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5/30/14: Dr. Scott Trappe, Director of the Human Performance Lab, discusses the Human Performance Lab and their work with NASA on Indiana Public Radio. Listen here.
1/29/14: Immersive Learning feature of Get-out and -zumba from Shannon Powers.
12/10/13: Dr. Larry Judge receives the Ron Buss Service Award at the USATF Annual Meeting
INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field held its annual awards breakfast on Saturday, December 7th to honor the outstanding achievements of masters, long-distance, race walking and elite athletes. Olympic legend Dan O'Brien, five time US Decathlon Champion, was the master of ceremony for the event, which was held in conjunction with the 2013 USATF Annual Meeting at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis. Dr. Lawrence Judge, associate professor in the school of Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science at Ball State University, was presented with the Ron Buss Service Award. Judge, the current National Chairman for USATF Coaches Education, was honored for his outstanding service to the USATF Coaches Education Committee. In 2012-2013 Dr. Judge instructed at 11 USATF level 1 schools as well as instructing at the USATF level 2 school in Hayward, CA and the IAAF level V academy in Chula Vista, CA. Judge also presented at the National Coaching Conference in Colorado Springs, CO and presented at the International Council of Coaching Excellence in Durbin, South Africa. Judge's impact is also noted throughout the elite coaching community due, in part, to Judge's coaching of Jeremy Campbell to his first IPC World Championship in the F44 discus throw in Lyon France in July. For more information see http://www.usatf.org/News/USATF-recognizes-outstanding-achievements-at-all-l.aspx
11/6/13: Shannon Powers and Ball State University has teamed with the Buley Center to bring zumba to interested people. Read article here.
8/1/13: Dr. Lawrence Judge traveled to Lyon France and served as the personal Coach for US Paralympic athlete Jeremy Campbell at the 2013 IPC World Championships. Dr. Judge's athlete had a successful week winning an ESPY award and winning his first World Championship in the F44 discus throw. Jeremy Campbell, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, received an ESPY award Wednesday for Best Male Athlete with a Disability and a gold medal in the men's discus F44 at the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) Athletics World Championship in Lyon, France on Sunday. Campbell is credited as being the first Paralympian to throw the discus over 60 m. Campbell also currently holds the world record for longest men's F44 discus throw with a throw of 63.46 m, which he broke at the 2012 UCO Endeavor Games.
He has won gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics and the Beijing 2008 Paralympics. Cable television network ESPN presents the ESPY Awards each year, recognizing individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the year. Campbell was recognized alongside athletes like the Miami Heat's Lebron James, tennis star Serena Williams and Olympic swimming icon Michael Phelps.
"I am so excited and honored to have won the ESPY this year. I was not expecting it, so it caught me off-guard which made it that much more exciting," said Campbell.
"Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and for all the support from my coach Larry Judge."
The gold at the world championships marked another momentous achievement for Campbell. Attached is a video clip of Campbell's winning throw as he works with his coach Larry Judge.
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If you are a lobbyist in Florida you should be required to register as one and disclose who you are representing before appearing in front of any government body.
That's precisely the case these days in Tallahassee and for most county and city governments in the Sunshine State.
But if you are a lobbyist with a cause to press before one of the special-purpose districts in Florida you likely don't have to disclose anything before pleading your client's case, according to BrowardBulldog.org, a not-for-profit online newspaper that reports on public-interest issues.
These special-purpose districts are often created to collect taxes within a defined geographical area for a specific purpose, such as administering child-welfare programs or delivering healthcare. The biggest special-purpose agencies are the state's five water-management districts governed by nine-member boards appointed by the governor.
Together, the five water-management districts levied $480 million in property taxes in 2012 — and not a single one of them requires lobbyists to register or disclose their clients.
That lax policy allowed the vice chairman of the South Florida Water Management District's governing board to serve as the lawyer/lobbyist for a company that sold the district $1.5 million worth of faulty electric pumps without disclosing the connection in 2007.
The same no-registration policy rules at North Broward Hospital District, which, as the story says, is long known for its political favoritism and lack of transparency in its contracting decisions. The hospital district currently is the subject of a federal probe connected to allegations of phony Medicare and Medicaid claims.
Of the special districts surveyed by BrowardBulldog.org, including 38 with combined budgets of more than $50 million, only three require some form of lobbyist registration and another one prohibits lobbying in its bylaws. One requiring registration is The Children's Trust in Miami-Dade County. And the Broward Children's Services Council commendably prohibits lobbying altogether.
We're talking about lobbyists operating without public scrutiny at special-taxing districts that oversee millions of dollars of collected taxes each year. The South Florida Water Management District levied $284.7 million in 2012. The North Broward Hospital District collected $149.5 million that year, while the Southwest Florida Water Management District collected $104.7 million.
Integrity Florida, a Tallahassee-based nonprofit and nonpartisan government watchdog, is calling for more transparency for the special districts. It is absolutely right to do so.
There are two types of districts — dependent and independent. Dependent districts include the community-redevelopment agencies that many cities have established. They operate according to their municipalities' lobbying rules, so most require registration and disclosure.
But there are 136 independent districts, often run by unelected boards, many of which can impose ad valorem taxes on homeowners and businesses. These districts wield enormous power over spending decisions involving the public's tax money without much public oversight. Such shadowy transactions involving tax money draw lobbyists like moths to a flame. The Legislature should require the special districts' governing boards to operate by the same rules for lobbyists that apply to it and most cities and counties in the state.

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Throwing a good St. Patrick's Day party takes more than the luck of the Irish — you also need something to do. Celebrate the fun way with these group games and printable activities perfect for little leprechauns of any age. If you're looking for more to do, check out our pot of golden St. Patrick's Day crafts.
