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National Dialogue on the Curriculum of Readiness for the 21st Century Librarian
ALA Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday June 28, 2005
Summit Opening
Jose Aponte: Good morning, and welcome everyone! My name is Jose Aponte. I'm the Director of the San Diego County Library, and it truly a pleasure to be here this morning. Myself, and Clara Chu will try to keep this together over the course of the day. I'll let Clara introduce herself, and then we'll start kicking this thing right off here.
Clara Chu: Good morning and it's wonderful to be here! I'm Clara Chu, an Associate Professor of the UCLA Department of Information Studies. I hope you're here to work and learn, and get ready to act and make things happen in our library schools, as well as out there in the profession.
Jose Aponte: I'm intrigued by my involvement as a practitioner, and now having been in a library school over 30 years. I'm glad I'm here, and I know that the insight that it will bring, will be a little different. I want to start with what I've been studying lately is, "Urban Theory."
Richard Florida talks about three tenants to successful urban development. He talks about talent, which we'll spend a lot of time on today. The people, the most important part of any organization, and of course any of our governmental organizations. He talks about technology. We should spend some time on that; it's three "T's" and finally tolerance, active inclusion in the workplace.
I think it's paramount that while our education systems put together these schools for the future, our professionals for the future, that they keep in mind what it is that we're trying to do when they get out, and that is to create a place where we respect talent. We let talent nurture; we open, we release it, active inclusion in our environment, for both the staff and the public.
Then finally, technology, the key, the key to a more efficient and effective workforce, and multiplicity of challenges that we have in front of us, in terms of service.
Without further adieu, let me introduce Carol Brey-Casiano, the ALA President. She has done an outstanding job. She's been busy. I've seen her from the beginning, and now I'm closing the conference with her, Carol Brey-Casiano, our President.
Audience: [applause]
Carol Brey-Casiano: Good morning everyone, it's such a pleasure to be with you today! I wish I could stay for the whole program, it looks like just a dynamite day that you have ahead of you. Unfortunately, I have to go and lead the council meeting this morning, I'm sure you feel for me. I will be doing that, while you are enjoying some wonderful speakers today.
I just wanted to make a few remarks, based on what it is I know you'll be discussing. I'm so excited about this topic, because I have taught as an Adjunct Professor for several library programs. It's so interesting to me, the comments that students make sometimes.
Particularly, one of my more recent jobs as an Adjunct Professor, I had someone come up to me and say, "It's so wonderful that you're a real librarian," and I thought about that. I said, "Well, what do you mean?" The student said, "Well, because you're out there in the field. You bring us stories about what's happening everyday, and that is really important to us to understand, where libraries are going today."
I think that is probably the thing that I would want to keep in mind throughout this day, is how do we make ourselves appear to be real librarians to library school and information professionals, to students today in this field? So that they know that we too are connected to our profession, and we care as much as they do about helping them to be successful in the future.
The other thing I have been very conscious of, I think particularly during my year as President, is the rapid graying of our profession -- I cover mine up. [laughs] Only my hairdresser knows for sure. The fact that our statistics are showing right now, that 50% of our librarians are due to retire within the next 15 years. I'm certainly thinking about that -- I don't know about the rest of you.
Although, of course most of us don't really retire, we just go on to other things. That's the other thing that we learned from the futurist at my President's Program on Sunday. I do think that we need to be conscious of continually recruiting people to our profession, mentoring them, and helping them to be effective librarians.
Not only that, but the other issue that was raised for me during my Presidential year, and one I've been aware of for some time of course, is the importance of creating a diverse group of students. That we have people of color reflected in our libraries and in our schools. That we have a diverse workforce, and that we reflect our communities in our libraries.
It was so tragic for me when the Clark Atlanta University Library School was threatened with closure. You all probably know that story. We went there and I actually did get the opportunity to talk to the President of the University. If you've heard this story before, forgive me. I'll try to make it as quick as I can.
I was nose to nose with this President. We were exactly the same height, and I kept kind of trying to make myself taller, so I could look down at him. He said, "We've already said our piece to ALA, and we don't really have any reason for you to appear before the Board and state your case."
I said, "You have not heard from me, and I really believe I should have the opportunity, as the President of Ala, to address the Board of the Clark Atlanta University." So we weren't allowed to do that. I had already been talking with Laura Clark, our Press Officer about what we would do if we were told, "No, we can't go to the Board meeting."
I said "Laura," I want to be standing outside the door of the Board meeting with a TV camera on me saying, "I'm out here to speak to the Board, and they will not allow me in. We want to talk about the importance of this school to our profession," and that's exactly what happened.
Not only that, but we had students and faculty picketing outside. We had television cameras from all over Atlanta, as well as newspaper and other reporters. It really did draw a lot of attention to the school, and to the plight of that library school.
Of course, as you know one of the reasons why that was so tragic is that library school was one of only two in historically Black universities, and graduated I believe at that time the highest level of African American librarians. So that is a tragic thing for us as a profession.
However, I do understand that there's a bright spot on the horizon. Dr. [indecipherable], who has been working so hard to keep that school open, and keep that presence going, has been talking with, I believe it's North Carolina State, which is another historically Black university that has an accredited library school program.
They are working to see if they can bring a presence to Atlanta, some sort of extension program to Atlanta. So there will continue to be that Atlanta presence, because you know that many library school students go where they can geographically, where it's convenient for them.
We're doing more and more with distance learning, but still many want to go to a school that's close to them. So I think that is turning into hopefully a success story, a difficult situation that we're turning around.
So, all of these issues have made me realize how critical it is that we think about the future of our profession; what is it that we're teaching our students? How are we preparing them for our profession? How are we recruiting them, so that we know that our profession will remain vital? Libraries our vital to our society, and will continue to be so, and it is so important that the people who work in our libraries are also able to meet the challenges of the future.
So I applaud you in what you are doing today. I wish you the very best, and again, I apologize for not being able to be with you, but I know that you will have a successful day. Thank you so much for inviting me to be with you this morning.
Jose Aponte: Thank you, Carol. Carol, you have been on the road. That is for sure, I tell you. She's one of the few people that makes me look like I'm standing still.
Our next invitee is Mary Chute. Mary is the deputy director of the Institute of Museums and Library Services, and I've had the pleasure to work with her in the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. And Mary and the whole crew at the IMLS has brought forth the whole notion of values, creating public value, the idea that yes, we need to look at outcomes, that we are not here to serve ourselves, we are here to serve the other, the citizens, the residents of our communities.
And Mary, what they've done at IMLS, this whole outcomes-based evaluation is, I think, critical to our success going forward in the real world of municipalities and county. Mary Chute, welcome.
Mary Chute: Thank you, and good morning. This is just a brief welcome on behalf of Dr. Robert Martin, and the rest of the staff at IMLS. We're going to have at least one, if not two participants throughout the day. Stephanie Clark, who's one of our program officers for the Librarians for the Twenty-First Century, is already here, and I believe that Elena Norrland will also be joining you a little later.
It is a great pleasure to be here. I love this kind of dialog and conversation that really gets at the heart of what are people getting on the receiving end. And I, like Carol, wish I could stay for the whole day, but I'm not going to be able to -- just for awhile this morning. So thanks so much. It is a pleasure and an honor to be here as one of the welcomers.
I'm sure that everybody in this room knows that Librarians for the Twenty-First Century is probably the newest major program at IMLS, and it's one that we have gotten so much energy from in the process of shaping it. Those early discussions, the key message that came through was one of diversity, of how we shape who are going to be the right people to be in this profession, meeting the needs of our increasingly diverse populations.
