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NATO's new commander of counter piracy operation Ocean Shield, Commodore Henning Amundsen welcomed Captain Ivan Kovalyov, Commander of the Russian Federation Baltic Fleet Task Group, on board the NATO flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen, on 10 June. It was the fourth meeting in recent months between NATO and Russian ships in the area.
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A delegation from Russian Federation Navy ship Neustrashimiy visited NATO's counter piracy flagship ITS San Marco in the Gulf of Aden. The visit took place as part of ongoing cooperation between NATO and Russian ships on counter piracy operations. It is the third time in the last six months that NATO and the Russian Federation Navy have conducted counter piracy operation meetings at sea.
Russia's Minister for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief, Vladimir Puchkov, met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, on May 31st. They discussed preventing and responding to emergency situations; a longstanding and important area of NATO-Russia cooperation.
The NATO-Russia Council working groups on Civil Emergency Planning and the Terrorist Threat to the Euro-Atlantic Area came together for a joint meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 29 May to discuss issues related to hosting high visibility events, in particular in terms of terrorist threats to these high profile sporting, cultural, political and public events and how to manage the consequences of a possible emergency through civil response mechanisms.
Members of the Russian State Duma and Federation Council visited NATO HQ in Brussels on the invitation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, on the 21 May.
NRC Chiefs of Defence gathered in Brussels for a meeting on the 14 May. They took the opportunity provided by the bi-annual meeting to chart progress made in NRC military to military cooperation, and continue the exchange of information on relevant issues such as operations and exercises.
The NATO-Russia Council Political Advisory Group met in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 16 to 17 May. The meeting was chaired by NRC Preparatory Committee Chairman, Ambassador Dirk Brengelmann, while the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Božo Cerar, gave an opening address. This is the second time the NRC Political Advisory Group has convened. The first meeting was held in Rome in 2010.
On 14 May, the new NRC Glossary on Ammunition Demilitarization was published. The glossary will be put into use facilitating cooperation in the NRC on the demilitarization, disposal and recycling of surplus, obsolete and unstable munitions.
On 19 April NATO-Russia Council nations participating in the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) met in Brussels to chart progress made on the system in recent months as well as prepare for the Live Exercise that will put CAI to the test in September later this year.
On 2 May, the military representatives of the NATO-Russia Council met in Brussels to take stock of ongoing military to military cooperation.
Representatives from NATO-Russia Council Counter Narcotics Training Project contributing nations met in Brussels on 19 April, to review training underway, and taking place in 2013. They were updated on the great start to 2013, with around eight counter narcotics training courses taking place in April alone. This month's training is taking place at fixed training centres in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ankara, and Krasnoyarsk as well as mobile training in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
NATO-Russia Council Foreign Ministers officially launched the second phase of the Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund today. Phase 2 will significantly expand the assistance the Trust Fund is providing to the Afghan Air Force. Not only will it offer more maintenance training on Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, as well as spare parts. It will also support the Medical Evacuation capabilities of the Afghan Air Force by providing a conversion kit to transform a Mi-17 helicopter into a fully equipped flying ambulance.
NRC Chairman Anders Fogh Rasmussen's opening remarks at the NATO-Russia Council Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, 23rd of April 2013.
The latest version of the NATO-Russia Council Practical Cooperation Factsheet can now be accessed online and downloaded from our documents section. The factsheet covers all aspects of practical cooperation that takes place in the framework of the NATO-Russia Council, and provides updated information on activities taking place in 2013.
Military engineers from NATO-Russia Council nations and the UN met in Italy to exchange information on camp building logistics and engineering, and observe practical demonstrations between the 26-27th of March.
Over the weekend of 23rd and 24th March USS Nicholas, part of NATO's counter piracy task force, and Russia's RFS Severomorsk participated in a two day exercise at sea to strengthen ongoing NATO-Russia cooperation on counter piracy in the region.
The NRC's Expert Group on Terminology met in Moscow from Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 April and continued its work on the NRC Glossary on Ammunition Demilitarization.
NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Vershbow spoke to www.nato-russia-council.info today following a busy visit to Russia. Ambassador Vershbow was in Moscow for meetings with his Russian counterparts about developing cooperation between NATO and Russia through the NATO-Russia Council. During his trip he also spoke to the media for a number of interviews and attended a reunion of Russian and U.S. Ambassadors.
Russian Ambassador to Kabul, Andrey Avetisyan speaking to the NATO-Russia Council website team after his recent briefing to NRC ambassadors about Afghanistan, gave us his views on NRC cooperation on Afghanistan.
The NATO-Russia Council Science for Peace and Security Committee met in Brussels on 25 March 2013. Science and security is a growing field of NATO-Russia cooperation. The committee discussed the rapidly expanding Telemedicine initiative, as well as counter-terrorism cooperation through the STANDEX project, a jointly-developed technology to detect concealed explosives from a distance.
On the 27th March 2013, Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU), with support of the NATO Information Office (NIO) in Russia, hosted a role play called "Partnership of Russia and NATO in the framework of addressing contemporary challenges and threats". Students of this prestigious university played the roles of Permanent Representatives of member states of the NATO-Russia Council, with two of them actually rotating to act as the Secretary General and Chairman of the NRC.
NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Operations Stephen Evens was in Moscow on 14 March to discuss Afghanistan with senior Russian officials. Ambassador Evans held talks with Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and the Russian President's Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov.
On 7 March, the NRC Counter Narcotics Training Project participated in the 10th Policy Consultative Group Meeting in the Paris Pact framework in Vienna. Implemented by the NRC and UNODC, the counter narcotics training project is a flagship example of the regionally-focused counter narcotics work that the Paris Pact initiative aims to strengthen.
The NATO-Russia Council Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund is going from strength to strength in 2013, with a range of activities underway or about to start. The final group of 11 Afghan technicians, from the first phase of the project, are currently being trained in Mi-17 maintenance at the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant.
Military medicine has often been at the forefront of innovation in medicine. The extreme circumstances, not seen in civilian life, necessitate innovative responses, in turn the advances made by military medicine are now being implemented in civilian hospitals around the world.
The NATO flagship ITS SAN MARCO, in charge of Operation Ocean Shield, and the Russian Federation ship SEVEROMORSK trained together in counter-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden on 26 February.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited NATO HQ on Monday 18 February for a bilateral meeting with NATO-Russia Council Chairman Anders Fogh Rasmussen. They covered a number of areas of ongoing practical cooperation and prospects for future interaction.
On 14 February 2013, General Knud Bartels, Chairman of NATO's Military Committee and Chairman of the NRC Military Representatives, initiated a phone call with Colonel-General Valeriy Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, enhancing military-to-military cooperation and promoting confidence between NATO and Russia.
Linguistic experts from NATO and the Russian Ministry of Defence Military University met to discuss ongoing cooperation through the NRC Expert Group on Terminology (NRC(EGT). Their work this year will focus on developing two new glossaries to facilitate practical cooperation in Ammunition Demilitarisation/Disposal and Counter-Narcotics.