These printable holiday activity books are the perfect way to keep little ones occupied during road trips, parties, or just a rainy afternoon.
Legend says a leprechaun can't lie, but he can be very tricky -- just like this St. Patrick's Day challenge.
Help get the leprechauns back on track by guessing their missing modes of transportation.
In this group game, players must put on their poker faces and use sleight of hand to keep a coin from a leprechaun's sight.
Hide some gold coins of your own, fill out the cards with clues, and send kids off on a fun treasure hunt!
There is a whole lot of fun at the end of this rainbow! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this Mickey-themed activity page!
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Posted 02 December 2010 - 12:23 PM
In short, life is good.
WAIT! There is that pesky problem of acne. Ah yes, my formidable opponent. So here I am. Creating this log. I have tried numerous products in the past and until the past few months, all was well. But now I am giving the regimen a chance. Here is hoping it will work and even more so, that I will get to know some of you fabulous folks in this part of the forum.
Ah yes, here is the proof of those little things known as pimples:
Newly showered...fantastic hair I know!
A side view of the spots.
Two thumbs up for hopefully beating acne! (and I guess making jack-o-lanterns =P )
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I am not too concerned about adjusting to the BP because I used Duac as a spot treatment for ages now, and it is 5% bp.
Good luck all.
Posted 03 December 2010 - 11:32 AM
Less prominent pimples, more rudoloph the red-nosed raindeer redness! (although not confined to my nose...that might be odd...)
I guess my face just wants to be festive. Regardless, the regimen hasn't done anything horrendous....YET (I kid, I kid). Like I said before, my skin is used to BP, at least as a spot treatment. It might react negatively to this particular onslaught of chemicals, we shall see in time.
It does seem to help the painful pimples, which either hurt a lot less or do not hurt at all. They are still there, but I would much rather take a few blotches then angry dots.
Right now I am using: 1 pump of Cleanser, 1.5 pumps of BP, and 1.5 pumps of Cleanser.
Onwards we go...
Posted 04 December 2010 - 01:23 AM
Posted 04 December 2010 - 01:30 AM
I do have to say that my skin isn't really dry as of yet. Then again it is early on. As for redness, well, my skin is already a bit red to begin with and I have a LOT of red marks due to the accumulation of mostly acne (and then it's demise) so it is hard to tell.
But yeah, tomorrow morning I am going to only use half a pump and see where it gets me. This burning sensation isn't pleasant. Yikes!
PS: For those who use Dan's moisturizer, do you find the yellow tint leaves your skin as the day wears on? I was pretty alarmed at the color of my skin even after it dried this morning. I don't usually wear makeup and I would rather not look jaundiced. haha.
Goodnight all. Until we meet again...
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Posted 05 December 2010 - 11:58 AM
Whoops I forgot to post for Day 3! Nothing significant happening. My skin is a bit drier than usual and a little more on the red side. I haven't seen much improvement yet but I will give it a couple weeks before I will probably notice any type of change.
My skin is also a bit more sensitive to the touch.... (just kidding =P ) So I now use just one pump of BP each application. I might move it down even more if I find my skin is too irritated. But it seems to be okay for now.
I must bid you adieu and go do massive amounts of work that is all due tomorrow! Ah the life of a college senior...
Posted 06 December 2010 - 09:08 AM
Ah the flakiness appears, you fiend!
Nothing new to report except I can feel the acne I had to begin with start to disappate. I do notice that my skin is a bit drier than usual and sensitive, but that is a small price to pay for clearing skin.
I have a question for all you lovely men and women out there in the peanut gallery (just kidding but peanuts are yummy you must admit. Who wouldn't want to be in a gallery full of them?!) ... when you incorporate Jojoba oil, do you use just a drop or two? Do you mix it in the moisturizer or apply directly to the skin?
Thanks much...now I'm off to print a paper and give a speech. Ah college, how I might miss thee upon graduation...
Posted 06 December 2010 - 12:11 PM
best is to basicly use the jojobaoil after you washed your face...so that your face is nice and oily when you put the bpo on (believe me> it´s the best way like this as otherwise your skin which is highly irritated in the beginning would be completely left alone with the bpo and your skin gets worse and worse...). so to prodect your skin from even more dryness put the oil on your face before you put the bpo on your face.
then you can wait your 15min until you put your moisturiser on your face...if dry...put some drops of jojobaoil in you moisturiser (<yes...again jojobaoil)...believe me: you will need it in the beginning...actually for a long time.
BUT the jojobaoil gets only rid of your flakyness...it doesn´t put away the redness out of your face or gives your any moist/fluid/water back...for this you need to moisturise a little more as well...
the jojobaoil for the flakyness...moisturiser against your redness...
you will probably have a stingy feeling when you put your moisturiser on your irritated skin...this is normal and goes away after about 15min. then the moisturiser is soaked in.
i actually found out that the more my skin stings when i put moisturiser in my face the dryer is my skin...so sometimes my skin is just fine and never stings after the moisturiser but sometimes it´s very dry and hurts a lot after the moisturiser...
you will soon realise: it is NOT the oil or creme which will give you any spots (<so don´t be afraid of lots of oil/fat/creme in your face...it´s your best friend from now on!)...BUT you will get acne prone skin from irritated skin...which means never let your face become too dry! rather moisturise it once or twice more then let too much dryness happen.
good luck!!!
Posted 07 December 2010 - 11:03 PM
*dramatic music*
Yeah, I just felt like doing that. Nothing new to report except I only washed my face last night and didn't use BP or moisturizer because I was crazy tired. My bad...
Today is a new day and I did the same as usual. The flakiness is still there on the lower left side of my face but I mixed in a bit of jojoba oil into the moisturizer and it seemed to help a lot. I will continue to do so and see what kind of magic occurs!
