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April 19, 2011
Earles, Isaac, Owens, Richter and Leonard Wood Join List Of Legends
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 19, 2011) – NASCAR announced today the list of 25 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame's third induction class to be enshrined in January 2012. From that list, five inductees will be elected by the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel, which includes a nationwide fan vote on NASCAR.COM.
Of the 25 nominees, 20 return from last year's group. Five are first-timers: H. Clay Earles, Bobby Isaac, Cotton Owens, Les Richter and Leonard Wood.
This round of nominees, which again includes many of the sport's legendary names, were selected by a 21-person nominating committee consisting of representatives from NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and track owners from both major facilities and historic short tracks. The committee's votes were tabulated by accounting firm Ernst & Young.
The NHOF's inductees will be determined by the Voting Panel, which has 54 members – the entire Nominating Committee, media members, manufacturer representatives, retired competitors (drivers, owners, crew chiefs) and recognized industry leaders. In addition, the fan vote will result in the Voting Panel's 55th and final ballot. Fan voting on NASCAR.COM opens on April 28 and closes June 12.
Following are the 25 nominees, listed alphabetically:
The Class of 2012 will be announced live on SPEED on June 14 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C and inducted next January. The 2011 class, which includes David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Lee Petty, and Bud Moore will be enshrined at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Monday, May 23.
The 21-person Nominating Committee, as well as the additional 34 members who make up the Voting Panel, are as follows:
NASCAR Hall of Fame: Executive Director Winston Kelley; Historian Buz McKim.
NASCAR Officials: Chairman/CEO Brian France; Vice Chairman Jim France; Senior Vice President Paul Brooks; President Mike Helton; Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton; Senior Vice President of Racing Operations Steve O'Donnell; Competition Administrator Jerry Cook; former Vice President Ken Clapp.
Track Owners/Operators: International Speedway Corporation CEO Lesa Kennedy; Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell; Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage; Atlanta Motor Speedway President Ed Clark; former Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George; Dover Motorsports CEO Denis McGlynn; Pocono Raceway owner Doc Mattioli; Bowman Gray Stadium operator Dale Pinilis; Riverhead Raceway operators Jim and Barbara Cromarty (1 vote); Toyota Speedway at Irwindale operator Jim Williams; Rockford Speedway owner Jody Deery.
The Voting Panel consists of the above 21-member Nominating Committee and the following 34 representatives.
National Motorsports Press Association: Rea White, NMPA President; Kenny Bruce, SceneDaily.com; Dustin Long, Landmark Newspapers; Nate Ryan, USA Today; Jenna Fryer, Associated Press; Jim Pedley, RacinToday.com; NASCAR.COM representative TBD.
Eastern Motorsports Press Association: Ernie Saxton, EMPA President.
American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association: Dusty Brandel, AARWBA President.
Broadcasters: Mike Joy, FOX; Jerry Punch, ESPN; Kyle Petty, TNT; Barney Hall, MRN; Doug Rice, PRN; Rick Allen, SPEED; Dave Moody, Sirius NASCAR Radio.
Manufacturers: Chevrolet – Jim Campbell, former General Manager; Ford – Edsel B. Ford II, Board of Directors; Toyota – Lee White, President/General Manager, Toyota Racing Development USA.
Retired Drivers: Harry Gant; Ned Jarrett; Richard Petty; Ricky Rudd.
Retired Car Owners: Bud Moore; Cotton Owens; Junior Johnson.
Retired Crew Chiefs: Barry Dodson; Waddell Wilson; Buddy Parrott.
Industry leaders:Former Charlotte Motor Speedway President Humpy Wheeler; retired Associated Press writer Mike Harris; former motor sports journalist Tom Higgins; former broadcaster Ken Squier.
Fan Vote


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NewsForge: Karamba, What an Attractive Desktop!
Newsforge has an article on how to use SuperKaramba to turn your great-looking KDE desktop into something amazing. "Just with a standard KDE install, I get the occasional 'Hey, that looks nice' from friends. When I discovered a program named Karamba for KDE a while back, that suddenly changed to outright 'Wow!'"
A bit misleading
Hi all
I really don't mean to be rude, but I think this introduction is a bit misleading (almost slashdot-like). The amount of "themes" available is very minimal and the article doesn't make it sound very attractive to a beginning user.
I tried the mandrake 10.1 rpm of superkaramba, but I was unable to get it to work properly, it crashed at some mouse-clicks. The icon doesn't inspire much confidence and the user interface just sucks.
So to summarise:
By Simon at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: A bit misleading
I'm still waiting for anything else than sensor temperature, weather and rss feeds.
By hmmm at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: A bit misleading
The developer supported 10.1 rpm is hosted here:
I've emailed the author concerning the Python2.4 problems and notified Olaf that the next release will have the fix and will be out as soon as we can get stable.
By Ryan at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: A bit misleading
Ok, tried the RPM you mentioned... This one starts up with the welcome screen, but when you close it, it's gone, nothing in kicker and when you start it again, the welcome screen again. So I guess it can't initialise something...
Furthermore, I can download a theme, but only after a bunch of clicks and very good reading of all the text. That doesn't help, because nobody reads manuals ;-)
How do you install one of these themes, where to unpack the tarball?
This is all very confusing, not something you want to advertise to unsuspecting users of KDE, which is arguably the most mature complete desktop system for Linux.
By Simon at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
Re: A bit misleading
You can unpackage your downloaded themes anywhere you want. When the welcome screen comes up, you have to click on Open Theme.
By Ryan at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: A bit misleading
Uhmmmm... you must be looking into the wrong place. You think 588 themes is _MINIMAL_? That's the count I get in kde-look
By ~~ at Thu, 2005/03/24 - 6:00am
The same for me
I tried it some weeks ago in Debian and I got the same impression.
-I didn't find any useful theme, only weather viewers and CPU sensors.
By kAnonimous at Fri, 2005/03/25 - 6:00am
I'd like to see what the usability bods say about stuff like Karamba.
By GldnBlls at Fri, 2005/03/25 - 6:00am
Re: Usability
Well, it can't be too terrible, considering that Apple is releasing their own equivalent (in Tiger?), and we all know that Apple would never make a usability faux pas. :)
By Dolio at Fri, 2005/03/25 - 6:00am
Re: Usability
:-). I've often wondered whether the people who laud OS X as the bees knees and the lobster's toes in terms of usability have actually used the inconsistent mess adorned with fuzzy fonts and no keyboard shortcuts to speak off that is OS X... Give me KDE any day!
By Boudewijn at Fri, 2005/03/25 - 6:00am
I don't understand the problems above...
I've been using superkaramba for almost as long as it exists, and it's great. indeed, there are quite a few monitoring tools for it (and if course I use one, to see my cpu, network, memory and disk info). but also the amarok-album view tool, the Liquid Weather ++, and an rss reader. and the to-do tool. they are all very usefull, and there are plenty of different variations of these. I hope superkaramba gets true transparancy (xorg) soon, as it'll speed things up quite a bit I guess :D
By superstoned at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: I don't understand the problems above...
I would love to move it to the true transparency and remove the dependancy on kde's krootpixmap, but I've not found enough documentation yet.
By Ryan at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: I don't understand the problems above...
well, thanx at least for thinking about it :D
I think it'll be allright, as the new xorg features are liked very much - hope they'll get stable asap...
By superstoned at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Karamba all the way!
The article mentions «Windows application Samurize or Konfabulator for Mac». What are the plus and minus of SuperKaramba related to them? And to Gnome's alternative?
By the way, I hate the system tray icon. :/ I don't really hate it, but, you know, I find it annoying that I've lots of docked apps in there (8). I don't really think SuperKaramba needs it. I mean, you can just setup with a right click on a theme, and when no theme is open, there's the welcome screen.
By blacksheep at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: Karamba all the way!
In kde 3.4 if you right click on the system tray you can select which icons are hidden in the system tray.
By Ryan at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: Karamba all the way!
That's awesome! I didn't know that -- I'm still using 3.2.
By blacksheep at Sat, 2005/03/26 - 6:00am
Re: Karamba all the way!
