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"I'll probably still do the play, it just won't be the same without Brandon," said Vaughan.
UPDATE: As of 3p.m. on Thursday, Pastor Greg Ferrell is going to pray for Brandon, he is asking for everyone to intercede for Brandon from 3-4 p.m.
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We have updates on the Condition of Brandon Bradshaw, the man shot by Warren County Court Security Officer Thomas Brown.
His pastor is telling us Bradshaw's family was told by doctors his heart stopped during the incident, and is not certain how long. His brain was not receiving oxygen at that time, The family was told his chances of leaving Vanderbilt are slim, but slightly possible. They are requesting prayers.
One friend of Bradshaw was at the hospital yesterday, and she says the mood was supportive and hopeful.
"I don't know all of these people that are here, but I can feel we all have one thing in common and we're all there for Brandon," said friend of Bradshaw Cati Sloan.
That feeling at the hospital is one she hopes will be felt tonight at an event she says all are welcome to join.
"Our biggest goal is to just show Brandon and his family, even though they're down there, and going through this horrific time now, we're back here at home and we support them," said Sloan.
Dublin's Irish Pub will open at 7p.m. for those who wish to write messages to the family, or donate to the Brandon Bradshaw Recovery Fund.
One of his theater students says this is a hard time for those Bradshaw influenced especially his students who gathered last night to send their own messages of support.
"We gathered somewhere and made cards for Brandon to hope he feels better, and also we did it for his wife Heidi," said theater student Cole Vaughan.
Vaughan says they've been working on a play and he wishes Bradshaw could be there to help.
"I'll probably still do the play, it just won't be the same without Brandon," said Vaughan.
We will keep you posted on any updates on the condition of Bradshaw, and those who wish to donate to the Brandon Bradshaw recovery fund can also contribute at any Bowling Green PNC Bank branch.


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Letha Hair (age 76) passed away May 23, 2011 in Colville. She was born Sept. 29, 1934 to Howard and Mabel Matthews in Colville and graduated from high school there in 1954. The seventh of eight children, she was the last to be born at the family home where they farmed at Douglas Falls. After high school, she moved to Spokane, where she attended business school. She later working at Lakeland Village. Letha moved to Great Falls, MT in 1970, where she worked 30 years for Missouri River Manor. In 2009 she returned home to Colville where she resided until her passing. Letha enjoyed gardening, hiking and biking. She also did some catering over the years. Her life's work, however, was caring for others. She was a member of Beta Sigma Chi, and a longtime active member of New Hope Christian Church in Great Falls. Letha is survived by a son, Robert Hair (Karen), Tacoma; daughters, Teresa Howe, Louisiana; Debra Banzet (Mike), Ohio; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brothers, Don Matthews, Olympia; Ted Matthews, Spokane; Ed Matthews, Harrington; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by sisters, Marge Barton, Trudy England, Ruth Reed; and by a brother, Bob Matthews. A private family gathering will be held. Arrangements are with Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, 1306 N. Monroe St. in Spokane.


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Have you ever thought about your Spinning® journey: How you got where you are today? Who has influenced you and whom you may have influenced along the way? Experiences from our past uniquely fit together to create the instructor we have evolved to be. The mark of a good instructor is one who strives to learn and educate others. That being said, I think it is important to share our stories with each other. I am forever grateful to a handful of Spinning® Master Instructors who have propelled me to the next level likely without realizing that they have done anything. So, I'd like to share my story with all of you. I hope we can learn from each other and be the best we can be!
When I got married, my husband just finished flight school and was new to the Navy life. Little did I know, his career would mean packing up and moving every two and a half to three years. I never really thought of myself as a person who would be in the health and fitness industry. Teaching was something that did not interest me at all. My family members were teachers and I remember their stories around the dinner table about rowdy kids and stressful workdays. I told myself I would not have a career involving teaching or kids.
Fast forward to our fourth duty station in six years of marriage, which happened to be an overseas posting. I was unable to find a full-time job because I was a foreigner and employers knew I would only be in the area temporarily. I found a VERY part-time job and was happy to have something to do. Because my husband and the other guys working with him were working long hours and many weekends, I spent a lot of time with my girlfriends and we often met at the gym to pass time. After two months of working out (more than I ever had in my life probably), I found myself watching each of the trainers while I was on the cardio machines. After awhile I found myself thinking that it could be a fun job and shortly after that I remember choosing to enroll in a course to become a certified personal trainer. Studying and trying to educate myself was hard because the information was ALL so new. I finally took the test early the next year, just after we moved back to the United States and I wanted to start working. Thankfully, I found a job within a month and got started on what would become a lifelong career and journey. I was scared, without any experience, and felt like I was being thrown to the wolves. The seasoned trainers I worked with intimidated me and were not often willing to mentor a new trainer the way I wanted. About six months into training, I found it difficult to get in a groove and decided I wanted to teach group exercise classes to get myself out in the gym more. I approached the group fitness manager who was well respected and knowledgeable. She said "We don't need group exercise, we NEED Spinning instructors! Go take the Johnny G training". So I signed up for an instructor workshop just to get my foot in the door but I really didn't enjoy Spinning®, as the classes I took overseas were thirty minutes long and I could not get through them without feeling like I wanted to die. I had no idea what I was in for.
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It was the start of a grand adventure in a land of antiquity, a rare opportunity to visit biblical places rich in tradition. But in a Jerusalem hotel room a world away from everything she knows, Dinah van der Lyn hears angry voices through the wall, followed by a crash and a brief cry in English . . . for help! The brutal shattering of an evenings stillness becomes a prelude to terror. Without warning, Dinah has been unwittingly pulled into something unholy transpiring in a sacred city, and she must find answers hidden in the shadows. And she must trust an enigmatic stranger as she races through ancient, twisting streets teeming with secrets and peril: a man who may be leading her to safety . . . or to her doom.
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If i have a small toy boat with a sail, and i attach a fan onto it, FACING THE SAIL, which runs by solar. Once the fan turns on will the boat move or will it remain at rest. Apparently it wont because according to Newtons third law the sail will give an equal force back on to the air pushed by the fan. But that doesnt really make sense, so how do real boats which rely on the wind work? If I turn the fan the other way round, the boat will move as the model is now like a planes engine but why not when the fan is facing the sail??
With a sail and a fan it will not move as you rightly argued from a balance of forces. Even turning the fan around will not lead to much movement, as the fan is pulling on the sail (but to a lesser degree).
