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The Broome County Probation Department is dedicated to the protection of the community by reducing crime and delinquency, along with facilitating the rehabilitation of offenders of the law. This is accomplished through investigation, supervision, and diversion of cases that have violated laws of the Family Court Act, the Penal Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law and other laws of the State of New York. This department works closely with the courts, police agencies, treatment agencies, and other human resource agencies in Broome County to rehabilitate offenders. The Probation Department has a primary obligation to the community to return offenders back to the courts when they do not abide by the court's sentence and conditions of probation.
The Criminal Division component supervises all adults (age 16 and above) placed on probation by the Criminal Courts of Broome County, as well as cases transferred into Broome County from other jurisdictions. This division provides pre-sentence/pre-plea investigations as ordered by the courts in Broome County, and upon request from other County Probation Departments, regardless of disposition. Investigations comprise a legal history, social history, victim impact, evaluative analysis and recommendation. The Criminal Division also provides Pre-Trial Release services as an alternative to incarceration, and thus decreases potential jail days. This division also provides interim supervision for individuals placed in this program prior to sentencing by the Criminal Courts.
Presently the department operates specialized caseloads for DWI's, sex offenders, domestic violence, felony drug offenses, Youthful Offenders and DSS restitution collection. Probation supervision includes office reporting by the probationer, unannounced home visits by probation officers, and contact by the probation officer with collateral sources including, but not limited to, spouses, parents, employers, schools and treatment providers.
The Family Services Division component supervises all youth (age 7 to 16, or 18 in the case of PINS) placed on Probation as a result of a Family Court adjudication as a Juvenile Delinquent (JD)or a Person In Need of Supervision (PINS). This division provides pre-dispositional investigations for Broome County Family Court, as well as adoption, custody and visitation investigations.
This division also provides Diversion to JD cases for the purpose of avoiding the need to file a petition in Family Court. Other services include assessment and referral for services and treatment. Information and Family Court assistance are provided to those individuals related by blood, marriage or children, who are seeking an Order of Protection.
Restitution Unit
The restitution unit monitors court ordered payments including restitution, fines surcharges, Crime Victim's fees and supervision fees. This unit is also responsible for records management of legal documents and case files, and overseeing Conditional Discharge cases. Nearly a half million dollars per year is collected by this unit in restitution for victims.
Special Programs
Persons under supervision by the Broome County Probation Department may become involved in a variety of special programs to enhance the rehabilitative process including: DNA collection, Electronic Monitoring, Parent Orientation for PINS cases, an annual employment workshop, testing for alcohol or drug use, and Probation Eligible Diversion (PED).


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Oscar-Winning Gandhi Director Richard Attenborough Dies at Age 90
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Oscar-winning actor/director Richard Attenborough died on Sunday at age 90, his son told the BBC. No cause of death was given, but he had been in poor health for some time. Born in Cambridge, England, Attenborough was on… Read more


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Berkshire County Joins Global 'One Billion Rising' Campaign
On Thursday, February 14, 2013, Berkshire County will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
Berkshire community organizers, including Elizabeth Freeman Center, HAVEN:Human/Animal Violence Education Network and WAM Theatre, are calling out to the entire Berkshire community to join activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, women and men across the world as we strike, dance, and RISE, demanding an end at last to violence against women. There will be countywide risings throughout the day and a ONE BILLION RISING 10x10 Upstreet Dance Party at 6:00 pm Upstairs at Spice Dragon in Pittsfield, MA.
"When you watch the ONE BILLION RISING video, in three short minutes you see the painful, common acts of violence women experience all over the world, and then you are swept with the passion and determination of women rising to act against it, even within the face of it. Think about it, one in three women in this world are beaten and raped, and our community is not immune", says organizer Nina Molin, MD. "It has to stop and we all must participate."
People are encouraged to Rise Up in Western MA. To see a current list of events go to: http://www.facebook.com/WesternMaRising/events and click on Western MA Rising @ Berkshires or go to onebillionrising.org and click on 'find a rising near you'. To add a new event to Berkshire County Risings email firstname.lastname@example.com
ONE BILLION RISING began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls. One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women dancing is a revolution.
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The Story of a Very Blue Berry...
Why so blue? Because Madame Blueberry wants more stuff. Sure, she has everything she needs- good friends, plenty of food, a nice tree house to live in- but some of her friends have a lot more. Sound familiar?
Let your kids spend a little time with Madame Blueberry and the rest of the veggies and they'll learn that 'being greedy makes you grumpy- but a thankful heart is a happy heart'!
Madame Blueberry teaches kids why God wants us to be thankful for what we have.
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HARRISBURG (AP) - Pennsylvanians can display their support for military veterans with a new specialized license plate authorized by a state law enacted last year.
The 'Honoring Our Veterans' plate costs $35, and nearly half that amount will go to a trust fund run by the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
The money will fund grants to service organizations for veterans and other charities.
The new plates are illustrated with a bald eagle and an American flag.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation began selling them last month.


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Winner of 2004 EMBO Science Writing Prize announced
Heidelberg, 30 August 2004 - The winner of the 2004 EMBO Science Writing Prize is Matthew Bottomley of the Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare in Rome, Italy. The winning piece, entitled "From Hawaii with Love", takes a novel and entertaining look at the use of quorum-sensing systems in transcriptional regulation of bacteria.
The EMBO Science Writing Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding piece of science writing that effectively communicates a topical issue to a non-scientific audience. Matthew Bottomley's innovative text fulfils this criterion on every level. The lively dialogue relates double agent James Pond's mission to combat the deadly 'Pseudo' bacteria – currently a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. Set in Hawaii, the exotic tale tells how Pond stumbles across the phenomenon of the glowing Bobtail Squid and learns how its quorum-sensing technology can be used in the fight against the Pseudo bacteria.
English-born, Matthew Bottomley currently lives and works in Rome, Italy. His research at the Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare focuses on biophysical studies of protein structures involved in chromatin structure or transcription. The young researcher's first post-doctoral position at EMBL in Heidelberg was supported by an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship.
Asked to elaborate on the inspiration behind his text, Bottomley commented that he had long been looking for an appropriate medium to communicate this fascinating story. "It was really my brother-in-law who gave me the James Bond idea. After hearing the whole bizarre story of the glowing squid, his immediate response was that it sounded like a scene from a James Bond film. That was it – James Pond was born and it was then a race against time (very Bond-like) to write the article before the deadline expired!"
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Investigators haven't found body in 3 years
By Gene Johnson and Paul Foy
Associated Press
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case.
The West Valley City Police Department on Monday opened its books on the investigation of Susan Powell's 2009 disappearance, after several years of second-guessing about why they never arrested her husband. Josh Powell killed himself and the couple's two young sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state last year.
The tens of thousands of pages of documents, photographs and video, and interview notes and voice mail messages the department released depict an investigation that focused from its earliest days on Josh Powell. Detectives doubted his bizarre story that he left his sleeping wife at home in the middle of the night to take the boys camping in the Utah desert during a snowstorm, and they questioned his odd behavior in the days after the disappearance.
The files discussed how detectives painstakingly followed up on tips they received from campers, hunters, prisoners and other law enforcement agencies and even psychics.
Following Josh Powell's death last year — and his decision to make his brother, Michael C. Powell, the main beneficiary of his life insurance policy — police focused more closely on Michael Powell.
Michael Powell, an ardent supporter of Josh Powell, killed himself Feb. 11 by leaping from a parking garage in Minneapolis.
He was interviewed numerous times last year after investigators determined he left his car at an Oregon junk yard weeks after Susan's disappearance — a fact police didn't learn until nearly two years later. Officials said he offered evasive answers about why he got rid of the car and how he had used it in the weeks after her disappearance.
