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While trying to repair a water main break Thursday morning, a crew from the Leavenworth Water Department ended up breaking a natural gas line, officials said.
"We hate to hit those things," said John Kaufman, general manager of the Leavenworth Water Department, but it happens once in a while by accident.
Kaufman blamed Thursday's break on the location of the gas line being incorrectly marked.
He said the water main break was reported around 3 a.m. Thursday in the area of Grand Avenue and 14th Street. He said the break was in a six-inch water pipe.
He said the marked location of the two-inch gas main was off by about five feet.
"We cut right through it," Kaufman said.
He said the Leavenworth Fire Department immediately was contacted.
Kansas Gas Service personnel also were called to the scene to deal with the gas leak.
Kaufman said the Water Department crew didn't resume work until the gas leak had been stopped.
He said the work to repair the water main was completed around 9 a.m. Thursday.
Kansas Gas Service personnel finished all of their repairs around 10 a.m., according to company spokeswoman Dawn Ewing.
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This past May, Jocelyn Jenks and Angela Cifor, two second-year law students at Colorado Law, traveled to Ayaviri, Peru on behalf of the Center for Environmental and Energy Security (CEES) in order to help with the installation of 15 environmentally healthy and efficient cookstoves.
Because a full third of the world's population (approximately 3 billion people) have no access to modern energy resources, a large majority of them rely on burning biomass (cow manure, crop residues or wood) for cooking, heating and lighting. Unfortunately, burning biomass within the home generates indoor air pollution, consisting of black carbon and other particulates, which results in 2 million premature deaths annually, primarily among women and children. Additionally, black carbon is the second largest cause of global warming, according to Nature Geoscience.
The cookstoves, designed by German cookstove developer GIZ, aim to reduce the negative side effects that come from using biomass as a primary fuel source. The cookstoves are constructed with a chimney which is designed to remove harmful smoke from the living space of those using the stove, thus improving the air quality inside the homes of Ayiviri residents. They are also constructed with a two level combustion chamber that allows for increased air flow through the fuel source as well as easy ash removal.
Perhaps most importantly, the cookstoves can be constructed with adobe, a material that the local communities of Ayaviri are very familiar with, thus allowing them the opportunity to learn to construct their own cookstoves in the future.
These first 15 cookstoves will be continually monitored by students from the University Catolica de San Pablo in order to determine the precise health and environmental benefits that they provide. Depending on these results, CEES will begin work on the next stage of the project, scheduled for summer 2012, which will focus on providing cookstoves to any community member who wants one. This could be anywhere from one to 250 units. CEES will work with Caritas to offer a sweat equity option, whereby residents can contribute a certain amount towards their cookstoves by working on other community development projects such as irrigation improvements, community gardens and animal husbandry.
The goal of the two-day conference was to discuss and craft a national strategy to achieve both national recognition of and an apology for the wrongs visited upon individuals and communities of Indian Country by the U.S. boarding school policy. The strategy would also seek reparations to provide the framework for healing the wounds from these historic and enduring wrongs.
"Intergenerational trauma was a huge theme of the conference," said Jill Tompkins, Director of the American Indian Law Clinic at Colorado Law. "American Indian children forced into the boarding school system later on unintentionally imposed onto their children and their children's children the scars of growing up without knowledge of their language and their culture, without affection and without a loving family support network. When they finally returned to their tribal communities, they did not know who they were or where they fit anymore."
Many point to the proliferation of alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide among Indians as evidence of the on-going effects of this period.
Although early in the planning stages, three key themes were expressed at the conference: acknowledgement, justice, and healing.
Important participants at the Symposium were Chief Wilton (Willie) Littlechild and Marie Wilson, Commissioners of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Canada modeled its Indian Residential School system on the U.S. model. Thousands of individual and community lawsuits were brought against the Canadian government for abuses, particularly sexual abuse, inflicted on Aboriginal people. The cases were eventually resolved in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, the largest class action in Canadian history, in 2007.
The settlement provided for a payment to all former students who were held in federally supported residential schools and additional compensation for those who suffered sexual or serious physical abuse or other abuses. The Canadian government also made a contribution to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation to support commemoration projects and to establish the TRC. The TRC's three-prong mission is: to inform Canadians of what happened in the schools, to honor the lives of former students and their families, and to create a permanent record of the Indian Residential School legacy. Although the settlement has made some progress in bringing healing to residential school survivors, Chief Littlechild told the U.S. Symposium attendees, "You have a chance to do things better."
To date, no U.S. Presidential apology or plan to provide redress for American Indian boarding school survivors has been proposed by the federal government. "The time to seek justice and healing for our ancestors and families who suffered the boarding school experience is long overdue. The establishment of the Boarding School Coalition and the development of a mutual shared vision for future action are critical steps forward," said Tompkins.


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Colorado Powder Keg Presentation and Book Signing
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An evening and book signing with
Mike Childers
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Colorado Powder Keg:
Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement
Signed copies will be available for sale
"Colorado Powder Keg offers a significant and lively new look at the Colorado ski industry, interpreting it as a catalyst for, but also a way to understand the increasingly volatile conflicts surrounding public land use in the American West. "
- Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies
- Fraser Valley Library Urban Community Meeting Room
- Thursday, March 21st
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Native son Mike Childers, returns to Grand County on Thursday March 21st at 6:30pm in the Fraser Valley Library to discuss his book "Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environment." Winner of the International Ski History Association's Ullr Award, Childers's book explores the relationship between the development of Colorado's ski industry and the growth of the environmental movement.
Mike is a fifth generation Grand County native, who grew up skiing and devouring as many books as he could in the Fraser Valley Library. After graduating from Middle Park High School, he attended Western State College, earned a master's degree in history from Colorado State University, and worked as a ski tech, instructor and freelance journalist. Mike completed his PhD in American History at the University of Neveda. "Colorado Powder Keg" is his first book.
Taking part in the discussion will be Jerry Groswold whose career in the ski industry included WPRA Board of Trustee 1959-1964, WPRA Chairman of the Board 1969-1975 and WPRA President of the Board 1975-1997 and Doug Laraby who has acted as Planning Director at Winter Park Resort for the last ten years.
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Press contact: press@noisebridge
We are located at 2169 Mission St., San Francisco.
We've gotten press coverage before, take a look.
What we do
Noisebridge is a hacker space.
Hacker, that is, not as in "computer criminal" but as in "people who like making new things and exploring how old ones work". (See also these two essays.)
See our Events page for examples of what we do.
Probably the best time for press to come to the space to meet a lot of people would be during 5 Minutes of Fame, our monthly series of lightning talks. Of course, if any of our other events interest you, you can come to those also.
We ask that you first contact us at the press email above before coming to the space, and identify yourself as a member of the press to anyone you speak to. The easiest way to do this is to ask someone to introduce you to the group at the beginning of an event.
Please note that photography is not allowed in the space without the permission of the people being photographed.
- Mitch Altman, creator of the TV-B-Gone (pics)
- Jacob Appelbaum; Researcher and software developer - for more information visit his Noisebridge user page.
- Andy Isaacson, kernel hacker, software engineer, and sometimes autonomous blimp tinkerer (pics)
- Rachel McConnell (pics)
- David Molnar
- Noah Balmer
- and a cast of dozens...