Pickpock, thank you so much for your advice! It is wholeheartedly appreciated and I will definitely take it under consideration.
Until tomorrow!
*more dramatic music for...dramaticness!*
Posted 09 December 2010 - 12:29 PM
It has been a week, you know what this means...
I am going to try and update weekly pics for progress sake. Thus far here is what we have:
And finally...a smile! (can't look too somber, would bring down the mood)
So, things are going well. I am looking a little red-mark spotty but hey, the acne is going away! I have high hopes for the regimen to work. We shall see.
PS: I wish I could wear a towel on my head all the time. It is rather comfy you know.
Posted 09 December 2010 - 12:38 PM
Good luck with the regimen .
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C'est, no YOU are too cute woman!
Posted 10 December 2010 - 12:34 PM
Wellll....I think my acne is getting better but it'll be a few weeks til I really know cause my face is redmark PALOOZA at the moment! Doesn't look very great but ah well, just skin right?
Hopefully in a couple weeks it'll look better. And less like rudolph's nose.
Posted 11 December 2010 - 01:14 PM
I just finished the regimen for this morning, at er, 1pm. haha. The life of a college student!
So far my face is just really red. I think the acne is getting better. Nothing new to really report.
How is everyone else doing who is on the regimen? I hope well!
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John Peeler: We need a capitalism in which no firm is too big to fail, in which corporations serve the public interest, and in which every person has a solid foundation for living a productive life..
The Shameful Murder of Dodd Frank
Anthony Weiner Hands Republicans a Twofer
The Battle for the Soul of the GOP
Robert Reich: Tea Partiers have almost as much contempt for big business and the Street as they do for government. After all, the Tea Party was born in anger over the Wall Street bailout. This is the heart of the civil war in the GOP.
Dems: Obama Broke Pledge to Force Banks to Help Homeowners
Who Is Behind the Deficit Crisis
New Finance Bill: Mountain of Legislative Paper, Molehill of Reform
Why Obama Should Put BP Under Temporary Receivership
Robert Reich: It's time for the federal government to put BP under temporary receivership, which gives the government authority to take over BP's operations in the Gulf of Mexico until the gusher is stopped. This is the only way the public know what's going on, be confident enough resources are being put to stopping the gusher, ensure BP's strategy is correct, know the government has enough clout to force BP to use a different one if necessary, and be sure the President is ultimately in charge.
Financial Reform Too Small to Succeed
Joseph Palermo: The financial reform legislation currently winding its way through the Congress is a step in the right direction but it retains too much of the status quo that brought down the economy in the first place. The key problem, as many economists have been telling us, is that the top financial institutions remain "too big to fail." Congress can enact all the regulations it wishes but even the best written rules won't be enough to prevent another financial meltdown.
Break Up the Banks
Robert Reich: As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big. By all means, give regulators resolution authority and also impose the tightest regulations possible. But Congress and the White House shouldn't stop there. Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.
Alan Greenspan: As Unrepentant as Ever
Joseph Palermo: He still wants to blame a "few bad apples," instead of looking at his own role fanning the flames and pouring gasoline on the fire while the $8 trillion housing bubble was being pumped up. Greenspan said AIG's problems were with insurance, but Born countered that if CDSs had been insurance they would have been regulated. Greenspan is bullshitting us again.
Fraud on the Street
Robert Reich: It's now clear Lehman Brothers' balance sheet was bogus before the bank collapsed in 2008, catapulting the Street and the world into the worst financial crisis since 1929. The Lehman bankruptcy examiner's recent report details what just about everyone on the Street has known since the firm imploded – that Lehman defrauded its investors. Even Hank Paulson, in his recent memoir, referred to Lehman's balance sheet as bogus.
Who's Killing Financial Reform?
Our Incredible Shrinking Democracy
Robert Reich: It seems as if more and more decisions that should be made democratically are being shunted off somewhere to a few people who make them in back rooms. Which programs should be cut, which entitlements pared back, and what taxes raised in order to reduce the long-term budget deficit? Hmmm. Let's convene a commission and have them decide.
Mister Obama, Do You Believe Us Now?
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The Housing Crisis and Wall Street Shame
The $75 billion federal program designed to bribe banks to modify mortgages has been a bust. No one knows the exact number of mortgages that have been modified (that will be reported next month) but housing experts I've talked with say it's a tiny fraction of the number of homeowners in trouble. Seems that the big banks can't be bothered.
Friday Feedback: Divestment Is the Answer
Single Payer is by far the best path, actually the only path. The pitch and claim for the Public Option is "Keeping the insurance companies honest." Really? If I break the law I get prosecuted, fined, and jailed, that simple – do the crime – pay the time or the fine. That should keep them honest. Congress passes laws, and if they violate those or cheat they are out of the game.
Contractors in Iraq Are Hidden Casualties of War
"These guys are like the Vietnam vets of this generation," said Lee Frederiksen, a psychologist who worked for Mission Critical Psychological Services. "The normal support that you would get if you were injured in the line of duty as a police officer or if you were injured in the military . . . just doesn't exist."
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Military Fails to Collect from AIG for Care to Injured Contractors
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica The Pentagon has failed to bill American Insurance Group and other major insurance carriers for millions of dollars in medical care provided to private contractors injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new federal report. The United States has hired hundreds of thousands of civilians to work in the [...]
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers
by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica and Doug Smith, the Los Angeles Times Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological counseling and other services. The insurance companies responsible for their treatment under taxpayer-funded [...]
My Lunch With Drew: K Street Makes Hay Either Way
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Color of Law: New York, City of the Poor
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Last week, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) weighed in to express his outrage at the lack of government control which led to the AIG bailout scandal. This isn't the first time that Sessions has expressed outrage over wasteful spending and lack of government control. Back when the Iraq war was young, news broke that Paul Bremer [...]