The NATO-Russia Council Ad Hoc Working Group on the Terrorist Threat to the Euro-Atlantic Area has got its activity for the year underway with two meetings already having taken place in 2013. During its second meeting on 4 February, the group was given a briefing about the Stand-Off Detection of Explosives (STANDEX) technology project.
In 2012 NATO-Russia Council celebrated its tenth anniversary since its creation in Rome with the signing of the declaration NATO-Russia Relations: A New Quality. To mark the ten years, the NRC Website interviewed NRC Preparatory Committee Chairman, Ambassador Dirk Brengelmann, and Russian Ambassador to NATO, Ambassador Alexander Grushko, getting their firsthand insights on the creation, success and future of the NRC.
Ensuring environmental security is a present-day challenge all NRC nations are faced with. One NRC Science for Peace and Security (SPS) project in particular, is already tackling a significant environmental threat in the Baltic Sea, and in the process, taking on an ambitious task to become a leading region for environmental safety and security. The project aims to improve the detection of oil spills in the Baltic Sea.
A task force from the Russian Navy's North Sea Fleet, led by the anti-submarine warfare ship RS Severomorsk made a call in the port of Souda Crete, between the 14th and 17th of January. During the stop-over, officers and marines from the task force took part in supplementary training at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre. The RS Severomorsk will now head to the Horn of Africa to take part in Counter-Piracy operations following the training.
Among wider discussion on continued military practical cooperation, the Chiefs of Staff approved the NRC Military Representatives' Work Plan for 2013 at their meeting in Brussels.
A NATO-Russia Council Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Working Group plenary meeting discussed important non-proliferation developments in 2012 as well as their policy priorities in this field for 2013.
In 2012 we celebrated the 10 years anniversary of the creation of the NATO-Russia Council by looking back over our successful practical cooperation since Rome 2002, with the '10 years 10 stories' feature. Now the approach of the end of 2012 provides the perfect opportunity to take a look at the year to come, and the many cooperative activities planned to take place.
On 11 and 12 December 2012, the Counter Improvised Explosive Devices Centre of Excellence (C-IED COE) in Hoyo de Mazanares, Spain hosted a conference of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). The conference focused on the threat posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which is not limited to theatres of operations and affects each of the countries of the NRC.
A new NRC Glossary on Counter Piracy has been published, and is now available to download from the NRC Website here. The Russian-English/English-Russian glossary was created to facilitate NRC cooperation in counter piracy
On Tuesday 4 December NRC Foreign Ministers met in Brussels for a working lunch. Subjects on the agenda for the meeting included approving the NRC Work Programme for 2013.
The NRC Ad Hoc Working Group on the Terrorist Threat to the Euro-Atlantic Area and the NRC Civil Emergency Planning and Protection Working Group held a joint seminar on hosting High Visibility Events on 28 November. This is an area of considerable interest for NRC nations, as many of them have either hosted or are preparing to host High Visibility Events, including the Olympics and the football World Cup.
In the space of two years the NRC Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund has already become one of the NRC's most high profile and successful cooperative projects. The aim of the Trust Fund is to enable the Afghan Air Force (AAF) to operate its fleet of 36 Mi-17 and 11 Mi-35 helicopters more effectively, by providing training for helicopter maintenance technicians and sorely needed helicopter spare parts.
NRC Ambassadors met yesterday, to prepare for the meeting of NRC Foreign Ministers, which is due to take place on 4 December. Topics on the agenda included the wide range of practical cooperation taking place in NRC Working Groups, including projects on Afghanistan, counter narcotics and counter terrorism.
The countries of the NATO-Russia Council decided to work together to develop technology to help counter terrorists attacks of the kind seen on mass transport in cities including London, Madrid and Moscow. In 2009, the NATO-Russia Council launched a project for the Stand-Off Detection of Explosives (STANDEX) on suicide bombers in mass transport.
The Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) Executive Steering Committee met in Brussels last week on the 15th of November to discuss the project's progress, and future potential.
The NRC Counter Narcotics training project for Afghan, Central Asian and Pakistani personnel is one of the NRC's most ambitious and successful projects. Working together with the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia as the project's executing agent, these ambitions have been translated into concrete results in the fight against illegal drugs trafficking since it began in 2006.
A NATO-Russia Military Conference in the framework of Military-Academic Exchanges took place from October 23-25 at the Russian General Staff Academy in Moscow. The speakers were NATO officers who presented the following topics: Results of the Chicago NATO Summit, Smart Defense, Way Ahead in Afghanistan, and Missile Defense.
A simulated computer-based exercise to test the NATO-Russia Council's Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) Information Exchange System (IES) will take place on 13-14 November 2012 over three CAI geographical areas of operational interest, Bodø – Murmansk, Warsaw – Kaliningrad and Ankara – Rostov-on-Don.
NRC Logistics Groups look set to have a busy year ahead of them, with a wide range of Logistics and Medical Cooperation activities due to take place. This includes Capable Logistician 2013, a large scale multinational military logistics exercise.
Telemedicine is an evolving field of medicine in which the caregiver may be separated from the patient by distance or time. Through the use of modern communications technologies, a medical specialist is able to assess a patient, determine the diagnosis and provide timely recommendations to the on-site caregiver.
The NRC has a track record of expert level dialogue and cooperation in the area of nuclear weapons safety. The NRC Nuclear Experts sub group was created to examine these issues. Most importantly, since 2004 NRC experts have participated in four nuclear weapons safety field demonstrations in Russia, France, the US and UK.
The terrorist attacks on the US on 11 September 2001 were a stark demonstration of the catastrophic consequences of terrorists gaining control of planes, which led to the recognition in 2002 of the need for NRC nations to cooperate against terrorist threats to civilian aircraft.
The NRC subgroup on Afghanistan met yesterday in Brussels. The subgroup was created as a forum in 2010 to help build cooperation on Afghanistan in areas of mutual interest, including developing Afghan national security force capabilities and providing logistical support for ISAF.
Despite continual improvements in technology and safety measures, accidents still occur at sea, because of this Search and Rescue at Sea is an extremely important field of cooperation for NRC nations. The aim of cooperation through the NRC is to ensure that cooperative capabilities exist to facilitate Search and Rescue at Sea operations during serious incidents.
The number of natural and man-made disasters across the NRC area is increasing. International cooperation is often vital to mitigating the consequences of disasters. Work done in the NRC Civil Emergency Planning and Protection working group helps nations to prepare to work together in a crisis quickly and efficiently, in what are often life or death situations.
Representatives of the NRC's highly successful counter narcotics training project met in Brussels, to take stock of training in 2012, and look to its future work. The project focuses on providing training courses to counter narcotics officers from Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan. It has been a key part of NRC cooperation since its inception in 2006, and more than 2200 counter narcotics officers from the region have received training.
NATO and the Russian Federation held a post-exercise evaluation meeting to conclude the successful movement of cargo to and from Afghanistan, through Ulyanovsk transit point, in a virtual trial. The route is designed to support the movement of non-lethal cargo in support of ISAF.
