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Alaska Department of Fish and Game sonar technicians have been done processing data from the two king salmon sonar sites on the Kenai River since late October, however, staff have been largely unwilling to discuss 2013 results, saying interpretations are still in draft form.
Managers deferred questions to regional supervisor Jim Hasbrouck who said Fish and Game staff planned to have a Frequently Asked Questions document for the public sometime in the next week. He said he was not prepared to discuss specific results of the 2013 sonar data.
Hasbrouck, the southcentral regional supervisor, said Fish and Game staff had not been specifically told they could not discuss the results of the sonar program.
"To my knowledge there hasn't been any message delivered to squelch people from talking; we've not had a meeting and said 'OK, you guys can't talk to the media about anything," he said. "People are uncomfortable, I'm even uncomfortable talking about it because it is so new."
The two sonar sites, one at river mile 8.6 and one at river mile 13.7, are used by the sportfish division of Fish and Game to count king salmon in the river. The former is used for inseason fisheries management while the latter is an experimental site Fish and Game staff are considering for management use in the future.
Steve Fleischman, a fisheries scientist in the Fish and Game statewide research and technical services office, said Monday he and others tasked with the postseason analysis were primarily done.
"I think we've pretty much done as much postseason scrutiny of the numbers as we're going to and there were some surprises in there, but for the most part it kind of makes sense," he said.
Still, he deferred specific questions to Hasbrouck and said it was not his decision to release new data to the public.
Hasbrouck said Fish and Game "higher-ups" needed to meet during the first week of December to discuss how Fish and Game would present the information.
"It's not like this means that the interpretation is going to change," Hasbrouck said. "There are just other people that are part of the discussion."
From those discussions, Hasbrouck said Thursday he was concerned that if he spoke about 2013 season sonar data, he could say something in error.
"We're working on this (question and answer) or FAQ ... there are a lot of people on the peninsula that have questions and you know they've got those questions and they don't feel the department is providing them with an answer. Well, in large part it's because we're trying to figure it out," Hasbrouck said.
Preseason, during public meetings Fish and Game managers and staff consistently said data from the experimental sonar site would not be used for inseason management and 2013 was the first time the new king sonar program was run for an entire season.
Trying to figure out the ins and outs of the new sonar site and how its data relates to data generated from the lower site is an ongoing process, Hasbrouck said.
"We were just trying to determine this year if we could actually operate a sonar program there and be able to get estimates of passage in some kind of production way inseason," he said. "Can we even get sound in the water? What kind of problems may we run into at this particular site that affects the sound that's in the water or will we see some really strange behavior such that it's really not any better there than it is (at the original site)?"
While unwilling to discuss specifics, Hasbrouck did say staff considered the 2013 season's "test run" of the experimental site a success.
Management for the 2014 fishing season will continue to be based on data that comes from the original king salmon sonar site at river mile 8.6 but staff will run the two sonar projects in tandem for the entirety of the next season, he said.
"There were so many questions that arose after the work that we did this year that we need to work on those and try to get those figured out," Hasbrouck said. One of those questions will depend on the 2014 season and specifically how pink salmon interact with the new sonar site.
Pink salmon typically run up the Kenai river in even-numbered years so staff have yet to see how those salmon would interfere — or if they would interfere — with sonar ability to count king salmon.
Debby Burwen, a sportfish division biologist who has been with the Kenai king salmon sonar project for several years, wrote in an email that the department was not unnecessarily holding back information.
"Just because the data has been mostly processed, that doesn't mean we have finished subjecting it to the scrutiny and quality control review that we typically perform post-season on all of our sonar data," Burwen wrote.
Most of the post-season analysis she was referring to, she wrote, came from the department's experimental sonar site at river mile 13.7, where managers ran a large bank-to-bank sonar array for the entire king salmon season to determine if the site could be used for fisheries management in the future.
"We really aren't trying to be coy, we simply want to be very thorough before we release the 'final' estimates," Burwen wrote. "People can get quite upset if you change your estimates even a small amount once these final estimates are released."
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Thank you for continuing nuweb development. I have tried several other literate programming tools such as web, cweb, and funnelweb, and find this to be the simplest to use. I like the new additions of allowing use of latex listings package and the -c+ option to allow fragments to be identified in the source. I am planning on using this tool to help beginning programmers write literate programs while learning C++ for the first time.
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The bar owner charged with serving a 21-year-old at least 24 shots of alcohol was sentenced in Hardin County Municipal Court Thursday.
Richard Cribley, 61, pleaded no contest in Hardin County Municipal Court on charges of furnishing intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person at Cribley Inc., also known as the Regal Beagle Bar (pictured), 103-107 N. Main Street in Ada. Cribley received five days in jail with all of those days suspended, a $225 fine, and six months of unsupervised probation.
"We hope that this case has opened the eyes to bar owners and their employees of the dangers of over-serving their patrons," said Agent-in-Charge Raymond Rodriguez of the Ohio Investigative Unit Toledo District. "We are fortunate this young man was not more seriously injured."
In September, Ohio Investigative Unit agents began a month-long investigation after being contacted by the Ada Police Department about a young man who was admitted into intensive care with alcohol poisoning.
In December, bartender Joseph Jarvi, 33, was sentenced to five days in jail with four days suspended, a $200 fine, 16 hours of community service, and six months of probation.
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The UUA also supports congregations to provide programs like Coming of Age for middle-school youth, Bridging for young people transitioning out of childhood into young adulthood, and From the High Hill for older adults looking back across their lives.
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Wolfgang Krege
Wolfgang Krege (February 1, 1939- April 13, 2005) was a german author and translator. In the sixties, he studied philosophy at the university in Berlin. Since 1970 he works as an editor and subeditor, but as a translator, too. The first work, he translated, written by Tolkien, was The Silmarillion (as Das Silmarillion 1978), this translation was a great success for him. His next "project" was the new translation of The Hobbit, which was first translated years before by Walter Scherf (as Kleiner Hobbit und der große Zauberer 1957 later as Der kleine Hobbit 1971). The modernized translation was published 1997. With his knowledge about J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, he writes the encyclopaedia Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde (Guide of the wise men of Middle-earth) in 1996 and an elvish-dictionary in 2003. Beside his translations of Tolkien's works, he was the translator of books by authors like Anthony Burgess, E. Annie Proulx, Amélie Nothomb, Joseph Conrad, William Goldman and many others.
In 2000 his most discussed translation was published, a new german rendering of The Lord of the Rings. Krege tries there to render the original language style into german equivalents. Actually he accomplish, that the translated text seems more vivid. But a mistake of him was, that he used, to render the everday language of, for example the Hobbits, the too modern german language style of the early nineties. Because of this, the archaic narrative style of the original otftenly get lost. A popular example for one of this mistranslations is Krege's rendering of Samwise Gamgee's title he gives to Frodo Baggins, in the english version this title is "master", for this, the old translation has "Herr" (lord/master), but the new translation has "Chef" (boss/head). The word "Chef", seems not the perfect choice for the relationship of a rural gardner to his lordship. Most of the fans prefer the first translation by Margaret Carroux, but there are a lot of others, who like Wolfgang Krege's modern rendering.
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- The Silmarillion (as Das Silmarillion 1978)
- Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (as J.R.R. Tolkien: Briefe 1991)
- Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde (Middle-earth guide) (author) 1996
- The Hobbit (as Der Hobbit 1997)
- The Lord of the Rings (as Der Herr der Ringe with completed Appendices 2000)
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (as J.R.R.Tolkien: Autor des Jahrhunderts 2002)
- Elbisches Wörterbuch (elvish-dictionary) (author) 2003
- Ardapedia (German)


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Hard to believe, but there is a small Mexican food truck on Elma Rd. in Akron OH. I found out while driving to my new dentist's office down the street. When I asked the receptionist there, they all mentioned they had never tried it, but heard good things. So...after my oral TSA exam, I checked it out.