AIG and the Undeserving Rich
Charles Blow, the "moderate" who seems to write a lot of words but never takes a clear stand on anything, recently lamented on the op-ed page of the New York Times about what a small matter the $165 million in bonuses really were compared to the $170 billion AIG received in government welfare. Sheryl Gay [...]
Rachel Maddow's Chronology of AIG's Greed
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Our bodies are pretty amazing. Day after day, they work hard — digesting food, pumping blood and oxygen, sending signals from our brains and our nerves, and much more.
But there is a group of tiny invaders that can make our bodies sick — they're called germs.
Some kids may think that germs are bugs or cooties or other gross stuff. Actually, germs are tiny organisms, or living things, that can cause disease. Germs are so small and sneaky that they creep into our bodies without being noticed. In fact, germs are so tiny that you need to use a microscope to see them. When they get in our bodies, we don't know what hit us until we have symptoms that say we've been attacked!
Germs are found all over the world, in all kinds of places. The four major types of germs are: bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. They can invade plants, animals, and people, and sometimes they make us sick.
Bacteria (say: back-teer-ee-uh) are tiny, one-celled creatures that get nutrients from their environments in order to live. In some cases that environment is a human body. Bacteria can reproduce outside of the body or within the body as they cause infections. Some infections bacteria cause include sore throats (tonsillitis or strep throat), ear infections, cavities, and pneumonia (say: new-mo-nyuh).
But not all bacteria are bad. Some bacteria are good for our bodies — they help keep things in balance. Good bacteria live in our intestines and help us use the nutrients in the food we eat and make waste from what's left over. We couldn't make the most of a healthy meal without these important helper germs! Some bacteria are also used by scientists in labs to produce medicines and vaccines (say: vak-seens).
Viruses (say: vy-rus-iz) need to be inside living cells to grow and reproduce. Most viruses can't survive very long if they're not inside a living thing like a plant, animal, or person. Whatever a virus lives in is called its host. When viruses get inside people's bodies, they can spread and make people sick. Viruses cause chickenpox, measles, flu, and many other diseases. Because some viruses can live for a while on something like a doorknob or countertop, be sure to wash your hands regularly!
Fungi (say: fun-guy) are multi-celled (made of many cells), plant-like organisms. Unlike other plants, fungi cannot make their own food from soil, water, and air. Instead, fungi get their nutrition from plants, people, and animals. They love to live in damp, warm places, and many fungi are not dangerous in healthy people. An example of something caused by fungi is athlete's foot, that itchy rash that teens and adults sometimes get between their toes.
Protozoa (say: pro-toh-zoh-uh) are one-cell organisms that love moisture and often spread diseases through water. Some protozoa cause intestinal infections that lead to diarrhea, nausea, and belly pain.
Once germs invade our bodies, they snuggle in for a long stay. They gobble up nutrients and energy, and can produce toxins (say: tak-sinz), which are proteins that are actually like poisons. Those toxins can cause symptoms of common infections, like fevers, sniffles, rashes, coughing, vomiting, and diarrhea.
How do doctors figure out what germs are doing? They take a closer look. By looking at samples of blood, urine, and other fluids under a microscope or sending these samples to a laboratory for more tests, doctors can tell which germs are living in your body and how they are making you sick.
Most germs are spread through the air in sneezes, coughs, or even breaths. Germs can also spread in sweat, saliva, and blood. Some pass from person to person by touching something that is contaminated, like shaking hands with someone who has a cold and then touching your own nose.
Steering clear of the things that can spread germs is the best way to protect yourself. And that means . . .
Hand washing
! Remember the two words germs fear — soap and water. Washing your hands well and often is the best way to beat these tiny warriors. Wash your hands every time you cough or sneeze, before you eat or prepare foods, after you use the bathroom, after you touch animals and pets, after you play outside, and after you visit a sick relative or friend.
There is a right way to wash your hands. Use warm water and soap and rub your hands together for at least 15 seconds, which is about how long it takes to sing "Happy Birthday."
Cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze and cover your mouth when you cough to keep from spreading germs. So if you have to cough, it is best to do it in your elbow so your are not contaminating your hands.
Using tissues for your sneezes and sniffles is another great weapon against germs. But don't just throw tissues on the floor to pick up later. Toss them in the trash and, again, wash your hands!
Another way to fight and prevent infections is to make sure you get all the routine immunizations from your doctor. No one likes to get shots but these help keep your immune system strong and prepared to battle germs. You can also keep your immune system strong and healthy by eating well, exercising regularly, and getting good sleep. All this will help you to be prepared to fight germs that cause illness.
Now that you know the facts about germs, you may still pick up a cough or a cold once in a while, but you'll be ready to keep most of those invading germs from moving in.
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Date reviewed: April 2011
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Crime in England and Wales, year ending March 2013
We have a lot to cover in our briefing today. As well as presenting the latest figures we'll also be taking you through changes to categories used to present police recorded crime and changes to the recording of fraud.
The Home Office are also publishing separate statistical releases at 9.30am today on crimes detected by the police and on the police workforce numbers. Given the simultaneous release of these publications, we have arranged for Damon Wingfield, a statistician from the Home Office, to be here to give a brief summary of these figures and to answer questions.
First, we will briefly cover some changes to the presentation of the police recorded crime series which are being introduced today. These changes flow from the National Statistician's review of crime statistics in 2011 and follow discussion, and formal consultation, with users over the last year.
The changes have been made in response to user demand, to improve public understanding of the figures, and to present recorded crime data using a more coherent set of categories.