In real sail boats you can imagine the fan being on the shore and now the boat can move, as there is no fixed connection between the boat and the fan anymore.
I think you are mixing fan and sail effects.
If you have fan only, then fan is pushing air backward and so air is pushing boat forward.
If you have only sail, i.e. sailing in nature, then moving air (wind) pushes boat forward, and yes, boat is pushing air backward, but since mass of the whole moving air is huge it has negligible effect on it.
If you have both then suppose fan is in the front of the boat and sail in the back. Fan is pushing air backward, and air boat forward, but the opposite effect happens at sail: air pushes boat back and sail pushes air forward. The two effect cancel each other.
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A study conducted in Mexico suggests that local birds living in urban areas may be using discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests from parasites.
A team of researchers from Mexico City's National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) concluded that bird nests constructed using cigarette butts have significantly fewer parasites than other nests.
Montserrat Suarez Rodriguez, a biologist who co-authored the study, says it remains unclear whether birds are using cigarette butts for the nests because of their effect on parasite levels or because they are readily-available in urban areas and make good material for making nests.
"I was curious about why they utilized cigarette filters. But I want to make clear that I still don't know if they use them because they know they have an effect, or because the material works for them and is available in the city. Here on campus, it is common to find cigarette butts on the ground. The material is very available to birds, and the material is good for building nests," she said.
For the study, the team examined 27 nests built by house sparrows and 28 built by house finches on UNAM's main campus. The two species are among the most birds in North America.
For their nests, birds often use plants that repel parasites. The UNAM researchers found that birds that live in urban areas use discarded cigarettes in much the same way, intentionally or not, as the chemicals used in cigarettes, cellulose acetate in particular, are also known to drive away parasites.
"I wanted to see whether this had an effect on the number of ectoparasites in the nests. Ectoparasites are dangerous to birds, because they feed on the bird's blood and feathers at an important stage of their lives as they are growing and developing to become independent," Suarez Rodriguez said.
During the experiment, researchers installed heat traps in bird nests which were built with smoked and un-smoked cigarettes, as well as cellulose fibers and adhesive tape to trap parasites. The heat traps were installed to collect parasites.
Nests built using smoked cigarettes were found to have significantly fewer parasites, as the cellulose they contain has higher levels of nicotine than un-smoked cigarettes.
Nicotine has historically been used as a parasite-repellant in certain crops, and for the control of parasites in poultry.
The study notes that birds may use cigarettes due to the similarities between the cellulose in cigarettes and green plant materials that would otherwise be used to construct nests, as well as due to their abundance and availability to birds that have adapted to urban environments.
Additionally, researchers noted that cigarettes may have chosen cigarettes because of their insular properties rather because of the protection they provide against parasites.
The UNAM research team believes further tests will be necessary to properly determine whether birds are making a conscious decision to seek cigarette butts, and, if so, why.


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What program do you use to strip exif metadata from photos?
I am looking for a program to strip metadata from my photos before posting them, but there seem to be so many different options. Are there any programs in particular that you would recommend/not recommend? Or are they all practically the same?
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Photoshop, GIMP, and GraphicConverter can all do it. If you have one of those, google "remove exif photoshop". If not, there are specialty apps for removing or editing metadata. If you have a Mac, click here. That's a list, sorted by price, of App Store apps with exif in the name. I noticed at least one free one that will remove your metadata. I use ImageExifEditor (App Store, $10) because you can not only remove the metadata but edit it as well.
I've been using irfanview since the dawn of the Internet.
Oh...were we talking about Mac, iOS, or PC?
When I have photos that are not going to be their original resolution I usually just use windows Snip tool and take a screenshot of the picture, that way no identifying information could ever be posted and you get to easily see how big it will be etc.
If you use Windows and do a lot of photo management and manipulation then you might want to look into Thumbs Plus. It's not free, but I've been using it for many years and 3 or 4 versions now and I have yet to find anything better for managing large libraries of photos. Among other things you can set up batch operations to do things like resize, despeckle, change contrast or strip metadata and apply to individual files or entire directories.
In Windows, can't you just right-click the file then do: Properties > Details tab > Remove Properties and Personal Information?
Maybe that doesn't get the sort of metadata you're talking about...
@bsmith1: That is actually what I have been using up til this point. I've heard references to different software programs though, and I was wondering if there was a reason to prefer one over the other. I've never been much of a camera/photography person in the past so I didn't know if there was something i was missing.
jhead is a command-line program for manipulating JPG metadata. The -purejpg switch will strip all metadata from a JPG file. Could be useful if you want to do entire folders of images quickly. http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/


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In response to new legislation, refiners around the world are implementing operational and processing changes to reduce sulfur levels in their transportation fuels.
[clean fuels]
Around the world, legislation mandating decreased emissions and lower levels of
airborne pollutants is coming into effect. In response,
refiners are implementing operational and processing changes to
reduce sulfur levels in transportation fuels.
Notable clean fuels projects are already being constructed
in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. To comply with mandatory sulfur
specifications for gasoline and diesel between 2013 and 2016,
Saudi Arabia plans to spend billions of dollars to construct
multiple clean fuels projects. Saudi Arabia is seeking to
reduce sulfur content in diesel and gasoline to 10 parts per
million (ppm), and to lower benzene content in gasoline to
Kuwait National Petroleum Co. (KNPC) is investing $31
billion (B) in projects to modernize the countrys Mina
Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries, as well as to construct
the regions largest refinery, the Al-Zour plant. The Clean
Fuels Project and the New Refinery Project are ambitious plans to
overhaul Kuwaits refining sector.
South Africa is also implementing its own clean fuels
program. South African Petroleum Refineries (Sapref), a joint
venture (JV) between Shell SA Refining and BP Southern Africa, and
National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref), a JV
between Sasol and Total, are each planning their own clean
fuels projects. Saprefs Clean Fuels 2 and Natrefs
Clean Fuels 2 projects will help improve the quality of
transportation fuels by reducing levels of sulfur, benzene and
aromatics, thereby meeting enhanced legislative requirements
for cleaner-burning transportation fuels.
To develop clean fuels, and to prevent a fuel shortage,
South Africas national oil company, Petroleum Oil and Gas
Corp. of South Africa (PetroSA), along with partner Sinopec,
plan to construct one of Africas largest refineries.
