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You are hereby cordially invited to take part in the following workshop:
organized by the Biostatistics and Population Biology team of CEFE in Montpellier (France)
The estimation of population parameters (survival, recruitment, dispersal, and population growth rate) is critical to many areas of fundamental and applied biology. The major source of data for such estimation comes from observations of marked animals. This workshop will deal with recent advances in the analysis of such data. The content is aimed at providing the participants with a solid background in the philosophy, theory and practices for the analysis of data from marked animals, with a specific focus on multievent data and models. Multievent capture-recapture models are a natural generalization of the multisite recapture models. Similarly, individuals are sampled on discrete occasions, at which they may be captured or not. However, contrary to the multisite case, uncertainty in the assessment of state such as "breeder", "diseased" or "highly catchable" can be incorporated into the analysis. Conceptually, it is not states that are observed but rather something dubbed an "event" (a particular breeding behaviour, a positive blood test or just encounter), which reflects to some extent the underlying state. The presence of imperfect observations and the lack of information on individual quality presently make multievent models an invaluable tool in virtually any area of population biology. Current applications include the study of dispersal, epidemiology, individual heterogeneity, mixture of information... New developments allow the treatment of individual heterogeneity through random effects as well as through mixture models, and the inclusion of individual as well as environmental covariates. For examples of topics that can be addressed in the multievent framework, see the non-exhaustive bibliography below. Depending on the majority of participants wishes, one of the following themes will be developed during the workshop:
- stopover
- epidemiology
- site occupancy
Emphasis will be placed on stringent procedures for building and selecting the most appropriate models for the data set at hand, in order to be able to draw reliable biological conclusions.
Format of the workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer lab exercises with the programs E-SURGE and U-CARE. (http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/bc/bbp/1045-desc/264-logiciels). U-CARE incorporates goodness-of-fit tests for multistate models, and E-SURGE makes the building of complex models easy based on a language describing the structure of models in a compact and user-friendly way. All lectures and course material will be in English.
It is our hope that participants will bring their own capture-recapture data to work on them during the workshop. To take full advantage of the workshop, it is expected that the participants will have some basic practice of the analysis of CR data.
Teachers: Roger Pradel, Rémi Choquet, Olivier Gimenez, Loreleï Guéry, and Meritxell Genovart.
Participants will have to provide their own laptop computer that is capable of running Windows-based software.
Thank you for disseminating this message to colleagues and students who may not have received it.
The workshop organizers
Roger Pradel, Rémi Choquet, Olivier Gimenez
For application, go to http://multievent.sciencesconf.org/
Avril A, Letty J, Pradel R, Léonard Y, Santin-Janin H, Pontier D (2012). A multi-event model to study stage-dependence dispersal in radio-collared hares: when hunting promotes costly transience. Ecology 93:1305-1316.
Balkız Ö, Béchet A, Rouan L, Choquet R, Germain C, Aguilar Amat J, Rendón-Martos M, Baccetti N, Nissardi S, Özesmi U, Pradel R (2010) Experience-dependent natal philopatry of breeding Greater flamingos. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:1045-1056.
Devillard, S. and Y. Bray (2009). Assessing the effect on survival of natal dispersal using multistate capture-recapture models. Ecology 90(10): 2902-2912.
Doxa A, Besnard A, Bechet A, Pin C, Lebreton JD, Sadoul N (2013) Inferring dispersal dynamics from local population demographic modelling: the case of the slender-billed gull in France. Animal Conservation 16:684-693
Gauthier G, Milot E, Weimerskirch H (2012). Estimating dispersal, recruitment and survival in a biennially breeding species, the Wandering Albatross. Journal of Ornithology 152:S457-S467. 10.1007/s10336-010-0541-9
Chambert T, Staszewski V, Lobato E, Choquet R, Carrie C, McCoy KD, Tveraa T, Boulinier T (2012). Exposure of black-legged kittiwakes to Lyme disease spirochetes: dynamics of the immune status of adult hosts and effects on their survival. Journal of Animal Ecology 81:986-995. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01979.x
Conn, P. B. and E. G. Cooch (2009). Multistate capture-recapture analysis under imperfect state observation: an application to disease models. Journal of Applied Ecology 46(2): 486-492.
Cooch EG, Conn PB, Ellner SP, Dobson AP, Pollock KH (2009). Disease dynamics in wild populations: modeling and estimation: a review. Journal of Ornithology 152:S485-S509. 10.1007/s10336-010-0636-3
Lachish S, Knowles SCL, Alves R, Wood MJ, Sheldon BC (2011). Infection dynamics of endemic malaria in a wild bird population: parasite species-dependent drivers of spatial and temporal variation in transmission rates. Journal of Animal Ecology 80:1207-1216. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01893.x
Individual heterogeneity:
Cam E, Gimenez O, Alpizar-Jara R, Aubry LM, Authier M, Cooch EG, Koons DN, Link WA, Monnat J-Y, Nichols JD, Rotella JJ, Royle JA, Pradel R (2013). Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a heterogeneous population. Oikos. 122: 739-753.
Crespin, L., R. Choquet, et al. (2008). "Is heterogeneity of catchability in capture-recapture studies a mere sampling artifact or a biologically relevant feature of the population?" Population Ecology 50(3): 247-256.
Cubaynes S, Lavergne C, Marboutin E, Gimenez O (2012). Assessing individual heterogeneity using model selection criteria: how many mixture components in capture-recapture models? Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3:564-573. 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00175.x
Cubaynes, S., R. Pradel, et al. (2010). "Importance of Accounting for Detection Heterogeneity When Estimating Abundance: the Case of French Wolves." Conservation Biology 24(2): 621-626.
Fletcher D, Lebreton JD, Marescot L, Schaub M, Gimenez O, Dawson S, Slooten E (2012). Bias in estimation of adult survival and asymptotic population growth rate caused by undetected capture heterogeneity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3:206-216. 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00137.x
Gimenez, O. and R. Choquet (2010). "Individual heterogeneity in studies on marked animals using numerical integration: capture-recapture mixed models." Ecology 91(4): 951-957.
Gourlay Larour M-L, Pradel R, Guillemain M, Santin-Janin H, L'Hostis M, Caizergues A (2013) Individual turnover in Common Pochards wintering in western France. Journal of Wildlife Management: 77(3): 477-485.
Marescot L, Pradel R, Duchamp C, Cubaynes S, Marboutin E, Choquet R, Miquel C, Gimenez O (2011) Capture-recapture population growth rate as a robust tool against detection heterogeneity for population management. Ecological Applications 21:2898-2907.
Marzolin G, Charmantier A, Gimenez O (2011). Frailty in state-space models: application to actuarial senescence in the Dipper. Ecology 92:562-567. 10.1890/10-0306.1
Oliver LJ, Morgan BJT, Durant SM, Pettorelli N (2011). Individual heterogeneity in recapture probability and survival estimates in cheetah. Ecological Modelling 222:776-784. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.11.021
Peron, G., P. A. Crochet, et al. (2010). "Capture-recapture models with heterogeneity to study survival senescence in the wild." Oikos 119(3): 524-532.
Peron, G., J. D. Lebreton, et al. (2009). "Breeding dispersal in black-headed gull: the value of familiarity in a contrasted environment." Journal of Animal Ecology 79(2): 317-326.