His suicide left investigators without any person of interest in the case. While authorities believe the brothers were responsible for Susan Powell's disappearance, they said repeatedly Monday that they never had enough evidence to bring charges — an assertion that has been questioned in the past by legal experts as well as law enforcement in Washington state.
"This is a circumstantial case, yes," said West Valley City Deputy Chief Phil Quinlan. His fellow deputy chief, Mike Powell, added, "We didn't have a body. We don't have a crime scene."
The case file shows that in August 2010, police contacted a West Valley City woman, whose full name is redacted, after her phone number was discovered in Josh Powell's phone records.
She told police she had a sexual relationship with Josh Powell after meeting him through a dating service about six or seven months before Susan Powell disappeared. The woman said she knew Josh Powell by the name John Staley, and she didn't know he was married. It wasn't until after she saw news coverage of the case that she discerned his true identity.
The woman "advised she and Josh had sex five to six times in various areas of the Salt Lake Valley," and "stated Josh Powell paid a total of approximately $800 during this time frame," detective Ellis Maxwell wrote in one report.
She also gave detectives a tour of areas where she said they conducted their encounters — always during daytime, Maxwell wrote.
The woman initially called 911 just days after Susan Powell disappeared and claimed she had been having an affair with Josh Powell for the past two months, Maxwell wrote — but at the time, she declined to provide corroborating information.
The file includes other details, and contained emails from Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox, who expressed hope his daughter might be found in the days after her December 2009 disappearance.
Cox believed Josh Powell poisoned his wife's pancakes before she was taken from the couple's house.
"The question is, where did he put her and will we find her before she does die?" Cox wrote in an email to Utah authorities, according to the police file. "One possibility is that she is still alive, but we need to find her before she does die, if the poison was not a fatal dose, she may ... be found."
Susan Powell was reported missing after failing to show up for work. Josh Powell maintained his innocence and said he had taken the couple's young boys on a midnight camping trip in freezing temperatures the night she was last seen.
Police found a small amount of her blood on the floor next to a recently cleaned sofa and carpet in their house, and Josh Powell's bizarre behavior following the disappearance left lingering questions.
When he arrived at his house following his purported camping trip, he had his wife's cellphone in his van, with the digital SIM card removed. He couldn't explain why he had her phone, police said.
Asked why he didn't tell his boss he wouldn't be coming into work that day, a Monday, Josh Powell said he thought it was Sunday.
The day after Susan Powell was reported missing, Josh Powell rented a car at the Salt Lake City airport. He returned it two days later, having driven it more than 800 miles. And 10 days after she was reported missing, Josh Powell cleaned out her retirement accounts, without ever offering to provide any information to help police find her.
Josh Powell eventually returned to the couple's hometown of Puyallup, Wash., where he got caught up in a battle with Susan Powell's parents for custody of the boys, 7-year-old Charlie and 5-year-old Braden.
On Feb. 15, 2012, he locked a social worker out of a rental home at the start of a supervised visit, attacked the boys with a hatchet and set the house afire. All three were killed in the blaze.
"We have searched high and low for what happened to Susan Cox Powell," West Valley Mayor Mike Winder said. "What happened to Susan that night?"


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UBS outlook 1st quarter 2008
Swiss business sectors in very good shape2007 was another very good year for nearly all sectors of the Swiss economy. Sales and earnings were both up. While the outlook for 2008 is more restrained, it remains positive. Sales are expected to be strongest in the watchmaking, pharmaceuticals and IT sectors. These are the results of a broad-based survey carried out by UBS of around 4,100 companies in 27 main sectors and 95 sub-sectors.
Nearly every sector participated in the strong growth of the Swiss economy in 2007. According to the most recent comprehensive UBS business survey, last year was one of the best years of the last few decades on all counts: revenue and sales growth, earnings, selling prices, headcount and investment. Sales increased in all sectors. The growth engines in 2007 were the watchmaking, pharmaceuticals and capital goods industries.
Watches, machinery and pharmaceuticals experience strongest sales growth
The majority of companies surveyed in all sectors registered higher sales volumes in 2007. The strongest sales growth was reported in the watches, machinery, banking and pharmaceuticals sectors. Electrical engineering, metals, IT services, corporate services, wholesale and tourism also made gains. Telecommunications, utilities and waste disposal and health and social services were the weakest performers but still reported positive trends.
Solid earnings growth
With sales booming, earnings growth was firmer in 2007. Exports were bolstered by the favourable euro/franc exchange rate. The fact that banks reported the best earnings despite major writedowns is due in part to the structure of the census, which only looks at business criteria at Swiss locations. Most banks were not directly affected by the consequences of the global credit market crisis. There were also sharp increases in earnings in watches, machinery and pharmaceuticals. Food manufacturers only reported a slight increase in earnings.
Slight rise in prices
Booming world markets and the strong franc enabled producers to pass on at least part of the rise in commodity prices to customers in 2007. Export-oriented sectors such as watches, materials, metals and machinery reported big increases in sales prices. The biggest, however, came in tourism. In chemicals, architecture, IT services and food, on the other hand, prices stagnated. In retail, the presence of foreign competitors and the struggle among major retailers for market share led to an overall fall in sale prices. Media and telecommunications also suffered price erosion.
HR departments kept busy
The Swiss labour market was extremely attractive for jobseekers in 2007. Companies recruited staff on a grand scale. Hiring exceeded the forecasts made in the previous year's survey in every sector surveyed, with the largest rises registered by the banks, machinery and electrical engineering sectors. No sector reported a fall in headcount. Large firms recruited more actively or successfully than SMEs. The fact that so many new jobs have been filled is due in part to the freedom of movement between Switzerland and the EU. At the same time, more and more companies are having difficulty finding suitably qualified workers.
Regionally balanced growth
Despite differences in their sector make-up, the various regions of Switzerland posted similar trends in terms of their companies' sales and earnings. Zurich and Northwestern Switzerland came off best in 2007, but levels of contentment with results were also above average among respondents in Central Switzerland - the region with the highest sales and profit expectations for 2008. Business performance in Southern Switzerland was below the national average.
Confidence for 2006 as well
The results of the UBS survey show that the picture for this year remains positive, despite signs of some slight slowing in growth. Companies of all sizes and from all regions forecast higher sales and earnings overall, and the generally positive view is clouded only a little by fears of a slight weakening in certain sectors. Watches, capital goods and pharmaceuticals remain the most confident sectors while construction is the most pessimistic.
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The capital markets environment remains strong overall, but is less dynamic than the cyclical high reached in 2015. Cyclical-low unemployment rates and healthy property fundamentals have kept Orange County as a particularly attractive market for investors. Capital flows have shifted from crowded markets like Los Angeles into secondary and tertiary markets as investors explore alternative sectors and regions for higher yields. Overall, volume remains elevated and pricing is stable.
Tight pricing and limited availability of investable stock dampened total acquisitions activity in Los Angeles, but activity in Orange County picked up from last year. In H1 2017, investment reached $3.5 billion, a year-over-year increase of 12.1%. Individual asset sales, the best indicator for investment momentum, jumped by 27.8% year over year. Much of this investment was driven by large jumps in the hotel and retail sectors, while all other sectors remained at levels similar to those seen in H1 2016. Private buyers were the most active in the OC market, accounting for 76% of the total, and looking for value-add opportunities.
After gradual cap rate compression since 2010, local cap rates have largely stabilized in H1 2017, with prices holding relatively firm. Multifamily was the only sector in Orange County that recorded tightening cap rates, while the industrial sector remained unchanged and retail and hotel cap rates pushed upwards. The general outlook for cap rates and returns on cost in the second half of 2017 is for continued stable pricing. The consensus is that if rates do change in H2 2017, they are more likely to increase modestly.