Here are some projects that our members are involved in:
- 5 Minutes of Fame (video, live and archived streaming) Noisebridge's monthly series of lightning talks on widely diverse subjects
- Brain Machine (details) creates hallucinations and aids meditation by flashing lights and sound with special goggles
- MakerBot lets you create almost anything up to 4"x4"x6" in size out of ABS plastic
- Northpaw Anklet (details) lets the wearer instinctively sense which direction is North
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My whole life I have been a reactive, lazy learner. What that means is that more or less any knowledge I ever acquired came in one of the three possible manners:
- Someone madated a task for whose completion I had to acquire expertise or under threat of getting poor grades in school
- I myself had a need to get something done for whose completion I had to acquire expertise (example: I remodeled my entire house and acquired all the trade skills in the process but that is just because I didn't like the house in the first place)
- I did random leisurely reading and stumbled upon material (e.g. random Wikipedia browsing while bored at work etc.)
However, I have tremendous trouble initiating a learning experience on my own, e.g. mastering a new technology or reading a book that is more than a Wikipedia article. The biggest reason I lack motivation is because I am lacking a hands-on opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge acquired.
I am currently in a job that I don't like very much using outdated technologies which I have mastered and all the jobs that I would like to apply to require either experience or some degree of familiarity with the more cutting-edge subject matters. As I have no opportunity to get my hands on them at my current work, I am also very disoriented as to how to initiate a learning process independently and apply it as I go along.
Another example is that, while in middle and high school overseas, I could never learn any English in class because I wasn't exposed to using it in real life. All other kids were much better at learning it from book, however, when I came to the States for college at the age 19, I nearly mastered it within only three months and became much better at it than many of my previously better high school classmates.
And the list of examples goes on. Once I get my hands on something REAL, I tend to not leave it until I master it, however, I can't concentrate on abstract material in books but I would like to be able to. So I am asking if there are ways to transition my learning habits.


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HONORED: Diane Roney is Eastern Gateway Community College's Faculty Employee of the Year, and Carol Vitlip its Staff Employee of the Year as selected by their fellow employees.
Roney, health technologies professor, began her career at Eastern Gateway in 1989. She earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh and a master of science degree in nursing from Duquesne University.
She also holds a post-master's certificate from Duquesne University. She resides in Weirton.
Vitlip, secretary/assistant to the dean of business, engineering and information technologies, and humanities and social sciences, joined the college in 2006.
She holds two associate of applied business degrees from Eastern Gateway.
Her majors were accounting and business management. She resides in Steubenville.
Meanwhile, recruiter/adviser Ann Reynolds was named the November employee of the month at Eastern Gateway.
Reynolds, a Wintersville resident, joined the college's admissions department in 2006. Previously, she worked as a Workforce Investment Act case manager for the Jefferson County Community Action Council.
At the CAC, she also was coordinator of the Community Action Transportation Services and Welfare-to-Work Programs. Reynolds also has worked as a substitute teacher in Jefferson County.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in English literature and certification in secondary education from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
The university awarded her the John F. Welsh Memorial Alumni Award. She also attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati.
Currently, Reynolds serves as secretary of the Jefferson County Behavioral Health System Board of Directors.
TRAINED: Billy Petrella, a local financial adviser with Tri-State Financial Services, recently completed a series of six training courses in security and investment offered to professionals in the financial services industry.
The courses, designed to build on participants' knowledge of securities and investing, ran the gamut from basic topics such as the psychology of investing to more in-depth subjects such as case design.
The instruction will enable Petrella to better serve customers receiving large bonus and royalty checks for land leases for shale drilling, helping them plan how to invest the money within their individual goals, time horizon and risk tolerance, as well as his current customers planning for wealth creation, college funding, retirement and life insurance needs.
A co-owner/operator of Village Sleep Center, Petrella is a member of the Grand Theater Restoration Project Board of Trustees, Jefferson County Young Professionals, Community Improvement Corp. Board of Trustees, the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, City of Steubenville Reinvestment Counsel, the Italian American Cultural Club, Steubenville Lions Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Dean Martin Festival and is an active member of Triumph of the Cross Church.
SEMINAR: Area residents can recognize the signs and symptoms of use, abuse and dependency, family dynamics and what to do when they encounter abuse at a free chemical dependency seminar set Dec. 7 beginning at 9 a.m. in room 2100 at Eastern Gateway Community College, 4000 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville.
Registration opens 30 minutes prior to the start of the seminar. Motivational Trainer Karen Vadino, M.S.W., LPCC, OCPC is the speaker. The course has been approved for three counselor and social worker hours through the Jefferson Behavioral Health System, an approved provider of the State of Ohio Counselor & Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. The nursing board accepts counselor and social worker hours. It is sponsored by Jefferson Behavioral Health System, Jefferson County Anti-Drug Coalition and Jefferson County Prevention & Recovery Board.
Contact Sandy Madzia or Dan Obertance at (740) 282-1300 for information or to submit information for certificates.
O'Neil joins Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Jennifer Brown O'Neil recently joined Fairfax, Va., based Pediatric Cardiology Associates.
Brown, a graduate of Steubenville High School, completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship in June at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. She had done her pediatric residency at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.
The daughter of Dr. Tom and Suzanne Brown of Wintersville, she attended Wright State Medical School in Dayton.
A landmark for Lauttamus
Lauttamus Communications has passed the 1 million call benchmark for the year.
Lauttamus operates an inbound call center for business offices around the country, as well as helping people throughout West Virginia who call help lines for assistance with homelessness, hunger, energy bills and other emergency situations.
"In one year our operators answered 1 million calls," Lauttamus spokeswoman Celia Reznicak said. "It was a great accomplishment. I'm prejudiced, but I think we have really great operators."
Bob Evans making donation
STEUBENVILLE - Bob Evans is donating $2 for every Farmhouse Feast sold now through Nov. 27 to local charities, up to $50,000.
"We believe in helping our neighbors in need and we know that's important to our customers as well," said Bob Evans President and Chief Concept Officer Randy Hicks. "This effort gives back locally to the soup kitchens, shelters and other agencies that support the needy in our restaurants' communities."
The program started as a grassroots effort by restaurant teams last holiday season, when employees used funds donated by customers to buy local charities a Farmhouse Feast dinner. After hearing about these local efforts, the corporation decided to make a contribution of its own, though many restaurants also will be taking donations to purchase Farmhouse Feasts this year as well.
The Farmhouse Feast is a complete holiday meal to go, serving up to eight, and comes complete with choice of a slow-roasted whole boneless turkey breast or sliced boneless ham, bread and celery dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy, buttered sweet corn, green beans with ham, cranberry relish, rolls, a loaf of pumpkin bread and a pumpkin pie with whipped topping.
Hospital extends R&V contract
WHEELING - R&V Associates will remain at the help of Wheeling Hospital through December 2015, the hospital's board of directors reports.
The decision to extend R&V's management contract came during the board's quarterly meeting, at which the Rev. Michael J. Bransfield, bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, cited the company's successful turnaround of the hospital's operations.
R&V of Pittsburgh is a management consulting firm co-founded by Ronald L. Violi and Vincent L. DeLuzio. R&V initially was retained in January 2006 to restructure the hospital, which had suffered seven straight years of financial losses totaling nearly $60 million.
Violi serves as Wheeling Hospital's chief executive officer and DeLuzio, an attorney, is active in the hospital's legal and regulatory matters.
The board's action was the sixth time R&V's contract was extended. The firm's tenure was set to expire at the end of this year.
Violi led Wheeling Hospital to profitability in just six months and was able to attract specialists in areas in which the community had previously been underserved and also was able to expand existing services.