I should emphasise that all of these changes are presentational only and do not affect the total number of crimes. We have produced a time series back to 2002/03 on the new basis so that comparisons over time can be made and we've produced a methodological note explaining the changes. A copy of this note, as well as a copy of my speaking notes, will be available at end of the briefing.
As part of the changes, we are now presenting police recorded crime under 3 main groupings:
'Victim-based crime', which relates offences with a specific identifiable victim. This category more closely aligns with the Crime Survey;
'Other crimes against society' - covering those offences where there is no specific identifiable victim (for example possession of drugs or weapons); and,
Fraud offences which are subject to ongoing operational changes in police recording, which mean it is more sensible to present these separately.
We will touch on this as we present the latest figures.
We would prefer to take questions at the end and will conclude our presentation to allow sufficient time for these.
The latest quarterly statistics released today are based on interviews conducted as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales between April 2012 and March 2013, and the number of crimes recorded by the police over the same period.
The level of crime measured by the Crime Survey fell by 9% compared with the previous year's survey while the number of offences recorded by the police fell by 7%. Within this, the number of victim-based crimes recorded by the police fell by 9%.
The survey estimated there were 8.6 million crimes committed against households and resident adults, and a further 0.8 million against children aged 10 to 15 living in such households. The headline figures presented in this bulletin remain focused on adults since this allows analysis of trends on a consistent basis.
Looking at the long-term picture from the survey, levels of crime peaked in the mid 90s. There were then substantial falls through to the 2004/05 survey. Since then, the overall reduction has continued but at a slower rate with some fluctuations year-on-year. The latest estimate is the lowest since the survey began in 1981 and now less than half its peak level in 1995.
Turning to police recorded crime, which is represented by the bars on this chart. Since comparable records in 2002/03, there has been a downward trend in recorded crime and the latest figures show a total of 3.7 million offences. This is the lowest annual total since the last major change in recording practice ten years ago. While figures before this date are not directly comparable, the last time the police recorded a lower figure was around 25 years ago in 1988.
The police recorded around 229,000 fraud offences - an increase of 27% compared with the previous year. However, as we will explain later, this needs to be seen in the context of a move to centralised recording of fraud which makes comparisons over time problematic.
There were falls seen across most types of victim-based recorded crime except for theft from the person (up 9%) and sexual offences (which rose by 1%).
Turning to specific crime types, looking first at violent crime measured by the survey, the latest figures show there were 1.9 million offences against adults. While this estimate was 6% lower than the previous year this fall was not large enough to be statistically significant. However, over much of the last decade we have seen a general downward trend and the latest estimate is 13% lower that that from the 2007/08 survey.
Turning to Violence against the person recorded by the police, as part of the presentational changes to recorded crime, the coverage of this crime category has changed. With the move towards separately grouping Victim-based crime from 'other crimes against society', a number of offences with no specific identifiable victim have been moved out of Violence against the person to more appropriate categories.
Most of these (around 100,000) relate to offences of causing public fear, alarm or distress. While some of these offences may have a violent element, they do not have a specific identifiable victim and sit more logically with other public order offences, such as Violent Disorder.
A smaller number (around 17,000) related to possession of weapon offences have also been moved into a newly formed category within 'Other crimes against society'. Both sets of offences moved out of violence against the person have shown falls in the most recent data, with 'Public fear, alarm or distress' down by 13% and 'Possession of weapons' down by 17%, consistent with declining trends in these offences over the last 5 years.
While the effect of changes to the 'Violence against the person' category is a decrease in the volume of offences, the long-term trend remains very similar to the old one.
As a further change, we are now presenting violence against the person offences split into 3 main sub-categories, thus allowing homicides to be separately identified in the main summary tables in each quarterly release.
Overall police recorded violence against the person fell by 4% (or on the old basis, a 6% fall). The overall reduction was driven by an 8% fall in violence with injury while offences of violence without injury showed little change. The number of offences of homicide recorded by the police remained at a similar level to last year with 552 offences recorded compared with 553 in 2011/12).
There have also been reductions in the number of firearm offences and offences involving knives or other sharp instruments recorded by the police, which are both down by 15%.
Moving on to sexual offences, the police recorded a 1% rise compared with the previous year (amounting to an additional 780 offences). Within this, rape offences increased by 2% (from 16,038 to 16,327or by 289 offences).
The rise in sexual offences comes in the wake of Operation Yewtree and there is evidence to suggest that this operation, alongside a wider 'Yewtree effect' whereby greater numbers of victims have come forward to report historical offences, lies behind this rise.
The police record crimes in the year that the victim reports to the police. Thus counts for a single year can include offences that relate to a previous year. The data held centrally does not allow us to separately identify offences which occurred in an earlier year. However, additional information supplied by around half of the forces showed an increase in the number of historic sexual offences, with this increase being particularly pronounced for offences which occurred 20 years ago or more. Based on this snapshot these latest figures include an increase of around 950 such offences compared with the previous year, though this is only a partial picture from a subset of forces which may not be typical of England and Wales as a whole.
However, it is clear that without these additional historic offences, we would be seeing a year on year fall in the number of sexual offences recorded by the police.
Looking now at other types of Victim-based crime, and a summary of key figures from the latest year on year changes.
As you will be aware, we have seen notable long term falls in many of the high volume crimes, in particular, Vehicle offences, Burglary and Vandalism. As shown in the figures on this slide these trends continue.
One notable exception was Theft from the person recorded by the police, which rose by 9% - the second consecutive annual increase, following an 8% rise in the previous year.
This offence involves theft of property from the victim while the property is being carried on the person. This generally covers incidents of pick pocketing but also includes snatch thefts where no force or violence, or threat of such force/violence, is used against the victim. The increase in volume occurred principally in London, though other forces, including the British Transport Police also saw increases.
