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May 31, Rapid City
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers Conference
June 17-18, Pierre
- 2013 Middle/High School (6-12) Science Academies
June 12 July 11, Various locations statewide
- Harvest of the Month training
July 9-10 in Sioux Falls OR July 23-24 in Rapid City
- School Library Boot Camp
July 21-24, Vermillion
- CTE Conference
July 29-30, Mitchell
- 10th Annual Indian Education Summit
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CTE 101 Training
May 31, Rapid City
CTE 101 training fulfills the requirement for secondary teachers to become South Dakota Career & Technical Education Qualified teachers for approved CTE programs.
Those teachers who are 1) new to teaching in approved CTE programs, 2) in their early years of teaching (either from teacher preparation programs or via alternative certification) or 3) who teach career or technical courses that are being added to approved CTE programs need to take this one-day qualification training.
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Participants should bring a laptop computer equipped with Internet Explorer and Microsoft Excel.
Click here to register.
21st Century Community Learning Centers Conference
June 17-18, Pierre
The annual 21st CCLC Conference is once again being held at the Ramkota in Pierre, with a theme of Finding Joy in Life and Literacy this year. Keynote presenters this year are Dr. Stuart Brown, Denise Brennan-Nelson, Jacquie McTaggart and Carrie Brockway.
The cost is $50 for educators who are not affiliated with a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program, and registration is due by May 24. Attendees can earn up to 13.5 Continuing Education Units or one hour of graduate credit from the University of South Dakota. Click here to register.
2013 Middle/High School (6-12) Science Academies
June 12 July 11, Various locations statewide
South Dakota teachers will model three-dimensional instruction (Three Dimensions: Scientific and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, and Crosscutting Concepts from the Framework for K-12 Science Education and NGSS) through activities and provide video evidence of this instruction occurring in South Dakota classrooms. The video footage is based on model lessons that have been aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and South Dakota Science Standards.
Teachers will leave with three-dimensional lessons that can be immediately implemented and will gain an understanding of the vision for science education in South Dakota. Teachers also will leave the training with knowledge of the three-dimensional lesson-building process, which they can use to advance their curriculum.
This is a two-day regional training for middle school and high school science teachers. There are 10 locations with two trainings occurring per location. At each location, one training will be for middle school and one training will be for high school. Up to 60 teachers will be accommodated at each location, with 30 at each training. Stipends of $125/day, available through the Investing in Teachers effort, will be paid to each attending science teacher, for no more than two days of training. Therefore, teachers should only sign up for one training. A minimum of 20 teachers will be required to host a training.
Graduate credit will be available. More information will be sent out, post-registration, including what to bring, graduate credit information, specific location details, etc.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Note: Registration closes April 26.
A complete calendar of Science Academy training dates is listed below:
June 12-13 Aberdeen
June 12-13 Rapid City
June 12-13 Sioux Falls
June 19-20 Mitchell
June 19-20 Mobridge
June 19-20 Pierre
June 26-27 Watertown
June 26-27 Yankton
July 10-11 Rapid City
July 10-11 Sioux Falls
For more details, visit the Department of Education website or contact Sam Shaw.
Harvest of the Month training
July 9-10 in Sioux Falls OR July 23-24 in Rapid City
Learn how to organize a Harvest of the Month Team for your school or community. Attendees will prepare recipes, create lessons and evaluation, discuss food-to-table demonstrations, and learn about growing and transplanting.
Participating teams are also eligible to apply for a $500 Team Nutrition mini-grant for implementation of a Harvest of the Month project. CEUs are available. Click here for details on how to register, or contact Mary Kirk for more information.
School Library Boot Camp
July 21-24, Vermillion
The second annual School Library Boot Camp will be held on the campus of the University of South Dakota, with the theme of Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century School Library. Graduate credit is available. Click here for more information.
CTE Conference
July 29-30, Mitchell
The 2013 conference will be all new New location! New format! New schedule!
The conference is designed for CTE teachers, Technical Institute instructors, school administrators and school counselors. This years event will be held on the campus of Mitchell Technical Institute. The annual CTE conference provides attendees with innovative and rigorous, cluster-specific training that can be implemented as the school year begins. Join your colleagues to learn, network and grow.
The conference is held as a partnership activity between the South Dakota Department of Education and the South Dakota Association for Career & Technical Education. For more information, including registration, schedule, call for presentations, and more, visit lakeareatech.edu/sdacte.
10th Annual Indian Education Summit
Sept. 29 Oct. 1, Chamberlain
This years Indian Education Summit will be held at the Cedar Shore Resort, located on the Missouri River near Chamberlain and Oacoma. This is the 10th consecutive year the summit is being held, bringing together partners from across South Dakota and the U.S. to learn and share ideas and insights about the educational needs of American Indian students. Many sessions will be geared for K-12; many others will emphasize preschool and higher education strands. Click here for more information.


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Best as I can tell, the Eagles blitzed Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner 13 out of 30 pass plays. It was a ton of blitzing. Thirty percent blitzes is a bunch. The Eagles were just north of 43 percent. It was a lot, and I might even have missed a couple for all I know -- and this doesn't even include when they blitzed on running plays. But it still wasn't enough.
The Eagles' dilemma going into the game was clear. Warner is great against the blitz so they needed to get four-man pass rush pressure. It was the game's most significant imperative. But they couldn't do it, not consistently enough, especially in the first half
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Blitzing: 8-for-13 for 108 yards.
