and was prescribed OxyContin after an injury. He took it again at a party and was addicted. He got caught during his junior year of high school and dropped out. He spent time in jail and in residential detox.
He attends five meetings a week. "He's now clean and sober for the longest time," LaBelle said. "He's been clean and sober since junior high."
"We get 10 to 20 calls a week on the state hotline a day – people crying, people screaming for help," LaBelle said. She said their patients are lawyers, doctors, people from all walks of life and these drugs can affect anyone. "It's a disease that doesn't go away," LaBelle said.
Jo Ann Peterson of Learn to Cope said a lot of these stories are the same and her son too was affected. As she spoke students standing behind her held out a list of people addicted to OxyContin and Heroin.
Peterson said the list had about 400 names on it, and many of the people who signed it have since died.
"It's easy to judge, but it's not easy to face the reality that it could be your child," Peterson said. It could happen to one's brother, sister, parents, aunt, uncle or friend, she added. "This is an epidemic."
Her son, who has now been clean for three years, started using OxyContin after a friend's father gave it to him — a fact the audience gasped at upon hearing. "We went through four years of hell to get almost three years of sobriety," she said.
Maryanne Frangules, of M.O.A.R., compared drug use nowadays to a diagnosis of cancer several years ago. She called on the audience to work together to end the stigma associated with drug use and begin to treat the problem. She said it starts with people telling their stories.
Peter Collins, director of New Hope Treatment Center, said he's seen a change in the field in the last decade. Ten to 12 years ago, the average age of a person in rehab was 36-42. Now it's under 25 – with 85 percent of people in for Heroin addiction.
Jessica Healy, who prosecutes drug cases at Brockton District Court for the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, said aside from all the other bad effects drug use can have, it can also get people a record and jail time.
She talked about a case she recently looked into in which the person had prescriptions for an assortment of pills from the same pharmacy from all different doctors. She said there should be some kind of a system by which pharmacies can look into such.
Mike McKeever, Hanover DARE officer, said education is key when it comes to this issue.
Hanover Det. Jonathan Abban, an undercover narcotics officer, said a lot of cases he gets involved in start with a phone call from neighbors. He told the audience while working undercover, he purchased cocaine less than half a mile from the school in which they were sitting and online.
The chief took questions from the audience, and one of the issues brought up was the lack of drug counseling in prison systems, to how to protect one's kids, to changes in laws, to funding for programs, to programs available – like the three recovery high schools in Massachusetts, in Beverly, Springfield and Boston.
Hayes said it took seven to eight months to plan the forum, and a college class he is teaching at Curry College attended.
The audience seemed to take away a lot from the forum.
"I think it makes me more angry than I have ever have been that there are drugs available," Rockland resident Jane Krahe said after the forum. "I hope I never have to deal with it on a personal basis."
Victoria Herrmann, of Kingston, who is in Hayes' college course, said the parents at the meeting made the biggest impact on her. "I have two kids, so it was kind of scary when I was listening to the parents talking, mostly because they were saying it can happen to anyone."
Though Herrmann is not totally naïve to what's going on in our society. At her job at a convenience store, she said "I see people. They don't care what they're buying or what they're saying when they are in there."The chief said parents need to be vigilant and ask their children where they are going and who they are going with, and verify that information. The more you know For more information check out these Web sites: www.learn2cope.org www.talkaboutaddiction.org www.neaar.org/moar/


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I have an online homework for my Modern Physics class, that requires me to find the uncertainty in velocity and position of a duck. The question is as below:
Suppose a duck lives in a universe in which h = 2π J · s. The duck has a mass of 2.55 kg and is initially known to be within a pond 1.70 m wide. (a) What is the minimum uncertainty in the component of the duck's velocity parallel to the pond's width? (b) Assuming this uncertainty in speed prevails for 4.10 s, determine the uncertainty in the duck's position after this time interval.
Now, I got the solution to the first part using the equation
$$ \Delta(x).\Delta(p) = h / 4\pi $$
This gives me $$ \Delta(v) > 0.1153$$
I assume, the second part of the question would be calculated this way:
$$\Delta(x) = \Delta(v) . t$$ or, $$ \Delta(x) = 0.1153 * 4.10$$
But this shows up as the wrong answer. What am I doing wrong? Wouldn't the uncertainty in the duck's position after time t equal the product of velocity uncertainty and time?
(Disclaimer: Yes, this is a homework question as I mentioned above, but I have tried to solve it and seem to be hitting a wall. I suppose I have some concept wrong. A nudge in the right direction would be appreciated.)


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Democratic News
May 04 2012
Week Ahead: May 7 - 11
On Thursday, May 10, the full committee will consider S. 2374, the Helium Stewardship Act of 2012. Witnesses include Timothy Spisak, deputy assistant director of Minerals and Realty Management, Bureau of Land Management; Dr. Moses Chan, Evan Pugh Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Walter Nelson, director of helium sourcing and supply chain, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA; David Joyner, president, Air Liquide Helium America, Inc., Houston, TX; and Tom Rauch, Global Sourcing Manager Services and Aftermarket Solutions, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WA. (Dirksen 366 at 9:30 a.m.)
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As in wasps.. Sorry, I've been slacking on the blog.. I have been under the weather (so to speak) for a while now. I'm feeling a bit better and I'm up for a little blogging action.. 😛
I'm not going to try to recap everything i have done since I last spoke with you. I will say that the guild went into BT and whipped a few boss butts along the way. (I helped out with all we did except the first). We cleared Z'A again and I got a group of peeps together to go run Heroic Underbog in order to get Fimlys a level 70 wasp pet.
It was lots of fun and a couple of others in the group switched out for their hunters to tame one also. I named him Slacker.. Don't ask me why.. I really don't know. I'm liking him so far though.
