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Q&A following Crime Statistics
Helen Warrell (Financial Times) - This survey doesn't consider any cyber crime at all and I'd just like to ask how you think this is consistent because actually a lot of evidence shows that while traditional types of crime are decreasing, cyber crime is increasing?
John Flatley (ONS) - Yes, when the National Statisticians review of crime statistics reported a couple of years ago, they identified fraud as one of the areas which we need to look at to try and develop our measures. As Mark has already described, part of that comes from the police rolling out Action Fraud and that will capture a lot of online crime which is reported through to Action Fraud. It's easy for fraudsters to attempt frauds against millions of people in a matter of seconds, and it wouldn't seem sensible to include all of those attempts into the 'crime basket' in the same way you would someone trying to break into a house. I would say the ratio of attempts to successful crimes in the area of cyber crime is completely of the scale compared with our traditional crimes and this presents a challenge for us in terms of count again. It is something were are exploring with the independent Crime Statistics Advisory Committee.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph) - Can I ask a couple of technical questions? On the police recorded crime, in the sexual offences table 8:4, there seems to be a lot of high percentage increases in specific offences like rape or sexual activity of children within the age of 13 or under 16. Is this all wrapping into this whole Yew Tree effect? This is where you're thinking the effect is coming in?
John Flatley (ONS) - There is lots of evidence of it.There's particularly those areas where you can particularly see rape and sexual assault against children coming through as higher numbers. That, and together with the information which Mark mentioned earlier where we've had information from around half the forces saying something like 950 additional crimes which relate to 20 years ago or more, all play into that picture that certainly seems to be a Yew Tree effect.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph) - And are you limiting the Yew Tree effect to this 950? Because if that's offences of 20 years ago, surely is there not also a knock on effect on people who are more encouraged to come forward now even if it was an incident that only happened more 12 months ago? It could be more than 950 with the Yew Tree effect.
John Flatley (ONS)- Absolutely, that's just for 20 years ago or more. In the bulletin itself we also give a bit more context about figures in the last year as well, so on page 32, top of the first paragraph there gives you some of the detail about this. We also saw an increase in offences just over a year ago, more than one year old. So we had 27 forces recorded 9,080 offences which took place in the previous financial year, compared with 7,729 the year before which in itself is an increase of 17%. So that probably points to the wider Yew Tree effect of victims coming forward rather than directly related to Yew Tree.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph)- I mean potentially with the 950 as well you could be potentially looking at over 2000 extra offences?
Mark Bangs (ONS)- Certainly. It's important to bare in mind as well that these statistics are just part of a subset of forces we are looking at as well so it will be inevitably higher than that if you looked across all forces.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph) - Sorry two more very quick ones. Did you say, the police recorded crime, I know you have this 2002 cut off with the change in recording stuff. But did you say it's also the lowest number since 1988?
Mark Bangs (ONS) - That's right yes.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph) - But you argue it's not comparable?
Mark Bangs (ONS) - It's not a directly comparable figure
Luke Croydon (ONS) - Question at the back. Alan?
Alan Travis (Guardian) - Sorry, I just asked you to repeat again what you said about overall trend. This is because 19% fall is obviously a significant fall. Did I hear you say that recent downward trend in recent years was now slowing? Is that what you were saying?
Mark Bangs (ONS) - That's right. Since 2004/5 we've seen a slower decline than we did since the mid 90's where there was quite a rapid decline down to that point, and we've seen a slowing decline with a bit more fluctuation year on year.
Tom Whitehead (Daily Telegraph) - Forgive me, were you saying earlier that, I realise what you were saying back then, those aren't comparable. Is it not clear whether an instruction in Action Fraud whether that is now showing a true picture of fraud because it's better recorded?
John Flatley (ONS) - It certainly will give a much better picture than we've had before, but what the difficulty is in determining, is how much of this change over has led to more victims reporting the fraud rather than there just being more fraud.
Jack Doyle (Daily Mail) - But would it be fair to say that this is the clearest picture that we've got to date?
John Flatley (ONS) - Absolutely yes.
Mark Bangs (ONS) - One of the hypothesis that we presented around this increase in fraud is the impact of having a specialist centralised team dealing with the recording of it.
Sun journalist ( ) - It would be fair to say that this may still only be quite a partial picture then? As you say as it kind of 'beds in' and then in a couple of years time we may actually find that this was only part of the picture.
John Flatley (ONS) - It's certainly only part of the picture in terms of it's only people who have taken the trouble to report the fraud to the police, or through Action Fraud; so they've had to phone up or enter an online submission. We know there is going to be much more that isn't captured and that features here.
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Incroyable fancy dress, 1887 England, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt
Incroyable (1789). Short red, white, and blue skirt; blue satin coat with tails lined with red, and revers; lace ruffles; gold buttons; cravat of old lace; gendarme hat, with tricolour rosette; black shoes and buckles, blue stockings. Old-fashioned gold-headed cane; fob, eyeglass. (Coloured Illustration, Plate VIII.) Or, striped satin skirt, red, white, and blue; gold satin tunic, looped up with red roses; handsome long-tailed coat of blue satin, lined gold, and large gold buttons, and bouquet of roses in buttonhole; high frill and jabot at throat; chapeau a la claque, trimmed gold and brocade, tricolour at side; blue silk stockings, worked in gold, and patent shoes; eyeglass, and elaborate jewellery. Or, long-tailed coat of sky blue velvet, with large pearl buttons, and a white waistcoat of satin, embroidered with coloured flowers; a skirt of grey tulle with long tunic of soft grey silk looped up gracefully with pale blue satin ribbon; grey silk hose embroidered with coloured silk flowers; dark blue slippers, very large satin bows; powdered head tied with a queue; cocked hat, wide lace cravat; cane with gold head, quaint scissor-shaped eye-glass of the period. This is a very favourite costume. Sometimes the skirts are hand-painted; sometimes there are triple revers to the coat, for which plush is a good material; blue with white satin skirt, trimmed with gold, is a good mixture.
Esmeralda fancy dress, 1887 England, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt
A rich gipsy dress in yellow, black, and scarlet satin, made short, trimmed with coins and gold braid; a sash of gold tissue tied about the hips, a tambourine carried in hand; bracelets above and below elbow, united by coins; stay-bodice with coins and gold braid; gold net with sequins; ornaments, sequins. Sometimes (as in Coloured Illustration No. V.) the skirt is red, trimmed with gold, and the bodice takes the form of a loose black jacket, with full yellow vest of soft silk.
