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Super Rugby will involve four conferences – two in South Africa – and expand to 18 teams in 2016, ARU chief Bill Pulver has revealed.
Super Rugby will expand into four conferences – two in South Africa – and the tournament will increase to 18 teams in 2016, Australian Rugby Union chief Bill Pulver has revealed.
Pulver also revealed that the announcement the restructured model to take to broadcasters is only a fortnight away.
Australia and New Zealand would each keep their five current teams in their conferences, while South Africa will increase its quota to six – including the recalled Southern Kings – and teams would be added from Argentina and possibly Asia.
Australia's five franchises would play two less derbies in a 15-game regular season but would increase their four matches against their New Zealand opponents to five under the new structure.
South Africa's teams will be put in two pools with a new team from Argentina and a final side, which has yet to be determined but which the ARU hopes will be based in the Asian market.
Those two four-team groups – including an overseas expansion team in each – will only face one of the two Australasian conferences each year, which reduces fears of an increase in travel. In other words, one South African pool will play the Australian teams while the other will play the Kiwi sides on a rotational basis from year-to-year.
South Africa has been pushing for several seasons for a sixth team, which would allow the Kings re-entry. There was speculation Australia and New Zealand could break away and form an Australasian competition, but South Africa's close proximity to European time zones made that unlikely due to the extra weight that gives SANZAR in TV rights negotiations.
"It's likely to be a four-conference model and this will be finalised in the next couple of weeks to be announced," Pulver told AAP.
While the ARU chief executive is supporting SANZAR's in-principle expansion plans, they're unlikely to be applauded by his provincial counterparts.
Pulver has been under pressure from Australia's franchises and the players' association to withdraw the country from South Africa-driven plans to increase the number of Super Rugby teams from 15 to 18.
South Africa has demanded that the Port Elizabeth-based Kings, who were relegated in 2013, be reinstated for good.
With South Africa providing close to half of the broadcast revenue, SANZAR has listened to their powerful voice, and New Zealand are opposed to breaking the partnership.
With less local derbies planned for Australia – dropping from eight to six, and meaning one less home match every second year – state officials in the country are upset, saying they believe it will see them go bust.
Pulver said he understood the concerns but supported the proposed changes as the best model to improve the tournament and boost broadcasting revenue.
"I'm more than happy to go along with it," he added.
"I think it will be a terrific structure for the game."
Queensland Rugby Union chief executive Jim Carmichael hoped Australian officials remained open-minded about expansion plans to ensure the best outcome for rugby union.
"We don't have a preferred model, as yet," he said.
"We have a preferred position, and that is not to prejudice Australian interests in the competition moving forward.
"I'm okay to come to the table and hear alternative views as long as we are able to review those and ensure it ultimately delivers for Australian rugby."
While the Reds, Waratahs and Brumbies are unhappy about the loss of derby matches, Pulver said less was more for the Rebels and Western Force.
"In Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra they work very well," he said.
"In Melbourne and Perth those two franchises aren't too excited in home derbies."


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National Disability Mentoring Day coming October 16
Focus on employment opportunities during the month of OctoberUniversity of Hawaiʻi
National Technical Assistance Center
Lucy Wong-Hernandez, 808-956-5344
National Technical Assistance Center
Census data tell us that more than 230,000 of 54 million Americans with disabilities live in Hawaiʻi — approximately 19 percent of the state's population — yet fewer than one-third of those who can work actually are employed.
An opportunity to help change that is approaching under a program organized through the UH Center on Disability Studies which is urging communities to participate in National Disability Mentoring Day to be observed nationwide October 16, 2002. Mentoring Day aims to promote career exploration and expand employment opportunities for students and job seekers with disabilities through one-on-one job shadowing and group visits to public and private employers.
"We're looking for positive and rewarding connections between students and others with disabilities," said Diane Hino, (title) with the UH Center. "We have found that this kind of hands-on career exploration can have a life-changing impact on someone's employment future.
"We are encouraging participation by parents, students, teachers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, employers, service organizations and anyone who has an interest in employment issues affecting persons with disabilities who are willing and able to work," Hino added.
National Disability Mentoring Day is one of several programs scheduled during October 2002 — designated by President George W. Bush as National Disability Employment Awareness Month with the theme "New Freedom for the 21st Century." The initiative aims to maximize programs of education, socio-economic development and equal participation in society for persons with disabilities.
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and the U.S. Department of Labor are involved in nationwide efforts to coordinate the day's activities as well as the year-round effort to connect employers with the disabled. The federally funded National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC), based at the UH Center, is spearheading publicity for the Mentoring Day program. NTAC's main mission is to increase employment opportunities for disabled Asian Americans and Pacific islanders, but has broadened its scope to heighten awareness of the issue for everyone.
"These programs really work," Hino said. "Many of the connections made during the mentoring day activities have resulted in real-life career opportunities."
Here are ways families, employers and job seekers can participate:
- Parents of disabled young people can take them to the workplace for job-shadowing, or contact friends or acquaintances that could do so.
- Students and job seekers with disabilities can initiate contacts with employers in the community for job-shadowing experiences.
- Employers are encouraged to offer job-shadowing or internship experiences.
- Disabled people who are employed can serve as mentors for other potential employees.
Those wishing to participate in the October 16 National Disability Mentoring Day or other activities during National Disability Employment Awareness month may receive further information and how-to assistance by calling the National Technical Assistance Center network coordinators — Lucy Wong-Hernandez at 956-5344 or Diane Hino at 956-3648.

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Tasmanian workers earn an average $926.70 a week, making them the lowest paid in the nation.
Canberra workers are the best paid, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released yesterday.
The average ACT weekly wage was $1357.
The national average weekly cash earnings for all employees was $1122.60, while the average for full-time employees was $1452.
One in 10 full-time employees received weekly cash earnings of $738 or less while one in 10 full-time employees received weekly cash earnings of $2360 or more.
Average weekly cash earnings for all employees across Australia were higher for employees in the public sector ($1321.90) than in the private sector ($1074.20).
Private sector employees comprised 80.4 per cent of all employees and public sector employees 19.6 per cent.
In May last year, 49.9 per cent of all employees were male and 50.1 per cent female.
Average weekly cash earnings for male employees were $1342.50 and $904 for female employees.
Finance Minister Scott Bacon said the cost of living in Tasmania was lower and, while the ACT had a higher take home pay level, the median house price was also 80 per cent higher.
``The only way to grow wages in the long-term is through productivity growth, which is why we have invested heavily in education and training to ensure we have the workforce ready to take up the high-skilled jobs of the future,'' Mr Bacon said.
``We have also shown our commitment to job creation through the $24.5 million Tasmanian Jobs Package, which is designed to stimulate private investment and support the creation of more than 3300 new jobs.
``The package includes a range of initiatives, such as more than doubling the first home owners' grant, payroll tax incentives and investment in new jobs and business.''