By Ricky at Mon, 2005/03/28 - 6:00am
Re: Karamba all the way!
Argh! More g-naming stupidity. Can't those guys come up with original names?
By ac at Mon, 2005/03/28 - 6:00am

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Weight Gain Could Depend on the Medicines You're Taking
Weight gain may not always be due to what you eat. Researchers in Texas find your medication can cause serious weight gain.
Ryan Roux, PharmD, the chief pharmacy officer at Harris County Hospital District's Drug Information Center, found certain medicines can cause significant weight changes, which can be challenging for anyone wanting to shed pounds or maintain weight.
Weight side-effects are common in medicines used for diabetes, high-blood pressure and mental health conditions. Big gainers are likely for users of steroids for cancer treatment.
"Because of the stigma of weight gain, patients may tend to stop taking their medicines or decrease their dosage without talking to their physician," explained Roux. "Doing this is a bad thing. It can affect your health in a number of negative ways."
Roux said patients should report weight gain due to medication usage to their physician immediately.
"Your healthcare provider should advise you of any potential side effects associated with your medication," said Andrea Henry, PharmD, formulary manager, Harris County Hospital District. "However, patients also should be actively involved in their treatment and become informed about their long-term medication use."


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New London school board ready to start new search for superintendent
New London - Now that it has voided its appointment of Terrence P. Carter as the superintendent of the city's schools, the Board of Education finds itself back at square one, without a permanent superintendent to guide the district's transformation into the state's first all-magnet school district.
But board President Margaret Mary Curtin said Friday she does not want to waste any time in getting started on finding a new leader for the city's school district.
"Whatever options we have, I'd like to grab on to them quickly," she said. "I'd like to start something very soon."
Curtin said she plans to talk with the other board members and state-appointed Special Master Steven J. Adamowski early next week to chart a course for a new search.
Though she would not say how she thinks a new search should differ from the one that yielded Carter, Curtin did say she would be open to conducting a search without the assistance of a consulting firm.
"We probably won't need a search firm," she said. "I think we probably can do it ourselves with the information we have. We may look at some candidates who applied in (the) past that we had interviewed."
One thing is certain, though: the state Department of Education does not expect Commissioner Stefan Pryor or his replacement to interview or approve the board's chosen candidate, a spokeswoman said Friday.
"Special Master Adamowski will continue to serve as the department's representative to help support the local board and school district in realizing its vision for New London's schools," Kelly Donnelly, the spokeswoman, said in an email. "We do not anticipate that the commissioner will have a direct role in the selection process."
Carter's certification on hold
Donnelly also said Carter's application to become a certified superintendent in this state remains on hold because he no longer is being offered a job as a superintendent.
"If Terrence Carter still wishes to proceed with the (certification) process in the absence of a job offer in this state, we will take the findings of this just-received report into account as we consider all factors pertaining to his application," she said.
On Thursday night, the Board of Education voted unanimously to annul its appointment of Carter after its attorneys concluded that he misused the title of "Dr." before he completed his doctoral studies, plagiarized sections of his job application and did not disclose that he had filed for bankruptcy in 1999.
"They took it step by step and proved that we were not told the truth," Curtin said Friday. "They did a thorough investigation and they disputed everything that Terrence Carter has denied."
After Thursday's meeting, board Vice President Elizabeth Garcia-Gonzalez said the board would conduct future superintendent searches differently than the one it just went through.
"We learned a lesson," she said.
Curtin agreed with Garcia-Gonzalez and said that the experience the board has gone through can serve as a cautionary tale for other boards.
"I think it's a good lesson for everyone, not just New London," she said. "We were guided by info we had in front of us, we took all the information given to us from the (McPherson and) Jacobson firm and from the state Department of Education, put it all on the table, digested it and 12 of us, not just one person, interviewed candidates and came up with Terrence Carter."
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New London school board rescinds appointment of Carter as superintendent
New London school board to receive findings in superintendent investigation tonight
Embattled New London superintendent candidate does not receive doctorate
Never forgive, never forget: Trump once again bashes John McCain over health-care vote
With cap on H-2B visas for foreign workers, businesses struggle to find summer employees


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Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA), the world's number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced that Anil Chakravarthy, executive vice president and chief product officer, will deliver a corporate overview at the 2015 JMP Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
A live Web cast and replay of the presentation will be available at www.informatica.com/investor.
Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world rely on Informatica to realize their information potential and drive top business imperatives. Informatica Vibe, the industry's first and only embeddable virtual data machine (VDM), powers the unique "Map Once. Deploy Anywhere." capabilities of the Informatica Platform. Worldwide, over 5,500 enterprises depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets from devices to mobile to social to big data residing on-premise, in the Cloud and across social networks. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com.
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Article Summary: T105 Motherboard System Board Jumpers Table Contains the Wrong PCI 32-bit Slot
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Birds of Prey ... The Sport of Falconry
The Long-tailed Honey-buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) is a bird of prey found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, where it inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland and montane forests.
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Brainard Duffield
Daily Forecast for March 23rd 2019
Brainard Duffield is a male celebrity.
He was born on Tuesday January 16th 1917, in Boston, MA, USA,.
Brainard Duffield wakes up on March 23rd 2019 with renewed energy, dynamic and looking forward to new beginning.
Brainard radiates authority that make it only natural that he takes the lead and others follow.
Duffield may be lacking sensitivity - due to his concentration on the tasks and goals ahead and his no-nonsense and straight-forward attitude.
While studying the color and flavor of the day, it is a good practice to keep in mind the greater meaning of March and the master plan of 2019 in Brainard's life.
You and Brainard
About Brainard's Numerological Forecast & Personal Day Cycle
Just as Brainard Duffield evolves through a nine-year cycle and experiences the nine-month cycle, he is also subjected to nine-day cycles, even though their impact is subtle compared to the Personal Year and even Personal Month cycles. The Personal Day cycles proceed according to the same pattern - 1 through 9 - that the Personal Year and Personal Month cycles do. The numbers within the daily cycles have a similar impact on Brainard to the yearly and monthly cycles - though less pronounced.
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By Steve Freidell
Land Line contributor
Do you ever leave your truck running, unlocked, with the keys and your wallet in plain sight? Of course you don't, but you will leave your bank, credit card and Social Security information available for thieves to steal.
Identity theft is a rapidly growing problem in the U.S., but few of us take an active role in safeguarding our personal information. And those that do have often already been victimized. So just how easy is it to steal your identity?
It's as easy a dropping a letter in the mail. For instance, when you make your credit card payment, do you write a check and enclose it with the credit card voucher and put it in your home mailbox with the red flag up? You might as well be advertising for someone to steal your name and your money.
Once they have that payment envelope, they have your checking account, credit card number and your signature. They will take nail polish remover and remove the payee name and amount and fill in a name of their choosing.
Once finished with your cash, they'll sell your credit card info online. You may not be aware of what's happening until you receive your bank statements a month later. By that time, the thieves and your money are long gone, leaving you to struggle for months notifying banks, merchants and credit card providers of the theft.
And this is just one technique criminals use. There are many, many other ways of obtaining your personal information. From foraging through trash to complex Internet scams, thieves are constantly finding new ways to steal your money.
Last year alone, $22.4 billion was lost in payment card theft. The number of all Americans affected was 2.5 percent. The average loss after bank reimbursement was $329.
So what can you do?
First, take a good assessment of your personal information security. In the example above, mail your payment from a more secure mailbox or don't put your red flag up. Your mailman will find the mail when he delivers your daily mail.
Make your payments online as often as possible, but only do so on your bank's secure website. If someone claiming to be from your bank is asking for personal information, it's almost certainly a trap. Legitimate financial institutions don't solicit personal information outside of their secure websites.
Also, never carry your Social Security card in your wallet. That's the easiest way to provide thieves with the key piece of information they need to open bank accounts, obtain credit cards, and take out loans.
Look at how you dispose of your financial information. Do you put it in the trash where thieves can get to it easily? It would be better for you to file and or shred the information.