And no matter what we talked about, whether it was that on-ramp to the profession, whether it was the doctoral students, whether it was the master's level students, that need for a vast diversity in the people on the one side of the desk meeting the needs of the others was always a key topic.
When Stephanie and I were talking yesterday, I said, "Well, I'm going to make brief welcoming remarks. What do I need to say?" And she said, "I'm not sure exactly how much we're supposed to talk about the peer review process," but there was a comment that came out when we looked at this proposal that I think is meaningful as I listened to the energy in the room this morning.
She said the comment was made by one of the reviewers that for this particular proposal, the passion came through, and that the proposal for this project was a shining example. There was a passion behind it, a belief in what it was all about, and real seed for a dialog that I know will continue today, and I wish you all luck. I'm really eager to hear the outcomes of today's conversation, and thanks again for having me here.
Clara Chu: It's my pleasure to introduce the next speaker, and Louise Robbins is going to give us a welcome. She's the president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, and also dean of the program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Louise?
Louise Robbins: Actually, Clara, I am relieved to say I am now the past president of ALISE. Though having been president for two years, I thought perhaps I might be president forever.
But I greet you today on behalf of library educators, especially the Association for Library and Information Science Education. And I would encourage you, if you do have any time during whatever breaks we have today, to sprint upstairs and see the brand new library education pavilion.
This is the first time there's ever been such in the exhibits. It was a project of ALISE, and you will see more than, I would say, probably about forty of the schools represented, either in a joint booth or an individual booth. And this has been a really good experience for us, and I think you will find that it will continue. I certainly hope so.
In the last several years, there's been considerable controversy -- or perhaps I should say concern -- surrounding the kind of preparation that your future colleagues are receiving. The concerns have ranged from a perceived slighting of the library in favor of the information science side of library and information science, to the shortage of cataloguers and children's and young adult librarians, to anguish over the closing of the historic Clark Atlanta University program.
Some of the concerns pertain to an apparent failure of programs to turn out enough people with up-to-date political skills, among others needed, to fill more traditional public library positions as librarians retire.
Others pertain to the availability of programs to satisfy the need for subject specialists and research libraries, as those librarians retire, or for digital librarians with new skill-sets, or rare books librarians with any background in book history, or who can instruct, or especially librarians whose diversity reflects a population we serve. And the list goes on, and on, and on.
Change in the library world has been rapid and dramatic, and change in the LIS education world -- although sometimes people say change in the university is kind of like turning a battleship -- so it takes a long time, and it's really hard to do, but change in the LIS education world has been rapid and dramatic as well, although at some times in different ways.
I became director of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. During that less than ten year period, every other ALA-accredited program that I can think of has changed leadership at least once, and sometimes twice. That's a different kind of picture, a different kind of landscape than the previous ten years, where there was a great deal of stability.
LIS educators, like librarians, have retired or are retiring in large numbers, leaving programs like libraries looking for faculty members with appropriate skill-sets and research and teaching orientations. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, just maybe some of you remember these names. If names like Charles Bunge, and Douglas Zweizig, and Diane Hopkins mean anything to you, you'll understand the kind of gaps we've been trying to fill.
We lost something like 300 years of teaching in less than ten years' time -- and research, I should add. But we've been trying to fill these kinds of gaps, and we've been trying to fill those kinds of gaps in a different kind of fiscal climate; a climate in which we have needed to seek funding beyond our universities.
So this has changed the pool of faculty from which we draw and has made hiring faculty to match the needs of the profession and the academy challenging. Somebody commented that we were competing with Henry Winkler. And if I'd thought about that, I'd have done, I'd have acted out sort of what this is like.
It's kind of like...you know, in the circus? There is that person that has one foot on the back of one horse and a foot on the back of the other horse and they are galloping around the ring juggling.
[audience laughter]
Well, that's what the role of library educators, at least leadership, is like now. You ride with one foot on the back of the academy horse and one foot on the back of the practice horse and then you try to do funding and employment and distance ed and in-person ed and doctoral education; do I offer them and undergraduate degree? And...
[audience applause]
...at the same time. I am not Henry Winkler, but I'm practicing.
[audience laughter]
There was a recent email discussion in which I participated centered on whose responsibility it is to see that we, LIS educators have a curriculum of readiness for the 21st century. Is it the committee on accreditations? LES's? The universities? The practitioners?
My answer is that it is all of us and we better get to work. COA must comply with its mandate which has legal limits and important procedural safeguards. LESs is a membership organization which has only bully-pulpit power and the ability to issue statements and resolutions and the highlight issues through conference themes. Those are all good things. But, they lack whip power.
It can also address leadership issues to a certain extent. The universities have many different relationships with the programs within their purviews. Witness the remarkable growth of the University of Washington under Mike Eisenberg and the terrible closing of Clark Atlanta's Universities programs. Situations vary and investments vary.
In my opinion, practitioners can have a significant influence on that investment by the university and at the same time help insure that the program nearest and dearest to your heart prepares colleagues with whom you would be proud to work. I don't necessarily mean the program from which you graduated. Though [cough] those of you who graduated from Wisconsin, I certainly assume that we are the one nearest and dearest to your heart. If we aren't, you better see me after this meeting so I can change that.
You can do that by providing feedback and prodding to your program through hosting fieldwork, volunteering to guest lecture and as Carol mentioned lecturing as an adjunct if you feel that you have an interest in and a gift for teaching. Find out what is going on. Drop in. Come even if you are not invited. If you are not invited, maybe you especially ought to come.
Tell people what you think about the last graduate you hired. Be a goad. And if you don't see the director and at least some of the members of the faculty of your program at the venues you think are important, invite them. Challenge them to attend and participate. Insist that they take their roles as leaders seriously and be visible champions of the cause.
Today, I hope you will create a message to that leadership that I can carry with other faculty and members that I see here to ALES.
Thank you very much.
[audience applause]
Clara Chu: Talk about leadership, inspiration and passion and that is Tracie Hall. She has created that seed that brought us all here today and it's my pleasure to have her come and give a welcome.
[audience applause]
Tracie Hall: I was the one that gave you a horse yell for the University of Washington because that's my alma mater and I was leaving just as Mike Eisenberg was coming. I think he was there for probably a semester or so. He really has just catalyzed that school and makes many of us who graduated feel very proud to be alumni. I really want to commend him.
For me, real need must and should inform right practice. Right practice must be informed by right and resonant pedagogy. It's very simple. That is why we needed you all here today.
As we work to insure that we can build and that we do build a curriculum of readiness for the 21st century and a program that the Office for Diversity hosted yesterday with the International Relations Office. Bob Mackey of Phillips said that a committee or a group of 60 is the exact number of people needed to change the world and move the world in a particular direction. There are more than 60 people in this room and I for one expect nothing less of this group.
[long pause]
I have a lot of things written down here but I think the most important thing is when we propose the grant that Mary alluded to, Fry-Moless, which also should be commended for their tremendous work in this area. Really, I knew that the grant would be hollow if we did not build in a place for us all to come together. So much has changed and so much is changing. And change is not the enemy.
But schisms and violence, lack of communication; those are things that are not friends to change; to real and good and right change I should say. So, all I can say, and those of you who know me, know that my biggest, biggest area of weakness, and I admit to everybody that I am not very interested in just talk. I am not at all process oriented. I think I learned that I needed to be at ALA to learn that.
[audience laughter]
So, I'm hoping that our conversation today and I'm hoping that everyone came here actually to work and not just to listen to what people are saying because the real way this will really happen is at the tables, at the people; when we all begin to talk together.
But I hope, I don't know, I entreat each of us; please. Let's not look at this as just a white paper that is produced. Please, let's not. We can't afford it. We really can't afford it. Let's please make something real happen out of this. All the right people are in the room.