Not blitzing: 13-for-15 for 171 yards and four touchdowns.
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Risk, reward, and the failure of the four-man pass rush. That really was the story, even as we fixate on the other side of the ball.


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|Orioles | Brad Brach, Mychal Givens could close
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Updating a previous report, if Baltimore Orioles RP Zach Britton (ankle) misses an extended amount of time due to a sprained left ankle, RPs Brad Brach and Mychal Givens appear to be the most likely candidates to receive save opportunities. P Dylan Bundy is considered a long-shot to be used in a ninth-inning role because of his low strikeout totals, as well as the fact that the team may decide to stretch him out so that he can be used as a starter later this year.
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|Orioles | Mychal Givens moving to pitcher
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Baltimore Orioles P Mychal Givens is making the transition from shortstop to pitcher after being drafted in the second round in 2009 as a shortstop. The team hasn't decided whether to make him a starter or reliever.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Naveen Andrews is traveling to Wonderland.
The "Lost" actor surprised Comic-Con fans by joining the panel Saturday for ABC's "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland." Andrews will play Jafar in the "Once Upon a Time" spin-off. The villainous character originally appeared in the 1992 animated Disney film "Aladdin."
"We were lucky when we asked him, he said 'yes,' and we said, 'Let's save it for Comic-Con,'" said series co-creator Edward Kitsis.
Andrews played mysterious plane crash survivor Sayid on "Lost" for six seasons. He joins previously announced "Wonderland" cast members Sophie Lowe, Peter Gadiot, Michael Socha and Emma Rigby.
The first 20 minutes of the premiere episode was screened for the crowd at the pop-culture convention. The footage showed Lowe's Alice traveling from a London asylum with Socha's Knave of Hearts, falling in love with a genie played by Gadiot and encountering Rigby's Red Queen.
"We're going to find out why Jafar is in Wonderland and how the genie got in the bottle," teased Kitsis.
Kitsis said "Wonderland" would be different from the fantastical "Once" because the first season will be a self-contained story and Alice won't necessarily be traveling between the real world and Wonderland.
"We wanted to set off on a new adventure," said Kitsis.
"Wonderland" is set to debut Oct. 10.
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DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the final day of the 2012 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP18 - in Doha, Qatar, little to no progress has been made according to Taiwanese artist and activist Vincent J.F Huang "the nation of Tuvalu cannot wait for the international authorities to effect climate change policy".
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As featured in the official United Nation COP 18 news coverage, the avant-garde Taiwanese artist, and Tuvalu island party delegate, showed up to the conference with an eco-art project in order to draw attention to the current global climate change and rising sea levels which are threatening Tuvalu, a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, to be submerged by 2050 due to its low altitude location.
In an awkward and bare exhibition area stand two naked penguins that lose their feathers because of the heating weather under the impact of climate change and hold signs written "Count Me In," the slogan of Cop18. Behind the naked penguins, next to the huge monitor showing the latest discussions of the conferences, an installation of a suicide penguin delivers a strong message to urge delegates to come up with an effective protocol to reduce carbon emission. The interactive device "Civilization and Its Side-effect" combines miniatures of an oil rig and an oil pistol with two animals that stand for the victims on the front line. Audience is invited to trigger the oil pistol to activate the device which leads to hang the polar bear to death and to have the Tuvaluan marine turtle beheaded. The accusation of these art installations implies that the suffering of the devoiced animals reflects the ignorant situation in Tuvalu -- a small island nation, leading a pure life without the convenience of modern technology or industrial pollution, is sarcastically to be the first nation to be submerged underwater.
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Despite what he says, pianist Marc-André Hamelin is not a regular guy.
Regular guys do not substitute on three hours notice for Peter Serkin.
Regular guys do not have four artistic residencies at the same time.
Regular guys are not in constant demand in Europe and North America for their mastery not only of standard piano repertory, but rarely performed works by composers like Medtner, Alkan and Dukas.
And, regular guys do not curate three Celebrity Series performances in a single year.
And so when he insists affably, "I'm just a regular guy," over coffee in Boston between trips back and forth to Europe where he's on tour with the Montreal Symphony, the facts seem to argue otherwise.
Hamelin, despite his international schedule, is regularly sighted on the Boston area music scene. He and his wife, WGBH radio host Cathy Fuller, have just moved to Waltham from their longtime residence in Newton. His Celebrity Series appearances this season, part of the organization's super-sized 75th anniversary celebration, kicked off with a solo recital in December at Jordan Hall.
His next appearances are joint ventures: a two-piano recital with Emanuel Ax at Symphony Hall on April 13, and a return to Jordan Hall on May 2 with violinist Anthony Marwood and clarinetist Martin Fröst. All three programs were planned and conceived by Hamelin.
"They told me to think big," Hamelin says of the original Celebrity Series invitation, "and so I did. They gave me carte blanche. It's an important anniversary for Celebrity Series, commemorating their founder Aaron Richmond, and they wanted some special events for the occasion.
"I was absolutely delighted to get Manny Ax to agree to a duo recital," he says. "We've become friends, but we've never played together. I've been playing the solo Brahms F minor sonata, and I'll do that, and I felt sure that Manny had played the other F minor, the duo sonata. There's no way that it could be anything but a thrilling experience to play with him."