Their menu was pretty traditional...tacos, burritos, and the like. I opted for the beef tongue tacos and the marinated pork tacos. ($1.50/each) Both served with green and red salsa (actual sauce, sans chunks) and a side of key limes, pickled onions and jalapenos, sliced cucumbers and radishes. Me likey! Amy got a vegetarian burrito ($2.50)...which perplexed the spanish speakers taking my order...but eventually, she got a "burrito con no carne". HA!
I liked mine...although a bit under seasoned...i thought it definitely had the authentic Mexican vibe down. Not since my last trip to Mexico have I had flavors like that. The marinated pork was better than i expected...but the beef tongue was not as fatty as I would have liked. All in all...I would give the experience a thumbs up for vibe and authenticity...but a eeeeh for flavor.
Amy thought her burrito was nothing to write home about, as it was simply a burrito without any meat in it..making it mo more than a shell with rice, avocado and beans. Given their propensity for under-seasoning, i can see why she didn't love it.
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Levi Burt Michael
Born on February 9th, 1991 in Lexington, NC
Size at birth - small
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180 lbs
Position: SS (drafted as SS)
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
High School: North Davidson in Lexington, NC
College: University of North Carolina Tar Heels (2009-11)
Major: Exercise & Sports Science
Acquired: 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft - Pick #30 of the 1st round
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The 2011 Minnesota Twins might've addressed their biggest need with the 30th pick in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft by taking University of North Carolina Junior SS Levi Michael. In his 3rd season with UNC, the switch hitting infielder is currently batting .297 with an on-base percentage of .444 while slugging .455 with 14 doubles, 3 triples, 5 HRs and 48 RBIs. He's stolen 15 bases on 16 attempts and has 47 walks and 41 strikeouts. He's had 8 errors in the 60 games he's played so far this season. North Carolina is the 3rd overall seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. UNC made it to the Super Regionals and will host Stanford in a best of 3 series starting Friday at 2pm Central time on ESPN.
It sounds like Levi Michael has great makeup as he finished high school early in January of his senior year so he could enroll at UNC and be their starting 2nd baseman by the time the season began in February of 2009. That's pretty amazing for an 18-year-old kid. He finished that season with a .290/.377/.527 line while hitting 15 doubles, 4 triples, 13 HRs and 57 RBIs with 26 walks and 56 strikeouts. He was 5 for 9 in stolen base attempts and had 15 errors in his 65 games at second base.
He got even better in his sophomore season. Levi had to move over to 3rd base for 59 of the 60 games played throughout the college season and he ended up with 13 errors and a .913 fielding percentage. He made up for it with the bat, his plate discipline and his speed. He batted .346/.480/.575 with 14 doubles, 4 triples, 9 HRs and 54 RBIs with 44 walks and 26 strikeouts. He also stole 20 bases in 22 attempts.
It should be fun to watch Levi Michael progress through the Twins system. He has the versatility to play either middle infield spot although a lot of scouts think he will end up at second base.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at a meeting to be held at the Bureau Township Hall at the corner of 2100 North Avenue and 1500 East Street next to the former township school gym and ag building, the Bureau Township Board of Trustees plans to vote on increasing salaries to be paid to all the township officials of Bureau Township for the upcoming term of 2013-2017.
The board voted in 2008 to significantly raise their salaries (the part-time township road commissioner by more than 300 percent from $5,000 to $20,400-plus per year).
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The good news – it was a night of firsts
The Vancouver Canucks won their fourth consecutive game in Edmonton on Tuesday night, beating the young Oilers 4-3. With the win – the team's first on the road so far this season – the Canucks have risen to the top of the Northwest Division with 14 points in 11 games.
Alex Burrows made his return to the lineup last night, and looked good early in the game. He went to the right places, and nearly potted his first goal of the season on a cheeky centering pass from Daniel Sedin. He was visibly tired in the second half of the game, understandable seeing as he hasn't seen game action since the spring.
Raffi Torres scored his first career hat trick, and interestingly became the first ex-Oiler to net three goals in one game against Edmonton. (That's right, Wayne Gretzky couldn't do it. Mark Messier didn't manage it. Before Torres, no one had been able to score thrice in one game against the Oil after leaving the Edmonton organization. That's right – not even Jimmy Carson.) Torres, one of the few NHLers of Latin American descent, now has six goals in 11 games – he scored 19 times in 74 games last season, and has a career high of 27 goals back in 2005-06 while skating for those same Oilers.
Daniel Sedin scored his team-leading 8th goal. Brother Henrik is first in the league with 12 assists. Before Dustin Penner's wraparound goal – see the bad news below – Roberto Luongo threatened to go on his first shutout streak of the season. He looked solid, even intimidating, playing the day after beating Martin Brodeur's New Jersey Devils 3-0.
The bad news – an old pattern resurfaces
Last year's Canucks juggernaut was exceptionally proficient at putting the puck in the net. Unfortunately, whenever they went up early in a game, the team would collapse into a defensive shell and let the other guys come at them, wave after scary wave. No lead – whether one, two, three, even four goals! – no lead was safe as long as the forwards stopped pressing the hapless opposition.
Unlike Alain Vigneault and his coaching staff, the Oilers apparently watched those tapes. When the Canucks went up 3-0 on Tuesday night, they looked like an infinitely more experienced, composed squad and threatened to put the boots to these youngsters. Even when Andrew Cogliano surprised Andrew Alberts behind the Vancouver net, and Dustin Penner swept in a wraparound to make it 3-1, the Canucks should have taken it in stride. They should have pushed to answer. They should have done anything necessary to regain their three-goal advantage. Mikael Samuelsson, to name one, should have, I dunno, tried.
Instead, they treated Taylor Hall and Co with that respect usually reserved for untouchables like Sid the Kid, or elder statesmen like Nik Lidstrom and the Detroit Red Wings. They let these embryonic superstars skate unchallenged at poor Roberto Luongo. They dropped checks: Mason Raymond was actually the goat on that first Edmonton goal – he let Cogliano go unimpeded into the big Canucks D-man to jar the puck loose.
The Canucks panicked. When Gilbert Brule blew a laserbeam top shelf to tie the game at three, Vancouver fans had to be running endless mental film from last season's blown leads against a truckload of teams. Hell, of last playoff's blown leads against Chicago in particular.
Raffi Torres scored the winning goal on a lucky dribbler from just inside the blueline. Don't get me wrong – a good team needs to win on a lucky goal once in a while, too. But great teams don't need a horseshoe where the sun don't shine – not when they've taken a 3-0 lead by halfway through the first period.
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POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Fire tore through a family's eastern Pennsylvania home on Mother's Day, authorities said, killing four young children, their father and another relative while their mother was across the street doing laundry at a friend's house.
The blaze broke out around 11:55 p.m. Sunday at the single-family home in Pottsville. Firefighters later found all of the bodies on the third floor of the building, which sits on a steep hillside not far from the D.G. Yuengling & Son brewery in Pennsylvania's coal country, about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
The fire was declared under control shortly before 1 a.m. A fire marshal was sifting through the debris later Monday morning and authorities were searching for the cause.
The Schuylkill County Coroner's office identified the victims as the father, Eric Brown, 30; and his children, Elijah Brown, 2; Emily Brown, 3; Jeremiah Brown, 7; and Joy Brown, 8. Another adult, Kristina Thomas, 26, also died in the fire. She's the sister of 28-year-old Kelly Brown, the mother who survived.
Kelly Brown had been doing laundry at a neighbor's house nearby at the time of the blaze because her washing machine was broken, according to the neighbor, Jennifer Purcell. Purcell said they had smelled smoke and gone outside, when she saw the flames and said, "Oh my God, your house is on fire."
They both ran up the street to the house, but weren't able to get inside, Purcell said.
Kelly Brown started screaming to emergency personnel keeping her back, "What do you mean I can't go in? My kids are in there, my husband is in there, my sister is in there. I've got to get them," according to Purcell. Brown got weak after that and had to be walked down the street because she couldn't stand, Purcell said.