Project Mthombo is a $10-B, 300-thousand-barrel-per-day (Mbpd)
refinery that will be constructed near Port Elizabeth. Project
Mthombo, along with Natrefs and Saprefs Clean Fuels
2 projects, have the ability to ensure that South Africa
modernizes its refining industry to reach international
transportation fuel standards. These initiatives have the
ability to make South Africa the continents new clean
fuels leader.
South Africa has the third-largest refining capacity in
Africa, surpassed only by Algeria and Egypt. About 95% of South
Africas crude oil requirements are met by imports from
the Middle East and Africa. Major domestic refining operations
are located at four refineries (Fig. 1). These
include Sapref and Enref (Engen Petroleum), both located in
Durban; Chevref (Caltex Oil SA/Chevron), located in Cape Town;
and Natref, located in Sasolburg. Total domestic refining
capacity is 485 Mbpd (Table 1). With the
addition of Project Mthombo, domestic refining capacity could
climb to nearly 800 Mbpd.
Sasol also operates the Mossel Bay GTL plant. The GTL plant
utilizes Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce 45 Mbpd of
synthetic liquid fuels, of which more than half is
South Africa lags behind many developed nations in fuel
quality standards. Presently, the majority of South African
transportation fuels are graded at Euro 2 specifications. These
fuels contain anywhere from 300 ppm to 500 ppm of sulfur. The
countrys ultimate goal is to develop Euro 5-specification
fuels. This would entail developing fuels to contain 10 ppm or
less of sulfur, the lowering of benzene from 5% to 1% and the
reduction of aromatics from 50% to 35%.
Achievement of Euro 5 fuel specifications would allow the
country to import more modern, low-emissions vehicles. Most modern cars
cannot be imported into South Africa because the lower quality
of local fuels would damage the cars engines. Importeed
cars with sophisticated engines must be reverse-engineered to
accept the inferior fuels. To combat this issue, South Africa
is implementing higher fuel standards to reach Euro
5-specification fuels by the end of the decade.
The South African government is implementing new regulations
to curb sulfur in transportation fuels. The initiative, Cleaner
Fuels Program 2 (CF2), was announced in 2012. The new fuel
standards call for upgrades to all of the countrys
existing refineries. The CF2 program has several major
The CF2 program was initially designed to begin in 2017, but
it has been pushed back to 2020. The extended deadline provides
South African refiners with time to make the necessary upgrades
to produce cleaner fuels and is a more realistic timetable for
the programs implementationone that could cost
South African refiners billions of dollars in upgrade
Natref is a JV between Sasol and Total South Africa. Natref
operates an 88-Mbpd refinery in Sasolburg. The refinery
is designed to process heavy, high-sulfur crude oils. To meet
future government requirements mandating increasingly strict
emission standards, the company is implementing the Clean Fuels
2 project. The ultimate goal of the
Clean Fuels 2 project is to upgrade the refinery to reduce the
concentration of sulfur in both gasoline and diesel, thereby
meeting Euro 5 specifications for transportation fuels.
The project will add, revamp or upgrade the following
Additional construction includes new cooling
towers, a new steam and condensate recovery system, a new flare
system, new electricity substations and new storage tanks.
Fluor was awarded a basic engineering services contract for
the project in June 2013. The award followed Fluors work
on the feasibility study and conceptual engineering for the
project. The project is scheduled to be completed by 2017.
The Sapref refinery is the countrys largest refinery.
The 169-Mbpd refinery is located in Durban, on the east coast
of South Africa. The refinery accounts for nearly 35% of the
total domestic refining capacity. As with the Natref clean
fuels project, Sapref is conducting its own clean fuels
The Clean Fuels 2 project is a substantial upgrade to the
existing refinery. The modernization program aims to
improve the quality of transportation fuels through a reduction
in the levels of sulfur, benzene and aromatics. The project was
scheduled to be completed by 2017 to adhere to new government
regulations, but Sapref has pushed back the completion date to
be more in line with the South African governments 2020
Fluor has completed the projects front-end engineering
design (FEED) phase. A detailed design and engineering package
has also been compiled. The projects next step is the
award for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM). With
the deadline for the clean
fuels mandate pushed back to 2020, the EPCM contract is
likely to be awarded in the next few years.
The Mthombo plant, if built, will be one of the largest
refineries in Africa. The $10-B, 300-Mbpd refinery will be
constructed in the Coega Industrial Development Zone near Port
Elizabeth. The construction of the refinery will
accomplish two goals. The first goal is to prevent a shortfall
of domestic refined fuels. The countrys growing demand
for transportation fuels is outpacing the countrys
refining capacity. Demand for transportation fuels is forecast
to grow to more than 400 Mbpd by 2020. If no investment is
made, the country will be forced to import almost 200 Mbpd by
2020 to satisfy demand. Additional refining capacity is needed to
address domestic supply challenges and reduce imports.
Secondly, the modern refinery will have the ability to
process medium-sulfur and high-sulfur crude oils to produce
higher-grade fuels, thereby meeting the governments
mandate for Euro 5-specification fuels.
If greenlighted, the massive refinery project is scheduled to be completed
by the end of the decade. HP
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Reggie Seshoene
Currently we do have both 50ppm and 10ppm fuels in South Africa but the former is mainly imported and the latter produced by SASOL. This company uses CTL technology (due the low sulfur content in coals) and it would take a lot of capital investment for other South African refineries to upgrade their infrastructure (desulfurization units and so on). As a result CF2 programme start-up has been pushed over to 2017. This gives the companies time to plan and phase their respective investment with due diligence
Hirak Dutta
Good that lot of investment is planned in SA including enhancing refinery capacity. Yes, South Africans must reduce the S content in HSD from the current level of 300-500 ppm to 50 ppm and then move towards 10 ppm. It would require lot of investment for SA to reduce S from the current level of 300 ppm to 10 ppm & to reduce the benzene content of MS. in India, at all major cities, the current S level is 50 ppm in HSD. Benzene in MS is less than 1%. Kudos!!
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1 Use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor.
2 Tap the carpeted floor with the hammer and listen for dull thud, indicating a joist below.
3 Chuck the joist-finding screw into the drill/driver.
4 Drill a hole through carpeting and subfloor and into the joist; if you miss the joist, move over a couple of inches and try again.