Then, last night (see, we caught up) I got the Shamlock duo to 60 finally. So now I have 5 60's (Mage, Pally, Shaman, Lock, Warrior) and 4 70's (Hunter, Priest, Druid, Rogue). Pretty crazy…
So, that's about it. I'm back and all and so hopefully you'll hear from be again tomorrow!


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Heritage, craftsmanship and more…
A heritage founded on craftsmanship and sustainability. A future focused on authenticity, design and innovation.
We've come a long way since 1983 – and while the styles may have changed, our ethos hasn't. Helen Kaminski was founded on the principles of natural beauty, craftsmanship, distinctive style and individuality.
In 1983, brand founder Helen Marie Kaminski handcrafted a raffia hat to protect her children from the searing Australian sun. Soon, her distinctive design was being coveted by small country boutiques where it was exposed to the style set. Barely a year after creating her first hat by hand, an editor from Vogue featured the 'Classic 5', in an editorial spread. An influx of interest followed from retailers, consumers, stylists and celebrities.
"I left one of a few family hats at a shop in Manuka in Canberra. It sold before I got back to the farm in Gundaroo where we lived. The shop owner told me she could have sold five in an afternoon. And so it began. That year Judy Davis bought a few and Vogue used them in two or three pages." Helen Marie Kaminski, Founding Designer
L-R: One of the original Classic 5 hats, Helen Kaminksi, founding designer, Classic 5's made from the finest Madagascan Raffia
Helen's interest in working with the finest natural sustainably sourced materials led her to the natural home of raffia; Madagascar. Here, the finest raffia in the world grows. Helen fostered local relationships and in 1985 began collaborating with partners, establishing a dedicated handcraft workshop in Madagascar. In 1990, the collection grew to include the first Helen Kaminski raffia bag, the 'Sac', a design influenced by the traditional Papua New Guinea billum bag. A year later, Helen connected with John Roxburgh and Kimber Darling who were making hats in Picton, Australia and in 1993, Helen Kaminski Pty Ltd was formed with six managing partners.
With their combined energy, talent and enthusiasm the business was transformed into a year-round headwear brand, launching successfully into the USA in 1993, Japan in 1996 and Korea and Taiwan in 2001. In 2004, the company launched a year-round handbag collection, and in 2005 KAMINSKI, a headwear collection for men followed.
L-R: Raffia trees in Madagascar, the 'Sac' bag, KAMINSKI launches
In 2007, founding designer Helen Marie Kaminski took a step back from the business, and US based Bollman Hat Company acquired the brand. Kimber Darling stayed on as Managing Director guiding the business to further success from the brand headquarters in Sydney, Australia.
"In the thirty years of the Helen Kaminski design journey, we have gone from one style in one colour in one season in one country, to hundreds of styles across all seasons in many colours, distributed around the world." Kimber Darling, Managing Director
The brand is featured in luxury department stores and boutiques in Australia, the United Kingdom, France, the USA, Japan and Korea including David Jones, Neiman Marcus, Harvey Nichols, Harrods, Le Bon Marche, Isetan, and Shinsegae. Helen Kaminski and KAMINSKI collections are also sold in Helen Kaminski brand stores in Sydney and Tokyo and in high end resorts globally.
Since the launch of the 'Classic 5', Helen Kaminski and KAMINSKI styles have been worn by celebrities world-wide. These include include Nicole Kidman, Jung-Woo, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Ronan Keating, Amal Alamuddin, Steven Tyler and Hillary Clinton, to name just a few.
From humble beginnings, a simple handcrafted raffia hat in country Australia, Helen Kaminski has grown to be a leading international accessory brand recognised for authentic, stylish and innovative accessories.


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The Super Bowl certainly supersedes a mere professional football game
Everyone loves the Super Bowl.
I know the football game and commercials play a role in that for most people, but I think what others really love is the money to be made using the huge audience the football game delivers.
You can start with the ridiculous ticket prices that start at more than $2,500 for bad seats. Of course, one problem this year is that with low temperatures and bad weather in the forecast, all of the seats are pretty bad – especially in comparison to a favorite chair in front of the high definition big screen.
Because of the cold and wet weather, ticket prices are plummeting. Don't show up at the stadium with a $20 bill and expect to park and get in. But you might be able to get a seat for less than $2,000 for the first time in years.
The players will all get huge bonuses for playing in the big game Sunday. For some it will be a big deal, but for others the "huge" bonus is a drop in the bucket.
Much is being made of Peyton Manning taking on a tough Seattle defensive backfield. Richard Sherman's rant after the NFC Championship game didn't do anything to diminish that discussion.
But truth be told, Manning's paycheck is about $9 million more than all of the Seahawks defensive backs combined. That would make any interceptions he throws pretty expensive.
While a Manning miscue would be expensive to the Broncos, it could prove even more costly to one professional boxer. Floyd "Money" Mayweather has reportedly put his nickname where his mouth is and bet more than $10 million through about seven different sports books on Denver to cover the 2.5-point spread. That means if Denver wins by two points or less or loses, Mayweather's net value would drop from a reported $80 million to a mere $70 million. If that happens, I'm sure some of his friends will help him out until he gets back on his feet.
Other favorite parts of the Super Bowl are the ridiculous prop bets you can make in Las Vegas.
Of course you can place a wager on how long the National Anthem will last and whether the singer will forget any words.
Thanks to an outdoor venue, the prop bets have expanded to include temperature and the chance of snow.
One of the worst bets this year is whether there will be another power outage. The odds are only 25-1 that the lights will go off during the game? Those odds aren't close to enticing. I wouldn't take 25-1 on the lights going off at a high school game.
Sure, it happened once at a Super Bowl. But to get my money, a bookie would have to offer 25,000 to 1 and it would still be a sucker bet in the house's favor.
Thanks to the Denver Broncos and the way Peyton Manning calls plays, there is even a bet on how many times Manning will shout out "Omaha," the word he uses to affect snap counts. And with the Red Hot Chili Peppers appearing at halftime, you can even bet on whether a member of the band will appear on stage shirtless.