He also helped Dr. Judy Romano create the Center for Pediatrics, which includes seven pediatricians, a pediatric endocrinologist and physical, speech-language and occupational therapy services through the Pediatric Rehabilitation Center on Warden's Run Road in Wheeling
Violi also is credited with securing a partnership with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh that brings pediatric specialists to Wheeling Hospital, and partnered with Associates in Ophthalmology to provide local specialty eye care and surgery.
He also spearheaded construction of Tower 5, the hospital's $53 million building addition that will open in early 2012. The seven-story facility will house a state-of-the-art emergency department, the Center for Pediatrics, intensive care units, physician offices and private patient rooms.
Prior to joining Wheeling Hospital, Violi managed Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital, leading it to profitability in a matter of several months, according to officials. He left Children's in 2004 after six years as president and chief executive officer, and the following year joined Deluzio in founding R&V.
R&V specializes in crisis management, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, turnarounds and restructurings for a wide range of industries with an emphasis on the health care sector.
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For this venture, Kline enlisted the help of current Bennington student Yaronit Nordin '09, who worked alongside Kline to bring the project to completion. The project yielded 30 paper negatives and 30 positive salt prints—and six institutions across North America have ordered a set of these negatives and positives to use as teaching material in their graduate photographic conservation programs. They include: New York University, Institute of Fine Art; George Eastman House, Rochester; Buffalo State College; Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario; University of Texas, Austin; and University of Delaware, Winterthur Program.
Kline's work is in the collections of the Art Museum at Princeton University, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and the National Park Service, Ellis Island, among others. He is the recipient of the Aaron Siskind Fellowship and the Earthwatch Fellowship in Hungary. He has been a member of the Bennington faculty since 1998 and also has taught at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Kline earned his BFA at San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.


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I have four kids. Therefore, I have four-kids-worth of kid paraphernalia. Coats, shoes, bags, and junk galore. We've got it. So, when we built our house three years ago, my husband and I made sure the plans included a mud room for pretty and practical storage of the kids' stuff. Only, it turned out to be only somewhat practical and so not pretty most of the time, crammed full of backpacks, gym bags, and mountains of shoes.
So, we made the decision to move the kids' storage area to the garage and get them lockers {cue angels singing}, because it turns out that I guess I'm a Locker Mom, meaning I like the stuff hidden away and out of sight. Now each of the kids has a place to store all of their things inside an extra large school locker.
My husband did the searching for these and found the best deal on what we wanted here. He worked with them to get a custom quote on the size and color we wanted (love this Cardinal Red). If you would consider yourself a Locker Mom and you're in the market for kids' lockers, I highly recommend them!
And that big wall behind them has a ton of possibility. We're thinking about a wall mural if my husband and I can come up with one we agree on!
And as for the mud room, I figured with all the kids' stuff removed, it was a nice clean slate for a makeover. Here's what it looked like before...
But I really think you're going to like the after. Stay tuned for that coming soon!


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Alto/soprano saxophonist/flutist/educator Tia Fuller is enjoying the best of two musical worlds. The Colorado-born, New Jersey-based, Spelman alum is a five-year member of Beyonce's all-female band, and she's one of the most gifted jazz musicians of her generation. On her new CD, Angelic Warrior – featuring special guests, vocalist (and Denver native) Dianne Reeves, bassist John Patitucci and Grammy Award winner, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington – Fuller's serpentine-fired sax/flute lines swoons and swings on thirteen tracks of originals and standards designed to dance and trance. She's also touring with Esperanza Spalding's Radio Music Society band.
EBONY talked to Fuller about the benefits of working with Beyonce, her growth as a producer, the artistic metaphysics of her new recording, and her amazing and jazzy sisterfriends.
EBONY: You're a jazz musician who works in the pop world. How does your gig with Beyonce influence you as an artist, and as the producer of your new CD?
TIA FULLER: One of the main things I learned from watching her work – as a performing artist and a musician – is that she's very, very meticulous in the studio, and is not afraid to strive for perfection. For example: she was doing a track for the Grammys. And we spent about eight hours on eight bars, because there was a specific thing that she wanted. And she was never afraid to change and [to] allow the artistic process to evolve in the studio.
She takes the time to do what it is she needs to do to perfect the track. So that really taught me about paying attention to the minutiae in the studio, and not being afraid to really move forward and elevate that level of perfection.
EBONY: So her attention to detail influenced your producing skills?
TF: Yeah, definitely. This is the first time that I really went in-depth in the editing process: editing, mixing and mastering. And with the complicated music that I wrote, I had two bass players sometimes with two basslines playing the same line … I was really delving deep into that [process].
EBONY: On Angelic Warrior you mix different strands of songs into one composition. On "Ralphie's Groove," your tribute to the great drummer Ralph Peterson, you combined Ahmad Jamal's "Poinciana," and Tony Williams' "Sister Cheryl," and drummer Teri Lyne Carrington blends Cole Porter's "All of You" and "So in Love" into a new song. Robert Glasper said that jazz musicians are the first remixers. Do you agree?
One of the main things I learned from watching [Beyonce] work – as a performing artist and a musician – is that she's very, very meticulous in the studio, and is not afraid to strive for perfection.
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TF: Yeah. That's funny [laughs]. I never thought of it like that. I'm in complete agreement with us being the first remixers. Were the first in a lot of things. And the opposite side of that is, a lot of the hip-hop generation has used jazz as the foundation of their remixes. A Tribe Called Quest used one of [bassist] Ron Carter's tunes and Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay."
EBONY: What you and your Colorado home-girl Dianne Reeves did to the jazz standard "Body & Soul" on the CD aurally illustrates how jazz musicians can "remix" and reimagine a tune in an entirely different light.
TF: I love to play it in honor of my mom and dad. But I wanted to put a different twist to it.
And why not make a more, R&B/version that the urban public can grasp on to? That was the direction I wanted to go in. And then having Dianne Reeves sing the vocals brings it back home to the vocal element of jazz.
EBONY: I understand that you're about to drop a new remixed single of the CD version of "Body &Soul."
TF: It's in the hands of the remixer. I gave him one of several references: one was of a Jill Scott-vibe. And another reference was of a house remix. And so we're going to see if they can meld the two together. It's going to be more of a radio version.
EBONY: Your reconstruction of the bebop classic "Cherokee" has a house music-meets-samba-meets-FAMU marching band swing to it.
TF: [Laughs] I have such an infatuation with the drums. I wanted to do something that featured two drummers. Initially, it was supposed to be myself, [drummer and brother-in-law] Rudy Royston, and Terri Lyne Carrington – drums and saxophone. But then, Terri Lyne brought in a jungle beat/house track with a loop. So when she put that on I was like, oh man: we can have two drummers, with that drum track holding it down. That really brought a sense of energy and synergy that I wanted to celebrate on this version of "Cherokee."
EBONY: I just saw you in performance at the Congressional Black Caucus Jazz Concert last month, performing music from Terri Lyne Carrington's forthcoming CD, Money Jungle Project. And in addition to working with Beyonce and Carrington, you're also working with Esperanza Spalding as the assistant musical director on her Radio Music Society tour.
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5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don't Work
#2. Lie Detection Training Trains Police to Be Worse at Detecting Lies
In nearly every procedural show, there's at least one moment where the rough and tumble cop watches a suspect squirm under the hot lights of an interrogation and just knows he's lying. It makes sense that cops would be good at sniffing out dishonesty. After years of listening to liars, they can read it on someone's face, like Tim Roth in that show that got canceled.
If solving crimes is all about finding out the truth, what could be better than a cop who can spot a lie at a glance?
Maybe a cop who is also a father spotting his daughter's boyfriend lying at a glance.