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US Seeks GPS Alternative
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That's the problem facing military planners as they try to sort through the increasing reliance of equipment and troops on positioning data from satellite networks at a time when the vulnerabilities of GPS are becoming more apparent.
This month, a group of hackers managed to break into ship-tracking software to spell out the word "pwned," hacker speak for a successful conquest. And over the summer, a group of students at the University of Texas figured out how to send ships off course using fake GPS signals.
That doesn't mean the US military isn't working to strengthen the encryption on GPS equipment, which was never designed with security as a top priority. But Pentagon research and development chief Al Shaffer listed GPS security as one of his top concerns.
"It's becoming easier and easier with modern electronics to do things like jam GPS signals," he said. "Our military is reliant on GPS both for precision navigation and for time, and most of our weapon systems need very precise time."
Shaffer mentioned work on inertial measurement units (IMUs) as a possible solution. It's not a new technology, having been the subject of major research before the invention of GPS, but it's getting a close look.
The idea is that a unit uses three gyroscopes and three accelerometers to gauge direction and changes in velocity. If given an initial starting point, the mechanisms can be used to provide relative movement data and tell where something has gone.
In 2009, Andrei Shkel started looking into the improved use of IMUs for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he worked as a program manager on the microtechnology for the positioning, navigation and timing program.
He started focusing on one of the most demanding problems: IMUs for missiles. The challenge is that the units have to be both small and cost effective, given that they're set to be destroyed.
IMUs were already in use, but were capable of maintaining accurate location data for only about 20 seconds, meant as a backup measure for the temporary loss of a GPS signal.
Shkel wanted to see if a unit could maintain accuracy for the duration of a missile flight. His research found that 70 percent of missiles flew for three minutes or less, with 98 percent flying for 20 minutes or less.
"The conclusion was that we have very precise inertial instruments that would be able to solve this problem probably 100 percent, but at a very high cost," he said. "You can't put a million-dollar inertial measurement unit on a missile that's under a million dollars."
Not only were the units expensive, but also quite large.
"The state-of-the-art, low-cost devices were the size of an apple," Shkel said. "We said, 'Can we build devices that will solve the problem, but will have the size of an apple seed?' "
They largely succeeded. Using semiconductor technology, Shkel and his team came up with a system that could provide three minutes of accurate data that was a fraction of the size of a penny with an anticipated cost of less than $1,000 per unit to manufacture.
That would cover the duration of missile flights for 70 percent of missions, but Shkel and his team wanted to see if the technology might be applied elsewhere.
So they came up with a system where a variant of the IMU could be inserted into a boot, taking advantage of the natural start and stop of footsteps to keep the system calibrated.
"When you walk, when you touch the ground, the sensors go through this zero velocity point," Shkel said. "If you use this phenomenon to reset the sensor, we showed that you could remain accurate using this approach for up to four hours."
But because of the limited durations, these systems still worked largely as backups, meant to collaborate with GPS. That can be useful, as GPS and an IMU can be used to constantly compare data, which would help show when the GPS is tampered with.
"You can basically analyze your GPS receiver and confirm if there is a match with what your inertial navigation gives you and what your GPS navigation gives you, and draw comparisons about spoofing and jamming," Shkel said.
The Atomic Approach
But to extend the capability of the inertial systems, Shkel is looking at pairing the data with that from another technique that uses Larmor frequencies of atoms to detect motion change.
The idea is that one can detect changes to an atom's magnetic field using lasers when the atom moves. The technique has the advantage of remaining accurate over much larger durations and longer distances, so long as the measurements aren't heavily affected by outside magnetic fields. To that effect, the systems, called chip-scale combinatorial atomic navigators, are shielded from outside fields.
The downside to the atomic measurements is that they don't react very well to sudden movements. That's not a problem if the IMUs are used in tandem.
"Combining this fast response and this ability to measure a large dynamic range, and the long-term stability coming from the atomic devices, will basically put together the best of both worlds and extend the duration of missions," Shkel said.
Jointly, the technology should be able to allow nearly any missile to hit its target, and combined with algorithmic data, allow a soldier an extended period of use without any connection to a GPS signal.
"It's currently four hours, but it could go for days," Shkel said.
His only major concern? Funding and interest. Shkel left DARPA earlier this year and continues his work at the University of California, Irvine, but he sees the history of inertial systems as a warning.
"It's happened historically where people realized that inertial navigation was a big deal; back in the '70s and '60s, they put a lot of emphasis on it, but then GPS came along and people said, 'Well, we don't need inertial sensors so much,'" he said. "Fast forward 30 years, and we start questioning whether we can rely on GPS, and the next 20 years, we'll be dealing with jamming and spoofing in military applications."
And the technology, while advancing, isn't at the point of production yet.
"DARPA jumps in and funds the program, but now efforts are entering this valley of death," Shkel said.
What may help the science is that the commercial side of navigation also is getting attention.
"The industry is well aware of 'spoofing,' " Michael Toscano, CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, wrote in testimony before Congress in 2012.
"Spoofing has implications for any technology that depends on GPS for guidance and timing, whether it is manned or unmanned aircraft, your cellphone or your car. In fact, commercial airliners are relying more and more heavily on GPS signals to locate the runways at airports and, with the advent of the next generation air traffic control systems, all aircraft — manned and unmanned — will rely on GPS for navigation."
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LAKEMOOR – On April 23, 25,000 volunteers from Chicago to Lakemoor and McHenry to Maine will give away half a million free books in more than 6,000 towns and cities across the country.
The River East Public Library is not only a host for Givers, several of the library's staff are Givers for the second year. They will be out in our community surprising people with free books.
World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give thousands of free, specially printed paperbacks to light or nonreaders across America on one day. Volunteer book lovers help promote reading by going out into their communities and sharing free copies of books they love. The mission of World Book Night is to seek out those without the means or access to printed books.
Some of the volunteers in our community will be picking up their books at River East Public Library and sharing them in locations as diverse as VA hospitals, rollerskating rinks, nursing homes, schools and food pantries.
At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the library will welcome local Givers to thank them for spreading the joy of reading to our community and pick up their boxes at a pre-World Book Night reception.
The books were chosen by an independent panel of booksellers and librarians through several rounds of voting. The printing of the free books was possible due to the generosity of the authors, publishers and book manufacturing companies.
Best-selling authors Ann Patchett and James Patterson are this year's honorary chairpeople.
Although it is too late to be a Giver this year, those interested in participating in the future can sign up for the WBN mailing list for news and updates on World Book Night 2014. The free WBN editions are not available at the River East Public Library at any time, except for the WBN volunteers to take into the community, but the library will be displaying the books in their regular editions all spring.
For information about World Book Night, visit www.WorldBookNight.org.