Everything that you throw away with your name on it is a potential asset to an identity thief. For just a few bucks you can buy a shredder for your home and destroy those documents before anyone else can mine your trash for them.
Examine closely how you safeguard your home computer. Do you have a wireless home network? Is each user password protected? It's very easy to roam neighborhoods with a wireless detector looking for people with unprotected networks. Within a few minutes, even a relatively novice hacker can have access to all of your personal data.
Unlike a simple burglary, reporting identity theft is not as easy as calling the police and notifying your insurance company. In many cases, you have to prove you are the victim. When so many different financial institutions – and red tape – are involved, this isn't nearly as easy as it sounds.
When these thieves strike, they hit you everywhere. You might not know it for months, especially if you're out on the road. Take time today to protect your information. Get family members to understand that those documents are just as valuable as the keys to your home. Think like a thief and make sure you are not providing easy shortcuts to your personal information and hard-earned cash. LL
This material has been prepared for informational purposes only; it is not intended to provide and should not be relied upon for accounting, legal or tax advice.
Steve Freidell has assisted clients in their cash management, trading, and portfolio management of fixed income securities since 1975. Steve started his career at the First National Bank of Kansas City and later served as first vice president with Commerce Bank, where he served his clients for 25 years. In 2006, he joined the DeWaay organization, the financial management company used by OOIDA. Steve Freidell may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Nicki Minaj Performs 'Roman Reloaded' Concert on BET's 106 & Park
Nicki Minaj Invaded BET's 106 & Park on Tuesday (April 3) and shut it down! The teen video program dedicated its entire show to the Young Money superstar who just released her second LP 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' (see review here). Dressed in an all-lavender outfit with black stiletto boots, a pink-haired Minaj chatted with Terrance J about her career, her fashion sense and her future goals.
There were plenty of surprises for the Barbz, who lined up at the BET building since 7AM to see their Queen reign over 106 & Park. A couple of guests came through to co-sign Minaj as the most influential rapper in the game. Rappers 2 Chainz and Cam'ron, who appear on 'Roman Reloaded,' stopped by as well as Birdman who presented Nicki with a huge plaque signifying 3.8 million copies sold worldwide. In addition, Minaj was a judge for a fashion show featuring models displaying some of her signature looks from various magazine covers and she later danced to 'Starships' with a flash mob.
But the highlight of the episode was Minaj's special mini-concert. She jumped onstage completely shoeless and ran through a medley of new material from the album including 'Roman Reloaded,' 'HOV Lane,' 'I Am Your Leader' (with Cam'ron), 'Beez in the Trap' (with 2 Chainz) and a stirring rendition of the album's standout track 'Champion.' She finished her set with 'Fire Burns,' her fiery ballad about kicking an unfaithful boyfriend to the curb.
"I love you guys so much," says Minaj as her Barbz cheered her name in unison. "You will never understand how you changed my life. And I love you. I want you to know that you are capable of all things."
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Sadly, I'm snorkel-impaired.
No matter how many times I try, I can't make a dive mask seal to my face. When the water pours inside, rushing into my eyes and nose, any thoughts of watching underwater creatures are immediately overwhelmed by an instinct to survive.
Oh, I have terrible eyesight, too, so if I were to come within reasonable distance of a grouper, it's likely that I might mistake it for a big rock. Yeah, I'm better on dry land.
Fortunately, land-loving types can find themselves closer than they might ever imagine to the creatures of Florida's coral reefs at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. It's a gem of an attraction that manages to combine education and fun, with a welcome emphasis on the latter.
Another confession: A prime motivation for my recent visit was a respite from the already far-too-hot Florida heat. The sidewalks were steaming in the Channelside district of downtown Tampa, making the passing trolleys and the prospect of window-shopping at nearby Channelside Bay Plaza less tempting.
The aquarium scores big points for climate-controlled exploration. The "Coral Reefs" exhibit is especially pleasant, with its dark, cavernous turns that lead to the Coral Reef Gallery, an observation area with a wall-sized picture window.
That underwater lobby hosts a variety of shows, including "Predators of the Reef" with narration from divers in the tank with sharks, eels and other creatures. I learned that I have a much better chance of winning the Powerball lottery than being attacked by a shark, but because I stay out of the water I wasn't too worried.
The aquarium also offers a cute, informative penguin show and an indoor "hike" (my favorite kind) on the Florida's Wetlands Trail, a showcase for gators, otters, pythons and free-flying birds. The latter aren't afraid to swoop within a few feet of your head, a genuine shocker the first time it happens.
I was prepared to linger and look at beautiful roseate spoonbills until I noticed a sign: "Birds poop every 15 minutes. How long have you been standing here?" Looking at dozens of white splotches on the ground, I decided to move on.
To cap the day, Precinct Pizza in Channelside Bay Plaza is a nice dining spot. And here's a deal: Free admission for dads (with one paid admission) on Father's Day weekend. Visit flaquarium.org for details.


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4.55pm: Sen-Constable Lyons said a long bone was found and labelled BS13 at 8am on August 21, 2011.
He said an hour later a long bone that was labelled BS14 was found.
The jury was shown a photo that depicted the bone with the topsoil removed using gardening implements.
He said searchers found a smaller bone fragment at 9.02am on September 1, 2011.
Later that same day, Sen-Constable Lyons said another long bone was found, labelled BS19.
He said the search had concentrated in a northerly direction between the lake and the embankment, towards the sandy berm.
He said a number of bones, some later identified to be vertebrae, were found together on September 3, 2011.
"They were all found within a metre or half a metre of each other,'' Sen-Constable Lyons said.
He said more bones were found about 8m from the water at 7.48am on September 4, 2011
A photograph shown to the jury showed a tree-marked view, pocked with the bright orange of the SES uniforms, and several scattered yellow cones, numbered to identify points of interest on the ground where bones were found.
He said that morning three more items of bones were discovered, including tiny pieces of bone fragments.
3.50pm: The 11th witness at the trial is Sen-Constable Murray Scott Lyons, who works with the Sunshine Coast Water Police.
He said he arrived at the search area off Kings Rd to be the assistant to the search and rescue mission co-ordinator on August 14, 2011.
Sen-Constable Lyons said he spent most of his time in search area 2, the old sand mining property.
He said he was involved in the search near the embankment, using metal detectors to look for a fob watch and a wallet, but nothing was found.
He said north of the ladder off the embankment was a swamp area that was searched by SES volunteers on their hands and knees.
He said they were shown animal bones that had been left out in the elements so they knew what to look for.
He said they were also told to look for a fob watch, a wallet and clothing.
"Anything out of ordinary in that area, they were advised to notify us,'' he said.
Sen-Constable Lyons said a second shoe was found at 9.10am on August 20, 2011.
The jury was shown a number of photos detailing where the left shoe was found and excavated by forensic police.
He said searchers found two pieces of bone after lunch that same day.
Sen-Constable Lyons told the jury the SES volunteer found two pieces of bone that were identified at the time as belonging to an animal.
"There were, on that day, a number of small strands of material that came from the swamp that were brought to my attention by the SES,'' he said.
"They had the appearance of hair but were found to be matter from organic tree roots, very fine tree roots.''
3pm: The 10th witness in the trial is Robert John Barkle, an SES volunteer from Burnett Heads, who took part in the search for Daniel Morcombe's body.
He said he was at the crime scene off Kings Rd at the Glass House Mountains when he found a bone at 11.15am on September 10, 2011.
The jury saw a photograph of thin tree trunks and red, fallen pine needles and leaf litter.
SES volunteers wearing bright orange clothing were visible between the trees.
Mr Barkle said he found a bone that was labelled BS24 by police.
The ninth witness in the trial is Drewe Gowen, a farmer who owns the macadamia farm off Kings Rd that was searched by police.
He said the property had been in his family for around 25 years.
Mr Gowen said the lot featured rows of macadamia trees, an old shed, tobacco drying sheds and a large mango tree that used to have a demountable building and a fibro shed beneath it.
The demountable building was moved off the property in early 2006.
Mr Gowen said the carpet that used to be inside the demountable building had been buried, along with other sheds that were destroyed on the property.