Regardless of what you like about the game, the Super Bowl certainly supersedes a mere professional football game.
Kent Bush is the publisher of the Butler County Times Gazette and can be reached at: email@example.com


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Sean Bell: Kangaroo Grand Jury
[I WRITE WHAT I LIKE] Michael Palladino's private meeting with Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown, on December 4, concerning the Sean Bell case was telling in its non-reaction from Black leaders.
Palladino heads the Detective Endowment Association (DEA), which represents the detectives involved in the fifty-shot fusillade killing Bell and critically wounding his companions, Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman, on November 25. Bell died immediately in Queens.
Palladino's contact with the District Attorney is akin to a defense lawyer meeting secretly with a jury. The DEA is only empowered to engage in collective bargaining over the terms and conditions of employment. It is unethical, given the appearance of impropriety, for the DEA to bargain with the district attorney's office over the propriety of indicting state-sponsored terrorists in the Sean Bell case.
The power to indict falls within the authority of a grand jury, which is an investigatory body with subpoena power. The district attorney is only its legal advisor. Plea bargaining is appropriate subsequent to an indictment. Otherwise, it is an obstruction of justice and it impairs the work of the grand jury.
Instead, Brown's office and the local police department are involved in unauthorized criminal investigations. The fruits of investigations by the prosecutor's office and the police will poison any prospective grand jury. Obviously, the district attorney's office is engaged in creating a perjury trap for prospective witnesses.
These witnesses will become parrots of the NYPD's version of the shooting or, in the alternative, they will face perjury charges. This is the risk of speaking outside a grand jury. The witness must have a photographic memory and must give identical testimony to the grand jury. Any inconsistency gives the police or a prosecutor the opportunity to testify against a witness.
Palladino's unequivocal announcement on the city's public radio station, that the cops involved in the shooting were off the hook, is not surprising. This announcement was made on December 20. It had to have come from the lips of a reliable source in the district attorney's office.
Instead of Palladino making an announcement on December 20 that the cops were off the hook, the prosecutor's office should have already secured murder and attempted murder indictments. The medical examiner's office has already ascertained that the fatal shooting of Sean Bell was a homicide. The identity of the shooters was known on November 25.
This evidence is sufficient to support murder and attempted murder indictments. The grand jury is not obligated to hear the full story. Once a prima facie case has been made, the grand jury may indict the five cops. These cops should already be behind bars or facing restrictions on their liberties.
If the shootings were, allegedly, justified, this testimony should be given to a petit jury at trial. This inference stems from the legal rule that a suspect is not entitled to have the grand jury receive exculpatory evidence. The public, and not the grand jury, is required to hear any claim of self-defense.
A grand jury is a secret proceeding designed to conduct criminal investigations and not to reach judicial conclusions on the merits. It is not even a summary proceeding that is designed to make a swift judicial determination. Brown is putting the cart before the horse and is promoting a travesty of justice.
Similarly, issues like a fourth man near the van or the presence of a gun are simply red herrings before a grand jury. A grand jury plays a limited role in the legal process. Character evidence, like the prior arrests of a victim, is also irrelevant to a grand jury investigation and can never be used at trial against the victim.
When a grand jury investigation is delayed, it gives law enforcement agents, through the media, an opportunity to poison a grand jury pool. Given this unwarranted delay, the selection and questioning of prospective grand jury members should be made in public. Otherwise, 23 members of the Ku Klux Klan will give Palladino his wish.
The legal precedent for Sean Bell's investigation is the Tawana Brawley investigation. The grand jury was selected in public from a pool of 126 prospective grand jurors. There were three Blacks in the pool and two were selected for the grand jury.
Robert Abrams, the special prosecutor, questioned most of the 74 potential grand jurors on February 29, 1988. Public questioning of the potential grand jurors in Bell is necessary to ensure that the grand jury represents the racial makeup of Queens. Supreme Court Justice Angelo Ingrassia gave public legal instructions to the Dutchess County grand jury.
At this time, Abrams was confident that the suspect status of Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones of Dutchess County would never be made public. A month earlier, Dutchess County Court Judge Judith Hillery had written Gov. Mario Cuomo a confidential letter fingering Pagones as a suspect. She also ruled that this letter had to remain confidential.
New York went ballistic when I publicly fingered Pagones on March 13, 1988. This unexpected exposure made me a grand jury target. Pagones was off the hook. Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady had convened an earlier grand jury in January 1988 to create a grand jury trap for the Brawley family. This earlier grand jury had been selected secretly.
Black leaders have been quick to condemn Tawana Brawley while supporting the position of Gov. Eliot Spitzer that the Brawley file must remain secret. They fail to perceive the contradiction of a hoax remaining secret. The Brawley family wants a disclosure of the file. Glenda Brawley, Tawana's mother, had to flee the state in 1988.
Many of the demands that were met in the Brawley case should now be made and met in the Sean Bell case, including a special prosecutor, a public grand jury and a grand jury report. In 1988, Gov. Cuomo was a foe of mine. Spitzer is supposed to be a friend of Black voters. It is time for him to put up or shut up.
If these demands are made to Gov. Spitzer and are not met by January 15, 2007, it should be clear that Palladino also has Black leaders in his back pocket. It should also be clear that Blacks are engaged in plantation politics. Black people elect white politicians who only remember their Black constituents on MLK Jr. holiday and only then to benefit whites politically.
Blacks must learn to connect the dots and think outside the box. When Black leaders and activists fled Tawana Brawley and called for racial harmony, rather than racial justice, after the acquittals in the assassination of Amadou Diallo, whites have no reason to fear that the response from Blacks in the assassination of Sean Bell would be any different. In addition, all Black selected officials in Queens are supporting Brown's re-election bid in 2007.