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A NOTORIOUS child sex offender, the former priest Brian Spillane, has launched a bid to quash his conviction by claiming he faced an unfair trial.
Spillane, a former chaplain at Bathurst's St Stanislaus College, was sentenced to nine years in prison earlier this year for abusing three girls, one as young as eight, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Fairfax Regional Media can reveal Spillane's lawyer, Greg Walsh, has prepared a series of documents outlining why the conviction should be overturned. The case will be heard in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal in April next year, around the same time the Royal Commission into child sex abuse will be lifting the lid on decades of crime and cover-up.
Spillane's defence lawyer, Greg Walsh, this week claimed Spillane, 69, was wrongly convicted.
"I've been a lawyer for 35 years and I don't think I've seen a more unfair trial in my experience," he said.
One Spillane victim was the 11-year-old relative of male students known to Spillane. During court proceedings, it was revealed Spillane abused her at a north-west NSW country town. Alone together in the kitchen of her home, Spillane asked the girl to sit on his lap. When she did, he put his fingers between her legs and touched her vagina. When she jumped away, he wrapped a hand around her throat and with the other, pulled the girl's shorts down and assaulted her again.
The other victims were from Sydney, where the priest worked before returning to Bathurst in about 1984. One of the offences occurred when Spillane was in the victim's bedroom for night-time prayers.
Mr Walsh conceded the national focus on child sex abuse would sharpen reaction to Spillane's bid for freedom.
"This appeal will be determined by, probably three, very experienced judges…I would have every confidence those justices would not be influenced by the media, they would not be influenced by the current publicity about the Catholic church and paedophilia," he said.
"Most members of the public may believe this appeal should not be upheld because he's a former priest and he's been convicted of paedophile-type offences.
"But I'm sure there are other members of the public…who subscribe to the view Mr Spillane is entitled to a fair (appeal) and would get a fair hearing."
Bathurst police fielded the first complaints about Spillane and he was charged in 2008. He was convicted in late 2010 but his sentencing only occurred in April this year because Mr Walsh was attempting to have former NSW District Court judge Michael Finnane disqualified from presiding over the case.
Mr Walsh had signed a statutory declaration claiming Judge Finnane told him at a 2011 social function that paedophiles were "all guilty" and should be "put on an island and starved to death".
Judge Finnane denied making the statements and the legal bid to have him removed was lost.
The alleged comments are one of nearly a dozen grounds for the appeal.
"The background to (all of) this is you had a judge presiding over it who had a view that people like Mr Spillane should be put on an island and starved to death," Mr Walsh claimed.
"I think that speaks for itself."
He also claimed a witness in the trial had undergone hypnosis, which "could have distorted their memory".
During sentencing proceedings, Judge Finnane said Spillane's attacks were "serious, planned and callous".
"The offender used his position as a priest to gain access to the homes in which each of his victims lived," Judge Finnane said
"He was very trusted and the parents of each of the victims readily gave him access to their daughters because of that trust and the esteem in which he was held."
The victim-support group Broken Rites, which has spent several years probing Spillane's history, declined to comment.
Spillane has consistently denied the charges brought against him. Mr Walsh said he was pursuing the appeal pro bono. Routine procedural steps in the appeal process occurred in September and October and written submissions were filed last month.
Sexual abuse by staff or members of religious institutions like boarding houses, as well as state-run schools, is expected to be scrutinised during the impending Royal Commission announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday.


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Lloyd Doyley says he's "proud" to have made 350 starts for Watford.
The 29-year-old one-club man was part of the Hornets team that beat Wolves 2-1 at Vicarage Road on Saturday, with goals from Nathaniel Chalobah and Troy Deeney.
The success lifted Gianfranco Zola's side to ninth in the npower Championship, just a point outside the play-off positions.
"I'm very proud to get to 350 starts," Doyley told the club's official website. "I've actually played more than that if you include substitute appearances but I'm just glad to be part of the club.
"I've played in most of the games this season - even if I wasn't starting - so it is good to be part of this team. We're playing well and looking up.
"Wolves have just come down from the Premier League and they made things really difficult for us. They put us under a lot of pressure, although when they had a man sent off that eased the pressure on us a little bit. It gave us more time, I think we could have put them to bed a bit easier by putting away a few more of our chances."


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RM revenue declines in face of UK.gov slash fest
US customer demand remains crappy as well
School tech provider RM is still struggling with a "subdued" market, following the UK government's recent allocation of education funds.
The company said in a pre-close update this morning that revenue in the first half of its fiscal year, which ends on 31 March 2011, would be down on 2010's H1 figures.
Terry Sweeney, RM's boss, said: "Market conditions continue to be subdued as customers respond to changes in policy and funding. Consequently we are aligning our cost base to reflect the new conditions and to protect Group profitability."
RM said sales of interactive classrooms were sluggish in the US and the supplier has seen lower customer demand for developments and enhancements in its assessment and data business.
The company said it was in the process of cutting costs in the areas of the business that had suffered the most from the slump. ®
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Tom Link, son of Lisa Link, served as a planning committee member on the project for 2.5 years.
"My mother would've been comfortable with the type of people that use the park, but a lot of people can't deal with homelessness and poverty," Link said.Do you think a multilingual pole will turn things around?
How about an ATM machine? That's also part of the plan:
[T]he panhandling ordinance of the city states that panhandling is not permitted within 50 feet of an ATM machine, a common activity performed by the park dwellers.
"There is a perception that this plan is solely is to discourage panhandling, and I don't support that motivation in any way," said an opposing commission member. "Now we're looking at an ATM that I was not thrilled with and a social engineering aspect that could be very controversial."And very welcome!
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Nikon MB-D11 Battery Grip for D7000
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You are liable for any damage or loss to the rental equipment.
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The Nikon MB-D11 Battery Grip for D7000 attaches to the bottom of the camera and, with the spare battery, provides the shooter with an additional approximate 1,800 shots. It also can provide the shooter with a better ergonomic grip on the camera body. If you run out of battery power, you can use 6 x AA batteries as backup with the optional AA tray. It is compatible with the following cameras:
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The Purdue Polytechnic Institute at South Bend is hosting the 6th annual Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Conference Friday, October 3, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Purdue Technology Building located on IU South Bend's campus. Lunch is provided and the cost is $10.
Students who exhibit an interest and the potential to pursue a career in engineering and/or technology are nominated by a teacher.
The activities of the conference will focus on a hypothetical electric car explosion on a bridge causing the bridge to collapse. Students will examine the accident, its consequences and how the car and bridge were manufactured to determine best practices to prevent similar disasters from occurring.
Goals for the conference:
- Engage high school students in fun and interesting activities to spur their interest in technology
- To bring greater understanding about how STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) disciplines are used in the world
- Inform students of degree and career options available locally
- Introduce them to the environment of a university campus
For more information about the PLTW conference, please contact Shanna Frische-Mouri, 574.520.4180 or email@example.com.