So I just want to thank the planning committee, Jose Aponte, Carlene Barnett, Clara Chu, Martha Hill, Michael Havener, Rhea Brown Lawson, Bharat Mehra, Louise Robbins and Allison Sutton. Because from our initial conversation, and of course the staff of the Office for Diversity, Wendy Prellwitz and Lee McQueen, because in our conversation there was so much electricity and I hope that each of you knows that when you entered this room, it was already charged with hope.
And so we are here today. Thank you.
[audience applause]


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The Pram in the HallBy Shane Jones
One of the most popular quotations about creativity and parenthood is Cyril Connolly's: "There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall." This aphorism, snobbish in its dismissal of human distraction, has been passed down through generations of artists as a black warning banner—Have Children, Be Creatively Screwed Forever.
Having a child isn't easy, of course. When my son, Julian, was born sixteen months ago, I became intimately acquainted with sleep deprivation and time constraints. The third night after we'd brought him home, I remember being in bed, so mentally and physically exhausted that when I looked up at where the ceiling and the wall met, I saw the seam crack open, revealing a horizon of white light and red lava.
I slept in naps, and although I found the first several months to be brutal and strange and basically a new realm of reality, my role as a father worked as a kind of energizer. The pram in the hall was no "somber enemy"—rather, because I was baggy-eyed, vein-drenched in coffee, and blindly stepping into the new world of fatherhood, producing work had never felt more important to me. I was creatively explosive, if a little loose and wild. I can't remember showering or looking in the mirror for weeks. Given the sudden constrains on my time, the pockets in which I could work were like mines where I hacked away with a speed I've never experienced before, discovering and polishing work.
What's been most difficult, really, is balancing the weird mix of father and writer online, where the community I know is mostly childless. This online world, which I love and cherish, is also detached and ironic and so image-based that being a dad doesn't seem to fit. To age out, a writer must pass through three stages: First, you turn thirty, thus becoming "online old." Second, you get married. Third, you have a child. I've done all three, and now I'm having to define myself online: Am I a writer or a dad or a husband? Can I be all three? Read More

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I work at www.ectomuscle.co.uk and we recently released the Fighter V-Packs (30 day supply of 6 key supplements in dosages suitable for a fighter to promote recovery, strength, energy and endurance & mental performance).
The packs are being really well received as we also tried to keep the price affordable for the large value and quantity in the packs.
I would be really interested to hear what new products / packs / innovations you would all like to see developed for fighters and the MMA community?
An example we got recently from a loyal customer was the Fighter V-Packs combined with a months supply of protein and BCAA to give a complete solution with a price of around £100 which we are looking at.


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radixregistry.com is coming up with a set of amazing new TLD's very soon
TLD's like .image , .hosting , .web , .city .host , .chat , .store , .baby and many more..
Do you think any of them would be able to replace the .COM or .NET I do not think but they would have some growth in a specific industry IMO...like every city would have their own websites like mumbai.city , goa.city etc...
Im really impatient to get my hands on few of them as soon as the launch!!
I'm sure I've seen people using some already. Personally, I have no interest in them, though. I assume they will be expensive, and I doubt they will ever trump .com and the like.
We haven't seen a huge explosion of people using .biz, .info, .me or any of the other more recent TLDs, so I don't see why it would be any different next time round. Sure, there are some people using them, but compared with .com and country-specific TLDs they are very much in a minority.
.me is a country specific TLD - it belongs to Montenegro.
.com is going to rule for many more years to come.I dont think any new or old domain is going to make any change
So is .tv, but that one seems to have been used quite a bit. It appears to be a nice source of revenue for small states that could use some revenue and that have plenty of names to spare. There are some others like this, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
With Tuvala I remember reading about that the island is actually sinking and so may not exist in a few years time. Presumably if they disappear then they will no longer be entitled to a top level domain for their drowned country and .tv will be cancelled.
As for others - .fm from Federation of Micronesia, .tk from Tokelau, .cc from Cocos/Keeling Islands and .cx from Christmas Island are ones that get a lot of use by people outside of the country and who therefore are reliant on that country not deciding to repurpose their TLD at some point.
Yes, a grim prospect indeed, although technically it will still exist ... just under the water. :shifty: Perhaps that might open the gates for other TLDs, based on places like Atlantis ... although .al and .atl are taken already.[/ot]
Unlikely. There's a whole process to go through yet for these TLDs and the definition of "soon" may vary. There will be a lot of hosters claiming to pre-book domains in these proposed new gTLDs but the reality is that the most of the high value keyword domains will not be available to the general public and may be held back for auction by the official new gTLD registry. The best place to check would be:http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/
And we've already seen suggestions that some of these countries are starting to take advantage of this and charging hundreds or thousands of pounds/dollars to renew existing domains ... mis-using TLDs in this way can be a dangerous strategy if it suddenly ends up costing you thousands just to renew your domain.


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Chemistry is the science dealing with the composition and properties of substances,and the reactions by which substances are produced from or converted into other substances. The study of Chemistry is on an intermediate scale. It does not concentrate on elementary particles, or even just the elements. It concentrates on what we can make or do, not just on observations of existing phenomena.We can often see and manipulate these things directly. Both theory and practice are well-integrated. A very wide range of skills is taught and is needed to be a good chemist. Problem-solving is emphasized.
Equipment used can range from the very simple to the very complex. Undergraduates wishing to major in Chemistry should have a strong liking for science and mathematics in general and a curiosity for Chemistry in particular.
Chemistry is about problem-solving. Our graduates find easy entry in several fields: Medicine, teaching, Pharmaceutical manufacturing, industry.


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An event every week that begins at 11:45am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely
A lovely place - a hotbed of talent. A lot of exciting things happening here - great to see wonderful theatre at a reasonable price, also great for food and to hang out.
Loved our experience here. Place is friendly and welcoming with amazing staff.
Great artistic atmosphere filled with artists, poets and performers. Relaxed atmosphere with a good selection of food and drinks. Local art on display throughout.
"really nice relaxed atmosphere. amazing value and the staff are super nice!"
This is an absolute gem of a space not just to perform in but also hang around in
Love it. Trendy. Tasty. Good looking.
the best place to hang out in Croydon by far
Excellent Venue, a friendly and relaxed place, where you are never rushed or hurried to finish up
The staff are delightful, the service is exceptional and the cakes are off the chain
I love Matthew's Yard. I have spent many a long day here writing up my PhD thesis.
I absolutely love it and all the charm it exudes. The food is great, the ambience relaxing, the staff are lovely and the events it holds are amazing. I truly wish every town and village had its own Matthews Yard. Go. You won't be disappointed.
Think, New York, Greenwich Village 1974. Very relaxed and friendly.
the most interesting venue Croydon currently has to offer
The precedent Matthew's Yard has set for rejuvenating disused spaces within Croydon is unparalleled
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Janelle Monae honored at Harvard College
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It's official: Janelle Monae has gone Ivy League!
Janelle Monáe filled Harvard College with her electric soul energy during a performance Monday then graciously accepted awards for both Women's Center Award for Achievement in Arts and Media by The Women's Center of Harvard College and 2014 Women of the Year by the Black Man's Forum of Harvard College.
Monáe is the first to be honored with the Women's Center Award for Achievement in Arts and Media, which is meant to highlight those who discuss aspects of identity openly in their works and elsewhere.
Previous awardees of Women of the Year include Jada Pickett Smith and Phylicia Rashad. During the event, students were able to interview and snag pics with the soulful songstress.