L'Art et la Mode, 1921
"The old costumes of our provinces inspire us with new ideas"
Left to right: Berichon (from Berry, a former region in central France), Breton (from Brittany) and Alsatian (from Alsace)
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Japanese woodblock fashion prints from 1887, because I know how much you guys love this stuff.
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Steel Giants' Fate Tied to Oil Prices in 2013
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The steel industry's titan ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) has decided to write down the goodwill of its European operations by $4.3 billion due to the "weaker macroeconomic and market environment" of the continent. The effect of this non-cash impairment charge will be reflected in the fourth quarter's results due on February 6. The demand for steel in Europe has dropped by 8% this year and 29% overall since 2007. This weak level of demand, coming from high unemployment and drastic cuts in public and private expenditures, is expected to persist over the medium term – 12 to 24 months. The Euro-zone has not registered any growth in the previous four quarters, having contracted in the previous two. And Q4's results are not expected when all is calculated to be much better. The Eurocoin indicator, one of the earliest estimates showing GDP growth in the euro zone area, has been negative for all of Q4 -- -0.29% for October and November, and -0.27% for December.
On the other hand, while demand for steel is down in Europe, it has climbed by 8% in the U.S. in 2012. But these are not the drivers of the global steel economy, China is and since China's output has been falling for the past year it has depressed the industry as inventories have backed up across the sector. With China actively stimulating infrastructure spending that trend is changing.
In its third quarterly results, ArcelorMittal reported an 18.5% drop in sales from Q3-2011 to $19.7 billion year over year, resulting in a net loss of $709 million. This swung net profit from $0.43 per share to a loss of $0.46. Excluding one-off items, A-M still lost $0.31 per share, far worse than projections. The prices of iron-ore have continued their decline from last year falling from their peak of $187 in Feb-2011 to bottoming at $99.47 in Sep-2012. Globally these lower iron ore prices will shift global demand to markets previously unable to compete with the Chinese for it.
A-M shipped 12.7% more iron ore through the first nine months of the year, but at far lower prices. Couple that with a 2.2% decrease in steel shipments over the same period and its bottom line suffered horrendous damage. The fundamental news does not get that much better for 2013-14. If global demand picks up due to the unprecedented central bank interventions of the past four months from the E.C.B., the Fed, the Bank of Japan, and the PBoC it will only spark a rise in energy costs which will have to be absorbed by iron and steel producers at all levels of their business. There may be a quarter or two of improved margins as forward hedging locks in relatively lower prices but then the current problems will reassert themselves.
The proof is in the following table which compares A-M's operating margin with the price of the US Brent Crude ETF (NYSEMKT: BNO). It assumes a 6 month forward hedge on oil deliveries by A-M so that the price of BNO quoted is the price paid for the oil used during the reported quarter, i.e. for Q3 2011, the price of BNO in the table is the average monthly close for the three months of Q1 2011. The Pearson Statistic is the correlation coefficient of the relationship. The closer to 1 or -1 the Pearson Statistic is the stronger the correlation between the variables. It's pretty obvious that A-M's margins are strongly correlated to energy prices.
Looking at rival US Steel (NYSE: X) we see similar results but because of the relatively cheaper energy prices of domestically produced oil and natural gas, the hit to their bottom line has been muted. Operating margins for US Steel have been, on average, higher over the past 5 quarters since the Brent/WTI spread has blown out to more than $20 per barrel and U.S. Natural Gas prices have plummeted. So, while US Steel reported a drop in sales and earnings it didn't report a quarterly loss in Q3, overall, the company has lost money in the first nine months. Although its quarterly profits doubled to $44 million that it came on the back of an income tax benefit of $27 million whereas in the same quarter last year, it recorded income tax charges of $33 million. Excluding the effect of income tax, the company's profit before tax -- year over year -- dropped by 69% to $17 million. But it is still a mild profit. US Steel's sales for the first nine months have seen a modest drop of 1.5% to $14.8 billion but it has gone from making a profit of $158 million to a loss of $74 million in that period. The company's total steel shipments have fallen by 2.34% to 16.4 million tons.
I did a similar analysis for US Steel but substituted the United States Oil Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: USO) as a proxy for WTI Crude. The results were similar but the correlation was weaker.
The Chinese slowdown, Euro-zone debt crisis and an oversupply in the industry will continue to create problems for steel manufacturers in the medium term. The World Steel Association believes that steel consumption has risen by 2.1% this year, significantly lower than 6.2% in 2011. US Steel's total operating income is going to drop from $171 million in the previous quarter to breaking even.
With the Federal Reserve openly inviting inflation for 2013-14 the spread between U.S. and International energy costs will tighten to a degree – the WTI/Brent spread will drop and the price of U.S. Natural Gas will rise —which will be good news for U.S. steel producer exports as emerging market currencies will buy more at the margin rather than from China. I would look for a medium-term, but short-lived rebound in U.S. Steel because of this effect. Both companies will see improved margins in Q4 because of the huge drop in oil prices during Q2 but I am expecting oil to rise on inflation expectations in 2013, regardless of increased U.S. production. For Arcelor-Mittal the structurally stronger Euro will plague its short-term profitability but in the long run will create a net positive effect on its overall business as oil will be relatively cheaper.
The shares of both US Steel and MT have been down 9.85% and 3.96% in 2012 whereas Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSEMKT: SLX) has been up 2.39% over the same period. SLX includes all the top publicly traded steel producers of the world and gives exposure to emerging markets where steel demand is far stronger, now benefitting nicely from lower prices and stronger currencies. The ETF gives highest weightage to Rio Tinto – 13.58% – while MT and US Steel have 7.04% and 3.74% representation. This weighting also diversifies the ETF to a larger extent.
China's manufacturing PMI has now started showing signs of improvement so demand there is going to rise – according to Australia's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics, by 4% to 668 million tons. 2013 will be a mixed bag based on the interplay of rising demand and higher energy prices.
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On Thursday, we shared a report with you from the NY Daily News that claimed the Jets were still among a handful of teams being considered for the 2012 edition of HBO's "Hard Knocks." Given the fact that the Jets made for great television two years ago and have now added Tim Tebow to the mix, you would be hard pressed to find a better team to feature on the show this season. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen.