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Centerport Lions Club. Jamming Sessions will be held every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. Music starts at 5:30 p.m. All musicians welcome.
Senior Citizens Club of Hamburg. The Hamburg Seniors meet at 2 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in the Hamburg Area Middle School cafeteria. If school is canceled on the meeting day because of bad weather, the meeting is canceled.
Hamburg Public Library Story Time: The Hamburg Public Library has story time on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. for ages 18 months through 3 years old. At 11 a.m. there is story time for preschoolers and home schooled early elementary. The schedule is available on the library�s website at www.berks.lib.pa.us/hamburgpl.
Hamburg Public Library Board Meetings: Library board meetings are held the second Tuesdays except July. Public encouraged to attend.
Chestnut Knoll Assisted Living, 120 W. Fifth Street, Boyertown, hosts a monthly family support group for those who are coping with Alzheimer�s disease. It is affiliated with the Alzheimer�s Association and is held on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
Berks Encore Hamburg lunch menu. To reserve a meal two days in advance, please call 610-562-4721.
April 25
Hamburg Book Club
Hamburg public library at 6:30 p.m. Book discussion: The Murder Room. The heirs of Sherlock Holmes gather to solve the world�s most perplexing cold cases. Author is Michael Capuzzo. Everyone is invited. Book not required. Join the friendly discussions. Enjoy the sharing. Recommendations for next book review welcome. For additional information contact Dale E. Graff at 610-562-5904.
Tulpehocken FFA
Annual Elementary Ag Science Adventure for the 3rd graders from the Tulpehocken Area School District. The even will be held at the Mor-Dale Farm from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
April 26
National Pretzel Day
Free Pretzels all day to every customer from Philly Pretzel. And the first 100 customers in the door also receive a card for 1 free pretzel each day of the month of May. Be sure to stop by Philly Pretzel in Hamburg for your free pretzel!
April 26, 27 and 28
HASD Drama Hawks
Footloose the musical. At Hamburg High School Auditorium on April 26 and 27 at 7 p.m. and April 28 at 2 p.m. There is a cost. For tickets call 610-562-3861 ext. 2599.
April 27
Keep Hamburg Beautiful
Join in on this community-wide cleanup effort. Meet at the tot lot playground on Primrose Alley at 9 a.m., followed by a cookout with free hotdogs and drinks. Sponsored by Keep American Beautiful, Society Cleaners, Berks Foods and Hamburg Southgate Neighborhood. RSVP to Angela at 610-562-3106.
Reading Navy Club
Breakfast at 9 a.m. at Muhlenberg Diner, North Fifth Street Highway, Muhlenberg Township.
The 2013 Berks County Dairy Princess Pageant
Mohrsville Church of the Brethren, 1542 Shoey Road, Mohrsville, where the 2013-14 Berks County Dairy Princess and Li�l Miss Dairy Princess will be crowned. Pageant will begin with a milk punch reception at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. and followed by the pageant at 8 p.m.
Belleman�s Church
Oyster Supper/Hymn Sing from 3:30-7 p.m. at Belleman�s Church, Mohrsville. Fried oysters, oyster stew, oyster pies and ham platters. All items sold ala carte. Old Church Hymn Sing at 2:30 p.m.
Flamin� Dick and the Hot Rods
Appearing in concert at the Shartlesville Fire Company, Main Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner is from 6:30-7:30. Dancing is from 8-11 p.m. There is a cost that includes food, drinks and entertainment. BYOB. Sponsored by Shartlesville 250th Anniversary Committee. For tickets call 484-219-0648.
April 28
Miller-Keystone and The Hamburg Moose
Blood drive from 8-11 a.m. at the Hamburg Moose, 12 South 3rd Street, Hamburg. To schedule an appointment contact Wayne Kline at 610-562-4586. Every donor will receive a free ham and egg breakfast, compliments of the Hamburg Moose. The drive is in honor of Tammy Hamm, who is currently battling two types of cancer.
23rd Annual Schuylkill Valley Community Library Golf Tournament
At the Rich Maiden Golf Course. Tournament will be a 4-person scramble starting at 1 p.m. There is a cost. Registration with payment due by April 15. Contact the library for details at 610-926-1555, email@example.com, or check our website: www.berks.lib.pa.us/svcl.
April 30
Reading Navy Club
Meeting at 7 p.m. at Wyomissing Public Library, 9 Reading Blvd., Wyomissing. All veterans of US �sea-going� services are welcome! For further information call 610-929-8343.
May 2
The Hamburg Area Historical Society
Field trip to the Reading Railroad History Museum for our May meeting. Please meet at the museum on South Third Street in the former Penn Steel building before 7 p.m. John Brown from the Reading Railroad museum will be doing a presentation on the history of the Reading Railroad. A tour of the museum will follow his talk. Everyone welcome.
May 3
The Interfaith Labyrinth Walk for Peace
�Hand in Hand for Peace� at 8:30 p.m. at Epler�s United Church of Christ and Cemetery, 1151 West Leesport Road, Leesport. Please bring your lawn chair. This event will not be cancelled, will move indoors in the event of rain. Free-will offering to benefit Berks Women in Crisis. For more information call 610-374-8451 or 610-926-1006 or email email@example.com.
Chicken BBQ
Event to benefit Karen Bohn. Pick-up time 4-7 p.m. at St. John�s Lutheran Church, 99 Church St., Hamburg. Cost includes 1/2 BBQ chicken, baked potato, applesauce and roll. Baked goods available. For information or tickets call June at 610-562-4440 or Doug at 610-562-8732. Schwan�s Products will be available, to pre-order call Mary Ann at 610-562-7221 or purchase from truck at church.
May 4
Zumbathon for Kira Kolbe
Get ready to PINK OUT! Come join the party at Tilden Elementary School, 524 West State Street, Hamburg from 2-4:30 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. There is a cost. Door prizes, raffles, snacks, water and fun! For information and tickets call Aida Behler at 570-449-4442.
May 5
Ontelaunee Community Grange #1617
Breakfast at 284 White Oak Lane Leesport. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Public invited.
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Come and experience colonial life with interactive learning and exploration! Join us for a fun-filled day of hands-on activities and demonstrations for children and their families. From 12-4 p.m. at Daniel Boone Homestead, 400 Daniel Boone Road, Birdsboro. There is a cost, but children 12 and under are free. There will be fresh, backed good available for purchase. Complimentary drinks provided by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead.
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Pretzel City Bear Den
Local branch of Good Bears of the World (GBW) an international Club devoted to put teddys in the arms of the lonely and the traumatized. Meeting at 1 p.m. at 2649 Bernville Rd., Reading. More information call 610-372-8945. Come join our Den.


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Fort Morgan Police Chief Keith Kuretich said his department has identified a suspect who was a previous service unit manager for the Girl Scouts. The identity of the person has not been revealed yet, as the case is still under investigation.
While an initial report indicated that money went missing between April and August of this year, it is beginning to look like it may have started in the summer of 2011, he said.
Accounts for troops 3334, 357 and 108 were accessed.
The case was reported on Oct. 9, and the investigation continues, Kuretich said. Detectives must still gather information from at least two banks.
They are also investigating bank accounts and doing a forensic examination of some computers, he said.
The District Attorney's Office must decide what charges might be brought, but the individual could face charges of embezzlement, theft and forgery, and will face serious consequences, Kuretich said.
Anyone who has information that could help is asked to contact Detective Steve Vosburg at the Fort Morgan Police Department at 970-542-3930.