Kelly Brown is now staying at her parent's house elsewhere in Pottsville, Purcell said, adding that they later spoke on the phone and her friend was devastated.
"She's a wreck," Purcell said. "Not only did she lose, as she said, her best friend, her husband, her kids, but it also happened on Mother's Day."
Neighbors said they heard screams for help, but the flames were too intense by the time they got to the house to try to rescue the family.
Jeff Kuhlwind, 50, who lives across the street, said he was on his computer in the front of his house when he heard screaming, "Help! Help me!"
He said he called 911, ran outside and saw "massive flames" shooting from a second-floor window. He saw a woman toward the house screaming for help, saying that a man and kids were still inside.
The woman turned around as if to go back inside, but Kuhlwind said he ordered her to stay out. He and several other neighbors ran up to the front of the house and he was about to go inside when he saw flames shooting outside the front window and was forced away.
"Nobody was getting in, there wasn't no way," he said. "It went quick, really, really quick."
The upper two floors of the three-story home were charred and the rear of the building appeared to have sustained heavy damage, with several of the walls knocked out. Furniture and other debris sat on the front lawn.
Crews from all the city's fire companies responded to the blaze and Pottsville fire Chief Todd March said crews had to proceed carefully through the building because of the extensive amount of damage.


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SERC Student Systems Engineering Research Paper Award
Purpose: Inspire and recognize innovative doctoral-level research related to the field of systems engineering. This award carries a $500 grant to the doctoral student along with a plaque and recognition at the annual SERC Sponsor Research Review (SSRR).
1. Advancement of the state-of-the-knowledge in systems engineering
2. Potential for the advancement of the state-of-the-practice of systems engineering within the next 5 to 10 years
Application Process:
1. A completed award application form. This form can be downloaded from the SERC website.
2. Each applicant MUST have a faculty reference submit recommendation letters on their behalf. Recommendation forms can also be downloaded from the SERC website.
3. Completed application forms and faculty references must be received by 15 October of each year. Submissions will be accepted until 15 October of this year. (The award will be made at the annual SERC Sponsor Research Review symposium)
Eligibility Requirements:
1. Status as qualified Ph.D. student in a SERC collaborator institution degree program.
2. Author of peer reviewed publication related to SERC sponsored research.
3. Applicants may not receive more than one award.
Please return the completed application package to: [email protected]


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I missed last week, but in last couple of weeks I did get a couple of books.
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo (publisher)
Dancing on Broken Glass - Ka Hancock (publisher)
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
Books I am reading this week:
11-22-63 Stephen King ( Yes I am re reading this on audiobook this time. It's all Sheila's fault really after her glowing review of it.)
The Beach - Alex Garland ( I will finish this this week. I have other books, I'm anxiously awaiting to read)


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[A]t an anti-war rally at James Madison Park, Elliott Adams, national president of Veterans for Peace, described a similar "Norman Rockwell" scene from a previous Memorial Day parade and suggested the culture that allowed the Iraq war to happen is instilled in Americans at a young age.And here's how Uncle Jimbo puts it in a blogpost he calls "Moonbat Memorial Day":
Like the crowd of more than 300, many of them carrying signs with messages like "Bring the troops home now," Adams commemorated Memorial Day with a message of peace.
"It's a great day to end war," Adams said.
"It's a great day to honor the dead," Jim Hanson muttered audibly during the speech, adjusting his video camera.
Hanson writes for a right-wing military blog and planned to post the video of the rally online with commentary about how Memorial Day is not about war protests. His presence, however, -- and side comments -- began to attract the attention of members of the audience, some of whom intentionally stood in front of Hanson's camera and accused him of being a National Security Agency operative.
Joshua Gaines, an Iraq veteran, finally confronted Hanson. They exchanged heated words; both sides implied the other was trampling the Bill of Rights; then, as quickly as it started, the conflict cooled down as both sides backed off.
"He can be here," Gaines said later. "But don't interrupt an honorable speaker like this."
They had anti-war BS and every flavor of agit-prop, but not a single solitary moment in 2 1/2 hours mentioned the sacrifices of all the men and women since 1776 who made it possible for them to whine, and whine they did. I filmed most of it and it was drivel. If anyone has a single moment where our war dead were honored in this I will recant, 'cuz I didn't hear any, and that chafed my cones.
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Nestled in the hills of southwestern Lincoln County, Coldwater United Methodist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary among friends and family during special homecoming Sunday.
A large crowd gathered for the occasion, which included services led by the Rev. Jim Beaty, guest speaker, followed by lunch on the grounds and some good bluegrass gospel with the Golden Hollow Band, a favorite group of the church's members for the last several years.
The roots of the church go back as far as the mid 19th century. Coldwater United Methodist Church was originally organized in 1860, as Smith's Chapel, and it was located at that time on Molino Road, a half-mile north of present-day Coldwater Creek Road and Molino Road.
On Dec. 19, 1860 the building lot was deeded to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for a grand sum of $5. Unfortunately, it is believed that the records from the period of 1860-1890 were destroyed in a parsonage fire in the 1970s.
Before the new church was built in its present location at 618 Old Railroad Bed Road, the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased Reuben's Chapel in Coldwater, an African American Baptist church, for the sum of $100 on April 24, 1912. Reuben Chapel then purchased the Smith's Chapel building and land on Molino Road.
A new church building was erected in the spring of 1913 after the Baptist church on Coldwater Creek was torn down. Other than electricity being installed in the mid to late 1930s, the structure remained mostly unchanged through the '40s. In the 1950s several improvements were made to the building, including the additions of running water, a basement and a furnace.
Not until the 1980s were more improvements made, including an addition that housed a new fellowship hall, primary classroom, kitchen and two bathrooms. Additionally, in 1983 Carter Hill Cemetery was established and made part of the church to operate and maintain. Central heat and air conditioning was installed in the church in 1994. Major renovations were undertaken in 2000, with vinyl siding being added to the exterior and a new metal roof put on.
Four years later a pavilion was built on the grounds to benefit both the church and the community. Then in 2005 the church floors, which had previously been painted gray, were stripped and refinished. New carpeting was installed in the aisles, on the pulpit and in the vestibule of the church.
The church purchased a property directly in front of the building in 2010, adding much needed parking space for the congregation.
Currently there are a little over 100 people on the church roll, with approximately 55 members of the congregation attending Sunday services weekly.
"Our heritage is one of warm hearts and giving hands," reads a booklet compiled in celebration of Coldwater United Methodist's 200th year. The front of the booklet reads, "Coldwater United Methodist Church has been blessed by God through the many generations of people who have passed through these doors."
The community itself also has a rich history. Early settlers of the Coldwater area grew out of the Revolutionary War land grants made in 1784. At that time, the land belonged to the Cherokee and Chickasaw Native Americans. In 1806, the Chickasaws relinquished their hunting grounds and in 1807, the Cherokees signed a treaty in Washington, D.C., freeing their land for white settlements.
Through the years Coldwater became a small village with a number of services and family-owned businesses, schools, churches, gristmills and stores providing the necessities of life.
Perhaps the most momentous event was in 1904 when the NC&SL railroad brought modern progress into Coldwater, turning the tiny village into a thriving little town with hotels, a depot, bank, and other homes and buildings. But in 1929, the railroad line shut down, and with its demise, the town soon faded.


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A street-sweeper has run over and crushed a car, killing its driver in a "horrific" crash in Gippsland.
The driver of the street-sweeper has been treated for shock. The driver of a second car that was somehow involved has been hospitalised with a broken ankle.
The accident happened on the South Gippsland Highway at Foster North at 8.04am on Wednesday, said Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen.
"We don't know how it happened," said Mr Mullen. "The police are trying to work it out. The car has ended up under the street sweeper and the person has been trapped and deceased.
