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Illa was my nickname when I was a little girl. We chose the name Illa because we really like the association of this young girl having dreams, obviously. And as a grown up girl, doing a job that is truly her passion.
It's a special one for me because it's the first one I did when I joined Hearts On Fire. And for a brand where timelessness is so important. Stars are the typical piece of jewelry that can be passed from mother to daughter, from generation to generation and always be timeless and fashionable.
Well I love my comet. Classic, simple, busy. There is a rockstar ring, there is a new ring that I've done and because I like to play, I like to be sometimes extravagant. So there is a ring that really wraps around your finger and then goes up at the end. It's very funky, obviously. That's really total fashion, total trend but it's fun. Stars are trendy and they are timeless. They'll be forever.


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Hello ladies
It's been a while since I've posted in the forum, we've been doing great so far. We are just nursing at night.
However, the past 2 or 3 weeks she's been waking so much at night. it used to be 1 or twice, but I havent counted how many times she's waking now, I know is more than 3...
She sleeps the first part in her crib, until the first waking, when I usually get her (crib is in our room) and then we co-sleep from then on. The main thing is that we never got the side laying nursing thing figured out, she actually hates it and she cries until I sit down and put her on my lap to nurse. So every waking, I have to sit down and do that until she falls back to sleep.
Sometimes she unlatches and doesn't nurse anymore and she just sits, or flips and flops, talks, etc. etc. for a long while, and then cries some, I latch her on again, and does it again... so I'm getting frustrated and I've started hating the whole nursing process, which is not where I want to be. And I haven't slept much really since she started doing all this.
She got all her teeth, including incisors... so I don't think is teething, unless the 2 year old molars are coming early.
I also don't feel she's drinking any milk at all, except maybe when she goes to bed. My supply is pretty much gone I think, so most of the nursing is comfort nursng I believe.
I was just wondering if other mommas out there have any tips on how gently night wean, and share experiences if possible.
Thank you!!

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With a foundation from Suffolk, this alumnus has risen to great heights at a top private equity firm.
Like the rest of us, companies need a hand from time to time. Maybe they're underperforming. Maybe business has become stagnant. Or, in some cases, perhaps they're in decline, have accumulated debt and are at risk of bankruptcy.
This is where Daniel Florian BSBA '01 and Sun Capital Partners come in. Sun Capital, a private equity firm, specializes in assisting companies that haven't met the expectations of their customers or shareholders – even acquiring underperforming companies in leveraged buyouts. Florian, a vice president at Sun, says he loves that every day is different from the day before.
"Every company I acquire is different and has different dynamics," says Florian, who resides in Boca Raton, Fla. "Some days, I'm learning about a new industry. Other days I'm trying to help companies we already own improve performance."
Florian's foundation in accounting from Suffolk serves him well in diving into the sometimes sticky financials of Sun's portfolio companies. He says it taking a class with Accounting Chair and Professor Lew Shaw – who Florian says became his personal mentor – that convinced the undergraduate to change his major from finance to accounting. He sought extracurricular opportunities at Suffolk as well, becoming president of both the Beta Alpha Psi fraternity and the basketball team. Upon graduation, he had a job lined up in his industry – an industry in which he was prepared to thrive.
"I was prepared as well, if not better, than my peers from other schools like Boston College, Boston University and Bentley," he says. "I knew my trade, accounting, as well as anyone and was probably more well-rounded because of the other things I was able to experience at Suffolk."


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STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) — Britain is hoping this weekend's referendum on the political status of the Falkland Islands will push the United States and other neutral governments off the fence in its territorial dispute with Argentina over the remote South Atlantic archipelago.
The local Falkland Islands Government has mobilized a major effort to get as many of its 1,650 registered voters as possible to cast their secret ballots Sunday and Monday, preparing to send off-road vehicles, boats and seaplanes to remote sheep farms across the lightly populated islands.
Elections observers from Canada, Mexico, the U.S., Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and New Zealand also will be watching as islanders answer a simple yes-or-no question: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?"
Islanders expect the answer to be overwhelmingly in favor of British governance and protection, a result they hope will put their own self-determination at the center of any debate about their future in the face of Argentine claims to the islands. Britain wants the U.S. in particular to recognize the islanders' rights, but Secretary of State John Kerry refused to budge during his recent visit to London.
"I'm not going to comment, nor is the president, on a referendum that has yet to take place," Kerry said, punting the question until after the results are announced Monday night. "Our position on the Falklands has not changed. The United States recognizes de facto U.K. administration of the islands, but takes no position on the question of the parties' sovereignty claims."
"Sovereignty" is a term that focuses on a territory more than its people, and it's the word Argentina often invokes while asserting its claim to the islands. Late Friday, Argentina's foreign ministry repeated its assertion that the islanders are an "implanted" people and that U.N. resolutions require Britain to resolve the dispute bilaterally, "taking into account the 'interests' (not the 'desires') of the inhabitants of the islands."
Britain prefers to refer to "self-determination," which focuses more on the people than the land they live on.
The U.S. strongly endorsed self-determination for the people of South Sudan ahead of their 2011 referendum, which showed 99 percent wanted independence from their northern neighbor. President Barack Obama said during the Arab Spring uprisings that "the United States of America welcomes change that advances self-determination" for people in Egypt and Tunisia. The Palestinians and the Puerto Ricans have gained similar support for self-determination rights, and Obama even came out in favor of a UN declaration supporting self-determination for Native Americans.
The Obama administration also has expressed support for letting Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. citizens, determine their territory's relationship to the U.S., though the result of a referendum on the question last year was ambiguous.
But when it comes to the Falklands, which Argentines claim Britain stole from them nearly two centuries ago, and which the two nations fought a war over in 1982, Washington has always tried to take no side. US policy casts it more as a dispute over a territory than a population. This is why the referendum poses a potential dilemma for the U.S., diplomats and political scientists say.
"What we hope is that an act of self-determination in a free society, where people are able to vote as they did in Puerto Rico, is not something that anybody can dismiss or ignore," Britain's ambassador to Chile, Jon Benjamin, told The Associated Press. "It's a self-evident reflection of the will of the people. And that will be the case shortly in the Falkland Islands too. The people there have the right to choose how they are governed and under whose sovereignty."
Mark Jones, a Latin American politics expert at Rice University in Texas, called the U.S. position "tortured" and difficult to maintain.
"It's hypocritical for the U.S. to deny the right of the Falkland Islanders to self-determination, while at the same time supporting that same right for a host of other groups throughout the globe. The referendum's clear-cut outcome makes the U.S. position increasingly untenable and difficult to justify," Jones said.
The Falkland Islands Government is a direct democracy and largely self-governing, although Britain handles its defense and foreign affairs, and the queen's representative has veto power over its decisions. So far, islanders have decided to keep their permanent population very small, making it very hard to obtain formal "islander status."
Excluding the British military and civilian contractors, the islands' population was 2,563 in last year's census, and only 1,973 of them had islander status. The referendum rules exclude anyone who lacks a British passport and hasn't lived in the islands for the last 12 months.
It boils down to 1,650 voting adults, a tiny electorate and one in which the voters all know each other — and their parents and grandparents, some going back nine generations — very well. There were no polls before the vote, but islanders interviewed by the AP predicted that nearly everyone would vote to keep things as they are.