In fact, Black leaders traded justice for crumbs on the November 25 shooting, after Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, on November 27, that the shooting appeared to be a case of excessive force. Whites know how to tell Black leaders to trust them. This means not to upset the applecart.
This is now a case of the police policing themselves while the media " Black and white " is engaged in public relations gimmicks to assist these Black leaders who are steering the Black masses to slaughter. We are only confirming to whites our own gullibility and encouraging more Sean Bell assassinations amid fusillades of bullets.
To secure justice for Bell et al., Blacks must go backwards before they move forward. Prior injustices, like Brawley and Diallo, must be addressed forthwith. This is the meaning of Sankofa. It also falls within the purview of retrospective law.
In the Brawley case, it would simply be a demand on the state attorney general to release the contents of the investigatory files and let the chips fall where they may. If Black leaders are afraid to demand a disclosure of these files, it should tell you everything you need to know about their courage.
Stated another way, the unofficial investigation into the shootings of Sean Bell et al. is over. A different stroke for New Orleans, however. Indictments for murder and attempted murder were announced on December 28 against seven New Orleans police officers. The lives of Blacks have greater value in New Orleans.
Six unarmed persons were shot six days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Crescent City. Two of those persons died. The facts in New Orleans were similar to those in the Queens shooting. Race was the key factor in both shootings and the legal system is expected to protect, without question, the violent perpetrators acting under color of law.
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Hey all! I've been a front page lurker for a while, and thought I'd start chatting! My first set as a kid (that I remember, anyway...) was #6080, the King's Castle. I don't know if it was that set, or various other influences, but I went on to study medieval history, completing my doctorate in the subject. Sadly, all my Legos are back in my home town, but I've got several projects in mind once I'm reunited!
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DIXON – City Engineer Shawn Ortgiesen resigned Tuesday and sent the city a check to cover what he owed for personal expenses on a city-issued credit card, plus interest.
Also, Commissioner Dennis Considine and Mayor Jim Burke confirmed Tuesday that they signed requisitions Ortgiesen filed recording his credit card expenses. Finance Commissioner David Blackburn could not be reached for confirmation, but one requisition appears to have his signature as well.
Ortgiesen, also director of public works and personnel, racked up $13,521.14 in personal expenses on the card from April 2007 to last month. Of that amount, he had paid back $4,890.31, meaning he owed $8,630.83.
Ortgiesen attached a check for his remaining balance, which included interest calculated at 5 percent, to the letter of resignation he sent Tuesday to City Hall.
The check totaled $9,157.38.
In a letter addressed to Burke and city commissioners, Ortgiesen wrote: "Please accept my resignation from my position with the city of Dixon. I am truly sorry for breaking the trust of the city council, all city employees, and the community. Serving this community has been an honor, and I am saddened to forfeit this opportunity. I wish the best for the city of Dixon."
Burke said he received the letter about 4 Tuesday afternoon.
"The council feels this is the best thing for our city to move forward," the mayor said. "We are continuing to implement best practices, and we are committed to providing high-level government services to our community."
Thursday's special City Council meeting, at which members had intended to vote on whether to fire Ortgiesen, has been canceled.
Considine contacted Sauk Valley Media on Tuesday to say he signed two requisitions, initially reported to appear be the initials of Finance Commissioner David Blackburn.
On a January 2012 requisition signed by Considine, Ortgiesen noted $3,449.85 in personal expenses: $1,114.11 to "Walmart, Menards, etc."; $1,086.62 to "Dell, Amazon"; $482.87 to "Galena SH, etc." and $766.25 to "Chicago."
The corresponding credit card statement shows a $286.19 charge at Hotel Burnham in Chicago and $212.50 charge at Hilton Hotels in downtown Chicago, including $115.24 spent at the Cheesecake Factory in Chicago.
In February 2012, Considine signed off on a requisition that Ortgiesen wrote "reimbursed" next to a $700.99 expense from "Verizon, etc." A receipt shows Ortgiesen repaid that amount.
Considine said he was given the requisition and "didn't pay as much attention as I should have," admitting the error on his part. He said he asked questions about Ortgiesen's purchases outside of Dixon, at a Menards in Sterling, but did not ask about the reimbursement.
Burke said he will issue a written statement in the next few days about signing the requisitions.
"There's so much more to these signatures and signing the requisitions," Burke said. "It's not black and white."
Ortgiesen's credit card was one of 13 issued by the city, Finance Director Paula Meyer said.
Ten of the 12 other cards are issued to: Meyer, Police Chief Danny Langloss, Police Lts. Clay Whelan and Brad Sibley, Fire Chief Tim Shipman, Water Department Superintendent Rusty Cox and general foreman Matt Heckman, Wastewater Treatment Superintendent Dan Mahan, Public Property Superintendent Curt Phillips and Building Official Paul Shiaras. There also are two issued for general use, one for the police department and one for the library.
Burke and Meyer have said none of the other cards were used for personal expenses.
Since all but one of the credit card requisitions turned in by Ortgiesen dated before October 2011 were not signed by a commissioner or the finance director, Meyer said the new policy requires requisitions to be signed by her and a commissioner.
Meyer said she also encourages the staff recording the information into the computer to raise questions if they see anything suspicious.
Ortgiesen used the card for personal use only twice after the April 17, 2012 arrest of former Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who would have been overseeing his expenses.
Her arrest for stealing $54 million from the city over the last two decades prompted Meyer's hiring, and her subsequent scrutiny of the city's books and financial practices, which is how the Ortgiesen situation came to light.
Burke said the decision whether to prosecute criminal charges against Ortgiesen will be made by the Lee County State's Attorney's office. The Sterling Police Department is investigating the case.
Requisitions and credit card statements signed by former Finance Commisioner Roy Bridgeman
Requisitions and credit card statements signed by Finance Commissioner Blackburn
Requisitions and credit card statements signed by Mayor Jim Burke
See the full packet we received after filing a Freedom of Information request (92 pages)


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Here is a sample for one of the favors... a few weeks ago when I was at Target they had at the dollar section a LOT of Mr. Men Little Miss goodies! I was so happy!