According to the NY Daily News — yes, them again — the Jets are not in the running. An HBO spokesman would not comment on whether or not New York has officially been ruled out, but the NY Daily News cited "TV sources" who say it is no longer in the cards. Our question is how did this happen so quickly?
The most recent NY Daily News report says that there was "speculation that considering the multiple story lines the Jets will have going into training camp, Tebow's arrival among them, they were the front-runner to star." Does that mean they just assumed Gang Green was a finalist because the cast they have would make for great entertainment?
From the look of it, the NY Daily News played the media. One day they say the Jets are in the running and the very next day they're out of it, both times without confirmation from anyone from HBO. If they were looking to create a short-lived buzz, they accomplished their goal.
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Arena football: Utah Blaze squeak past Iowa
By Tony Jones
The Salt Lake TribuneFirst published May 18 2013 11:17PM
The win wasn't pretty. The offense sputtered at times. Ball control needs to improve if the Utah Blaze want to have any chance to defeat San Jose next week.
But a Saturday night home game before an animated crowd at EnergySolutions Arena produced a 43-34 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers. And that's just what the Blaze needed. A win in what was pretty much a must-win scenario.
"This was vital," Utah coach Ron James said. "We can't be dropping games at home to teams in our conference. We just couldn't do that. We have a lot of improvements to make. But this was a positive result, and we're going to take it."
For the Blaze — a team with a normally explosive offense — this win puts them at 4-4 on the season. It gets their record back to even and it gives them momentum heading into a crucial three-game stretch outside of Salt Lake City.
The victory was attained in atypical fashion. The 43 points represents the lowest total of the season for the Blaze. But ball-hawking defense and opportunistic play offset what was an uneven performance from all-league quarterback Tommy Grady.
Maurice Leggett may have been the player of the game, coming up with two interceptions, the last of which foiled Iowa's final drive of the game. The Blaze also produced a safety, which is big in AFL play because it gives the team two points and possession.
"We didn't take great care of the ball, and that's something that I have to clean up," Grady said. "We knew that this was a good team that we were playing against. I thought I made some good throws. I just have to go back and look at the film and see what I can do to improve things."
Through it all, Grady gutted his way to three touchdown passes, although he threw a pair of interceptions. The former Utah quarterback went 20 of 39 through the air for 223 yards. All three of his scoring strikes went to Mario Urrutia, who caught eight passes for 112 yards.
Utah led for most of the game and for all of the second half. Up 29-28, Grady found Urrutia to provide an eight-point cushion. The Blaze were never seriously threatened again.
"I thought Tommy was fine," James said. "He made the plays that he needed to make. We were able to gut this out and get a win, and that's all that matters.
"Offensively we're just not as sharp as we need to be. But we were able to put some pressure on them and score some points. We got the win we needed to, but next week is another animal."
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On a trade route between the Pacific and the Gulf, the sprawling Chiapa de Corzo settlement had close ties to neighboring Maya and Olmec cultures. At its peak, it counted about 200 structures, but was abandoned around 500 AD. After years of excavation, three Zoque pyramid structures are now on view here, 1.5km east of the main plaza.


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UCSF neurosurgeons and an MRI physicist have pioneered a faster, more accurate and less invasive surgical technique for treating patients with movement disorders, potentially changing the future of neurosurgery.
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The Massachusetts Supercluster
Massachusetts is home to a biotechnology cluster that is second to none. Complementing its outstanding biopharmaceutical companies are 122 colleges and universities - over 40 of which offer advanced degrees in the life sciences, the top five National Institutes of Health-funded hospitals in the nation, and the highest educated workforce in the U.S. that offers unparalleled skills and productivity to employers.
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Industry Strength
There are more than 550 biotech and pharma companies located in Massachusetts (MassBio, 2011); 314 of these companies are drug development companies. (Evaluate Pharma, 2012)
As of August 2013, there were 1,174 drugs in development, from research project to pending approval stage, in Massachusetts. These figures do not include the substantial number of drugs being developed in Massachusetts by companies with headquarters outside of the state.
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Massachusetts received $2.5 billion in National Institutes of Health funding for basic research in Fiscal Year 2012. Massachusetts researchers receive over 11% of all NIH research funds.
Massachusetts is home to half of the top 18 NIH-funded independent research hospitals (FY 2012)*:
1. Massachusetts General Hospital ($352,991,454)
2. Brigham and Women's Hospital ($334,072,073)
3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ($135,871,030)
5. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ($124,380,684)
6. Children's Hospital Boston ($122,338,322)
10. Boston Medical Center ($37,309,152)
14. McLean Hospital ($27,450,842)
16. Tufts Medical Center ($27,396,798)
18. Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary ($21,950,002)
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On a per capita basis, Massachusetts receives over twice as much NIH funding (FY 2012) as the next closest state.
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Massachusetts biotechnology companies received $838 million in Venture Capital financings in 2012.
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NSA paid email providers millions to cover ruling costsBy CHARLIE SAVAGE
The New York Times | August 25,2013WASHINGTON The National Security Agency apparently compensated email service providers millions of dollars for costs they incurred in the fallout from an October 2011 court ruling that an unrelated aspect of the agencys surveillance operations violated the Constitution, according to a newly disclosed document.
The document a brief article in a secret internal agency newsletter, dated October 2012, that was leaked by the former NSA contractor Edward J. Snowden and published by The Guardian on Friday added a detail to the emerging public understanding of the once-secret episode, but it also raised new questions.
Meanwhile, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the NSA inspector generals office had briefed Congress this week that there had been roughly one case per year over the past decade in which an agency official had willfully broken surveillance rules to gather information inappropriately, and that disciplinary action has been taken.
Feinstein, who was responding to reporting by Bloomberg News, also said that none of the cases involved the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act the law that regulates surveillance activities conducted on American soil and in most instances did not involve an Americans information.
She portrayed the abuses as isolated although unacceptable episodes that did not change her view that the NSA had an oversight system that worked, despite the problems.
The NSA newsletter mentioning millions of dollars in costs stemming from the October 2011 ruling announced the smooth completion last fall of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts annual recertification of certain NSA procedures. (The Obama administration declassified the court ruling Wednesday.)
