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MONTGOMERY — As most Alabamians prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, state officials are busy implementing new state laws that take effect Monday, including one designed to write another chapter in the state's civil rights history.
MONTGOMERY — As most Alabamians prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, state officials are busy implementing new state laws that take effect Monday, including one designed to write another chapter in the state's civil rights history.
The law allows the state parole board to issue posthumous pardons to the Scottsboro Boys. Prior to Republican Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur getting the law passed, the parole board could not issue pardons to people after their deaths.
Other new laws are supposed to cut red tape for businesses and protect utility workers. A law affecting abortion clinics was supposed to take effect Monday, but it got put on hold.
Most states have many new laws taking effect July 1 because that's when the states begin their fiscal year. Alabama starts its fiscal year on Oct. 1, but it still has several laws taking effect Monday. The Legislature passed them in the spring session with the provision that the take effect at the start of the third month after the governor signed them.
The nine Scottsboro Boys were convicted by all-white juries of raping two white women on a train in north Alabama in 1931. All but the youngest were sentenced to death, even though one of the women recanted her story. All eventually got out of prison. Only one received a pardon before he died.
Sheila Washington, founder of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center, has worked for three years to get the pardons and views them as a positive chapter added to a tragic story.
"It will mean justice has been obtained and there is no more shame on the Scottsboro Boys," she said.
The case became a symbol of the tragedies wrought by racial injustice. It inspired songs, books and films. A Broadway musical was staged in 2010, the same year a museum opened that was dedicated to the case. The Scottsboro Boys' appeals resulted in U.S. Supreme Court decisions that criminal defendants are entitled to effective counsel and that blacks can't be systematically excluded from criminal juries.
Researchers at the University of Alabama have been working to compile the paperwork to request the pardons. They hope to file it soon after the Fourth of July holiday. Assistant professor John Miller said they are getting support from elected officials in Morgan and Jackson counties, the two counties where the Scottsboro Boys were tried. The new law requires that support for the parole board to issue pardons. The applications are detailed, he said, because they must show that pardons would remedy social injustices associated with racial discrimination.
If Washington has her way, the pardons won't be the last chapter in the story of the Scottsboro Boys. She said no one knows where five of the nine are buried. She hopes news coverage of the pardons will help solve that mystery and she can get markers erected at each grave.
She said they deserve recognition for changing not only attitudes, but the law, in America.
"It's a victory not just for them, but for humanity," she said.
The Red Tape Reduction Act requires any state agency proposing a rule that might have an adverse effect on business to file an impact statement with the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Regulation Review prior to its adoption if the agency receives a complaint that the regulation might negatively impact a business. The committee can direct the agency to modify or drop the proposed rule.
The law also requires all existing regulations to be reviewed every five years to determine whether they should be amended, rescinded or remain unchanged. Information related to proposed and existing regulation reviews will also be placed on agency websites to provide public access.
The sponsor, Republican Rep. April Weaver of Pelham, said the new law protects businesses from having to spend time and money fighting state regulations that would reduce productivity.
This new law was sponsored by Republican Sen. Greg Reed of Jasper and was pushed by utility companies. It provides that a person is guilty of criminal tampering if they threaten a utility worker with a deadly or dangerous weapon after the worker has gone on property to do a job and properly identified himself when asked.
"It's been a problem that unfortunately has gotten worse over the last several years," Reed said.
Under his legislation, a person making the threat could end in prison for one to 10 years, depending on the severity of threat.
Another new law taking effect Monday allows cities and counties to provide buildings and other facilities to the federal government. Gov. Robert Bentley said the new law, sponsored by Republican Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur, is aimed at making Alabama more attractive for military expansion when the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission proposes the next round of base changes.
"Anything we can do to strengthen our position in Alabama, we are going to do," the governor said.
One new law that was supposed to take effect Monday requires abortion clinics to use doctors who have approval to admit patients to local hospitals. The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood challenged the law in court, saying it would close three of Alabama's five licensed abortion clinics. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson decided Friday to put the law on hold until July 12 while he considers the suit.