5 Once you find a floor joist, measure over 16 inches and locate the next joist.
6 Press the tripod-shaped alignment and depth control fixture firmly into the carpet directly over the joist.
7 Use the drill/driver to drive a scored screw down through center of fixture until the screw bottoms out.
8 Drive screws into all the joists within the squeaky section at both ends of the room.
9 Run taut strings from screw head to screw head across the room, indicating the joists below.
10 Using the alignment and depth control fixture, drive scored screws along the strings spaced 8 inches apart.
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With the Breeders' Cup World Championships just over two weeks away at Southern California's Santa Anita, stakes are high and rising for participants in its series of wide-open races that could have a larger-than-usual impact on year-end championship honors.
The biggest year-end prize – "Horse of the Year" – could swing in one of several directions, given the ultimate results of two days of races in several Breeders' Cup divisions.
One would have to make Kentucky-based Wise Dan and the Bob Baffert-trained Game On Dude, runner-up to Drosselmeyer in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs, the morning line favorites for the gold Eclipse Award that will be presented to America's top horse. But the only outcome that is close to a "sure thing" in the 2012 Cup is that curve balls will be served up in some important races, and the debate over year-end honors will be hotter after the last race is run at Santa Anita on Saturday, Nov. 4 than it is heading into the event.
Given that scenario, here are a few thoughts on horses that have the most at stake heading into the Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita:
Potential Biggest Loser
Game On Dude – If he wins the Breeders' Cup Classic, which he will likely be favored to do, the Bob Baffert-trained son of 1998 Classic winner Awesome Again will probably be named 'Horse of the Year.' I've never been a particular fan of this horse, but he is 4-1-0 in six races this year and his only poor outing came in a trip to Dubai for the $10 million World Cup in March. When it comes to placing a wager, he will see none of my money in the Classic – but I'll happily applaud him if he gets the job done.
But a poor effort by Game On Dude would take him completely out of the picture for HOY and, quite possibly, for the Eclipse Award that honors racing's best older male. That's because of the presence of the:
Potential Biggest Winner
Wise Dan – Regular readers her know that it has been my firm belief throughout the year that Morton Fink's 5-year-old gelding is the best horse in America. Trainer Charlie Lopresti could send him to either the Mile on grass or the Classic, but insists the former is the most likely choice.
Wise Dan's only loss on the year was a hard-luck defeat in Churchill Downs' Stephen Foster Handicap in his only race on dirt, but he dazzled over the same track in winning last fall's Clark Handicap. It's my belief that he'd be the favorite in either the Mile or the Classic, but Wise Dan has been an absolute monster on grass this year and Lopresti continues to express concern about how his star might handle the Santa Anita dirt.
Given his thorough domination of U.S. turf foes in his last three races, it would likely take a talented European to knock-off Wise Dan in the Mile. Should he win the Mile with comparative ease and Game On Dude stumble in the Classic, Wise Dan would be tough to vote against in the Horse of the Year balloting and would be close to a cinch as top turf horse, with the Shug McGaughey-trained Point of Entry being his only real competition there.
Given his versatility and strong performances on dirt and synthetic tracks this year, Wise Dan might also garner support in the voting for top older horse should Game On Dude falter.
Potential Big Winner
Royal Delta – Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's star will seek a repeat of her emphatic victory in the Ladies' Classic a year ago at Churchill Downs. The field is taking shape for that race continues to appear to be the most talented and accomplished of the 2012 Breeders' Cup, and an emphatic victory could vault Royal Delta into the Horse of the Year picture.
Her strongest admirers – and I am a member of that group – believe she would have a great chance to win the Classic had Mott decided to run against males. But he has three horses pointed for the Classic, so Royal Delta will face a sparkling group of female foes in the Friday evening finale that includes unbeatens Awesome Feather and My Miss Aurelia,and Grade I winners Questing, Love and Pride and Grace Hall.
She's been somewhat erratic this year, but has been very good on her best days. A big run by Royal Delta combined with subpar outings from Wise Dan and Game On Dude could put her in the hunt to become the fourth consecutive female to earn HOY honors.
Outsider With A Chance
Dullahan – Trainer Dale Romans' 3-year-old is finicky about his racetracks, but has potential to be a big winner beyond the track should he show a liking for the Santa Anita dirt and score an upset win in the Classic.
The half-brother to 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird has a record of 2-1-1 in seven races this year, but also ran third in the Kentucky Derby and his victories came over synthetic courses in a pair of Grade I events: the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and the Pacific Classic at Del Mar, where he defeated Game On Dude in his only run against older foes.
A Classic victory – which would be his second major win over older horses – would earn some forgiveness among voters who had been frustrated by poor runs earlier in the year. It could propel him past the idle Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another to a 3-year-old championship.
And speaking of that Derby winner …
I'll Have Another – Trainer Doug O'Neill's colt remains the frontrunner for the Eclipse Award that goes to America's 3-year-old champion and, barring an impressive win by Dullahan in the Classic, that honor is likely his for the taking.
He won all four races in a campaign abbreviated by the injury that knocked him out of the Belmont Stakes and the last three were the Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Derby and Preakness. No 3-year-old has done more this year and, should all the horses previously mentioned fail to deliver their respective best efforts in the Breeders' Cup, I'll Have Another would still have a chance to grab Horse of the Year honors in this wide-open season.
While I will be most interested in the performances by the potential major stars of the 2012 Breeders' Cup, I will admit to a cheering interest in the fate of Shanghai Bobby in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
The son of Harlan's Holiday won Belmont Park's Champagne by five lengths in his most recent star and a victory at Santa Anita would likely make him the 2-year-old champion and an early favorite for the 2013 Kentucky Derby.
There is a strong Louisville flavor in Starlight Racing, the partnership that owns Shanghai Bobby. The group is headed by Louisville native Jack Wolf and includes attorney and civic leader Ed Glassock and Glasscock's son, Clinton, among its partners.
Starlight and the Glasscocks have endured some bad luck over the past couple of years, including the just-announced retirement of unbeaten Algorithms, who looked like a major contender for the 2012 Kentucky Derby until he suffered a leg injury in February that required surgery. The colt returned to training in September, but the injury flared up again and he was sent to the breeding shed.
The partners also lost the brilliant female sprinter Hilda's Passion to injury just prior to the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs in 2011.
The Derby is just under 200 days away and it will be a good while before anyone has an idea of whether Shanghai Bobby has the talent and the ability to excel at a mile and a quarter that are required of all Derby winners. But a victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile would be a wonderful reward for the Starlight Racing partners who have endured those recent and painful disappointments when all things seemed possible.