The jury was shown a photo of the demountable building, raised slightly with a small patio, curtains in the windows and rubbish bins out the front, as it would have looked in 2001.
2.45pm: The eighth witness at the trial is Dr Dadna Hartman, chief molecular biologist at the Victoria Institute of Forensic Medicine.
She said she was experienced in the extraction of mitochondrial DNA.
Dr Hartman said she received bone samples and reference samples from Queensland police from which to extract DNA sequences.
She said the profile samples from Denise Morcombe and Bradley Morcombe were compared.
Her laboratory received a sample of bone, a left humerus (upper arm bone), on August 29, 2011.
"Our practice is to look at the bone sample first; once we are confident we have mitochondrial DNA for analysis, we then do the reference samples,'' she said.
She said it was expected related family members would share the same mitochondrial DNA.
"That is what we found, the profiles were identical,'' she said.
1pm: The seventh witness is Rocco Venturiello, a farmer whose family has owned 30 acres at Lot 1, 510 Kings Rd at the Glass House Mountains since the 1980s.
He said the property was once used as a sand mining site.
Mr Venturiello said a man with a temporary sawmill ran an operation in the late 1990s from the property and sand-blasting took place in around 2006.
He said he visited the site once every few months, "just to see if there was anyone down there".
Mr Venturiello said he was out of the country in December 2003 and returned in January2004.
He said there had been flooding on his land, including in January 2011.
"That was quite a high one," Mr Venturiello said.
12.55pm: Barrister Angus Edwards, for Cowan, asked Dr Peter Ellis, a specialist forensic pathologist employed by Queensland Health, if a person was put into a "choke hold" from behind and there was a cracking noise, what might have caused it.
"Unless the force around the neck is such that it actually breaks the cervical spine?" Dr Ellis said.
In re-examination, Crown prosecutor Glen Cash asked Dr Ellis whether a vasovagal arrest was likely in the "choke-hold" position.
"Depends entirely on how the choke hold is applied," he said.
Mr Cash asked whether pressures leading to the compression of the neck of a child aged 13 to 14 could lead to death.
"It could do," Dr Ellis said.
Dr Ellis said it would take minutes of continued pressure to reach the point of irreversible brain damage.
Mr Cash asked Dr Ellis how much force would be required to kill if an adult male had a 13 to 14-year-old child in a "choke hold".
"That depends entirely on how it's applied, whether it's done in a twisting motion, or a bending motion," he said.
"Martial arts experts would tell you it's easy to do, if you know how to do it."
12.35pm: Peter Ellis, a specialist forensic pathologist employed by Queensland Health, said he conducted a skeletal survey of the bones found.
The jury was shown a photo of the bones laid out across a green cloth in the positions were they would have been in a human body.
He said the bones were kept separately until determinations were made that they came from the same person.
Dr Ellis said some bones were sent for testing in tubes, leaving fragments rather than whole bones.
"The laboratories that did the testing had the samples in tubes and processed them in the way that they did and we were sent the tubes back when they were finalised," he said.
During cross-examination, barrister Angus Edwards, for Cowan, asked Dr Ellis how long itwould take for a person to lose consciousness if their airway was compressed.
"If you do that to someone who is not expecting that and they can't make that preparation and fight more, you'll find they lose consciousness more quickly," he said.
Mr Edwards asked whether it would take four minutes for brain damage to affect a person.
"Yes, it is usually about four minutes before irreversible damage occurs," Dr Ellis said.
"If the interruption of supply of oxygen persists then you can say death will occur in a small number of minutes."
Mr Angus: "If what stopped the breathing was compression of the neck structures, how long would that take?"
Dr Ellis: "You can't put a time on it, it's not something you can switch on or switch off, a small number of minutes."
He said it would vary from individual to individual.
Mr Angus asked whether "neck blood occlusion" would cause unconsciousness more quickly.
Dr Ellis said it would occur almost instantly if both carotid arteries were blocked at once, in seconds.
Mr Angus asked whether there was a third area, vasovagal arrest, that could affect neck compression.
Dr Ellis said it could cause death, depending on the circumstances.
"For you to drop dead it would depend if they were actually damaged or whether somebody had just massaged the nerves," he said.
"If one uses force to actually damage the nerve then that person may not come around."
He said the vasovagal nerves ran down each side of the neck.
12.25pm: The sixth witness is Peter Stephen Joseph Ellis, a specialist forensic pathologist employed by Queensland Health, and also an adjunct professor at Griffith University.
He said he was called to the crime scenes off Kings Rd that were searched by police up to four times in August, 2011.
"On one of those four occasions I observed bones at the ground before they were retrieved," Dr Ellis said.
He said 17 bones were found at the site and included whole and partial bones.
He said the bones found included: a left humerus or upper-arm bone, left scapular or shoulder blade, right humerus, right radius or forearm bone, part of the left and right pelvis, left thigh bone or femur, left tibia and fibula or lower leg bones, right femur or thigh bone and right tibia or shin bone, five vertebrae from the lower back, some pieces that looked a little bit like ribs.
He said there was another set of bone fragments that couldn't be identified.
"The arm bones and the leg bones that I've described of course tend to be fairly long, they were still intact … but the ends were not complete, because they are still growing bones, the ends tend to be soft," he said.
"The surface of the bones themselves were fairly dry, as you would expect bones that have been in the ground to be for some time."
He said some of the bones showed tiny marks and scratches.
"From my observation, they looked more like either the marks of animal teeth possibly even the efforts of excavation or removal because it was done with implements and may have touched the surface of the bone," he said.
Dr Ellis said there was no soft flesh on the bones.
"All the bones were of one particular type and that very, very strongly suggests that there's only one person," he said.
He said the bones likely came from a young, growing human between 10 and 15-years-old.
Dr Ellis said he could not identify the gender of the individual.
He said the skull was never found.
Dr Ellis said it was not possible to form a view on how the person died.
12.15pm: The fifth witness to be called is SES volunteer Ross Tennesse, from Rosemount, on the Sunshine Coast.
He was searching in a line formation at an area called "The Mudpit" at one of the properties off Kings Rd at the Glass House Mountains.
Mr Tennesse said he had to search on his hands and knees when he saw something on August 17, 2011.
"Yes, in the course of the search, approximately two feet in front of me I saw what appeared to be a sandshoe sticking out of the ground,'' he said.
12.05pm: Dr Jeremy James Austin, a research scientist at the University of Adelaide, said he was asked by Queensland police to assess human remains for the presence of mitochondrial DNA and to analyse them.
He said he received a humerus for sampling and testing in order to develop a mitochondrial DNA profile on August 23, 2011.
Dr Austin said he was given blood samples, called reference samples, from the Morcombe family to compare the profiles on August 24, 2011.
"The mitochondrial DNA profile from the bone sample was a 100 per cent match to Denise Morcombe and to the sons, Dean and Bradley Morcombe,'' he said.
He said there was no match with the profile from Bruce Morcombe.
Dr Austin said that was expected because MT DNA was inherited only from the mother.
He said he was unable to obtain a "Y chromosome" profile from the humerus, which could have been compared with other males.
11.55am: The fourth witness is Dr Jeremy James Austin, a research scientist at the University of Adelaide, experienced in the detection and analysis of mitochondrial DNA.
"Since about 2007 I have focused specifically on extracting and characterising mitochondrial DNA from human remains for the purpose of forensic identification,'' he said.
He said mitochondrial DNA (or MT DNA) was one of two kinds of DNA found in humans and animals, found only inside the mitochondria.
He said MT DNA was only inherited from mothers.
He said the other kind of DNA type, called nuclear DNA, was inherited from both parents.
Dr Austin said a short segment of the MT DNA molecule could be sequenced and compared with other individuals to see if they shared the same maternal ancestry.
"One of the advantages of mitochondrial DNA is it tends to survive for a much longer time in degraded samples," he said.
11.15am: During cross-examination by barrister Angus Edwards, for Cowan,Sunshine Coast District Forensic Co-ordinator Inspector Arthur Van Panhuis told the jury the first entry point was the area where police were told Cowan took Daniel Morcombe's body.