Pradel R, Choquet R, Lima MA, Merritt JF, Crespin L (2010) Estimating population growth rate from capture-recapture data in presence of capture heterogeneity. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 15:248-258. 10.1007/s13253-009-0008-8
Pradel R, Sanz-Aguilar A (2012) Modeling Trap-Awareness and Related Phenomena in Capture-Recapture Studies. PLOS One 7:e32666.
Veran, S., O. Gimenez, et al. (2007). "Quantifying the impact of longline fisheries on adult survival in the black-footed albatross." Journal of Applied Ecology 44(5): 942-952.
Mixture of information:
Duriez, O., S. A. Saether, et al. (2009). "Estimating survival and movements using both live and dead recoveries: a case study of oystercatchers confronted with habitat change." Journal of Applied Ecology 46(1): 144-153.
Gauthier, G. and J. D. Lebreton (2008). "Analysis of band-recovery data in a multistate capture-recapture framework." Canadian Journal of Statistics-Revue Canadienne De Statistique 36(1): 59-73.
Hardouin LA, Nevoux M, Robert A, Gimenez O, Lacroix F, Hingrat Y (2012). Determinants and costs of natal dispersal in a lekking species. Oikos 121:804-812. 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20313.x
Juillet C, Choquet R, Gauthier G, Pradel R (2011) A capture-recapture model with double-marking, live and dead encounters, and heterogeneity of reporting due to auxiliary mark loss. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 16:88-104.
Péron G, Ferrand Y, Choquet R, Pradel R, Gossmann F, Bastat C, Guénézan M, Bauthian I, Julliard R, Gimenez O (2012) Spatial heterogeneity in mortality and its impact on the population dynamics of Eurasian woodcocks. Population Ecology 54:305-312. 10.1007/s10144-012-0309-6
Sanz-Aguilar A, Tavecchia G, Genovart M, Igual JM, Oro D, Rouan L, Pradel R (2011) Studying the reproductive skipping behavior in long-lived birds by adding nest-inspection to individual-based data. Ecological Applications 21:555-564.
Recruitment and breeding probability:
Desprez M, Pradel R, Cam E, Monnat J-Y, Gimenez O (2011) Now you see him, now you don't: experience, not age, is related to reproduction in kittiwakes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 278:3060-3066.
Hernández-Matías, A., J. Real, et al. (2010). "Determinants of territorial recruitment in Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) populations." Auk 127(1): 173-184.
Juillet C, Choquet R, Gauthier G, Lefebvre J, Pradel R (2012) Carry-over effects of spring hunt and climate on recruitment to the natal colony in a migratory species. Journal of Applied Ecology: 49: 1237-1246. 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02199.x
Lescroel, A., K. M. Dugger, et al. (2009). "Effects of individual quality, reproductive success and environmental variability on survival of a long-lived seabird." Journal of Animal Ecology 78(4): 798-806.
Lorentzen E, Choquet R, Steen H (2012). Modelling state uncertainty with photo series data for the estimation of breeding success in a cliff-nesting seabird. Journal of Ornithology 152:S477-S483. 10.1007/s10336-011-0723-0
Millon, A., S. J. Petty, et al. (2010). "Pulsed resources affect the timing of first breeding and lifetime reproductive success of tawny owls." Journal of Animal Ecology 79(2): 426-435.
Pradel R, Choquet R, Béchet A (2012) Breeding experience might be a major determinant of breeding probability in long-lived species: the case of the greater flamingo. PLOS One 7(12): e51016.
Reed, E. T., G. Gauthier, et al. (2005). "Effects of neck bands on reproduction and survival of female greater snow geese." Journal of Wildlife Management 69(1): 91-100.
Sanz-Aguilar, A., G. Tavecchia, et al. (2008). "The cost of reproduction and experience-dependent vital rates in a small petrel." Ecology 89(11): 3195–3203.
Schmaltz L, Cezilly F, Bechet A (2011). Using multistate recapture modelling to assess age-specific bottlenecks in breeding success: a case study in the greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus. Journal of Avian Biology 42:178-186. 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05112.x
Tavecchia, G., R. Pradel, et al. (2007). "Density-dependent parameters and demographic equilibrium in open populations." Oikos 116(9): 1481-92.
Sources of mortality:
Schaub, M. and R. Pradel (2004). "Assessing the relative importance of different sources of mortality from recoveries of marked animals." Ecology 85(4): 930-8.
Tavecchia G, Adrover J, Muñoz Navarro A, Pradel R (2012) Modelling mortality causes in longitudinal data in the presence of tag loss: application to raptor poisoning and electrocution. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:297-305.
Sex or species uncertainty:
Genovart M, Pradel R, Oro D (2012) Exploiting uncertain ecological fieldwork data with multi-event capture-recapture modelling: an example with bird sex assignment. Journal of Animal Ecology 81:970-977. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01991.x
Hardouin LA, Nevoux M, Robert A, Gimenez O, Lacroix F, Hingrat Y (2012). Determinants and costs of natal dispersal in a lekking species. Oikos 121:804-812. 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20313.x
Pradel, R., L. Maurin-Bernier, et al. (2008). "Estimation of sex-specific survival with uncertainty in sex assessment." Canadian Journal of Statistics-Revue Canadienne De Statistique 36(1): 29-42.
Runge, J. P., J. E. Hines, et al. (2007). "Estimating species-specific survival and movement when species identification is uncertain." Ecology 88(2): 282-288.
Stopover duration:
Choquet, R., A. Béchet, and Y. Guédon. (2014). Applications of hidden hybrid Markov/semi-Markov models: from stopover duration to breeding success dynamics. Ecology and Evolution 4(6): 817-826.
Choquet R, Guédon Y, Besnard A, Guillemain M, Pradel R (2013) Estimating Stop over Duration in presence of trap-effects. Ecological Modelling 250: 111-118.
Rivalan, P., R. Pradel, et al. (2006). "Estimating clutch frequency in the sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea using stopover duration." Marine Ecology-Progress Series 317: 285-295.
Verkuil, Y. I., J. J. Wijmenga, et al. (2010). "Spring migration of Ruffs Philomachus pugnax in Fryslan: estimates of staging duration using resighting data." Ardea 98(1): 21-33.
Rivalan, P., A.-C. Prévot-Julliard, et al. (2005). "Trade-off between current reproductive effort and delay to next reproduction in the leatherback sea turtle." Oecologia 145(4): 564-74.
Schaub, M. and J. von Hirschheydt (2009). "Effect of current reproduction on apparent survival, breeding dispersal, and future reproduction in barn swallows assessed by multistate capture-recapture models." Journal of Animal Ecology 78(3): 625-635.
Memory models:
Rouan, L., R. Choquet, et al. (2009). "A General Framework for Modeling Memory in Capture-Recapture Data." Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 14(3): 338-355.
Genovart M, Sanz-Aguilar A, Fernandez-Chacon A, Igual JM, Pradel R, Forero MG, Oro D (2013) Contrasting effects of climatic variability on the demography of a trans-equatorial migratory seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 121-130.
Lok T, Overdijk O, Piersma T. (2015). The cost of migration: spoonbills suffer higher mortality during trans-Saharan spring migrations only. Biol. Lett. 11: 20140944
Lok T, Overdijk O, Piersma T. (2013). Migration Tendency Delays Distributional Response to Differential Survival Prospects along a Flyway. The american Naturalist 181(4): 520-531
Sanz-Aguilar A, Béchet A, Germain C, Johnson AR, Pradel R (2012) To leave or not to leave: survival tradeoffs between different migratory strategies in the Greater Flamingo. Journal of Animal Ecology. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01997.x
Robust design:
Kendall WL, White GC, Hines JE, Langtimm CA, Yoshizaki J (2012). Estimating parameters of hidden Markov models based on marked individuals: use of robust design data. Ecology 93:913-920.