"How it happened I've got no idea. It's a street sweeper and, I think, a BMW sedan."
Mr Mullen said the age and sex of the driver of the crushed car was uncertain.
He said that, somehow, a second car became involved in the collision. The driver of that car had been taken a local hospital with an ankle injury.


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I think you and your DH are being a bit unreasonable by focusing so much on Saturday. What if Saturday were the day your FIL worked and that made it hard to see him, would that be unreasonable? They are watching your nephew. I don't see why you can't visit them when he's there and spend time with him as well. If he misbehaves, then talk to him and try to teach him some better manners. You're going to have your own child soon, if you have no patience now what will you do when your own child starts to act out? I don't understand how an outing with 4 adults can't take place because of one 6 year old who has tantrums. I can't believe that not one single adult in the group can occupy the kid so that the shopping goal can take place. I'm sorry OP but I think this situation is not entirely unreasonable and that the only reason you're stuck is because you have backed yourself into a corner by your own doing. While your SIL may be too dependent on your parents, I don't think 1 day a week babysitting is unreasonable, plus it's time for your nephew to spend with his grandparents. The only unreasonableness I see if you and your DH refusing to work with your ILs because the nephew is present. Sure, your IL's could ask SIL to give them a day off once in a while, but it's one day a week and other than the store being open on Saturday it's not like it's impossible to have any other time with them. I just don't see why this is such an ordeal, I feel like a mountain is being made from a molehill.
I think that the grandparents made a reasonable compromise to fulfill both obligations. One babysits, as promised, and the other goes shopping, as promised. If your DH is unhappy about the long term commitment that his parents made to his sister, he needs to have a conversation with them about that. He could mention that they will soon have another grandchild with whom they can spend time, but the current agreement might need to be reassessed. But that is separate from the shopping for a crib issue, which has been resolved.
Questions are:-Is DH reasonable upset?-What would a reasonable time window to request parent in law's saturday for such visits?-Does anyone else have experience with parents who are not so available because they are busy with siblings? If so, how does or did it work out for you?
Quote from: girlysprite on October 03, 2012, 06:04:08 AMQuestions are:-Is DH reasonable upset?-What would a reasonable time window to request parent in law's saturday for such visits?-Does anyone else have experience with parents who are not so available because they are busy with siblings? If so, how does or did it work out for you? All the background isn't relevant as to how she got pregnant, or that her schedule is flexible etc. What matters is that you already know that Saturdays aren't a good day. Period.Your dh essentially tried to make his parents choose him or his sister when it's already been established that they watch the grandson on Saturdays. i would have tried to meet after work during the week, or find out what time Saturdays the sil works and meet before or after. As for making visits difficult, you can't visit them on Sundays or any other day of the week? It isn't trying to put your husband in second place, it's respecting what's already was put in place before you got pregnant etc. It sucks but it is what it is and instead of getting upset over it, I would ask your husband to accept it as well.And yes I have been in your husband's shoes and after years of having been upset about it, I have just accepted it. I can tell you that I am so much more peaceful now about it.
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Balotelli is the best striker Italy has at this moment. El Shaarawy is the best player in form. Di Natale is good when plays with Udinese, in Nazionale he never plays very well. The first two are young and promising players instead Di Natale is old and at the end of his career. This friendly against France is the right match to make experiments and try young players on the pitch togeteher. Di Natale does not make sense to play.
Play to win, Italy! Your FIFA ranking depends on it. LOL
Shaarawy and Balotelli are not good enough players to start in an Italy lineup imo. Of course this is a friendly so there's no problem, but it seems like they'll start in official matches as well. I'd sue the Italian Football Federation if I was Antonio di Natale.


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A fire sparked in the flue of a wood-burning stove, spread into the attic and destroyed a home in Mills River Thursday morning, igniting a reminder for others to have chimneys inspected before firing them up.
A fire sparked in the flue of a wood-burning stove, spread into the attic and destroyed a home in Mills River Thursday morning, igniting a reminder for others to have chimneys inspected before firing them up.
Fireplaces or wood stoves look more inviting as cool temperatures settle in, but the eye may not see the flammable creosote that builds up inside a chimney. Once creosote is ignited, the fire can spread from the walls of the chimney to the walls of a home within minutes, according to firefighters who are urging residents to have their chimneys checked.
A homeowner on Alexander Drive in Mills River placed wood in his woodstove and left for work around 8 a.m. "After he left, a chimney fire started in the flue pipe," said Mills River Fire Chief Rick Livingston. "It spread into the attic."
No one was at home at the time and the blaze went unchecked until a highway patrolman saw smoke when he was driving down N.C. Highway 280.
The patrolman turned down Alexander Drive to investigate and found the fire. He reported it to dispatch and ran inside to check for anyone inside. When firefighters with the Mills River Fire Department arrived, the blaze had burned through the roof.
"It was quite a challenge to bring it under control without losing the entire home," Livingston said. "The sad part about a lot of the fires we go to is the fact that there are a lot of folks out there that burn wood in a wood stove or others that think chimney fires are nothing to worry about… This is another example that that is far from the truth."
Twenty-five percent of the home suffered heavy fire damage. The rest of the home was damaged by smoke.
"We just want to remind people, please, please be very careful and cautious," Livingston said, urging others to have chimney pipes and stoves cleaned on a regular basis and checked at least twice a year. Stoves and chimneys should be checked by certified professionals, he said, especially before they are used and during the colder weather when they are used most often.
People are also reminded to open their flues before burning in their chimneys or stoves. A home was filled with smoke in the Valley Hill Fire District Wednesday after a homeowner accidentally forgot to open the flue to his chimney before burning a chimney sweeping log.
Although there are logs, sprays and granules which advertise self-cleaning and creosote removal, most packages also say the products are not a replacement for annual chimney sweeping. The products may not be 100 percent effective, Livingston added.
He reminds residents never to burn green wood or soft wood products, like pine, cardboard and paper, which can lead to more creosote.
Creosote is a corrosive and combustible substance that gums up the inside walls of a chimney and stove pipe as wood products are burned in a fireplace or wood stove. The built-up soot can hinder proper ventilation and catch fire within a chimney flue.
Livingston encourages people to only burn seasoned hardwood that has been cut for at least a year and to make sure smoke detectors in the home are working. Wednesday's chimney fire call was his department's first for the season.
The family on Alexander Drive is being helped by the American Red Cross. Mills River firefighters had the blaze under control in about 15 minutes.
The Mills River Fire & Rescue department can provide smoke detectors for those in their community who are unable to purchase them. Firefighters have also helped install smoke alarms for those with mobility challenges.
Other safety tips provided by the National Fire Prevention Association include:
- Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, like the furnace, fireplace, wood stove or portable space heater.
- Have a three-foot "kid-free zone" around open fires and space heaters.
- Never use your oven to heat your home.
- Have heating equipment and chimneys cleaned and inspected every year by a qualified professional.
- Remember to turn portable heaters off when leaving the room or going to bed.
- Always use the right kind of fuel, specified by the manufacturer, for fuel-burning space heaters.
- Make sure the fireplace has a sturdy screen to stop sparks from flying into the room. Ashes should be cool before putting them in a metal container. Keep the container a safe distance away from your home.
- Test smoke alarms monthly.
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May 7, 2013
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For ages 18 months to 5 years
Major support for children's and young adult programming is provided by the Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Barakett Endowment for Children's and Young Adult Programs and Services. Major support for children's and young adult programming is provided by the Katerina and Andreas C. Dracopoulos Family Endowment for Young Audiences. Additional support is provided by the Estate of Charles J. Mauro; the Estate of William C. Morris; the Estate of Esther Manes; Good Samaritan, Inc.; New York Life Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Sandra Priest Rose; Solon E. Summerfield Foundation, Inc.; Con Edison; Mr. and Mrs. John Klingenstein; Beth and Christopher Kojima; Epstein Teicher Philanthropies; Mr. and Mrs. George T. Votis; The Walt Disney Company; U.S. Bancorp Foundation; The Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation; and an anonymous donor.