Hamelin has performed with his trio partners, Marwood and Fröst, performing the same program of Schubert, Debussy, Stravinsky, Poulenc and Bartok in Europe earlier this year.
"We played this concert several times, most recently in Wigmore Hall in London," Hamelin says, "which was an almost perfect setting. Anthony has been in Boston (in 2011, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, performing Thomas Adčs' violin concerto), but if people haven't heard Martin play yet, they will. He has a tremendous career in Europe, he absolutely owns the Copland concerto, and his Mozart is exquisite.
"Being with people who totally agree with you musically, with whom you can go onstage and just be, or do, what you want to do," he says, "I really can't wait for that."
This set of concerts - a solo recital with some of Hamelin's own music, and a Medtner sonata; a duo with one his most well regarded colleagues; and a chamber trio of challenging compositions - sums up Hamelin's approach succinctly. With great works, and in this case, great colleagues, and a splash of challenging, corner-of-the-repertory pieces, Hamelin has created an identity as a pianist who can appeal to audiences willing to stretch their own boundaries.
"The act of sharing is what carries me on," he says, "helping audiences discover something that they may want to return to. And that goes for familiar works like Beethoven sonatas as well. I have such a desire to be understood. I ask myself constantly, 'Is this getting across?' That helps me no matter what I'm playing.
"An audience to me is a friend. I appreciate every audience - they came, and they're curious. And I give 10,000 percent of what I have. The last thing I want to do is antagonize them. I may want to challenge them, true, and the sad reality is that you cannot please everyone. But it is surprising how many people you can please."
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — During 13 minutes of madness in the second half of Chicago's 2-1 win over FC Dallas, two penalty kicks were saved, Fire coach Frank Klopas started seeing "a different Sean Johnson" and the Fire went ahead, sealing their first Brimstone Cup success since 2001 in the process.
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That pivotal stretch started in the 50th minute, when Fire forward Dominic Oduro took down FC Dallas midfielder Bruno Guarda on the edge of the penalty area, causing the referee to point to the penalty spot.
Sean Johnson saved the ensuing Blas Pérez penalty kick, diving to his right for his fourth career penalty kick save in 11 attempts.
"I just tried to read it and I got a good jump," Johnson said. "It's always good to have a big save like that and turn things around and get the team going again."
Klopas thought the save transformed the way Johnson played for the rest of the game.
"I felt that after that save, you saw a different Sean," Klopas said. "He had more command in his box. For him, it was huge. It was a huge point in the game that gave the team energy, and it gave a lot of confidence to Sean."
In the 62nd minute, Marco Pappa was taken down in the penalty area by Zach Loyd and Carlos Rodríguez. Sebastián Grazzini stepped up, but his penalty kick was saved by Kevin Hartman. However, Pappa was there for the rebound, yards ahead of any FC Dallas defender.
"I just saw the ball rising, and the ball, thank God, came to me," Pappa said.
Pappa may also have a linesman to thank for his third goal of the season, as replays clearly show he took three or four steps in the penalty box before Grazzini's foot struck the ball.
The non-call caused Hartman to sprint to the linesman in protest.
"Sean Johnson made a great penalty kick save, and then I save a PK, and the guy who scored the rebound was four yards inside before the ball was struck," Hartman said. "That's obviously something the referee didn't see. It's disappointing."
Fire teammates knew Pappa committed a false start.
"I was joking with him, I told him, 'He just got there so fast because he's quick,'" midfielder Patrick Nyarko said with a smile. "We'll take our advantages. They had a PK I thought they didn't deserve. We'll take what we get."
Pappa could only shrug his shoulders and smile when asked whether Hartman's protests were warranted.
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The Navy Drive bridge, a narrow, World War II-era structure connecting Rough and Ready Island to the rest of Stockton, is slated for replacement by late 2015.
The Navy Drive bridge, a narrow, World War II-era structure connecting Rough and Ready Island to the rest of Stockton, is slated for replacement by late 2015.
Port of Stockton officials are taking the initial steps in that project, conducting environmental studies and earlier this week agreeing to lease a strip across the bottom of the San Joaquin River to run communication lines to the island.
Port Director Richard Aschieris said Thursday that plans call for a four-lane bridge to be built across the San Joaquin parallel to the existing structure with preliminary estimates pegging the costs at $10.4 million.
The environmental studies should be completed this fall, with construction designs and engineering by year's end, leading to possible contract award by mid-2014, he said.
Replacement of the old bridge has been on the port's to-do list since it acquired the former Rough and Ready naval base in 2000.
"It's been around since World War II, and with the increased business activity at the port, we need a wider and, quite frankly, a safer bridge," Aschieris said. "It'll enhance the movement of goods to and from the port."
Running the communication lines through conduit underneath the river is necessary because the San Joaquin River is a navigable waterway, and potential boat traffic cannot be blocked by a bridge or other structures.
"The actual bridge, because it spans the San Joaquin River, has to be designed as a removable span," Aschieris said.
The planned bridge is part of a continuing effort to improve traffic flow in and around the port.
The Port of Expressway, a roadway and bridge over Burns Cutoff connecting Rough and Ready to Highway 4 to the south, was completed several years ago. An improvement to the expressway - a grade separation carrying traffic over a set of railroad tracks - was built last year.