Well, Actually ...
Nobody can do that. They just think they can.
See, police officers have to go through rigorous training to make sure they pick up on the common tells people exhibit when they lie, but all of that training is actually worse for them than no training at all. The problem is that the training focuses on signs of nervousness, like twitching and discomfort, when twitching and discomfort are also known side effects of an innocent person sitting in an interrogation room. So as you can imagine, there are a lot of false positives. There are also countless other factors that determine how much someone squirms -- like their cultural background, what kind of lie they're telling, and whether the suspect is generally a noddy, hand-and-feet-movey kind of person (how many of you reading this are fidgeting at a desk right now, tapping your foot or bouncing your knee?)
Seriously, calm down there, Johnny Ritalin.
A grizzled old police officer might say, "Yeah, that training is BS! I can spot a lie thanks to my 20 years on the streets."
Nope, sorry. They did a study on officers who'd been on the force for anywhere between three and 26 years and found that, incredibly, the longer someone's been an officer, the worse he or she is at telling when someone's lying.
It comes down to overconfidence. The long-time officers believed they could sniff out lies over 70 percent of the time when in fact their success rate was just south of 50 percent, much worse than the cops who had only been on the force for three or four years. In fact, in another study, they pitted police investigators against regular college students and had them each try to sniff out lies from inmates. The college kids did better.
"Suck it, cops! Suck our daughter's lie-smelling dick!"
That's because the only real way to tell if someone is lying is if their story doesn't add up. That's why believing that they can read a liar's face makes things worse -- instead of thinking about the questions they ask and the answers they get, officers focus on every single tiny movement their suspect makes, which ultimately is useless information. So if a police officer asks you a question and follows it up with "And don't lie to me because I'll be able to tell," there's a good chance you can tell him anything you like, as long as you don't twitch when you do it.
#1. Many Judges Are Terrifyingly Unqualified
In any crime drama, there may be corrupt cops and sleazy lawyers and disinterested jurors, but at the top of the system you find the judges who rule over their courtroom like gods. These people, above all, know their shit.
Well, Actually ...
If you're talking about the Supreme Court or a federal appeals court, no doubt you're standing before some of the finest legal minds in the country. But those guys are but a tiny fraction of the judges that make the system run. The country is full of little district courts, and the bar is, uh, not quite so high there. In fact, often all it takes to don the black robe is passing a simple test of 50 true/false questions, including this thinker: "Town and village justices must maintain dignity, order, and decorum in their courtrooms -- true or false?"
"Wait, does beheading live chickens count as dignified? Because if so, true."
That question is from a district judge exam in New York state, and perhaps unsurprisingly, no one has failed it since 1999. In fact, it's more surprising that someone actually did fail it, because you only need 70 percent correct to pass, and you can retake it as many times as you like. And these small town courts aren't just relegated to the rural areas of New York -- they are everywhere. The scariest part is that three-quarters of the judges appointed to these courts have no legal training whatsoever, and some of them never even finished high school.
But surely these judges only deal with cases involving crop tampering and cattle disputes -- there's no way the government would let them hand down prison sentences, right? Wrong! They handle around 300,000 criminal cases a year, plus millions of minor offenses like misdemeanors and traffic violations, and dole out a heap of jail time. Who's watching over them to make sure they're following procedure? Probably nobody! There is almost no oversight -- in New York state, for instance, the branch responsible for keeping tabs on 1,250 district judges is staffed by only 29 people. See, suddenly all of those "crazy judge hands out wacky sentence" news stories make sense.
"I have no idea, man. I just littered."
Only sometimes it's not so funny. Take the case of Stanley Yusko, a judge in the Catskills who frequently and illegally imprisoned people for months before trial. Or Elaine Rider, who got so confused when a lawyer argued that evidence had been seized illegally that she asked the prosecutor to decide the case for her. Or John Cox, the quarry worker turned judge who had a habit of jailing anyone unable to pay a fine (he only got away with this for 22 years before someone told him to stop, at which point he claimed that it was the first time anyone had told him not to). Want us to keep going? OK, how about Donald Roberts, the former state trooper turned judge who denied a woman a protection order against her husband on the basis that "every woman needs a good pounding now and then."
This is the closest thing to a photo of him that we could find. The piece of shit was finally ejected from office.
Again, we don't want to overstate the problem. We're just saying that when the Scarecrow wantonly sentenced people to death by way of the frozen rivers of Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises, even he was better suited to be a judge than most of these folks.
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Since it doesn't come with a mount, what would I need to mount it to either a Glock or picatinny rail?
Second gun light I've bought today! Put the wallet away! Yes face76, you need a weapon light mount, they are very cheap, I got one on Amazon that fits this 1 inch bezel for like 10 bucks.
How exactly is a flashlight qualified as 'HD'?
they make a rail mount kinda like this one:
but they are not really intending the use of this on handguns. Usually AR15s and the like.
@aidman123: The same way it's qualified as "tactical" :)
.. duh.
@aidman123: Heavy Duty?? HD doesn't always mean High-Def
Does this one actually have the high/low/off switch? The one sold during the last woot-off was supposed to, but it didn't. Not that it matters, but, some people might be buying based on that. Buyer beware, I suppose.
@ganzhimself: It does not have the high/low switch.
I got one of these during the last Woot-Off with the plan to give it as a late Christmas present to a friend if it looked nice. Holy cow, this thing is nice! Very high quality build. It doesn't use the expensive CR123 batteries like some lights this size, but it doesn't give up much in power and the AAA's are a lot easier to find for sure.
It also comes in a great box with foam padding and a magnetic lid. Makes a great gift if you have gun-happy friends like I do.
@brutherford: Any idea why it's rated for 20hrs @ 10%?
Or is it "merchandising speak" that us mere mortals will never grasp? :)
Good deal either way. Love those crenelated bezels!
@dcpotts: That means after 20 hours the light will have decreased by 10%. Batteries don't just die like the bad guys who get shot in the movies. So it will still work after 20 hours but it will be 10% dimmer. Like the bad guys in the movies.
Close. It means after 20 hrs the light is down to 10%. Or 13 lumius.
Does anyone know where this light is made?
@patrickganttbean: the box says it's made in china, where else
@rwrod: Thanks.
For some reason I was reading it as running for 20hrs @ 10% output- like the flashlights with multiple output options, which was confusing as it was a single output level flashlight.
I see my mistake armed with your post, and a bit more careful reading on my part. Thank you sir! (or ma'am)
Tactical flashlights normally have three settings: High, Low, and Strobe. The only things that make this a "tactical" light are the crenelated front, used for gashing faces in self defense, and of course the ability to be gun mounted. 130 Lumens is a respectable rating, but I have a great one that puts out 210, and it cost me 17.99 at a different site.
I've had mine at least a year. It is mounted to a Mossberg 500. I have fired it at least twenty times with the flashlight mounted and it still works well. I've been happy with it. I'm thinking about getting one for the glove box.


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I just installed Ubuntu Server 12.10. I am using openbox and startx for my gui session. I decided not to post in the Ubuntu forum because I felt this issue might be relevant to other distros as well, especially Debian based ones.
I installed
firefox and
flashplugin-installer so I could watch youtube videos. The videos seem like the work fine, however, I seem to be without sound.
I also got
volumeicon-alsa and
alsa-utils but when I run
alsamixer I get:
cannot open mixer: No such file or directory
when I try to run
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volumeicon: alsa_backend.c:86: asound_get_volume: Assertion `m_elem != ((void *))' failed.