You and your child are invited for a rollicking, musical romp! Language development, music literacy, books sung out loud, puppet shows, instrument demonstrations, movement activities, socialization, sing alongs, live drawing and magic where general fun are the order of the day! Presented by the Pop Ups. For ages 2 to 5 years old with parent/caregiver.


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What does it Mean?
Wael Nawara
In simple and short words, Post-Realism refers to a new "realization", that force and military might alone have not managed to provide security for the "strong".
Political Romanticism
In the fifties and sixties, many politicians, specially in the "Third World Countries", relied on rhetoric using terms such as "Justice", "Equality", "International Law", etc., to demand what they believed to be their nations' rightful dues. After a long era of colonialism, Third World Countries were demanding self-determination and natural justice.
The Heroes of this period of "Political Romanticism", were leaders like Nasser and Nehru. Their argument amounted to the proposition that "stronger" and "richer" states should adhere to such concepts on moral grounds. Third World countries, suddenly made a majority in the U.N. General Assembly! All kinds of UN resolutions sponsored by "Third World Countries" and "Non-Aligned Movement" were passed in the UN General Assembly. UN General Assembly had no "Veto Powers" for any member state, big or small and its resolutions of course were non-binding !
So, in summary, during the era or age of Political Romanticism, politicians just referred to terms and concepts like Justice, Equality and Peace, as principles all states should adhere to, on moral grounds!
Egypt's humiliating defeat in 1967 proved the romantic dreams which Nasser had promoted, in fact ended as dreadful nightmares, at least for Egyptians, Arabs, Syrians, Jordanians, Lebanese and other Arabs. Romanticists were awakened by a sobering reality, that "force", and not "justice", wins land and redraws national borders. Sadat, who became President after Nasser's death in 1970, was the champion of the new period. An age of "Realism" started.
Egypt has seen this before. The British and French Empires signed their own death warrants in Portsaid, Egypt in 1956, when they attacked Egypt, employing Israel as their Bullying Agent, and were forced to withdraw primarily as a result of American pressure but also Soviet displeasure that the weaker allies of the Second World War would double-cross them and continue to act as a Great world powers without consulting the new world powers countries which really decided the fate of World War II, the USA and the USSR.
In November 1973, immediately after the seize fire was affected on the wake of the 1973 October War, Yum Kippur War, Sadat took yet another step into the "Age of Reason", the "Age of Realism", when he consorted with Kissinger in November 1973, and gave him his vision of the peace in the region and of the power shift in the cold-war world. Sadat, acknowledged the Arab defeat and wanted to create peace and prosperity based on new power balance. He realized that Egypt and the Arabs would be unable to defeat Israel either by their own weakness or because the world powers simply would not allow it. So, he became a "Realist".
Realism is that we ask Palestinians to negotiate with Israelis under gun-point and demand that they (the Palestinians) be content with the outcome of such negotiations despite the power parity. Imagine a thug who stops you in the street, points a gun to your head and strips you off your wallet. You go to the police to file a report and the police tells you to go and negotiate with the robber to get back your wallet, some of your money, credit cards and ID cards. "But the robber is armed, officer?"
Realism is that we ask the Tibetans to calm down because China is a Superpower. Realism is that we ask Kuwait to accept the invasion of its strong neighbor, Iraq, gracefully!
In short, politicians of the Age of "Realism" adopted the approach that "force" and immediate "self-interest" alone govern foreign policy and the behavior states towards one another. Realism is the opposite of the rule of law, it is to accept that we shall be ruled by the law of the jungle. Force and might alone can protect you and yours. But even a bully goes to sleep. Even the strongest of us blinks. Even the strongest has weak children?
In 1978, Egypt formally made peace with Israel. But we must ask ourselves today, has this peace paid dividends? The state of War between Egypt and Israel ended. Egypt regained Sinai. But the problem was neither Egypt nor Sinai. The problem was, is, always has been and will remain for many years to come, Palestine.
We have learned from bitter experience the same lessons which made individuals, our ancestors, devise and submit to local laws thousands of years ago. Osiris, or Aser, it is said, gave Egyptians Laws of Maat and took them out of their savagery. Now, we see that "security" (in relation to, and against, terrorist attacks) has become the highest item on every nation's "interest", specially the "strong" and "rich" who have much more to lose. What sadly happened on the morning of 9/11 and the chain of events which followed, have proved that "the strong" is vulnerable to terrorism and terrorism is fueled by injustice.
The battle against terrorism, unlike traditional warfare, can not be won through armies or hi-tech weaponry alone. As knowledge of simple yet devastating technologies became available to everyone, it became easy to breach security if one is disgruntled enough to be so determined to trade his or her own life with the lives of "targets", civilians or otherwise, but usually civilians who are most vulnerable at their workplace, during traveling, in the streets, in the tube, in a supermarket or a shopping mall, in a restaurant, in a bus or even sitting at home minding their own business.
This experience suggests that the war against terror can only be won though re-establishing and re-instatement of the principles of justice, this time not as a moral necessity, but as security prerequisite!
Anyone of us can fall a victim to terror. There is no guaranty. No insurance. The only insurance, which does not eliminate, but considerably reduces the risk, is to erect an effective and efficient "International Justice System".
We learned to install "Justice Systems" on local and national levels. This was the basis of civilization. For civilization is built on accumulation. Such accumulation would not have been possible unless stability, security, safety and property are protected. Why would anyone work or build or farm, if he or she knows that their hard-earned fortunes can be taken away by some robber who will go unpunished, with no law, no enforcement to deter the perpetrators?
The League of Nations and its upgrade version, The United Nations and its institutions such as The International Court of Justice (ICJ) as well as other Independent International Institutions affiliated with the United Nations, such as International Criminal Court (ICC) were meant to play that role, but unfortunately, as we have pointed out in a previous article, the United States, being the "strong", has consistently worked towards undermining the United Nations and any attempt to install or develop an effective system for International Justice.
Good News?
The good news is, even inside the United States, more and more people are now realizing the necessity of reforming the United Nations. Senator Obama, who is the Democratic Party Nominee in the Presidential Elections due in a few weeks' time, has showed "some" support to the concept of working towards reforming the United Nations.
America cannot meet this century's challenges alone; the world cannot meet them without America.
In addition, we need effective collaboration on pressing global issues among all the major powers -- including such newly emerging ones as Brazil, India, Nigeria, and South Africa. We need to give all of them a stake in upholding the international order. To that end, the United Nations requires far-reaching reform.
In fact, President Bush, in his farewell speech to the United Nations also called on the UN to
open the door to a new age of transparency, accountability, and seriousness of purpose.
But as you may guess, the reform which Bush seeks for the United Nations is slightly a wee bit different from that which is required to truly minimize injustices, conflict and terror.
Post-Realism is a new realization, that the principles of Justice are not just words or moral rhetoric, they represent "behavioral solutions" which the evolution of our civilization and cultures have provided us with for "survival". In business terms, accepting to submit to a "Justice System", local or international, is like an insurance policy which reduces the "risk" of being victimized, both to the strong and the weak alike. Should we decide now to neglect these principles and resort to "might" and "strength" alone, we might just as well stop complaining about terrorism, violence or international conflicts, demand that beauty pageant contestants stop babbling about "world peace" and accept the world as dangerous as it is, can and will become.