Choquet R, Viallefont A, Rouan L, Gaanoun K, Gaillard JM (2011). A semi-Markov model to assess reliably survival patterns from birth to death in free-ranging populations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:383-389. 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00088.x
Marzolin G, Charmantier A, Gimenez O (2011). Frailty in state-space models: application to actuarial senescence in the Dipper. Ecology 92:562-567. 10.1890/10-0306.1
Peron G, Crochet PA, Choquet R, Pradel R, Lebreton JD, Gimenez O (2010). Capture-recapture models with heterogeneity to study survival senescence in the wild. Oikos 119:524-532. 10.1111/j.1600-1706.2009.17882.x


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A Marine Corps veteran who saved a woman who jumped from the third deck of the Oakland Coliseum after a Raiders game last year will be honored at a special ceremony Friday.
Donnie Navidad, 61, a civil employee and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam and the reserves for 15 years, was with a coworker at the game on Nov. 24, 2013.
A Raider season ticket holder and Stockton native, Navidad was watching the torch honoring late Raiders owner Al Davis following the game when he saw a woman perched from the third deck and heard his co-worker say that she was ready to jump.
Without hesitation, Navidad broke the woman's fall with the left side of his body.
The woman, a 20-year-old San Jose resident, suffered life-threatening injuries but ultimately survived.
"Donnie Navidad was already a brave hero who served our country courageously for many years," Oakland-Alamda County Coliseum Authority chairman and Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley said in a statement.
"But his quick reaction to save a woman's life at the Coliseum truly touched our community at home, right here in Oakland. In the midst of families and friends leaving the Raiders game, Donnie Navidad made sure that a shocking incident did not become a tragedy."
Navidad was treated at an Oakland hospital following the incident for injuries suffered from the woman bouncing off his body.
Friday's ceremony will take place at 8:30 a.m. at the Oracle Arena Conference Room, located at 7000 Coliseum Way in Oakland.
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A new study finds that a protein key to Parkinson's disease has likely been mischaracterized. The protein, alpha-synuclein, appears to have a radically different structure in healthy cells than previously thought, challenging existing disease paradigms and suggesting a new therapeutic approach.
"Our data show that alpha-synuclein was essentially mistakenly characterized as a natively unfolded protein that lacked structure," said Dennis Selkoe, the Vincent and Stella Coates Professor of Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and senior author of the paper, published online August 14 in the journal Nature. "We think this discovery has fundamental importance for understanding both how alpha-synuclein normally functions and how it becomes altered in Parkinson's."
When it comes to proteins, function follows form. A protein consists of a chain of chemical building blocks (amino acids), typically folded into an exquisite three-dimensional structure. Each twist and turn in the chain contributes to the protein's unique properties and behavior, so it's critical for scientists to accurately describe the arrangement of folds. But sometimes, they get the entire pattern wrong.
The new study suggests that's just what happened with alpha-synuclein, the protein that forms clumps called Lewy bodies in the brains of patients with Parkinson's and certain related disorders. Scientists have long assumed that alpha-synuclein occurs in healthy cells as a single, randomly-coiled chain that resembles a writhing snake. Selkoe's team has proven, however, that the structure is far more orderly and sophisticated.
"This will open some new therapeutic doors," said first author Tim Bartels, a postdoctoral researcher in Selkoe's lab. "Everybody thought the protein was unfolded, so pharmaceutical companies have focused on preventing unfolded alpha-synuclein from aggregating."
He recommends a new strategy--keeping the folded form of the protein stable.
How did the true structure of alpha-synuclein in healthy cells evade researchers for so long? Scientists knew that alpha-synuclein was abundant in the brain before they made the connection between the protein and Parkinson's disease in 1997. Experiments in the mid-1990s indicated the protein was stable when exposed to conditions that typically disrupt the structure of most other proteins.
Consider what happens when an egg is boiled: the liquid proteins of the egg white are precipitated by the heat and congeal into a dense white mass. But alpha-synuclein seemed to behave like an egg that remains entirely viscous despite many minutes on the stove. It didn't precipitate and congeal when boiled. This apparent hardiness made alpha-synuclein easy to work with in the lab. Scientists could boil the protein, even douse it with detergents and other rather harsh chemicals, while ostensibly leaving its structure intact.
Bartels and Selkoe wondered whether labs might be overlooking important aspects of the protein's natural biology by handling it so roughly, so they designed experiments to probe alpha-synuclein's behavior using gentler methods. They also bucked a trend by working with protein gathered from human cells rather than from engineered bacteria. The goal was to gain new insight into alpha-synuclein's clustering behavior.
The initial data took them by surprise. Single, isolated chains of alpha-synuclein--the "monomeric" form of the protein--were absent from their cellular samples.
"I did my PhD on alpha-synuclein, and--like the rest of the world--I assumed that it occurs natively as a monomeric, unfolded protein, so I was shocked," said Bartels.
Using special gels and other methods that are less disruptive to a protein's form, the team conducted additional experiments to explore the structure of alpha-synuclein in healthy blood and brain cells. The native protein was exactly four times the predicted weight of a single alpha-synuclein chain, suggesting that cells package four alpha-synuclein chains together as a "tetrameric" unit. Applying sophisticated equipment and techniques, the team validated the molecular weight of the package, confirmed that it consists solely of alpha-synuclein chains and showed that these four chains have orderly twists.
The researchers observed tetrameric alpha-synuclein to be the dominant form of the protein in healthy human cells, and remarkably resistant to aggregation. The tetramers maintained their original structure for 10 days, the entire length of the experiment, while the team monitored their samples for clustering behavior. In stark contrast, alpha-synuclein monomers began to form clusters after a few days and ended up as large aggregates called amyloid fibers. The Lewy bodies that accumulate in the brains of patients with Parkinson's consist mainly of such amyloid fibers.
"We hypothesize that the folded protein must disassemble into monomers before large pathological aggregates can form," said Selkoe, who is also co-director of the Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "If we can keep alpha-synuclein tetrameric and soluble, we might be able to prevent the neuronal degeneration of Parkinson's disease from progressing--or perhaps from even developing."
The finding could also prove useful in the quest for new diagnostics. Perhaps ratios of tetrameric protein to monomeric protein in blood cells, serum or spinal fluid will correspond to different propensities or stages of the disease.
Finally, the discovery of the folded tetramers should help labs to uncover the function of alpha-synuclein in healthy cells, which is still much debated. This functional knowledge should, in turn, contribute to researchers' understanding of Parkinson's and other diseases characterized by the formation of Lewy bodies rich in aggregated alpha-synuclein.
This research was funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.


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National Archives Awards $2.3 Million in Grants for Historical Records Projects
Press Release · Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013
Washington, DC
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NHPRC Communications Director
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Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero has awarded 44 grants totaling $2,283,079 in Federal funds for archives and publishing projects in 32 states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete list of new grants is online [www.archives.gov/nhprc/awards/awards-11-13.html].
Publishing Grants totaling $1.1 million went to nine publishing projects from the U.S. Colonial and Early National Period, including the papers of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Dolley Madison, and John Jay. Projects to record the Documentary History of the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress also received funding.