I don't mind using something other than alsa if I need to. I would just like to know what packages I need to install to be able to get sound on youtube videos.


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I just came across Bishibosh's remains, which dropped Wirt's Original Leg. For those familiar with Diablo 2, you could combine a Tome of Town Portal with Wirt's Leg to get to the Secret Cow Level. In Diablo 3, does Wirt's Original Leg serve a similar purpose?
Since the secret level and the method of reaching it has been revealed (the recipe requires Wirt's Bell), it seems like Wirt's Original Leg is just an in-joke.
Since it's not an ingredient of the Staff of Herding recipe, and the internet is still silent about its use two days after release (this is an incredibly long time for a Blizzard game), I think it's safe to say at this point that it's just an easter egg, or more likely a red herring, referencing the leg in Diablo 2.
Another fact pointing to its being as an easter egg could be its naming: Wirt's original leg (the one he got before he lost his old one) as opposed to Wirt's leg.
Considering the leg is skeletal its probably his "actual" "Real leg" before he was amputated by Pepin the Healer back in Diablo 1. After its decayed and the flesh rotted away.
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I have recently switched from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.10. I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 and I cleared everything from my computer, but it randomly stops at different screens.
- Only a purple screen comes up.
- I can choose Ubuntu from a list and a blinking white dot appears in the top left corner.
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RILEY COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) -- The Manhattan man accused of beating an Army veteran to death in the Aggieville district in 2011 and raping a 57-year-old woman during her morning jog in 2010 has accepted a plea deal with the state.
Justin Taylor, 25, previously pleaded not guilty to Intentional 2nd Degree Murder. He is charged in the death of 31-year-old Kevin Cockrum, a former Army combat medic, who was brutally beaten in Manhattan's Aggieville district in the early morning hours of August 11, 2011 and died from severe head injuries the next day.
Taylor, a former Kansas State University student who was set to graduate this May, 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.
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Taylor accepted a plea agreement with the State of Kansas and entered a plea of 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 laid out the state's facts in both cases before Riley County District Court Judge Paul Miller, the Chief Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit in Kansas.
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 suspect put his hand over the woman's mouth, she bit his finger and Disney says at that point, she realized that an African American man was attacking her because he was still behind her and she had not seen his face.
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.
When Justin Taylor told the court that he did not contest any of the facts that were presented, Judge Miller said he saw a factual basis for Taylor's pleas and found him guilty in the cases, convicting him of rape and voluntary manslaughter.
Taylor's sentencing has been set for Friday, May 18, 2012 at 9 AM in Riley County District Court. He is being held in the Riley County Jail.
Taylor's attorney, Larry McRell, Chief Public Defender for the North Central Regional Public Defender's Office, had no comment following Tuesday's hearing.
Barry Disney told reporters that a plea agreement had been in the works for the past few weeks: "The charge of Second Degree Intentional Murder was reduced down to Voluntary Manslaughter. The difference between Second Degree Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter is the element of a sudden quarrel and as you heard on the facts, there was a sudden argument that took place in this and we felt that it was appropriate to reduce the homicide charge down from Second Degree Intentional to an intentional murder that was done with a sudden quarrel. I do think that, looking at the facts of the case and putting everything together, that the plea is justified by the facts."
When asked how much time Justin Taylor faces behind bars, Disney said: "I anticipate that with his criminal history, he'll be looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty years."
Disney said the fact that Taylor's DNA was entered into CODIS right after his arrest in the homicide and was then quickly matched to the DNA rape recovered from the rape is the result of the Kansas Attorney General's Office being dedicated to catching up with a backlog in the system.
"In this particular case, the evidence from the rape was there already in the system and as soon as the defendant was arrested for the homicide, the KBI was able to quickly get his DNA into CODIS so that we had a quick hit on him and that's part of the efforts from the Attorney General's Office to make up that back log and we saw some of the results of that here today. What had happened in years past is a person would be arrested and then their DNA from that arrest would not get put into CODIS for a year or six months or something like that but in this case you saw that almost immediately after Taylor was arrested, his DNA was taken and a profile was generated and it was put into CODIS very quickly," he added.


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Dec. 25, 2012 -- New data suggest that we may have turned an important corner in the childhood obesity epidemic.
While rates of obesity and extreme obesity in preschoolers rose from 1998 to 2003, they began to plateau soon thereafter. And childhood obesity rates decreased slightly in 2010.
"We are very encouraged by this data," says study researcher Heidi M. Blanck, PhD, of the CDC in Atlanta. "It's pretty exciting and a nice turning of the tide. But we have to stay vigilant or it will go in the other direction."
Researchers looked at data on 27.5 million children aged 2 to 4 from 1998 to 2010. These children were from 30 states and Washington, D.C. Many were eligible for government assistance.
The rate of child obesity rose from 13.05% in 1998 to 15.21% in 2003. But it fell to 14.94% in 2010.
The rate of extreme child obesity declined from 2.22% in 2003 to 2.07% in 2010, the study shows.
The findings appear in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
What makes the data even more promising is that many of the national initiatives aimed at lowering rates of childhood obesity hadn't been started or were not at full force during most of the study period, Blanck says.
For example, efforts aimed at making it easier for new moms to breastfeed are just now gaining traction. Breastfeeding has been shown to help prevent obesity. There are also new programs that help people on food stamps purchase healthier foods.
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There's also a lot that families can do in their own homes to encourage healthy lifestyles. These include getting more physical activity during the day and less screen time. "Walk the family dog together to get exercise," Blanck says.
Also, get rid of sugary drinks and beverages in the home, and make fruits and vegetables available. "We know that childhood obesity tracks into adulthood, so it's important to make these changes early and maintain them," she says.
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I get clicking sound from our electric water heater as well. it lasts for a while, then stops...then starts again, etc. we recently had technician out who said it needed to be cut back on the setting for temperature, it was set at about 132 degress...he turned it back, I believe to 120 degrees. We bought it in 1996. Only name I see is on the control box, amf paragon? says 50 gal capacity. Is the clicking sound something normal for the process of keeping water supply heated up as it cools down or something? Or could this be a problem due to age. I saw in one reply to someone else that sediment could be built up and needs flushing? I am afraid to mess with it, so wonder how critical something like this is?
For starters, I'd suggest you shut down the heater, drain it completely, and replace both electrodes.
The danger with a water heater this old is that in draining it and dislodging sediment within you could expose small leaks.
At 16 years old, I hate to say it, but you'll probably find it more efficient just to replace it.


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The Top 8 Unintentionally Hilarious Vehicles Ridden Into War
#4. The Japanese I-400 Submarine Was Designed by Wile E. Coyote
As World War II was drawing to a close, Imperial Japan unveiled the Death Star of the sea: the I-400 submarine. Over 40 feet tall and longer than a football field, it housed a 144-person crew and more guns than the state of Texas. It stored enough fuel to circle the entire globe one and a half times and totaled over 13,000 horsepower of propulsion. That all sounds pretty badass, right?
Oh, it was also intended to be an aircraft carrier. One that went underwater. And that the planes wouldn't actually be able to land on.
"We have no idea what we're doing here."
It didn't even have a runway. The hull of the I-400 was expanded to fit three entire aircraft. Because the designers, excited for the opportunity to finally put all their crazy eggs in one basket, decided to house strictly kamikaze planes.
Micro Machines learned so much from Imperial Japan.
Yes, kamikaze. In what was probably the biggest dickhead management decision in history, the Japanese realized they could cut costs on runway space if their pilots exploded instead of landing back on the submarine. Assuming they survived takeoff, which consisted of launching the whole plane from ... wait for it ... an 85-foot catapult that flung them toward the enemy like a giant slingshot.