Aschieris said a U.S. Department of Transportation grant is expected to cover about 90 percent of the estimated cost of the new bridge.
He said the port had probably spent $140 million to $150 million in local, state and federal funds to improve the infrastructure of the island, upgrading road, rail and maritime facilities, as well as utilities, security and structures. But that spending has helped attract roughly $2 billion in private-sector investment and generated hundreds of jobs in the past five years or so, he said.
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I guess the two radios could be the ISS and the Soyuz? They might have been doing some comm. checks in the Soyuz preparing for the undock and deorbit next week. Kenneth - N5VHO -----Original Message----- From: Henk, PA3GUO [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:29 AM To: Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ISS: 143.625 downlink 2x (also by D700 ??): Hi Kenneth ! Sorry I did not express myself very clear - apologies. What I think I heared were two (2) signals from ISS at the same time (both at 143.625): 1) the Russian VHF system (voice) 2) a second radio onboard the ISS, I guessed the D700 (constand carrier) Reason for posting: I hear often 1) and feel familiar with type of comm's on that channel. However, I assume that IF the second signal came from ISS, that it would have been the D700 - and that the D700 would not be expected to transmit on that frequency (also assuming the SSTV VOX circuit was the cause of the silent carrier to be transmitted) That's all :-) Henk > Sounds like the Russian VHF comm. system which has a multi polarity antenna array. They may have locked the PTT in > anticipation of a ground pass over Moscow and you were hearing background noise from within the ISS. > > > Kenneth - N5VHO > > -----Original Message----- > From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Henk, PA3GUO > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:02 AM > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS: 143.625 downlink 2x (also by D700 ??): > > To whom this may concern (Kenneth N5VHO ?): > > Thursday 10:45utc pass over Europe: > > With the very latest keps I monitored both 145.800 and 143.625. > Late in the pass, a carrier appeared on 143.625. > Also I heared now and then voice from another source (distorted) through that. > Initially I believed this was a local station transmitting on 143.625. > > But: switching between HOR/VER/LHCP/RHCP gave exactly the same > ratio of that carrier versus the voice/other signal... they must > have identical polarization: too much coincidence to me. > > Then: the carrier faded down fast in the last 2 degrees elevation, like the ISS 145.800 also always does: the > carrier must have come > from ISS: I guess the D700 also has 143.625 programmed ? > > Conclusion: > I suspect that maybe the Kenwood D700 onboard was transmitting > on 143.625 and at the same time the astronauts tried via the other radio to reach Moscow (like they do every day). > Most likely Moscow also could not hear the 2nd radio, as the carrier was strongest. > > Henk, PA3GUO > The Netherlands > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support > the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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An Upcycled Driftwood Dream Garden
There's just something about driftwood and succulents that go hand in hand together. For me, it's the rustic charm and muted tones of the driftwood that allow the colors, shape and texture of succulents to really shine. Far Out Flora, one of my favorite gardening blogs, captured the beauty of this juxtaposition on the streets of San Francisco.
The Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco is probably one of my favorite places in the city. And even though I'm situated on the opposite side of the country, it's a must-see anytime I visit. While I don't have the same climate for gardening — and I'm envious of their ability to grow all kinds of amazing succulents year round outdoors — it still provides me with mounds of inspiration for my east coast garden.
As many avid gardeners know, walking the streets and seeing what others have done with their space can be just as inspirational (if not more so), as picking up a gardening book or magazine. And thanks to the folks at Far Out Flora, I didn't even have to hop on a plane to take in the Outer Sunset this spring. Megan snapped a few photos of this amazing succulent garden on her dog walk and calls it a "rock star of a garden", which I couldn't agree with more. Now I can now add two DIY projects to my ever-growing list: Driftwood containers and a driftwood edging. Time consuming I'm sure, but it should add up to be pretty easy on my wallet while making a dramatic impact on my garden.
To view more photos of the garden and even see it while the fence was in progress two years ago, head over to Far Out Flora's blog. While you're there, be sure to scroll through the comments to read the tale about the "Tomb of the Stolen Succulent" by the garden's owner!
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Its was early in the afternoon when I got word that Lytle Boxer and Solomon Pras were in town, apparently looking for something to do. I quickly found them and persuaded them to go on a quick adventure, nothing to difficult for men of their stature. All that was left was to convince a few more adventurers to join us. We ended up recruiting Lytles adopted son Alex, a fighter, and Zomb another fighter. Unfortunately Zomb was dead, and needed reviving. After so talking, The Ziatics Guild put forth the money to have him resurrected. After some reminiscing we were quickly off.
I soon realized this wasnt going to be as normal of an adventure as I hoped and not a very rewarding one either. Lytle and Solomon really wanted to go to Dooms kingdom, past Minta. I couldnt argue with their reasoning since it included the prospect of gold and glory, so we were on our way. We teleported to Bont to save some time on the trip, without any troubles. Getting through the border wasnt quit as easy, but about 10 platinum fixed the troubles. During the journey we encountered some beasts that turned a few of our horses into stone, but they were quickly disposed of. It wasnt long until we came upon a small village, only about one days journey to the Doom border. We stayed here to rest up, and find some information about the Kingdom we were traveling to. As I was very interested in the half mintan, half human architecture of the building we were staying in, it wasnt until much later that I found out Solomon and Lytle had gone to learn a few things from a local, powerful, wizard. Apparently he didnt have much to say except dont go to Dooms Kingdom!