The Harvard Crimson reports that Janelle was a hit with students and that she made it clear that she's an advocate for equality. The "We Are Young" singer also shared her appreciation for the "I, Too, Am Harvard" campaign, which highlights African Americans at Harvard. She also took a moment to speak about diversity and racism.
"When I got into the music industry, there were not a lot of African-American girls wearing tuxedos [and] rocking natural hair on a mainstream level," she said. "I was not status quo, and I can relate to the students here who come, and they may be the minority."
Speaking about her trip to Harvard, she said, "I know you guys have other artists who come that may not be in the same vein as me. I took that as an opportunity to share my story and to get people familiar with my message and what I'm about as a human being and as a woman, and as a daughter, and as a sister, and as a black woman, and as an artist who's redefining what it means to be an artist."


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PITTSBURGH (AP) – The attorney for a man charged in a fatal shooting after an argument at a Pittsburgh hot dog shop says his client was defending himself, though police say surveillance video shows he shot the victim in the back as the other man was running away.
Still, attorney Blaine Jones contends 22-year-old Isiah Smith, of Pittsburgh, "was getting beat up" before he shot and killed 24-year-old Zachary Sheridan.
Police say two groups argued outside the Original Hot Dog Shop around 3:30 a.m. Saturday before Sheridan was shot.
Jones says Smith suffered a concussion and needed eight stitches after being hit by Sheridan, who had stepped between Smith and another man.
Police say Smith was permitted to carry the 9mm pistol, but had warned, "We don't want to take it this far" before the shooting.
Pittsburgh man jailed for fatally beating his dog
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail for fatally beating his German shepherd, and was jailed immediately when his wife balked at surrendering another dog.
Sixty-year-old Darwin Jones pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in June after a witness told police she saw him hit the animal 30 to 40 times with a 6-foot pry bar in January.
Allegheny County Judge Donald Machen offered to give Jones 30 days to report to jail, provided he let police seize another dog. Jones agreed, but the judge called him back into the courtroom and ordered him immediately to jail after overhearing Jones' wife refuse to surrender the other dog.
Jones told the judge he beat the dog after it ate rat poison. But the judge believed Jones merely lost his temper.
Businessman pleads guilty in Pa. police computer scam
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a city official to get a $327,000 contract to put radios in city police cars but his lawyer says the former police chief came up with the idea.
Arthur Bedway's defense lawyer Martin Dietz told a federal judge andlater, after Bedway's guilty plea, that former Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper hatched the plan involving the company.
Although Bedway acknowledges wrongdoing, Dietz says the idea for the bogus contract was Harper's and that he got $10,000 from Bedway for thinking up the plan.
Harper resigned in February and was indicted on separate charges related to a secret police slush fund. He has denied wrongdoing in connection with the Bedway contract.
Harper's defense lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
W. Pa. mayor marries gay men with E. Pa. license
BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) – A Pittsburgh-area mayor has married two men who obtained a license from an eastern Pennsylvania county official who has issued more than 60 licenses to same-sex couples despite a state law that defines marriage as a contract between one man and one woman.
Braddock Mayor John Fetterman tells KDKA-TV (http://cbsloc.al/18ZT6i0) he performed the ceremony Monday night because he believes Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act is "a fundamentally unjust piece of legislation."
The Corbett administration has sued to stop Montgomery County clerk D. Bruce Hanes from issuing more licenses, while that county's attorneys are defending Hanes' right to violate a law the official believes is unconstitutional.
John Kandray and Bill Gray, of Pittsburgh, say they've been together for 11 years and Gray says they got married to prove their commitment to one another.
Information from: KDKA-TV, http://www.kdka.com
Dying 2-year-old is Pa. couple's best man
JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) – A two-year-old boy with only weeks to live served as the best man for his parents Pennsylvania wedding.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/W4JRFL ) reports that Christine Swidorsky carried two-year-old Logan Stevenson on her shoulder at the Saturday afternoon wedding in Jeannette, a suburb of Pittsburgh.
Looking dapper in a tiny tan pin-stripe suit and orange shirt, Logan stood with his grandmother, Debbie Stevenson, during a ceremony uniting Logan's mother and his father, Sean Stevenson. The boy has leukemia and other complications.
The couple tied the knot in a hastily arranged backyard ceremony that celebrated Logan's life. The couple abandoned an original wedding date of July 2014 after learning from doctors late last month that their son had two to three weeks to live.
Burglars take $80,000 of phones from Verizon store
MCCANDLESS, Pa. (AP) – Burglars smashed the window of a Verizon store outside of Pittsburgh and took every phone.
Police say surveillance video shows someone using a crowbar to smash through the front door of the McCandless business Friday night, TV station WPXI (http://bit.ly/13L3i8A ) reports.
The manager says every phone in the store was taken and they were worth about $80,000.
Despite the theft and mess the store is open for regular hours on Saturday.
No arrests have been made.
Police: Johnstown boy, 12, robs lemonade stand with BB-gun
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A 12-year-old boy is being charged with using a BB-gun to rob a 10-year-old boy who was running a lemonade stand in western Pennsylvania.
Police in Johnstown aren't identifying the suspect, because he'll be charged in juvenile court where most cases remain confidential.
Sgt. Patrick Goggin says the incident happened about 5:45 p.m. Monday when the 12-year-old approached the stand with what appeared to be a handgun in his pocket and threatened the younger boy. Goggin says the boys "got into a wrestling match over the money box" before the older boy took $30 and ran away.
The suspect was chased home by three other kids who helped police track down the robber. That's when police determined the boy had a BB-gun.
Johnstown is about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Police: Pittsburgh school van driver faces DUI
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Police have charged a Pittsburgh Public Schools employee with driving a school van while under the influence of medication or some other kind of drug.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 37-year-old William Jester, who also doesn't have a phone listed at the address listed for him in court records.
City police arrested Jester at a school building parking lot where detectives followed him after seeing the van being driven erratically on Thursday. Police say Jester crossed the center line of the road and nearly crashed several times before he stopped.
Jester denied drinking, but police say he told them he was on medication. Blood test results were still pending Friday.
School district spokeswoman Ebony Pugh says Jester has been suspended. She says he was driving a school van that isn't used to transport students.
Rivers casino ATM manager charged with stealing $24K
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A northwestern Pennsylvania man who audited automatic teller machines at Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino has been charged with stealing nearly $24,000 from the machines.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 49-year-old David Cauvel, of McKean, who had been a branch manager of Loomis ATM Services when the incident occurred July 24.
State police say Cauvel and another employee audited one machine after a woman who tried to get three $20 bills from the machine instead got three $100 bills.
The other employee noted that when Cauvel used a money counter to tally a stack of $100s, that some of the bills had been replaced by $20s. The employee then contacted casino security who contacted state police who say they found Cauvel had $23,800 in $100 bills in his pants and vehicle.
Pittsburgh man sentenced for bomb threats
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh man who made a series of bomb threats has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Authorities say 23-year-old Termaine Washington used a stolen cellphone to call the Allegheny County 911 Center in 2012 and claim that bombs would go off at the Allegheny County Jail, PNC Park, and a Port Authority light-rail station in Pittsburgh.
Prosecutors say Washington made the calls from Sept. 15-19, demanding the release of all of the jail's inmates three times and also the release of an inmate he referred to only as "my boy Chuck."
U.S. District Judge Mark Hornak also sentenced Washington to three years of probation.
Kennywood Park roller coaster gets stuck, riders rescued
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) – Officials at a western Pennsylvania amusement park say a sensor issue caused a roller coaster to stop mid-ride, but that the riders on board were rescued without incident.