It would be a good thing to see them smiling in the winner's circle at Santa Anita, and dreaming again of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby six months down the road.


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Matcha Roll CakeOur simple Matcha Roll Cake is a perfect combination of refreshing matcha sponge cake rolled with fresh fruits and a rich cream cheese filling. With its vibrant green and red colors, this cake is the perfect recipe for t
[Each cake yields about 8 slices]
Flour (Cake or All Purpose)........... 1/2 cup
Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha....... 1 tbsp
Egg Yolk........................................ 3 yolks
Sugar............................................. 1/3 cup
Egg Whites.................................... 3 egg whites
Sugar..............................................1/4 cup
Unsalted Butter.............................. 1 tbsp
Milk................................................ 1 tbsp
Cream Cheese.............................. 3.5 oz
Sugar............................................ 1-2 tbsp
Heavy Cream................................ 1/2 cup
Kirsch............................................ 1 tsp
Fresh Yellow Peaches.................... 3 peaches
For Decoration:
Heavy Cream
Silver Dragees
Powdered Sugar
Note: If you find rolling the cake to be difficult, you can make small slits in the side to make it easier to roll.
- Sift the flour and matcha together. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 340F - 350F. Melt the butter.
- Continuously mix the egg yolk and 1/3 cup of sugar together until they become white and fluffy.
- Add the three egg whites to a different bowl and beat, adding the 1/4 cup of sugar in two parts. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the egg yolk and sugar. Once it is well incorporated, add about half of the flour/matcha and mix well. Repeat until all of the matcha and flour is incorporated. Add the remaining egg whites to the mixture. Finally, add the melted butter and milk. Mix in.
- Spread out the batter on the lined baking sheet in a nice, even layer. Place in the oven and bake for 11 to 13 minutes. Remove and let cool.
- Allow the cream cheese to come to room temperature and slowly mix the heavy cream into it little by little. Once it is completely mixed in, add the sugar and mix until it thickens. Add the Kirsch.
- Remove any excess moisture from the peaches and cut them into 1/4" -1/2" square pieces. Whip some heavy cream for decorating.
- Transfer the baked cake to a fresh piece of parchment paper. Spread a layer of the cream cheese frosting on the cake and place the fresh cut fruit on top. Roll it up, making sure not to roll the parchment paper into the cake as well. Once the cake is fully rolled, wrap the parchment paper around it and twist the ends like a candy wrapper. Place in the refrigerator and allow to chill and set.
- Take the cake out of the refrigerator and remove from the parchment paper wrapping. Decorate to your liking. We recommend piping whipped cream on the top and then decorating with strawberries, chocolate pieces, dusting with some powdered sugar, and silver dragees. You can also place some fresh herbs on the plate to really convey the holiday spirit!


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Tremendous progress has been made in malaria control in recent years. Widespread distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets, coupled with household spraying have helped large parts of the country become free from malaria. Nevertheless, malaria remains a leading cause of illness and death among children under 5. The burden of malaria also exacts a steep economic toll, with about 170 million working days lost due to malaria illness each year.
Through the President's Malaria Initiative, USAID and other key U. S. Government partners support high-impact interventions in line with Kenya's National Malaria Control Strategy. These interventions include purchasing and distributing insecticide-treated nets, indoor residual spraying, diagnosis with rapid diagnostic tests or microscopy and treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy. USAID partners with the Government of Kenya to strengthen the health system, improving overall reporting from health facilities to ensure the right amounts of antimalarial drugs are available and appropriately monitored.
Since the program began in 2007, the President's Malaria Initiative has purchased more than 5.2 million insecticide treated bed nets to support distribution efforts, and procured more than two million rapid diagnostic tests and 25 million treatments. In 2012 alone, the initiative trained approximately 2,000 community health workers on antenatal care and malaria in pregnancy, and more than 5,700 health workers on simplified malaria guidelines.
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The Government of Kenya's policy is to distribute free insecticide treated nets to pregnant women at antenatal clinics and to children under one year of age. In 2011, Kenya conducted a rolling mass campaign to scale up to universal coverage of insecticide treated nets in priority endemic areas, as well as increase their availability at antenatal clinics, child health service providers, and retail outlets. The President's Malaria Initiative continues to procure insecticide treated nets for free routine distribution through antenatal care clinics and mass campaigns, and supports the Department of Malaria Control to develop innovative ways to replace worn-out nets at the community level.
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Prevention of malaria in pregnancy is crucial to improving maternal and child health in Kenya. Current Government of Kenya policy calls for pregnant women to receive two or more doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment in pregnancy. However, available data suggests that the use of the medicine, especially the second dose, remains too low. To increase the number of pregnant women using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, the President's Malaria Initiative supports the training of health workers to correctly deliver the intervention in all endemic districts. This will further be strengthened through targeted behavior change communication strategies.
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To ensure effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria, the President's Malaria Initiative supports both the improvement of government laboratories and skill-building for laboratory personnel, including improved diagnostics.
In 2012, based on global recommendations, Kenya adopted a policy of universal diagnosis – requiring that all suspected cases of malaria be confirmed with a diagnostic test prior to treatment. In line with the policy, USAID assisted the Government of Kenya in efficiently rolling out rapid diagnostic tests nationwide.
USAID has procured millions of treatments and provides technical support to the Kenya Medical Supply Agency and the Department of Malaria Control to strengthen the distribution of procured drugs and to improve the monitoring of stocks of all malaria medicines. A national curriculum package has been developed that trains staff to efficiently manage all malaria medicines in their local hospitals and clinics.
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SMITHFIELD - After the untimely death of Kara Bright in 2005, steps were taken by a team of his close friends to fulfill a dream that he held in his heart for many years. His "Field of Dreams" had been to turn his farm, located on county Road 15, outside of Smithfield, into a Christian place for youth and adults.
In 1997, Bright invited a group of his friends to join him in creating Brightway Center.
Now, 15 years later, Daryle Griffin, president and CEO, has outlined recent accomplishments.
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SHOWING OFF PLANS — Daryle Griffin, left, Brightway Center president and CEO, and George Stack, board member, show off plans for Brightway back in 2010. Much progress has been accomplished with the plans since that time, and now an open house is being held for visitors to become acquainted with its programs and facilities. The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Dec. 15. -- Esther McCoy
"Time sure does fly when you are having fun, and for Brightway, this year flew by," he said.