The next day we found the border, but it was a very depressing site indeed. The border lie in the middle of a river, the half on our side looked fine, but the other half was different, almost evil you could say. We quickly learned it wouldnt be as simple as just walking into this place. There was a type of magic shield blocking our entrance. When we tried to send a few magic animals in, they were transformed into energy by this shield, and shot back at us. The same thing happened when we tried to dispel, or use any magic on the shield. Soon we learned anything with magic on it that also tried to go through the shield, lost its magic, but the rest seemed to make it through alright. Our next test was taking all magic off of Alex then, and have him run through, and see what happened. We of course had a rope to pull him back in case of an emergency. Unfortunately he couldnt take the pain from even approaching the shield. We decided to give up for now, and inquire more from the wizard back at the city. On the way back we were forced to fight two wild Ettins. I was fighting alone with one of them, and having no troubles at all, until the ettin got a lucky shot, and my arm was horrible hurt, and I passed out from it. Luckily the rest of my team did fine, and we made it back alright.
The wizard still had no more info for us, and since we had been gone for quit some time, we decided to head home, to come back another day. We went home gold less, and glory less, but we still gained some knowledge.
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text: Manchester firefighters quickly contain Hanover Street blaze By DOUG ALDENNew Hampshire Union Leader February 04. 2013 10:24PM MANCHESTER — Firefighters quickly contained a fire in a vacant home near the corner of Hanover and Maple streets late Monday. Deputy Fire Chief Dan Goonan said there were heavy flames when the first trucks arrived shortly before 10 p.m. By 10:15, only a few traces of flames were visible as several trucks continued dousing the multi-family home with water. "They hit the fire really aggressively and knocked it down quickly," Goonan said. Smoke continued to drift from the building at 307 Hanover St. as firefighters cut through the roof to make certain that no flames remained. Goonan said the cause wasn't immediately clear. He said the building was vacant, although he heard reports that police had chased out squatters earlier Monday. There were no injuries. Goonan said investigators were trying to determine who owned the century-old building, which was apparently undergoing renovations. Goonan said there was construction equipment on the second floor. It was a two-alarm fire, but Goonan said the second alarm was based on the size of the home. firstname.lastname@example.com Fires Manchester


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Mark Casse (winning trainer of My Conquestadory)
On whether he was worried when she had to check on the backstretch
"A little worried? My thoughts were, 'Here we have this great filly and she's not going to be able to show how great she was.' I wasn't upset or worried for me, I was worried for her, because I wanted her to be able to show you how great she was. That was my concern."
"Definitely. Hopefully she's fine. We came here because I said I wanted to get her some experience – didn't know we were going to get that much experience, but I'm glad to have it."
Eurico Da Silva (winning rider)
"She didn't break sharp, but she was very, very relaxed. I was worried in the middle of the turn because there were so many fillies in front of me but every time I need her, she was just galloping. I was waiting for a hole, and every time it opened a little bit, I put her in. In the stretch when we had a free run, she just ran so easy. She's a very nice filly."
Victor Lebron (rider of second-place finisher and second choice Rosalind)
"We had a good break, put her right in the race, and took it from there. We had a perfect trip, no excuses at all.
"I was expecting her to run really good. I rode her the first time, won on her, rode her in the stakes right after the maiden. And she showed she's one of those stake horses that can compete anywhere, you know? And coming to the Polytrack I knew she would be a lot better. She ran to what I expected her to and performed to what I wanted. No complaints at all."
Channing Hill (rider of third-place finisher Battlefield Angel)
"I thought the filly ran big. She took me there in a real good spot. She was all class today. Now I have to give the two fillies that ran by her a lot of credit, because at the top of the lane I wasn't thinking anybody could run by us the way she was running."
Luis Saez (rider of fourth-place finisher Who's in Town)
"She had a good trip, but when we came to the last turn, I thought she was going to win the race and other horses were passing me outside easy. She wasn't tired. She came running. I don't think she loves the track."
Julien Leparoux (rider of 12th-place finisher and third choice She's Offlee Good)
"I had a good trip. She broke good. I was laying second and she was very relaxed, but she kind of spit the bit at the half-mile pole and she didn't have anything after that. She came back fine but she just didn't run today."
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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says the government has given final approval for construction of 90 new homes in a West Bank settlement, a move that could cause tensions with the U.S. ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the region.
The official says the homes were first announced last year in an agreement with Jewish settlers in exchange for evacuating an unauthorized West Bank outpost. The government published its final approval on Sunday.
The official spoke Monday on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.
Anti-settlement activist Hagit Ofran says construction could begin within weeks. That means the work could coincide with Obama's visit.
Obama has criticized settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories claimed by the Palestinians.


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The challenge is to create engaging content and services that brings audiences closer to the shows they love, and stimulate them to share and discuss with their friends.
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Waterloo Battlefield tours to fit your plans:
A British ex-pat, living close to the Battlefield of Waterloo for more than 20 years, my interest in and knowledge about the Battle of Waterloo as well as those at Quatre Bras & Ligny has been continuously growing.
The great battle of Waterloo itself, the march of historic events, the personalities, the manoeuvres of the armies and units, the actions of individual soldiers, the influence of the terrain and the weather all colour the picture that a guided tour reveals.