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Please help me, i want your advice
Jan 8, 2012
First of all congratulations for your attempt to help all the people that are worried about HIV. I will try to be as clear as possible. It was before a week that I went on a strip club. I didnt come in sexual contact with any of the strippers but there is an incident that is keeping worrying me. I kissed the hand of one stripper that it was wet and my lips inevitably touched this moisture. Minutes later I realized that the girl was the one who had made a "show" with ice cubes and a dildo insertion so I am convinced that the moisture on her hands was from water and vaginal fluids or semen from other clients of the club. In addition I had a mouth ulceration that night. After kissing her hand I immediately drunk some alcohol (whiskey). Is there any possibility for me to have contracted any virus like HIV by only kissing wet hand that probably had vaginal fluid on it? I also have sore throat after 3 days of the incident and yet mouth ulcer and bad breath. Should I pay attention to it? May I have to do a test for HIV? Please answer me because I am obsessed that I have contracted something. I would be really thankful if you can identify my risk. With regards !
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Hi, I believe your risk is unlikely. The water diluting the vaginal fluid and seminal fluid and also once HIV is outside of the body it dies within a few minutes. You also cannot get HIV by kissing as this is considered casual contact and not a way for transmission to occur. If your symptoms continue I would recommend that you see your Health Care Provider, to rule out other possible reasons for the sore throat and ulceration and if your concern for HIV continues you can ask them to test you. Rapid HIV tests, whether oral swab or blood are very accurate at 28 days, and conclusive at 90.
Be well, Shannon
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Freshman high jumper Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.) has been named the Little East Conference Rookie Field Athlete of the Week after claiming first place at the 2012 NCAA Division III New England Regional meet on Saturday.
The Brockton native was sensational in Saturday's regional championship meet, as he helped the men's team to a program first eighth place finish. In the high jump, Joseph leaped his way to a height of 6-09.00 feet which secured the top spot for the Beacon. UMass also went on to take second and third in the high jump to help add to their program best score.
On the year, Joseph's jump of 6-10.25 feet still ranks amongst the top marks in Division III. The Beacons will be off this weekend, but will return to action next weekend when they compete in the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship Meet which will be held at RPI in Troy, New York.


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HANOVER, N.H. - The Bulldogs completed day one at the Wilson/ITA Regionals at Dartmouth University Friday. Yale players won five of seven matches in which they competed.
In the first round of the main singles draw, Yale freshmen all won their matches. Freshman Daniel Hoffman cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Corey Forrest of Monmouth. Freshman John Huang pulled out a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 decision over Binghampton's Gilbert Wong. Freshman Marc Powers won in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 over Mehdi Rhazali of Drexel.
In doubles action, Hoffman and sophomore Erik Blumenkranz defeated Martin Kosut and Keith Whittigham of St. John's 8-3. The doubles team of Powers and senior Connor Dawson rolled to an 8-1 win over Alex Frakes and Chris Frakes of St. Peter's.
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NEWS-In the Zona: Central Virginia gets Latin TV
It's no secret that the population of Charlottesville and Albemarle is growing, but it's not just Northern transplants and retirees who are flooding the area. In fact, one of the fastest growing population segments in Central Virginia is Hispanic, and a new local television program aims to reach this booming demographic.
"What's happening is that Virginia in the last five to ten years has seen an explosion in the Hispanic population," says Diane Taylor, co-producer of the new show Zona Latina. The program is set to air Saturday, September 16 at 9am on ABC channel 16 and on Adelphia channel 3, as well as on the Dish network. The show will replay on Monday mornings at 12:30 on the same channels.
Indeed, the Hispanic population in Virginia has increased by 37 percent since 2000, according to statistics from the U.S. Census.
Taylor, who worked in marketing in the city's transportation department until January, met Carlos Teran while she was producing a Spanish language advertisement for the city. Teran, managing editor of the Spanish language newspaper Nuevos Raices, shared Taylor's interest in finding new ways to reach the area's growing Hispanic population, and the two decided to collaborate on the new show.
Each half-hour Zona Latina episode will cover topics ranging from cooking to lifestyles to public service information. The program will be captioned in both Spanish and English, something Taylor says no other show in the nation has done.
Teran, a native of Venezuela who became an American citizen four years ago, will co-host the program with UVA graduate student Carol Rivera.
The show, says Taylor, will "also help dispel cultural stereotypes," such as that Hispanic households tend to be poor. Taylor points to data from the Pew Hispanic Center that shows the purchasing power of Hispanics in the U.S. has surged to $700 billion. By 2007, Taylor says, that is projected to reach $1 trillion– almost three times the national rate over the past decade.
The number of affluent Hispanic households– those with incomes over $100,000– grew by 137 percent between 1990 and 2000.
One person who didn't need any convincing to do the show: Roger Burchett, general manager of WCAV Channel 16.
"They came to us almost two years ago and had this dream of doing a Spanish language program," says Burchett. "Carlos was very passionate about trying to provide more information to a growing segment of the population that was struggling with where to get basic fundamentals of survival, things like enrolling in school and getting a driver's license."
WCAV is one of three television stations owned by Gray Television, and Burchett says that fact makes it easier to provide air time to local programs.
"We'd always planned to do as much local programming as we could," he says.
Curiousity about the show has been strong so far, says Burchett.
"I got about 10 emails today from people wanting to know where to find it," he says. And as manager of a new station, he's happy to be helping others looking to get off the ground.
"We've been through start-up mode," he says. "We've taken our lumps, and we're coming out pretty good right now. I hope we can help Zona Latina do the same thing."
WCAV General manager Roger Burchett (right) with Zona Latina producers Diane Taylor and Carlos Teran PHOTO COURTESY ZONA LATINA
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text: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 29, 2010) – There is no question Jimmie Johnson has built a dynasty with five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. So what's left for the driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet to accomplish? A few scribes already have posed the question: Is Johnson on track to become the best driver in the history of NASCAR? While only time will tell if Johnson can eventually hold that title, he is certainly on pace to do so. Johnson has put his name near the top of the two most important lists when discussing "best all-time:" championships and wins. His five titles are just two short of NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most all-time. His 53 wins rank 10th all-time, and most likely, he will stand alone in eighth by the end of next season (Rusty Wallace is currently eighth, with 55. Johnson has won three or more races in each of his nine full-time seasons). Johnson's pace on a number of other statistics suggest he could one day catch the usual names already included in the "all-time best" debate: Championships: Johnson needed 327 starts to win his fifth championship. Dale Earnhardt needed 390 and Richard Petty took 655 starts to collect their fifth titles. Wins: Only three drivers reached 53 wins faster than Johnson, who reached it in 319 races: Jeff Gordon (260 starts), Darrell Waltrip (288) and David Pearson (309). Two other "win" stats to consider: Johnson has a winning percentage of 16.2 percent, sixth-best all-time. Those ahead of him are either members, inductees or nominees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame: Herb Thomas (21.1), Tim Flock (20.9), Pearson (18.3), Petty (16.9) and Fred Lorenzen (16.5). Here is another compelling stat: Johnson has at least five wins in each of the last five seasons. Only three other drivers have accomplished that feat: Petty (10 consecutive seasons with five or more wins), Waltrip (eight) and Gordon (five). His ability to be at his best during "crunch" time has set Johnson apart. Here are his statistics during the 70 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup events: 19 wins (second-best is Carl Edwards with eight); 40 top fives (second is Gordon with 27); 54 top 10s (second is Gordon with 45), 3,423 laps led (second is Matt Kenseth with 1,715) and a driver rating of 110.1 (second is Gordon with a 98.4).