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"This makes way more sense than just shooting torpedoes at them, right guys?"
#3. The Morane-Saulnier L Was the Master of the Ricochet
The French Morane-Saulnier L was one of the first successful fighter planes made during World War I and was fitted with a forward-facing machine gun -- state-of-the-art tech at the time.
But let us ask you something. You know how on old Red Baron-type fighter planes, the pilot had machine guns right in front of him, and that they seemed to shoot right through the propeller?
Have you ever wondered why the guns didn't just immediately blow the blades off, sending the plane plummeting to the ground? The answer is that they used an interrupter gear, which would precisely time the bullets to pass in between the blades as they spun around. It was kind of ingenious. OK, well, the the Morane-Saulnier L didn't have that.
It opted for a slightly more cartoonish solution -- slap on a piece of metal to deflect bullets safely away from the propeller and definitely not straight into the face of the pilot.
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"Just make sure he wears goggles. And a helmet."
To the surprise of everyone everywhere, it almost worked. The plane somehow managed to shoot down a few German planes while keeping the pilot's skull from getting perforated. Finally, the massive drag from the metal deflectors caused the first Morane-Saulnier L's engine to fail, leading to an emergency landing in German territory. It was probably the best possible outcome.
#2. The Antonov A-40 Tank Plane Was ... Ah, Just Look At It
See? You can condense crazy.
During World War II, the Soviet military was in need of armor to accompany their paratroopers. Seeing as how other nations had managed to put light tanks in proper gliders without a hitch, the Soviet high command decided this would be no problem for their brilliant inventors and gave the project to Oleg Antonov. Antonov saw his orders and promptly ignored both them and common sense and set upon making a flying tank.
And admittedly, this looks simple enough.
The problem is that tanks are heavy. That's one reason you don't see them flying very often. In order to get the tank light enough that the wings could keep it aloft long enough to make it to the battlefield, they had to completely strip it down. It had no armaments or ammunition, it didn't have any headlights (because those are supposedly quite heavy) and it carried a minimal amount of fuel. Basically, it couldn't function as a tank by any definition of the word.
But as far as being a tank-shaped vehicle that could fly, it actually kind of worked. For a test flight, they had another plane tow it into the air, at which point the A-40 glided down to earth and was driven back to base by its test pilot/driver. At which point he apparently said, "OK, let's never fucking do that again," and the program was scrapped.
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#1. The ME 163 Komet Was Perfect for Making Pilots Shit Their Pants
The Nazi-engineered Komet was the first rocket-powered aircraft to ever see use, the first swept-wing fighter plane ever made and the fastest aircraft the world would see for years. Those are the only positive things that can be said about it.
So much of its design time went into attaching needlessly big rockets that the Komet design team forgot literally everything else about flying. For starters, it had no landing gear. Instead, the Komet was shoved on top of a disposable set of wheels during takeoff, which usually ended with the wheels flying up and damaging the aircraft. To land, it used a single spring-loaded skid that would hopefully deploy in time, because rocket-powered planes need the exact same stability as a one-legged skier to land without catastrophe.
The results would have been tragic, had the pilots not been Nazis.
Also, they neglected to equip cockpit pressurization, forcing pilots to constantly fight for consciousness as they screamed through aerial battles at irresponsible speeds. But that wasn't even the Komet's biggest problem. Nor was it the fact that the insane, barely tested rocket fuel mixture used was completely unstable and prone to exploding at any time like Timothy Dalton at the end of The Rocketeer.
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"No pressure, Franz, but I've got 50 marks on you dying in fire today."
No, its biggest problem was that, even if the stars aligned and the Komet didn't immediately wreck itself on takeoff or spontaneously combust seconds after, it was too insanely overpowered to attack any enemies. Its ludicrous rockets made it fly so fast that it had only seconds to aim before blasting miles past enemy fighters.
And the designers filled the Komet with only seven and a half minutes of that crazy unstable rocket fuel, so pilots were expected to take off, find the enemy, stage their attack, get back to base and land safely in under seven and a half minutes (although that last part may have been optional).
The Germans recruited heavily from suicide hotlines.
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Uncanny X-Men #2
"Uncanny X-Men" #2 by Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo delves into the mind and motivations of Emma Frost, before moving the plot towards the new student recruits and the dangers that Cyclops' team must face to keep them.
|March 4th, 2013
Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1
The Marvel NOW hype machine finally unleashes the new adventures of Rocket Raccoon and his band of adventurers from Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven with "Guardians of the Galaxy" # 0.1.
|February 27th, 2013
Powers: Bureau #1
Deena Pilgrim and Christian Walker are back and they've been promoted to Federal Agents in Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's relaunched "Powers" series -- "Powers: Bureau" #1.
|February 14th, 2013
Uncanny X-Men #1
Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo take readers behind the scenes of the new mutant rebellion as Cyclops continues to build his team and a mysterious figure feeds S.H.I.E.L.D all his secrets in "Uncanny X-Men" #1.
|February 14th, 2013
All-New X-Men #7
Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez's "All-New X-Men" #7 finds Mystique seizing the opportunity to make the X-Men more confused than ever by playing games with a naïve Scott Summers, while Scott digs up the past of his future.
|February 11th, 2013
Scarlet #6
In "Scarlet" #6 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, Scarlet begins her violent revolution, starting with Portland.
|February 11th, 2013
Daredevil: End of Days #5
"Daredevil: End of Days" #5 continues Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Klaus Janson, and Bill Sienkiewicz's exploration of Daredevil's supporting cast, and it's their visit to the Punisher that ultimately sings.
|February 7th, 2013
All-New X-Men #6
The "All-New X-Men" cast adjust to living in the present, and becomes the target of a classic X-Men foe in an issue by Brian Michael Bendis and incoming artist David Marquez.
|January 18th, 2013
Daredevil: End of Days #4
Brian Bendis, David Mack and a host of artists continue Ben Urich's investigation into the world Daredevil left behind in "Daredevil: End of Days" #4
|January 7th, 2013
All-New X-Men #5
Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen's "All-New X-Men" #5 begins to explore what this book is really going to be about and how it's going to work -- and it's pretty damn intriguing.
|January 4th, 2013
All-New X-Men #4
"All-New X-Men" #4 puts Cyclops the current against Cyclops the once-was courtesy of Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen.
|December 18th, 2012
All-New X-Men #3
"All-New X-Men" #3 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen is a clunky continuation of a strong debut. As characters struggle with each other, the reader struggles with bad dialogue and prolonged, predictable action.
|December 4th, 2012
New Avengers #34
Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato wrap up the series in "New Avengers" #34, closing out the adventures of Bendis' New Avengers in anticipation of Marvel NOW!
|December 3rd, 2012
All-New X-Men #2
The original five "young" X-Men have been jaunted by a dying Beast to the present in a last ditch attempt to change recent horrifying events in this stellar second issue of "All-New X-Men" by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen.
|November 28th, 2012
Avengers #34
"Avengers #34" by Brian Bendis and a host of guest artists concludes the writer's controversial eight-year run on the central title of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
|November 23rd, 2012
All-New X-Men #1
Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen serve up "All-New X-Men" #1 with a story that is entertaining, but doesn't necessarily feel all-new as we watch new mutants get recruited by the "bad guys."
|November 13th, 2012
Avengers #33
Brian Michael Bendis is joined by Terry and Rachel Dodson to present the penultimate issue of this volume "Avengers" #33.