Covering the site of the battle of Waterloo itself, the strongpoint farms that so influenced the outcome, and the villages & hamlets that saw much of the action, to the museums and curiosities that can be discovered throughout the region, I would be pleased to act as your Waterloo battlefield guide. Let me know your timing and special interests and I will set up a programme that meets your needs. Always pleased to meet people with similar interests, I can guarantee you a fascinating experience.
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* Pick-up and drop-off at your Waterloo hotel, or Waterloo station;
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FBI Director Mueller defends the agency in Boston bombingBy DOUGLAS FRANTZ
The Washington Post
May 16. 2013 10:29PM
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Thursday defended the bureau's handling of a Russian warning about a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing in the months before the attack.
Mueller told a Senate subcommittee that an FBI investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev initiated in March 2011 after a tip from Russian authorities found that Tsarnaev posed no terrorist threat. He said two later attempts to obtain more information from the Russians got no response, and the case was closed.
"As a result of this, I would say, thorough investigation, based on the leads we got from the Russians, we found no ties to terrorism," Mueller told the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on commerce, justice and science.
He acknowledged, however, that electronic notifications that Tsarnaev had left the United States in January 2012 and spent six months in Russia were not shared fully within the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Boston.
"To the extent that we go back and look and scrub and see what we could have done better, this is an area where we're looking at and scrubbing it and doing better," the FBI director said.
Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in a shootout with police four days after the April 15 bombing. His brother, Dzhokhar, 19, is recovering from gunshot wounds in a federal prison hospital and faces charges that could carry the death penalty in connection with the bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. The brothers also are suspected of killing a campus police officer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressing for action on Friday, President Barack Obama urged Central American presidents and congressional Republicans at home to help ease the influx of minors and migrant families crossing the southwest border of the U.S.
While citing progress in addressing the flow, he called on House Republicans to act on his request for emergency spending. With one week left before Congress' August recess, Republicans were trying to unite behind a plan that would spend about one-fourth of what Obama requested.
"It is my hope that Speaker Boehner and House Republicans will not leave town for the month of August for their vacations without doing something to help solve this problem," Obama said. "We need action and less talk"
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met at the White House with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Obama said the U.S. and the other presidents' countries all have to deter the flow of children across the border because the young people are putting themselves and their families at risk.
But he also thanked the presidents for their efforts so far.
"Initial reports show that our joint efforts appear to be paying off," Obama said.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Obama asked for two approaches — that the region work with the U.S. to resolve the immediate crisis and also that it develop a medium- and long-term plan to prevent such a flight of migrants in the future.
He said Obama also asked that their countries be prepared to receive and repatriate migrants who are returned from the U.S. border.
Obama's demand for congressional action came as GOP lawmakers said they were attempting to coalesce behind a narrow package of changes including sending National Guard troops to the border, increasing the number of U.S. immigration judges and changing a law so that migrant youths arriving by the tens of thousands could be sent home more quickly. The package would cost less than $1 billion, several lawmakers said, far less than the $3.7 billion Obama requested to deal with the crisis.
A number of Republicans exiting a special meeting on the issue in the Capitol said they had to act before leaving Washington late next week for their annual August recess.
"It would be a terrible message; leave town in August without having done anything, knowing that it's going to create even more of a crisis on the border," said Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. "Doing nothing in my view means that these children will be sent from the border back to communities like mine."
Yet some conservative lawmakers remained skeptical about taking any action. "The acceptable spending level is zero," said Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas.
And with Senate Democrats opposed to policy changes to return the children quickly without judicial hearings, it looked highly unlikely that a deal could be struck to send a bill to Obama's desk before August.
Friday's White House meeting with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador came as the administration considered creating a pilot program giving refugee status to young people from Honduras. White House officials said the plan would involve screening youths in their home countries to determine whether they qualify for refugee status. The program would be limited and would start in Honduras but could be expanded to include other Central American countries.
Obama said determining whether an individual is eligible for refugee status or for asylum under humanitarian grounds is better done in their country so they don't attempt a dangerous trek to the U.S. border.
But, he added, the number who would get such clearance into the U.S. would be a fairly small number of people.
Earlier Friday, a senior Obama adviser said that the White House is taking seriously the possibility that House Republicans could initiate impeachment proceedings against Obama if he acts on his own later this year on a broader immigration measure that could defer deportations for immigrants who have been inside the United States illegally for years.
White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said that House Speaker John Boehner's effort to sue Obama over his use of executive authority "has opened the door for Republicans possibly considering impeachment at some point in the future."
"I would not discount that possibility," he said during a breakfast with reporters. "I think that when the president acts on immigration reform it will certainly up the likelihood that they would contemplate impeachment at some point."
Boehner has said he has ruled out impeachment, but conservative commentators, including former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, have called for Obama to be impeached.
"It is telling and sad that a senior White House official is focused on political games, rather than helping these kids and securing the border," Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said.
Several House Republicans said there was some discussion in Friday's meeting of holding a vote, in concert with action on the border, to overturn an earlier Obama directive on immigration that deferred deportation for certain immigrants brought here illegally as children.