Grants totaling nearly $700,000 went for State and National Archives Partnership (SNAP) grants to enable 28 state historical records advisory boards to carry out their mission to support archival education and strengthen the nations archival network.
Digitizing Historical Records grants, totaling over $500,000, went to seven projects to digitize World War II Oral History files; the papers of Leo Szilard, the nuclear physicist; the papers of General Oliver Otis Howard, Civil War general, Commissioner of the Freedmans Bureau, and third president of Howard University; Historical Collective Bargaining Agreements from the 1880s through the 1980s; the Center for Jewish Historys American Soviet Jewry Movement collections; Early Connecticut manuscripts; and 19th century trademark files in the California Archives, including the original trademarks and specimens from Levi Strauss & Co. jeans, 19th century medicines and tonics, and the original trademark registered to Anheuser Busch for its Budweiser lager.
The Archivist also announced that the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference has awarded its 2013 Herbert C. Finch Online Publication Award to the NHPRC for the development of Founders Online (founders.archives.gov), an innovative database of the papers of Americas Founders. The Finch Award was established to honor the memory of the former Assistant Director of Cornell University Libraries.
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) supports projects to facilitate the use of historical records held by archives and other repositories and to assure their long-term preservation. The Archivist of the United States is the Chairman of the 15-member Commission, which includes representatives from all three branches of the Federal government as well as the leading archival and historical professional associations. Kathleen Williams is the Executive Director. Established in 1934 with the National Archives, the NHPRC has awarded nearly 5,000 grants for preserving, publishing, and providing access to the nations historical documents.
The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent Federal agency that preserves and shares with the public records that trace the story of our nation, government, and the American people. From the Declaration of Independence to accounts of ordinary Americans, the holdings of the National Archives directly touch the lives of millions of people. The National Archives is a public trust upon which our democracy depends, ensuring access to essential evidence that protects the rights of American citizens, documents the actions of the government, and reveals the evolving national experience. The National Archives carries out its mission through a nationwide network of archives, records centers, and Presidential Libraries, and on the Internet at http://www.archives.gov.
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Visualized: 100 Years of Movie Poster Colors
Over the years, technology has increased the quality of cameras and screens to make the cinematic experience better and brighter than ever. Movie posters have been a part of film promotion and marketing since the early 1900s, but trends in color and design have changed quite a bit — or have they?
Software engineer Vijay Pandurangan created this stunning visualization of popular colors found in movie posters from 1914 through 2012. The interactive chart takes a look at color distribution within each individual year.
As you can see in the image below, 1924 is missing, which Pandurangan says on his blog was an error in the visualization's design.
"I didn't realize this post would get this much attention," Pandurangan writes.
What's interesting is the similar amount of blue hues between the past few years, in comparison to 1920. Why do you think blues and greens have become so increasingly popular? Share your thoughts in the comments.


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An unjust law is no law, warned Martin Luther King, the celebrated U.S. human rights icon. The Kashmiris have been living with such laws for decades. At least one in every five Kashmiris has at some point or another in his/her life suffered violence, humiliation, torture and old-fashioned abuse at the hands of security forces without any recourse to justice or a distant promise of retribution.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has been a license to abuse, torture and kill the Kashmiris in their own land. A law that confers "special powers" on men in uniform to do as they please and get away with it; a law that the UN says violates "contemporary international human rights standards" and a law that cannot be challenged in any court of law no matter how grave the crime.
Following the division of the subcontinent in 1947 when India and Pakistan actively courted the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, it was promised a "special status" and special treatment by New Delhi. The Article 370 of Indian Constitution was supposed to protect that "special status" of Kashmir. We made a lot of other promises as well that are too familiar to revisit here.
And we have ensured and protected that "special status" of Kashmir by gifting them the AFSPA that offers sweeping powers to the security forces while ensuring their total immunity. This special law has turned the Vale of Kashmir that the Moguls believed was paradise on earth into a beautiful hell.
Is it any wonder then the Kashmiris today find themselves hopelessly alienated and persecuted even as our politicians never tire of pronouncing the state an "integral and inseparable" part of India?
How did we end up here? Who lost the paradise? The answer is out there and everyone knows it. In our desperation and determination to keep Kashmir with us and away from our neighbor, we have ended up losing the Kashmiri people.
Of course, the role played by Pakistani agencies, not to mention groups such as the one led by Hafiz Saeed, who have made a business enterprise of jihad, in adding to the woes of Kashmiris isn't in anyway insignificant.
But if an entire generation of Kashmiris has grown up loathing all things Indian it is because of the excessive presence of the security forces in the Valley and their heavy-handed approach to the local population. And if there is one thing that epitomizes all that has gone wrong with India's Kashmir affair, it is the AFSPA. This black law has created a dangerous, ever deepening disconnect and gulf between the Kashmiris and the rest of India. A draconian law that belongs in a police state, not in the world's largest democracy.
Thanks to these "special powers", just about anybody could be picked up from anywhere any time, kicked, abused, raped, killed in broad daylight or simply disappeared and no one including the state government can do anything about it.
Security forces are a law unto themselves. And you see their power in full display all across the state including in capital Srinagar. There are more soldiers than tourists or even locals constantly reminding the Kashmiris of the original sin of being born in this land of incredible beauty. Peaceful protests last year saw scores of young people, some of them as young as nine, felled by the bullets of the forces that are supposed to protect them. In the course of fighting terrorists and cross-border infiltrators, we have turned this beautiful land into a permanent war zone and its proud people a hostage in this never-ending conflict with the neighbor. This war has claimed more than a hundred thousand Kashmiris over the past two decades, not to mention the tens of thousands who have gone "missing."
If the 2,730 unmarked mass graves recently discovered across the state had been found elsewhere they could have shaken the world, as they did in Srebrenica, in Iraq and Rwanda. But they were met with stony silence in the ever-shrill Indian media and its self-righteous Western counterparts.
Human rights groups including the State Human Rights Commission that finally acted on the complaints of thousands of families of "disappeared persons" unearthing graves with hundreds of bullet riddled bodies fear this may be a tip of the iceberg. The dead in Kashmir have finally begun to speak up, as Arundhati Roy so evocatively puts it. But justice may still elude the victims as long as the AFSPA reigns in Jammu and Kashmir. And India's powerful security and defense establishment, including the army, are determined to retain it. And why wouldn't they? It's this law that allows the security forces to rule and treat Kashmir as their fiefdom without anyone, including the elected government, questioning their authority and excesses. Despite being a fine and vibrant democracy with robust democratic institutions and judiciary that we can justifiably be proud of, we are yet to realize that no people can be governed at gunpoint. Not in this age and time. Not with black laws like the AFSPA and not by constantly waving half a million guns that have contributed to the alienation of Kashmiri society and radicalization of its youth. If India is to win Kashmiri hearts and minds, it could do so only with love, compassion, respect and justice.
(The writer is a Middle East-based commentator. This article first appeared in Arab News on Nov. 3, 2011.)


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By now, many of you have seen our ads for the Big Smoke MGM Grand at Foxwoods, the sprawling new casino that opened as part of the Foxwoods gaming complex near the Connecticut coast. The event will be held on Saturday night, April 18, and we expect a huge turnout of cigar lovers from up and down the Mid-Atlantic states and New England and all the way up to Canada. It should be a great evening.