As the chart shows, this short term trend follows reductions between 2002/03 and 2008/09, and the number of such offences remains 26% lower than in 2002/03.
Turning to fraud, a Government commissioned review in 2006 recognised that attempts to tackle fraud were being undermined by the lack of a joined-up approach to reporting and recording.
It therefore recommended the formation of a National Fraud Authority (NFA), to act as an umbrella governmental organisation to co-ordinate and oversee the fight against fraud. It also led to the creation of the National Fraud Reporting Centre (since re-branded as Action Fraud). Action Fraud provides a central point of contact for victims to report crimes either online or via a call-centre.
From April 2013 most fraud offences previously recorded by police forces will be recorded centrally by Action Fraud. However, given the scale of the work involved, this transfer of responsibility has been rolled out over the last 2 years. While this makes sense from an operational perspective, it is not ideal from a statistical one and it makes comparisons problematic over this transitional period. For example, in these latest figures some forces were responsible for recording fraud for some of the year and others for the whole year. Further, as it has not been possible to disaggregate Action Fraud data to police force areas and these are not included in sub-national tables.
In the year ending March 2013, including crimes recorded via Action Fraud the police recorded a 27% increase in Fraud (around 229,000 – up from 181,000). In volume terms this category is dominated by purchase fraud, which most commonly involves victims being conned out of money via online shopping and auction sites.
It is important to bear in mind that in the context of the move to centralised recording there are a number of factors that may have contributed to this increase in fraud including:
possible improvements in recording practices resulting from having a specialist centralised team;
an increased proportion of victims reporting these crimes following publicity around the launch of Action Fraud; and,
a possible increase in the volume of such offences.
It is not possible to separate out or quantify the scale of each possible effect. A clearer picture will emerge over the next 1 to 2 years once the new recording arrangements have matured.
Turning to 'Other crimes against society', this newly formed group of offences has been created as part changes made to the presentation of recorded crime. It covers crimes which do not generally have a specific identifiable victim (for example, drug offences and possession of weapons). Trends in such offences tend to reflect changes in police workload and activity rather than in levels of criminality.
The latest figures for this grouping show a 10% reduction in the number of these crimes recorded by the police.
The percentage decreases for each of the component categories are shown on this slide.
That concludes the briefing on the ONS crime statistics.
Mark Bangs
Deputy Head of Crime Statistics
Overall crime estimated by the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) in the year ending March 2013 fell 9% compared with the previous year. This latest estimate is the lowest since the survey began in 1981.
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What Lawyers and Law Students Can Learn from Abraham Lincoln About Professionalism & Communication
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How different might our country be, if not for the contributions of devoted lawyers? Twenty-six of the United States' forty four presidents have been lawyers, among them the most celebrated of our country's leaders—Abraham Lincoln. By following the examples of such consummate lawyers as Lincoln and others, lawyers today can "raise the bar" by reestablishing the legal profession's once hallowed reputation.
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Talmage Boston has practiced law as a commercial trial and appellate litigator in Dallas, Texas, since 1978. Since 1997, he's been a shareholder at Winstead PC. A leader of both the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association, Talmage has served as a State Bar of Texas director, as well as chair of the State Bar Litigation Section, Council of Chairs, and Annual Meeting planning committee. For his service, he received Presidential Citations from State Bar of Texas presidents every year from 2005 to 2011 and from the Dallas Bar Association president in 2009.
In addition to maintaining his full-time law practice, Talmage has written Raising the Bar: The Crucial Role of the Lawyer in Society (TexasBarBooks 2012), which includes a foreward by Dick Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the United States under Presidents Reagan and Bush, and dust jacket endorsements from former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III; Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson; CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin; Baylor University President Ken Starr; and lawyer turned best-selling novelist Richard North Patterson.


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Last week wrapped up the final chapter in 24BY36, an ongoing experiment in art creation within the walls of Ace New York. For the project, 36 solo and duo artists spent the night with the purpose of producing 24 original works by morning. Love letters, collages, manifestos, musical partitions — we've been greatly amazed by the fruit of those twenty-four nights. The following snapshots are just an early glimpse into the collection of work and we're already feeling inspired for the next edition.
Pestisani, Romania
Constantin Brancusi's clean geometry, unveiling the essence of things in marble, wood and stone. The modernist sculptor born on this day in 1876 preferred simple clothes, a studio with a rock slab table and a primitive fireplace, and furniture, utensils and a phonograph he made himself.
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Kevin Willis is a journeyman. He's an admirer of the 'camp' in antiquity and seems always to extract the eerie, underlying purpose from a thing where others see only pulp. Kevin is also a closely-kept member of our family and a contributor to Ace culture in ways that outmeasure just his physical work for us.
In the lobby at the Theater at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles resides his Cathedral of Our Ladyfingers. She's something of a sentry at the mouth of the Gothic grandeur that lies just beyond, taking IDs, looking like Mother Superior clipped from the celluloid of a Buñuel film. Her making was entirely in the clay-caked hands and mind of Kevin, but the inspiration was divine.


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We've had a range of interesting new Cognacs appear over the last year, with some interesting developments in the lineups of the big houses. First amongst these is Rémy Martin's relaunch of their VSOP, using old casks to marry the cognac blend before bottling, a formulation change that garnered them a Silver Outstanding medal at the 2012 International Wine and Spirits Competition.
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The Word: Seinfeld decides it's time to get online
Most working comedians know the importance of having a Web presence to list upcoming events, promote material and hopefully develop a much-needed fan base. But when you're a comic on the level of Jerry Seinfeld, do you really need a way to promote yourself? Well, yes — just in a different way.