|November 9th, 2012
Daredevil: End of Days #2
"Daredevil: End of Days" #2 from Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Klaus Janson, and Bill Sienkiewicz sends Ben Urich further down the path into this murky mystery.
|November 8th, 2012
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #16.1
Brian Bendis and David Marquez the first ever Ultimate point one issue in "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #16.1, as Betty Brant asks (and answers) the question: "Who is the new Spider-Man?"
|November 2nd, 2012
Avengers #32
Brian Michael Bendis, Brandon Peterson, and Mike Mayhew provide a reunion of sorts in "Avengers" #32 for the beginning of the end of Bendis' run.
|October 29th, 2012
Avengers Assemble #8
Following the "Guardians of the Galaxy announcement at New York Comic Con, Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley conclude their team-up tale featuring the Guardians and the Avengers in "Avengers Assemble" #8.
|October 22nd, 2012
Marvel NOW! Point One #1
With stories created by comic talents like Jamie McKelvie, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, and Ed McGuiness, "Marvel NOW! Point One" #1 features some fun stories with characters like Loki, Ant-Man, Star-Lord and Nova.
|October 19th, 2012
Avengers #31
: The end of Brian Michael Bendis' redefining work for the Avengers brand begins with a good, but quick read in the pages of "Avengers" #31.
|October 15th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #12
Jason Aaron and Andy Kubert bring "Avengers Vs. X-Men" home with this final issue of Marvel's big showdown summer event.
|October 3rd, 2012
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #15
In times of real trouble for the United States, "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" sees Miles considering joining the biggest heroes around: The Ultimates.
|September 24th, 2012
Avengers #30
Brian Michael Bendis and Walter Simonson tackle Hawkeye and Spider-Woman's relationship woes in "Avengers" #30.
|September 24th, 2012
Spider-Men #5
The finale for "Spider-Men" travels between dimensions and opens up a realm of possibilities for further adventures to be shared by Miles Morales and Peter Parker.
|September 20th, 2012
New Avengers #30
While transporting Emma Frost to prison following her Phoenix-depowering in "AvX," one Avenger makes a shocking decision in "New Avengers" #30.
|September 17th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #11
Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel wind down "Avengers vs. X-Men" with a character death that readers have predicted for months, and a closing moment that is also a wee bit predictable and overdue.
|September 12th, 2012
Daredevil: End of Days #1
Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack, Klaus Janson and Bill Sienkiewicz open the story of Daredevil's final days in masterful fashion with "Daredevil: End of Days" #1.
|September 11th, 2012
Spider-Men #4
Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli deliver some of the best scenes yet in "Spider-Men" #4 as Peter Parker and Miles Morales meet up with some familiar faces from the past.
|August 13th, 2012
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #13
This is the first time Brian Michael Bendis' "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" feels like it belongs to the Ultimate Universe, but Bendis but ties it together effortlessly, keeping the soul of Miles Morales' book intact.
|August 6th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #9
In "Avengers Vs. X-Men" #9, Spider-Man and a contingent of Avengers face the X-Men and teach the Phoenix Four a lesson or two about power and responsibility.
|August 1st, 2012
Avengers #28
Red Hulk takes on the X-Men in "Avengers" #28 -- he can't win (otherwise the crossover would come to an abrupt end), but how much damage can he do before Marvel's merry mutants stop him?
|July 30th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #8
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #8 features Namor going all Phoenix-powered Imperius Rex all over Wakanda, pitting the Avengers against just one of the Phoenix Five with near disastrous results.
|July 19th, 2012
Spider-Men #3
"Spider-Men" #3 demonstrates the incredible handle Brian Michael Bendis has on both Spideys, bolstered by Sara Pichelli's stunning artwork.
|July 16th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #7
There's enough to entertain, but "Avengers vs. X-Men" #7 is a reminder that this event doesn't need 12 issues.
|July 5th, 2012
Spider-Men #2
Mysterio takes on two Spider-Men and Nick Fury makes an appearance, too. All of this gives the reader a chance to enjoy a great story.
|June 29th, 2012
New Avengers #27
In "New Avengers" #27, the connection between the Phoenix and the Iron Fist has something to do with -- Spider-Man?!
|June 25th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #6
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #6 follows up on the Phoenix Five and the changes they've made to the global status quo.
|June 21st, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #5
"Avengers Vs. X-Men" #5 takes Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel's Merry Mutants to the moon for another brawl.
|June 7th, 2012
Powers #10
The killer of the Golden Ones is revealed, and Damocles' mother is not pleased. In fact, she's seeking revenge on all of mankind.
|June 4th, 2012
Spider-Men #1
"Spider-Men" #1 brings the Marvel Universe's Peter Parker and the Ultimate Universe's Miles Morales together for the first time.
|June 1st, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #4
Ding! Round 4 of "Avengers Vs. X-Men" takes the teams to the four corners of the globe to beat the snot out of each other.
|May 17th, 2012
Avengers Assemble #3
After unprecedented theatrical success, the cast of "The Avengers" movie assembles in "Avengers Assemble" #3 to take on the Zodiac. No popcorn required.
|May 11th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #3
"Avengers vs. X-Men" #3 sets up a series of upcoming fights, but don't worry -- you've also got a fight scene this issue too.
|May 3rd, 2012
New Avengers #26
Master Yu Ti is visited by dreams of a cosmic firebird as "New Avengers" explores the relationship between K'un L'un and the Phoenix Force.
|April 30th, 2012
Avengers #25
Now that "Avengers Vs. X-Men" is in high gear, "Avengers" #25 continues the trend of event tie-in stories.
|April 18th, 2012
Avengers Vs. X-Men #1
Things start off intense and amplify quickly in this first issue of Marvel's hottest new event crossover.
|April 4th, 2012
Avengers #24.1
The Vision gets center stage in this "Point One" issue as we learn a little more about his struggles to rejoin the Avengers.
|March 29th, 2012


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When it comes to your Nittany Lions, you can get quite ruthless and competitive on game day. Deep down, you have a more feminine side that loves to dress up her tough game day ensemble with a dash of Penn State pizzazz! Add some glitz to your outfit with this Hoop and Circle rhinestone necklace featuring a round team-colored logo charm surrounded by rhinestones and a large outside hoop. It's the perfect final touch of stylish PSU flair that will show off the softer side of your fierce team pride!
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I am looking for academic research that investigates how frequently Set as wallpaper and Delete functions are used in image viewer applications on mobile devices (to defend their inclusion in a list of essential features in a reduced feature set). I have tried searching on Google Scholar but haven't found anything. What resources/statistics are available for feature-related studies on mobile devices?
Circa 2008, Google Chrome had a much-discussed feature request over whether "Set as desktop background" should be in the context menu.
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Custom Paint Job - … Go Mad With A NomadWritten by on August 1, 2011
We've all seen the signs. Crazy paint is making a comeback. So who better than us to show you how to do it? This isn't a step-by-step paint how-to, as we've covered that before and will be showing you again shortly with the Purple Pig project '49 Chevy. No, here we're going to concentrate on the effects you can lay over that fresh paint (or even old paint in good condition). Lace, cobwebs, fades, ribbons, all that good ol' stuff.
Jerry Aggus was going to paint his Nomad himself as he'd done all the work so far in his home garage, but ultimately turned it over to Starlite Rod & Kustom after he saw the paintwork they laid recently on a number of cars. With a design rendering by David Garcia/DA Designs, several rolls of masking tape, and innumerable hours later, the Chevy was complete with lace, fogging, fades, ribbons, cobwebs, panel paint, and pinstriping, all sealed under several coats of clear. With pearl, candy, and 'flake used, the mainly magenta '55 will make a grab for the retinas of anyone standing too close once the sun hits it.