With some critics contending that that Obama directive and other presidential policies triggered the crisis, the president has been eager to demonstrate an aggressive approach to reducing the flow of immigrants and returning those found not to have a legitimate claim to stay here. The U.S. has mounted a communications campaign to inform Central American residents that they won't be allowed to stay in the U.S., and Obama sent a team to Texas this week to weigh the possibility of dispatching the National Guard to the border.
Pfeiffer said Obama supports changes in the 2008 law that would give the administration more authority to turn back Central American migrants at the border. But he said current proposals in Congress, including a bipartisan plan proposed by Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, do not meet White House standards of deterring illegal migration while protecting legitimate claims for asylum from border crossers.


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5.2.1 Social Worker Visits to Children in Care
Different provisions apply to children who acquire Looked After status as a result of a remand to local authority accommodation or Youth Detention Accommodation. In relation to those children, please see Remands to Local Authority Accommodation or to Youth Detention Accommodation Procedure, Care Planning for Young People Remanded to Local Authority or Youth Detention Accommodation.
This chapter was updated in January 2016 to reflect the revised visiting requirements in respect of long term foster placements as set out in the revised Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations - Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review. See Section 1, Normal Frequency for more information.
- Normal Frequency
- Exceptions
- Children Placed in a Non Derbyshire County Council Regulated Placement Regardless of Distance
- Who Should be Seen?
- Purpose
- Recording
1. Normal Frequency
Wherever a Looked After child is placed, the child's social worker must visit the child in the placement at the following intervals, subject to the exceptions in Section 2, Exceptions:
- Within 1 week of the start of any placement. This applies to all new placements including when a child who is already Looked After moves from one placement to another;
- Then at intervals of no more than 6 weeks during the first year of the placement;
- Thereafter, at intervals of not more than 6 weeks (or 3 months if the placement is intended to last until the child is 18);
- Where a child is in a designated long-term foster placement, visits after the first year may take place at intervals of not more than 6 months. The child, being of sufficient age and understanding, must agree to being visited at this minimum frequency.
NB These are minimum requirements and the Looked After Review may recommend more frequent visits. The frequency of visits should always be determined by the circumstances of the case and visits should be made whenever reasonably requested by the child or foster carer regardless of the status of the placement.
The child's social worker should also visit the child immediately a when complaint is received from the child or from another person relating to the child concerning the standard of care they are receiving.
Some visits should be unannounced (The foster carers, parent or residential unit should be informed by the child's social worker at the time of placing that there will be occasional unannounced visits and the reason for this explained).
Meetings involving a child e.g. Looked After Reviews, do not in themselves constitute a visit, unless time is taken outside of the meeting to talk with and spend time with the child.
The child's social worker should on occasion take the child out from the placement (for example for a snack or a visit to a park) as this can strengthen the relationship between the child and the social worker and is also in the interests of Child Protection in that the child may feel more able to discuss issues that are of concern to him/her.
For children who are placed for adoption, see Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements Procedure.
2. Exceptions
If the child is placed with parents pending assessment, social work visits must take place at least once a week until the first Looked After Review, thereafter at intervals of not more than 6 weeks.
If the child is living with the parents under an Interim Care Order, visits must take place at least once a week until the first Looked After Review, thereafter at intervals of not more than 4 weeks.
If the child is placed with parents under a Care Order, within one week of the Care Order, thereafter at intervals of not more than 6 weeks.
If the child is placed with a Connected Person with temporary approval, visits must take place at least once a week until the first Looked After Review, thereafter at intervals of not more than 4 weeks.
If the child is in the care of the local authority but another person is responsible for the child's living arrangements (for example where a child is placed in a Young Offenders' Institution or a health care setting), they should be visited within a week of the start/any change of living arrangements, and then then at intervals of not more than 6 weeks for the first year, and at intervals of not more than 3 months in any subsequent year.
3. Children Placed in a Non Derbyshire County Council Regulated Placement Regardless of Distance
For children in these placements the following increased social work visiting timescales must take place:
- Within 1 week of the start of any placement;
- Then at intervals of no more than 4 weeks during the first year of the placement.
4. Who Should be Seen?
Wherever possible, the child must be seen in private and alone (unless the child of sufficient age and maturity and refuses or the social worker considers it inappropriate to do so). If this is not possible, a further visit must be made at short notice in order that the child can be seen alone and observed with the staff/carer.
The social worker should be aware of who else lives in the placement and they should know about changes in structure and composition as well as the relationships within the household or unit.
For children who are not able to verbally communicate their views, the social worker should ensure that observations of the child are made in their placement and also in other settings, for example, school. Information and opinion should also be gathered from other professionals about their presentation.
On some occasions, the social worker should also arrange to visit at times when all members of a household can be seen; or for children's homes, a significant number of adults and children.
Social workers must consider the balance of time spent with staff/carers and with children during a statutory visit. The social worker must prioritise their time with the child as opposed to the staff/carer. Issues raised by staff/carers can be discussed when a child is not present for example when they are at school.
Social workers should provide feedback to staff/carers regarding their visit.
5. Purpose
The purpose of the visit is to ensure the placement continues to promote the child's welfare and in particular:
- To give the child the opportunity to express his or her wishes, feelings and views;
- To advise, assist and befriend the child and to ascertain who they would turn to in times of difficulty;
- To promote an effective relationship between the child and social worker with particular reference to the role of the social worker as a link with the child's history and birth family;
- To identify daily routines including getting up and going to bed, meal times (including whether the children in the placement all eat together), the arrangements for washing and whether the child is provided with privacy and support that is relevant to his or her stage of development;
- To identify arrangements for holiday and leisure time including playing games, access to clubs, cultural and sporting activities.