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Police made 43 arrests over the course of a weekend where Newcastle and Millwall fans brought fresh shame on British football in scenes painfully reminiscent of the darker days of English hooliganism and violence.
On afternoons where football should have been the talking point – progression to a first ever FA Cup final for Wigan, the end of a 13-year wait for a derby victory at St James' Park for Sunderland – it was bloody off-field scenes that stole the headlines.
On Saturday, police arrested 14 people following a mass brawl amongst sections of the Millwall support at Wembley, with offenses ranging from affray to possession of an offensive weapon.
Faces in the crowd were bloodied, children wept and police were forced to intervene; it was dubbed a one-off, an increasingly rare altercation by a minority of fans, but similar scenes followed in the North-East on Sunday.
After watching their side lose 3-0 against local rivals Sunderland, fans of Newcastle rioted in the city centre, clashing with riot police barely 24 hours after infighting Millwall fans had soured the FA Cup semi-final.
Missiles, from glass bottles to bricks, were thrown, firecrackers were set off, wheelie bins were set alight and one Newcastle fan even punched a police horse before being wrestled to the ground.
CCTV footage is still being reviewed and evidence still being gathered, with more arrests expected in the coming days.
The trouble was a throwback to the hooliganism and riots more closely associated with the sport in the 1970s and 80s, and suggests that English football's ugly past has yet to be fully eradicated, overshadowing the weekend's action.


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Gotta dance
"I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls." "I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman." Whether you agree or disagree with Gene Kelly, the hoofer made dancing look easy, and you can see for yourself at the Gene Kelly Centennial Tribute. Today's Christmas gift is the 1952 "Singin' in the Rain" with Kelly (right), Donald O'Connor (left), Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen. 2:30, 4:45, 7, and 9:15 p.m. $9.75, $7.75 before 5 p.m. (series runs through Dec. 30). The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. 617-876-6837. www.brattlefilm.org
Dinner on the hill If your food pyramid needs a boost, journey to Beacon Hill for Christmas Day Dinner at Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro. Apps include white sweet potato soup and a potato latke (happy belated Hanukkah); main dishes feature free-range turkey roulade and roasted goose breast; sweets are pies, tarts, and local cheeses.
1-10 p.m. $57 ($29 for optional wine pairing; recommendations recommended). The Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, 25 Charles St., Boston. 617-723-7575. www.beaconhillhotel.com
Yum When is the last time you started your day with leek and truffle quiche or eggs benedict? They and more await at Aura's Christmas Brunch. Other treats created by chefs Robert Tobin and Karen Hodsdon include pancakes, French toast, smoked salmon, roast pork loin, roast prime rib, cakes, and pies. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $69, $24 ages 7-14 (reservations required). Aura restaurant at the Seaport Hotel,
1 Seaport Lane, Boston. 617-385-4300. www.opentable.com
For the people One of the most beautiful public spaces in Boston celebrates other public spaces (and itself) at "Building Boston." Five exhibits at the Boston Public Library are "Boston Sports Temples," "An Elevated View," "Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America's Great Public Spaces," "Boston in the Gilded Age: Mapping Public Places," and "The People's Own: Construction of the McKim Building." Dec. 26 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (some galleries close at 9 p.m.; check website for closing dates). Free. Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston. 617-536-5400. www.bpl.org/buildingboston
Symbols and subjects It's not easy depicting (or being) an icon, especially an incorporeal or intangible one. At "Imaging the Invisible: Angels, Demons Prayer and Wisdom" you'll see how iconographers used symbolism to represent their subjects. Dec. 26 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (through Spring 2013). $7, $5 seniors, $2 students and ages 3-17. Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000. www.museumofrussianicons.org
Banke on it In 1630, British settlers named a section of Portsmouth, N.H., after the wild berries growing there, and almost 400 years later you can take a 90-minute guided tour of five decorated homes at Strawbery Banke Holiday House Tours. Dec. 26-30 on the hour from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $15, $10 ages 5-17. Strawbery Banke, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth, N.H. 603-433-1100. www.strawberybanke.org
The hills are alive Thanks to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, you can sing your heart out at Sing-A-Long Sound of Music and wear your nun costume, Julie Andrews frock, or any other outfit. Dec. 26 at 10:30 a.m. (through Dec. 29). $15, $12 seniors and children (includes a goody bag). Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington. 781-646-4849. www.regenttheatre.com


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State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center) conducted his first listening posts of the 2013 legislative session in Tama County on Friday, Jan. 25, with meetings in Tama and Traer.
At the Tama Library, he laid out his vision for what new legislation will be in front of lawmakers and what likely won't go any where.
This year, Sodders is serving as President Pro Tem of the Iowa Senate, the number three leadership position in that legislative body.
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State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center) -right center in picture -talks about the Iowa Legislative session currently underway in Des Moines during a listening post at the Tama Public Library on Friday, Jan. 25. Sodders represents Tama, Marshall and a portion of Black Hawk County in the Iowa Senate where he holds leadership roles. News-Herald/John Speer
Here's some of what he had to say to the one half-dozen people gathered at Tama Friday afternoon:
a centralized law enforcement and emergency response training facility for Iowa is an important project for the senator. Sodders, who also serves as a Marshall County deputy sheriff, said funding for the operation could be a two percent property insurance surcharge which would then include some funding from non-profits and others which are not subject to property tax such as churches, hospitals and schools. However, they do routinely carry property tax insurance.
expect no major action on any gun bill. He said a couple of loopholes in recent legislation do need to be closed. One, he believes, prohibits an off-duty peace officer from carrying a firearm on school property. He said some, agencies require officers to be armed when off duty. Persons taking concealed weapons permit training on line are apparently able to avoid qualifying with firearms. Sodders says this provision needs to be shored up so all applicants must be qualified to obtain a permit. He also mentioned adding a way for sheriffs to deny issuing concealed weapons permits to persons with past mental health issues.
he also proposes expanding funding for the beginning farmer program, adoption of the "Hire a Hero" military tax credit for businesses, support for niche farming, improvement or rural access to high-speed internet service and the overhaul of Iowa's mental health service system.