Just be aware of the time and labor intensity a job like this can eat up if you plan on tackling your own project. However, the end result is definitely worth the work invested. Here's how to do it—now go to work …
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Starlight Rod & Kustom goes to great lengths to ensure their customers are happy and make sure they gets what they want. Here's a rendering by David Garcia at DA Designs of the basic designs that will be laid on the Nomad. As the roof section will have extensive work done, Garcia added a separate detailed panel. It's good to have a grasp on what you're doing before you head into the booth with a 12 pack and some tape!While patterns and styles are being decided on, the car was sanded for a final time and primed, as well as getting jambed. This step of jambing makes or breaks cars. The color used is a magenta pearl that was decided on way earlier so the guys could get the groundwork laid.Jambing doesn't end at the doors; it must be followed throughout the vehicle so when you actually go to paint it shows all the way through.Here are the styles we'll be working with: candies, 'flake base, fades, ribboning, and paneling. It's a good idea to do test panels on scrap sheetmetal to make sure the colors and styles jive together.These are a couple other styles we will be dealing with: cobwebbing with fades on the left and on the right, lacing with the cobwebbing over with a fade.A silver base was laid out and the metalflake was shot in stages to give 100 percent coverage on the roof. The silver base helps fill in the silver 'flake fill. After the 'flake is shot it needs a couple more coats of clear and is set aside for a week to cure before sanding smooth with 600 grit.Masking tape, or specifically the right type for each section of the job, is an important consideration. From left to right: cheap 2- and 1-inch regular masking tape. This stuff isn't good for edges or really any type of heavy paintwork as solvents penetrate the adhesive qualities, leave residue and might peel underlying paint. Green 3M 1 inch is great for all the masking; it sticks just fine and the solvents don't penetrate it. X-ACTO blades or razors are needed for clean cuts. The white is a foam tape that goes into all the door, hood, and trunk seams keeping overspray out of the jambs. Finally we have ol' blue—an 1/8-inch fine-line tape found at your local paint store. This is used for design and tight bends to lay out the patterns.
After masking, Chris and Jack look after the final details in the tape and use a wax and grease remover to prep the car for the base paint.Once everything has been inspected and has been wiped down twice, the doors are closed to the booth and the tack cloths come out for final wipe down.Jack is suited in his Sunday best while he sprays down the base color pearl for the bottom of the Nomad.After the lower portion of the body has been sprayed with pearl and mid-clear the top is uncovered and it's time to lay out the patterns. Using the original body lines on the roof of the Nomad they start by laying out the horizontal bars in cheap tape to get it roughed in for the fine line.The very basic lines are laid out and agreed upon first, then out comes the fine-line 1/8-inch vinyl tape to start masking for real.The blue tape is used as the border for the panels and the tan masking is just a straight guide to go by. The panels are laid across the entire roof and all bends are done by hand.The renderings are very helpful when doing a job like this. It's easy to get lost in the confusion of the lines. Here Jack and the boys figure out what size the center panels should be.A centerline was pulled down the entire roof—and it was decided that 8 3/4 inches on each side would look just right to make a total panel width of 17 1/2 inches, just a little larger than the side panels.
All the tan masking is traced in blue before the tan tape is removed. The front panels were measured from the center stripes Jack laid and then freehanded. The roof is now ready for the final masking.The final mask around is done in green tape and Jack lays out the ribbon masking that is on the outer panels in a fade. They will remain silver. This is done all freehand and is an art. Practice makes perfect.When the ribboning is done the roof gets masked off in its entirety except for the center, which will be laced. The lace is laid down on the top, pulled semi-tight, and then taped in place. Jack works from the center out to keep from botching what he has already done. Here he lays down the first coats of candy in the center. It's a fade of lace, so he starts with a detail gun with a wide pattern and gets the fade he wants by building up material. He then comes at it with a tighter pattern on the gun to get the edges darkened down.The lace is pulled when dry now and you can start to see the final product of the fade. The sides are unmasked and are ready for their treatment.Once the center has dried, it can be then masked as well as the front panels. They will be getting an entirely new treatment.The unmasked roof is then sprayed with 10 coats of candy building up the pigment and fading it to the edges. The candy builds pigment with each pass of the gun.Here the roof has been masked off and now it's cobweb time. The technique is done by having non-reduced paint shot at low pressure. It comes out like Silly String. Do a few tests on paper for your desired effect. This is then shot over with more candy to fade in the panels.
Pictured are the final effects of the cobwebbing and ribboning. The webbing is subtle in the fade but at the same time contrasts the rest of the roof.Once the roof was done it was time to cover it and get to masking on the bottom for the fade job. The guys put all the trim onto the car and used it as a guide for the fades and panels on the bottom, then masked them out.It takes a lot to build up the fades; it isn't a one-shot deal. There are 10 passes with the gun over the tape-outs to get the desired fade and effect. Jack went around the car fading out the tape lines into the body with different spray patterns on the gun, going from a wide to a tight fan.When the car has had time to sit and before the clear is shot, Malex gets down and outlines all the panels to give it a floating pinstripe effect .


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The Hon. Garrett Edward Brown, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, will deliver the 29th Annual Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub Lecture on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. Judge Brown will present "Methods of Dispute Resolution." The lecture, sponsored by the law school and its Alumni Association, will begin at 6 pm.
Judge Brown was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan and was sworn in on January 31, 1986. Chief Judge since 2005, he has announced that he will step down from that position in January 2012.
A graduate of Lafayette College and Duke University School of Law, Judge Brown began his legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Vincent S. Haneman of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was with the U.S. Attorney's office, District of New Jersey, from 1969 until 1973, then practiced with Stryker, Tams and Dill LLP. From 1983-1985 he served as general counsel for the U.S. Government Printing Office. Judge Brown was appointed chief counsel for the U.S. Maritime Administration in 1983 and in 1985 was named Acting Maritime Administrator.
Pre-registration for the lecture is required.
|Hon. Garrett E. Brown, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
|The 29th Annual Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub Lecture on "Methods of Dispute Resolution"
|Reception: 5:30 pm, Lecture: 6 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2011
|Baker Trial Courtroom, Rutgers School of Law–Newark


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Enrichment programs and after-school activities are usually the first to be affected by budget cuts. If your child is involved in one, ask the coach or leader if she needs any help. It will give you a chance to spend time with your child and her friends, and you'll be lending valuable help to programs that really need it.
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Guess I'll start it off..
''Citing league sources, Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com reports "at least" three teams, including the Redskins, Dolphins, and Seahawks, are "strongly considering" a blockbuster trade with the Rams to draft Robert Griffin III at No. 2 overall.
Team sources also tell Freeman that the Browns have interest in trading up, "though not as much as the other teams." While the Dolphins are interested "despite their Matt Flynn infatuation," the Redskins "remain the front-runners." Team officials label the Seahawks the "sleeper team" hindered by the prohibitive cost of trading up from twelfth to second. The three teams reportedly view RGIII as a "close facsimile" to Andrew Luck in terms of NFL potential..
Well, I know were all kinda debating back and forth on whether he's worth it or not, but, if were gonna do it,{and its not Luck} then Id like to do it for him..I'am willing as a fan, to take the risk on a guy with such physical, intellectual, and supremely confident potential..
I figured these rumors will start pouring in on us moving up so might as well start a thread..
p.s..''Twelfth''....Funny word..