He said it was the same area depicted in photographs of the embankment featuring a ladder leading down to the site.
Insp Van Panhuis agreed no bones or items of interest were found in the precise area Cowan had pointed out to police, near the first entry point and a small pond.
Mr Edwards asked how far it was between the "cluster" where most of the bones were found and the pond area.
"I would say approximately 50m to 75m," Insp Van Panhuis said.
He said water had broken through the embankment from Coochin Creek, depositing sand.
Insp Van Panhuis there were substantial numbers of SES volunteers working at the site, about "10 to 20".
11.05am: Insp Van Panhuis said a trench was dug in order to determine the soil layers at the search site.
He said on October 12, 2011 the second crime scene finished and was returned to the property owner.
"The search was exceptionally intensive," Insp Van Panhuis said.
He said searchers walked on foot, used metal detectors and cadaver dogs and employed specialists to come and search a well found on one of the properties off Kings Rd.
He said some 500m3 of sand was shifted.
"We used specialist police divers, they searched an area of approximately 15m from the water's edge," he said.
He said many items were recovered.
Insp Van Panhuis said the shoe was given to a podiatrist, Dr Paul Bennett to examine at a later stage.
He said a matching left shoe labelled "BS10" was found on August 20, 2011.
Insp Van Panhuis said a piece of bone was found the same day, labelled BS13.
He said on August 30, 2011 an excavation took place near the tobacco drying sheds at the first crime scene, near to where a demountable building had been removed.
Insp Van Panhuis said searchers looked for carpet that was once inside the demountable building that had been dumped and buried.
He said the carpet was found and analysed.
He said there was evidence of wild dogs, goannas and other native animals moving through the search area, including what appeared to be a fox den.
Insp Van Panhuis said the den was excavated but no items of interest were found.
10:55am: Insp Van Panhuis said around 1m of sand was moved from the berm at the search site in order to get to the expected ground level in 2003.
"The searchers were on hands and knees, shoulder to shoulder, they had little garden implements… and they searched through the litter layer first for anything visible and then they dug down to 15cm,'' he said.
He said a right shoe was found on August 17, 2011 at 2.25pm and identified for forensic purposes as "BS3''.
The jury was shown a photo of the area where the shoe was found, surrounded by three yellow tags.
Another, closer image, showed the shoe partially buried under grey mud and surrounded by fallen pine needles.
The jury was told that after some leaf litter and soil was removed, the brand name "Globe" became visible on the side of the shoe.
10.35am: Sunshine Coast District Forensic Co-ordinator Inspector Arthur Van Panhuis said the images on the computer program depicted how the search area appeared when he arrived to co-ordinate the search in August, 2011.
"We had a lot of leaf litter on top of the ground, a lot of small trees, small bushes," he said.
He said a "slide" was put in down a steep embankment at the search site, made of corrugated iron and fixed with sandbags.
"Just to make it safer for our workers to get there," Insp Panhuis said.
He said the search was conducted to a depth of 10 to 15cm but near the sandy berm went down as far as 1m.
"We employed the services of a number of specialists, a professor of water science … who was consulted to provide us with water flows of the area and morphology of the area," he said.
"Our objective was to search the land and area to the level that we considered it was in 2003 and possibly a bit lower."
10.30am: Sunshine Coast District Forensic Co-ordinator Inspector Arthur Van Panhuis told a jury in the Supreme Court of Brisbane piles of logs found at the crime scenes off Kings Rd at the Glass House Mountains were shifted during the search for Daniel Morcombe's body in August, 2011.
The jury was shown a 3D police system on computer screens that detailed 360 degree views of the key locations in the crime scenes.
A mouse was used to click on various sites on the system in order to hone in on a particular area of interest from the search.
The program revealed dynamic images of the bushland and steep topography at the search sites.
It also showed a chain-line of SES workers negotiating the bushland and crate pallets laid down end-to-end to make an easy access point to the water.
"This is the smaller body of water here, the larger body of water is back here and these are the sandbags and a walkway put there by SES and the police," Insp Van Panhuis told the jury.


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Effects of Osteoarthritis Pain, Morphine, and Placebo on Neuroendocrine Function in Men
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00088296
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 26, 2004
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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This study will examine the effects of morphine on leuteinizing hormone, testosterone, adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol in men. The use of long-term opioids, such as morphine, to treat patients with pain is increasing, despite a dearth of information about their effects on hormones. The study will also look at the effect of chronic pain on these hormone levels and the effect of placebo on pain.
Men between 30 and 65 years of age who have had moderate to severe chronic pain due to osteoarthritis for at least 3 months and healthy, pain-free men in the same age range may be eligible for this study. Patients taking an opioid-based medication such as percocet, vicodin, or morphine for pain relief, as well as patients who are not taking opioids, may participate. Candidates are screened with a medical history, physical examination, blood tests, including a blood test to look for possible "pain genes," electrocardiogram, x-ray, and questionnaires that assess the impact of pain on functional level and psychological well being.
This is a four-part study. Healthy volunteers and patients who are taking opioids for their arthritis pain end their participation after Part I; those who are not taking opioids continue with Parts II, III, and IV, as follows:
Part I: Participants are admitted to the NIH Clinical Center at 4 p.m. for an overnight stay. At 6 p.m. a catheter (plastic tube) is placed in a vein in the forearm and remains in place throughout the night. Blood samples of 3 cc's each (less than a teaspoon) are collected through the catheter every 20 minutes for 12 hours, from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. Participants also collect their urine starting from 8 a.m. on the morning of hospital admission and continue the collection throughout their 24-hour hospital stay. Patients are discharged at the completion of the blood sampling.
Part II: Patients are randomly assigned to take morphine (MS Contin), placebo, or standard treatment, which consists of anti-inflammatory medications and acetaminophen as needed, but no opioids. (Patients in groups I and II are also permitted to take anti-inflammatory drugs and acetominophen, in addition to their study medication.) Patients are monitored for drug side effects by phone twice a week, and medication doses are adjusted as needed. The morphine dose is gradually increased over a 4-week period if no side effects develop. After 2 weeks on the highest dose of morphine, hormone blood levels are measured and patients complete questionnaires. Patients are readmitted to the hospital for a repeat blood sampling and blood collection as in Part I. Patients on morphine and placebo are then gradually tapered off drug over 12 days and remain drug-free for 2 days before starting Part III.
Part III: All patients are given morphine in this part of the study and are monitored for drug side effects by phone twice a week, with doses adjusted as needed. The morphine is gradually increased over a 6-week period if no side effects develop and is maintained at the highest dose for another 8 weeks. Hormone levels are measured and the blood and urine studies and questionnaires are repeated. Patients interested in continuing long-term treatment with MC Contin are referred back to their physicians with recommendations to that effect.
Part IV: Patients are followed by phone for 6 months, at which time they return to the Clinical Center for hormone level measurements, repeat blood and urine tests, and questionnaires.
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Several studies suggest that acceptance and use of opioid medicines for relief of chronic pain are increasing substantially, and that opiodergic medications and chronic pain each perturb neuroendocrine functions, especially those of the hypothalamic pituitary, adrenal, and gonadal axes. The objectives of the proposed protocol, entitled "Effects of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Opioidergic versus Placebo Interventions on Neuro-endocrine Function in Men," are three fold:
- To determine whether long term opioid usage in men with chronic pain due to osteoarthritis results in abnormalities of ACTH, cortisol, LH and testosterone secretion.
- To evaluate whether placebo analgesia results in a similar hormonal response as elicited by an opioid analgesic. Prior imaging studies have shown that placebo analgesia is associated with activation of similar parts of the cortex as with analgesic intake.
- To evaluate the effects of chronic pain per se on ACTH, cortisol, LH and testosterone secretion.
To address these questions, we propose a 4-part study. In part I, 12 healthy men will be compared with 12 men with chronic osteoarthritis (OA) pain on long term opioids and 12 narcotic naive men with chronic OA pain by means of 12 hour overnight frequent blood sampling for measurement of cortisol, ACTH, LH and testosterone.