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
—Matthew 26:52, King James Version


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2008
Weekly Event Announcements for the City of Alexandria
October 4 -October 10, 2008 (Updated)
Saturday, October 4 - Alexandria's Urban Forestry Steering Committee and the North Ridge Civic Association Fall Tree Sale
A City tree sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 2911 Cameron Mills Rd. The goal of the sale is to promote the preservation of the Alexandria's tree canopy by encouraging the planting of trees on private property throughout the City. Alexandria Tree Stewards and Master Gardeners will be on site to answer questions about tree selection, planting and care. For additional information, or to reserve a tree, call John Noelle, Arborist, at 703.838.5095, ext. 437, o e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Saturday, October 4 – Art on the Avenue
Art on the Avenue, a regional multicultural arts and music festival, will be taking place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. along Mount Vernon Avenue the Potomac West neighborhood of Alexandria. The festival feature over 300 arts vendors, live music, children's art activities, and the fourth annual pie baking contest. For more information, visit www.artontheavenue.org.
Saturday, October 4 - Cameron Station/Summers Grove Community Emergency Plan Workshop
The City is holding a community emergency plan workshop from 9 a.m. to noon at Samuel Tucker Elementary School, 435 Ferdinand Day Drive. This event will include a preview of the emergency plans for the Cameron Station, Summers Grove and for Samuel Tucker Elementary School; an interactive emergency exercise; and a display of the City's firefighting capabilities.
Saturday, October 4 – Fall Book Sale at Burke Branch Library
The Burke Branch Library will host a fall book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library is located at 4701 Seminary Rd. For more information, call 703.519.6000.
Saturday, October 4 – Artillery Day
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site (4301 West Braddock Rd.) will host reenactors from the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, a unit stationed at Fort Ward during the Civil War. They will highlight the role of the artillery service in the Defenses of Washington. Visitors will learn about artillery tools, equipment and projectiles in the historic Alexandria Civil War fort. Reenactors will conduct cannon firing demonstrations featuring a 3-inch ordnance rifle and a 2.25-inch mountain rifle, as well as a 24-pound Coehorn mortar. The Union artillery unit also portrays camp life, including camp cooking, mail call, leisure activities and civilian impressions. There is no admission fee, although donations of $2 for adults, $1 for children are suggested. For more information, please visit www.fortward.org or call 703.838.4848.
Saturday, October 4 – Jack and Jill "Spotlight on Youth" Program
In conjunction with the exhibition Ah THAT Jack and Jill!, the Alexandria Black History Museum (902 Wythe St.) is hosting a youth roundtable discussion from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Young people from pre-teen to voting age, representing school, church and Jack and Jill of America will form a panel to explore how education, politics, recreation/leisure, and the economy impact their lives. This free event is open to all. For more information, please visit www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703.838.4356.
Sunday, October 5 - Annual Scottish Heritage Fair
The City of Alexandria will celebrate its Scottish heritage at the Annual Scottish Heritage from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fort Ward Park, 4301 West Braddock Rd. Admission is free and the fair will be held rain or shine. For additional information on the Scottish Heritage Fair, call the City's Special Events Hotline at 703.883.4686 or the Special Events Office at 703.838.4844.
Sunday, October 5 – West End Farmers' Market at Ben Brenman Park
The public is invited to shop at the West End Farmers' Market beginning at 9 a.m. at Ben Brenman Park, 4800 Brenman Park Dr. The West End Farmers' Market is open Sundays, May through October, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. For additional information, call the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities at 703.838.4343.
Sunday, October 5 – HistoricAlexandriALIVE
Between noon and 5 p.m., watch Alexandria's historic past comes to life! See live, engaging performances at the Waterfront behind the Torpedo Factory. Join Mr. Thomas Wall, Gentleman Fencer, who will showcase the finer points of fencing and begin recruitment for new students. Meet "Charlotte," the enslaved head seamstress to Martha Washington, and hear about her life and survival as she visits Alexandria. For more information, please visit oha.alexandriava.gov/oha-main/oha-historicAlexandriaLive.html.
Monday, October 6 – Tavern Toddlers
Because it's never too early for kids to appreciate history, Gadsby's Tavern Museum developed a special program for toddlers (walkers through 36 months) and their caregivers. Tavern Toddlers features a weekly open playtime every Monday through April at the museum, 134 North Royal St. Cost is $7 for a group of three and the program runs 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, please visit www.gadsbystavern.org or call 703.838.4242.
Monday, October 6 – 2008 Vehicle Personal Property and Business Personal Property Taxes Due
Both 2008 Vehicle Personal Property and 2008 Business Personal Property Taxes are due on Monday, October 6. Penalties, interest and administrative fees will be added to all vehicle personal property taxes not paid by the due date. Penalties and interest will be added to all business personal property taxes not paid by the due date. For information on these taxes, please visit alexandriava.gov/finance. For information on how to pay, please visit alexandriava.gov/payments. If you have not received a bill, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 703.838.4777.
Wednesday, October 8 – Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee Meeting
The Potomac Yard Design Advisory Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Sister Cities Conference Room 1101, Alexandria City Hall, 301 King St. The Committee's role is to review preliminary development plan approvals for compliance with the Potomac Yard Urban Design Guidelines and to send its recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council for their consideration. For more information, contact Matt North at 703.838.4666 ext. 326.
Wednesday, October 8 – Let's Talk Books
"Let's Talk Books" will feature a discussion of the novel The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. The discussion will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Barrett Branch Library, 717 Queen St. Registration is recommended. For more information or to register, call 703.838.4555.
Wednesday, October 8 – King Street Gardens Farmers Market
Enjoy locally grown produce and dairy and baked goods at the region's newest farmers market. The market is held every Wednesday, 3 to 7 p.m., in the King Street Gardens (King and Diagonal Streets), just steps from the King Street Metro and the free King Street Trolley.
Wednesday, October 8 – John Yagerline Lecture Series: Tavern Entertainments
Gadsby's Tavern Museum (134 North Royal St.) welcomes Ken Johnston and Dean Howarth, who will engage in "An Entertaining Discourse on Natural Philosophy and Electrical Fire" and perform experiments of the 18th century in Gadsby's ballroom. Doors open at 7 p.m. and lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $12. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call 703.838.4242 or visit www.gadsbystavern.org.
Thursday, October 9 – "Dig It!" Archaeology Lecture
As part of the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Second Thursday, celebrate Virginia Archaeology Month with this "Dig It" lecture beginning at 7 p.m. at 105 North Union St. Jordan Poole, Manager of Restoration for Historic Mount Vernon, will present "Forging George Washington's Blacksmith Shop: The History, Archaeology and Reconstruction of A Colonial Craft." Based upon recent archaeological research, a reconstruction of Mount Vernon's shop is underway and will open in April 2009 as a working blacksmith shop. This lecture is free and open to all but reservations are required. Please call the Alexandria Archaeology Museum at 703.838.4399 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to save your seat.
Thursday, October 9 – Latin American Book Discussion Group
The Latin American Book Discussion group invites the public to join them for a discussion of three stories by Latin American authors, including Enrique Anderson Imbert, Harold Kremer, and Carlos Salazar Herrera. The discussion group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Beatley Branch Library, 5005 Duke St. For more information, call 703.519.3498.
Friday, October 10 – Alexandria Fire Department Memorial Service and Wreath Laying
The Alexandria Fire Department will observe National Fire Prevention Week with a Memorial Service and Wreath Laying at 11 a.m. The solemn ceremony is held each year at Ivy Hill Cemetery, 2823 King Street, to honor those who have died in the line of duty and to mark the passing of those members of the department who died during the preceding 12 months. During 2008 there have been no line-of-duty deaths; two retired members of the department died during the past year.
Open through Saturday, November 15 – "Ah, THAT Jack and Jill!" Exhibition
"Ah, THAT Jack and Jill! Parents Empowering African-American Children," is now on exhibit at the Alexandria Black History Museum, 902 Wythe Street. Jack and Jill of America, Inc., a national organization of mothers and children, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The exhibition highlights the organization's history and the role of chapters in providing cultural, educational, recreational and community service opportunities to enhance and enrich the lives of children. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is $2. For more information, please visit www.alexblackhistory.org or call 703.838.4356.