The procedures involve how the agency carries out eavesdropping operations without warrants on domestic soil, but aimed at foreigners abroad, under a 2008 law called the FISA Amendments Act. The effort has two parts: one called Prism, which the NSA uses to collect messages from email providers like Google, and an upstream collection from networks operated by companies like Verizon. The entire effort collects about 250 million communications a year, the 2011 court ruling said.
The successful recertification contrasted with the one in October 2011, the newsletter said, when Judge John D. Bates of the surveillance court ruled that the NSAs upstream operations, which were also collecting tens of thousands of purely domestic emails for a technical reason, violated the Constitution. As a result, the NSA had worked out new procedures for handling such messages, resulting in months of delays.
Last years problems resulted in multiple extensions to the Certifications expiration dates which cost millions of dollars for Prism providers to implement each successive extension, costs covered by the NSA, the newsletter said.
It is not remarkable that the government paid the companies for their costs. In the 2008 law, Congress required compensation at the prevailing rate to electronic communications service firms for providing information, facilities or assistance in complying with surveillance directives.
Google has rejected reports that it knowingly participates in Prism. It has asked the government for permission to say more about how they provide personal data about foreign users in response to surveillance court orders.
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Stockholm Subway is now an interesting place for the Train passengers. This is the case of almost all the subway stations in Sweden Capital. There are amazing instances of perfect art. The photos represent Solna Centrum Station. The artist brought to life Cave like scenarios here.
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In 1851, the Mdewakanton signed the treaty of Traverse des Sioux. With this treaty, the lands west of the Mississippi River were purchased from the Dakota and the area opened for settlement the following year. The Dakota gave up their rights to the lands lying east of the Red River, Lake Traverse, the Big Sioux River, and the area south of the boundary line of 1825. The treaty meant the abandonment of hereditary lands, a bowing to white power, reservations along the Minnesota River, temporary gifts, a trust fund, and cash payments, which in large part were diverted to satisfy debts to the traders. The Dakota people moved on to a strip of land ten miles wide along either side of the Minnesota River from Lake Traverse to the Yellow Medicine River. Some worked to become farmers while others hunted, but ten years later it appeared that many of the Dakota peoples might starve.
Episcopal Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple understood the consequences of the American treaty system. He realized the significant role the Indian agents played, the need for reform of the treaty system, the need for law and order and control of the liquor situation, and the significance of a relationship under which the Indians would be fairly treated. Whipple denounced the administration of Indian affairs and stated that the guilt lies at the "Nation's door." According to analysis by the historian William Watts Folwell, the American Indian policy was "calculated to invite outbreaks of passion and revenge."
In 1862, the United States government was focusing its attention on the Civil War and neglected to pay the Dakota in a timely fashion. The Dakota people were plagued by hunger; they were disgusted with the unfulfilled promises from the government, and they were dissatisfied with reservation life. This condition drove many back to their old lands which now were being farmed or logged. The stage was set for conflict between the two very different cultures. A sudden, violent attack on settlers in the southeastern part of the state took place on August 17, 1862 which set in motion a violent killing spree by the Dakota, the military, and the settlers. The conflict lasted until September 26th. Governor Henry Sibley was in charge of the military. The area around Fort Ripley in southwestern Minnesota had the most conflict between the Dakota, the military and the new settlers. By September 26th, the Dakota realized they had not gained control over the military. The deaths of about 500 whites and the destruction of property evoked cries for their removal. Over three hundred captured warriors were initially held either at Mankato (those who had been condemned) or Fort Snelling. President Lincoln pardoned all but those who had been condemned to death for the killing of settlers. Thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged. The others held in captivity finally received their sentence, in 1863. Those sentenced were moved out of the state of Minnesota, mostly to the Missouri Valley (not far from Fort Randall). Those who had been convicted (but not hung) were sent to Davenport, Iowa. The remaining Dakota were exiled to a reservation at Crow Creek (in the area that is now South Dakota). In 1866, the Dakota at Crow Creek were moved to the Santee Reservation in northeastern Nebraska. The Ho-Chunk remaining in Minnesota in 1862, by then residing primarily in the region around Mankato, were also forced by the United States government to move west as a result of the war, even though they had not participated in the fighting.
In the 1870s only a few Dakota remained in Minnesota. Those living closest to Minneapolis lived at Oak Grove in Bloomington at the residence of Gideon Pond or at a remnant of a Dakota scout camp in Shakopee. A few also lived in Bloomington and in Mendota. In 1884, a Dakota named Good Thunder purchased land near the site of one of the skirmishes of the 1862 conflict. Later others joined him. With the help of government appropriations, the colony eventually became the Lower Sioux Community under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. In 1886, government appropriations helped to buy land at Prior Lake. Migration and land purchases continued in the state with people settling in growing communities as well as in the metropolitan areas. By 1899, seventy Dakota people were living in Hennepin County. In 1910 this number dropped to 27. By 1930, the census noted 199. In 1970, a total of 6,722 Dakota people lived in Hennepin County. In the 1990 census, the Native American population in Minneapolis was 12,144.
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Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
"Wrath! Sing the wrath, goddess, of Peleus' son Achilles…"
Just as Helen's face launched a thousand ships, this opening line of the Iliad launches its readers into a world both distant and familiar: the world of the Trojan War and its aftermath, as portrayed by Homer. The St. John's College Greek Institute aims to guide its participants on a journey deep into Homer's world, first by developing proficiency in Homeric Greek, and then by applying our newly developed proficiency to a study in Greek of the Iliad and its enduring themes.
The first four weeks of the class will be an accelerated course in Homeric Greek for beginners, including students who have not previously studied Greek. This part of the course will consist of grammar lessons, extensive drilling and exercises, and quizzes and examinations. There will also be an opportunity to experience an auditory approach to complement more customary ways of learning an ancient language - an emphasis that especially makes sense for a poem that traditionally was sung, as its opening line suggests. Within the first week, we will also begin translating actual selections from the Iliad, with the selections increasing in frequency, size and difficulty as the course advances.
After acquiring the rudiments of Homeric Greek, we will spend the second half of the class mainly on careful reading of the Iliad. As we translate the text and continue to develop our proficiency with Homer's language, we will use seminar-style discussions to explore in greater depth the Iliad's literary and philosophical qualities. Thus, the hard work we do with Homer's language will be increasingly rewarded by primary access to the treasures of the Iliad itself. By the end of the class, successful students will have acquired a solid foundation in ancient Greek, equivalent to at least one year's college-level study. This will constitute excellent preparation for both graduate school comprehensive exams and future reading in the original of other ancient Greek authors.