More importantly, hosting a new Big Smoke signals a renewed effort on our part to bring the best cigars, and the best cigarmakers in the world, to your doorstep, and give you a chance to spend a little time with them. The cigar company representatives love these evenings not only because they put them face-to-face with customers who already love their cigars, but also because they give them a chance to introduce new people to their brands. Since we began the Big Smoke in 1993, we have held more than 110 events, and nearly 300,000 people have enjoyed the pleasures of fine cigars, spirits, food and camaraderie that these evenings bring.
As many of you know, it has become increasingly difficult to hold Big Smoke events. State smoking laws have eliminated many smoking venues, including one in Rosemont, Illinois, near Chicago's O'Hare airport. The Illinois law made it impossible to hold events in that state. Some of you have wondered why we just don't shift to Indian casinos in states where smoking has been banned, but it's not that simple. We need big ballroom spaces to handle the thousands and thousands of cigar lovers who want to attend the events, so we can't just hold them anywhere.
Cigar Aficionado readers have been great, suggesting places where they think a Big Smoke could be held. We're grateful for those tips, and we do research almost all suggestions because of the need to find new locations. It is part of our renewed effort to identify new places where our readers can smoke.
One thing is for sure: cigar smokers congregate in places that offer the opportunity to smoke with their friends. Whether it's the new lounge attached to a tobacconist or just a plain old cigar bar in cities that still allow them, you can find people there enjoying a cigar on a midweek afternoon, or a weekend night. It is a great thing for cigar smokers.
We hope that these new locations are a sign that the tide of antismoking fanaticism is beginning to ebb. We've always argued that the best option is one of compromise, one that lets people who want to enjoy the experience of a fine hand-rolled cigar do so without having to resort to sitting in their car, freezing outdoors in the wintertime or standing in front of a building. As long as tobacco is a legal product, and cigars are an adult pleasure, we should all be able to enjoy them in a natural comfortable setting. And that's part of the reason that we haven't given up on finding new places to hold Big Smokes. See you at MGM Grand at Foxwoods.


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The Order of Merlin (abbreviated O.M.) was an award bestowed upon wizards and witches who had achieved great things for the wizarding world. It had three different levels: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class.
An organisation called the Order of Merlin was founded by Merlin in the Middle Ages.[1] Merlin believed that wizards and witches should help Muggles, and, thus, the Order of Merlin established rules against the use of magic on Muggles.[1]
The award known as the Order of Merlin was created in commemoration of Merlin and was first given out by the Wizengamot in the 15th century.[2] It is unknown whether this award was connected to the earlier organisation of the same name.
As often happens with such highly coveted awards, Ministry of Magic favourites seem to receive the Order of Merlin, especially the higher classes, more often than one might expect. Notable unworthy recipients are Cornelius Fudge, who gave it to himself despite his less-than-distinguishable career, and Arcturus Black III, who was widely believed to have bought it by loaning the Ministry a large amount of gold.[2]
Appearance and classes
The Order of Merlin consisted of a "handsome" golden medal which hung on a coloured ribbon indicating its class.[2]
There were three different classes of Order of Merlin that were awarded:
- First Class: Awarded for "acts of outstanding bravery or distinction" in magic. The colour of the ribbon for this class was green, which was believed to represent Merlin's Hogwarts house, Slytherin.[2]
- Second Class: Awarded for "achievement or endeavour beyond the ordinary." The colour of the ribbon for this class was purple.[2]
- Third Class: Awarded to individuals who "have made a contribution to our store of knowledge or entertainment." The colour of the ribbon for this class was white.[2]
Known recipients
Order of Merlin, First Class
|Podric Batworthy
|Batworthy held, additionally, the title of Grand Sorcerer, which suggests he was particularly accomplished in magic.[3]
|Arcturus Black III
|Between 1901 and 1991
|Awarded for his "services to the Ministry", which, according to Sirius, was another way of saying that he had given them a lot of gold. Sirius threw the medal into the garbage when he was cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place.
|Albus Dumbledore
(Minister Leonard Spencer-Moon)
|Awarded for his defeat of the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, effectively putting an end to the global wizarding war. During the campaign to discredit him, it was suggested by Remus Lupin that the Ministry would consider taking away the Order of Merlin from Dumbledore. Dumbledore claimed that he didn't care as long as he wasn't taken off of the Chocolate Frog Cards. However, when Dumbledore's credibility was restored, the Ministry's consideration to retract the medal was cancelled.
|Cornelius Fudge
|Between 1990 and 1995
(Minister Cornelius Fudge)
|Presumably for his work as Minister for Magic; awarded by Fudge to himself, which caused controversy in the wizarding community.[2]
|Remus Lupin
(Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt)
|Awarded posthumously for his role as a member of the Order of the Phoenix and for his death during the Battle of Hogwarts. Remus was the first werewolf ever to be accorded this honour.[4]
|Minerva McGonagall
(Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt)
|Awarded for her unwavering allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix during the Second Wizarding War, and her actions during the Battle of Hogwarts.[5]
|Orabella Nuttley
(Minister Hesphaestus Gore)
|Awarded for her use of the Mending Charm to repair the Colosseum after it was destroyed by an explosion that occurred when a fight broke out between supporters of two broom racers in 1754.[6]
|Peter Pettigrew
(Minister Millicent Bagnold)
|Awarded posthumously (or so it was believed at the time) for a "heroic confrontation" with Sirius Black. The medal was given to Pettigrew's mother. In 1994, it was revealed that he had been the one who betrayed the Potter family, and that Black was just the scapegoat.
|Tilly Toke and her family
(Minister Hector Fawley)
|Awarded for saving the lives of several Muggles during the Ilfracombe Incident in 1932.
|Norvel Twonk
(Minister Wilhelmina Tuft)
|Awarded posthumously for saving the life of a Muggle child from a runaway manticore.
Order of Merlin, Second Class
|Newton Scamander
(Minister Harold Minchum)
|Awarded "in recognition of his services to the study of magical beasts, Magizoology".
Order of Merlin, Third Class
|Gilderoy Lockhart
|Between 1982 and 1992
(Minister Millicent Bagnold
Minister Cornelius Fudge)
|He received this award for his encounters with many dark creatures and for penning his autobiographic works instructing people on how to repel them. In 1993, it was revealed that he had only taken credit for these deeds and had not really done any of them.
Recipients of unknown class
|Cottismore Croyne
|May have been awarded for his tenure as Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards.
|Albert Gibbering Stump
|Between 1662 and 1700
(Wizards' Council)
|For unknown reasons.
|Sometime after the mid-1970s[7]
|May have been awarded for his invention of the lycanthropy-treating Wolfsbane Potion.[8]
Behind the scenes
- The "Muggle" counterpart to the Order of Merlin could include the Order of the British Empire, Victoria Cross, Medal of Honour, Presidential Medal of Freedom, or the Nobel Prize.
- Since 1966, the International Brotherhood of Magicians has been awarding its own Order of Merlin to long-standing members.
- Cornelius Fudge promised to give Severus Snape the Order of Merlin, First or Second Class, for returning Sirius Black (assumed to be a fugitive murderer at the time) to Ministry custody, but Black escaped before Fudge could follow through on his word. It was later stated that the loss of this Order of Merlin hit Snape hard, and allegedly was the reason that he let it slip that Remus Lupin was a werewolf.