Immediately following the vote, Falkland Islands lawmakers Sharon Halford and Mike Summers planned to arrive in Washington to lobby administration officials and members of Congress.
Associated Press writers Michael Warren in Buenos Aires and Luis Alonso Lugo in Washington contributed to this report.
Michael Warren on Twitter: (at)mwarrenap
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Singapore is a buzzing city-state in South-East Asia, founded as a British trading colony in 1819 and going on to becoming a wealthy country with the world´s busiest port. Those seeking to get a taste of the cultures of China, Malaysia and India while also enjoying the pleasures of a modern and prosperous city will certainly not be disappointed by what Singapore has to offer. Explore the great shopping, delicious food and a tropical landscaped parks by day, and at night head to the pulsing bars and clubs. For accommodation, how about a room with a view in a skyscraper hotel, a cosy apartment or a sumptious villa? This buzzing port has everything you could want from a Southeast Asian city.
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- Singaporeans can vote in British elections.
- The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore has a greater variety of tree species than all of North America
- Leave the Wrigleys at home - chewing gum is banned in Singapore to keep the streets clean!
- The four official languages in Singapore are English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
- There are more millionaires per capita (15.5.%) in Singapore than anywhere else in the world.
- 9,234 Singaporean students set up the world record for the longest human domino chain in the year 2000.
Things To DoSingapore offers its visitors a wealth of things to do and see. To make things easier for you, we´ve picked out some tidbits of what the city has to offer:
1) Shopping, after food, is national pastime. There are an abundance of shopping malls and upmarket shops, however no super cheap locally produced handicrafts as virtually everything is imported. There are some deals to be made however, and the traders are honest and the selection of goods is plentiful and usually of good quality. Orchard Road is the place to go for shopping. There are miles of shopping malls selling anything you can imagine and some things you can't. For the history buffs, the Civic District of Riverside is home to statues, museums and performing arts theaters.
2) To get a great view of the city go up on the Singapore Flyer, a giant Ferris wheel and incidentally the worlds highest observation wheel. For the original Singapore Sling cocktail (a rather sweet mix of gin, cherry brandy and soda) go to the Raffles Hotel where it the drink was first concocted.
3) The city-state originally consisted of 63 islands, but nowadays little is left of the rainforest it was once built upon. To get an impression of the natural beauty that was once all around, head out to one of the rural suburbs. Kusu Island is an important holy pilgrimage site where people pay homage to peace, happiness and good luck. The area around it is beautiful, with lagoons, beaches and plenty of wildlife. If you want to hire a boat for the day, take a trip to Marina South Pier.
4) Anyone who is serious about swimming should avail of the amazing density of cheap, open-air 50m-long public swimming pools that are dotted around the city. The Jurong East Swimming Complex is very reasonable and has a wave pool, water slides and jacuzzi.


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Saku Koivu's hockey resume is as long as it is impressive. He's served as the beloved captain of the Montreal Canadiens. He's won medals with his native Finland in the Olympics. He's helped the Ducks win consecutive Pacific Division titles for the first time.
What's not listed on the 39-year-old center's career recap is a trip to the conference finals. In 10 trips to the postseason, including three with the Ducks, he's never advanced past the second round. A victory for the Ducks in Game 6 against the Kings would mark his first extended playoff run.
It was something that was on his mind as the Ducks prepared for an elimination game Wednesday against the Kings at Staples Center. A win for the Kings would send the best-of-7 series back to the Honda Center for a winner-take-all Game 7 on Friday.
"Over my career, I've been in the playoffs, I don't know the exact number, nine or 10 times, but I haven't been able to go to the conference final or the Stanley Cup Final," said Koivu, who hasn't said publicly whether he'll follow countryman Teemu Selanne into retirement at season's end.
"Obviously, by winning (Wednesday), I would get a chance to experience something that I haven't been able to do. It would be a huge step for myself, but at the same time you don't want to kind of get ahead of yourself. You try to keep all the focus on (Wednesday's) game and this series.
"We'll see what happens."
No adjustment period
There were plenty of eyebrows raised around the NHL when the Kings acquired veteran forward Marian Gaborik from the Columbus Blue Jackets on deadline day March 5 for a modest package of expendable forward Matt Frattin and a pair of draft picks.
How would the offensively minded Gaborik fit into the Kings' defensive system?
In the end, seamlessly was the answer.
"I talked to him when we got him in Winnipeg (where the team played its first game with Gaborik on the roster)," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "I told him he was playing with Anze Kopitar and I'm not going to go out of my way to change the way he plays.
"I just gave him a basic guideline. I said a couple of days after we got him that his hockey IQ is off the charts, so he can adjust in a hurry. He's been an easy guy, quite honest, to deal with. You look at the stats and everybody will say he's just a goal scorer. He's more than just a goal scorer."
Mitchell sits again
Injured Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell went for a skate before the rest of his teammates hit the ice Tuesday at their El Segundo headquarters. He did not participate in the team's morning skate Wednesday at Staples Center and sat out for the seventh consecutive game.
Kings sign LoVerde
The Kings signed defenseman Vincent LoVerde to a one-season contract. LoVerde, 25, played the last two seasons with the Kings' American Hockey League team in Manchester, N.H. He had 20 points, including 18 assists, in 70 games this past season with the Monarchs.
Beleskey ruled out
Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said injured left wing Matt Beleskey would not play again in the second-round series against the Kings. Beleskey, who skated with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry on the Ducks' top line, suffered an unspecified lower-body injury in Game 3.


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Yesterday I must have seen seven signs for U-pick strawberries in the span of three miles. So ya know what? I pulled my buggy over and went to pick a quart.
It's fresh fruit dessert season!
But yeah, it's also sopping wet and rainy season, and the fields were a might bit too mucky for the flip flops I was wearing. (They warned me before I sank into the earth's crust and disappeared.)
Soooooo, it's officially not quite fresh fruit dessert season!
Bah humbug.
Being the stubborn person that I am, I decided to make a fruit dessert anyhow, so there!
You know the old favorite with JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin and PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese all whipped up together with some crushed pineapple?
My mom always called it a salad, so I call it a salad, but is it really a salad?
Pineapple & Cream Cheese JELL-O Salad
1 6 oz. box JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin (or 2 3 oz. boxes)
2 cups boiling water
8 oz. PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened
1 15 oz. can crushed pineapple + 1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup cold water
1 8 oz. tub COOL WHIP Extra Creamy Whipped Topping
Dissolve JELL-O with 2 cups boiling water. Whisk in softened cream cheese until thoroughly blended. Then add crushed pineapple with juice and 1/2 cup cold water. Pour into 6-cup mold and refrigerate until set.
Turn out mold onto serving plate. Spoon COOL WHIP into center of mold.
Arrange your choice of fresh or frozen fruit on top as desired. (I'm not entirely happy about the color of the kiwi in combination with the color of the JELL-O, but since it tastes great, I live with it. Ha!)
Serve immediately, and be sure to add a big spoonful of the fruit and COOL WHIP to your JELL-O for a cool, creamy and refreshing fruit dessert!
Discover a cool, creamy and refreshing Pineapple & Cream Cheese JELL-O Salad. This Pineapple & Cream Cheese JELL-O Salad is a great option for potlucks.