Those accomplishments have included "Kara's Kids," a group of young people who meet on Thursdays to deal with teen issues. The attendance rate has gone up this year, according to Griffin.
"Teen Dating Violence Prevention" a teen anti-bullying program, has skyrocketed in attendance rates throughout the year.
"Shoes and Sox for Souls" had a goal for collecting 50 pair of shoes to give to those in need. But the goal was far exceeded when 162 pairs of shoes and 324 pairs of socks were received.
"The Financial Literacy Program," featuring board member Christ Holmes, talked to youth about managing money and saving money and taught them how to balance a checkbook in one program.
The breast cancer seminar, featuring Vicki Hogan, guest speaker, doubled the number of visitors that were expected. Kara's Kids helped this program, it was noted, and a substantial amount of money was raised and donated by friends, businesses and organizations was raised.
Casey Robinson, Smithfield police department member and a certified cardiopulmonary resuscitation trainer will be offering CPR certification at the center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $15 and Cathy Takach, project manager, can be contacted at (740) 733-7480 for reservations. There will be snacks provided.
Nancy Grim has joined the staff as development officer. She received her bachelor's degree in health services administration with a minor in interpersonal communications at Ohio University. She has been involved in various programs and organizations serving Jefferson County.
In addition to having extensive experience in grant writing, grant review, conference planning and development, she served as executive director of the United Way of Jefferson County.
The long-anticipated activity center, which will host countless programs, workshops and events, is nearing completion and is anticipated to be finished by early next year.
Now that the Christmas season is approaching, Brightway Center is hosting its first open house. This will be a time when the public can see all that has been accomplished during the past year and enjoy refreshments and prizes. It will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Dec. 15. For information, contact Takach at (740) 733-7480.


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In English, if a bad situation seems imminent but is finally avoided, we might reply with an interjection like "Thank goodness!" or "Whew!". I know "Thank goodness!" has several possible translations at the beginning of a sentence, but I'm thinking of it being used as a standalone interjection. What is typically said in Spanish in situations like this?
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A usual translation for the interjection "Whew!" is
In these situations it is common to say:
It is also common to say
In Uruguay we say also "En el anca de un piojo" but I don't know if this is common elsewhere.
to express how close to the bad situation we had come.
"Thank goodness" might also be "Gracias a Dios", but this may have a religious component.
A common verb is "zafar". For example,
Just to add to Bruno's answer you can say these aswell:
and for some humor we say sometimes this in Colombia:
The translation would be I saved myself by the hair of a bald frog. Since frogs have no hair, a bald frog would have even less hair. So he saved himself by so little!


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RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- A Manhattan man will spend nearly 18 years in prison for raping a woman during her morning jog and for beating a local veteran to death in the Aggieville district.
Justin Taylor, 25, was sentenced Friday, May 18, 2012 in Riley County District Court by Judge Paul Miller, Chief Judge of the 21st Judicial Circuit.
Taylor, a former Kansas State University student who was set to graduate this May, was originally charged with the murder of 31-year-old Kevin Cockrum.
Cockrum, a former Army combat medic, was brutally beaten in an alleyway in Aggieville in the early morning hours of August 11, 2011 and died from severe head injuries the next day. Taylor was arrested and charged in the case the week after Cockrum died and has been in the Riley County Jail as the case has progressed in court.
In late February 2012, the Riley County Police Department revealed that Taylor was also the suspect in another case, stemming from a sexual assault that had been under investigation since 2010. Taylor was already in the Riley County Jail, charged with Cockrum's murder when he was charged with the rape of a 57-year-old woman.
Last month, Taylor accepted a plea deal with the state, pleading no contest to the 2010 rape and a plea of no contest to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with Kevin Cockrum's death, therefore giving up his right to a trial.
Assistant Riley County Attorney Barry Disney handled both cases.
Disney said that in the early morning hours of August 11, 2011, Kevin Cockrum and a female friend were walking near the intersection of 11th Street and Bluemont Avenue when Taylor drove past them and a passenger in Taylor's car yelled an unkind remark at Cockrum's friend. The passenger's name was Levertis Horne, who was originally charged in an accomplice in the homicide but was released because police said they did not have enough evidence against him. Horne testified in earlier hearings that he went out drinking with Justin Taylor in Aggieville and they were on their way home when they encountered Kevin Cockrum.
According to Disney, after Horne shouted at Cockrum's friend, Taylor drove past them and turned a corner into an alley when he saw that Cockrum was running after his car. Cockrum was upset over the remark Horne made to his female friend.
Once stopped in the alley, Taylor and Horne got out of the car and Cockrum ran over to Horne waving a large Maglite flashlight over his head that he had been carrying with him. The prosecution says Horne punched Cockrum in the face, knocking him unconscious. When Cockrum was passed out on the ground, Disney says Justin Taylor picked up the flashlight and delivered two hard blows to Cockrum's face and head. Taylor and Horne went to drive away, leaving Cockrum on the pavement bleeding, but Disney told the judge they stopped and Taylor grabbed the flashlight and threw it into a storm drain a few blocks away.
Police responded to the scene and found Cockrum bleeding from the head and ears. He was alive but unresponsive and was airlifted to a Wichita hospital where he passed away. Disney says an autopsy showed that Kevin Cockrum died from blunt force trauma to the head and face which caused his brain to swell and then shut down, killing him. He says the doctor who performed the autopsy reported that Taylor's blows with the flashlight contributed to the swelling of Cockrum's brain and were a factor in his death.
As for the rape, Disney says in the early morning hours of June 25, 2010, the victim, a 57-year-old woman, was jogging west on Kimball Avenue near Denholm Drive in Manhattan when she was brutally raped. The woman was training for a marathon at the time and due to the heat of the summer, she was running very early because it was cooler. She had slowed to a walk when she was suddenly attacked from behind, shoved to the ground and forced to a nearby wooded area. Disney says the victim fought to get free and pleaded with her attacker to let her go, telling him that she was a grandmother. Disney told the judge that the man pushed her onto her stomach and raped and fondled her. During the assault, Disney says the rapist squeezed the victim's nostrils closed and covered her mouth from behind her, making it hard for her to breathe.