In today's security environment where multinational operations are the norm rather than the exception, improved coordination, interoperability and pooling of resources between nations are highly important. NRC nations have been working together for the last 10 years to improve military and civilian cooperation on logistics, in order to facilitate NRC operational cooperation.
A second group of Afghan Air Force technicians successfully graduated from their NRC helicopter maintenance course in Russia on 28 September. The Afghan trainees completed a 90-day long course on the maintenance of Mi-17 helicopters, which included both theoretical and practical tuition at the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant, a world-class Russian helicopter maintenance training centre.
Pirate attacks are increasing and their reach has extended deep into the Indian Ocean. Multinational cooperation is the only way to keep an area greater in size than the European continent with tens of thousands of ships passing through each year, safe from pirates.
An NRC Seminar on "Explosive Ordnance Disposal in the Post-2014 Environment" took place on the 20 September in Trenčin, Slovakia in cooperation with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Centre of Excellence.
In the wake of the devastating terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001, there was common recognition by Russia and all NATO nations that terrorism posed a serious threat to people across the Euro-Atlantic region and beyond. A threat that would be better faced by working together, pooling expertise and resources.
In 2012 the NATO-Russia Council marks its tenth anniversary as a forum for political dialogue and practical cooperation. To celebrate 10 years of joint action, the NRC Website will be bringing you 10 feature stories on key practical cooperation projects which are being conducted jointly by the nations of the NRC.
You can now view and download the new updated NRC Structure DIagram.
The NRC website team has produced an updated NATO-Russia Council Fact Sheet with everything you need to know about NATO-Russia Council practical cooperation, download the PDF or read it here on our website.
The NRC Expert Group on Terminology has continued its valuable linguistic work by producing two new NATO-Russia Council Glossaries: helicopter maintenance and missile defence. The two new glossaries are a supplementary to the NATO-Russia Council Consolidated Glossary of Cooperation.
NRC Counter Narcotics Training Project representatives marked its achievements and looked to future development in Tashkent, after also attending a drugs burning ceremony organised by the Uzbek Government on the UN's World Drugs Day.
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Ten Afghan Air Force Helicopter Maintenance Technicians have now been certified in helicopter repair after completing an extensive 90 day training course in Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant in Russia. A second round of training has already started, with a third to follow.
In Spring 2008, NATO asked the Russian Federation to allow the land transit of non-military equipment for ISAF contributors across Russian territory to Afghanistan in support of the NATO-led, UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
Patrick Auroy visited Moscow on 28 - 29 June 2012 to discuss practical cooperation between NATO and Russia. At the invitation of Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin, Mr Auroy attended the Zhukovsky International Forum - "Engineering Technologies".
Ten years have passed since the signing of the Rome Declaration on NATO-Russian Relations at the air-base at Pratica di Mare, establishing the NATO-Russian Council. A strong idea arose of bringing of unity of intent and action to the response by the Atlantic Alliance and the Russian Federation to the new, complex challenges to international security.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the international training centre for counter- narcotics officers where he met with students from the NRC Central Asian Counter-Narcotics Training Project.
NATO-Russia Council (NRC) project to train counter-narcotics personnel in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia reached a significant milestone in April 2012: 2000 officers have now been trained under this project, one of the most successful NRC initiatives to date.
Over 70 civilian and military personnel from NRC nations took part in the exercise. A broad range of expertise was represented, including experts from ministries of defence, foreign affairs and transport, as well as military personnel from a number of NRC nations. Several nations also provided experts from national law enforcement bodies.
10 Afghan helicopter-maintenance staff started their training at the OBORONPROM Aircraft Repair Plant in Novosibirsk. The 90-day course is taking place as part of the NRC Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund project, which was launched by the NATO-Russia Council in April 2011 to enable the Afghan Air Force to operate and maintain its Mi-17 helicopter fleet more effectively.
Army General Nikolay E. Makarov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, awarding the medal of the Russian Ministry of Defence "For the Strengthening of Combat Cooperation" to Lieutenant Colonel Peter Van den Broeck, Staff Officer of the Russia Section in the Special Partnership Branch of the IMS Cooperation & Regional Security Division
Army General Nikolay Makarov, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, visited Allied Command Operations at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, on 17 January. He met the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, received operational briefings and toured SHAPE facilities, including the bunker housing the command of NATO forces in Europe.
Remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Opening of the Visiting Session of the NATO-Russia Council at the Level of Permanent Representatives, Sochi
For the first time, a Russian navy submarine has been fully integrated in a NATO-led exercise. Supported by a three other Russian ships - a submarine-rescue vessel, a salvage vessel and a heavy-lifting vessel - the Alrosa submarine took part in Exercise "Bold Monarch 2011"
The 29 Chiefs of Defence of the NATO Russia Council Military Representatives (NRC-MR) met in Brussels today and assessed the progress of the Work Plan for 2011 in the agreed areas of cooperation.
Thanks to the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Helicopter Maintenance Trust Fund, the Afghan Air Force will receive the tools to operate its helicopter fleet more efficiently.
Since its initial launch in December 2004, the NATO-Russia Council Action Plan on Terrorism has served as an effective tool in ensuring the overall coordination and strategic direction of NATO-Russia cooperation in the fight against terrorism. The updated NRC Action Plan on Terrorism draws on the NRC Joint Review of 21st Century Common Security Challenges endorsed by NRC Heads of State and Government in Lisbon
The NATO-Russia Council firmly condemn the terrorist bombing in Domodedovo airport.
On 4 December 2009, the Nato-Russia Council (NRC) of Foreign Ministers decided to agreed several re-arrangements in the NRC Committee structure.
In 1997 NATO and Russia signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security, which provided the formal basis for NATO-Russia relations and led to the development of a bilateral programme of consultation and cooperation under the Permanent Joint Council (PJC).
We, the Heads of State and Government of the NATO-Russia Council, met today in Lisbonand affirmed that we have embarked on a new stage of cooperation towards a true strategic partnership.


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Hmph - Neal apparently recruits volunteers much the way General Patton did...
What you'll need (for now):-Python - I believe this is a default for PCLinuxOS, but if not, it's in Synaptic as "python"-A programmer's editor. Kate, or KWrite is fine. In theory, any program that can edit text will do, but you'll find life easier with features such as auto-indenting and syntax highlighting that you'll get from an editor that "speaks your language".-A terminal emulator - again, I believe "konsole" is installed by default, and it will do, but if you have a favorite, by all means use it.
What I'll need:-Some sense of where you are in terms of programming concepts; variables, variable typing, functions, etc. - although, as this forum format is a single-threaded interface, perhaps it's better to assume nothing and start at a very rudimentary level, rather than jumping back and forth in skill/knowledge levels throughout the thread.-Feedback from you. The last thing I want to do is leave people gasping for air.
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Is anyone joining us besides Neal, Andy Axnot, Crow, myself and our professor, Neptune?