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For the last seven years, the city and Central Massachusetts have had a direct pipeline to the center of power, influence and money on Beacon Hill: the governor's office.
That conduit's name is Timothy P. Murray.
As Gov. Deval L. Patrick's lieutenant governor, the Worcester Democrat and former mayor of the state's second-largest city has, by all accounts, delivered projects, funding and political clout to his hometown and surrounding area.
Soon, all that will be gone.
Mr. Murray's somewhat surprise announcement that he was resigning his post June 2 to become president and chief executive of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has triggered fears about the potential for another long drought for the region's political stature and economic prospects.
"It's a tremendous loss," said Kevin O'Sullivan, president of Worcester-based Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives and a former Worcester state representative. "When you walk away, the 'juice' changes. I think he'll yield the influence."
Before Mr. Murray was elected lieutenant governor in 2006, it had been 50 years since a Worcester politician had attained statewide office, though Paul Cellucci of Hudson, a Republican lieutenant governor and governor in the 1990s, gave Central Massachusetts a voice at the Statehouse.
After Mr. Cellucci, Republican Jane Swift of North Adams was also considered friendly to initiatives outside the Boston area.
But Mr. Murray's unusually close access to Mr. Patrick and his own continued interest in municipal matters in Worcester, where he continues to live, produced notable results in his hometown and region.
Supporters credit him, among other things, with: pushing the Massachusetts Port Authority to buy Worcester Regional Airport and then build a $32 million landing system upgrade to attract JetBlue; delivering state money to spur the CitySquare downtown redevelopment project and tear down an old downtown mall; siting a massive intermodal rail yard in the city; boosting commuter rail service; and constructing a $302 million facility to replace the former Worcester State Hospital.
Mr. Murray wasn't always successful. He tried, but failed, to get the state transportation department to build a fancier, and more expensive new bridge over Lake Quinsigamond to replace the old bridge linking Worcester with Shrewsbury.
Even area Republicans who profess a distaste for the Patrick-Murray administration's fiscal policies say they had a receptive ear at times in the lieutenant governor's office.
State Rep. Matthew A. Beaton, R-Shrewsbury, worked with Mr. Murray on the bridge project and says Mr. Murray has been helpful so far with Mr. Beaton's attempts to produce information about the work of a commission on energy efficiency.
"As much as I'd like to play the partisan game, my personal working relationship with him has been a positive one," Mr. Beaton said.
And while there are those who say that some of the projects Mr. Murray has been given credit for were already in the works before he went to Beacon Hill, most political veterans from the area say his impact has been dramatic, in both symbolic and concrete ways.
"Having Tim Murray as lieutenant governor the last seven years was a historic thing," said Gerard D'Amico, a Worcester lobbyist and former Democratic state senator. "He has been the most influential state official from Worcester."
Some observers see the city's legislative delegation at a low ebb, with the departures in recent years of key legislators such as former representatives Vincent A. Pedone and Robert P. Spellane.
But Mr. D'Amico and others pointed to a robust constellation of influential legislators who continue to exert influence on Beacon Hill, most notably: Senate Ways and Means Chairman Stephen M. Brewer, D-Barre; Senate Ways and Means Vice Chairman Jennifer L. Flanagan, D-Leominster; Sen. Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester, the assistant Senate majority leader; Michael O. Moore, D-Millbury, Senate Education Committee chairman; and Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, president pro tempore of the Senate.
Seasoned politicians note tough times can occur when there is not direct access to the Statehouse corner office.
Rep. John J. Binienda, D-Worcester, with 26 years in office as the dean of the city's legislative delegation, recalled that an official in Republican Gov. William F. Weld's administration proposed closing Worcester State College (now Worcester State University). Mr. Weld, a New York native, was from Cambridge.
And Mr. Binienda noted that Gov. Mitt Romney, who was raised in Michigan, was a tough negotiator who agreed to build a big new Worcester courthouse — but only if area lawmakers acquiesced to his demands, including merging some courts and closing others.
Some noteworthy Central Massachusetts projects were accomplished during the Romney era in the mid-2000s, however, including Union Station and Route 146.
"During those days, we didn't have access to the corner office," Mr. Binienda said. "But with Tim, when I needed something done for Central Massachusetts, that's who I went to."
Mr. Murray won't entirely vanish from the political scene.
As head of the Chamber of Commerce, he is expected to continue to use his Boston contacts, including his close relationship with the governor, to promote the Worcester region's economic development agenda.
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PASS CHRISTIAN, MS (WLOX) - Several events across the coast were canceled Friday, because of the threat of tropical storm Karen, but at least one popular festival will carry on.
Holy Family Catholic Church in Pass Christian still held their 37th Annual Seafood Festival despite weather threats. The sunshine and cool breeze encouraged festival organizers to go forward. Jimmy Benigno is one of those organizers.
"We just had to make a decision and at 6:30 this morning we decided to make that decision and so far it seems like it's the right one," said Benigno.
The church's pastor said he has a good feeling the wind and rain will hold off long enough for them to make it through the two day event and Pass Christian's Mayor Chipper Mcdermott is also hoping for the best.
"It's a miracle just what they have right now so hopefully they have one more day left. And hopefully no one gets anything because with Cruisin' The Coast coming up, everybody's trying to put their best foot forward," said Mcdermott.
The festival is known for its food. With a melting pot of church members, the food ranged from Asian to Latin American, but the entrée of choice was from South Mississippi's own.
Bill Vrazel who used to own Vrazel's restaurant in Gulfport brought his most popular dish, Eggplant LaRosa, and festival goers couldn't get enough.
All of the proceeds from this year's festival are going toward rebuilding the church's cemetery that was destroyed during Katrina.
"I have family that was buried in there. It's an old cemetery in dire need of getting some work done on it. They're going to put a fence up and that's going to be really nice. I think that is good," said Mayor Mcdermott.
According to Father Austin, the festival usually raises nearly $150,000 for the church. Austin said if tropical storm Karen forces them to close up shop early it could mean a huge loss for their biggest annual fundraiser.
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A Letter of Departure
By: Legacy Staff
5 years ago
Self-written obituaries are becoming more common, so it doesn't seem so jarring anymore when you find a story written in the first person among the death notices.
But there was one published in the Worcester (Massachusetts) Telegram & Gazette this month that read more like a thank-you note than a final farewell. Laura Jean Bassett Toomey Whiting died on July 19. "It is with great sadness that I leave you," she started off. "…I am not prepared or ready to go."
Whiting had battled cancer since Hodgkin's disease was first discovered during her nursing school chest X-ray in 1970. Because of the early diagnosis, she was able to recover, earn two degrees (a BS and an MS), give birth to five children and welcome two grandchildren. With her second husband, Lawrence Whiting, MD, she renovated a house and travelled with the family to many national parks and international destinations, including Rome, Nice, London, Paris, Amsterdam and the Caribbean.
Whiting portrays herself as a cancer "survivor," not a "victim," and calls her long survival "miraculous." For this and so much else she is thankful and eager to say so.
"Cancer certainly challenges a person, their family and their friends, but it also gives us a chance to think about what is important, the way we want to live, and the message we want to give. It allows you to say I love you to a wider circle of friends and to say I love you more often to your family."