Little Miss Princess Note Book
Little Miss Sunshine Book
Bookmark with each kid initials
Flower eraser
Little Miss Sunshine Pen
3 little markers
Cute Lollipops!
Personalized Tic Tacs!
Party will be end of July... so I will be back with more samples!


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Thanks for exposing Stevie Jay
Your Hotseat spread on Stevie Jay ["Breaking barriers," January 6] was arresting and powerful– and couldn't have been better timed in light of his upcoming show at Gravity Lounge on January 25.
Given Stevie's ongoing presence in Charlottesville, it would be easy enough to take him, and his gifts, for granted; I'm very pleased the Hook has given him the coverage he deserves.
Jen Fariello did a first-class job of capturing a soulful, honest, reflective Stevie Jay, and Vijith Assar's subtle depiction of Stevie's complex performance (and how audiences are genuinely affected by it) were remarkably accurate and expressive. Together with an alluring graphic layout, the article succeeded at offering a momentary glimpse of the Multi-Chakra Extravaganza itself.
Stevie Jay has a unique way of helping people look and laugh at everything– at sexual stereotypes, at our politics, at our world, at our humanness, and at ourselves. The laughter he elicits is deep and profound, sending audiences on a healing journey of self-acceptance and love– one that ultimately extends out to others.
It was no surprise that SJ named Alfred Kinsey, Lenny Bruce, and Margaret Cho as people he admires. Like his poignant script, the work of these individuals also utilizes open discussions of sex as a vehicle for raising awareness, dispelling myths, shedding light, and ultimately paving the way for greater understanding of human beings in their wholeness.
We, the people of Planet Earth, need more of Stevie Jay, and wisely, are willing to pay good money to be taken on a life-altering, heart-opening ride with him. For some, experiencing Stevie Jay is a once in a lifetime opportunity–not to be missed; some of us who are more fortunate, however, get to do it again and again and again (although, probably not for long).
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BEIRUT -- France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria's newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
The U.S. also recognized the leadership body announced in Qatar on Sunday as a legitimate representative, but stopped short of describing it as a sole representative, saying the group must first demonstrate its ability to represent Syrians inside the country.
"We look forward to supporting the national coalition as it charts a course for the end of Assad's bloody rule, and marks the start, we believe, of a peaceful just and democratic future for the people of Syria," said U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner in Washington.
Under intense international pressure to form an opposition that includes representatives from the country's disparate factions fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, the anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday in Doha, Qatar, to form a coalition headed by former Muslim preacher Mouaz al-Khatib.
The coalition includes representatives from the main opposition group, the Syrian National Council, which was harshly criticized by many, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for being cut off from rebels fighting the war on the ground and for failing to forge a cohesive and more representative leadership.
The new group is lobbying the international community for more powerful weapons to break the stalemate with the regime. The U.S. and French recognition is a welcome boost, but the opposition still has a long way to go to convince the international community the weapons will not fall in the wrong hands.
"We now have a structure in place that can prepare for a political transition, but we're looking for it to still establish the types of technical committees that will allow us to make sure our assistance gets to the right places, both non-lethal and humanitarian," Toner told reporters in Washington.
The French move was announced by French President Francois Hollande, who used his first news conference since taking office six months ago to formally recognize the group.
"I announce here that France recognizes the National Syrian Coalition as the sole representative of the Syrian people and, therefore, as the future provisional government of democratic Syria," Hollande said.
France was the first country to recognize Libya's opposition early in the Libyan uprising last year, prompting other countries to follow and accelerating the international effort to oust Moammar Gadhafi. France's military helped lead the air campaign against Gadhafi's forces.
France, which has played a leading role in efforts to force Assad from power, was also the first to recognize the Syrian National Council. Hollande made no mention of that grouping on Tuesday.
France has acknowledged providing communications and other non-lethal equipment to Syrian rebels. It has been a leader in pressing for a tough U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria, but it has been blocked by Russia and China.
The French position appeared to break with the European position.
British Foreign Minister William Hague, speaking at the Arab League in Cairo Tuesday, said the opposition coalition must gain support from within Syria.
"That is a very crucial consideration, and if they do these things well then yes we would then be able to recognize them as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people," he said.
A joint statement by the Arab League and The European Union said the two sides welcome the agreement reached in Doha by the Syrian opposition which is seen as an "important step" in forming a widely representative opposition group.
Meanwhile, violence continued across Syria Tuesday, particularly in the country's northeastern corner near the border with Turkey.
Syrian activists and a Turkish official said Syria's air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others.
The aerial attack raised the two-day death toll in the region to an estimated 31 people. Nearly 10,000 Syrians have fled into Turkey since Friday, seeking safety from shelling and bombing.
An Associated Press journalist saw air strikes around the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn, just across the border from the southeastern Turkish town of Ceylanpinar. Plumes of smoke rose into the sky and Turkish ambulances rushed to the border to ferry wounded Syrians to Turkish hospitals.
An official from the Ceylanpinar mayor's office reported four airstrikes on Tuesday. It was not clear whether one or several planes were involved. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters.
The official said one of the four wounded Syrians brought into Turkey for medical treatment Tuesday had died. He said an estimated 20 people died during Monday's air-raid in Ras al-Ayn and 10 others from the town died Monday in Turkey of their wounds.
Amateur videos posted online by activists showed people frantically fleeing Ras al-Ayn with their belongings. In one video, a child screamed uncontrollably as her father tried to soothe her fear. The videos appeared consistent with AP reporting from the area.
The violence in Syria has killed more than 36,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011. Hundreds of thousands have fled into neighboring Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.
Syrian rebels wrested control of Ras al-Ayn from the Assad regime forces last week. The town is in the predominantly Kurdish oil-producing northeastern province of al-Hasaka.