Intensive language programs across the country are known for their high attrition rate and extreme stress: that is why the Greek Institute is not an "intensive". St. John's believes that a reasonable, humane pace and engaging environment is more conducive to real thought and an overall successful learning experience than a hurried attempt to "just get through it". The extra week in this summer's program is meant to facilitate this healthier pace.
The Greek Institute is taught by full-time St. John's College faculty, whom we call "tutors" instead of "professors" because their chief role in the classroom is to guide rather than lecture. Your classes will not be led by graduate students, teaching assistants, or adjunct faculty. Only tenured or tenure-track faculty with significant experience at the College teach Greek Institute classes. In addition, we have a wonderful teaching assistant who helps to support the classwork.
For the summer of 2014, the first four weeks of class will be taught by Llyd Wells. Mr. Wells is an experienced instructor of classical Greek. In the numerous ancient Greek classes which he has taught in the undergraduate program at St. John's College, he has worked extensively on Plato's Meno, Euripides's Bacchae and Sophocles's Oedipus Tyrannos. Mr. Wells's love of ancient languages is of long standing: as an undergraduate he majored in Assyriology with a focus on Old Akkadian texts. He also holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography.
The final four weeks will be taught by Kenneth Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe holds a Ph. D. in Classics from the University of California, Berkeley. While there, he served as director of the summer workshops in ancient Greek and Latin. He has taught many ancientGreek courses, from beginning to advanced, at Reed College and St. John's College. He has been developing audio materials to help in language acquisition. Currently he is working together with Alan Zeitlin (also a tutor at the college) to develop auditory materials for the study of ancient Greek. A middle fifth week will be co-taught by both Mr. Wells and Mr. Wolfe.
What are the dates of the Greek Institute for 2014? The first day of class is Monday, June 9th and the last day of class is Thursday, August 7th. The Greek Institute's schedule runs parallel to the two graduate programs during the summer semester. Because it is an accelerated, full-time course, St. John's graduate students of the Liberal Arts and Eastern Classics will not be able to participate in the Greek Institute if they plan on taking classes in the summer. Current St. John's undergraduate students are welcome to apply.
Days and Times: Monday through Friday: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. These times are subject to minor changes. Wednesdays will be a half day to allow for extra study time. In addition to the approximately 25 hours of class-time per week, students should plan on an equivalent amount of preparation-time outside of class, memorizing vocabulary and paradigms and working on translation exercises.
Primary text: Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners, 4th edition by Pharr, Wright, and Debnar. It is imperative that you buy this fourth edition; none of the earlier editions will suffice. The fourth edition contains the basic knowledge of English grammar to review before the course begins, thus obviating the need for any specialized book on that topic.
In the second half of the course we will use Odyssey Books 6-8 in the paperback edition by Steadman. We may provide some supplementary materials in photocopy form, and there will be some audio materials (probably made available online), but these two will be the only required texts.
Copies are available for purchase in the St. John's College Bookstore. You can order them by calling 505-984-6056 or emailing email@example.com
NOTE: Participants are asked to review English syntax and memorize the Greek alphabet before the first day of class. They are also encouraged to read Book One of the Iliad in translation before their arrival. Other preliminary study material and exercises may be sent out prior to the start of the course.
What is the cost of tuition?The cost of tuition is $2900. A non-refundable deposit of $250 is due after your application has been accepted. Deposits will be credited toward your tuition payment. Remember that space is limited, so please send your deposit as soon as possible to secure your spot.
Yes, but there is limited availability. If you are interested in living on-campus, let us know as soon as possible. Living on-campus is a great way to ensure that you devote adequate time and energy to the demands of the Greek Institute. Because the dormitories do not have kitchens, our housing package includes a meal plan. Depending on the meal plan you select, the housing total will be $2650.50-$3063.38. Keep in mind that these amounts are still subject to minor changes.
The Greek Institute is currently not-for-credit and so at this time financial aid is not available.
The Greek Institute is open to any person with a high school diploma who demonstrates a genuine interest in the proposed course of study.
Apply now! Click here to download the application. Email finished application to firstname.lastname@example.com. Admissions are rolling, so we accept applications on a first-come, first-serve basis. We encourage you to apply by February as the class size caps at fifteen students.
March 1st 2014 is the recommended date for tuition deposit. You are not enrolled in the Greek Institute until you've paid a non-refundable $250 deposit to hold your spot. We accept checks or credit cards over the phone. Please make checks payable to St. John's College.
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April 15th 2014 is the preferred date of your on-campus housing payment.
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What you see is what you get at Semilla Eatery & Bar. From the fresh herbs growing in terracotta pots suspended from one wall to the steaks that sizzle on an open griddle in the middle of the room, the 3-month-old South Beach eatery is out and proud with its food prep and ingredients.
A select cast of creative small plates and a few large entrees make this a casual chic spot primarily for sharing and pairing. The extensive drinks menu outweighs the dinner choices, with craft beers and creative cocktails made with beets, blackberries, tarragon leaves and other herbalicious combinations.
There's a French seaside vibe emanating from the light wood, burlap table runners, large, hanging mirrors and upholstered banquette. A steel-topped, L-shaped bar with a teppanyaki-style cook station in the middle commands the large room. Happy-hour diners get the best deal here nightly, with local draft beers, cocktails and select tapas dishes $6 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Tableside, complimentary crusty French bread slices, delivered with olive oil and pink salt, give a warm first impression, along with friendly, smart servers. (So does free parking in the back – a luxury on Alton Road, which is undergoing heavy construction.)
Blue Pointe Virginia oysters are excellent starters, with two zesty contrasting sauces, one blood orange-white balsamic vinegar, the other a mignonette of red vinegar and shallots.
Among the four ceviches and crudos, the salmon and avocado tartar is a vibrant orange stack of delicate fish cubes and creamy avocado chunks, with julienned fried pot-sticker dough adding crunch. Four house-made pot stickers with hearty fillings like barbecue ribs and roasted chicken are highlighted on the menu, but we found the braised beef short-rib version with green curry heavy and chewy.