"I wanted a very restricted concept; I didn't want to have a site with, like, mugs, T-shirts and concert dates. I find that annoying," he says about how his new site, JerrySeinfeld.com, will be different. "I just couldn't wait any longer and I finally came up with an idea that I liked."
Instead, the site, which launches Friday, will be a repository of nearly every recorded comedy appearance from Seinfeld — a career that spans 36 years. One of Friday's introductory clips will be from his first time on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1981 — posted 30 years to the day.
A comedian through and through — he shrugged off questions about acting in any new movies or TV shows ("acting is for people who don't have anything to say") — he admitted to us that he sneaks into New York comedy clubs every few weeks to keep honing his act before he tours. In fact, one reason for launching JerrySeinfeld.com is to attract a younger fan base.
"This site is really about my attempt to cultivate the world of stand-up comedy with young people," he says with a slight Seinfeld-smirk. "The same way the skinheads and Klu Klux Klan do — you gotta get them indoctrinated young. So really, I'm taking a page from their book."
Picking the clips
Seinfeld, who is very hands-on with the site, felt it was important not to post all clips at once (there are more than 1,000). Rather, he will pick three a day to profile. "I'm almost more proud of the fashion than I am of the comedy," he quips about digging deep into his archives. "My fashion choices were so good, you are not even going to notice the clothes. In the '70s and '80s I look good — it's the '90s where my choices start to get questionable."
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The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old Edward Casey McCoy and charged him with three counts of DUI causing death.
Deputies say McCoy is the driver responsible for a deadly crash that killed three people in Polk County early Sunday morning, and claimed the life of a popular school bus driver.
An arrest report says that deputies drew blood from McCoy on the day of the accident, and that he had a blood alcohol content of .234. Deputies also found a pipe in his clothing. The report says the pipe tested positive for marijuana.
The report says he had a bar tab at Bob's Bar in Mulberry from late Saturday night into the early Sunday morning. The electronic tab says he purchased six Bud Lights, four shots of Wild Turkey and a fireball. McCoy was also observed drinking by witnesses, according to the report.
The crash happened about 2:40 a.m. Sunday morning at the intersection of Coronet and Shepherd Roads just east of the Polk/Hillsborough County line.
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Authorities said one of the deceased was Dorothy Operhall, a popular Polk County school bus driver who had worked for the district for 19 years.
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The Cincinnati Bengals were dealt a crushing blow last week with the news that $55 million defensive tackle Geno Atkins had been lost for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Although the Bengals remain atop the AFC North with a two-game lead over the Ravens, the impact of not having a disruptive interior force such as Atkins will likely have a hefty impact on their outlook.
Atkins is regarded as a linchpin, leading the defense with six sacks after topping all NFL interior linemen with 12.5 sacks last season.
"It's tough, but this team's had adversity before," cornerback Terence Newman told Cincinnati reporters. "We've just got to fight through it."
With Leon Hall, their best cornerback, already out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon, defensive end Robert Geathers on injured reserve with an elbow injury, safety Taylor Mays out for the season with a shoulder injury and middle linebacker Rey Maualuga sidelined for up to a month with a knee injury and concussion, the Bengals are reeling defensively.
"We've lost, between Robert and Geno, two of the guys up front we count on for a lot," Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said during a somber Friday news conference. "We came in heavy and now we'll be thin. We'll be looking at some kind of adjustment.
"I think the good thing is we have a lot of good players and guys have to rise up, step up and go. We've got to do other great things. We can score a lot of points if we need to, and we can play great defense if we need to."
The primary replacement for Atkins will be Brandon Thompson, who has 16 tackles and 1.5 sacks this season.
Although Thompson is regarded as a solid player, he's not Atkins.
"It's the next man up," Thompson said. "It's time to go."
Lewis said the Bengals might look at free-agent defensive linemen. Former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Jay Ratliff is available.
At least electrifying rookie running back Giovani Bernard's injury wasn't serious. He just bruised his ribs during the Bengals' 22-20 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Thursday night.
Bernard made highlight videos with his twisting, turning 35-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, eluding tacklers and reversing field to find the end zone. The Bengals might need a lot more of those kinds of plays if the defense takes a step back without Atkins.
The last time the Ravens squared off with the Cleveland Browns, they didn't have to account for wide receiver Josh Gordon, as he was serving the final game of a two-game suspension for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy.
Now, the Ravens will have to deal with Gordon on Sunday after he wasn't traded despite heavy speculation heading into last Tuesday's NFL trading deadline.
"The difference I think in this game for us is the fact that No. 12 [Gordon] is back," Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees said. "Here's a guy who can take the top off of a defense in a hurry."
Gordon said he didn't know what to think when his name was bandied about so often in NFL circles.
Gordon was linked to multiple teams, and discussions were undoubtedly held, but the Browns' asking price was never met.
Gordon's trade value was likely affected by his status in the NFL drug program. With another strike, he's facing a one-year suspension.


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By Charlotte Burns. Art Market, Issue 248, July-August 2013Published online: 31 July 2013
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is staging a series of events to celebrate its 30th anniversary this summer. Important works that the gallery has shown and sold over the years—including pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol—have been returned on loan for the exhibition "30 Years" (25 July-28 August), held across both the gallery's Salzburg spaces, Villa Kast and Halle.
A second show, dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe—one of the first American artists to show with Ropac in Salzburg in the 1980s—is to be organised by the French actress Isabelle Huppert (Villa Kast, 30 August-26 October). The gallery has also commissioned a "word sculpture" play by the Austrian artist Erwin Wurm. The Small in the Great, the Great in the Great, the Great in the Small and the Small in the Small is set in a Wurm-designed kitchen, where characters include a chopping board, a shopping bag and a pair of high heels. Directed by Matthias Hartmann, it opened on 25 July in the Halle space. Ropac started his gallery in Salzburg in 1983 and now has four spaces: two in Salzburg and two in Paris. "When I started, the art world was so small that you knew everyone," he says. "The conversation has grown so much; now, you can't avoid art, you can't open a magazine without seeing art. I would never have imagined, or dreamed, of this 30 years ago."