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November 18, 2011
LOS ANGELES -- A team of students from UCLA Anderson and UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture won the 2011 NAIOP Real Estate Challenge held at Town and Gown at the University of Southern California. The UCLA team consisted of second-year UCLA Anderson students Michael Johnson, John Shishido, Blake Thomas, and Robert Wilshusen, and UCLA Architecture student Adam Rude. The annual event, presented by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), presents a specific real estate case challenge to a team of students at UCLA and USC. In addition to providing a rich learning experience that requires participating students to produce high-quality professional work within a limited timeframe, the competition is designed to showcase the talents and creativity of the next generation of real estate leaders.
This year, the challenge focused on a 5-acre parcel in downtown Anaheim located near Disneyland. The site is owned by Clean City, Inc. (CCI). CCI's company tag line is "Rescue, Restore, Revive, makes our city thrive." The teams were challenged to create and present the best idea for redevelopment of the site. UCLA's team proposed The Village at Anaheim Colony, a thoughtful, market-appropriate and integrated mixed-use development. The project is intended to meet existing demand for quality rental apartments and neighborhood retail, while a charter school and pedestrian-friendly gathering places will improve the quality of life for new and current residents.
"The team was presented with a challenging four-block site that consists of a hodgepodge of existing uses and over a dozen qualified historic structures," said Paul Habibi, UCLA Anderson lecturer and team advisor. "They crafted a thoughtful and sensitive program that delivers much-needed rental housing and daily needs retail, as well as a charter school that serves the local community and repurposes historic homes to reduce cost. Recognizing current market realities, they took advantage of traditional financing, density bonuses and parking incentives to design a project that could get financed today."
"I am extremely proud of our NAIOP Challenge team," said Tim Kawahara, Executive Director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA. "By participating in this competition, the students from both UCLA and USC engaged in critical thinking to create viable revitalization strategies for low-income urban neighborhoods in a real-world context. The knowledge these students gained, and the commitment they demonstrated to urban redevelopment, will pay dividends for years to come."
In its fourteenth year, the NAIOP USC vs. UCLA Real Estate Challenge celebrates the rivalry between the two schools and illustrates the robust real estate programs at both universities. The winning team is awarded the Silver Shovel, a silver shovel inscribed with all past winners, and a $5,000 cash prize.
About UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate, a joint center of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA School of Law, was formed with a mandate to create and administer UCLA's activities surrounding the topic of real estate. The mission of the Center is to advance thought leadership in the field of real estate by generating influential research, educating the next generation of leaders, and providing meaningful forums for industry professionals and policymakers. Through its various programs and activities, the Center employs a multidisciplinary and global approach to addressing the most critical real estate challenges facing our society today and in the future.
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty members are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,800 students enrolled in MBA, Fully-Employed MBA, Executive MBA, UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA, Master of Financial Engineering, and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 36,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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DETROIT - Stephen Grant's father, William "Al" Grant, committed suicide Friday, said the St. Clair County Medical Examiner's Office.
The office said it looks like an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
William Grant was taken to Port Huron Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The autopsy will be performed at the hospital.
He was 66 years old.
Stephen Grant was convicted of murdering and dismembering his wife, Tara Grant, in 2007.
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Media Matters' Joe Strupp Named A Finalist For Mirror Award For Media Reporting
Media Matters investigative reporter Joe Strupp has been named a finalist for the prestigious media industry reporting Mirror Award for Best Single Article - Digital Media for his 2012 story, "How A Right-Wing Group Is Infiltrating State News Coverage."
In a statement, Media Matters Founder and Chairman David Brock called Strupp "an invaluable addition to the Media Matters team" and said that the "well-deserved honor speaks to his incredible abilities as a journalist."
Strupp's reporting detailed the rise of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, a conservative news outlet funded by major right-wing donors and staffed by veterans of groups affiliated with the Koch brothers that seeks to publish its ideological journalism in the pages of state and local newspapers.
According to the Mirror Awards website:
The Mirror Awards are the most important awards for recognizing excellence in media industry reporting. Established by Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, the awards honor the reporters, editors and teams of writers who hold a mirror to their own industry for the public's benefit.
This is the fourth time Strupp has been named a finalist for a Mirror Award, with the previous three coming for his reporting for Editor & Publisher. It is the first time a Media Matters reporter has been recognized by the Mirror Awards.


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Oh, that's easy - the US Government actively encouraged alien abduction / UFO / 'visitors' etc from the 1950s onwards to help conceal the development of secret plane technology (U2 / Blackbird / Stealth thru to crazy saucer-shaped aircraft).Originally Posted by droid
Also, and this is a total aside: I read the other week about some guys who decided to actually test the theory that wearing foil helmets protects the brain from ultra low frequency transmissions (because these wavelengths are reserved for use by govenment bodies and commerical interests, it has been suggested that they are used by the military industrial complex to brainwash the masses).
Anyway, it turns out that wearing foil helmets actually amplifies these frequencies. So (of course!), the same people that previously advocated the use of foil helmets as a form of protection are now claiming that the whole idea must have been seeded by [insert cabal of choice here] to encourage people to wear them to increase their susceptibility to the frequencies in question.
All good and true but I think that individuals act within a system and they too can be guilty."Conspiracies are by their nature 'outside' the system, so reducing everything down to a conspiracy of some sort or another lets the system off the hook - if events like 9/11 are the result of secret planning by a cadre of individuals, and not the predictable (and horrible) response to years of foreign policy, then the system has no need to change - its the individuals that are to blame"
Abhu Ghraib (not sure about the spelling I'm afraid) is a good example of this I think - the system from top to bottom may be at fault but there were individuals who tortured people and their bosses who ordered them to do it and their bosses who allowed that specific system to be set up in Iraq etc even if they were working within an overall system that tends to allow this kind of thing to happen. The big picture is important but details can be important too is what I'm saying.
I agree - but I dont think that 'institutional thinking' precludes the role (or guilt) of the individual, it just places them inside the context of the larger system. Conspiracy thinking on the other hand places ALL the emphasis on the role of the individual, or on a small group of individuals...Originally Posted by IdleRich
My veiw of Abu Ghraib is that torture has been unoffiical policy of the US since WW2, that they have used, encouraged the use, and actually TAUGHT the use of torture worldwide, and that Iraq presents almost no deviation from the norm - which is why I reject the idea that the system 'allowed these things to happen', or that as the US military has done, placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of 6 men and women who acts were coordinated by military intelligence officers and CIA agents... thats the reflexive reaction of most power systems - to scapegoat and distance itself from public criticism...
Torture is US policy, pure and simple, its not a tendency or a slip up, its the default position. (sorry to go off topic btw )
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Im very excited by this! its our duty to start a website so we can inform the world of this shocking discovery!
First thing we need is a catchy name... how about: http://www.wakeupyounaivefools.com
Blunt - No offence taken, I think we do agree on a lot of things here. But it is well documented that the US government has planned to go that far in times gone by - Project Northwoods is one example, there are countless other examples of underhand tactics used by the US throughout the developing world to control everything from natural resources to the Panama Canal in which many civillians have died. Check out PNAC's website and the Wolfowitz Doctrine for a great motive, written in the Neo-con's own words.Originally Posted by blunt
There are loads of unanswered questions surrounding Flight 77. The lack of airplane debris at the site, the only engine found at the site being from a much smaller plane than a 757 (according to Rolls Royce who manufactured both the engine found and the 757 engines), the immaculate lawn in front of the crash site that should be ripped to shreds, the hole in the pentagon being half the size of a 757's wingspan, the fact that someone shut down the whole air defense system over Washington that day. But this isn't a 9/11 conspiracy thread.
I have no idea what happened. But I know there are a lot of unanswered questions. My point is these questions should be investigated (the 9/11 comission report fails to answer any of the above, and a whole lot more besides). It's not enough to just look at the macro picture. If someone is shot
dead, people don't just get upset about how easy it is to get hold of a gun or how sick society has become or whatever, they want to see whoever is responsible for pulling the trigger brought to justice.