It happened Tuesday afternoon on the "Phantom's Revenge" ride at Kennywood Amusement Park near Pittsburgh. Officials say the ride automatically stopped in the middle of the first big hill after the sensor malfunctioned.
Kennywood personnel then walked the riders down a stairwell along the coaster's lift hill, opting not to make them wait while technicians checked out the problem.
The ride was back up and running about an hour later.
Police: PFA suspect flees with Pa. woman's infant
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man has been jailed on charges he kidnapped his 2-week-old son by jumping out a second-floor window when police tried to serve an emergency protection-from-abuse order against him at his ex-girlfriend's home.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 32-year-old Justin Comans, who told reporters all "All I did was take my son into my house. That's all I did."
Police say Comans had the baby strapped to his body in an infant carrier when he jumped out of his ex-girlfriend's residence and ran away just after midnight Monday. She is the mother of the child.
Police say they found Comans at his home about 6:30 a.m. where he surrendered with the baby.
Comans faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 7 on charges of kidnapping, interference in the custody of children, and endangerment charges.
Carnegie man charged with shooting stepdad over TV
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A 19-year-old man has been jailed on charges he fatally shot his stepfather during a dispute over a television at a Pittsburgh residence.
Online court records don't list an attorney for Aaron Israel, of Carnegie, who was jailed without bond after his arraignment Monday.
Police say Israel's mother had asked him to change the locks on her home after she and her husband, 45-year-old Kevin Kirkland, had a domestic dispute over the weekend.
Police say Kirkland forced his way into the home about 2:30 a.m. and accused Israel of stealing a TV, which had actually just been moved to another room in the house without Kirkland's knowledge.
During the dispute, Israel – who is Kirkland's stepson – began fighting with Kirkland's birth son. Police say Israel shot the elder Kirkland when he intervened.


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Adorable 4 Year Old Sings With Her Dad
This is the cutest duet we have ever heard! A very distracted little girl sings "Tonight You Belong to Me" with her dad.
'Twitter The Musical'
Yes, you heard me right...the same group that brought you "Facebook The Musical" has returned with "Twitter The Musical!" Check out this catchy song about the life of being a tweeter.
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i installed BT4 from iso on my local HDD with windows using unetbootin, booted and ran BT forensics, then clicked the install.sh on the desktop to migrate to external HDD, created new reiser file system and installed it there. seems to work fine... but only on my computer. seems when i plug it in to another computer, with all the right bios settings, it says "missing operating system". can anyone help me?
Indeed, looks like it's hosed. Probably going to have to reinstall Windows. You could boot off a gparted cd and see what the partitions look like to tell if it's been completely hosed or not.
get out your windoze install disc. sounds like you're going to need it.
teh part that confuses me the most is:
1) enjoy backtrack 4 as your new desktop;
2) reinstall windoze, then read http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...t-install.html if you still want a local copy of bt4
in your "unique" circumstance, i totally recommend against a hard drive install for you, given your apparent level of experience.
thou shalt treat all computers as thou wouldst treat thyself, for thou art the creator of thine own problems.
if the windows partition was still bootable then it sounds to me like you did a full hdd install to your external usb hdd, in that case you need to reformat the external hdd because not every other computer you take the external hdd to has the grub bootloader setup the way your computer has. i agree with spidey, stick to the live disc and follow the tuts for persistent usb key install
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Oh, my bad, thought the OP meant it gave that error on his machine.
The "missing operating system" message is probably due to the external drive not having grub loaded on it.
I totally agree with the last 2 posters, in that just make a persistent usb install of BT4 and do it that way.
1] the op ran install.sh off the live boot (made in windoze using unetbootin)
2] the op then wiped his(?) _external_ drive, and formatted with reiserfs
3] on the last screen of the installer, the op failed to choose the right drive to install grub to, resulting in the "operating system not found" error, whenever the external drive was detached... because grub was looking for it to load it's config files from the /boot dir in order to boot bt4/windoze.
my proposed (revised) solution, is to get out your windoze recovery disk, and attempt to fix your mbr by visiting here, Microsoft Corporation (xp) or here How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows (vista).
you will have to reinstall backtrack4 to your external disk, if the above works for you
thou shalt treat all computers as thou wouldst treat thyself, for thou art the creator of thine own problems.


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2011 is off to a fairly smooth start when it comes to celebrity sex scandals. Perhaps men like Ashton Kutcher, David Arquette and Tiger Woods have learned from their prior mistakes and have made a New Year's resolution to keep it in their pants for 2011.
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The Honorable, the SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
MR. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Reference is made to the matter of assessments for repayment to the Government of the construction costs incurred in the construction of the Wapato Indian irrigation project on the Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington.
The Act of Congress of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat., 431) provided for the use of the sum of $250,000 for continuing the construction and enlargement of the Wapato irrigation and drainage system and among other things provided as follows:
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to collect on or before December 31 of each calendar year hereafter including 1920, from the white landowners under the said system the sum of $5 per acre for each acre of land to which water for irrigation purposes can be delivered from the said system, which sum shall be credited on a per acre basis in favor of the land in behalf of which it shall have been paid and be deducted from the total per acre charge assessable against said land when the amount of such total charge can be determined,
It will be observed from the above quotation that no determination had been made at that time of the total construction cost that will finally be charged against each acre of land of that project but provision is made that any collections shall be credited against such total charge when the amount thereof can be determined. No such determination has as yet been made, and all rates of assessment heretofore fixed, as well as the rate now fixed, provide for only partial reimbursement of the construction costs.
On December 16, 1920, the Indian Office addressed a letter of instructions to the Supervising Engineer in charge of the Wapato project, which letter received departmental approval on December 20, 1920 (Indian Office file 51656-20-341 Part 1). The purpose of that letter was to direct the Supervising Engineer in the application of the provisions of the act of Congress above cited.
Subsequently the Act of Congress of May 25, 1922 (42 Stat., 595) modified Section 22 of the Act of February 14, 1920, supra, so as to read as follows:
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to collect on or before December 81 of each calendar year hereafter, including, 1922, from landowners other than Indians under the said system the sum of $2.50 per acre for each acre of land to whirl, water for irrigation purposes can be delivered from the said system, which sum shall be credited of a per acre basis in favor of the land in behalf of which it shall have been paid and be deducted from tire total per acre charge assessable against said land when the amount of such total charge can be determined,
Under date of June 12, 1922 (Indian Office file 51656-20-341 Part 1) the Office addressed another letter to the Supervising Engineer which received departmental approval on the same date. That letter contains appropriate instructions for applying the provisions of the legislation quoted above and to that extent modified and superseded the letter of instructions approved on December 20, 1920.
The correspondence on file (Indian Office file 9001-36-0-c) shows that the non-Indian landowners of the Wapato project have availed themselves of the benefits afforded by the various relief acts of Congress as follows: the Act of January 26, 1933 (47 Stat., 776) authorized the deferment of all construction assessments for the season of 1931 and one-half of the assessments for the season of 1932. The Act of March 7, 1933 (47 Stat., 1427) authorized the deferment of the remaining one-half of the assessments for 1932 and all assessments for 1933. The Act of June 13, 1935 (49 Stat., 337) authorized the deferment of all assessments for the years 1934 and 1935. The Act of April 14, 1936 (49 Stat., 1206) authorized the deferment of one-half of the assessments for the season of 1936. The repayment commission authorized by the Act of August 21, 1937 (50 Stat., 737) recommended the deferment of one-half of the construction assessments on the Wapato project for the season of 1937, which recommendation was approved by the Department on April 18, 1938 (Indian Office file 9228-36-G).