In part II, 36 narcotic naive patients with chronic OA, pain, all of whom will have undergone overnight hormone sampling in Part I, will be randomized to one of three treatment groups: MS Contin (15-90 mg), placebo and "standard treatment."
Doses of placebo and MS Contin will be escalated over 4 weeks in a similar fashion with two-week maintenance and 2 week taper. At the end of maintenance at 6 weeks, all patients will return for repeat 12 hour frequent sampling of the same hormones as in Part I. At the end of part II, patients will be invited to go on to an open label treatment period with MS Contin (15-120 mg) in part III of the study, which will consist of 6-week dose escalation and 8 weeks maintenance. At that point patients will be referred back to their physicians with recommendations for continued treatment with MS Contin, if patients are interested in this option.
Patients will be followed by phone for 6 months. At that point they will be asked to return to clinic for part IV, an outpatient AM sample of testosterone, LH, ACTH and cortisol. The primary endpoints of this study will be measures of LH, testosterone, ACTH, and cortisol secretion, whereas the secondary endpoints will be neurobehavioral indices such as pain and bothersomeness on visual analog scales, the Oswestry Disability Index, Multidimensional Pain Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory. It is anticipated that this study will provide novel information regarding the effects of chronic musculoskeletal pain, and treatment with opioids versus placebo, on selected neuroendocrine functions in men.
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|72 participants
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|Effects of Osteoarthritis Pain, Morphine and Placebo on Neuro-Endocrine Function in Men
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|July 13, 2004
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|October 18, 2007
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|30 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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Clinical evidence of chronic OA by history and examination in a major joint or the spine.
- Pain level of 4/10 or greater on a scale of 0 to 10
- Pain for a duration of 3 months or longer present at least 5 out of 7 days a week
- Radiographic evidence of moderate to severe OA in the involved joint based on the Kellgren and Lawrence scoring scale.
- Age between 30-65 at study entry
- Men of all ethnicities
- Ability to understand the study measures and mentally capable of giving consent to participate in the study (based on an 8th grade education level)
- Willingness to refrain from taking opioids other than as dictated by the study design
- Impaired pulmonary, renal, hepatic, cardiovascular or endocrine-metabolic function; major coexisting medical condition such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severe hepatic and renal dysfunction
- Primary or secondary endocrine disease such as diabetes or Cushing's syndrome
- Prostatic disease requiring usage of urological medications
- Presence of sexual dysfunction defined as lack of libido, impotence or erectile abnormalities.
- Current symptoms of coronary artery disease
- Presence of RA, or other types of inflammatory arthritis
- Use of systemic corticosteroids in the two months before screening and study entry
- Alcohol abuse up to a year prior to study enrollment
- Usage of any recreational drugs
- History of narcotic abuse at any time in the past
- Major depression whether successfully or unsuccessfully treated or diagnosed at the time of study screening based on a score of greater than or equal to 20 on the Beck Depression Inventory
- Hct less than 35; anemia or bleeding disorder
- Allergy to morphine
- Current or past history of fibromyalgia as described by Wolfe F et al., (1990) (a minimum of 12 out of 19 points of tenderness must be present to satisfy criteria for fibromyalgia)
- Cognitive impairment such that the individual is unable to give informed consent, complete study data collection tools or required study visits
- Age 29 years or less due to rarity of OA in this age group
- Body mass index (BMI) greater than 30kg/m(2) and BMI less than 20kg/m(2)
Usage of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) will be allowed at study entry and during the conduct of the study. Patients will be asked to refrain from using muscle relaxers, other opioids apart from the study drug (MS Contin), AED's (anti-epileptic drugs), TCAs (tricyclic antidepressants), SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and benzodiazepines for pain control during part II and III. Patients will also be asked to refrain from having local joint injections with steroids or other agents. Patients will be queried regarding their use of complementary and/or alternative medicine (CAM) treatments (e.g. acupuncture, chiropractic manipulations, herbs and botanicals, and mind-body interventions) at the start of the study and will be counseled against beginning CAM treatments during the study protocol. Starting any of these treatments during the study will be considered a study violation. The only exception will be for glucosamine and/or chondroitin.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00088296
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|NCT00088296 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|July 26, 2004 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2017
|Last Verified:
|October 18, 2007
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
MS Contin
Degenerative Joint Disease
Joint Pain
Arthritic Pain
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Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents


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A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
This is a bi-annual health/lifestyle magazine targeted to African American women in the New England area.
Exhale - Tips for Healthy Living
The Bay State Banner is a weekly newspaper serving the African American community in Greater Boston and beyond since 1965. In addition to a weekly newspaper we have published other special magazines - and Exhale is the newest addition. The magazine is 8.5" wide x 11" glossy style. The magazine will cover important health issues in addition to fashion/food/and entertainment topics.
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"Finally" (やっとだよ, Yatto da yo) is chapter 640 of the original Naruto manga.
With Minato unable to teleport to Naruto and Sasuke's aid because the mark that was previously on Obito had seemingly vanished, things looked dire for the two. Naruto, however, remembering his father's explanation of how his technique works, uses chakra arms to grab onto both Sasuke, and his father allowing Minato to teleport them to safety. Thoroughly impressed by his son's action, Minato and his group turn their attention back to Obito in time to see the new jinchūriki losing control of the beast once again as his body begins to become distorted. As Obito launches a compressed version of the mysterious substance, Minato prepares to deflect the projectile, but to everyone's shock, the attack stops short of them, expands and then contracts before returning to Obito. Thinking that the attack was meant for Minato's shadow clone, they soon realise that Obito was struggling to maintain control and the previous attack was an attempt to destroy the out-of-control portion of his body. Intent on launching his counter-attack, Minato instructs Sasuke and Naruto to follow up with a collaborative attack right after. During this time, Obito — who is only able to utter Rin's name at this point — struggles to maintain his consciousness and with it, the control of the beast. As Minato, remembering the young man he had trained years before, rushes to aid him, in Obito's subconscious, Obito focuses on an image of his old team as the Ten-Tails attempts to rip his consciousness apart, Obito is ultimately able to seize control of the beast, emerging in a form even more reminiscent of the Sage of the Six Paths' silhouette inclusive of a shakujō. In full control, Obito attacks Minato, tearing his arm off, forcing the Fourth Hokage to teleport a safe distance away. However, their safety is proven to be nothing but a ruse as Sasuke and Naruto noticed that Obito had attached some of the mysterious substance to Minato's reconstructing body. In shock, all those around them look on as the ball began to glow, preparing to expand as it had done before.


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers fell 2-0 to the 10th-ranked Saint Leo Lions at Buccaneer Field on Monday in Sunshine State Conference men's soccer action.
The Lions (8-1-1, 2-0-1 SSC) scored twice on deflected goals for the win.
In the fifth minute, Edgar Herrera took a pass back from Henry Adu and ripped a shot from 25 yards out that deflected off a Barry defender and past the keeper into the goal.
In the 54th minute, Herrera and Michael Panter worked a combination on a free kick, with Herrera rolling the ball to Panter who blasted a shot from the right wing that skipped off the head of a defender and into the goal.
The Bucs had a couple of golden scoring chances, but were unable to dent the scoreboard. In the 25th minute, Nico Gercke had two shots point blank near the left post, the Lion keeper Manuel Schoenhuber stopped both. In the 66th minute, Thomas Coombes had a shot blocked in the box and Schoenhuber just got fingertips on Gercke's attempt on the rebound. In the 74th minute, Patrick Drmola ripped a shot from just outside the box on which Schoenhuber made a diving save.
The Bucs (5-7-1, 2-2-0 SSC) held an 18-11 edge in shots, including 8-5 on goal, but Schoenhuber had eight saves to preserve the shutout. Johnny Rodrigues had three saves for the Bucs.
Barry hosts the Florida Tech Panthers on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:00 pm. The Buccaneers won the SSC +4 game 4-1 in Melbourne, Fla., on Sept 21.