The bigger picture stuff here, I agree, is the most important thing. Imperialism, greed, capitalism and our most basic values as a society are all to blame for the sorry state of affairs we are in, and if we could fix that, we would hopefully find ourselves in a much better place. But in the meantime, if terrorists, governments or hamburglars commit crimes, they should be investigated thouroughly and those responsible should be held accountable.
It just struck me that given McDonald's vapid nature, Hamburglar is actually the good guy. He's kind of like Agent V, but more cute and lovable...
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Institutional, structural, and ideological causes are the most important factors I think. We have to insist on the universality of our political demands. On the one hand (and this is relatively less important) by focusing blame on one group/organization/institution, even if we can "prove" anything, the trail ends there. Look at how easily the Bush administration (one among a large cadre of awful world leaders) has managed to succesively shift blame for any one horrible debacle onto a small group of individuals. I don't care, nor should you, who caused this and who decided on that. I know, as do we all, what the real problems are. "Accountability" is merely the shuffling of blame or its diversion elsewhere. We need to confront the bigger picture always.
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once the situationists appear i shut down the computer - see you all again tomorrow
I might owe an apology for that slogan...But well worth it!
Well, I think the difficulty here is with the gratuitous labelling of some stance, any stance [political or otherwise] that is outside the dominant ideology and its media outlets as "conspiracy theory", for it presupposes some irrefutable, established knowledge [factual or analytic] on the part of the one doing the labelling, so conflating issues of paranoia with those of conspiracy. [For instance, is the claim that 19 members of Al-Kaida flew planes into the WTC itself not a "conspiracy theory"? If you refute this, upon what do you base your refutation? ie. conspiracy works both ways ... is inescapable, unless one is a smug gliberal post-modernist, who somehow always-already simply "knows"]Originally Posted by sherief
You refer to Zizek: he makes the same argument about the Bush Admin's claims regarding WNDs in Iraq as he does about the Holocaust deniers [as well as marital jealousy, Nazi anti-semitism, Islamophobia], the WMDs as a - paranoid - displacement of the underlying problem [unaccountable US power], and therefore irrelevant [ie. even if Saddam did have WMDs, the Bush Admin's claim was still based on prejudice, the later possible "fact" of it serving simply to reinforce their pathology].
Along the same lines, isn't it unwise [Dissensus translation: downright irresponsible?] to dismiss the - widely documented - US-planned invasion of Iran as "conspiracy theory"? This is essentially simple ignorance of the actual underlying geo-politics [and ironically, Zizek has also properly expressed concern about US designs on Iran ... Give Iranian Nukes A Chance] taking refuge [Dissensus translation: recklessly resorting?] to the conspiracy theory trope as justification for such continued ignorance. Prejudice by other means.
Yes, we know that the problems are inherently structural [the interpellated symbolic network of Big Other Kapital], but this does not mean that we should pay no attention to its Agents, or fail to continue to report on their behaviour.
Why conspiracy theories? Because, believe it or not, governments do things that they'd rather nobody knew about, and do other things for reasons they won't admit to. For example, putting key-loggers in laptops at the factory.
Originally Posted by HMGovtHmm... seems a little sensationalised and hardly incontravertible... Alex Jones is a serious freak as well...I am not certain how long this information will be permitted to remain online for all the world to see before the government takes some type of action to attempt to have it removed from public view. I URGE you to take copy of this page immediately and spread this information to everyone you know immediately!
Anything you find on his site needs to be triple checked - you cant take it at face value IMO.
It's very attractive to see conspiracy theories as positions held by conservatives which actually reinforce the status quo - attractive because it's funny and takes a rise out of some wild-eyed idiots - but I don't really see how it stack up. Although most conspiracy theories are nonsense the truth of them does matter. I think it really would mean something if the CIA killed JFK or Dick Cheney organised 9/11 or whatever, the thing is, they didn't.
It's simply not true to say that anything that doesn't somehow criticise everything implicitly condones the system as it is which I think is at the nub of Sherief's point.
I do think that there is a balance to be struck between arguments over what happened here or there and recognizing the truth of a situation. I don't want to seem like I'm saying "oh just blame it on the structures." I think that's a vulgar position that only promotes inaction (system's too big, etc.) So I think this places me fairly within the idea of the properly political being that which we can engage in in the context of a discrete situation; in any such case of course we have to know "what's going on" in terms of raw data etc. But information doesn't contain truth per se--for every bit of evidence on one side there are one two or three bits on the other side--and then you get into a MAD (Mutually Assured Derangement) type-scenario. It comes to a point...
I think however I'm discouraged in general from pontification on things like "what really happened on 9/11" and "Did the CIA kill Kennedy" (this last one amounts to fuckall in my opinion). On the one hand, because this is government, and government != politics as I see it. Should I send a packet of information to my senator full of website printouts about the possibility of war in Iran asking him to realize what's going on and help stop it? Come now... You have to ask yourself what you can do with the information you may have been able to wrangle out of the internet or wherever else for that matter.
This viewpoint is either very pessimistic, ignorant, or localized. I like to think the latter.
be realistic- demand an apology?Originally Posted by sherief


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Daniel Vancsik's chase for a fourth European Challenge Tour title remains on course after the Argentinian consolidated his place at the top of the Fred Olsen Challenge de España leaderboard with a three under par third round of 68.
The 35 year old enters the final day a shot clear of Switzerland's Martin Rominger on 16 under par having made just one bogey in the opening three days at Tecina Golf in La Gomera, on the Canary Islands.
Following up a six under par opening round of 65 and a seven under par 64, which gave him the overnight lead after the second round, the two time European Tour winner started steadily with six consecutive pars.
His first birdie came at the par five seventh hole when his third shot from the bunker landed within six feet of the pin before the Buenos Aires man holed out to move to one under par for the day. He maintained his composure all the way home and cruised to a two under par back nine thanks to birdies at the 15th and 16th holes.
"I felt very comfortable during the whole round," said Vancsik, whose best season on the Challenge Tour came in 2005, when he finished 15th in the Rankings. "I hit the ball really well like I did throughout the other rounds, but the difference was that I did not play as well on the greens as I did in the second round.
"The pin positions were difficult today too so I could not have scored much lower. I missed a few relatively easy putts out there but I am happy with the score. I was surprised because I thought the course would be much easier today and the scores much lower. I wasn't holing any putts but I was happy to see I am still leading.
"The strategy for tomorrow is to go out and try to do my best and play aggressively," he continued. "There is a group of good players right behind me and anything can happen tomorrow. You have to be very precise on the greens on this golf course. That may be the reason why winners of this event have traditionally gone on to gain a European Tour card - it shows they are good on the greens."
The leader after the opening round at Tecina Golf, Rominger, had a much more eventful round as a five under par 66 moved him to second place outright.
The 33 year old started with a bogey five but soon made amends thanks to a birdie at the par four second hole, which was followed immediately by an eagle three at the third. A bogey at the fifth and a birdie at the seventh meant he reached the turn in two under par and his back nine was a lot more comfortable as three birdies moved him to 15 under for the tournament.
"It was nice," said Rominger, "I played my best round of the tournament so far today and I could have shot lower. I had plenty of chances but missed some easy putts, including a short one on the 17th. But you can't make everything and I am happy with a five under par round. I am where I wanted to be. If I shoot another five under round tomorrow and somebody beats me, he will definitely deserve it."Spaniard Sebi Garcia was another shot back in third place after five birdies and two bogeys earned the 30 year old a three under par round of 68, keeping him within two shots of the lead on 14 under par.
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With all the chaos in my house over the last couple of months I have not done much of anything besides, mope, hang out with the dogs in the house after work and play fetch...
My BF offered to babysit my other dogs and sent me off to a ADBA show Saturday.
Bodacious took a third place in big and very nice class of 2-3 year old females. She had a great time giving kisses and getting attention from anyone that would come see her. It felt good to be out of the house actually doing something again.