The deferred assessments discussed in the preceding paragraph are in each instance to become due as an annual installment one year after the date on which the last preceding installment becomes due under the existing laws and regulations.
The Act of Congress of July 1, 1932 (47
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Stat., 564-565), known as the Leavitt Act, releases all Indian lands from further assessments for construction costs so long as such lands remain in Indian ownership.
The recent Act of Congress of February 24, 1938 (Public 433-75th Cong.) further modifies the Acts of February 14, 1920, supra, and May 25, 1922, supra as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the Act approved February 14, 1920 (41 Stat., 431, as amended by the Act approved May 25, 1922 (42 Stat. L. 595 and 596), as fixes the annual rate of payment of irrigation construction costs or assessments on the Wapato Indian irrigation project on the Yakima Reservation in the State of Washington, be, and it is hereby, amended so as to fix the per-acre per-annum assessment rate at $1.25 against those lands classed as A or B which are subject to construction assessments pursuant to existing law. Such rate is to take effect immediately upon approval of this Act and shall continue until the total cost assessable under existing law against such of the A and B lands shall have been repaid.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to modify the annual repayment schedule set forth in the memorandum agreement of March 9, 1921, approved March 31, 1921, as amended, wherein provision is made among other thins for payment of the actual cost of the two hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet of water for certain of the lands under the Wapato Indian irrigation project so as to extend payment of the balance of the cost of such water over a twenty-four-year period commencing with the payment due December 31, 1937.
Further legislation is contemplated at the next session of Congress (1st session of 76th Cong.) with a view to carrying out the provisions of Section 2 of the act quoted above (Indian Office file 9228-36-R & X).
Pursuant to the recent legislation herein cited it is recommended that all prior instructions issued for the assessment of construction costs against the lands of the Wapato project be modified in so far as they may conflict with the legislation and the instructions contained herein, and it is also recommended that the Project Engineer be instructed to make the necessary preparations for the assessment of all lands in non-Indian ownership, which are properly subject to assessment under the existing laws and regulations, at the rate of $1.25 per acre for the season of 1938 and for each succeeding year until further modified, such assessments to become due and payable on December 31 of each year.
Sincerely yours,
Acting Commissioner.
Approved, August 3, 1938.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.


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Ive worked for TSA for almost 8 years. I'm not sure what to make of your last statement. But just like any agency we do utilize technology for briefings, conferencing, training and such... And I can't speak for all airports or their administrations offices of course, but the computers that we are using at my location are grossly outdated. In fact if I'm not mistaken I feel as though the computers we are currently using have been here as long as I have... So this would be refreshing.
TSA is a joke and a waste of Government funding/American Tax dollars.
"Sorry sir, can't take that water bottle on the plane. It could be a bomb. It's ok. Just throw it in this trash can...and feel free to buy a new bottle for $5 at the gate."
Is THAT the "safe" you were referring to? Or is when you frisk toddlers that we become "safe?" Every TSA employee I've ever seen would be less of a drain on our society if they were back at their old jobs getting Whopper orders wrong.
In reading the J&A it states that TSA is going to potentially use the products for the "Risk Based Counter-Terrorism Mission" so that doesn't mean that screens will be holding iPads/iPhones in their hands at the terminals but the devices could be used by inspectors when assess the airports security stance (assessing RISK). Wouldn't it be beneficial to the public to ensure the airport had the proper counter terrorism elements in place AND the maintenance of equipment was up-to-date and ensure in working order... meanwhile being able to track screen posters and certification status in real time...I wouldn't take this procurement as a "all screeners will be playing angry birds at their post"...
J&A URL - https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=ea...8e84ce76716e6b
I thank TSA for their efforts and 100% support the necessary evil and criticism they must endure.
Explosives come in liquid form.
Toddlers are patted down when they alarm, just like their bigger and not so cute adult counterparts. Cry me a river. I don't care if you want to complain about a monkey on a unicycle. If it alarms, it's checked.
You do realize that privatized security is required to follow the same TSA procedures? In fact, those people may undergo less of a rigorous background check and training because they are private companies, possibly paying even less than the 18,000 a year the typical part time TSA employee earns.
I love your comment on how private sector can help in a war when they are infamous for inflating all costs and billing the government for whatever they want to get rich. You clearly have not done any reading on this subject either.
Care to enlighten us on any other topics you have no understanding of in this cell phone forum?
Where do you work? Let's go inspect that place. I bet we find just as many people abusing their limited authority, wasting employer resources by playing with their cell phone all day, staff not at their post on time because they are always late, and people who are poorly trained at their job if even qualified at all.
If you don't like the "security theater" at your local airport then I suggest you drive, walk, ride a bike, take a bus or the train or hitch hike. Just stop whining about it.
And no, I don't work for TSA. I'm an occasional traveler who is tried of waiting longer in line to clear the checkpoint because of all the dopes in front of him who can't be bothered to read any of the signs that say take off your shoes (yes flips flops are shoes), remove your laptops/other electronic junk, and take off your watches, jackets whatever and instead choose to argue with security. I especially love reading posts like yours from those same whiners.
To all the trolls on here complaining about TSA workers... You suck! They are there for the sole purpose of protecting us on the frontline of airport security! It's so funny how I hear people complain about them, that is until a terrorist's plan is thwarted... Then complaints turn to congrats! Yes i know sometimes the process is tedious(& perhaps annoying at times), but I'd rather do whatever it takes on my behalf and everyone else's to make sure that my flight safely reaches its destination without any dangerous people trying to kill me on a plane!
I would like to open by saying I appreciate all the good comments and response from people in regards to the TSA in this thread thus far. While the news media is constantly spitting on us as if we are bad people, I actually get a lot of compliments in person while at the airport from people thanking us for the job we do. So once again thank you.
That said, I enjoy the perks of being a government employee no doubt, but I think it's funny how 'some' people think the private security companies are better and will do away with some of non popular security regulations. First of all understand that TSA does not make the rules, we only enforce them. A privatized airport will still have to abide by these so what does that mean for you? That means you will still have to throw away your $5.00 bottle of water. (btw even though it seems trivial, there is a damn good reason for the liquid ban.. Also the ban has been in effect for years so why are you still bringing your water?)
This also means the private companies have to utilize proven technology to thwart threats, and will be purchasing from the same manufacturers most likely so you will still have you bag and body scanned. No change there.
Basically what I'm saying is that your sir, live under the illusion that the private companies are able to circumvent FAA rules and guidelines. They cannot. The only thing that will change is the uniform.
And while your making comments about the TSA being burger flippers, you also should know that a large portion of the current workforce of the TSA are actually ex-employees of the private companies that ran the airports prior to 9/11. And the same will be true if it goes private again... As the private companies would have to offer the current TSA employees those positions first, prior to allowing outside applicants. So let's recap... If the airport security was privatized the regulations would be the same, the rules would not change, the employees would remain the same... Even the pay would be the same as they wouldn't be allowed to pay us less. About the only thing that would change is the uniform.
What would also change is the fact that the airport would have to pay for security as opposed to the taxpayers, which most airports do not wish to do. Anyhow, next time you go on a privatized airport security rant remember that nothing will really change... But that's a good thing.
There are many things that government can do cheaper and more effectively -- not everything, but many things. It's all a matter of oversight and people actually following the rules. Any waste you are talking about is as a result of corruption. Government doesn't run on a profit motive and is answerable to the people. We don't have the space here (and this is grossly off topic) but I'd be happy to discuss this further in a neutral forum.
The elderly are sometimes talked into these things as they are close to death at times with terminal diseases. They are told their families will be taken care of... And widowed women are easily talked into these things to avenge their husbands deaths as usually their husbands were part of terror groups or had relations to some. These are things that happen across the globe. Not necessarily here. But can it happen here? Yes. Should we have rules so as to be proactive about it? Or should we wait till it happens here to bring these rules to light?