- Since Dumbledore was on the verge of losing his Order of Merlin during Fudge's campaign, it means that a certain level of disgrace is capable of causing a recipient to lose the Order of Merlin.
- As Fudge was heavily disgraced for his lack of actions against Lord Voldemort's return (not to mention that the worth of his award was heavily questioned to begin with), it's possible that his Order of Merlin has been retracted following his sacking from office.
- When Lockhart's true actions of theft and plaguerism of others' literatural works, and his deceit and trickery for boosting his own fame are revealed, it is possible that his was retracted from him while he was still incarcerated in St. Mungo's.
- When Pettigrew's true actions of betrayal and frame-up of his friends, and his membership in the Death Eaters are revealed, it is possible his Order of Merlin was retracted from his mother's possession and passed on to Sirius Black.
- It is possible that Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were awarded Order of Merlin awards later in their lives due to the contribution throughout the Second Wizarding War and the defeat of Lord Voldemort.
- It is also likely that Albus Dumbledore received another Order of Merlin for gathering all of the information of Lord Voldemort's past and secrets.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Famous Wizard Card (Merlin)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Order of Merlin" at Pottermore
- ↑ Harry Potter Limited Edition - The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets
- ↑ Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Remus Lupin" at Pottermore
- ↑ Pottermore Presents - Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, Chapter 1 (Minerva McGonagall)
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Spells
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 18 (Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs), page 258 "The Potion that Professor Snape has been making is a very recent discovery...Before the Wolfsbane Potion was discovered, however, I became a fully fledged monster once a month [when I went to Hogwarts]"
- ↑ Horace Slughorn states in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 7, "I was just telling young Marcus here that I had the pleasure of teaching his Uncle Damocles. Outstanding wizard, outstanding, and his Order of Merlin most well-deserved."


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Set in San Francisco, Murder follows a single case across an entire season, centering on Terry English (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson) as they investigate the murder of an apparent drug addict. Tom Felton, Mimi Kirkland, Raphael Sbarge, Ian Anthony Dale, Bess Rous and Steven Weber also star in the project.
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Barbara Terwilliger, a longtime area resident, died following a long illness at Kaplan Family Residence on Monday, December 9, 2013. She was 67.
The daughter of the late Beatrice Goelz Caul and Stanley Terwilliger, she was born on April 17, 1946 in Middletown, NY. Barbara worked for Occupations in Middletown for many years. She loved oldies music, especially the Beatles and always enjoyed family gatherings. Barbara and her family were grateful for the care she received at Kaplan Residence, but Barbara missed her former roommate, Mary, very much.
Barbara is survived by her brother, Hanford S. "Hank" Terwilliger and his wife, Bonnie of Thompson Ridge; cousin, William Fotino and his wife, Vickie of Saddle River, NJ; and nieces and nephews: Timothy, Robert, Lisa Adams, Jennifer Dainty.
Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 12th, and a Funeral Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the family plot in Wallkill Cemetery in Middletown.
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HAMILTON, Mont. — A 59-year-old western Montana man charged with killing a Washington state woman who disappeared in 1996 is still fighting extradition, but he did confirm his identity to a state judge.
Clifford Everell Reed of Victor faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of his co-worker, Sandi Johnson of Kirkland, Wash. Court records indicate he had a romantic interest in her that she did not reciprocate.
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When I initiate the download (Google Chrome, WinXP) the download starts, and it does downloads, hoverer after a while (when a download is at say 40%) my RAM memory is way-up (used over 1GB) and computer starts swapping (using the swap file/virtual memory) and everything slows down (so I have to cancel the download).peacer wrote:https://mega.co.nz/#!9YQjGIxC!HyKc16TVH ... vWDFsLXpbU
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Today I did what usually most Florida residents never do…..
I went to the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex for the day. 🙂
I grew up right next to the space center, I have seen countless numbers of shuttles go up and come back down and my junior prom was actually held at the visitors center. I remember bits and pieces of going on field trips a couple of times to the space center in the elementary school, but I have never actually been on a weekend, as a tourist, with my family.
Once a year the space center has a 'free' weekend for their local loyal residents. This is the only time that anyone from the area goes there and until yesterday I didn't even know it existed. My lil bro got a job working there over the summer and he filled us in on the details. My parents and I figured, why not?, and decided to waste our Sunday for free at the space center.
So, yeah. Apparently when you scream FREE people come a calling. Today was nothing but lines. We waited in line to get a ticket, we waited in line to go on the buses, we waited in line for food, we waited in line for the bathroom…. basically we might as well have been at Disney. It was awful. Lines are the reason I don't like to play the role of tourist. It was interesting to get to see the Space Center, but I don't think I'll be going back for 'free' anytime soon.
On the way to the space center I snacked on one of my free Kashi bars I picked up yesterday.
We stopped for lunch at the Saturn IV. My lil bro works at the grill there so we were able to steal him away to have lunch with us.
Isn't my little bro so cute in his little uniform??
I was afraid of of what my choices would be for lunch, but was pleasantly surprised to see a few healthy choices in line for food.
I selected the Vegetarian Wrap which had baby spinach, carrots, tomato, marinated sweet pepper, sliced mushrooms, shredded cheese, with hummus spread in flour tortilla. It was actually really good. My brother very happily he told me he probably assembled my wrap earlier in the day. I hope that means he will be able to recreate this for me at home.
My mom and I split this bowl of fruit. I had about 75% of it 🙂 you know I love my fruit. The yogurt was left untouched. I also stole a couple of my Dad's fries and a small bite of my brother's chicken tenders.
After the space center we headed to my parent's friends birthday dinner. I really was not feeling the food they were offering so I headed back home for a yummy healthy meal. After my weekend of eats, I desperately wanted to inhale something I created with my own two hands.
By the time I got home I was starving, so I threw together a bunch of quick and easy things.
I made Oven Baked Eggplant Parmesan, wheat bulgar and frozen corn.
For the Oven Baked Eggplant Parmesean I dipped slices of eggplant into a bowl of egg whites and then coated with panko crumbs. I baked the eggplant in the over at 415 degrees for 10 minutes. I then flipped the eggplant and topped it with tomato sauce and mozzerella and baked for 10 more minutes. It was easy and delicious.
After dinner I was in a baking mood and after reading all of Megan's Munchies great pumpkin recipes this week I decided to give her Low Fat Pumpkin Oatmeal cookies a try.
It wasn't until I started mixing the ingredients that I realized I didn't have baking soda. I didn't want to run to the store so I did a little google search and found this nifty site that informed me I could substitute baking powder for baking soda, I just had to use three times the amount called for. I thought this was a great dip and wanted to share it with the class. 🙂 I also subbed the raisins with chocolate chips.
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A caller to the Alex Jones Show pointed us to an audio of police responding to the additional devices discovered in Boston during the bombing on April 15.
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On April 16, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and officialdom stated no additional explosive devices were found on the scene of the Boston Marathon.
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Teen Convicted of Killing Radio Host in Internet Hook-Up
A Brooklyn jury found a teen guilty of second-degree murder for the stabbing of a WABC Radio newsman whom he met through Craigslist yesterday the New York Post reports.
As previously reported by EDGE, John Katehis, who was just 16 at the time, met radio host George Weber, 47, in March 2009 through a Craigslist post. The teen, who claims he is straight, agreed to be paid $60 for a night of violent sex at Weber's New York City apartment. The night ended in Weber being stabbed to death more than 50 times. In addition, officials found Weber's body bound at the ankles with duct tape.