She also wanted to be specific in her thanks for the support she received over the years. "I so appreciate your delicious food, flowers, enjoyable get-togethers and your sharing of stories and love. What a gift! You are my gift! Thank you for those moments, those gifts. I love you."
Several people posting in the online guestbook remarked about the beautiful "testament to her love of her family." And one quite aptly commented on her moving "letter of departure."
Susan Soper is the author of ObitKit®, A Guide to Celebrating Your Life. A lifelong journalist, she has written for Newsday and CNN, and was Features Editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she launched a series called "Living with Grief."


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3000 Sydney intersections to be modelled, developers left to watch .. for now
The State government of New South Wales has invited interested parties to build a new "Mesoscopic traffic model of Sydney road network," but seems to have made a policy backflip by leaving out a requirement for a public API, or even public access, to the model.
The tender says a new model is needed because:
"Queuing and congestion of a road corridor or network cannot be modelled accurately with the current traffic modelling systems, and distribution of traffic due to congestion in microsimulation models has limitations. Due to the limitations of current traffic modelling systems, the true benefits of road improvement proposals are not revealed."
The tender also says the model says should offer the "Ability to analyse real-time information to provide predictive travel information to assist network operations." It is also expected to meet the following three goals:
- To better reflect congestion on the Sydney road network than currently possible with strategic traffic models and on a wider area than microsimulation traffic models;
- To enable planning for the Sydney road network by testing operational scenarios in a dynamic traffic assignment allowing for modelling of incident response;
- To assist in motorway and network management by modelling arterial and freeway management systems.
Other required outputs include traffic visualisations, information on queue lengths, travel time and public transport tracking.
As envisaged in the tender, the model will be very complex. After a trial that is expected to model 80 intersections, the full-scale model will cover 3000 "signalled intersections" and 2500 zones.
That kind of data sounds like just the kind of thing to get developers salivating at the prospect of turning it into apps, for smartphones and the web. The NSW Government has, in the past, enthused about handing data over to third parties, after the previous government pulled access to data used by app developers, claiming it was not sufficiently accurate.
The new government even campaigned on making more apps available to more people, and ran an apps competition in 2011.
Sadly the incumbent Liberal Party's election platform has been archived since it won power, taking with it the app-enabling pledge. But plenty of policy statements, like this on Accountability talk up "innovations to make it easier for people to interact with government" or similar sentiment, such as the NSW Information Comissioner's goal of "supporting access to and disclosure of government information."
The Register was therefore rather surprised to find no reference to public access to the new model in the tender. When we asked the office of Roads Minister Duncan Gay, whether a plan exists to open the service we were told, by a spokesperson, that "Once tenders are finalised Roads and Maritime Services will be in a position to determine if the technology is released publicly."
We asked the spokesperson to elaborate, given that NSW's current live traffic web app is limited and does not offer the features proposed for the new model. We're yet to receive a response to that query. ®


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Dear Dr Dick, First I must congratulate you on the two fascinating interviews you held with the delicious Tony Buff. What an incredibly sexy, compassionate and intelligent man he is, I could have listened to him all day. Anyway, I digress. Tony spoke a lot about the importance of safe sex practices in general as well as within the BDSM genre. He often engages in piss play/watersports and I am keen to know the risks involved in such a practice, as there seems to be a number of mixed messages out there on this subject. I have enjoyed this element of sex play myself, intermittently for a number of years, mostly with lovers/partners. And whilst I don't consider that I have ever put myself or anyone else at risk, it would be good to know some plain hard facts on the matter, regarding the transmission of sexual infections or otherwise. Perhaps you could clarify what is considered safe and that which is risky, within this practice, in other words, the dos and don'ts. Thanks for your time.
Wow! That brings me back, Phil. The interview you mention happened five years ago. (You can find Part 1 and Part 2 HERE and HERE!) Even though I am no longer podcasting, I am so glad to hear that folks are still discovering my shows, even show from so long ago. For anyone not familiar with my podcast archive, you can find it by clicking on the PODCAST tab in the header.
So you want some plain hard facts, darlin'? I got 'em. In fact, I forwarded your question to THE MAN himself, Tony Buff. And here's his response:
That is an excellent question, Phil. Many people don't understand the risks associated with piss play/watersports. According to the BDSM: Safer Kinky Sex booklet published by the AIDS Committee of Toronto, urine with no blood is fine on the outside of intact skin and urine in the mouth is a negligible risk for getting HIV but if your partner has a urinary tract infection there is a risk of catching other sexually transmitted infections. It's also important to note that drugs can pass through urine chemically unchanged. Drinking large quantities of urine from someone who has been taking recreational drugs can pass those drugs on to your system. And, if you're HIV positive be aware that drinking the urine of someone on different treatment drugs than your own regime can cause drug treatment resistance.
So those are the risks. Again, every person has the right to determine his or her own risk profile. With open, honest communication you and your play partner or partners should be able to determine which risks are present and how to best mitigate them. I hope that helps.
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2 Week Specials, Care & Spanish in Argentina by Catherine Maughan
When it was confirmed that I had a place on the Care & Spanish placement in Argentina, in the summer, I was so excited. With the help of my family and friends, I raised the money to go and suddenly I was at Heathrow Airport, being waved off by my mom and dad. In terminal 5 I met other volunteers heading for Cordoba. We boarded the plane together, and so it was goodbye England! During our second transfer in Santiago, Chile, I remember looking out of the window where the sun was rising over the Andes, and feeling excited and nervous…I'm in South America!
My arrival in Cordoba
At the airport in Cordoba I was met by a Projects Abroad staff member, Lourdes, and together with 3 other members of my group we went to our host family's house! Our host mum and dad were fantastic, cooking Argentinian specialities like "empanadas" and "milanesas" and always making sure we were happy.
The night that we arrived we went to a local bar to meet volunteers who were with other families, whilst watching the football World Cup Final, Argentina vs. Germany. So with my brother on a school trip in Germany, it was going to be a memorable coincidence whatever the outcome!
At the Care project
The next morning we met everyone else at the Projects Abroad offices, where we were split into groups for our Spanish lessons and given an induction about our Care placement. I was going to be placed at Copa de Leche, a day centre where local children would go to have fun, play football and other activities including a lot of colouring in the afternoons.
The first day that we went to Copa de Leche I was nervous. Our host mum Sara had advised us to take nothing with us, and I really had no idea what to expect. However on arriving, I knew the following two weeks would only be good. The children were easy going, and launched us into the football filled timetable that they envisaged!
I grew to love Cope de Leche over the 2 weeks that I was there. Having done A-Level Spanish I had a reasonable proficiency, but any language barrier didn't matter anyway, they made themselves understood through hand signals and mimes, which we did as well. I have no doubt that my Spanish improved while I was in Cordoba, especially in Copa de Leche, where I learnt a range of random vocabulary, but to me, that's what makes learning another language fun!
As well as playing football and doing arts and crafts, one day we had the opportunity to take the children to a children's museum, which was fantastic. They played in a bubble factory, used sand pits and fun science related equipment. It was fantastic to be a part of that trip, to see everyone there having a huge amount of fun. The only sad moment was when it was time to leave!