When the rape was over, Disney says the man threw the victim's underwear and shorts into the woods and told her to stay put as he ran to a nearby car and sped away. When officers responded, they found a used condom in the path the man took to his car and it was sent to the KBI for testing. DNA from an unknown man was found on the inside of the condom and was logged into the CODIS system, a national DNA database that gives law enforcement agencies the ability to search the database to assist in the identification of suspects in crimes. At first, there was no match to the DNA in the rape case and over a year went by with no hits in the system but when Taylor was arrested and charged with Kevin Cockrum's murder, his DNA was taken and entered into CODIS and local authorities were notified that it was a match to the DNA recovered in the rape case, Disney said. A second sample confirmation test was done on Justin Taylor and Disney says the results were a match to the DNA from the condom.
During Friday's sentencing hearing, Judge Miller heard a statement from Kevin Cockrum's girlfriend, Lauren Williams.
Williams said that Cockrum was an great person and a courageous man who risked his life to help save other soldiers in combat and that the world lost an incredible man when he was killed. She said that she hoped something would be learned from his death.
Judge Miller also heard from Elizabeth Parker, the woman who was raped. WIBW typically protects the identities of victims of sexual assault but Parker gave her consent to an interview, saying she wanted to speak out about what happened to her in the hopes that it would give hope and courage to other victims of sexual violence.
In the courtroom, she told Taylor that he changed her life forever when he stalked her during her jog and brutally attacked her in the darkest area he could find, knocking her mace out of her hand. She said she thought she was going to die and fought for her life as she begged Taylor to stop. Parker says she's lived in Manhattan all her life and had a false sense of security. Originally, she thought her attacker was someone "transient" passing through town after the Country Stampede Concert. She called Taylor a "homegrown monster" and says while she's gotten over the beating, she's become a "prisoner of fear" and her pain, suffering and mental anguish have had an impact on everyone in her life.
Then it was Justin Taylor's turn to address Parker and her family along with Kevin Cockrum's loved ones. Taylor said he is "very shamed and sincerely, sincerely sorry" for the hurt and pain that he's caused and that he accepts full responsibility for his actions, which were unplanned and inexcusable. He says his conscience will condemn him every day for the rest of his life. As his mother and father looked on, he went on to say that he prays that the victims and their families have the strength to overcome the consequences of his actions which have affected so many people and that one day, they might be able to forgive him.
Judge Miller gave Taylor credit for his statement and for pleading to the charges in both cases and not making the victims and their families go through a prolonged trial. But he denied the request of Taylor's parents to make his sentences concurrent to one another, sentencing him to 155 months for the rape and 59 months for voluntary manslaughter. He said the consecutive sentences were appropriate because they represent two separate punishments for two separate crimes.
Taylor's attorney Larry McRell, Chief Public Defender for the North Central Regional Public Defender's Office, said Taylor could have gone to trial but tried to handle things morally and respectfully by entering into negotiations with the state.
"Justin spoke from his heart and his conscience today in hoping to help alleviate the pain and suffering of the families involved in this case," McRell told 13 News after the hearing.
When he is released from prison, Taylor must register as a violent offender for 15 years and as a sexual offender for 25 years.
"I'm finally closing a chapter and it's not just myself that's moving on but my whole family and all of my friends and everybody who is important to me and everybody who supported me through almost the last two years....Not very many people know my story. I kept it quiet because I did feel a degree of embarrassment. My therapist has helped me realize that I didn't do anything wrong and I was the victim. If this can help anybody else come forward and step forward, it's a scary process and it's a long process but hopefully, none of my daughters or granddaughters ever have to go through something like this and if I can keep that from happening, that's the important thing," Elizabeth Parker told reporters after the sentencing.
She says she wants to help improve the DNA process in the state of Kansas and making sure that "people pay for what they do."
Lauren Williams, Kevin Cockrum's girlfriend, also spoke to members of the media after Friday's proceedings.
"I just hope that he learns his lesson in prison for several years. Kevin was a very caring person, he would give you the shirt off his back," she said.
"Obviously, hearing from the victims, there's limitations on what any time behind bars can do and that it's never really going to adequately cover the harm that was done but it is the agreement that the parties entered into, it is the standard agreement for the crimes called for by the Kansas legislature. I'm pleased that the judge ran consecutive sentences," Riley County Assistant Attorney Barry Disney said.


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What is the difference between "explain" and "describe"? When to use one over the other?
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closed as general reference by Carlo_R., tchrist, MετάEd, FumbleFingers, Matt E. Эллен♦ Oct 11 '12 at 11:01
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Describe is used mostly to call for statements about the sensory experience of the respondent.
Explain calls for an analysis of mechanisms, motives, justifications or relationships, many of which are not available to the senses.
I think an explanation is a specific description of something. Describing is kind of an overarching verb, and explaining is describing with a certain goal in mind. To describe is to give an account of something and any details pertaining to that something. To explain is to give an account of something and any details pertaining to that something with the goal of clarifying it to someone, or making something easier to understand, or making some concept known.
I agree with @bib; imho you describe an object, and explain a process.
Explain is suited when it is an answer to How? or Why?
Describe is more appropriate for answers to What? or When?
Though What is a bit ambiguous and context-dependent:
What were you trying to achieve? (explain)
What kind of lunch did you eat? (describe)


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Pyongyang Tests Nuclear Device
SEOUL—North Korea said it exploded a nuclear device Tuesday, its third experimental detonation in a long effort to build weapons of mass destruction that the U.S. and other countries consider a serious threat.
"A third nuclear test has been successfully staged," said a statement from North Korea's state news agency that was published about three hours after seismic experts in South Korea, the U.S. and Japan announced they had detected an "artificial earthquake" in the country.
North Korea said the explosive was "a smaller and light A-bomb unlike the previous ones."
It added that the test was done "to defend the country's security and sovereignty in the face of the ferocious hostile act of the U.S." For several weeks, North Korean propaganda has blamed the U.S. for the penalty imposed by the United Nations Security Council after Pyongyang launched a rocket in December in violation of a U.N. ban.
North Korea's authoritarian regime gave several explicit warnings since the council's decision that it was planning to detonate a nuclear explosive in response.
Outside authorities said the seismic activity—which was steady in nature, in contrast to varying sizes of tremors associated with a natural earthquake —happened at 11:57 a.m. local time and emanated from the northeastern area of North Korea where Pyongyang previously detonated nuclear devices in October 2006 and May 2009.
China's earthquake monitoring agency on Tuesday said the seismic activity was a "suspected explosion."
The U.S. Geological Survey said it detected seismic activity with a magnitude of 5.1, bigger than the seismic activity produced in North Korea's previous two blasts.