In Weber's Craigslist ad he stated that he was looking for someone to suffocate him during sex, but Kathis panicked when a knife was pulled, Jeffrey Schwartz, the teen's lawyer argued.
In a signed confession, the teen recalled stabbing Weber once in the neck after Weber pulled out the knife.
After the guilty verdict was read in court yesterday, a handcuffed Kathis turned to his father, shrugged his shoulders and shot him a large smile, the Post noted. Last year, the teen showed a similar lack of emotion when his first trial ended in a hung jury. He sat motionless with a smirk on his face while the forewoman read the verdict.
"This is the demeanor of a cold-blooded killer,'' prosecutor Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi had told jurors in her summation Monday.
The teen has previously shown strange behavior when he posted photos of himself online holding large knives and swords. He described himself as "always looking for a big thrill," adding "I'm a big risk taker and like to live life on the edge," on his MySpace, EDGE reported.
"I am an Extremist, an Anarchist, and a Sadomasochist", he also wrote. "As long as you show respect for me i will show respect for you, if you disrespect me, then i will fucking break your neck."
Weber was a freelancer for ABC radio and was living a double life, according to Schwartz. Schwartz also claims that Weber preyed on Katehis who was underage and desperately looking to earn money. He says that the teen was defending himself after the situation got out of control, reported NY 1, a citywide local cable news channel.
"It seems that Mr. Weber had this whole secret life that no one knew about," Schwartz said in a WCBS TV article. "He lured John Katehis into his home. He plied him with alcohol and illegal drugs."
Katehis claimed that Weber's death was inadvertent, allegedly saying, "I didn't mean to kill George. It was an accident. He pulled a knife on me, so I stabbed him. He gave me something to drink and some coke. He asked me to do things I wasn't comfortable with."
Katehis, now 18, faces a 25-year to life prison for the crime. He will be sentenced on Dec. 7.
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We're not jumping to conclusions here, but it sure as hell looks like there's a great big dick on the analog phone on newer Motos. It might have been snuck in by some trickster in the UI department, or it might just be a random coincidence. We'll let you view the clock yourself and be the judge.
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Speaking at a media briefing Thursday, Nick Psyhogeos, a Vice President with Microsoft said Windows 8 was probably the operating system most resilient to piracy the company has released yet. But he added, "we are aware though that software pirates are smart, and they have a way to react and respond to any technological advancement we might introduce."
So in addition to beefing up traditional security measures, Microsoft is trying something new in its seemingly endless battle with pirates in China: appealing to consumers to educate them about the dangers of purchasing computers that have unlicensed versions of Windows installed.
In recent months the company bought up 169 branded personal computers loaded with pirated versions of Windows in China to study the varieties of pernicious software on the machines and publicize the results.
Unsurprisingly, the company found 91% of the computers contained malware or other security vulnerabilities and 72% had altered browser settings that would guide users to fraudulent sites that extract personal and financial information from users.
Of course given the deep entrenchment of software piracy in China, education can only go so far, and Mr. Psyhogeos said the company planned to announce action against distributors in China. At the media briefing, the company accused 16 Beijing-based resellers of selling counterfeit Windows software. If discussions with the retailers fail to produce results, Mr. Psyhogeos said, would Microsoft carry out legal action.
He also said the new campaign was a "call to action" for computer manufacturers like Acer, HP and Lenovo to identify which parts of their distribution channels were installing pirated software on the computers.
Despite numerous assurances from the Chinese government and campaigns against piracy, the illegal software market remains far more profitable than the legal one, according to the Business Software Alliance, an industry advocacy group. In a 2011 report on piracy, the group said China's illegal software market was worth $9 billion, compared to a $3 billion market for legal software. In a meeting with employees in May 2011, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told employees that the company's revenue in China was only about 5% what it was in the U.S., despite almost equivalent computer sales in the two countries.
One positive for Microsoft in the world's largest PC market is the growing interest of companies and government agencies in cloud computing. In November Microsoft said it would cooperate with 21Vianet Group Inc., a Chinese Internet data center service provider, to offer Office 365 and Windows Azure, cloud versions its most popular software products, on servers in China.
Since the software is run as a service off of servers, the company can charge state-owned enterprises and government agencies which are widely reported to use a high number of unlicensed versions of the software on a subscription basis, eliminating much of the potential for piracy.
"It's incredibly hard to use software illicitly in the cloud model, so for us particularly in jurisdictions where we have a high degree of piracy, it's an opportunity we are very excited about," said Mark Taylor, Microsoft's general manager of DPE for the Greater China Region on the sidelines of a conference last month.


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Cases of Legionnaire's Disease Tripled in 10 Years
THURSDAY, Aug. 18Cases of Legionnaire's disease in the United States have tripled in the past decade, a new federal government report shows.
And while Legionnaires' disease is serious and can be life-threatening and the increase in cases is cause for concern, most people recover with antibiotic treatment, officials said.
The number of cases reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rose from 1,110 in 2000 to 3,522 in 2009. The incidence rate increased from 0.39 to 1.15 per 100,000 people during that time.
The increase may be due to a rise in the number of seniors and other people at high risk for infection, CDC officials suggested.
Elderly people account for most cases of Legionnaire's disease, a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that can be present in the mist from water in hot tubs or showers or air conditioning systems in large buildings.
While older people and those living in the Northeast are most at risk, Legionnaire's disease occurs in all age groups and regions. Men accounted for 60 percent of the cases, the CDC said.
Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease include fever, chills, a cough and sometimes muscle aches and headaches. Other types of pneumonia have similar symptoms. You probably need a chest X-ray to diagnose the pneumonia. Lab tests can detect the specific bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease.
The CDC said it's working with state health departments to identify the reasons for the rising number of Legionnaire's cases.
The report appears in the Aug. 19 issue of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Freeman's left index finger finally pain-free
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A frustrated Freddie Freeman went through the final four months of last season wondering when his injured left index finger would allow him to grip a baseball bat in pain-free fashion. He received his answer when he began taking batting practice after the arrival of the new year.
"The first week of January, I was able to make a full fist," Freeman said. "That was when the excitement hit me. I was like, 'Yes, it's fully healthy.' Even when I had been working out, doing curls and other things, I could still feel it in my fingers. But back in [the summer], they were telling me that I wouldn't be able to make a fist until Christmas."
Freeman's left index finger was badly bruised when he was hit with a Jose Reyes throw while sliding with his arm extended toward the former Marlins shortstop on June 6. Freeman played in just seven games of the two weeks that followed, and he felt restricted with his swing during the remainder of the season.
"I started hitting with Dan [Uggla] last month," Freeman said. "It was a lot of fun knowing that I was fully healthy."
Freeman injured his finger around the time he was starting to overcome the vision problems that plagued him throughout May. The 23-year-old first baseman is also happy to say that he has not experienced any recent problems with his eyesight. He has found a comfortable pair of contact lenses that he plans to protect with clear Oakley sunglasses that are expected to arrive within the next two weeks.
Freeman's vision became a problem immediately after he had been named National League Player of the Week for the second time in the season's first five weeks. He batted .298 with six home runs and a .864 OPS in his first 28 games. Burdened by the blurred eyesight and sore finger, he batted . 251 with 17 homers and a .781 OPS in his final 118 games.