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Oct. 29, 2006
Berkeley, Calif. -
With 10 different players scoring, the No. 2 California men's water polo team defeated No. 7 UC Santa Barbara on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex 19-6. UCSB falls to 16-11 overall and 1-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation while Cal improves to 21-3 and 4-1 in conference.
Cal got on the board first when Michael Sharf scored on a five-meter penalty shot with 3:50 left in the first period. The Gauchos answered back when Stefan Partelow was able the contest on a counterattack goal with 2:10 remaining in the first. The 1-1 tie was as close as UC Santa Barbara would get as the Bears went on a 5-0 run at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second period behind goals from senior Brian Bacharach, Jeff Tyrrell, Sharf, Marty Matthies and John Mann.
Cal had a 6-0 run, a 5-0 run, and scored seven goals during the fourth period, on the way to the 19-6 win. Other scorers for the Gauchos included two goals by Ross Sinclair and goals by Alex Young, Miles Price and Tamas Donauer. Goalie Rick Wright tallied seven saves.
Sharf led the Bears with three steals, juniors Mike Hayes and Zac Monsees paced Cal with three assists apiece, and Mann and senior center Brian Kinsel each had three ejections earned. Junior Adam Haley led the Bears with two field blocks. Cal was 19-for-29 on shots on goal, and was 4-for-5 on 6-on-5 advantages. The Bears held UCSB to 1-for-5 on man-up advantages.
The Gauchos return next weekend to host Long Beach State on Saturday before traveling South to Irvine on Sunday.
Scores by period
Cal: 3-5-4-7
UC Santa Barbara: 1-2-2-1
Cal goals: Jeff Tyrrell 4, John Mann 3, Michael Sharf 3, Andrija Vasilijevic 2, Marty Matthies 2, Zac Monsees 1, Brian Bacharach 1, Spencer Warden 1, Mike Hayes 1, Scott Cruikshank 1
UCSB GOALS: Ross Sinclair 2, Stefan Partelow 1, Alex Young 1, Miles Price 1, Tamas Donauer 1
Goalie Saves
Cal: Mark Sheredy 6
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Chivas USA's Lawson Vaughn had to leave Saturday's game in the 12th minute. He'd recently battled a hamstring injury but the reason for his departure was not related to that.
Early in Saturday's match, Houston's Dwayne De Rosario attempted a bicycle kick some 15 yards from goal. Instead of hitting the ball, De Rosario's boot slammed into Vaughn's face. Vaughn immediately went down as blood poured from his face.
It was difficult to see on television where it was coming from, and I just assumed it was from his nose. But Vaughn had a deep gash on his nose and cheek and had his nose broken as well on the play. Chivas USA's blog has a pair of great pictures of Vaughn's cut and subsequent bandages.
This is the second time a Chivas USA player has had his nose broken. Claudio Suarez had the same fate a few weeks back, but Suarez suffered his injury during a training session.
My guess is Vaughn will be fit enough to play in Sunday's game against New England and that he will carry that scar for quite long time.


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Bulldogs Top Voting For Regional Supremacy
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's lacrosse team was voted New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Champions when the final poll was conducted earlier this week. The Bulldogs, who went 6-0 against NEILA opponents, had the top spot in the rankings for eight straight weeks.
No. 13 Yale, which earned a spot on its fourth straight Ivy League Tournament, begins defense of its 2012 conference tournament by facing Penn Friday at 5 p.m. in the first semifinal at Ithaca.
The Elis (9-4 overall) look to make the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season.
Final NEILA COACHES POLL
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Is it really true that she didn't know she couldn't vote? Wouldn't everyone caught and facing that punishment make that assertion? Aren't people who get a green card told very clearly that they cannot vote? How did she register to vote without being forced to assert that she was a citizen, which she knew was not true? Ah, yes:
While living in neighboring Dallas County, she registered to vote before the 2012 election, checking a box on the registration form that certified that she was a United States citizen. After voting in 2012 and 2014, she moved to Fort Worth's Tarrant County in 2015, where she registered to vote again — this time, ticking the box that indicated she was not a citizen.When she told the truth, she was not able to register.
When her registration was rejected, she called elections officials, telling them that she had voted in Dallas. Told that people who checked the noncitizen box were ineligible to vote, she reapplied, this time indicating that she was a citizen.Finally, the authorities took notice and she was prosecuted. It took all those steps for her to trigger a consequence. That is, if she'd just checked the "citizen" box all along, she'd have gotten away with it. (Like so many others?) And we're invited to feel sorry for her because she's facing punishment:
Her punishment may be unprecedented for an offense that often draws a minimal sentence or probation.... The case resonates in a polarized political environment where some are convinced that immigrants threaten to upend the nation's shared values more than they continue its long history of accepting and assimilating outsiders. Ms. Ortega's lawyers say they believe the severity of the sentence stems from the furor over immigration and false claims about voter fraud raised by Donald J. Trump's nationalistic presidential campaign.....Baseless? If you believe that, you'd have to think that all noncitizens should just be told to go ahead and vote by simply checking the "citizen" box when they register. How is Ortega a scapegoat? She made herself conspicuous. Her only argument is that she'd have gotten away with it if she'd kept a lower profile.
Ms. Ortega's lawyers are casting her as a scapegoat. The case, they say, was manufactured to prop up Mr. Trump's baseless voter-fraud claims....


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The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography moves—with its 158,000 works—into a custom-made home. Renoir's Portraits: Impression of an Age attracts record crowds.
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Bill C 12, The Museums Act, receives Royal assent, proclaims the National Gallery of Canada as a Crown corporation, and appoints a new Board of Trustees.
On 7 May, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP), an affiliate of the National Gallery of Canada, officially opens its specially designed building on Rideau Street, making its collection infinitely more accessible to the public.
Housed mostly below street level in the former site of an old Canadian Pacific Railway tunnel under Confederation Square, between the Chateau Laurier Hotel and the Rideau Canal locks, the $16.5 million building boasts state-of-the-art galleries, a research centre, a museum shop, archival storage, a video room, and a small theatre. Architect Michael Lundhom ensures the attention of passers-by with his design of a concrete and glass entrance (echoing the Colonnade of the National Gallery) that opens onto Wellington Street.
The CMCP collection includes some 161,000 images, including photographs, negatives and transparencies, as well as books, filmstrips, audio-visual presentations, and other documents related to still photography.
The National Gallery's collection of Inuit Art gets its own permanent galleries on the lower level below the Great Hall.
The National Gallery launches its first website at http://national.gallery.ca in English and http://musee.beaux-arts.ca in French.
The 1995-96 fiscal year results in over 600,000 visitors, a record attendance since 1989.
The National Gallery of Canada Foundation is established to promote private support for the Gallery.
Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age sets an exhibition attendance record with 340,000 visitors.
Pierre Théberge is appointed as the new Director of the National Gallery of Canada.
A noted member of the arts community for nearly four decades, Pierre Théberge is a graduate in art history of the Université de Montréal and also studied at the Courtauld Institute in London. From 1986 to 1997, Mr. Théberge served as Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where his original and dynamic programming strengthened the Museum's international profile. The planning and construction of the Jean-Noël-Desmarais Pavilion was also completed during his tenure.
Numerous honours mark the progression of Pierre Théberge's remarkable career. He was appointed Knight of the Ordre national du Québec in 1992, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1994. In 2001, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada by Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, for his exceptional contribution to the visual arts in Canada. In 2002, he received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, awarded to Canadians who have made a significant contribution to their country, their community or their fellow citizens. Also in 2002, the Austrian government conferred on him the Cross of Honour for Arts and Science.
Pierre Théberge was born in 1942 in St-Éleuthère, in the Kamouraska region of Quebec.
The Gallery launches its first Audioguide program for the Canadian collection and summer exhibitions in English and French.
Following an intensively active two years of research and development, the virtual encyclopedia of the Gallery's collection, CyberMuse, goes on-line at http://cybermuse.gallery.ca.
The most advanced system of its kind in the world, with the capacity to expand and add new functionality, CyberMuse enables the on-line visitor to access comprehensive information about the art and artists represented in the Gallery's collection. Among its offerings are such entertaining and innovative activities as on-line virtual tours of the collections, artists' biographies, audio and video interviews with artists and curators, video animation, historical timelines, visitor feedback, and much more.
CyberMuse was made possible with the generous support of the AMEX Foundation.
The Gallery also launches its Vernissage magazine in May.
Terre Sauvage: The Canadian Landscape and the Group of Seven, an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Canada, receives international acclaim when it travels to Mexico, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and China.