The TSA is a joke. Nothing more than jobs for perverts that like molesting people. They keep us safe? BS.
They're theory. Nothing more.
Now, to think the TSA does a good job, one would have to legitimately believe that terrorism is the huge threat it is, and is not a insanely propagandized issue. I'm one of few rational humans in this country that understand this is not sustainable. Terrorism has killed 3,000 people in America in 11 years. House fires have killed about 30,000. Street gangs have killed about 10,000. Yet we don't spend a trillion dollars trying to stop them. We do however, spend over 1.3T per year on defense and security. To put that in perspective, the federal tax revenue is about 3.1T, and the GDP is around 14.5T. That is not a reasonable amount of money to spend. I'm sure you do like you cozy gubbermint job where you basically can't get fired and get paid 40% more than the private equivalent. I know. But I don't like it. And a few others are coming around to libertarian views which would see your agency and virtually every other one like it shut down.
"Mickey, is that a pistol or are you... oh! It is a pistol. (TSA)
Usually, the TSA is the Mickey Mouse operation, but this time they actually did catch a gun on its way aboard a plane. The gun appears to have been a .40 caliber EAA Witness, a mid-priced defense gun made by Tanfoglio in Italy and imported.
The gun was partly stuffed inside a stuffed Mickey Mouse. Specifically, the barrel and slide were inside Mickey, the receiver in a teddy bear, and the magazine and rounds inside a third, unspecified stuffed critter."
Source: http://weaponsman.com/?p=2695
This is one of many instances. I am not your run of the mill screener. I get briefings on happenings that the public does not hear. And it happens more often than you know. I'm truely unsure if we aren't allowed to share this or if the media just doesn't like to give us kudos but we find and thwart a lot of things.
Here is one example of terrorist using children...
"An eight-year-old girl was given a bag of explosives by Taliban militants and told to take them to a police station in southern Afghanistan but was killed when the bag exploded, the government said Sunday. There were no reports of police casualties."
Source: http://iphone.france24.com/en/20110626-afghanistan-young-eight-girl-used-in-taliban-bomb-attack-police
Terrorist using elderly in wheelchair...
"BAGHDAD A suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at the entrance to a police station north of the city yesterday, killing three people and wounding 18, officials said."
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The M.A. thesis track is encouraged for students who intend to pursue a Ph.D. to teach at the college/university level and who intend to engage in scholarship beyond the M.A. In addition to the general M.A. requirements and the courses outlined below for the non-thesis track, students take 6 hours of Thesis, during which time they write up the work begun during their directed readings course. When the thesis is completed, the student must pass a thesis defense. The M.A. in English (Thesis) requires 36 hours of graduate English credit.
The M.A. non-thesis track is designed primarily for students planning to continue their teaching careers at the secondary level. In addition to general M.A. requirements, students also complete departmental courses in the following categories: (1) American literature, (2) British literature, (3) rhetoric and composition, and (4) other. Students also complete one research-based course in directed readings (English 5386). Students on the non-thesis track may select up to six hours of graduate courses in an outside area (such as history or education) with the guidance and approval of the graduate advisor. The M.A. in English (Non-thesis) requires 36 hours of graduate credit.
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- Elliott, Terrie. Distant Drums: Old and New in the Fiction of Louise Erdrich. 1991.
- Hilbert, Kathy. Mouth, Tongue, Voice: Crossing Boundaries in Selected Works of Zora Neale Hurston. 1996.
- McNeeley, Wendy. Violence and Madness in Selected Novels of Toni Morrison: Sula, Beloved, Jazz. 1994.
- Montgomery, D'Juana. Gender Issues in the Works of Leslie Marmon Silko. 1996.
- Williams, Linda. The "Literary" Folklore in the Novels of Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and Tar Baby. 1996.
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- Knitig, Bonnie. The Rhetorical Genres of Community Pharmacy: A Critical Analysis. 1998.
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Board the coach bus at Desmond at 10 am. Explore NYC's urban
indoor food market on this food filled tour. Experience the sights,
sounds, and flavors of this historic 112-year old landmark building
which was the birthplace of the Oreo cookie. As we stroll, you will
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Oakley Pro Bali: Day 2 Photo And Video Highlights
Order is restored at Keramas as top seeds like Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson, Gabriel Medina, and Julian Wilson take out their lesser-ranked competitors.
It's a rare day that you see the above mentioned surfers in round two of a WCT event—yet it's even more rare when they lose in that round and are sent packing. Day Two: Bruce Irons' return to the 'CT was short lived, 16-year old Jack Freestone looked like a deer in the headlights while surfing against Slater, and Parko just got by Lakey Peak surfer Oney Anwar. Oney was the most impressive of those who lost, and his air reverses are amazing, yet he's gotta mix it up more to hang with the big boys. Looking ahead, a round three matchup between John John Florence and Sebastian Zietz is looking like a can't miss heat. As well, kudos to the ASP for waiting on Travis Logie to arrive after the poor guy had to be hospitalized after a nasty case of head-to-toe reef rash suffered during the Volcom Fiji Pro.—JC
Heat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.17 def. Jack Robinson (AUS) 3.43
Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.50 def. Bruce Irons (HAW) 3.14
Heat 3: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.10 def. Oney Anwar (IND) 14.03
Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) 13.00 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 11.00
Heat 5: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17.80 def. Willian Cardoso (BRA) 8.77
Heat 6: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 15.23 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 11.60
Heat 7: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.70 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 12.77
Heat 8: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 17.13 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 10.44
Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.90 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 8.17
Heat 10: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.77 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.70
Heat 11: Travis Logie (ZAF) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 12: Kolohe Andino (USA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)
Oakley Pro Bali
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour
Keramas, Bali/Indonesia
June 18 – 29, 2013
Top Seeds Regain Control on Day 2 of the Oakley Pro Bali
KERAMAS, Bali/Indonesia (Wednesday, June 19, 2013) – The Oakley Pro Bali recommenced this morning in clean four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metre) waves at Keramas.
The fifth stop on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Oakley Pro Bali opened up this morning's action with four heats of the elimination Round 2 before halting for a tidal readjustment and then completing Heats 5 through 10 this afternoon. After yesterday's blistering opening round featuring a number of high-profile upsets, today's action witnessed the top seeds regain control, winning nine from 10 heats, in the high-performance perfection of the Keramas righthanders.
Kelly Slater (USA), 41, 11-time ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 1, wasted no time in steamrolling wildcard Jack Robinson (AUS), 15, this morning, amassing the day's high 18.17 out of a possible 20 for a masterful display of forehand tube-riding and power turns. "There are some really good waves out there when they come," Slater said. "Still though, I'm two for two on slow heats. The waves are fun when they come through, but there just weren't a lot in mine. I was happy to get a couple of good waves at the start and that really put the pressure on Jack (Robinson)."
Following a win in Fiji last week, Slater bolted back up the ASP WCT ratings and regained the frontrunner spot. Although under threat of acquiring a poor result in today's Round 2, the Floridian's quick start over his younger competitor allowed him to come in for a board change mid heat. "Crucial heat for everyone in Round 2 I think," Slater said. "Yeah, I still like to experiment. Before the heat, I told Belly (Stephen Bell) that if I got two good waves, I was going to come in and switch to the quad. During the free surfs out here, there really isn't a lot of space so I like to take the opportunity to test equipment whenever I can."