In a statement released before dawn Tuesday, the White House called the North Korean test "a highly provocative act."
"These provocations do not make North Korea more secure," the statement said. "Far from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation, North Korea has instead increasingly isolated and impoverished its people through its ill-advised pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery." The White House also said the nuclear test warranted further international action against Pyongyang.
China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called for North Korea to live up to its international commitments.
In a statement on its website, the Foreign Ministry said, "We strongly urge the North Korean side to abide by its denuclearization promise" and not take any actions that could worsen the situation.
In Japan, the government convened a national security meeting soon after the test was detected, and later announced additional sanctions against the North, including a widening of entry ban for pro-Pyongyang ethnic Korean residents.
Japanese military planes were also dispatched to collect air samples above Japan for traces of radioactive substances that could have been released as a result of the test.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denounced the test, saying it poses a threat to Japan as well as the region.
"This nuclear test by North Korea is totally unacceptable, as it constitutes a grave threat to Japan's security," Mr. Abe said in a statement, adding that it "seriously undermines the peace and security of Northeast Asia as well as the international community."
U.N. officials said late Monday that the Security Council would meet at 9 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday to discuss the test.
Diplomats and North Korea observers had anticipated Tuesday's nuclear test as Pyongyang appeared to be repeating a pattern of provocative actions seen before the previous explosions.
Both of North Korea's previous detonations were considered small by the standards of nuclear testing in other countries.
The first one in 2006 produced a tremor that measured a magnitude 4.1, and analysts in the U.S. later estimated its explosive force at less than one kiloton. The second one in 2009 produced a seismic tremor of 4.7 and an explosive force of about two to six kilotons, according to estimates by U.S. seismic and geological experts.
Estimates in both cases are constrained by limited information about the geology of the mountains where the explosions took place.
By contrast, the first nuclear bomb tested by the U.S. in 1945 had an explosive force of about 18 to 20 kilotons.
North Korea had built up expectations for the explosion for months by launching rockets to test missile technology and then undertaking a propaganda campaign, a pattern seen in both 2006 and 2009.
Last year, it twice tried to shoot rockets into space and succeeded on the second attempt in December, in violation of an international ban of technology related to long-range missiles. After the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 22 penalized North Korea for the launches, Pyongyang responded with threats to detonate a nuclear device.
On Jan. 24, the National Defense Commission, North Korea's most powerful body, said "a nuclear test of higher level" would be carried out. It portrayed the test as part of an "all-out action" against the U.S., which it accused of being the driving force behind the U.N. penalties.
"Settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words," the defense commission said.
With new leaders in South Korea, Japan and China, North Korea's nuclear test also fits another longtime pattern of a undertaking a provocative act early in the tenure of other political leaders, then following it with steps to smooth relations in hopes of persuading the others to provide financial aid and other assistance.
In addition to the size of Tuesday's blast, the type of fuel used to create the explosion will be an immediate concern to the U.S., South Korea and other nations.
But because it takes several days for radioactive isotopes to be detectable in the atmosphere, observers in other countries won't initially know how North Korea made the explosive unless the country reveals it.
North Korea used reprocessed plutonium in its previous nuclear explosives. But the country in 2010 publicly revealed its effort to develop highly enriched uranium, another material that can trigger a nuclear explosion.
North Korea started developing nuclear weapons in the 1970s, but its work proceeded slowly due to its poverty and international constraints and sanctions. From 1994 to 2002, North Korea formally halted the effort under an agreement with the U.S.
But the agreement fell apart after Washington in 2002 determined Pyongyang had started research on a second means of building nuclear weapons, using enriched uranium rather than the reprocessed plutonium that was explicitly covered in the 1994 pact.
North Korea has long said it needs nuclear weapons to prevent South Korea and its U.S. military ally from invading it, though its conventional weapons have provided a deterrent since the Korean War of the 1950s.
Most outside analysts believe North Korea used its nuclear threat as a negotiating tool to force the U.S. and other countries to provide it with money and security guarantees. It has also bolstered the reputation of its munitions industry, which exports missiles, guns and other conventional weapons to countries like Iraq and Syria.
Since its 2006 explosion, North Korea has repeatedly asked the U.S. and other major countries to recognize it as a nuclear-weapons state and negotiate with it as an equal power.
North Korea has reprocessed enough plutonium from a nuclear power plant to build as many as a dozen small nuclear explosives, outside analysts estimate.
In November 2010, North Korea showed U.S. scientist Siegfried Hecker that it was making progress in developing the skill to use uranium as a fuel for nuclear weapons. Officials gave Mr. Hecker a tour of a laboratory that housed thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium to a purity level required for use as weapons fuel.
—In-Soo Nam, Brian Spegele and George Nishiyama contributed to this article.


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Here is a short Palmela 2011 update.
Palmela 2011 Registrations opened a couple weeks ago and yesterday we run out of rooms in the Palmela Castle Pousada already!
The IVRPA worked with the Pousadas de Portugal hotel chain to extended the Palmela 2011 deal (same prices, same conditions) to the nearby Pousada de Setúbal (in exclusivity) and today we started booking rooms for Palmela 2011 attendees there.
Fear not, since bookings are coming in quite fast, we are working with other hotel units in the Palmela area to provide another hotel option at same rates and conditions in case we run out of rooms in the São Filipe Fortress Pousada.
Meanwhile, we have several volunteer teams working on the exhibitions program, sponsors, attendees and speakers program.
The first Palmela 2011 speaker was just announced: Ignacio Ferrando Margelí.
Ignacio will give a talk about how to capture the impossible panorama and will also bring in his Microcopter for a live demo flying over Palmela old town.
This summer Palmela, Portugal, will become the world capital of panoramic photography. It is going to be amazing!
Hope to see many of you here in Palmela, next June.
My best regards
Os melhores cumprimentos
Carlos Chegado
Join us at the Palmela 2011 - International panoramic Photography Conference, June 1-5, 2011


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In February, Susan Neuman, NYU Steinhardt professor of teaching and learning and author of "Give Children a Fighting Chance," moderated the panel discussion focusing on how Common Core Standards will be evaluated -- among students, teachers, and schools -- and the challenges that will be faced. The first installment featured John B. King, Jr., New York State Education Commissioner, and Shael Polakow-Suransky, senior deputy chancellor at the New York City Department of Education, and covered current implementation of the curriculum.
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