Wow! This is a truly excellent start!
Have you thought about how you will pace this tutorial? We certainly want to give everyone time to read the material, do the exercises and ask questions.
Again, I'm so impressed with this tutorial. You writing a book on Python or somethin'?
I wonder, why is a lot of dust around me?
I think about one lesson a day would be a good pace for me, if you are willing.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: NLJ Reporter Jenna Greene wrote this essay about a journalism classmate turned lawyer who was killed last month, along with his client, during a mediation.
In my journalism school class at the University of California, Berkeley, there were a few in-your-face, abrasive people, the type who seemed to enjoy confrontation.
Mark Hummels was not one of them. I remember him as unflappable, sunny and kind, someone who listened more than he spoke. He rode a unicycle and played the ukulele.
He was possibly the last person I would expect to be the victim of a murderous rampage.
Mark went on to the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law after several years as a reporter. And on January 30, he was in Phoenix doing what lawyers do: representing his client, Fusion Contact Centers CEO Steven Singer, in a mediation. Across the table was 70-year-old Arthur Harmon, who was in a dispute with Singer over a $47,000 contract for office cubicles.
Harmon pulled a gun and shot both Mark and Singer. Singer died a few hours later. Mark, who was shot in the back and neck, died the following evening, when he was removed from life support. Harmon fled the scene and was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A rising star at the 50-lawyer Osborn Maledon, Mark graduated first in his law school class, made partner in five years and was the current president of the Federal Bar Association in Phoenix. He was 43 and left behind a wife and two children, ages 7 and 9.
"It's inexplicable," said Judge Andrew Hurwitz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, who hired him as a clerk in 2004 when he was a justice on the Arizona Supreme Court. "It's a senseless and awful tragedy. He was the kind of person who made me feel good about the future of the profession. It's just devastating."
I can't help but think: If this could happen to Mark, it could happen to anyone.
The phenomenon of lawyers as targets is not new. The 1993 massacre at the San Francisco law firm Pettit & Martin by a former client who shot eight people to death put the issue of security on the map for lawyers and firms. Doors are now kept locked; buildings have guards in the lobby and closed-circuit cameras.
Still, dangers persist, especially for those who practice criminal, divorce and family law.
"I think it's far more prevalent than lawyers want to realize," said Alabama solo practitioner Richard Jensen, who in 17 years as a lawyer said he has received two credible death threats and had his property vandalized.
In one instance, his wife discovered a former client in a child custody case parked in their driveway with a rifle, waiting for Jensen. Another woman who had her children placed in foster care drove her truck through the pasture fence on his farm and attempted to run over his 6-year-old son. "The police and I took her down at gunpoint," said Jensen, a former police officer who carries a concealed weapon.
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This is such a sad, sobering article. My heart breaks for Mr. Hummel's family and friends.
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For people across the country, Memorial Day is typically a holiday to relax and reflect. Many people have the day off and mark the beginning of summer with cookouts and time with friends and family. Unfortunately, the holiday also shows an increase in dangerous car accidents. At least one man has been charged for his role in a recent fatal car accident in California.
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President Obama is disputing the notion that he is following in the footsteps of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
In a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center Poll, most Americans say the NSA leaker should be prosecuted, but two-thirds don't like the idea the U.S. government is collecting their own communication records.
I'm guilty of wasting time on apps a lot of time. I've spent far too many sunny afternoons holed up in my bedroom scrolling through Reddit or playing Candy Crush until my eyes glaze over.
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy 'The Internship,' but the real star is Google. 'This was an opportunity to take a lens inside of a culture that is globally ubiquitous but largely mysterious,' said director Shawn Levy. 'Everyone knows Google, but no one knows what it would be like to work at Google.'
Edward Snowden takes extraordinary precautions in a live blog.
Users turn on Glass by using a simple head motion or tapping on the device. They then can record or snap a picture, among other things, using a voice command.
In a roundtable discussion, a trio of former National Security Agency whistle-blowers tell USA TODAY that Edward Snowden succeeded where they failed.
Apple has joined Facebook and Microsoft in providing details on government data requests.
Kresch, the owner and founder of 1-800-LAW-FIRM, has embraced business tactics that other firms eschew.
If successful, the technology might allow countries to leapfrog the expense of laying fiber cable, dramatically increasing Internet usage in places such as Africa and Southeast Asia.
Do you pay for text messaging? If you have a smartphone, you don't have to.
Representatives said that after negotiations with national security officials, their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data.
According to a new study from the University of Michigan, narcissists 'like' Facebook and Twitter. A lot. And social media in general 'reflect and amplify' our culture's deepening narcissism.
The FBI director told the House Judiciary Committee that Edward Snowden is the 'subject of an ongoing criminal investigation.''
Microsoft's Office software package is coming to the iPhone for the first time today, offering people the ability to read and edit their text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations at the doctor's office or at a soccer game.
The British government has issued an alert to airlines around the world, urging them not to allow former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to the United Kingdom.
The hottest computer on the market isn't a $1,000-plus decked-out gaming machine. It's actually a bare bones circuit board the size of a credit card. And it costs just $25.
In the most comprehensive study of its kind to look at drivers' mental distraction, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that as mental workload and distractions increase, reaction time slows, brain function is compromised, and drivers scan the road less and miss visual clues, researchers say. This could potentially result in drivers being unable to see items right in front of them, such as stop signs or pedestrians.
Microsoft will launch its Xbox One console this November for $499, the company announced at a press event before the start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
In showing off its new PlayStation 4 video game system for the first time, Sony also attempted to trump competitor Microsoft with a retail price of $100 less than the Xbox One.
Twitter is a loud megaphone for those think the world needs to hear their opinion, while Facebook serves as a mirror, albeit one users can control to polish their image, researchers say
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How you view Edward Snowden probably has a lot to do with how much you care about the threat of terrorism and how much you care about online privacy.
Apple is switching from its decade-long practice of naming its Mac operating system updates after big cats. Instead, it's paying homage to the geography of its home state.
Google is honoring legendary children's author Maurice Sendak's birthday today with a 'wild' Google Doodle on its homepage. Sendak passed away early last year and would have turned 85 today.
For the most part, portable electronic gadgets and water are a bad combination. But here are some waterproof accessories to keep your reading, music, photos or calls beach-, water- and even fishing-friendly this summer.
You should have an app that can remotely wipe and track your phone. If your gadget is stolen, make sure you change all of your online account passwords.
Fresh disclosures that the U.S. government has been secretly collecting data on Americans' phone calls and Internet activity are threatening to overshadow President Obama's weekend summit with China's President Xi Jinping.
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Public disclosure of the federal government's effort to track terrorists through the telephone records of average citizens has reinvigorated a national debate over the balancing act between security and liberty.
Just 30% of parents are concerned about children's media use.
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Grumpy Cat, one of the most popular internet memes of all time, is going to star in her own movie! The cantankerous feline will reportedly star in a live action feature film and will be given the power of speech, not unlike another famous cat, Garfield.