Of three tempura options, the lightly battered fish and chips, made with American sole and a traditional tartar sauce, was a salty, crunchy treat, accompanied by house-made potato chips.
The simple fare is a departure for chef-owner Frederic Joulin, who served up high-end French-American food at the short-lived Villa Mayfair in Coconut Grove. The classically trained Parisian chef, a one-time personal chef to French President Jacques Chirac, excels at striking a balance between letting natural flavors sing and matchmaking Mother Nature's flavors in complex sauces.
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The biggest disappointment: Florida red snapper with lemon capers. Although thinly sliced potatoes made a fine crust, they couldn't mask the flat, frozen quality of the fish. We've had fresher, most satisfying snapper standing at a counter in Westchester.
Vegetables, which must be ordered separately, are sturdy enough to stand on their own, but the two we tried – Brussels sprouts fried in tempura batter and bok choy with bacon crumble – had their snappiness reduced by overwhelming sauces.
The desserts we sampled – a crumbly apple tart and fresh berries soaked in Grey Goose vodka – stuck to the simple, light theme.
Billed as a "modern gastro pub," Semilla wants to be a neighborhood hangout, but its awkward seating makes that difficult. The hard, stiff banquette and wooden high-back chairs are lovely to look at, but a tad too high. The square, wood tables, meanwhile, are slightly low, leaving diners uncomfortably hunched over. Classic top 40 radio tunes piped in overhead – Beatles, Sting, Motown – set a strange, generic tone.
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Wednesday's rebound is not unexpected, but this likely oversold bounce should lead to a deeper correction -- and more buying opportunities.
By Tom Aspray, MoneyShow.com
Since Dec. 21, 2011, the S&P 500 had not touched its 20-day exponential moving average (EMA) until Tuesday, when it closed almost 1% below it. ETFs like the Spyder Trust (SPY) gapped below their 20-day EMAs.
As I said last week, the sharp decline in the Russell 2000 Advance/Decline (A/D) line sends a strong warning that investors should not get caught up in the euphoria at current levels. The market internals were very weak on Tuesday, and they have confirmed the deterioration evident over the past few weeks.
In recent weeks, it seems as though many were waiting for a correction to buy. Stock index futures were higher early Wednesday, and a higher close may have some wondering whether Tuesday was the day to buy.
Chart Analysis: The daily chart of the Spyder Trust (SPY) shows Tuesday's gap below the 20-day EMA, as prices are already close to the minor 23.6% Fibonacci retracement support.
- The daily uptrend (line a) is at $132.80 with the 38.2% retracement support at $131.19, which is 2.6% below Tuesday's close
- There is more important support in the $130 area, which would equate to a 5.9% decline from the highs
- The S&P 500 A/D line broke its short-term uptrend, line b, on Feb. 29. It rebounded to test the uptrend before dropping sharply
- The A/D line is still above the support at the November highs, and the uptrend, line c. The weighted moving average of the A/D line is now starting to flatten out
- On the daily chart, there is initial resistance at $135.69 and the 20-day EMA
The hourly chart of SPY shows the gap through the uptrend, line d, as prices hugged the hourly Starc- band for most of Tuesday's session. The daily Starc- band has also now been reached.
- The hourly chart shows further support in the $133.70-$134 area
- The hourly on-balance volume (OBV) broke its uptrend (line e) last Friday afternoon
- The hourly chart shows initial resistance at $143.20 with stronger resistance in the $135.80-$136.20 area
- The hourly Starc+ band is now at $135.69, which matches up nicely with the 20-day EMA
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The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) also gapped to the downside on Tuesday but did manage to close above its 20-day EMA at $63.37.
- A drop below Tuesday's low at $63.23 will increase the chances of a decline to the $60.60-$61.40 area. The 38.2% Fibonacci retracement support is now at $60.42
- The daily uptrend, line b, and the 61.8% support are in the $58-$59 area
- The Nasdaq 100 A/D line just staged a marginal upside breakout last week and has now dropped below its weighted moving average
- The uptrend (line d) in the A/D line is now being tested with further support at the late-January lows
- There is now initial resistance at $64 with stronger resistance in the $64.50-$64.70 area
Large-cap stocks were also hit hard on Tuesday, as the SPDR Diamond Trust (DIA), which tracks the Dow Industrials, closed down 1.6% and well below the 20-day EMA at $128.66. The uptrend, line f, is just a bit lower.
- There is stronger support in the $125-$126 area, line e, with the 38.2% Fibonacci retracement support from the November lows at $123.30
- The Dow Industrials A/D line has been declining for the past two weeks and has now decisively broken support at line g
- There is initial resistance at $128.40-$128.80 with stronger resistance at $129.50
What it means: The current technical readings suggest a high likelihood that the correction is not yet over. On a short-term basis, the market has become quickly oversold, and on Tuesday, only 270 stocks were higher on the NYSE while 2805 stocks were lower.
This has dropped one of my favorite short-term A/D indicators, the McClellan oscillator, down to -283. It was at -300 on Nov. 23, 2011.
If stocks close higher on Wednesday, we could get another day or more on the upside before the major averages again turn lower and likely drop below Tuesday's lows.
There is plenty of headline risk as well, with the current Greek bond swap offer expiring Thursday and the monthly jobs report due out on Friday.
Also, the widely expected release of the new Apple iPad could disappoint the tech sector, which is vulnerable to a sharper correction. In order to reverse the current deterioration in the market internals, the A/D ratios will need to be very strong.
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Remember the firestorm caused over Mickey the pit bull-mix?
Some people were so passionate, they started campaigns to save him.
Mickey was ultimately saved and people have moved on, but others continue the battle for animals in need.
We met a valley woman crazy about animals -- some say she's a champion, others say she's nuts.
She was often at the forefront of the firestorm over Mickey and says pit bulls are a breed that's depicted unfairly.
Veronica Lee is an aesthetician who spends her extra time helping animals in trouble around the valley.
"My passion is being the voice of animals that can't speak up, whether it be a dog, a cat, a rabbit, a ferret, a horse or animal that can't speak up," she said.
In the Mickey case, Lee helped raise funds for the dog's defense, attended every court hearing and organized vigils to save Mickey.
Some dub people like Lee "Nutters."
N-U-T-T-E-R-S -- loosely it's someone who is crazy about an animal -- they put the animal above all else, even other humans.