The fighting in Ras al-Ayn touched off a massive flow of refugees on Friday, and more refugees fled into Ceylanpinar on Monday and Tuesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking to journalists in Rome late Monday, said Turkey had formally protested the bombings close to its border to the Syrian government, saying the attacks were endangering Turkey's security. He said Turkey had also reported the incident to NATO allies and to the U.N. Security Council.
The Syrian jet did not infringe Turkey's border, he said, adding that Turkey would have responded if it had.
In the Damascus suburb of Ein el-Feiha, an area popular with restaurants and shops, a car bomb exploded at afternoon rush hour, causing a large number casualties, according to activists and state-run news agency SANA said.
The U.N. refugee agency said the insecurity has forced it to withdraw five of its 12 staff from Syria's al-Hasaka province, where Ras al-Ayn is located, and led to aid losses in Damascus and Aleppo.
A Syrian Arab Red Crescent warehouse in Aleppo was apparently shelled and 13,000 blankets burned, U.N. refugee spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said Tuesday in Geneva.
She said "recent deliveries have been very difficult," particularly in Damascus, where aid operations were disrupted for two days and a truck carrying 600 blankets was hijacked outside the city.
-- Associated Press writers Mathew Lee in Washington, Mehmet Guzel in Ceylanpinar, Turkey, Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, Angela Charleton in Paris and John Heilprin in Geneva contributed.


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Russia coach Vladimir Kuzyutkin: "I'm satisfied with our performance in Osaka. We overcame all the challenges we faced. China are a good team. Our serves, blocks and attacks all worked well tonight."
Russia captain Maria Borodakova: "We played really well. Especially our blocking and defence. We want to carry this on to the second round."
Russia player Ekaterina Gamova: "Our serves worked well from the beginning. Our attacks and blocks were good. We won many points on attack."
China coach Yu Juemin: "They are one of the strongest teams. Their serves, blocks and attacks put us under great pressure."
China captain Wei Qiuyue: "Russia played really well. They were exceptional on serves and blocks. We had a chance to win the first set."
China player Zhou Suhong: "Their attacking power was enormous. They put great pressure on us throughout the match."


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Omaha, Neb., March 17, 2006 Union Pacific Railroad Company announced today that it has determined the contingent interest and sinking fund payments due in respect of Available Net Income for 2005 under the terms of certain bonds and debentures originally issued by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MPRR). Union Pacific Railroad Company is required to publicly announce such annual determination. The bonds and debentures were assumed by Union Pacific Railroad Company as a result of the merger of MPRR with and into Union Pacific Railroad Company on January 1, 1997.
On April 1, 2006, Union Pacific Railroad Company will pay contingent interest ($4.75 per $100 principal amount) for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 4 ¾% General Mortgage Income Bonds Series A Due 2020 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 4 ¾% General Mortgage Income Bonds Series B Due 2030. The Company will also on April 1, 2006 make sinking fund payments of $349,630 and $338,020, respectively, for the Series A and Series B bonds. In addition, on April 1, 2006, Union Pacific Railroad Company will make contingent interest payments ($5.00 per $100 principal amount) for the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 5% Income Debentures Due 2045.
The close of business on March 29, 2006 has been established as the record date for determining persons owning registered Bonds and Debentures without coupons who are entitled to receive interest. Interest on registered Bonds and Debentures without coupons shall be paid by check mailed to the registered holder as of the record date at the address indicated in the Trustee's records.
A copy of the 2005 Available Net Income calculation is available for inspection during regular business hours at the Trustee's offices, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
The statements and information contained in the news releases provided by Union Pacific speak only as of the date issued. Such information by its nature may become outdated, and investors should not assume that the statements and information contained in Union Pacific's news releases remain current after the date issued. Union Pacific makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update any of this information.


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HTTP Live Streaming Server
Experimental support for streaming Myth content to other devices (iOS, other HLS players) via http live streaming protocol was added in 0.25 and enhanced for 0.26
Your backend must have been compiled with "--enable-libx264 and --enable-libmp3lame" to support the H.264 video and MP3 audio used in the HLS streams generated by MythTV v0.25. Without those, you'll never get anything transcoded. Some packagers are already doing this for you, but if you build by hand, you'll have to remember to do it yourself.
Quick Start
From inside your local network go to <http://backend.ip.addr:6544/>
Click API->Examples->HTTP Live Streaming
Search for a file name/storage group that you want to stream and click the appropriate radio button for the .mpg file (not the pngs)
Click add stream (adjust the size bandwidth settings to meet your needs)
Wait a few moments for the transcoding to get going (depending on the power of your backend, more time may be required). A status will appear above.
Click play and a screen will appear with JWplayer (which might need to be installed first). On mythbuntu, there was a password or pin that I needed. Search to find out how to do this (its not your db password)
When you are done watching the stream, click delete to free up some space.
You should be able to fast forward and rewind, I can do it fine in JW Player on my system as well as on the iOS devices I test with.
Possible future enhancements
HLS TODO list:
- cutlist support (both internal and user-supplied)
- 'start at position X' support
- support multiple bitrate streams vs just the single video bitrate and audio-ony stream.
- add 'resume' support to restart a stopped transcode.
- investigate encoding streams on-demand to allow seeking forward to a point in the video which has not been encoded yet.
- settings editor (# of encoding threads, http content directory, etc.)
- MythWeb integration via JW Player
- enhancements around tracking which files are being streamed (ie, track whether a file is a recording, video, etc. to allow the client to get access to metadata on HLS sessions easier)
- (better) autodetection of which profiles to use for encoding
- realtime transcoding support to allow mythtranscode to create HLS streams for recordings in progress or LiveTV.
- mythtranscode enhancements related to the ffmpeg libav* code:
- WEBM support for pre-transcoding full files
- HLS transcodes run on the BE that you send the command to as long as it has access to the recording. Long-term, I'd like to get support either integrated into the JobQueue or another queueing method.