Andrew 'Bo' Young III, son of former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, is carving out his own path for social change courtesy of a mobile app designed to help real families through the purchase of virtual goods.
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Washington's Newseum will debut a civil rights exhibit in August that showcases student leaders who fought segregation in the 1960s.
The exhibit — "Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement" — will feature a section of the original F.W. Woolworth lunch counter from Greensboro, N.C., where four African-American college students in 1960 launched the sit-in movement when they refused to leave the counter after being denied service in the whites-only section.
The display will also feature a bronze casting of the Birmingham, Ala., jail cell door behind which civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. penned his famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail" in 1963.
The exhibit, which opens Aug. 2, will focus on key figures in the student civil rights movement, including U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond. The opening coincides with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Additionally, the museum will launch "Civil Rights at 50," a three-year exhibit which will be updated annually to chronicle milestones in the 1960s civil rights movement.
Voting for DCTV's 2013 Viewers' Choice Awards ends on May 23 and The Washington Informer is among the nominees.
"The Resurgence of Boxing," a Washington Informer News commentary has been nominated in the Sports category.
Online voting can be done at http://www.dctv.org/ViewersChoice
Interested parties can also vote for their favorite show in the categories of : Best Community Focus, Entertainment, Enrichment (Religious), Short Film/Documentary, Health, News & Public Affairs, Youth and International.
Winners will be presented at the 2013 Viewers' Choice Awards Ceremony at DCTV Saturday, June 22.
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Wells Fargo Supports Civil Rights Anniversary in Birmingham
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 02:14 Published in NationalWells Fargo recently announced its support of a wide variety of programs and events as part of Birmingham's 50th anniversary celebration of the Civil Rights movement, "50 Years Forward."
Throughout 2013, as part of the year-long celebration, Wells Fargo will provide financial support for the following organizations and programs.
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute –Wells Fargo is supporting educational programs for the special exhibition, "Marching On: The Children's Movement @ 50," which will be on display until Nov. 30.
Wells Fargo is also sponsoring the exhibition and related programs for "Remembering 4 Little Girls: A Gallery of Creative Expressions," which will be on display at BCRI in the David Vann Community Gallery from Aug. 27 to Dec. 8, 2013.
In addition, the bank is supporting educational outreach and tours for 4th graders across Birmingham, as well as after-school initiatives for middle school students on a variety of topics, including financial education.
And, Wells Fargo is the presenting sponsor for Juneteenth Culture Fest on June 1, a free annual family festival hosted by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.
• Alabama School of Fine Arts - Visual Arts student Kristalyn Robinson was selected to create a large depiction of the four young girls killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. Wells Fargo is sponsoring the painting, which will be housed at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute until it is unveiled later this year at its permanent home at Birmingham City Hall.
• Community Policing & Revitalization – Wells Fargo is the title sponsor of the 2013 Recognition of Excellence Awards Banquet on July 13. This year, the theme is "Champions of Progress: Celebrating our Legacy and Empowering our Communities," which is focused on remembering the heroes of the Civil Rights movement. The guest speaker will be Dr. Joseph Lowery, a legendary leader of the Civil Rights movement.
• Alabama Public Television – Wells Fargo is sponsoring "Project C: Lessons from the American Civil Rights Movement," a Web-interactive field trip featuring Birmingham Civil Rights events for teaching citizenship and civic engagement. The field trip, which will be three live webcasts throughout the school year, will be available free to every middle and high school student in every Alabama classroom during the 2013-2014 school year.
• Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Foundation – Wells Fargo's support will provide college scholarships through the church's college scholarship program.
• Red Mountain Theatre Company and the THE MLK PROJECT – Wells Fargo sponsored the play, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," based on a letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. The play took place in April. Wells Fargo's support also includes outreach to Birmingham area schools and RMTC's performance at the dedication of the City Jail Historical marker.
• A.G. Gaston Boys & Girls Club – Wells Fargo helped sponsor the reprint of "Green Power," a book written by AG Gaston on entrepreneurship.
"We are proud to show our support of the '50 Years Forward' celebration, which honors such a rich part of Birmingham's history," said Leigh Collier, Mid-South region president. "We are proud to come together with the City of Birmingham and other organizations and businesses across Birmingham to honor the strength and courage of so many people who paved the way for us today."
"We are excited to have another corporate partner as we commemorate '50 Years Forward' in Birmingham," said Mayor William Bell. "Our thanks goes out to Wells Fargo for supporting this important year as we pay tribute to those who sacrificed so much."
For more information on the 50th Anniversary plans, see www.50yearsforward.com.
The 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C., presents the "Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS)" program, in partnership with the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
Slots for the week-long classes are available for 100 students ranging from grades 7 through 12 and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Admissions have already begun, and all applications for participation must be submitted by May 30.
First lady Michelle Obama had a lot to say during her commencement address Friday at Bowie State University (BSU) in Maryland, regarding what young African Americans should be focused on to be successful.
"More than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 50 years after the end of "separate but equal," when it comes to getting an education, too many of our young people just can't be bothered," Mrs. Obama said. "Today, instead of walking miles every day to school, they're sitting on couches for hours playing video games, watching TV. Instead of dreaming of being a teacher or a lawyer or a business leader, they're fantasizing about being a baller or a rapper.
"Right now, one in three African-American students are dropping out of high school. Only one in five African Americans between the ages of 25 and 29 has gotten a college degree — one in five."
Not unlike her address at the Democratic Convention last year in Charlotte, the first lady spoke about how her family dealt with paying for her education.
"When it came time for my brother and I to go to college, most of our tuition came from student loans and grants. But my dad still had to pay a small portion of that tuition each semester, and he was always determined to pay his share right on time — even taking out loans when he fell short, because he couldn't bear the thought of us missing a registration deadline because his check was late," she said.
The first lady also echoed a theme that President Obama has spoken on: turning off the TV and focusing on serious issues.
"When it comes to your own kids, if you don't like what they're watching on TV, turn it off. If you don't like the video games they're playing, take them away. Take a stand against the media that elevates today's celebrity gossip instead of the serious issues of our time. Take a stand against the culture that glorifies instant gratification instead of hard work and lasting success," the first lady added.
"Please stand up and reject the slander that says a black child with a book is trying to act white. Reject that," she added.
During the convocation ceremony, the university conferred Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degrees on Valerie Simpson and the late Nickolas Ashford, and the honorarium was followed later in the evening with a special tribute for both monumental singers.
Other performers for the event included Jean Carne, Freddie Jackson and Al Johnson of the Unifics, with Simpson joining them onstage.
Meanwhile, an Ashford and Simpson scholarship program has been launched at the university for music students and others studying fine arts.
(Sources: Politic365, WI Staff Writer Barrington M. Salmon)
Chancellor, Attorney General Applaud Ruling on DCPS Closings
Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:33 Published in Local
Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and D.C.'s attorney general have applauded Wednesday's ruling by a U.S. District court judge that prevents the closing of 15 public schools by the end of next year.