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1751-1755 Seahorse - ARCdoc Hudson's Bay Company voyages
Ward, Catharine
Arctic climate change; Maritime history; Geography; Climatology; Environmental studies
- Contributor
- Nicholls, John
- Rights
- Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England and Wales. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
- Description
These logbooks are valuable for covering the whole of the 100-year study period of the ARCdoc project (1750 to 1850) with only a few gaps (four years only are missing). The original documents are held in the Manitoba State Archives (http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/) but microfilm copies are available in the UK National Archives in Kew (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk), the latter are however not of good quality.
The original logbooks were prepared by the various captains who sailed annually between London and the Company's factories in Hudson Bay. The ships set out in early summer, returning usually in September; voyages planned to avoid the winter ice. They tended to take the same route each year following more-or-less the same latitude, and for the purposes of climate studies this is a great advantage as replicate routes provide for a geographically consistent data set.
The Hudson's Bay Company logbooks are a unique and welcomingly complete set of merchant shipping documents that have provided much useful Arctic climatic information not available from any other source. A review of Hudson's Bay Company logbooks and their potential for climate studies can be found in Ward and Wheeler (2012).
- Publisher
- The University of Hull
- Language
- English
- Citation
- Ward, Catharine (2014). ARCdoc Hudson's Bay Company Voyages, in Nicholls, John (comp.) ARCdoc Data Pages, Hull: (http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:8572).
- Temporal
- 1750-1850
- Additional notes
- New version of datasets and documentation uploaded 4/12/14
- Publication date
- 2014
- Date valid
- 1 September 2014
- Extent
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O's rally to secure season series over Red Sox
Pearce plates three, including two on go-ahead double in eighth
BALTIMORE -- Led by a three-RBI night from Steve Pearce, the Orioles secured the season series over the Red Sox with a 6-5 win on Saturday night.
A Baltimore team eliminated from the postseason earlier this week has gone 10-8 against AL East champion Boston, clinching its second consecutive season series against the Red Sox for the first time since the 1991-92 seasons. The latest victory, a lead-swapping, bullpen-heavy contest in front of a rowdy crowd of 36,556 at Camden Yards, makes the Orioles (84-77) the only divisional team with a winning record against Boston this season.
"It's very satisfying," Pearce said of playing the part of hero, shaving-cream pie and all, following Saturday's win. "It was almost hard to picture anything good coming out of this year on a personal note.
"I was fighting a wrist injury. Considering the kind of Spring Training I had, the start of the year and I had setbacks all year. ... So on a personal note, it's definitely gratifying, especially in a game like this. It was a fun game out there tonight."
On the disabled list twice with nagging wrist issues, Pearce rejoined the club on Sept. 17. He knocked in three runs for the first time since Aug. 11, 2012, against Milwaukee. It also marked the first time this season that Pearce, who doubled twice, recorded multiple extra-base hits.
"Stevie's a professional hitter. He works hard at his trade," manager Buck Showalter said of Pearce, who was limited to 43 games this season. "Part of the reason why he's been hurt is because he works hard at his trade. His wrists have been ... he kind of overdoes it sometimes to stay sharp. But he's a pro. That's why everybody respects him so much. There's nothing beneath him, and he's always willing to do what's best for the team. That's why he keeps playing and we keep wanting him around."
Down one, Matt Wieters and Danny Valencia opened the eighth inning with singles off Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa, prompting Boston manager John Farrell to insert Franklin Morales. After striking out Nick Markakis, Morales watched Pearce -- who fouled off a curveball earlier in the at-bat -- send another curve deep into left field for a two-run double to give Baltimore the edge.
"You got to take advantage of every opportunity," Pearce said of ending the season on a good note. "So for bubble guys, or young guys, it's a good opportunity to show how you can contribute and stuff like that. It's definitely an important time of the year."
Closer Jim Johnson put the finishing touches on the win with his league-leading 49th save, bringing his total to 100 since moving into the closer role full-time last spring.
"He's going to end up leading the American League in saves," Showalter said of Johnson's year, which has been solid despite a few rough stretches. "I'd like to think everybody appreciates how hard that is to do, especially with how many close situations we seem to have."
Tasked to protect a one-run lead, Baltimore reliever Josh Stinson was charged with his first run in 10 outings, serving up Jonny Gomes' one-out RBI single in the seventh. Stinson, who recorded the final two outs of the sixth in place of starter Wei-Yin Chen, allowed a pair of singles to Stephen Drew and Dustin Pedroia, and Gomes punched a ball into left field to chase Stinson in favor of lefty Brian Matusz. Daniel Nava singled off Matusz with left fielder Jason Pridie committing his second error in three games, allowing Pedroia to score the go-ahead run and give the Red Sox the lead.
Showalter brought on righty Kevin Gausman, his third pitcher of the inning, to record the final out, and the rookie followed up with a scoreless eighth.
"I think it is always good when you end on a good note, and that's what we're trying to do," said Gausman, who recorded his third big league win. "We kind of had a little meeting as a pitching staff right before Toronto came into town [on Tuesday]. We thought about [how] an 85-win season is a lot better than 81. So we wanted to finish strong, and everybody kind of put a check mark by their name for next year.
"Everybody just finish strong and go into Spring Training with a good mindset. Everybody can just kind of roll."
The O's chased Red Sox starter Jon Lester after five innings, tagging him for four runs on four walks and nine hits. The scoring started on Pearce's RBI double in the second, and Brian Roberts pushed the lead to 2-0 with a leadoff homer in the third.
After Boston tied it up, Baltimore took back the lead in the fifth on Wieters' one-out RBI single into left field, and Valencia followed with a liner just over the head of Drew to push it to two.
Chen didn't allow a run until the fourth inning, on David Ross' RBI single, and Boston steadily chipped away from there. Chen surrendered a run in the fifth on Pedroia's double, and he exited one out into the sixth following Ross' run-scoring double.
"This is really important to me, to not only go deep but also to limit my pitch count," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin of his to-do list for 2014. "I waste too much pitch count in the first couple innings, and this is a lesson I have to learn. This is my priority next spring to go deeper as a starter."
The 5 1/3-inning start marked the third consecutive game Chen has failed to complete six innings, ending an uneven year for the 27-year-old lefty with his sixth consecutive no-decision. Chen, who missed two months of the season with a left oblique strain, had stretches of dominance, but faded down the stretch, finishing 7-7 with a 4.07 ERA.


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Quentin Tarantino Tackles Slavery in New Film
Depicting the American slavery experience has been a challenge and a risk for filmmakers, but Quentin Tarantino's new "Django Unchained" pulls it off, showing the horrors of it all in a stylish, funny film. Don Steinberg looks at the new film on Lunch Break. Photo: Weinstein Co./Getty Images.
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Gwen Explores London With the Boys While Gavin Rocks Out With Bush
Gwen Explores London With the Boys While Gavin Rocks Out With Bush
Gwen Stefani spent an active weekend in London hanging out with her little guys Kingston and Zuma. The trio tested out the swings at a park Saturday, and Gwen kicked around a soccer ball with Zuma yesterday. Gavin Rossdale's been on the road with his band Bush, so he's been unable to hang with his loved ones in the UK. He's heading to London soon, though. Following shows in San Antonio and Nashville later this week, Gavin and the guys will take their tour overseas to Germany in early November and on to London later in the month. Gwen may return to the States for work obligations herself since her Harajuku Mini line debuts at Target Nov. 13. The boys are the perfect size to model Gwen's designs, and Kingston's tested the plaid pants from her collection already!