Lourdes our coordinator and ourselves tried our best to make everyday a bit different, whether that was using beads to make jewellery (no surprise the Argentinian colours of white and blue were fought over) and Emma, Iris and Laure, my housemates, creating an obstacle course. I think it would be fair to say that we had as much fun as the children, seeing them happy, although that did mean giving endless piggy backs!
My five housemates and I were the volunteers at Copa de Leche. I loved how we all had different personalities, which I think made us get on even better, and there definitely were some entertaining moments! After we finished work at Copa, almost every day we went to Freddo, a cafe on our way home to relax and talk, and then home. It was a tiring, but absolutely a worthwhile experience.
Free time
Projects Abroad organised a range of social events for us, from bowling to tango lessons! However the event that has stuck in mind was our weekend trip to La Cumbrecita, which was in las Sierras Chicas. This was on my 18th birthday, and it's certainly not going to be a birthday I will forget!
I remember texting my mum on the bus journey, while most people were asleep but I couldn't take my eyes away from the environment we were driving through. The mountains we were driving through were glowing red from the sunrise, and the day only got better. At La Cumbrecita we zip lined, used high ropes through the trees and we went rock climbing.
My final thoughts
I have always been interested in different cultures and the way people live differently, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to go to Argentina. During the 2 weeks, I learnt a huge amount about the beautiful country, other people, but also about myself. I made new friends from all over the world, including from America, Poland, France and the Netherlands.
Having continued to improve my level of Spanish, the experience also led me to have the confidence to continue Spanish, which I now study alongside geography at university. If I ever had the chance, I would love to go back to Argentina, particularly to Copa de Leche and I would recommend it to anyone that has the chance. It is an incredible, fulfilling experience, and one that I certainly will never forget.
Catherine Maughan
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New England poised for energy-use recordBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 18. 2013 12:44AM
New England is expected to set this year's record for energy consumption today, as the summer's most recent heat wave drags on.
The Independent System Operator of New England, which manages the region's electricity grid from control centers in Holyoke, Mass., is predicting peak demand of 27,600 megawatts, after pumping 26,210 megawatts into the grid on Tuesday and 26,500 on Wednesday.
Electricity consumption each day this week has already topped the high-water mark for 2012, which was 25,880 megawatts on July 17, 2012. The totals are approaching the region's all-time record for electricity usage, 28,130 megawatts, set on Aug. 2, 2006.
"We're looking at about 27,600 megawatts for Thursday," said Marcia Blomberg, a spokesperson for ISO-NE. "If it hits that, it would be third on the list of highest demand days ever."
As the hot and humid conditions persist, experts say, tolerance begins to decline and people use more energy than ever to stay comfortable.
"Plain and simple, this week may feel the worst of any week for this summer in the Northeast," Accuweather.com meteorologist Alex Sosnowski told Reuters. "The I-95 region will be a virtual sauna bath."
Although energy plants throughout the region at this point appear capable of meeting the demand, ISO officials are urging voluntary conservation measures as a precaution.
"As the heat continues to build, electricity demand is expected to increase significantly, which is likely to result in tight system conditions, said Vasmi Chadalavada, vice president and chief operating office at ISO New England. "The ISO is asking consumers to voluntarily conserve as a precautionary step to help manage system conditions."
Despite the peak demand on the system, ISO is not likely to experience conditions like those in January and February that nearly forced grid operators to impose roving blackouts.
The majority of New England's power plants are now fueled by natural gas, which has become the power supply of choice given its lower price and cleaner burning attributes. In the winter, power plants compete with regulated utilities that provide natural gas to heat homes. The utilities have guaranteed contracts that ensure them their share of the limited supply, thus constraining the amount needed for power plants.
In the summer, no one is using natural gas to heat their home, so there's little likelihood of any shortage, as long as there is no major disruption to supply. "In terms of supply, there can always be things that happen on the pipelines," said Blomberg, which is part of the reason for the conservation request.
ISO urges consumers to be particularly attentive to energy use between noon and 8 p.m., and to take the following steps: Raise air conditioner temperatures a few degrees if health permits, to between 74 and 78 degrees; turn off unneeded lights, appliances and office equipment; do not run air conditions while away for any extended period; and defer chores like laundry to early morning or late evening hours.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie's longtime press secretary told state lawmakers Tuesday he's confident his boss and other senior advisers had no knowledge of the planning or execution of a scheme that shut traffic near the George Washington Bridge as political payback.
Michael Drewniak, Christie's chief spokesman since he became U.S. attorney for New Jersey in 2001, said in an opening statement before a legislative committee investigating the plot that he was misled into believing the lanes were blocked last September to study traffic patterns, an explanation that has been discredited. He said he has no idea why a government resource was used for political retribution.
"I can say with complete confidence and comfort that none of these people — starting with Governor Chris Christie — had any involvement whatsoever in this reckless and perplexing episode," Drewniak said.
Christie, on his monthly radio program Tuesday night, criticized the legislative panel for interviewing two of his aides for hours without learning anything new about the traffic jams manufactured by some of his aides.
Christie said Drewniak didn't say anything that isn't contained in a report commissioned by the governor and released in March. He also said former aide Christina Renna didn't provide any new details when she testified last week.
Democrats have criticized the report as a whitewash of the lane closures, which caused four days of gridlock in Fort Lee, whose mayor didn't support Christie for re-election. The report concluded that neither Christie nor anyone in his inner circle did anything wrong. It didn't interview several key players, who refused to cooperate.
Drewniak is the most senior administration official to be questioned under oath about the lane closings, which have become a major distraction as the governor contemplates a 2016 presidential run. Christie has denied knowing about the plot.
The episode is being investigated by state lawmakers trying to determine who gave the order to block the lanes and why and by federal authorities. The scope of their investigation isn't entirely clear, but Drewniak has testified before a federal grand jury as part of the criminal investigation.
Federal authorities also are looking at whether Christie's administration distributed federal aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery in a way that would reward political allies or punish foes.
The joint legislative investigation is being overseen by Democrats and has been dismissed by some Republicans as a politically motivated witch hunt. The lawmakers' inquest has been slowed because two key figures have refused to turn over documents and a third has refused to testify, citing their rights not to incriminate themselves.
The lawmakers have released reams of documents, including the most damning statement so far, former Christie aide Bridget Kelly's email to David Wildstein, then an official at the transit agency that runs the bridge, saying "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" a few weeks before the lane closures.
Drewniak was accompanied by a lawyer at the hearing, which lasted seven hours. He testified that the traffic jams initially seemed to be of minor importance but escalated through the fall as reporters' inquiries intensified and new details emerged.
Based on a conversation with Wildstein, Drewniak said, he told the governor's then-chief counsel in October that Kelly and Christie's campaign manager may have known that month about the lane closings.
Drewniak also said he had dinner in December with Wildstein, whom he considered a friend, days before Wildstein was forced to resign his job as questions grew about what happened at the foot of the bridge.
But, Drewniak told lawmakers, he did not talk to Christie about it until after the dinner, when he informed the governor of Wildstein's claim that he had told Christie of the lane closings during a Sept. 11 remembrance event. Christie has said he doesn't recall any conversation with Wildstein and a discussion about traffic jams would not have registered as unusual.
Drewniak was grilled for two hours by the Christie administration in January, after which the governor decided not to fire him.
Two Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executives are to appear before the panel next month; a Christie campaign aide is set to testify next week.