I had a great time and met some more awesome APBT people and some from forums that I had never met in person before, plus some old friends too.
CONGRATS to my little peanut Bodacious, and all the other winners too! It was a fun day with great company! I'll let others who did some winning do their own bragging on it
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Star Trek Online free-to-play details
Star Trek Online goes free-to-play before the end of 2011 and developer Cryptic Studios has released a complete set of details on the system will work.
Perfect World's announcement last week of its plans to take Star Trek Online free-to-play later this year left many unanswered questions. An extensive update to the game's official site now provides an overview of what will be included, a comparison of features for free and paying subscribers, an FAQ, a message board for asking specific questions, and a copy of the press release laying out the upcoming changes. Some highlights follow below but the most important part is that the bulk of the game--all sectors and missions, PVP access, fleet actions, and more--will be playable for free with unlimited access.
"Transitioning to a free-to-play model is a natural way to share all we've built with a broader community of players and we couldn't be more excited," said Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios CEO Jack Emmert.
The new system classifies free-to-play players as "Silver Members." They have access to pretty much the entirety of the game, with the two big purchasable items being captain respecs and additional bridge officer slots. Silver Members also have limited in-game chat and email, and access to forums and customer support. They will be able to use Vivox voice chat, but with ads.
Subscribers, including those who bought lifetime memberships, become "Gold Members." In addition to getting those things listed above that Silver Members pay for, they also get unlimited access to guilds, unlimited energy credit storage, veteran rewards, more slots in their bank and inventory, and priority login rights. The cost for the benefits of being a Gold Member will remain at the subscription rate of $14.99 per month.
The only thing left to answer is when the change over will take place. The wait won't be too long, though. The press release states that Star Trek Online will be free-to-play in 2011.
Garnett Lee posted a new article, Star Trek Online free-to-play details.
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Vermillion Bayou
Other Names: None
Location: Lafayette Parish
Campaign: Operations in West Louisiana (1863)
Date(s): April 17, 1863
Principal Commanders: Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover [US]; Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor [CS]
Forces Engaged: 4th Division, XIX Army Corps, Army of the Gulf [US]; District of Western Louisiana [CS]
Estimated Casualties: Unknown
Description: While Rear Adm. David G. Farragut remained above Port Hudson with USS Hartford and Albatross, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks decided to go after Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor's Confederate forces in western Louisiana. He moved by water to Donaldsonville and began a march to Thibodeaux up Bayou Lafourche. Banks beat Taylor at Fort Bisland and Irish Bend, forcing the Rebel army to retreat up the bayou. Taylor reached Vermillionville, crossed Vermillion Bayou, destroyed the bridge, and rested. Banks, in pursuit, sent two columns, on different roads, toward Vermillion Bayou on the morning of April 17. One column reached the bayou while the bridge was burning, advanced, and began skirmishing. Confederate artillery, strategically placed, forced the Yankees back. Then Federal artillery opened a duel with its Confederate counterpart. After dark, the Rebels retreated to Opelousas. The Confederates had slowed the Union advance.
Result(s): Union victory
CWSAC Reference #: LA008
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Finally got around to finishing Another. Typical of the "sinister mysterious thing in this town" genre, the ride to the end, the accumulation of idle thoughts speculating on the details, while waiting on traffic lights to change during my daily commute, wound up far more interesting than the final destination. Having expected as much, a [...]
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DIXON � Junior Emily McLain believes she and Lyric Levester form a good 1-2 punch inside for White Oak when the two are on the same page.
DIXON � Junior Emily McLain believes she and Lyric Levester form a good 1-2 punch inside for White Oak when the two are on the same page.
And they were just that Wednesday night in leading the Vikings to a 52-22 victory over Dixon in the first round of the Dixon Girls Christmas Classic basketball tournament.
Levester, a senior, led the way with 14 points and 10 rebounds while McLain added 13 points and 12 boards for White Oak (8-2), which clearly had a size advantage over the Bulldogs (3-8).
�We communicate really well,� McLain said. �I�ll get it (ball) and see Lyric cutting through the block and I�ll pass it to her and vice-versa. So I think we are really unstoppable when we have that connection.�
The play of Levester and McLain helped the Vikings advance to the semifinals where White Oak will play four-time champion Northside (7-2) today at 5 p.m. in a rematch of last year�s final.
Northside advanced to the semifinals after Wilmington Christian Academy was forced to forfeit Wednesday. The Monarchs will have to limit the Vikings� post players if they are to win.
�When they (Levester and McLain) start out well for us, we know it�s going to be a pretty good game,� White Oak coach Carolyn Ashdown said. �They are really our foundation because they get us rolling.
�Emily can shoot from the outside a little bit better, and she has a little more finesse whereas Lyric is more going to put the ball on the ground and take you to the basket no matter what. She is going to run through six people to get there.�
McLain paced the Vikings early with 9 points and 9 rebounds in the first half. Levester carried the load in the second half, scoring 12 points after halftime.
Latina Bailey added 10 points for White Oak.
Miranda Davis led Dixon with 10 points.
�Once they (Vikings) had a good enough lead and our shots were falling, it was hard (to rally),� Dixon coach Christel Caliguire said. �We didn�t play our ballgame. White Oak did and the score showed that.�
The Bulldogs didn�t do themselves any favors by shooting 15 percent from the floor. Dixon scored just one point in the first quarter and didn�t score a field goal until 5:13 was left in the first half when Davis made a 3-pointer to cut White Oak�s lead to 17-4.
The Bulldogs didn�t make another basket from the floor until 1:55 left in the third quarter.
�We switched our defense up quite a bit,� Ashdown said. �Their ball handlers struggled a little bit and our half-court trap gave them some pressure.�
Dixon also committed 28 turnovers, compared to 23 by White Oak, although the Vikings only had 12 give-aways after three quarters.
�We didn�t work the ball well on offense,� Caliguire said. �I think we could have had better shot selection. When we drove, they fouled us and we didn�t capitalize on the free throw line like we should have.�
And while the Vikings only shot 36 percent from the field and was only 9 of 18 from the free throw line, White Oak�s inside game proved too strong for Dixon.
Now the Vikings look to find inside success against Northside. White Oak and Northside have one win each against the other.
�I think we are just excited to be playing each other again,� Ashdown said. �We are a little disappointed it�s not for a championship, but either way, we are playing each other and it will be like our tie-breaking game.�
The White Oak-Northside winner looks to be the favorite to win the tournament, something McLain wants the Vikings to do this year.
�We are very motivated because we have won third and then we got second (last year),� she said. �We want to get first this year.�
White Oak 15 9 17 11 � 52
Dixon 1 5 5 11 � 22
Ta. Smith 3, Bailey 10, Miller 2, McLain 13, L. Levester 14, Ti. Smith 1, Czigler 2, I. Levester 7. Totals� 21-57 9-18 52.
Ankney 4, Rochelle 4, Aquafredda 2, James 1, Persun 1, Davis 10. Totals� 7-44 7-19 22.
3-Point Goals� W 1 (McLain), D 1 (Davis). Rebounds� W 46 (McLain 12, L. Levester 10), D 31 (Davis 6). RECORDS� W: 8-2, vs. Northside today at 5 p.m. in semifinals. D: 3-8, vs. Wilmington Christian Academy today at 3:30 p.m. in losers� bracket game.


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Everyplay, a Finnish social gaming startup, revealed today a new Facebook social game called Kamu World.
I tried it right away and it feels really addictive.
Getting started is really easy. Kamu World is a FB application, so you really have almost nothing to do. Just go to www.kamuworld.com or do a search on FB with keyword "kamu world".
Once you get in, you are being asked couple of simple questions and you are ready to go. You can choose a name and skin for your "buddy".
In the actual game you hang in one of the rooms that are located around the world. There you can chat, do different tricks or emoticons, get new friends, and give other buddies "thums up".