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It is an in-situ parser written in modern C++, with parsing speed approaching that of
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RapidXml has been around since 2006, and is being used by lots of people. HTC uses it in some of its mobile phones.
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Current version is RapidXml 1.13. Also available is its online Manual with a full and detailed reference. You may also like to check Boost.PropertyTree library, which presents a higher level interface, and uses RapidXml as its default XML parser.
The author of RapidXml is Marcin Kalicinski.
Copyright © 2006, 2009 Marcin Kalicinski (kalita at poczta dot onet dot pl)


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The latest round up of news from schools in your area this week.
Olympian visits school sports day
The sun shining the children of Broadfield Primary School in Hemel Hempstead took part in their annual sports day on Wednesday last week.
The events included sprints, jumping and throwing, ending in a relay.
School spokesman Lynn Taylor said: "All of the children involved gave their absolute best effort and enjoyed the range of events.
"There was fantastic encouragement from staff and parents but perhaps the most inspiration was offered by Great Britain Olympic athlete Sarah Claxton who offered motivation and encouragement to all involved.
"Inspired by an Olympian the children rose to the challenge and a great day was had by all."
Pool fundraiser and award for global recipe project
Woodfield Association School Partners is the charity that raises money for Leverstock Green's Woodfield School, which helps children with severe learning difficulties.
It is currently trying to fundraise for money towards a new hydrotherapy pool.
The current school pool has reached the end of its life, being 37 years old, and is no longer viable.
Woodfield School caters for up to 68 pupils from the Dacorum and surrounding areas who have severe disabilities.
Its leaders have had plans drawn up and have been given an estimate of just over £1 million to build a new sports hall and hydrotherapy pool.
Woodfield deputy headteacher Beverley Hamilton said: "Unfortunately this is not something that the Local Authority will provide.
"We are not expecting large cheques from individuals or organisations, but rather feel that if enough people gave up the cost of a cup of coffee - i.e. £2 - then we would reach our target if we reach enough people.
"Some families may want to hold a dinner party or a company may hold a cake bake in our name.
"If people want to help please contact me as I can provide collection tins with the charity number on and I attach a leaflet that gives some more detail."
The school's number is 01442 253476.
Andrea La Grue from Woodfield School won a UK National Special Educational Needs Quality Award at the high-profile eTwinning National Awards Ceremony.
The special awards celebrate those who have produced outstanding work as part of eTwinning, which enables schools across Europe to work together on creative projects using digital technology.
Woodfield School won the award for its project, competing with nearly 90 other schools who applied across the UK.
The innovative project called European Teens Masterchef involved the students in sharing their own tried and tested traditional recipes with 12 European countries and then having the opportunity to make recipes sent from the countries we were working with.
eTwinning, the digital community for schools involving over 250,000 teachers in 32 countries across Europe, is funded by the European Commission as part of the Erasmus+ programme and managed in the UK by the British Council.
International coordinator at Woodfield School Andrea La Grue said: "It was a fantastic opportunity for students and staff to share in a project across European schools.
"The students were fully included in working with pupils in the other countries and found the whole experience really motivating.
"It was a pleasure to see the excitement when watching our recipes being recreated by our European partners."
Ruth Sinclair-Jones, UK national agency director for Erasmus+ and eTwinning at the British Council, said: "The eTwinning Awards in the UK are a great celebration of the excellent and creative work being produced by educators and pupils alike.
"Participation in eTwinning has enabled pupils to connect with others across Europe, share ideas across borders and develop as global citizens.
The awards ceremony took place on Saturday, June 21, in Nottingham.
Pupils record album as treat for retiring headteacher
The whole of Bovingdon Primary Academy became recording stars for the day when a mobile recording studio came into school to make a CD for their headteacher, Martin Mangan, who is retiring after 17 years at the school.
All 453 pupils were involved and even the staff gave a rendition of Take That's Never Forget during the event on Monday, June 23.
Songs were chosen to represent all of the events that have taken place over Mr Mangan's years at the school. The CD will be presented to the him as part of his leaving gift.


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I am a special education teacher in an elementary school, and nearly every good reading program available on the computer is prohibitively expensive for schools. I would like to make a reading program that is free, or as cheep as possible, for schools and students to use in order to practice basic reading skills. Here is what I already know how to do, and what I would like to build. I would like to know what else I need to learn to do in order to complete this project, and how realistic of a project it is to complete. Thanks for the help!
Also, if I am going to need more help, is there a way to reach out to the community for web developers, programmers, etc. to contribute in an open source fashion (with nothing going online until tested by me or other teachers of course and do you think there would be people who would contribute?
What I know:
A beginner level of perl and java.
A good understanding of how programs work.
Not much else.
What I want to build:
A website with reading games that address the 5 components of reading (phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary). Phonics and phonemic awareness will be the easiest to address.
I would like to have games. For example, I would like to build a game in which students hear a word like bat and see a partial single syllable word like b_t and a list of vowels like a,o,e,i,u, and students are asked to insert the correct vowel into the middle of the word in order to complete the word.
I would like for students to have accounts that they log into so that they can see what activities they have completed, what activities they need to practice more, and how much progress they have made.
I would like for teachers to be able to create accounts in which they can add students to a class list and assign each student a password so that they can click on a student's name and see how that student is doing on each activity.
I would like for students to be able to earn points toward some sort of prize like placing a decoration in a trophy room when they complete activities to a certain level of mastery.