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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Shortstop Chris Valaika broke the UC Santa Barbara freshman hits record on Sunday but the Gauchos still failed to hold two different leads as they fell to Cal Poly 11-8 in both team's season finale at Baggett Stadium. UCSB finishes its 2004 campaign with its best record in three years at 33-21 and 10-11 in the Big West.
Santa Barbara finishes in a three-way tie for fourth place in the highly competitive Big West Conference. UC Irvine and Cal Poly both also finished with the same conference mark.
The Gauchos blasted three home runs in Sunday's defeat but the Mustangs scored in every inning but the first, second and seventh en route to their second series victory over UCSB this season.
After a Matt Emerick RBI single in the second, catcher Matt Kalafatis' two-run homer in the second staked the Gauchos to a 3-0 lead. But Cal Poly scored twice in the third, twice in the fourth and three times in both the fifth and sixth innings to capture a 10-5 lead heading into the game's final three frames. Solo home runs from Matt Wilkerson and Taylor Vogt in the fourth and fifth innings, respectively, accounted for UCSB's fourth and fifth runs. Wilkerson and Vogt finish the season tied for the team lead with nine home runs.
The Gauchos pieced together two hits and used an error and a couple of walks to plate three runs in the eighth but it was not enough.
Emerick finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. The performance came on the heels of his four-hit outburst on Saturday. Kalafatis went 2-for-4 and finished with three RBI.
Right-hander Steve Morlock (7-5) had his ten game unbeaten streak snapped as he suffered his first defeat since March 12, ironically also against Cal Poly. The sophomore went 4.2 innings, allowing six runs on five hits. He walked four and struck out two. Ivan Ramirez gave up three more runs in an inning of relief and Nate Holguin and Alex McRobbie combined to pitch the final 2.1 innings. Tony Saipe (3-2) picked up the win after tossing 3.2 innings for the Mustangs in relief.
Valaika, with his single to left in the third inning, passed teammate Chris Malec's mark of 75 hits as a freshman in 2002. Valaika finishes with 76 and now holds the record for most hits by a Gaucho freshman.
A complete review of the Gauchos' 2004 season will be available on ucsbgauchos.com later this week.


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After two years of negotiation, Taiwan and New Zealand yesterday inked an economic cooperation agreement (ECA) to foster bilateral trade and investment. The signing ceremony took place at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, and was broadcast nationwide in Taiwan.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Wellington Representative Elliot Charng (常以立) and New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office Director Stephen Payton signed the agreement on behalf of their governments.
Under the Agreement Between New Zealand and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu on Economic Cooperation (ANZTEC), Taiwan will reduce tariffs on nearly 99.88 percent of New Zealand imports to zero, and phase out all tariffs over the next 12 years, while New Zealand will reduce its tariffs to zero on almost 100 percent of Taiwanese imports.
"The ANZTEC is a high-quality, comprehensive and very good agreement for both Taiwan and New Zealand," Charng said at the ceremony.
The move is also a "breakthrough" for Taiwan because it is the first time the nation has inked an economic cooperation agreement with a developed country like New Zealand, he said.
Given that Taiwan was New Zealand's 12th-largest trading partner and New Zealand was Taiwan's 40th-largest trading partner last year, the agreement is expected to liberalize trade between the two countries, enhance exports of goods and services, and boost foreign investment in the Taiwanese and New Zealand markets, Payton said.
According to the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), the agreement is expected to increase Taiwan's GDP by 0.008 percent as a result of initial tariff reductions, a figure that could rise to 0.394 percent after the agreement is fully implemented.
The institute also said Taiwan could see its exports rise by US$144 million and imports increase by US$139 million under the agreement.
However, ANZ Bank economist Raymond Yeung (楊宇霆) was more pessimistic, saying that with bilateral trade totaling just US$1.2 billion, the direct economic benefits of the agreement are likely to be small.
"It was projected that the pact will increase gross output of US$605 million and create 6,256 jobs in Taiwan," Yeung said in a note.
After witnesses the signing ceremony via a video linkup at a Taipei press conference, Minister of Economic Affairs Chang Chia-juh (張家祝) said the agreement will have little adverse impact on the nation's economy, but even if there were any, contingency measures have been prepared.
To protect local farmers, the government will reduce tariffs on up to 470 imported agricultural products to zero over a 12-year period, so that the nation's agricultural market will not suffer negative shocks from intensified market competition under the agreement, Chang said.
The rice market will remain closed to New Zealand rice products, he said.
Yeung said the agreement has high strategic value to Taiwan.
"The special access to the Chinese market through the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement [ECFA] platform may attract New Zealand businesses to establish a presence in Taiwan," Yeung said.
"Meanwhile, the first deal with a Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] member state will set a precedent for Taiwan to establish similar agreements with other TPP economies, although the progress will continue to be contingent on the state of political affairs," he said.


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In the past half-century, the food and beverage industry has blossomed from a collection of mom-and-pop operations to a trillion-dollar powerhouse led by huge international corporations. Familiar names like Coca-Cola, Starbucks and McDonald's can be found in every corner of the globe. The overarching theme dominating the food and beverage industry is exploding global demand and rapidly rising food prices. The breakneck economic growth of countries such as China, India, Brazil and Vietnam gives billions of people the ability indulge in ways previously enjoyed only by those in developed nations. A massive influx of consumers onto the global food market has resulted in a rapid and sustained increase in food prices, stoking global inflation.
The related shift to ethanol and other bio-diesels in the face of rapidly rising energy prices has only exacerbated the world's food inflation headache. Although some members of the food and beverage industry (primarily farmers and agribusinesses) benefit from higher prices, most corporations in the industry have seen their cost of doing business increase, biting into profit margins. These higher costs are passed, in part, onto consumers, who find their discretionary spending restricted when they must spend a larger chunk of their paycheck at restaurants and grocery stores. So, just as oil prices are a key economic indicator, so too are the prices of key agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat, and soybeans.
The farming subset of the food and beverage industry encompasses those businesses involved in the production and collection of raw agricultural commodities such as corn, wheat, soybeans and rice. This portion of the food and beverage industry includes seed producers such as Monsanto and Dupont as well as agribusinesses such as ADM and closely held Cargill:
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This portion of the food and beverage industry is dedicated to processing raw material foods into forms that may be more easily distributed and sold to consumers. Processed foods come in many different forms but may be roughly divided into the following subsets:
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The companies engaged in the distribution subset of the food and beverage industry are responsible for putting finished or near-finished food products into the hands of hungry consumers. Most broadly, there are two channels through which corporations deliver processed foods to their customers. On one hand, grocers and supermarkets provide processed but unprepared food to customers that they may then prepare in their homes. On the other hand, the restaurant industry serves its customers with fully prepared foods.
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Over the past decade the world has witnessed a drastic rise in food prices. According to the World Bank, over the past three years alone, global food prices have increased over 80%[2] These dramatic increases can be attributed to the convergence of factors that has created the perfect storm for food prices. Prime among these factors is a world that is growing both more populous and prosperous. New wealth in rapidly developing nations such as China, India, Brazil and Vietnam is allowing billions of people to increase their caloric intake, increasing global demand and straining supplies. Similarly in response to a more prosperous and populous world, global energy prices have skyrocketed, increasing input prices for food production. High energy prices, in turn, have triggered a shift toward ethanol and biodiesels which further increases the demand for crops such as corn and soybeans. Finally, an increase in crop shortages caused by "freak" weather occurrences such as a 10 year drought in Australia and floods in south Asian as well as pest outbreaks.