Lee and others were accused of putting Mickey the dog's interests over Kevin Vicente -- the child.
One blogger wrote in part, "And the nutters come out of the woodwork by the thousands -- money money money -- and up goes the Facebook page to save Mickey the pit bull... but what about the victim?"
Lee says she felt horrible for 4-year-old Kevin, whose jaw and eye socket were crushed when Mickey attacked.
Kevin had picked up Mickey's bone while in his babysitter's yard and the dog attacked him.
"I'm not blaming the child and I'm not blaming the dog," she said. "Had the child been properly supervised, this wouldn't have happened."
Despite a petition filed to have Mickey declared vicious and euthanized, a Phoenix judge ordered the dog be neutered, de-fanged and placed in a facility where he will not be adopted out to a family.
Kevin is out of the hospital, but has a long road to recovery.
Lee continues helping animals. Her SUV is packed with pet bowls, leashes and more.
"Have like little bags made up of dog food, doggie booties so their feet don't burn, which it might not help them, but I have to try.. dog food and water," she said.
She and dozens of others respond to calls for help for animals morning and night.
"I went out to look for a dog because they put an S.O.S. out on these Facebook pages that we're members of. If somebody says there's a dog in the freeway, I get in the car and go look."
Much simpler than the battle over Mickey which became downright ugly. Lee says she received death threats, but would do it again for an animal in need.
Call her what you will.
"So we are nuts about this abuse. We are nuts for speaking up, perhaps, but somebody has to be willing to have a label. If that's what I am, that's what I am."
Mickey remains with Maricopa Animal Care and Control. The final decision on where he will go will be made by a Phoenix city judge on April 29.
The dog's attorney says right now, it looks like Mickey could end up at Sheriff Joe Arpaio's MASH unit for animals at Maricopa County Jail.
The sheriff has said he wants Mickey and will go to court to testify about why the facility at the jail is a good place for the dog to go.
We'll follow up when it happens.
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To save their father from jail , siblings Hing-wan (Mak Bing-wing) and So-ying venture to the capital to appeal for his release. Along the way, they meet locksmith Wu Tin-to (Yam Kim-fai) and ask him to pose as So-yin's husband for protection. Despite Tin-to's clumsy, bumbling nature, he manages to save the day, gets the girl and exposes the evil eunuch (Yu Ming) that put Hing-wan's father behind bars. Yu Ming doesn't appear in the film as the conniving villain until the second half, but Yam Kim-fai's adorably hilarious performance is already well worth the price of admission.
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Vermont's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month, ending a roller coaster year right back where it started.
The state Labor Department announced Friday that the statewide unemployment rate for December decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point from November to 5.1 percent. That's still significantly below the national average of 7.8 percent.
"This has been a historically long economic recovery coming out of a recession both nationally and on a state level, but I think there is some recent trending with the data that supports that the economic recovery is starting to take shape," said Mathew Barewicz, the economic and labor information chief for the Vermont Labor Department.
And state officials say another sign of a recovery-- last year 3,000 jobs were added. That's up 1 percent from the previous year.
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Yes, it's come to this — the Real Wives of the Real Husbands of Hollywood take over for one grand episode. The challenge: planning for the KevLita baby shower. Let's see how this went.
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HEY we want some PIZZA!
Enough with the frozen bread that supermarkets call pizza. It's time to become healthy and the king of the next PIZZA PARTY.
Are you tired of the frozen pizzas that are overloaded with fake cheese and unhealthy flavor potentiators? WE ARE TOO! With a small amount of effort you can make a pizza that is as god as Luigi's from the cute little Italian restaurant across the street:
What you need:
350 ml of Water
400g of white flour
2 tea-spoons of salt
2 tea-spoons of yeast
olive oil to cook
1-2 garlic cloves
2 tomatoes (peeled or canned)
Salt & Pepper
200g of Cheese (depending on budget the best you got!)
Extra Topping of your choice
What you gotta do:
Stir together all ingredients for the dough.
Work it with your hands for a couple of minutes
Cover the bowl and let it sit for at least 1 hour (in warm environment)
(I know this is a bit time consuming, if you don't do it its not the end of the world but the dough will be more dense and bread like than pizza)
slice the garlic as thin as you can
gently cook the garlic in the olive oil until you can smell it
add the tomatoes
add salt and pepper
simmer for 10 min
put the cheese on top
put your extra topping on top of the cheese
(Extra tip -> drizzle a bit of olive oil on top of things that should get crusty)
Put everything into an Oven @ 190°C for 15 min
enjoy and dazzle your guests (dough should b enough for 3 pizze)
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What are your thoughts? I was thinking Boots + 3 Pots -> Dorans x2 -> Sheen -> Sorc Boots -> Rylai's -> Lich Bane -> Deathcap.
It might be a huge investment and take too long to set up, however... And I'm personally horribad at last hitting creeps.
The reasoning behind Lich Bane is because of the nerf to Ahri's dash. With a huge second in between - and with relatively long cooldowns - a beefed up autoattack seems kind of worth it, right?
sheen early on will heavily delay your damage from other item, Ahri also want some spell vamp for sustain, and finally you want a deathcap before lichbane as there isn't enough AP to make lich bane worth the cost if you don't have enough AP
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I use Lich bane on her, but as a late item if game lasts that long.
I am also pondering about the effectiveness of Rilay. I love it, but all her spells are area spells, meaning Rilay slow will be weaker. I am considering swapping it for RoA, and Catalyst will provide good sustain early. Possible more than Spell Vamp as, again, due to her area spells, the effect is weaker (and you have it from her passive with good frequency if you have good aim).
Much as is the case with most mages, Lichbane works as a luxury item if you wish to get one, but it's not necessary (great for taking towers, but you'll have to stop and auto in a fight which you may or may not want to do)
There are only two AP mid that get lich bane rather early, first one is TF, the second one is Sion.
They both get it after deathcap, however.
You get Lichbane on Ahri because it has MR, bonus movement speed and AP. That is, you want to build Ahri tanky but still scale your ability to do damage.
RoA --> Merc Treads --> Rylai's --> Abyssal Scepter --> Lichbane --> (Optional Item)
The combination of bonus health from RoA and Rylai's combined with slows, movement speed, Tenacity and MR make you a kiting AP bruiser that's incredibly difficult to pin down and kill. The damage proc is just a pleasant extra that adds to your harassment and burst.