"In this case, there is no evidence whatsoever of any intent to discriminate on the part of Defendants, who are actually transferring children out of weaker, more segregated, and under-enrolled schools," Judge James E. Boasberg stated in a 31-page opinion, which analyzed each of plaintiffs' claims. "Children—along with thousands of others—are moving to better performing, more integrated schools."
Henderson said Boasberg's opinion now allows the school system to move forward with the "critical work to improve all our schools and provide more resources across the District."
Attorney General Irvin Nathan added that the judge's "powerfully written" decision amply demonstrates that plaintiffs have no likelihood of success on the merits.
"In light of this finding, we think it would be much more productive if the community activists would work with the city to make these consolidations work for the best educational interests of our children and allow our educators to focus on that difficult task and not be diverted by meritless litigation," Nathan said.
Empower DC and other activists sued the District of Columbia Public Schools system earlier this year in an effort to halt the school closings – most of which are in Ward 8 where some of the District's most impoverished communities are located.
Empower DC's attorney, Johnny Barnes – who is expected to appeal Boasberg's ruling -- has argued that children of color and those living in low-income households will be disproportionately affected. He also said that DCPS's plan violates several civil rights laws.
Mayor Vincent C. Gray has extended his congratulations to D.C. Department of Health (DOH) Interim Director Dr. Saul Levin for being named the American Psychiatric Association's new CEO and medical director.
Dr. Levin has led DOH since last July, when Dr. Mohammed Akhter, took a leave of absence to serve on the executive board of the District's new Health Benefit Exchange Authority.
Levin's last day with DOH will be July 12.
"While this is a great loss for the District government, it is a great gain for the American Psychiatric Association," Mayor Gray said. "Dr. Levin has done an exemplary job leading DOH in this interim period, and I wish him the best in his future endeavors and thank him for his good work for us."
Prior to serving as Interim Director of DOH, Levin served as senior deputy director of the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration.
Previously, he was the American Medical Association's (AMA) Vice President of for Science, Medicine and Public Health.
Levin's professional career also includes serving as a special expert appointee in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. At SAMHSA, he led the initiative to integrate primary care, substance abuse, mental health and HIV/AIDS response.
Levin received his medical degree in 1982 from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. He received his Master's in Public Administration (MPA) from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government in 1994.
Removing TANF Recipients from the Rolls
Your front-page article from the May 9-15 edition, TANF Redesign Comes with More Cuts by Barrington Salmon made for very interesting reading, given this is the same program that Ward 8 Council Member Marion Barry highlighted about two years ago, when he talked about reducing benefits for recipients in order to get more of them on the road to self-sufficiency.
I realize that TANF was never meant to be a long-term solution to helping needy families, but the reality is that these kinds of programs are necessary to the livelihood of many of the District's poorest residents – and the viability of these programs play a key role shaping the nation's economy.
Sure, finding jobs for TANF clients is key to their self-sufficiency, but considering D.C.'s already-high unemployment rate, one has to wonder how realistic it is to expect 10,000 TANF households to be completely off the rolls by 2015, with parents and other members in their homes working to support themselves and their families.
Muriel Johnson
Bowie, Md.
Mayor Gray Skips Langston Celebration
I was happy to see that The Washington Informer cared enough about the 75th anniversary of the Langston Terrace apartments (Langston Terrace Residents Celebrate Development's History by Dorothy Rowley, May 9-15 issue) to cover the event on Saturday, May 4.
I enjoyed the perspectives some of the residents voiced about living at the historic complex that's located in Ward 5 off Benning Road, and where several gentrification projects are taking place.
It seems like the Langston residents really take pride in their community and aren't too happy about the influx of non-blacks who are beginning to move to the area.
With that said, maybe this has something to do with Mayor Vincent Gray being a no-show at the festive celebration where he'd been expected to speak.
The way I see it, Mr. Gray can't successfully play two sides against the middle: on the one hand, he's sanctioned developers and retailers coming into the predominantly black community and gradually providing a not-so-subtle facelift.
On the other hand, the mayor must know that the gentrification taking place along the corridor will eventually displace many of the enclave's long-time residents.
D. M. Grady
Washington, D.C.
Charles Ramsey insists that he is not a hero.
The Cleveland dishwasher, who reportedly knocked down the door to the house that served as a torture chamber for three young women missing for more than 10 years and helped to rescue them, is indeed a hero in the eyes of many. And so were the participants who ran to the aid of the 144 runners injured by an explosion during the Boston Marathon that killed three others. Cameras caught them giving aid to the injured before the first responders arrived and risking their own lives while attempting to save others. We may not know their names, but they are heroes, too.
And so were the thousands of men and women in white T-shirts who ran and walked in the rain in last weekend's Susan Komen Race for the Cure, who demonstrated their willingness to give their time and money to support others whose shirts were pink – the breast cancer survivors – and believing by doing so that a cure will be found to end the deadly disease.
And what about the hundreds of men who sacrifice their own precious time to spend hours with fatherless boys in hopes of stemming the tide of drug abuse and violence and with only the hope of encouraging them to be good students and good citizens. And the volunteers who ride day and night in vans delivering food and blankets to homeless people and provide toiletries to homeless families because they believe, "but for the grace of God, there go I," they're heroes, too.
Some may consider Ramsey an exceptional hero, which is why they don't understand how a man of meager means could turn down a cash reward for his heroism. But Ramsey apparently subscribes to the same school of thought that so many other heroes subscribe to and which drives them every day. When asked about his heroism, Ramsey said, "You do what you gotta do." It's just that plain and simple.
D.C. Councilmember Tommy Wells plans to formally announce on Saturday his mayoral campaign during a rally in Northeast, according to The Washington Business Journal.
Wells, who represents Ward 6, will join council member Muriel Bowser who announced her candidacy in March.
Reports have also stated that Robert Bobb, a former city administator, has been quietly considering entering the race a well.
Meanwhile, incumbent Vincent Gray has yet to say if he will seek a second term.
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[Solved] Coding for IE in a headerless IFrame with no DOCTYPE (EBay)
Auction listings on EBay appear within an IFrame, and forbid the inclusion of any flavor of the following tags:
You cannot include a <!DOCTYPE. You cannot include stylesheets. And any auction pages viewed in Internet Explorer are thrown ruthlessly into QUIRKS MODE.
You basically have INLINE coding w/QUIRKS MODE.