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Way back when the Earth was still cooling, I was the proud owner of a Mini. It was a dog of a thing that, when I purchased it, boasted a grand total of 39 horsepower and 52 pound-feet of torque. As such, it took just about 20 seconds to meander its way to 100 kilometres an hour. Regardless, I loved it and the freedom it represented. In many respects, the current Mazda3 reminds me of it — it was an absolute hoot to drive, managing to transform the mundane into something to relish.
Shortly after acquiring said Mini, I scored a 1,071-cubic-centimetre Mini Cooper S engine. I promptly took it to a small machine shop that specialized in blueprinting engines. After re-boring the block and balancing crank and pistons, shaving and porting the head, installing a hotter camshaft and ditching the SU carburetors in favour of a Weber, the engine was pushing almost 90 hp. Now, this put some real zest under the Mini's hood — enough that it shaved the run to 100 km/h to 10.3 seconds, which was as fast, or faster, than the Mini Cooper S at the time.
So, why the preamble about a car that has long since rusted its way into oblivion? In a nutshell, my time with the Mazdaspeed3 reacquainted me with how much fun a hopped-up car can be and why I still have such fond memories of that tweaked Mini. My buggy wore the stock 10-inch wheels — although the rubber was a lot larger — black paint and a white roof. It was a sleeper that managed to slip by the local constabulary without causing them to give it a second look. The Mazdaspeed3 managed to accomplish the same — well, almost — I was not going that fast, honestly, officer.
The Mazdaspeed3 does have the smiley-faced grille (sadly), a hood scoop, a bigger rear spoiler, a body kit and twin tailpipes that bark at the appropriate moments, but, when all is said and done, the look is not a stand-out-like-a-sore-thumb kind of thing. That, however, is where the sleeper approach ends.
Pop the Mazdaspeed3's hood and there sits a monster air-to-air intercooler that utilizes the air that tumbles down through the scoop to cool the turbocharged intake air. This and the use of a direct-injected 2.3-litre four-cylinder engine transform the performance from the Mazda3 Sport's enthusiastic to something that verges on insanity. You see, the Mazdaspeed3 is laying down no less than 263 hp and a wicked — given the Speed's 1,500-kilogram curb weight — 280 lb-ft of torque at just 3,000 rpm.
All of this power is relayed to the road through a close-ratio six-speed manual box. While the gate is every bit as tight and refined as the base car's, the clutch is significantly heavier because of the power it must transmit between the engine and gearbox. In stop-and-go traffic, this means a significant workout. That, however, matters not a whit.
Nail the gas from a standstill and the launch can be a little unpredictable because of the torque steer that surfaces. This led me to a slightly different approach — pull away reasonably gently in first gear, short shift to second and then give the throttle a good goosing. This methodology brought a rest-to-100-kilometres-an-hour blast of 5.9 seconds and an 80-to-120-km/h passing time of 4.2 seconds in third gear. Both are very quick, especially considering the price of entry resides below $30,000. There is not much at this price and precious little before hitting the stratospheric price level that can stay with the Mazdaspeed3 — and this in a car that still brings the versatility and capacity of its mortal sibling.
The Speed's handling also takes a serious turn for the better. The sport-tuned suspension keeps things hunkered down without feeling overly taut, the steering is appreciably sharper thanks to the oversized P225/40R18 tires and the upsized brakes provide plenty of leeway before beginning to show the effects of heat and fade. It really does handle remarkably well for a front-driver that is, in all honestly, verging on overpowered.
Inside, the design will be very familiar to anyone that's driven the Mazda3 Sport. The addition of a snazzy red fleck to the cloth/black sport bucket seats (the same fleck is also picked up in the trim accents and door panels), an advanced gauge cluster and boy-racer pedals (the lone concession to gaudy) are the key upgrades. The only other giveaway, the one that speaks to the Mazdaspeed's potential, is the boost gauge that's nestled between the tachometer and speedometer.
As for content, the Speed3 comes loaded. It is a nice package that really does not require upgrading to the Technology package. I liked the convenience of the smart key/pushbutton start and blind spot monitoring, but, frankly, the rest of the package proved to be superfluous to need.
So, there you have it, one seriously delightful car. Certainly, my old Mini could not hold a candle to the Mazdaspeed3 and the manner in which the power comes on line, but what a retro trip! I liked the Mazda3 Sport enormously — especially its overall efficiency — but I love the Speed3.
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Type of vehicle Front-wheel-drive hatchback
Engine 2.3L turbocharged in-line four
Power 263 hp @ 5,500 rpm;
280 lb-ft of torque @ 3,000 rpm
Transmission Six-speed manual
Brakes Four-wheel disc with ABS
Tires P225/40R18
Price: base/as tested $29,795/$32,235
Destination charge $1,695
Transport Canada fuel economy L/100 km
11.5 city, 8.0 hwy.
Standard features Dual-zone automatic climate control, power locks, windows and heated mirrors, heated seats, partial leather, cruise control, AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with 10 Bose speakers, auxiliary inputs and steering wheel-mounted controls, tilt and telescopic steering, Bluetooth, multi-information display, trip computer, rain-sensing wipers, rear wiper/washer, bi-xenon headlights, LED tail lights, fog lights, anti-theft with engine immobilizer
Options Technology package ($2,440) includes blind spot monitoring, smart key, pushbutton start, eight-way power driver seat, satellite radio, navigation and adaptive headlights


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NASA is to carry out a contest between human and robotic surgeons in conditions of zero gravity this week. Competing fleshy and machine medics are even now carrying out a variety of procedures aboard C-9 military cargo aircraft soaring in parabolic arcs high above the Gulf of Mexico.
NASA is interested in the robo-surgeon technology as it could one day be used to treat astronauts who had been injured or fallen ill on missions, without the need to include a Dr McCoy style spacegoing sickbay and surgical team.