Don't chase the Ahri.
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Should You Put Your Dog on a Raw Food Diet?
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It always annoys me that in all discusions about raw diets that raw feeders attack "kibble diets" as if there was only one type of dry dog food in all the world called kibble. In reality kibbles vary greatly in ingrediants and quality. Raw feeders attack kibbler for having ethoxyquin, BHT, BHA, grains, no live enzymes, etc. In reality the kibble I feed has live enzymes because it is coated with freeze dried raw, it has no preservatives like those listed above, is grain free. Nature's variety Instinct is far apart from Science Diet, yet raw feeders lump thsoe two kibbles together with all other kibbles, as if they were the exact same food. Distortions!
I tried a homemade diet for a month based on Lew Olson's book, Raw and Natural Nutrition for dogs. My dog had very small soft poops for a month. I got concerned and went back to the Instinct kibble. My dog will not eat raw frozen patties. And things like eggshells for meatless bone cooked meals, Yogurt or suppplements with ingrediants like weigh and lemon peel that Olson (an influential advocate of raw and natural feeding)that Olso has you feeding do not seem natural anyway.
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For the past three years, Canadian based tuner SR Auto Group has established its Project Phantom program for the Audi R8 as one of its most recognizable projects. And for three years, the aftermarket specialist has taken the task of adding modifications and improvements to the program.
Now that the clock has struck 2013, SR Auto Group's Project Phantom is making another comeback, only this time it returns with more changes, beginning with a black exterior that takes the place of the phantom black cloak it previously carried. In addition, the program now carries a set of 20-inch PUR 4OUR Black Diamond Monoblock wheels, providing suitable refreshment from the components the program previously carried.
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Tracy police received 1,255 calls for service from April 24 to Wednesday. The following is a sampling of those calls as reported in real time.
12:04 a.m.: A resident reported a man lying on the ground covered in blood near North Central Avenue and West 10th Street. An ambulance was called, but no additional information was provided as to what happened to the man.
8:59 a.m.: Police arrested an 18-year-old man for an outstanding drug warrant at Motel 6, 3810 N. Tracy Blvd.
4:51 p.m.: A resident reported that someone shot out her car windows on the 3400 block of Briar Lane.
4:15 p.m.: A resident reported a home burglary on the 4400 block of Twin Creeks Lane.
5:05 p.m.: A restaurant clerk reported that a customer used a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for food at Tracy Harbor Fish and Chips, 557 W. Clover Road.
9:52 p.m.: A resident reported that her former husband was posting naked pictures of her on a Facebook account he opened on the 4400 block of Oakridge Drive. Police tried to contact the man but were unable to reach him. The woman was provided with information on how to obtain a restraining order.
11:44 p.m.: A resident reported that he was robbed by a gunman while sitting inside his car at the Valero gas station, 2375 N. Tracy Blvd. He said the gunman approached his car window and stole his money. He said that after the robbery, the gunman drove from the area with another man in a Jeep-style vehicle.
9:21 a.m.: A resident reported the theft of a catalytic converter off a vehicle at Microtel Inn, 861 W. Clover Road.
9:54 a.m.: A resident on the 600 block of Whitman Court reported selling a pressure cooker to someone who used a closed account to make payment. He said he went to the sheriff's office to enter the non-sufficient funds program, but he wanted to report the incident due to the Boston bombing, which allegedly involved pressure cooker bombs.
12:15 p.m.: A resident reported finding a 55-gallon drum in a parking lot on the 300 block of Acacia Street. Tracy fire officials were called and the drum was picked up for chemical testing on its contents and disposal.
2:20 p.m.: A resident reported that someone stole his surveillance camera on the 400 block of West Beverly Place and that he had video of the culprit.
6:57 a.m.: Animal control impounded a stray dog that employees at McDonald's, 236 E. 11th St., had tied to a tree to keep it from running into the road.
8:05 a.m.: A resident reported that someone damaged the grass and ground at the playground area at Bland Park, 1753 Blandford Lane, by driving over it during the night.
10:53 a.m.: A resident reported seeing goats in the roadway at South Tracy Boulevard and West Linne Road.
11:27 a.m.: A resident reported being robbed as he left Rusty's bar, 320 W. Grant Line Road. He said his cellphone and money were taken.
2:29 p.m.: A woman reported that a man pointed a gun at her while she was talking to another woman about retrieving her bike pump at a trailer park on the 600 block of East 11th Street. She said the man aimed a black handgun at her and then drove east in a small SUV.
12:42 a.m.: A woman reported a man climbing through a window at her house on the 1400 block of Parker Avenue. She said she heard a noise and saw him when she went to check on her 2-year-old twins. She locked herself and the children in a room. Police arrived and checked the area, but no burglar was located.
5:01 p.m.: A resident reported a neighbor shooting arrows at a back fence on the 4300 block of Tropaz Lane. Police checked and found children playing with a toy bow and arrows. They were advised to shoot at a target and not at the fence.
1:19 a.m.: Police are investigating a fight between two men on the 100 block of East Seventh Street. The men were seen hitting each other until one was knocked to the ground. One man fled and police called for an ambulance for the injured man. No additional details were provided.
7:46 p.m.: Police are investigating a home break-in after a resident reported that a neighbor called him to say his front door was open on the 1900 block of Village Drive.
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2:37 a.m.: A man who lives on Ali Court called police saying the parents of his 15 year-old son's friend came to his home at 1:30 a.m. and took his son from his bedroom. The man did not know whether his son went willingly or against his will. The man knew where the parents of his son's friend lived and led an officer to the house on Crocus Court. The man's son was returned home by 3:15 a.m.
2:39 p.m.: A Tracy Tracer dispatcher called, reporting that a Tracer bus was hit by a red Dodge pickup near Wal-Mart, 3202 W. Grant Line Road. The suspect reportedly rear-ended the bus and then hit another car while trying to drive away. The driver of the Dodge allegedly hit the bus after leaving the scene of another traffic collision with a black Ford Focus that happened about 45 minutes earlier. Officers pulled over the Dodge near the intersection of Lammers and Grant Line roads. One passenger on the bus complained of back pain after the collision. There were no reports of an arrest or charges at the time.
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For such plan, Stone is planned to appear in the ads which will reportedly also feature her music.
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