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Road trip made three Manchester teens witnesses to history at JFK's funeralBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
November 17. 2013 12:23AM
America was about to bury its young President, slain by an assassin's bullet in Dallas. And three boys from Manchester decided they had to be there.
It was late November 1963. Wayne Hoitt, John Murray and David Fitzpatrick were seniors at Manchester Memorial High School, part of the first full graduating class at the new school.
In a somber announcement over the intercom, Principal Joe Bronstein told students that John F. Kennedy had been shot. Later came news that the President had died.
"The girls started crying. Guys like me were kind of in shock," recalled Murray.
Kennedy had come to Manchester during the 1960 presidential primary, and Murray had been in the crowd watching the motorcade go down Elm Street.
Fitzpatrick was in the band room when the announcement came. "None of us could believe it, of course," he said. "Everything stopped; it was like we were all in suspended animation."
The next night, at a gathering of classmates, the upcoming funeral in Washington, D.C., was all they could talk about.
It was Hoitt who had the idea: "We have to go."
His parents, he said, were "yellow dog Democrats," and John Kennedy was their hero. "As kids in high school, this guy was just golden."
Hoitt told his friends he'd be at a certain corner early the next morning in his 1958 Ford station wagon to take whoever wanted to go. "The only two people who showed up were David and John."
Murray brought peanut butter crackers; Hoitt had his Kodak Brownie camera. They had about 30 bucks and not a plan among them.
Only Fitzpatrick had told his parents what they were doing; the other two called home after they got to D.C. "This was an escape," Hoitt recalled.
"It would be an adventure," said Murray, who stuffed a pillow and blankets under the covers to hide his getaway. "If I told my parents, they would say no."
The three drove straight through to Washington and joined the long line waiting to get into the Capitol Rotunda, where the slain President lay in state.
They never got inside, but they got to talking with a kindly soldier from nearby Fort Myer, who invited them to bunk with him at his apartment in Virginia.
The day of the funeral, they drove first to Arlington National Cemetery, where Murray remembers looking into the open grave.
"I guess I thought it was kind of strange," he said. "He's the President of the United States and he's just going to be buried normally."
Fitzpatrick was a stringer for the Manchester Union Leader, covering high school sports. He called the White House press office to ask for a press pass and was told it was possible - but only if he could get to the White House by a certain time.
They tried to drive to the White House, but Pennsylvania Avenue was blocked off. So Murray dropped off the others and went to find a parking space.
At the White House gate, Fitzpatrick showed the guards his New Hampshire driver's license. "And they said, 'OK, you're on the list.' And I walked to the White House driveway."
"It was a surreal experience," he said. "People were still in shock. People were walking around dazed."
Hoitt also managed to persuade a guard that he was a reporter, for his school paper. (It was a lie.) "Got a camera?" the guard asked.
"I reached into my pocket and pulled out my Brownie Starflash," Hoitt recalled. "He said, 'Alright.'"
So he found himself inside the White House press office getting a pass that allowed him inside the gates, with a close-up view of the funeral cortege.
Standing beside him were Barbara Walters and Sander Vanocur.
"I remember being so excited I was beside myself," he recalled.
When Jacqueline Kennedy came outside, flanked by Ted and Bobby Kennedy, the murmurs of the crowd turned to absolute silence.
"She was dressed in black with this black veil, and behind the veil was the reddest lipstick I have ever seen," Hoitt said. "It was all I could see of her face."
"I'll remember that forever."
Hoitt had time to take just one photograph of the trio. And while the image is blurry, it captured the shadows on the ground of the three Kennedys.
The funeral procession passed right in front of the two Manchester boys.
"Think of everybody you've seen on television: reporters, famous people, prime ministers, Presidents, kings, queens," Hoitt said. "Think of everybody you've ever seen walk right past you. Everyone."
He still chokes up thinking about it today.
Fitzpatrick remembers French President Charles de Gaulle, a towering figure, walking alongside the diminutive emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie.
"It was all somber," he recalled. "It was the pound, pound, pound of that funeral music playing. And they walked right in front of us, feet from us.
"Looking back, it's astonishing to even get within 20 miles of the White House, let alone inside the barricades."
What struck Hoitt most is the memory of the three Kennedys standing there, waiting for the procession to begin. "They were like statues. But they were just people. They were just people at a funeral."
After the cortege passed, Hoitt and Fitzgerald found each other on the White House grounds. Neither remembers how they met up with Murray.
But Murray does. After he finally parked, he couldn't get back to the White House, so the 6-foot-2 teen found a spot on the street to watch the funeral procession. "I did see the caisson go by. I did see John-John, I did see Mrs. Kennedy and Caroline."
When it was over, he started calling police precincts to see whether they'd heard of two guys from Manchester, N.H., looking for their friend.
When he reached the 6th Precinct, he lucked out. "They said, 'We got two guys here that match that description.'"
Murray met up with his classmates, and they started home in a heavy rainstorm in Hoitt's car, which had no windshield wipers and a failing clutch.
The trio arrived home to admiration from their classmates - and trouble from parents and school officials.
It was Fitzpatrick who saved them from serious punishment, writing a front-page, first-person story for the New Hampshire Sunday News that ran Dec. 1, 1963. (Reprinted on Page A1)
They got one day of detention for skipping school.
"Joe Bronstein wanted to bust us badly, but with the newspaper article, he really couldn't," Hoitt recalled. "We were heroes on some level."
Murray said it was years before he understood how truly significant the trip was.
"It was a big event in my life to be able to do that, but at the time I didn't realize it," he said. "It turned out to be something that you had to witness. You had to do something right then and there."
Murray was a rural mail carrier for 20 years in Maine and then worked in retail for a decade before retiring. He and his wife live in Maine.
For Fitzpatrick, the trip was the start of a journalism career that has taken him around the world at some of the pivotal moments in history. He was in Iran during the hostage crisis, Poland for the Solidarity movement, Bejing for Tiananmen Square and Berlin when the wall fell.
He previously worked for CBS News and is now a senior producer at CNN.
Hoitt enlisted in the Army after high school, trained as a radio operator and went to Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne, the first Army ground combat unit to go there.
"We were all doing something for the country, more or less," he said.
He went on to a career in facilities management, retiring three years ago from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
For Hoitt, Kennedy's brief presidency was "the spiritual and ethical and moral height of this country."
"And, basically, it's been downhill ever since."
Fitzpatrick sees the assassination as the beginning of changes in this country.
Americans have become more cynical, more set in their ways and less open to the viewpoints of others, he said. "And that may have started in those awful events of those terrible days back in 1963."
Hoitt used to keep his photo of the three Kennedys tucked safely in a drawer. "Right around the last week in November, I would take it out and put it on my desk... Then I would take it and put it back in the drawer. It's just too painful."
The memory of that time 50 years ago is still traumatic, he said.
"It burns into the brain. And it never, ever goes away."


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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, April 26 (UPI) -- A University of Saskatchewan professor hypothesizes a person could benefit from picking his or her nose and eating the findings.