However, the doc-droid gear was originally developed under military auspices, with a view to treating battle casualties far from established medical facilities. It was trialled earlier this year in NASA's undersea space simulator lab off the Florida coast, too.
Artist's conception of a robodoc at work.
Nasty case of zombie plague there.
In addition to checking that the robot can use steel to heal in microgravity, its designers also want to see if it can handle extra gees and random motion from turbulence. They reckon this could be handy in earthbound applications, perhaps allowing surgery to be carried out safely aboard aircraft in flight - or even trucks on bumpy roads.
The M-7 automated surgeon involved in the trials is made by SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organisation.
"SRI is at the forefront of medical robotics technology that can benefit humans in dynamic, moving environments," according to Thomas Low, boss of SRI's Medical Devices and Robotics programme.
"In previous experiments, SRI successfully demonstrated how robots can be manipulated remotely and set-up with minimal training. We are now extending that technology to movement and weightlessness, critical elements of any space travel program."
The idea is not that the M-7 itself can do surgery, but that it can offer a remote human the ability to operate just as if he was working on a patient in a motionless hospital theatre, rather than one strapped down in a vibrating medevac chopper or transport plane (or in NASA's case, a spacecraft which might be in free fall, under thrust or even tumbling). The machinery is supposed to iron out the inputs of the environment.
During this week's trials, manual and M-7 surgical teams will make incisions in six-inch squares of simulated human skin and then suture them up again. They'll also try to delicately slice the skin without harming the pretend "fascia" layer - the fibrous net which separates real human skin from innards. While this is going on, the plane will be soaring and plunging rollercoaster-style between 24,000 and 32,000 feet.
And may the best flesh-cutter win. SRI's release is here, and coverage from Scientific American here. ®
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After a three-decade absence, Richland College will revive its wrestling program in the fall of 2016. As a result, Richland will become the only two-year college offering a wrestling program in Texas and, for the first time, also will include a women's team.
"We're one of only three two-year schools in the Southwest region with a wrestling program," said Bill Neal, physical education faculty member and wrestling coach at Richland. "A lot of kids in this area can't afford to go to a four-year school and don't have the grades to go to a university, so we're an option for them that they didn't have before."
Wrestling has experienced a revival at the high school level, and those student-athletes are looking for colleges where they can compete. Neal pointed out that 21 schools in the Dallas Independent School District have wrestling programs; most of them have girls' teams, too. More than 11,000 boys and 4,000 girls wrestle in Texas high schools.
"In the past, I had to recruit kids from El Paso, Oklahoma City and Baton Rouge," he added. "Restarting the program here was a no-brainer. These kids had no place to go, so we cranked up the program again."
According to Neal, about 32 institutions in the U.S. have women's wrestling programs. Neal said before the program was resurrected that he organized a wrestling club called "Wounded Ducks" (the school's official mascot is the Thunderduck), and kids were able to compete in tournaments as individuals. Three women were club members, and at least one is coming back in the fall.
"The women wrestlers were older. They wanted to get into it because it helped their martial arts. Most of them are mixed martial arts, and wrestling helped their leg take-downs and that sort of thing. I hope to get more girls into the program," Neal stated. "If they're good enough, they could go to the Olympic Training Center."
Dustin Basham, a sophomore who is studying kinesiology, said he plans to train with Neal at Richland for as long as he can, but his dream is to go to Olympic trials and represent the United States in the future. "Once I get to that point, I want to go into coaching," he said.
The 19-year old coaches "Team Punisher," a squad of wrestlers ages 4 to 16 years in a Dallas-area wrestling club. "I just love the opportunity to teach kids. I feel like I've learned from them, and I feel like I can share my knowledge with kids and hope to motivate them to get to higher levels than I did. That's my whole goal: to see kids succeed," Basham said.
George Haskins has learned from wrestling.
Basham had scholarship offers from several universities while he was in high school, and he is expecting more in the future, but he won't transfer until fall 2017. "I feel like my wrestling went from pretty good – I thought I was decent – to really confident in everything I do. Every time I step on the mat, I feel like I'm light years ahead of anyone I wrestle."
George Haskins, who went to high school with Basham, also would like to compete in the Olympic trials. He took a year off after high school, but he saw Basham at a tournament, and that got him interested in going to Richland. He said he has trained with wrestler Andre Metzger, who has won world championship medals and also has competed in Olympic trials.
"If I'm not able to be on Team USA, I'd like to be a science teacher and coach wrestling," Haskins said.
Neal said wrestling helps students outside of the gym as well. "Wrestling is a strong, disciplinary sport. Student-athletes are very disciplined in most cases because it takes a lot of work," he added. "Wrestling provides a good life lesson – that life's not always fair, but you can take that and learn from it."
"It disciplines you in your school work, and it keeps you on task. It's determination, basically. You have to be determined in wrestling, and you can transfer that to your school work," said John Paul Robledo, who just graduated from high school and will attend Richland this fall. Robledo, who is planning to study business, also practices jiu-jitsu, a type of martial art. Once he's finished with his business studies, he said he hopes to open his own gym and coach jiu-jitsu and wrestling.
Neal said Richland's teams of the 70s and 80s won multiple state collegiate championships, and they finished second twice. But the school had to drop the program in the mid-1980s because the team had to travel to Kansas nearly every weekend for competitions, and that was too much for the students.
Now, as the program returns, Richland's teams will have to compete against four-year schools in the Southwest, including the University of Texas at Austin, UT-Arlington, Texas A&M University, the University of North Texas and other community colleges in the Southwest.
Recruiting has become easier because some students are just showing up at the college, according to Neal. "More and more just walk in the door," he added. "One of our kids comes all the way from Rockwall and pays out-of-county tuition because he likes our program!"
For more information about the wrestling program at Richland, please email Bill Neal at