The purpose of this thread is to see just how severe the limitations are to my coding accurately-aligned, modestly-styled EBay auction templates that will render accurately in Internet Explorer QUIRKS MODE -- specifically >>IE 8 (the XP-associated browser) -- and not any version of IE that is newer (9 on up). The first thing to aquaint yourselves with if you're up to the challenge of helping me with this is a site that any self-respecting EBay Seller should immediately bookmark:
A kind, merciful EBay member designed this site specifically to qualify EBay auction-listing HTML code for The Browser Everyone Loves To Hate: MS Internet Explorer. Open his site up in Explorer 8; drop your code into the practice area; and press TEST. EDIT to make changes. You can skip entirely the need to test this in Firefox since Firefox displays my validated auction code beautifully, including the (public) image we can use for testing purposes: http://catalog.carlislefsp.com/images/450/10635.jpg
The challenge is this: Create 25px of padding around this 450 X 450 image and surround the resulting dimensions with a black 4px dashed border. The INLINE <img style= code I've been using thus far includes padding: 25PX; border: 4PX dashed black; background-color: white;
Please tell me if you can get just this one picture to display its frame in IE 8 using AUCTIONTESTER, and then I'll move on to the sizing/positioning challenges.
Erm . . . the following tags:
<DOCTYPE>   <title> <meta> <link>
For example, you can begin by dropping in something this simple and pressing TEST:

Wow I really, really don't know how to post code to this forum!! Sorry!
Paste code > select code > click the 'Code' button.
Alternatively, just make sure to indent your code in by four spaces.
Indented by ≥ 4 spaces. Got it.
I think that ebay tester might be out of date, you can add stylesheets and even some useful JS.
I didn't know about IE browsers using quirk mode inside the eBay iframe but I have just updated my stylesheet and it looks fine, I have also made it responsive for mobile devices!
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I know your busy...and without going to far into a deep discussion, i really don't know where else to go to get a comprehensive opinion, and I read do like hearing your insights. With that said, I just took over, well, share commissioner responsibilities with another guy this year. He had twins and wasnt sure there would be enough time to dedicate to what needed to be done, so in I come to help. With the lockout over and WK 1 in the books, I am getting an onslaught of emails, forum postings, and text messages complaining about how unfair the rules are in this shortened season. Ever since we met a year ago, the league's GMs had an open line and ability to provide their opinion on anything rule wise that needed to be reconsidered. Without going into a full description of every rule, I guess I am asking you this...what is the best position to take when there is a flip flopping of "real" life rules with "fantasy" rules. this is supposed to be for fun, and yes there will be miscues, but we are a week into the season, its my belief that it is unwise and not competatively fair to alter the rules because situations are providing to be a bit bumpy. what do you think... man I hope you check this, the amounts of coffee i have drank to research other leagues is borderline "abusive"
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At the end of the day, you have to trust your commissioner 100 percent. If you don't, problems will arise. So I would send a message to each league member (or at least the complainers) and ask if they believe you have the league's best interests in mind? I have been in a keeper for 4-5 years now with Tim Lucarelli (used to write here) as the commish. I trust him unequivocally to make the right decisions for the good of the league. That trust has to be built, of course. And at the end of the day fantasy sports are meant to be fun and an escape. If it becomes more than that, and it doesn't go away, I'd re-evaluate being in that league and look elsewhere. We have had a few bad apples in our league (and in others I am in) along the way, but they usually don't stick around if you have enough competent, reliable, and honest GMs in the league.
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thanks jeff!
i know the specifics of every fantasy hockey league is different, as ours are probably pretty unique with their own facets. Last year, with thanks from the dobber sites and reading your weekly columns, I made it a point to be as educated as possible. Now I know that educating doesn't always equal wins/championships, but when asked to help with a league and the way it is ran, lets just say I dont want to half-ass it. 10 of us started a auction draft/keeper league last year, and having it be the first for all of us there were admittedly issues with some rules that were made. Last years commish made it a point to hear out everyone's concerns and act on issues he believed were valid. One of the areas of concern that came up was the ethics of changing settings once the league had been in motion. Some voiced concern, others just went with the flow. This year, like I said before, the majority of responsibilities have been handed down to me. Again there was no objection to the sharing of power, just a push by both commissioners now to be in communication if and when a lock out happend. Well we are one week in, and the time period between when waiver transactions are being approved and the validity of decisions that had been made months ago are becoming issues from GMs that hadn't paid until the eve before puck drop. Concern-wise we are talking about 1 or 2 GMs. The biggest area of frustration is when arguements are made based on what NHL clubs do or have the ability to do when being compared to our fantasy rules. This really is a "league identity" problem. There isn't a clear vision for what the league really is based on and that is from both the commissioner's side and the GM's side. I have mentioned numerous times that opinions are valued, but altering the type of game or GM's abilities once the competition has started is not only wrong but sort of unethical...sort of like that board game we played at a friends sleep over that no matter what we always lost. Your opinion on this is invaluable to me really because of the hard work you've put into making cohesive content that is easy to understand and typically on par with current hockey trends. Again, this is a busy time, i am totally sensitive to that being a teacher. It just helps hearing about successful practices that have worked for others.
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Hot young country newcomer Hunter Hayes got the opportunity of a lifetime when he opened up for superstar Carrie Underwood on her Blown Away Tour this year. He wrapped up his dates with Underwood at a performance in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday night (May 18) -- but she wasn't going to let him get away without a proper sendoff, pulling an onstage prank that really got his goat.
At least once a week my mom would make cookies for me and my siblings as an after school snack when we were growing up. My favorite cookies were the ones that were just out of the oven. It didn't seem to matter what kind they were, as long as they were hot.
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Here it is early Sunday morning, as you sit there surfing the web and enjoying a first cup of coffee here's another thing to brighten your day. This was Wednesday morning of this past week. Enjoy.
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MASON COUNTY — A substitute teacher hired by the Mason County Board of Education has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or person in a position of trust to a child.
James P. Hadinger, 43, Gallipolis Ferry, was arrested and charged Thursday after an investigation by the Mason County Sheriff's Department. Hadinger appeared before Mason County Magistrate Gail Roush, also on Thursday, who set his bond at $200,000 — $100,000 for each count. He was then transported to the Western Regional Jail where, as of press time Friday, he remained.
The criminal complaint filed in Mason County Magistrate Court alleges Hadinger, who has been a substitute teacher at Hannan Junior/Senior High School over the last several weeks, became involved with a female student. On Feb. 12, the complaint states Hadinger and the minor met at a local grocery store where the minor got into his truck, and the two traveled to Hannan Junior/Senior High School to watch a basketball game.
Hadinger and the minor then reportedly left the game early with Hadinger driving to an abandoned house on Ball Chapel Rd. in Ashton where Hadinger engaged in sexual contact with the minor, according to the complaint.
Deputy R. D. Spencer, who is also the Prevention Resource Officer at Hannan Junior/Senior High School, is investigating the case and filed the criminal complaint. A written confession was reportedly obtained from Hadinger, according to the complaint, though it should be noted he has not yet had a preliminary hearing at this point and has not entered a formal plea to the charges.
According to previous agendas and meeting minutes on the Mason County Board of Education's website, Hadinger's employment as a substitute teacher for the 2012-13 school year was approved on July 24, 2012. Hadinger was also approved on Nov. 13, 2012, as the seventh grade girls' basketball coach, at Point Pleasant Junior/Senior High School for the 2012-13 school year.