Soon you will find that others have skins and emoticons that you don't. That's because they are on a higher level than you. You can gain levels by gathering "sparks" or points you get from being active member in the crowd.
What's great about this is that the game is linked to your Facebook profile, so you can allow people to see who you really are.
For future reference, this combination of ease of use, distributed credentials, Facebook integration and clever use of avatars will open totally new worlds.
Just wait and see!
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Everyplay is a developer and publisher of social games. Social games are fun, casual games played together with your friends on social network such as Facebook and MySpace.
Everyplay was founded in year 2008 by veterans of game development and social media. The founding team consists of:
Jussi Laakkonen, CEO & founder
Jussi is a seasoned game industry executive and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Everyplay he was in charge of business development for racing game developer Bugbear Entertainment. Jussi has together with Pekka Aakko led ASSEMBLY, one of the world's largest computer festivals since year 1992. Jussi has previously worked at steering group level at data security company F-Secure and co-founded Eworks, a multimedia startup in the 1990s.
Pekka Aakko, business development director & co-founder
Pekka is a veteran IT industry executive with key expertise in partnerships, sales and R&D. He most recently worked as a director at Logica. Together with Jussi Laakkonen Pekka has led ASSEMBLY's growth to a national institution that attracts over 8000 festival visitors in two annual events. Pekka was also founder of Internet Finland, one of the first private held ISPs in Finland. Pekka also founded with Jussi Laakkonen Eworks Finland. He also was an early pioneer in online games as the chairman of BATmud, one of the earliest and most successful still running MMOs in the world.
Jalmari Raippalinna, CTO & co-founder
Jalmari is a pioneer in high end Flash game and rich media development. As a senior developer at Apaja Online Entertainment, he led the creation of the Playforia virtual world. Prior to Apaja, he worked at Sulake, the makers of Habbo Hotel. Jalmari's cutting edge Flash skills have been demonstrated in award winning Flash demos created in the Evoflash group.
Matti Savolainen, Server lead & co-founder
Matti is a senior developer of highly scaleable, rich media systems. He was instrumental to developing the backend systems Finland's largest social network IRC-Galleria used to scale to 500 000 users and over 4 billion page loads a month. He has also been a programmer in a various indie game projects.


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2006-07: Compiled a 30-6 singles record�went 7-1 in conference play�defeated No. 33 Tennessee�s Derek Stephens, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1�defeated Guilherme Marsiglia of No. 53 Drake, 6-1, 6-3�only lost two matches during dual play�compiled a doubles record of 23-4 with partner Enrique Olivares�the duo went undefeated in conference play posting an 8-0 record�was named the A-Sun Player of the Week�in fall tournament play he defeated eight opponents from Southeastern Conference schools�was the Flight A3 singles champion at the MTSU Fall Invitational�partnered with Daniel Isaza to win the Flight B1 doubles title at the MTSU Fall Invitational.
2005-06: Posted a 19-7 singles record...went undefeated in conference play posting a 9-0 record�defeated Ben Rogers of No. 16 Tennessee, 6-1, 6-4�defeated No. 50 San Diego State�s Robert Sabo�had an 11-match win streak during dual play�compiled a 19-3 doubles record with partner Enrique Olivares�the duo went undefeated in conference play�in fall tournament action he defeated Brian Walter of East Carolina 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 at the Gamecock Invitational before falling in a hard fought match against Kevin Fleck of Clemson 4-6, 6-3, 6-2...compiled a 3-0 doubles record with partner Daniel Escobedo...were the B-1 doubles champions at the Gamecock Invitational.
2004-05: Joined the team for the spring of 2005...posted an 18-2 singles record...went undefeated in conference play...had a 15 match winning streak...only losses of the season came to No. 43 Wake Forest and No. 22 Tennessee...compiled a 16-4 doubles record with brother Moises Serrano.
Prep: Ranked No. 1 in 2003 in the Under 16 national rankings...played in the COSAT semifinals and quarterfinals in Colombia in 2003 and 2004...was a five-time National Champion and represented Colombia in South American tournaments in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.
Personal: Born on April 24, 1983 ... majoring in business...son of Zulma and Samuel Serrano...brother of former ETSU tennis player Moises Serrano...full name is Luis Sebastian Serrano.


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Traveling are able to be a fascinating time, however receiving prepared for the large vacation is able to be stressful. With a lot of items to keep in mind in order to load this is actually effortless in order to fail reasons. The up coming write-up will definitely provide you some good information about jam-packing for your vacation, and aid in order to make this an even more pleasurable experience.
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If you are actually creating a connection throughout your journey, consider this when scheduling your very first journey. Publication the very first journey so that there is actually plenty of time in between its own appearance, and your following journey's set off time. This are going to let you a cushion, in instance of unanticipated hindrances in the air or even at the airport.
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text: I mean come on! You don't even need to put truss rods in these! I have decided that I will be going to Experience next year and I feel that the only person who could grant my wish of a lifetime is Paul. If PRS decided to make a nylon string guitar for Paco de Lucia, I could finally see Al, John, and Paco in an intimate setting and make new friends, while buying a new guitar at the same time. TWO DOWN AND ONE TO GO! Al has been down forever, John just committed, and if you include Carlos that's three guys that have access to Paco's phone number, so who's gonna make the guitar? If PRS makes a nylon, I will buy a long-distance card and try to track Paco down and bring him in, I'm willing to put the work in to make my dreams come true but just need a little help in the form of a guitar to present. We all know a classical-ish guitar is just a natural progression for the PRS acoustic line, why not make it happen with the man with the most flair? I really can't think of another living human being who can entertain me with solo guitar, nothing but him, no singing, for seven minutes straight.


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This beautiful 1.50 carat special cut oval cubic zirconia solitaire engagement ring is set on a 12mm oval hammered solid 14 karat gold band. This ring is available in the stone size and color of your choice. Please contact us if you'd like us to create this ring in a different carat weight or in 18 karat gold or platinum.
Special Cut Stones: Orleans Jewels offers "Special Cut" in all standard shapes. The "Special Cut" round cubic zirconia has additional facets, making it more brilliant than a traditional round cubic zirconia. For fancy shapes, the marquise, oval, and pear, the "Special Cut" adds facets to the center of the stone to remove the characteristic "bow tie" effect. The "bow tie" is a characteristic of these stones and should be present in a correctly proportioned fancy stone. However, many customers prefer the stone without the "bow tie". Our "Special Cut" removes the "bow tie" by adding facets to the center of the stone. The number of additional facets needed to create this effect varies depending on the stone shape and size. Our emerald cut stones are referred to as radiant emerald cut when "Special Cut". The stone is faceted like a round stone, rather than the traditional step cut. The radiant emerald cut adds fire to the emerald cut shape.
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What happens if I'm disabled and can't visit the library?
If you're an adult in Cumberland County who can't visit the library regularly due to your age, an illness or a disability, you can ask for free STAR lending services. STAR service is not available for all requesting customers. Reasons for declining service may include:
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Full name Craig Brian James Clarke
Born August 1, 1983, Masterton
Current age 36 years 23 days
Major teams Chiefs, Connacht, Crusaders, Hurricanes, Junior All Blacks, Taranaki
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Height 6 ft 7 in
Weight 251 lb
Born in Masterton, at the southern tip of New Zealand's north island, Clarke initially made his mark with Canterbury and the Crusaders before defecting to Taranaki in 2007. He played a single season with the Hurricanes before joining the Chiefs, where his leadership credentials became apparent. After captaining Taranaki to the Ranfurly Shield, Clarke was named as part of a two-man leadership group - alongside Liam Messam - by the Chiefs in 2012. His side secured a maiden title and Clarke was singled out for praise by coach Dave Rennie, having played the final on an injured knee.
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A short and sweet list of links to recent web, tech and Museum news. (Try saying that in a hurry.)