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2013 Barry University Soccer
#10 Saint Leo vs Barry (10/14/13 at Miami Shores, FL)
Saint Leo (8-1-1, 2-0-1 SSC) vs. Barry (5-7-1, 2-2-0 SSC)
Date: 10/14/13 Attendance: 128
Weather: luscious
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Saint Leo.............. 1 1 - 2
Barry.................... 0 0 - 0
1. 4:11 SLM Herrera, Edgar (2) (Adu, Henry) - deflection in the box
2. 53:06 SLM Panter, Michael (1) (Herrera, Edgar)
Shots: Saint Leo 11, Barry 18
Saves: Saint Leo 8 (Schoenhuber, Manuel 8), Barry 3 (Johnny Rodrigues 3)


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Your smartphone and tablet, can now make coffee.
We are proud to announce the release of the Scanomat TopBrewer App. This is a revolutionary way to brew a cup of coffee. We designed this to have coffee quality beyond a barista, a new innovative & instinctive user experience and a seamless integration into any environment. Introducing an App within the coffee world gave us the freedom to create something different - to make our dreams become reality. Enjoy it while working, playing or anything in between. Welcome to the future of coffee.
Quick connect
Quickly connect up to multiple devices at once. This makes your office, hotel or any other place you could imagine, a dynamic self-service area. Choose your desired drink fast, like never before. Fast connectivity is truly an important part of the experience
Having the device in the palm of your hand, or made available at a counter, gives you the possibility of customisation with the Scanomat TopBrewer App. Never before, has it been so much fun to make your own cup of coffee. Save it as your personal favorite and give it a custom name. Next time, you will get the coffee served as deserved.
AndroidNow support both iOS and the Android Platform. A broader range of phone and tablets is now possible to use, so everyone can brew from their preferred device. Making your coffee has never before been such a social, and thrilling experience..
With a new stunning user interface and easy to use operations, native iPad support for the TopBrewer is undeniable one of the best add-ons to our system.
Single touch brewing.
One-Click function for fast and easy operations with a clean surfaced animation - interacting with our app and brewing a cup of coffee, is all part of the coffee experience.
Brew status always in presence:
As a user of the TopBrewer, you will always be presented with the current state. Is the machine ready to brew, queuing a drink or is it in the process of grinding your fresh beans. No matter what happens in the process, the TopBrewer will inform you of it's current activity. That's what we think is part of delivering a great user experience!
Be your own barista
Let the user customise their own drink in an intuitive way. Press the customise button, and experience a list of choices on how you want your coffee. Putting a bit more coffee in your morning cappuccino, has now never been easier. This is truly an immersive experience that needs to be tried, to fully understand it's great potential in any situation.
Add as personal favorite:
If satisfied with your customised coffee, you can always add it as your personal favorite and give it a name of your choose. Say you wan't more coffee in your americano or more water, or if needed to fill up cold water to a certain level in your cup, the favorite function makes it happen with a touch of a button.
Coffee Brewing
The art of coffee
Why wait for a cup for coffee?
When the Topbrewer only takes 15 sec to brew a Filter coffee.
The TopBrewer Pro comes fully equipped with two quality, high output grinders. Speed is the key on busy sites anh: d the TopBrewer can deliver a blazing fast brewed black filter coffee without compromising on quality. Due to its ultra fast grinders and brew unit mechanics, recovery times between cups are second to none allowing you to produce up to four cups of filter coffee per minute. Special characteristics are applied to the grinder, pump and brew unit settings, extracting maximum flavour out of the coffee grounds in the blink of an eye. The TopBrewer is setting new standards for what a super-automatic coffee machine can achieve. Perhaps even setting an all new category – can we call it an ULTRA-automatic?
Espresso. Perfectly Brewed.
In just 25 sec, you can be standing with a perfectly brewed Espresso
Extraction is the key. In the past Espresso could only be brewed on conventional manual machines in order to achieve a result that would be considered acceptable.
Scanomat changes that completely with a coffee system, which enables control of every brewing parameter possible. Our 64mm professional grinders allow for precise and fast ground coffee. Our all metal brewing unit takes over and applies correct water temperature, 20 kg of tamping, pre-infusion, and 9 bars of pump pressure – every single time. From the beautiful swan neck flows a vividly brown liquid and the result is a perfect extraction with a beautiful crema on top. Never before has this been possible to achieve on an automatic. Customers demand a consistent, high quality product and the TopBrewer always delivers.
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From the complete standby to first brew it only takes 45 sec.
Imagine a coffee brewer that you don't have to leave running. A coffee brewer that has no pressurized boilers, requires no yearly inspections and heats up water from cold to hot at the push of a button. Stop imagining. TopBrewer comes with a unique new boiler system developed to be powerful as well as energy focused. By heating up fresh water to brewing temperature for every cup, we allow the water to stay cold until brewing, ensuing a higher concentration of oxygen and as a result a better extraction. During the night or periods of inactivity, the brewer is simply powered down. At the press of button it jumps to life and is ready to brew in 45 seconds. Even steam is prepared this fast with the whole drinks menu set. Thanks to a preheated brew unit the first espresso temperature is just perfect.
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The TopBrewer system uniquely combines both hot and cold drinks in one stylish package. Our optional cold water, juice and hot chocolate systems are pushing the boundaries of drink dispensing. With our ice-bank cooling unit you can serve a chilled glas of water in only seconds or do 4,5 liters in one go. At the same time we've included a fridge for up to 6 liters of milk. Combine our ice-bank unit with the Juice system and experience yet another dimension to the TopBrewer. Fresh, icy cold juice is dispensed just right every time and you can pre-define strength and size with ease. The bag-in-box system gives you a high quality, high concentrate product and 100 liters of juice that only takes up little space. Coffee, Juice and Chocolate is now brought together in one single unit.
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1 second grind. 64 mm discs. Stainless steel or ceramic. Automatic adjustment. High output. Unprecedented lifespan. The right ground coffee is crucial to a perfect extraction and we've chosen the best in the industry and fitted two of them to our TopBrewer Pro as standard or as an option on the Compact. The size of the discs enable fast grinds down to one second per cup and also keeps the coffee grounds stable in temperature. Automatic adjustments are made to also ensure a perfect consistency and a choice of stainless steel of ceramic discs can be selected. Whichever combination you choose, the parameters can be made to measure and our grinders will perform again and again, 700.000 cups from now. Select your coffee menu; maybe you would like to have two different roasts, a decaf option or just plainly a grinder for filter coffee and a grinder for espresso. The choice is yours.
The brewer
It is like having your own barista.
Three motors simplify the mechanical moving components rather than using gears and leavers. This means that we reduce mechanical components which can break, and give our customers problems. The whole brewing unit is intelligently made to ensure easy service. You simply loosen a single finger screw, and the whole brewing unit can be pulled out and replaced in under 30 seconds.
As the brewer unit incorporates both motors, a heater and circuit boards, you almost get a new coffee machine in just seconds, reducing any possible down time to a minimum.
Utilizing the core ingredient in best way
The flash-heater makes all the difference. Rather than preheating a large quantity of water which with time just gets worse, we heat fresh cold water in just seconds. This aids to the taste in our coffee and you ask how? CO2 controls the waters ability to contain minerals, which is due to the carbonate system and means all minerals will be non-existent when the CO2 is gone. This does not happen while heating the water, but rather keeping the water at a boiled stage, which most coffee machines do. By instantly heating it we preserve some of the minerals, and this will give a better taste, as well as give better yield of the coffee. A cup of coffee contains 98% water, so therefore the water quality is extremely important.
Brewing Chamber
Short travel for an hot experience.
The hot water is transported no more than 5 cm to enter the brewer chamber. This is preheated by the flash-heater, which means, that the water's heat will not be absorbed by the environment as it is the same temperature. This is very important to make a hot drinkable beverage as the liquid will lose heat once it is poured into a cup. Temperatures are electronically maintained and extremely consistent, meaning that all the way through a shot of espresso, there are no temperature drops and resulting in a pristine espresso experience. ' When the water hits the puck (coffee grounds), the water should be between 92-95 degrees Celcius to get the right extraction and continuously maintained throughout the brew.
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Makes life easier.