Open through Wednesday, December 31 – Drawings by William Lydston, Jr. Exhibition
This exhibition of Civil War artwork at Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site (4301 W. Braddock Rd.) has been extended through the end of the year. Civil War drawings by soldier, artist and musician William Lydston, Jr., are featured in this exhibit with musical instruments and related objects as part of the statewide celebration of Virginia's musical heritage. Admission to the museum is free. The exhibition is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.fortward.org or call 703.838.4848.
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Saturday, October 11 – Annual Family Fall Festival
Come one, come all to Alexandria's Family Fall Festival, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Armistead L. Boothe Park, 520 Cameron Station Boulevard. Admission is free, and the festival will be held rain or shine. The festival features entertainment from the Beale Street Puppet Theater, a magic show by students from St. Stephens and St. Agnes School of Alexandria, and country and honky-tonk music by the Folsom Prisoners Band. Activities include scarecrow making, pumpkin painting, bouncy boxing, pony rides, moon bounce and hay rides. Food and beverages, such as hamburgers, hot dogs and kettle corn, will be available for purchase. For additional information, call the City's Special Events Hotline at 703.883.4686 or the Special Events Office at 703.838.4844.
Wednesday, October 15 - 2009-2010 Grant Workshop
The Alexandria Commission for the Arts will conduct a Fiscal Year 2009-2010 grant workshop from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the Dr. Oswald D. Durant Center, 1605 Cameron St. The workshop will provide information about the Commission's programs and services and specifically discuss its annual grant program, which provides funding for various arts programs. All interested applicants, both new and past grant recipients, are encouraged to attend either grant workshop. For information call 703.838.6348 or visit alexandriacommissionforthearts.org.
The first of four Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) classes for women begin on Wednesday evenings. RAD classes are "designed to develop and enhance the options of self-defense, so they may become viable considerations to the woman who is attacked." Classes include identifying personal safety issues and learning risk reduction strategies and basic principles of self defense. Instructors will demonstrate and teach various self-defense actions, incorporating strikes and kicking motions. For more information or to register, visit www.alexwomen.com. If you have any questions, please contact Patricia at 703.746.5030.


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Helen Bobette (Sutter) Lechner, 90
Helen Bobette (Sutter) Lechner, 90, Anchorage, Alaska, formerly of Bradford and Phoenix, Ariz., died Friday, Jan, 13, 2012.
She was born Aug. 24, 1921, in Valier, a daughter of the late Dee Glenn and Flora (Neal) Sutter, and her step-mother, Elizabeth Sutter.
July 18, 1941, she married Arthur Raymond Lechner, who preceded her in death Sept. 26, 1995.
Mrs. Lechner wasemployed by Zippo Manufacturing Company in Bradford, retiring in 1986 after 35 years of service.
After retirement, she and her husband lived in Phoenix.
She enjoyed spending time at their family cottage at Lake Erie.
She also enjoyed bowling, fishing, cooking, canning, baking cookies and quilting.
She was determined to make a quilt for each child and grandchild.
Surviving relatives include two children, Nanette L. Bliss and husband James of Anchorage, and Arthur R. Lechner and wife Chris of Bradford; two sisters, Barbara McFarland and husband William of Rossiter, and Beverly Hinderliter and husband Charles of Worthville; 11 grandchildren, David Lechner, Jamette O'Bryan, James B. Bliss Jr., Ashlee Hyde, Patrick Bliss, James Reed, Wayne Reed, Theresa Barnes, Michael Shields, Laura Harris and Brian Shields; 15 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, step-mother and husband, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Vivian L. Reed-Rice and Flora L. Shields; a grandson, Brian Lechner; and twin sisters, Bonnie Miller-Bishop and Betty Heckler.
Friends will be received from 1 to 3 p.m today at Shumaker Funeral Home Inc., Punxsutawney.
A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today at the funeral home officiated by Pastor Don Brauer.
Interment will follow at Valier Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Lechner's memory to the Brian Lechner Vocational Scholarship, c/o Bradford Area High School, P.O. Box 375, Bradford, Pa. 16701, or to the charity of the donor's choice.
Online condolences may be made at www.shumakerfh.com.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale gymnastics team finished second of three teams at Saturday's Bulldog Invitational, scoring a 184.350 overall. Temple won the meet with a 191.600, while Springfield College scored a 178.950. The Bulldogs nearly produced their best score of the season despite competing without Tara Feld, who missed the meet due to injury. Feld, who normally competes at least three events for Yale was replaced by Lindsay Andsager and Ashley O'Connor.
On the vault, which was the Bulldogs' first event of the day, Stephanie Goldstein finished sixth with a season-best 9.400, with Sherry Yang shortly behind in seventh with a career-record 9.350. Talis Trevino finished 10th with a 9.225, while Tabitha Tay tied for 14th with an 8.950.
Andsager led the Bulldogs on the uneven parallel bars, placing fourth with a season-high 9.575. Goldstein finished seventh with career-high 9.350. Trevino also had a career high, finishing ninth with a 9.200. Nicole Tay tied for ninth with a 9.050.
On the balance beam, Tabitha Tay placed third, with a career-record 9.525. Yang and Nicole Tay finished sixth and eighth respectively, with scores of 9.400 and 9.050. O'Connor tied for ninth with a career-best 8.950.
Trevino produced Yale's best finish of the day on the floor exercise, scoring a season-high 9.725. Yang placed fourth with a career-best 9.600. Tabitha Tay and Goldstein finished ninth and tenth respectively with scores of 9.375 and 9.275. Maren Hopkins scored a career-best 9.125, while Andsager scored a 8.925, competing on the floor for the first time in her Yale career.
Goldstein was the only Yale gymnast to place in the top three in the all-around competition, finishing third with a 36.875. Tabitha Tay and Hopkins also competed in all four events, scoring a 36.450 and a 35.225.
Report Filed by Trey Chandler '11, Yale Sports Publicity


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On Tuesday, March 4th, from 1 - 4 in the Atrium, 11 Chicago area law firms will be here for Chicago Day. UW alumni attorneys and Recruiting Directors will be here to talk to students about their firms and their practice areas. This is a great way for you to learn first hand about these firms, all of whom recruit students from UW Law. The Chicago firms we expect are: Jenner & Block; Brinks Hofer; Jones Day; Katten Muchin; Latham & Watkins; Mayer Brown; McDermott, Will & Emery; Neal Gerber & Eisenberg; Skadden Arps; Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon; and Winston & Strawn.
Submitted by Nilesh Patel, Career Advisor on March 11, 2008
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Jun 2012 22:55 UTC
"Whenever there is a conversation about the future of computing, is discussion inevitably turns to the notion of a 'File'. After all, most tablets and phones don't show the user anything that resembles a file, only Apps that contain their own content, tucked away inside their own opaque storage structure. This is wrong. Files are abstraction layers around content that are necessary for interoperability. Without the notion of a File or other similar shared content abstraction, the ability to use different applications with the same information grinds to a halt, which hampers innovation and user experience." Aside from the fact that a file manager for Android is just a click away, and aside from the fact that Android's share menu addresses many of these concerns, his point still stands: files are not an outdated, archaic concept. One of my biggest gripes with iOS is just how user-hostile the operating system it when it comes to getting stuff - whatever stuff - to and from the device.
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"The first version of the Macintosh didn't have the concept of files at all.
Of course it had files. I used one. What do you think you put in the "trash can?" "
I think he may be referring to early prototypes of the Macintosh when Jef Raskin was still on the team. I recall a story conveying that Jobs didn't like Raskin's interface ideas very much, including a "document-centric" approach (as opposed to file/application-centric) and easily learned keyboard commands in place of a mouse.
If one looks at the Canon Cat, one gets an idea of a system in which the file structure is made irrelevant to the user in favor of a different, document-centric approach. The Etoile project is also aiming at a document-centric environment, as I understand it, but will also have utilities for exporting your work as files.
All of this is really only tangentially related to the linked article, which seems to be more about apps locking in your data in annoying ways. A document-centric system needn't make it impossible to extract and move your data around different "apps."