- To identify what special arrangements are made to meet any needs that arise from their culture, religious or heritage including communication, diet and skin/hair care;
- To observe the child with the staff/carer/parent and to analyse parenting styles and the promotion of the child's self esteem;
- To monitor the standard of care offered by the placement including the physical standards, house rules and behaviour management strategies;
- To identify whether there are toys or games to play with and the access that the child has to them;
- To monitor how the contact arrangements with family members and friends are working and to discover whether these are promoted within the home;
- To consider the child's sleeping arrangements such as room sharing, display of personal belongings and the physical state of the room. Has the child got clean clothes that are stored appropriately?
- To identify any areas where additional support is required;
- To evaluate whether the placement is helping to achieve the objectives of the child's Care Plan, with particular reference to whether the placement is meeting the educational, health and social development needs of the child. Where it is a long-term/permanent placement, the social worker should observe whether there are signs that the child is an integral part of the family such as whether they are included in photographs on display;
- To carry out specific casework tasks with the child, for example carrying out a programme of life story work;
- To identify whether older children are encouraged to play an increasing part in their own care such as laundry, food preparation and the purchase of food, clothes and budgeting;
- To identify the arrangements for the child to get support with school work, do homework (including where appropriate, access to a computer)and visit a library. Do the carers attend parent's evenings?
- To identify whether the child knows about the complaints procedure and the availability of advocacy services;
- To monitor that the Child Health Record is stored safely, is up to date and is accessible to the child as appropriate to the child's age and understanding.
Social workers visiting children with disabilities and/or complex health needs should also consider the following:
- Whether practices that are being employed are appropriate and do not compromise the child's safety e.g. the method of lifting a disabled child.
- Does the carer have sufficient equipment i.e. bath chair / hoist etc.?
- Who arranges the child's health appointments and who attends? For children in residential placements in particular, is there consistency of worker?
- Is there clear written information re the administration of medication?
It may not be possible for a social worker to gain all the information listed in one visit but they must try to obtain a holistic view of the placement.
When visiting children in residential settings the social worker should read the running sheets to gain an understanding of recent events and also to identify any themes highlighted in the recording for example, behaviour and staff strategies for managing situations.
6. Recording
The social worker should record each visit on the Child in Care Statutory Visit Template and upload to the child's case-notes on the electronic record, This will include information on:
- Who was seen;
- Whether the child was seen and if not why not;
- Whether the child was seen alone;
- Any comments made by the child or the staff/carers/parents;
- Any matters of concern or difficulties;
- Any observations on the child's welfare and the success of the placement;
- Any requirements for action.


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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least 12 people were killed in bombings around Afghanistan on Saturday, including 10 policemen who died when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle blew himself up in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, officials said.
Kunduz provincial police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Husseini said the policemen, including the head of the provincial counterterrorism department and the traffic police chief, were killed at an intersection in Kunduz city. He said 14 other policemen and five civilians were wounded in the explosion.
Saad Mukhtar, the head of the Kunduz health department, confirmed the death toll.
Earlier on Saturday, a remote-controlled bomb planted on a bicycle exploded, killing one police officer and one civilian in the eastern city of Ghazni. Provincial police chief, Gen. Zirawer Zahid, said another five people were wounded.
Suicide attacks by insurgents have become a near daily occurrence around Afghanistan.
On Friday, a suicide car bomber killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan. The bomber missed the convoy, which suffered no damage. The attack took place in Tagab district of eastern Kapisa province.


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A winner was selected from 41 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
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Reflare is a young technology startup. One of our fields is iPhone development.
We know how important good specs and timely, comprehensive feedback are. That is why we guarantee to give every submission written feedback. (Feel free to check our previous contest for the actual stats.) Also, as we know you are worried about your intellectual property, we decided to make this a blind contest.
If you have questions about the project, elements of the design, functionality or our strategy behind certain features, post it in the main contest thread and we'll get your questions cleared up ASAP.
Thank you for working with us to bring a new piece of great software to the App store!
iPhone users who want to learn about a certain subject.
The app will be filled with various contents, from Japanese characters, to Korean characters, to braille, to Flags, to last names of famous peoples' first grade PE teachers...
We are looking for a clean, sleek interface. Something that says "quality" and "cool" while staying out of the user's way.
Please find a PDF containing explanations, screenshots of the current alpha, links to further resources and function overviews attached to this brief.
As we wanted to make things as clear as possible, we used many different slides. The total number of interface elements to be designed is much lower than the number of slides. If you still have questions, please don't hesitate to ask us.
We will need the finished design in PSD format.
As there are many different elements, feel free to submit partial mockups and get feedback on them before creating a full mockup.
However, at the end of the contest, only designers who have created mockups of all elements will be considered for winning the contest.
Forgot to mention this in the brief PDF:
The OpenFeint logos have to appear in their original colors. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Another misunderstanding regarding OpenFeint: OpenFeint is a score keeping system we use in our app. It is not our brand or the app's brand. By using OpenFeint, we are required to display their logo at certain points within the app. OpenFeint should thus appear in the elements where the design specifications make reference to them, but not be the primary visual.