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Weezy laid the object on the ground between them and began to examine it.
Jack knelt opposite her. "What do you think it is?"
She shook her head, looking as baffled as he felt. "I don't know. Some kind of stone—onyx, maybe? It's got no writing on it, but I get this feeling it's . . . old." She looked up at him. "Know what I mean?"
Jack couldn't say why, but he knew exactly what she meant.
"Yeah. Very old."
"And where there's one there's probably others." Her eyes were wide with wonder and excitement. "Help me, Jack?"
"Try and stop me."
He wanted one of those cubes for himself.
So they started digging—not easy in the wet sand. But they kept coming up empty. Frustration was beginning to nibble at Jack when his fingertips scraped against a hard surface.
"Got something!"
He dug his fingers down on each side of whatever it was and pulled it up.
And found himself looking into the empty eye sockets of a rotting human head.
He stared in mute, open-mouthed, grossed-out shock. Beside him, Weezy screamed.F. Paul Wilson is the New York Times bestselling author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and virtually everything in between. His books include the Repairman Jack novels, including Ground Zero, The Tomb, and Fatal Error; the Adversary cycle, including The Keep; and the young adult series featuring the teenage Jack. Wilson has won the Prometheus Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Inkpot Award from the San Diego ComiCon, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers of America, among other honors. He lives in Wall, New Jersey.


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CUMBERLAND ŌĆö There was a lot of talk last year that the upcoming Cumberland American All-Star team had potential to be something special this season, especially after the latest batch captured the state title for 11-year-olds.
Two games into the District 4 Major Division Tournament, Cumberland American is proving it just may have what it takes to advance far this summer.
In 2009, Lincoln captured the District IV and State All-Star Tournaments and then came one win away from Williamsport, Pa. for the Little League World Series after an 11-7 loss to Peabody (Mass.) Western in the New England Region finals.
Last year it was a talented bunch of players from Cumberland National that made the headlines with a nearly identical route of its neighbor. CNLL dominated its foes during the districts, did the same in the state tourney and then fell a run short, a 1-0 setback to Fairfield (Conn.) American in the title game, for a trip to the World Series.
PAWTUCKET --- Toka Kahn-Clary is on the doorstep of a berth on the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team.
The 19-year-old Pawtucket fighter sewed up one of the eight spots in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials by copping a silver medal at the USA Boxing National Championships late last week at the Olympic Training CenterŌĆÖs Sports Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Competing in a competitive 132-pound division, Kahn-Clary needed just two victories to clinch a berth in the Team Trials, which will be held from July 31-Aug. 6 at the Mobile Civic Center in Mobile, Ala.
BELLINGHAM ŌĆō New England Country Club is a hidden jewel among public golf courses in the Blackstone Valley.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre located just on the edge of Woonsocket,ŌĆØ said golf pro Mark Copithorne. ŌĆ£In fact, part of our second hole is in Woonsocket, behind the Sears store on Diamond Hill Road. When I first came here, I couldnŌĆÖt believe you could be driving through Woonsocket and then within three blocks you are in this wooded area where a championship course was built.ŌĆØ
LINCOLN ŌĆö If Lincoln was playing nervous during SaturdayŌĆÖs District 4 tournament opener, it sure didnŌĆÖt show.
The perennial power looked right at home ŌĆō literally and figuratively ŌĆō in coasting to a 10-0 mercy-rule victory over East Woonsocket at Hien Field, the first of four pool play games for each team.
Seeking its 16th District IV title in the past 21 years, a stretch of dominance that dates back to 1991, Lincoln pounded out eight hits and capitalized on sloppy defense from East Woonsocket, which committed five errors.
BLACKSTONE ŌĆö With its beautiful scenery along with its koala bears and kangaroos, Ashley Caouette always wondered what it would be like to study abroad in Australia.
In her three years at Bridgewater State University, Caouette never got that opportunity.
She never got the opportunity to get to the ŌĆ£Down UnderŌĆØ as a student, that is.
The 1998 New York Yankees were a take-no-prisoners juggernaut, a team not to be trifled with. Perched high above in their pinstriped ivory tower, those Yanks achieved a 125-win season (including playoffs) that culminated in outstanding style ŌĆō a World Series title.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve seen the old videos from the parades (when the Boston Bruins won titles in ŌĆś70 & ŌĆÖ72) back when they were held at City Hall Plaza. You definitely donŌĆÖt want to put the horse before the cart, but you canŌĆÖt help but think what the celebration would entail. They would have to break out the duck boats.ŌĆØ
ŌĆö Dave Goucher, May 2009
BARRINGTON ŌĆö Paired in the final group with Matt Kuchar and Zach Johnson, defending champion J.B. Holmes (and playing partner Ricky Barnes) got a bird's eye view of the overall leaders during the final round of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic on Tuesday.
ŌĆ£It's almost boring watching those guys play,ŌĆØ Holmes said. ŌĆ£They hit it right down the fairway and get it on the green. They hit the wedges really good and they putted really good. They made a lot of 10- and 12-footers. They are great players and it was fun to watch.ŌĆØ
EAST PROVIDENCE ŌĆö BellinghamŌĆÖs Brian Higgins really had to earn his berth in the Northeast Amateur Invitational field.
Higgins, who will tee off at Wannamoisett Country Club this morning for the third straight year in this prestigious event, remembers how he first got his foot in the door during the summer of 2008.


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