Scott Napper, a biochemistry professor at the Saskatoon school, posed the unsavory hypothesis to his students, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
"By consuming those pathogens caught within the mucus, could that be a way to teach your immune system about what it's surrounded with?" Napper asked.
"I've got two beautiful daughters and they spend an amazing amount of time with their fingers up their nose," he said. "And without fail, it goes right into their mouth afterwards. Could they just be fulfilling what we're truly meant to do?"
Napper said he has an experiment designed to test the hypothesis.
"All you would need is a group of volunteers. You would put some sort of molecule in all their noses, and for half of the group they would go about their normal business and for the other half of the group, they would pick their nose and eat it," he said. "Then you could look for immune responses against that molecule and if they're higher in the booger-eaters, then that would validate the idea."


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PORTLAND – Since the city first opened the Oxford Street Shelter for the homeless nearly 24 years ago, staffers have allowed people to stay as long as they wanted, no questions asked.
But now the city is changing that policy as it struggles to provide shelter for record numbers of homeless people. A month ago, the staff began telling people they can no longer stay at the shelter indefinitely unless they also agree to work on a plan to find permanent housing.
The new policy is already showing signs of success, said Josh O'Brien, director of the Oxford Street Shelter.
Fifty-four people were placed in permanent housing in March, an increase of nearly 30 percent over the number of placements in February. Usually, the shelter population increases in the spring, but so far this spring the numbers have gone down.
In March, the shelter was so full that, for half the nights, people were sleeping in conference room chairs in the city's Refugee Services office, including one night when a record 36 people slept in chairs. But so far this month, the shelter has had enough room each night for everyone to have a bed.
Requiring clients to meet with a housing counselor in order to stay in the shelter indefinitely means case managers and counselors can spend less time tracking clients down and encouraging them to get help, and more time on finding them permanent housing, said Rob Parritt, who supervises counseling services at the shelter.
"It doesn't seem like much, but it's a seismic change for the city," he said.
The new policy also applies to the Florence House, an emergency shelter for women. Case managers at the Preble Street Resource Center, which runs a day shelter, helped develop the policy and are working with the staffs at both Florence House and Oxford Street to help implement it. Homeless advocates also have been involved in shaping the new policy.
Those who are homeless have mixed reactions to the city's change.
"It's a good policy. It gets people out of the shelter," said Lawrence Tiller, 23, from Bangor, who said he has been homeless off and on for more than three years. "I want to get out as soon as possible."
Charles Jones, 55, who first became homeless five years ago, said he doesn't think the change will save the city any money because people banned from the shelter will end up on the street and possibly need more expensive services from the city.
"If they put you out in the street, they will still have to pick you up in an ambulance" if you get sick or injured, he said.
Alan Garland, 44, questions whether the new policy works for people like him who plan to be at the shelter only for a short time before they move on.
Garland said he plans to leave in a few weeks for work in Louisiana, so he doesn't need permanent housing in the Portland area. But under the new policy, he received a suspension letter requiring him to either meet with a counselor about housing or leave the shelter.
He said he now checks in frequently with the YMCA to see if a room is available, but he is just "going through the motions" so he won't lose his bed at the shelter. He also doesn't want to find a place to rent and then have to break the lease when he leaves for the out-of-state job, because he worries it will hinder his ability to rent an apartment in the future.
"It's a monumental waste of my time and their resources," he said.
Portland city staff has advocated for the change for years, said City Councilor Ed Suslovic, who chairs the council's Public Safety, Health and Human Services Committee.
The City Council, however, had been resistant because advocates for the homeless opposed establishing barriers for shelter access, arguing that barriers would simply force people into the street, Suslovic said.
He said that opposition has changed, and advocates now support the policy because the city's shelter system has become so overcrowded.
Between fiscal years 2008 and 2012, annual shelter bed usage in the city — the total number of beds occupied each night for the year — grew 36 percent, from 99,016 to 134,202.
One way to deal with overcrowding is to build another emergency shelter, but nobody sees that as a good solution, said Jon Bradley, associate director at Preble Street. Rather, it's better to focus on getting people permanent housing and helping them address the issues that pushed them into homelessness in the first place, such as substance addiction.
The policy change is helping in that effort because it makes the work of case managers and housing counselors more efficient, Bradley said.
Moreover, Suslovic said, the previous open-door policy enabled people to avoid taking steps to improve their lives.
"Simply asking people to come and stay as long as you'd like on the floor, 18 inches from your neighbor, is not helping people improve the situation," he said.
Some homeless people have worried that the new policy could be so severe it would be "abusive," but it is designed to be flexible so shelter staff can take into account each person's individual situation, said Jim Devine, 59, a former homeless person who serves on the board of Homeless Voices for Justice. Devine helped develop the new policy, which has been in the works for nearly a year.
"It tries to make housing counseling more available and encourages people to participate," he said. "The bottom line: If you are totally uncooperative and won't participate at all, shelter services ultimately could be denied. That is a last resort."
The policy works this way: People arriving at the shelter are told they have seven days to meet with a housing counselor at the shelter or a case manager at Preble Street to develop a plan to obtain permanent housing or services. Such a plan, for example, could stipulate that they apply for a subsidized housing voucher from the city, obtain documents they need to qualify for Social Security benefits, or apply to be treated for a substance abuse or mental health problem.
As long as people stay at the shelter, they must show they are actively working on the plan.
Those who don't work with a counselor are given notice to meet with one within 48 hours or lose access to the shelter.
If they still do not meet with a counselor, they are given a "suspension of services" letter that states: "Shelter is meant to be a temporary, emergency resource. To date, we have not been able to identify any prohibitive barriers you may have to achieving more suitable housing via a housing plan, and our outreach efforts to work with you on a housing plan have been unsuccessful."
People who are on notice will receive the letter when they enter the shelter for the evening, and are told that will be their last night at the shelter unless they meet with a housing counselor the next day.
Shelter officials will take into consideration whether a person faces other obstacles that would prevent him or her from meeting with a counselor, such as a mental health or substance abuse problem, said O'Brien, the director at Oxford Street.
People are given suspension letters in private. Since March 27, the city has issued 29 letters of suspension. So far, 20 of those people have met with staff to develop a housing plan.
"As soon as they want to re-engage, the suspension is lifted immediately," O'Brien said.
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Oct 17, 2012 | Atlanta, GA
NASA's Space Technology Program seeks to sponsor graduate student researchers pursuing advanced degrees (master's and doctoral) in science, technology, engineering, and math who show significant potential to contribute to the strategic goals and missions of NASA in the area of space technology.
Applications will be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue master's or doctoral degrees in relevant space technology disciplines. The fellowship awards, worth as much as $68,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the fall 2013 term. In addition to providing a $36,000 annual stipend, the fellowship provides generous support for tuition, insurance and a faculty advisor. Also, the fellowship provides support for onsite tenure at NASA Centers and U.S. non-profit Research and Development labs.
To date, NASA has awarded these prestigious fellowships to 128 students from 50 universities across 26 states and one U.S. territory. Fellowship recipients are paired with the Nation's leading experts in space technology so together we can push the limits of human technological achievement as only NASA can.
Student applications are due by 6 p.m. Eastern Time on December 4, 2012.