Mason County Schools Superintendent Suzanne Dickens spoke with the Point Pleasant Register on Friday and released no further information on the board's position or any action that will be taking place regarding Hadinger's employment. Dickens noted when such information becomes available, it would first be released to the Point Pleasant Register.
Following Thursday's board meeting, Dickens released the following statement on the incident:
"Confidentiality requirements prevent me from commenting upon or discussing any allegations of employee misconduct. In the event disciplinary action is taken against an employee by the Board, further information will be disclosed. However, I can say that anytime the district is confronted with allegations relating to the safety and welfare of students, the allegations are taken seriously, thoroughly investigated and that measures are taken to ensure that students are safe and not exposed to any continuing risk of harm."
The Mason County Prosecuting Attorney's Office is also working on this case.


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Grant not available, city changes plansThe Bloomfield City Council approved a change in plans to secure a USDA grant to help provide funding toward the hookup of the city's water utility to Rathbun Regional Water Association.
Council members learned the USDA did not want to grant money to the city for the construction of a water line if ownership was going to be turned over to the Rathbun Regional Water Association. Rathbun officials agreed to take over building the line. Instead, the city will look at building a water tower near Lake Fisher as part of the project. The council approved the change contingent upon their formal approval to hook up to Rathbun Rural Water. As of Thursday night that formal approval still has not been given. * 0 Comments
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Supervisors to meetThe Davis County Board of Supervisors will meet Monday morning May 20 at 8:30 a.m.
The board will meet with Carol Herbert at 10 a.m. to discuss Title VI. A county budget hearing will be held at 11 a.m. The board will discuss an appropriations resolution and an operating transfer resolution. * 0 Comments
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School Board to meetThe Davis County Community School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday night, May 20.
The board will consider contracts and resignations, the purchase of a blast chiller, the sale of used school buses, bid documentation for a food cooperative, and summer projects. The board will finish the meeting with a closed session to conduct a performance evaluation of superintendent Dan Maeder. * 0 Comments
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MenusSchool lunch menus for May 20--Breakfast: Pancake on a stick. Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed sweet potatoes, cauliflower with ranch dip, rosy applesauce, milk.
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SIAC Committee meets with school administratorsThe Davis County Schools' School Improvement Advisory Committee met Monday night to discuss student achievement with administrators. Administrators told the committee that students met all goals set forth by the district for the current school year. The committee also discussed goals for student achievement during the 2013-2014 school year. Committee members also heard reports from administrative staff concerning all areas of the district including instruction, buildings and grounds, the lunch program and technology. Other top stories: *The Davis County High School will graduate 83 seniors Sunday. *Elena Sevciuc and her fiancée are preparing to open Elena's Ice Cream Shop later this month. *Haleigh Skaggs recently won the Daisy Award for 2013. The award is presented to one nurse from each hospital in the Mercy network each year. *In sports read about the success of the Mustang track teams in the Class 2A District Track meet. *A special section featuring the Davis County High School's Class of 2013 is also included in Wednesday's edition. Posted on 15 May 2013 by Bdemo
Davis County included in recently disaster proclamationGovernor Terry E. Branstad recently issued a third proclamation of disaster emergency in response to recent storms and flooding in south and southeast Iowa. Davis County is one of 15 counties included in this latest round of counties included in the disaster declaration. Davis County is hoping to secure at least $520,000 to help fix roads and bridges damaged by the flooding earlier this spring. Posted on 16 May 2013 by Bdemo
Telma Claudean KeyserTelma Claudean Keyser, 90, of Drakesville died May 14, 2013 at the Bloomfield Care Center. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013 at the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield with Rev. Jim Matheney officiating. Visitation will begin after 9 a.m. Thursday May 16, with the family present to greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday night at the Wagler Funeral home. A memorial has been established to the Bloomfield Care Center activity Fund. Online condolences may be directed to www.waglerfuneralhome.com. Posted on 16 May 2013 by Bdemo
Lady Mustangs lead state track after ThursdayThe Lady Mustang Track team scored 19 points and finished the first day of the Iowa State Track Meet in first place.
Go to www.bdemo.com for details on how the girls performed in Thursday's action. The 4x800-meter relay team finished second overall in the Class 2A 4x800-meter race with a time of 9:50.68. Kate Birchmier finished third in the shot put with a toss of 40-5 ¼. Hayleigh Sharp finished fourth in the long jump with a jump of 16-11. The Lady Mustang shuttle hurdle relay team finished 12th overall in the shuttle hurdle relay preliminary heats. The Mustang boys track team was unable to qualify anyone for the finals in the shot put. Wyatt Garmon finished 10th while Wayne Doerscher finished 18th. Zach Hougland finished 24th in the 3200 meters. Davis County's shuttle hurdle relay finished 21st overall in the preliminary races. The meet continues Friday and Saturday in Des Moines. Saturday's schedule finds Ally McClure and Addie McKee competing in the 800-meters. The finals of the 100-meter hurdles will also be held Saturday morning, if Kassidy Sharp does well enough to make it out of the preliminary race, which was held Friday. The Mustang baseball and softball teams will begin the 2013 season Monday night. The Lady Mustangs travel to Fairfield for a varsity doubleheader, which begins at 5:30 p.m. The Mustang boys' baseball team travels to Twin Cedars for a non-conference game. Action begins at 5:30 p.m. with the junior varsity game. The varsity game will follow. * 0 Comments
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He also fired Egypt's general prosecutor, who had taken criticism from protesters in recent months because they believe prosecutions over demonstrators' deaths were insufficient. Morsy swore in Talaat Ibrahim as the new general prosecutor on Thursday.
Morsy's moves come three days after the start of violent protests in central Cairo, largely by people angry at Morsy's government and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement to which Morsy belongs. They also come amid turmoil in the constitution panel, which has been torn between conservatives wanting the constitution to mandate Egypt be governed by Islam's Sharia law, and moderates and liberals who want it to say that Egypt be governed by principles of Sharia.
The announcements also come a day after Morsy helped broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas after an eight-day conflict between the sides.
On Wednesday, Morsy released a statement saying he had canceled a planned trip to Pakistan -- sending his vice president instead -- to concentrate on internal political developments and the Israel-Hamas cease-fire.
Thousands of people have protested in Cairo since Monday, chanting -- for the first time since Morsy took office -- for the toppling of the regime. Some in Tahrir Square held posters saying "No to the Brotherhood," and banned Brotherhood members from entering the square.
Some protesters have thrown Molotov cocktails and rocks at police, who have fired tear gas and birdshot at the demonstrators.
One person has died and at least 80 have been injured in the protests, according to Mohamed Sultan, a Health Ministry spokesman.
Nine police officers have been injured in the clashes so far, said Alaa Mahmoud, an Interior Ministry spokesman.
Dozens of protesters have been arrested, said Interior Minister Ahmed Gamal El Din. Cameras have been installed around Tahrir Square, its side streets and the Interior Ministry in an effort to determine the identities of people attacking security forces, he announced.