Joel Parkinson (AUS), 32, reigning ASP World Champion and current ASP WCT No. 7, held fast in a slower heat against lethal local wildcard Oney Anwar (IND), 19, to take a morning win and advance through to Round 3. "It was pumping at first light, but the tide was running out so our heat was a little slow," Parkinson said. "I was stoked to get a win though as I had a shocker yesterday. Oney (Anwar) is a really good kid and a really talented surfer," Parkinson said. "He was telling me that if he got a set out there, he was going to do some damage and he certainly did."
Taj Burrow (AUS), 35, perennial ASP World Title contender and current ASP WCT No. 4, was another top seed to reclaim a victory this morning, besting wildcard Bruce Irons (HAW), 33, with a flurry of fast-paced forehand action. "The start was looking to be an incredible heat," Burrow said. "We both nearly came out of great drainers, but just got pinched. It wasn't an ideal heat for me. I was torn between catching waves to find my feet as well as playing it smart. Every event, it takes me a few days to find my feet. It's unfortunate that it didn't pump for the whole heat, but that's alright."
Following the midday hold, the world's best surfers returned to Keramas for six heats before dark and the action was nothing short of excellent. Gabriel Medina (BRA), 19, current ASP WCT No. 14, was heavily-touted as a legitimate ASP World Title contender before the 2013 season started. However, outside of an Equal 3rd at Rio, this year has been less-than-stellar for the Brazilian wunderkind. Looking to correct this season's momentum, Medina posted a solid win against compatriot power broker Willian Cardoso (BRA), 27, this afternoon for committed and powerful backhand surfing.
"Yesterday, I was trying to go too big because this wave is so rippable," Medina said. "Today I just focused on completing turns and waves. I was able to build a momentum that way and it worked out well for me. I have had a few tough results this season, but I am leaning and I'm hoping I can get back on track in Bali."
Sebastian Zietz (HAW), 25, 2013 ASP Dream Tour rookie and current ASP WCT No. 9, was a stand out in yesterday's Round 1 action, posting a near-perfect 19.37 out of a possible 20 and going down to John John Florence's (HAW), 20, 19.87. Zietz was undeterred today, however, lacerating the Keramas walls to take out a Round 2 win. "I knew there weren't going to be any barrels today but it's perfect air wind," Zietz said. "Completely different heat to yesterday, but super rippable and I'm glad I was able to get a few good ones. Being in Bali is a blast. I feel comfortable here and I'm looking forward to more Keramas perfection." Zietz has re-drawn Florence in Round 3 of the Oakley Pro Bali when competition resumes.
Julian Wilson (AUS), 24, took to the sky this afternoon, vaulting a series of massive aerials to take down a hungry Raoni Monteiro (BRA), 31, and advance through to Round 3 of the Oakley Pro Bali. "I feel like I'm warming up a bit," Wilson said. 'I had a good first heat and got unlucky at the end. I was fired up. had a good free surf before, there are lots of fun sections and that put me in a good frame of mind heading into the heat. I wasn't looking for a perfect wave, just taking a lot of opportunities and it worked out well for me. Surfing out here is so much fun."
Adrian Buchan (AUS), 30, capped off the afternoon's proceedings with the day's high single-wave score of a 9.67 out of a possible 10 for a series of blistering backhand assaults and elevator drop floaters. "When the wind comes up, I think there are less opportunities for barrels," Buchan said. "I think this wave really suits goofy-footers. I've had a few close heats this year, but I feel like my surfing has been there and my equipment is feeling good.. There were some opportunities out here for me this afternoon and I went as hard as I could at them."
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 6:30am to assess conditions for a possible 6:45am start. When competition resumes, up first will be Travis Logie (ZAF), 34, up against Brett Simpson (USA), 28, in Heat 11 of Round 2.
Surfline, official forecasters for the Oakley Pro Bali are calling for:
The current SW swell will gradually back down through the end of the work week. A slightly smaller swell for Keramas (much smaller for Canggu) will peak on Sunday the 23rd, after building Saturday afternoon the 22nd. A series of potentially solid SW to SSW swells are on the radar for the afternoon of Monday the 24th through Friday the 28th.
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
Heat 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.17 def. Jack Robinson (AUS) 3.43
Heat 2: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.50 def. Bruce Irons (HAW) 3.14
Heat 3: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 16.10 def. Oney Anwar (IND) 14.03
Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) 13.00 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 11.00
Heat 5: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 17.80 def. Willian Cardoso (BRA) 8.77
Heat 6: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 15.23 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 11.60
Heat 7: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.70 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 12.77
Heat 8: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 17.13 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 10.44
Heat 9: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.90 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 8.17
Heat 10: Miguel Pupo (BRA) 12.77 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 12.70
Heat 11: Travis Logie (ZAF) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 12: Kolohe Andino (USA) vs. Matt Wilkinson (AUS)


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Klipsch Image S5i Rugged In-ear sports headphones
Keeping pace and sounding good doing it
Ken Nail has written about car audio for Crutchfield since 2003, after four years as Crutchfield Sales Advisor, and 10 years as a music teacher. He's an avid music listener, whose favorites are classical and film music. When not chained to a desk, Ken spends most of his time training for triathlons and marathons, and likes getting outside for backpacking, downhill skiing, and bicycle touring. He attended West Virginia University, where he received a Master's Degree in Music Performance and a Bachelor's Degree in History.
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Whether I'm at the gym, on a favorite running trail, or pounding the sidewalk, I see headphones. Lots of headphones. They're as much a part of most people's workout gear as a pair of shoes.
I'll admit I'm a bit of a purist and I don't usually wear headphones when I'm running outside. But if I'm in the closed confines of the gym, it's a different matter. Let's face it, when you're stuck inside on a treadmill or a spin bike it's easy to let your motivation flag. A few well-chosen tunes can be a great pick-me-up.
But if a set of headphones isn't specifically designed for active use, it can be a real pain in the ear. I've found that over-the-ear models, even lightweight ones, are hot and heavy. And I've had little luck with earbuds — they never want to stay put when I'm sweating.
And then there's the sound quality (or lack thereof). The inexpensive earbuds that came with my iPod® just don't do a very good job of reproducing the sound of my sometimes eclectic music choices.
Klipsch to the rescue
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Sound quality that makes the grade
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One other nice side effect of the in-ear design of the S5i was their noise blockage. Outside sounds were shut out very effectively, letting me get into my own exercise zone and ignore outside distractions.
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The S5i Rugged also feature a handy in-line remote control that worked with my iPod. I could skip ahead to the next track, or raise and lower the volume much more conveniently than fumbling around for my player when I'm on the move.
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One problem I always have with this type of headphones are the knots that they constantly tie themselves into. The S5i Rugged came with a sturdy snap-shut case for storage. When I was done with my workout, I just rolled them up and put them away.
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My take? I'll take them!
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Sure, you can spend a lot less for other ear buds or in-ear phones, but if you care about what you hear when you're putting forth your best effort, go with the Klipsch Image S5i Rugged sport headphones.


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Rowan Finest
Rowan Finest
Rowan Finest is a blend of extra fine merino, cashmere and royal alpaca wool. Soft to the touch and comfortable to wear, knitting to a 4ply tension this yarn gives great stitch definition.
This item has been discontinued
Article Number:9802175
Fibre Content:Cashmere: 20%, Merino Wool Extra Fine: 50%, Alpaca: 30%
Season:Autumn Winter
Yarn Ball Weight:25g
Yarn Meterage/Yardage:87/95
Tension/Gauge Stitches:28
Tension/Gauge Rows:36
Care Instructions:
Recommended Knitting Needles:
Knitting Needle (UK):10
Knitting Needle (US):3
Knitting Needle, MM:3¼