Cleaning the machine automatically, even during the day without you noticing it. The fresh milk lines are flushed after every brew, leaving no residue on the insides and minimizing the use of chemicals and shortening the daily cleaning routine. You don't even feel the machine doing it, as it all happens within. After a day of use, a simple 1 minute automatic clean cycle covers the whole machine and rinses both brewer and milk lines thoroughly. Days with heavy use might need more cleaning and here we have a separate, intensive program. With easy access to the brewer it's also a simple task to sweep with a wet cloth and use the cleaning brushes provided. We pride ourselves in saying that Scanomat's fully automatic bean-to-cup machines are the easiest in the industry to clean!


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A red Rose grows in Brooklyn, marries German refugee Albert (from a once-wealthy family but also a gung-ho Jewish communist like herself), and after some debate (a specialty), moves with him to the planned community of Sunnyside Gardens, Queens. There in this imagined socialist utopia, Rose Angrush Zimmer gives birth to daughter Miriam, who at the dawn of the '60s, will herself rebel.
This, grossly simplified, is the tale of "Dissident Gardens," Jonathan Lethem's rich, grotesque and tender family saga, the latest, most pungent of his accounts of growing up absurd in New York City.
Lethem's ninth novel is also the one with the greatest historical span. Rose and Albert meet cute in the mid-1930s, both dispatched by their separate, poorly coordinated Communist cells to infiltrate a meeting of the Gramercy Park Young People's League; some 70 years later, their grandchild Sergius meets something like a young version of Rose, at an Occupy manifestation in a New England college town.
Portraying three generations of American leftists, "Dissident Gardens" is a tragic farce that takes as its central joke that as Rose is verging on dementia, she comes to realize that the 20th century's "great comedy" was "that Communism had never existed, not once."
Daughter Miriam is born in 1942 with America at war, with the Axis and indigenous Communism in full anti-fascist flower. Then, as the poisonous weed of the Cold War develops, fraternal feelings toward the Soviet Union wither and Reds such as Miriam's parents find themselves rooted out. Albert repatriates to East Germany, never to return, while Rose is expelled from the party for her loud mouth and open affair with a married, black cop.
It is Miriam's misfortune — and Rose's greatness as a character — that her mother never loses her faith. Rose is not just the Red Queen of Sunnyside Gardens but also the Red Queen to Miriam's Alice in Wonderland. A one-woman Communist Party, Rose battles on, swimming against the tide of history — a frighteningly intelligent woman locked in mortal combat with her equally smart daughter.
Eluding the romantic designs of second cousin Lenny (short for "Lenin"), whose other impossible dreams include bringing "urban socialistic baseball" to Queens in the form of the Sunnyside Pros (short for Proletarian), Miriam splits for the boho folkie mecca of MacDougal Street, weds somewhat hapless Irish protest singer Tommy Gogan, lives in an East Village commune and gives birth to Sergius (inappropriately named for Norman Mailer's sexual swashbuckler Sergius O'Shaugnessy in "The Time of Her Time"). She and Tommy then join the Sandinistas, leaving Sergius to be brought up motherless at a Quaker school in rural Pennsylvania and, never less than bewildered, ring down the curtain in the more or less present, post-Cold War day.
Adroitly set in the once-real alternate universe of American Communist true believers, "Dissident Gardens" is as full of riffs as Rose and Miriam are of opinions. The madcap night when 17-year-old Miriam attempts to lose her virginity to a Columbia undergrad she has picked up in a Village coffee house and dragged back to Sunnyside, but then winds up brawling with her mother in the tiny kitchen of their garden apartment, is a showstopper that deserves to be named, pace Gypsy, "Rose's Turn." Many chapters later, Miriam finds her voice in a long letter, at once totally stoned and absolutely lucid, that she writes to her father at the Werkhofinstitut Rosa Luxemburg in Dresden, unread (except by the Stasi and us).
Lethem is a master of rhetoric as well as a master ventriloquist, at one point channeling that other son of western Queens, Archie Bunker, in a flawless burst of sustained pop surrealism. In its way, "Dissident Gardens" is as extravagantly cross-referenced as anything by Thomas Pynchon. Perhaps one needs to know something about murder victim Kitty Genovese, corrupt Queens borough president Donald Manes, the progressive children's book "The Story of Ferdinand" and how the New York Mets emerged from the wreckage of the Continental League to appreciate Lethem's wit.
To list his evident heroes, Lethem is as ambitious as Mailer, as funny as Philip Roth and as stinging as Bob Dylan — not least when he describes the effect of "Like a Rolling Stone" on Miriam's poor Tommy: "For two weeks now the new Dylan had poured from every radio in Greenwich Village, from parlor windows thrust wide as if to draw the last shreds of oxygen from the suffocated sidewalks, the track's sound mercurial and seasick, its scorning inquiry forcing each lonely person to give account, if only to themselves: how does it feel?"
Impressive as they were, previous novels "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude" had difficulty piloting their ungainly narratives to safe harbor; although formally more coherent, "Chronic City" was also a slighter tale. "Dissident Gardens" shows Lethem in full possession of his powers as a novelist, as he smoothly segues between historical periods and internal worlds. I was rapt, although, having myself grown up in Queens among wannabe folkies and the children of persecuted Stalinists, a habitué of Shea Stadium (a "Sterno can in Band-Aids of orange and blue" that "heaved into view two stops before the Willets Point exit") as well as a member of the Student Peace Union, I may not be entirely objective.
As Lethem writes of Miriam, "Dissident Gardens" is a "hilarious and companionable" novel. It's also erudite, beautifully written, wise, compassionate, heartbreaking and pretty much devoid of nostalgia.
Hoberman's most recent book is "Film After Film: Or, What Became of 21st Century Cinema."
Dissident Gardens
A Novel
Jonathan Lethem
Doubleday: 384 pp., $27.95


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Poyet hails 'incredible' Sunderland triumph
Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet hailed his team as "incredible" after guiding them to the League Cup final on Wednesday.
A Jonny Evans goal in the 37th minute looked to be enough to send Manchester United through on away goals at Old Trafford, but Phil Bardsley netted a late leveller in extra time to put Sunderland 3-2 ahead on aggregate.
Javier Hernandez capped a frantic last two minutes by netting another for United to send the match to penalties, which saw just three players find the net before Vito Mannone made a crucial save from Rafael to seal a 2-1 spot-kick victory and book a March meeting with Manchester City at Wembley.
"You know how difficult it's been this season for us," he said. "It's been really tough for the players, the fans, the club, the chairman. Every single one.
"To have a day of football like today is incredible."
"It's great for everybody, great for football. I know for Man United it's not that good. I thought it was a great story for football - let's see if we can go one more.
"The things that happened today is incredible, but the players have been outstanding. Credit to them."
Asked whether he thought Sunderland could defeat Manchester City in the final, Poyet looked ahead to what he knew would be a tough ask.
"Who knows?" he added. "It's going to be an incredible task. We need to be our best, hope Manchester City have a bad day, be very organised and take our chances.
"The idea is to go and make the fans proud as well, so if we play like we did today, maybe we get that chance."


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31 July 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Tobias Bigler (Beighler or Beightler), c 1805 - 1890, Union County, Ohio
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Laura, how neat that someone took the trouble not only to identify this man but to provide a little synopsis of his migration, AND a date for the photo! Wish I could be so lucky with the photo cards in my collection! He looks like quite the distinguished gentleman.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Shelley! Thanks for posting...it's nice to hear from you.Delete
A.H. was the grandson of Tobias Bigler through Samuel Bigler/Beightler. A.H. was clearly a man of means; I found an ad he'd placed in the Marysville newspaper in March, 1880:
"$100,000 to Loan On long time to farmers in Union County, accured by first mortgage on improved farms. Interest one percent. lower than heretofore. No Life Insurance. For particulars, please call on
A. H. BEIGHTLER Marysville, Ohio Attorney at Law"
There's a great piece in one of the histories of Union County about Tobias; of course it speaks glowingly about who he was. He was the father of at least 14 children and was himself one of 12. I've only scratched the surface in researching this family, and I'm really looking forward to being in Marysville in a few weeks to see where he lived and find out if the Historical Society has information on the family.
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