All this said, I like the "Unix way" of "everything is a file" for the transparency it provides. I also like the document-centric design philosophy for its kindness to the mind when one just wants to work on documents, graphics. The great both/and principle...


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The New Zealand dollar sharply rebounded Thursday after the country's central bank sounded a warning about rising home prices.
The local currency shot up to 83.66 U.S. cents from around 83.19 cents before the Reserve Bank of New Zealand decided to again leave its benchmark interest rate at 2.5%, as Gov. Graeme Wheeler said the central bank was watching home prices and household-credit growth "closely," and doesn't want to see financial stability threatened by "housing demand getting too far ahead of supply."
It was buying 83.46 cents by late afternoon in Wellington.
For the moment, the market seems to be ignoring Wheeler's pointed remarks that the kiwi's strength, although "suppressing" consumer-price inflation, is also "undermining profitability in export and import competing industries."
The comments are being interpreted by some as having a sharper edge than his previous remarks. In his statement following the December policy meeting, for example, Wheeler had said the New Zealand currency "continues to be a significant headwind, restricting export earnings and encouraging demand for imports."
But will the central bank do something about that strength?
In a note Thursday, UBS economists described the references to the kiwi\'s strength as \"mandatory statements [that the currency is overvalued] … which undoubtedly [it] is.\"
However, "the problem is that RBNZ Gov. Wheeler has all but ruled out the RBNZ's options to actually do anything about it, other than to talk it down."
Still, the currency's own weight might work against it, another analyst said.
Mitul Kotecha, Crédit Agricole's head of foreign exchange strategy, said the New Zealand dollar has benefited more than its Australian counterpart in the risk rally of the past few weeks.
"But gains in risk appetite, according to our risk barometer, appear to have stalled," said Kotecha.
He recommended that investors wait for opportunities to sell the kiwi on any moves around the 84-cent level.
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Reigning Tour de France champion Chris Froome and Team Sky have descended on Calderdale to ride parts of the Grand Depart stage two route.
Julie Fiona Clark (above) and Sam Stafford got these pictures of the team coming through Mytholmroyd.
Chris Froome, 29, who is among the favourites to claim the 2014 crown took to his racing bike to test the terrain up Cragg Vale, through Mytholmroyd and Greetland.
Froome has been in fine form this year having already secured overall victory in the Tour of Oman, and most recently in the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland.
The Team Sky rider, who could line up alongside compatriot and 2012 Tour champion Sir Bradley Wiggins this summer, has recently been training in Tenerife in preparation for the Tour de France.
Froome will be one of nearly 200 cyclists to ride from York to Sheffield when the 201km stage two race rolls through Calderdale on July 6.
If you have spotted Team Sky in action today, send in your pictures to email@example.com or via Twitter @HXCourier


text: The following day, Garrett went to a studio in Los Angeles where Jackson was recording his album. She assumed she would sing backup vocals, or at best, audition for a vocal part. ``The next thing I knew,`` Garrett said, ``I was standing across the mike from Michael Jackson. I thought to myself, `If God had a plan for me, I had no idea it would be so spectacular.` For Garrett, 25, things have gone from ``Bad`` to better. Much better. Just a few months ago she was just another backup singer and songwriter living in Los Angeles. A week later, Garrett got a call from Jones. ``Quincy told me, `You know, Michael really likes the song, and he wants to record it,` `` Garrett said. Jones added, however, that it needed more lyrics. He began to suggest changes over the phone but was continually interrupted by somebody singing and humming advice in the background. Finally, Jones left the phone and somebody else picked it up. It was Michael Jackson, to whom Garrett had never spoken. Hear Siedah tell the rest of the story on The Gist of Freedom, WWW.BlogTalkRadio.com/TheGIStofFREEDOM


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From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes the inadequate conditions of Beasley School, an African American elementary school in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1965. It gives details of the boycott of the school, which resulted in the arrests of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) workers and students. At one point, 55 children were arrested, photographed, fingerprinted, and held until the end of the day.
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It's already been called "the Woodstock of science festivals": the most ambitious onsite and online science outreach event ever held in Canada. The scope and scale of Perimeter Institute's 10th Anniversary celebration was truly impressive: lectures, panel discussions, pub talks, cultural activities, a PI documentary premiere, a sci-fi film festival, an art exhibit and the hugely popular Physica Phantastica exhibit centre, a 5,000 ft2 space filled with demonstrations, hands-on activities, experiments and an incredible immersive 3D tour of the universe narrated by Stephen Hawking. Most programming is available through the Q2CFestival.com video-on-demand service and select events will continue to be televised in Canada on TVO throughout 2010.
Festival Follow-up
The Festival brought people into the big tent of science – literally. It attracted some 40,000 attendees (including over 6,000 in the high school program involving youth from across Ontario and New York State) and will reach nearly one million more people through a combination of the live online streaming and television programs, ongoing video-on-demand and pod cast services, a documentary playback and coming broadcasts of repackaged Q2C content for a range of audiences, from children to adults. In fact, special editions of TVO's "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" from PI's Atrium in Waterloo, Ontario, reached hundreds of thousands with just five live broadcasts and the related online resources.
The Festival program was exceptional for its quality and creativity—from the wonderfully clear distillations of research given by leading scientists, to films and cultural events that refracted scientific ideas through art, to provocative televised panel discussions and informal pub conversations.
This rich tapestry of events and online accessibility combined and recombined people with ideas in wonderful ways. In the lectures, you could learn about cutting edge science from leaders in the field who, in turn, were engaged by the many thoughtful questions from audience members in the lecture theatre and online—including email questions from across Canada, the United States and overseas. In the meantime, at the Physica Phantastica centre, you could hear animated conversations between PI postdoc volunteers and interested 9 year-olds about the Big Bang, or watch a prototype quantum computer riveting the attention of several retired engineers. Up the street, at 'Science in the Pub', you could listen to Q2C guest speakers and audience members sharing provocative concepts over some pints, creating an intimate swirl of heady ideas.
Launching Pad
Quantum to Cosmos also provided the launching pad for several exciting new PI Outreach offerings that will gain new audiences year-over-year. These included the wonderfully whimsical Alice & Bob in Wonderland animations designed to get kids thinking scientifically, The Power of Ideas web resource on connections between theoretical physics and innovation, The Challenge of Quantum Reality in-class module to assist science teachers and their high-school age students, The Quantum Tamers broadcast documentary for general audiences around the world and additional Meet a Scientist online video clips for those who may be thinking about pursuing a life in research.
Behind the scenes, a major IT effort resulted in a new, multi-functional website that enabled a much wider online audience to take part in the Festival virtually through streamed broadcasts, forums, and even tweets. These new capabilities will be used in the years ahead to augment PI's Outreach programs.
The Festival also catalyzed new relationships, and strengthened existing ones. The Outreach and Human Resources teams drew on the deep interest and affection for PI in our community to recruit a small army of 120 dedicated volunteers. New links were forged with sponsors who also appreciate the importance of science communication. Through their generosity, the Festival attained break-even and delivered upon the full array of programming for students, teachers and the general public.
It was a fitting celebration of Perimeter's 10th Anniversary: innovative, multi-faceted, outward looking. A major contribution to Canada's National Science and Technology Week and the International Year of Astronomy, Quantum to Cosmos also provided opportunity for PI to work with others involved in science communication, to forge many new partnerships, to publically thank our investors and public stakeholders, announce the naming of The Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute and launch the 'Expanding the Perimeter' advancement campaign that will carry all of PI's research and outreach activities into the future.
Quantum to Cosmos tuned in and turned on vast new audiences of all ages and from all walks of life to the fascination of science and power of theoretical physics. And it's not over! People around the world continue to attend Festival lectures online, to download podcasts and animations, order educational presentations, and above all to ponder for themselves the constellation of ideas that is Q2C.