Inside Sports Illustrated: Building a Magazine for the Digital Age
'Among magazines, Sports Illustrated has emerged as a leader in the digital age...'
IPAA NSW 2011 State Conference
Video of Barry O'Farrell, Premier of New South Wales, speaking on the future course of modern government.
Sealy® In Bed Tagger App
'Transform everyday objects, moments and photos into the ultimate fortune cookie joke...'
Meet the man making census data funny on Twitter
'Collecting fact and figures may not sound like the sexiest of professions, but David McHugh of the Australian Bureau of Statistics is proving that it needn't be boring...'
My Critical Appraisal of Surviving Australia
Box jellyfish and a giant wombat got the Museum's newest Audience Research intern's attention...
The Art Fund: National Art Passport App
'British art charity the National Art Fund has launched a limited-run Facebook app that lets visitors track their gallery and museum visits via their smartphone...'
Window to the World
'Imagine when a journey from A to B is no longer routine as your car in the near-future encourages a sense of play, exploration and learning...'
Disney Marketing: The Happiest Social Media Strategy on Earth
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The year is 1888, and the setting is London's Whitechapel area, where a horrible series of crimes has taken place in this East End district. The bodies of several women who have suffered horrible mutilations have been found. The police have been having a hard time finding a serious lead as the murders continue, creating paranoia and terror in the streets. Sherlock Holmes sets out to find clues in the dark, gloomy streets of Whitechapel, following a macabre trail of the one that the press calls Jack the Ripper. During this terrifying adventure, Sherlock will attempt to shed some light on the mystery that shrouds the identity and motive of the one who hides behind this terrifying nickname.
Also known as: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Release Region: United States
Release Date: May 22, 2009
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: May 30, 2009
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Release Date: May 21, 2009
Publisher: Focus Home Interactive
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Dr. Gregory Morscher
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Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: ASEC 503
Phone: 330-972-7741
Fax: 330-972-6027
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Morscher has worked in the area of high temperature materials and composites for over twenty years. Before joining the University of Akron, he was previously affiliated with NASA Glenn (formerly Lewis) research center as a research engineer (CWRU) and then senior research scientist (OAI). He has concentrated primarily on the understanding and improvement of SiC-based composites as well as NDE techniques for the purpose damage assessment and monitoring. He studied the high temperature creep properties of ceramic fibers and developed a simple bend stress relaxation test to evaluate relative creep properties of ceramic fibers. He has also made considerable contributions to the improvement of BN interphases for the purpose of improving the intermediate temperature capability of SiC/SiC composites in oxidizing environments. Dr. Morscher has used non-destructive techniques such as acoustic emission and electrical resistance during room and high temperature testing as a monitor and measure of the amount of matrix cracking and other forms of damage that occurs as a function of stress, time, and environment (oxidation). This has served as the basis for modeling stress-strain behavior of SiC/SiC composites for different woven architectures and led to the development of intermediate and high temperature stress-rupture models for SiC/BN/SiC composites in air as a function of stress, time, and accumulated damage. More recently, he has focused on the effect of fiber-architecture and matrix-type on time-dependent mechanical behavior at high temperatures (> 1200oC) as well as joining ceramic composites to metals. In addition, he has applied acoustic emission to other material systems (e.g., polymer matrix composites and metal oxide scale spallation), other structures (e.g., foam/core structures and integrated structures), and Stirling engines. He received his B.S. degree in Ceramic Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1986 and his M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve Universtiy in 1989. Later, he received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 2000, while working as a Research Associate at NASA Glenn. Dr. Morscher has authored or coauthored over 90 publications in refereed journals or proceedings and has been a frequent contributor to NASA Glenn's annual Research and Technology Reports. He has received several OAI achievement awards, two NASA Tech Brief awards, two NASA Turning Goals into Reality awards, the 2004 NASA Public Service Medal and the Richard M. Fulrath Award from the American Ceramic Society in 2005.
· Microstructure/property relationships of ceramic matrix composites
· Process development of ceramic matrix composites including all aspects of constituent materials and fiber architecture
· Acoustic emission for damage determination and general monitoring of composites, structures, and machines
· Other structural health monitoring techniques, e.g., electrical resistivity
· Integration technologies for dissimilar materials
G. Morscher, P. Pirouz, and A.H. Heuer, "Temperature Dependence of Interfacial Shear Strength in SiC-Fiber-Reinforced Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 73 [3] 713-20 (1990).
G.N. Morscher, P. Pirouz, and A.H. Heuer, "Temperature Dependence of Hardness in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Single Crystals," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 74 [3] 491-500 (1991).
G.N. Morscher and J.A. DiCarlo, "A Simple Test for Thermomechanical Evaluation of Ceramic Fibers," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 75 [1] 136-40 (1992).
G.N. Morscher, "Tensile Stress Rupture of SiCf/SiCm Minicomposites with Carbon and Boron Nitride Interphases at Elevated Temperatures in Air," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 80 [8] 2029-42 (1997)
G.N. Morscher, "Modal Acoustic Emission of Damage Accumulation in a Woven SiC/SiC Composite," Comp. Sci. Tech. 59 687-697 (1999).
G.N. Morscher and J. Martinez-Fernandez, "Fiber Effects on Minicomposite Mechanical Properties for Several Silicon Carbide Fiber – Chemically Vapor-Infiltrated Silicon Carbide Matrix Systems," J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 82 [1] 145-55 (1999)
N.S. Jacobson, G.N. Morscher, D.R. Bryant, and R.E. Tressler, "High-Temperature Oxidation of Boron Nitride: II, Boron Nitride Layers in Composites," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 82 [6] 1473-82 (1999)
G.N. Morscher, J. Hurst, and D. Brewer, "Intermediate-Temperature Stress Rupture of a Woven Hi-Nicalon, BN-Interphase, SiC-Matrix Composite in Air," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 83 [6] 1441-49 (2000)
G.N. Morscher and J.D. Cawley, "Intermediate Temperature Strength Degradation in SiC/SiC Composites," J. European Ceramic Society, vol. 22, no. 14-15, pp. 2777-2788 (2002)
G.N. Morscher, "Stress-Dependent Matrix Cracking in 2D Woven SiC-fiber Reinforced Melt-Infiltrated SiC Matrix Composites", Comp. Sci. Tech., 64 pp. 1311-1319 (2004)
J.A. DiCarlo, H-M. Yun, G.N. Morscher, and R.T. Bhatt, "SiC/SiC Composites for 1200oC and Above" Handbook of Ceramics Composites, Chapter 4; pp. 77-98 (Kluwer Academic; NY, NY: 2005)
G.N. Morscher, H.M. Yun, J.A. DiCarlo, "Matrix Cracking in 3D Orthogonal Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composites with Various Z-Fiber Types", J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 88 [1] 146-153 (2005)
G.N. Morscher and V. Pujar, "Creep and Stress-Strain Behavior After Creep for SiC Fiber Reinforced, Melt-Infiltrated SiC Matrix Composites" J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 89 [5] 1652-1658 (2006)
G.N. Morscher, M. Singh, and T. Shpargel, "Comparison of Different Braze and Solder Materials for Joining Titanium to Composites," Welding Journal, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 62-66 (2007)
Morscher, G.N.; Yun, H.M.; DiCarlo, J.A., In-Plane Cracking Behavior and Ultimate Strength for 2D Woven and Braided Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composites Tensile Loaded in Off-Axis Fiber Directions, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 90 [10] 3185-3193 (2007)
C.E. Smith, G.N. Morscher, and Z.H. Xia, "Monitoring Damage Accumulation in Ceramic Matrix Composites Using Electrical Resistivity," Scripta Mat, 59 463-466 (2008)
M. Singh, G.N. Morscher, T.P. Shpargel, and R. Asthana, "Active Metal Brazing of Titanium to High Conductivity Carbon-Based Sandwich Structures", Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 498 [1-2] 31-36 (2008)
G.N. Morscher, G. Ojard, R. Miller, Y. Gowayed, U. Santhosh, J. Ahmed, and R. John, "Tensile Creep and Fatigue of Sylramic-iBN Melt-Infiltrated SiC Matrix Composites: Retained Properties, Damage Development, and Failure Mechanisms" Comp. Sci. Tech., 68 3305-3313 (2008)
G.N. Morscher and V.V. Pujar, "Design Guidelines for In-Plane Mechanical Properties of SiC Fiber-Reinforced Melt-Infiltrated SiC Composites," Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol. 6 [2] 151-163 (2009)
A. Gyekenyesi, R. Martin, G. Morscher, and R. Owen, "Impedance Based Structural Health Monitoring of a Ceramic Matrix Composite," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 20 [7] 875-882 (2009)
G.N. Morscher, J.A. DiCarlo, J.D. Kiser, and H.M. Yun, "Effects of Fiber Architecture on Matrix Cracking for Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composites". Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol, 7 [3] 276-290 (2010)
G.N. Morscher, "Tensile Creep and Rupture of 2D-woven SiC/SiC Composites for High Temperature Applications," J. Euro Ceram Soc., 30 [11] 2209-2221 (2010)
G.N. Morscher, R. John, L. Zawada, D. Brewer, G. Ojard, A. Calomino, "Creep in vacuum of woven Sylramic-iBN melt-infiltrated composites" Comp. Sci. Tech., 71 [1] 52-59 (2011)
G.N. Morscher, "Tensile creep of melt-infiltrated SiC/SiC composites with unbalanced Sylramic-iBN fiber architectures," Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol., 8 [2] 239-250(2011)
C.E. Smith, G.N. Morscher, and Z. Xia, "Electrical resistance as a nondestructive evaluation technique for CVI SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composites under stress-rupture conditions," Int. J.Appl. Ceramic Technology, 8 [2] 298-307 (2011)


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Oahu families in need will benefit from a big donation to the Hawaii Foodbank from employees of the Hawai'i Medical Service Association. Today, employees wrapped up a four-week holiday food drive to help Hawaii's hungry. They collected a total of $35,000 and 5,000 pounds of canned goods and other nonperishables. The contributions, which were collected at HMSA offices on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island, will provide more than 100,000 meals statewide.
"The holidays are an especially difficult time for struggling families," said Dick Grimm, president of Hawaii Foodbank, Inc. "The ability to provide healthy meals to those in need is extremely rewarding and it's through the generosity of HMSA's employees that we're able to accomplish this year after year."
Throughout the drive, HMSA employees challenged each other to collect food items. Employees formed six teams and created friendly competitions between departments. Monetary donations were also collected to help families celebrate Thanksgiving.
"HMSA is fortunate to have very generous employees who are passionate about what they do," said HMSA President and Chief Executive Officer Michael A. Gold. "This year, we had our biggest-ever bake sale, featuring not only cakes and cookies, but we had jook, chili and rice, Korean pancakes, you name it. This is a really great way for our employees to showcase their talents and it's a great reminder of how each of us has the ability to help someone else."
About Hawaii Foodbank, Inc.
The Hawaii Foodbank has served the people of Hawaii for 29 years. It is the only nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency on Oahu that collects, warehouses, and distributes mass quantities of perishable and nonperishable food to 250 charitable agencies on Oahu. Last year, the Hawaii Foodbank distributed more than 11.8 million pounds of food, including 3 million pounds of fresh produce, to help feed 183,500 people in need statewide.
About HMSA
Caring for the people of Hawaii is our promise and our privilege. Working together with employers, partners, and physicians and other health care providers, we promote wellness; develop reliable, affordable health plans; and support members with clear, thoughtful guidance.
HMSA is the most experienced health plan in the state, covering more than half of Hawaii's population. As a recognized leader, we embrace our responsibility to strengthen the health and well-being of our community.
Headquartered on Oahu with centers statewide to serve our members, HMSA is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.


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Panorama Media will introduce a heavy-hitter to the Cannes market after the sales, production and financing company announced on Friday [Mar 1] it had come on board the red-hot Pride, Prejudice And Zombies.
Panorama will produce alongside Darko Entertainment, Natalie Portman's Handsomecharlie Films and Allison Shearmur and will also finance. Head of international sales Kimberly Fox will commence pre-sales at the Cannes market.
CAA brokered the deal on behalf of the film-makers and represents North American rights. David O Russell adapted the screenplay from Seth Grahame-Smith's international bestseller. The project is out to directors.
Darko Entertainment's Sean McKittrick will serve as producer alongside Portman and Annette Savitch of Handsomecharlie and Shearmur of Allison Shearmur Productions.
Darko's Edward H Hamm Jr, Aleen Keshishian and Panorama president Marc Butan are the executive producers.


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We eventually survived, and are now getting a few satisfying chuckles out of seeing son Chris on the receiving end of some of these kinds of dialogues with daughters Elsie and Imogen. He's about the greatest dad we've ever seen, though, (and the girls are two of the finest human beings ever to grace this planet!) so our main reaction to being around them is utter delight.
For a glimpse of what's possible in conscious relationships with kids, check out this real-life miracle, sent to us by Christine Brondyke, one of the members of our Apprenticeship program:
"We found a weird bump on our son Stevie's neck a couple of weeks ago. (He's 4.) It grew fast in a week, so we took him to his pediatrician. They said it's a benign vascular growth, and should be removed because it's growing so fast. They also said it could go away by itself in a couple of months. They referred us to a pediatric surgeon. We went, and they said "Yep, needs to be removed, but we should probably do it under sedation in the OR." I asked what kind, and they said "Oh just a mask, so he won't notice anything. We can do it in two days." I felt scared but went along. The next day a nurse from the unit called to give me instructions. She said they might need to intubate during surgery because of the location of the bump! He'd be in the OR up to an hour and Recovery another hour. This was all going to be for a 2 cm bump that they had said could go away on its own in a couple of months!
The morning we were to take him in for this surgery, I was feeling really jittery. John said he felt really nervous. So I stopped. I just stopped, and felt what was happening for me. I realized I hadn't tuned in about this in two days because I thought they knew better than me. John and I decided "no" to the surgery and we both felt feelings of lightness, relief. I realized I had given away my power, and I felt scared to own my "no" and cancel the day of, but I did it anyway. Then, I came downstairs, and put my hand over Stevie's "boo boo" and thanked it for my lesson. Six days later it was gone!
I'm so excited and appreciating this...If I hadn't learned so much about following my intuition, and saying "NO" these last few months, I wouldn't have thought twice about it."
Congratulations, Christine, on the miracle of your conscious connection with Stevie.
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Blue Buffalo Healthy Aging Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food for Mature Cats
Blue Buffalo Healthy Aging Mature cat food is holistically formulated to support the needs of cats in their mature years. Cats love the tasty chicken, and it provides them with essential amino acids they need every day. Hearty whole grains like brown rice, barley and oats supply the complex carbohydrates that your cat needs for energy. Whole carrots, sweet potatoes and parsley are three of the nutrient-rich vegetables that your cat will get in every bite of Blue Buffalo.
IngredientsDeboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Salmon Meal, Chicken Fat (naturally preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Chicken Flavor, Whole Potatoes, Peas, Fish Meal (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acid), Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Blueberries, Flaxseed (natural source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Turmeric, Fish Oil (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Dried Chicory Root, Rice Bran, Oil of Rosemary, Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Niacin (Vitamin B3), d-Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Choline Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Salt, Caramel, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecium .
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Well, my weekend project was fun and easy and it's finished. I started it friday night and by monday night I was done. I am really happy with how it turned out. I wore it to work today and it is so warm and soft.
Below you will find the video tutorial for it.