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The Obama administration renewed calls for Iran to free retired FBI agent Robert "Bob" Levinson, who on Tuesday reached the grim milestone of becoming the longest-held hostage in U.S. history.
Levinson, now 65, was seized in 2007 from Iran's Kish Island, where he was researching a cigarette-smuggling case as a private investigator. Seizing on signs of a thaw in U.S.-Iranian relations, Levinson's family in Coral Springs, Fla., has issued a flurry of public appeals for his release to newly elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who's viewed as a reformist with ambitions of moving Iran away from its pariah-state status.
The family and sympathetic lawmakers and activists have pushed the Obama administration to include Levinson's ordeal in talks on how to bring Iran back into the international fold, starting with the landmark interim deal reached over the weekend on Tehran's nuclear program. President Barack Obama also raised Levinson's case in his phone call with Rouhani in September – the highest level contact between the two countries in 34 years.
On Tuesday, both the White House and the State Department reiterated demands that Levinson be released.
"As we approach the upcoming holiday season, we reiterate the commitment of the United States government to locate Mr. Levinson and bring him home safely to his family, friends and loved ones," the White House said in a statement.
Tuesday marked the 2,454th day of Levinson's captivity. That surpasses Terry Anderson, the former Associated Press bureau chief in Beirut, who was held for six years and eight months.
Levinson's eldest son, Dan, wrote in an essay in The Washington Post that the family "was given hope with Hassan Rouhani's election as Iran's president and Javad Zarif's appointment as foreign minister." He called the two Iranian leaders "well respected men committed to the goodwill of all human beings, regardless of their nationality."
"Given the negotiations between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, we particularly hope that officials can use their ongoing contact to resolve my father's case," Dan Levinson wrote. "Doing so would show the world that our two countries can work together to resolve our differences and would demonstrate Iran's willingness to help an average American family's plight."
Iran has never explicitly acknowledged holding Levinson, though state-run media have made mention of the case, suggesting official involvement in Levinson's disappearance. Rouhani, like other Iranian officials, have denied personal knowledge of Levinson's whereabouts.
"We are willing to help, and all the intelligence services in the region can come together to gather information about him to find his whereabouts. And we're willing to cooperate on that," Rouhani told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview.
In January, the Associated Press reported that U.S. officials have concluded that Iran's intelligence service "was almost certainly behind the 54-second video and five photographs of Levinson that were emailed anonymously to his family."
A photograph released by the family earlier this year shows Levinson dressed in an orange jumpsuit with unkempt hair and beard. His drawn face bears little resemblance to the smiling, rosy-cheeked man in old family photos.
In 2012, the FBI announced a $1 million reward for information leading to Levinson's safe recovery and repatriation.
"Our family will soon gather for our seventh Thanksgiving without Bob, and the pain will be almost impossible to bear," Levinson's wife, Christine, wrote in a statement this week.
She ended with a direct message for her husband: "Bob, if somehow you see or hear these words: Stay strong. You have a new grandson, just a month old. We can't wait for you to meet him. We love you and will never stop working to bring you home safely."

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Blizzard conditions, rain and wind slammed the Pacific Northwest in the form of a storm that barreled into Washington Monday, weather officials said.
More than a foot of snow -- 2 feet in some places -- was expected in parts of the Cascades Mountains, the Olympic Mountains in Washington and the Blue Mountains in northwest Oregon by the time the storm moves away, AccuWeather.com reported.
Forecasters said snow drifts could reach 4-6 feet in spots, making travel extremely dangerous.
Snow also was expected in the mountainous areas of California, Idaho and Utah by Monday evening, with higher elevations seeing 6-12 inches of new snowfall.
The Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 in Washington was closed for several hours Sunday because of near-zero visibility blizzard conditions, officials said.
Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Medford, Ore., could see snow turn to rain, with 1-2 inches of rain likely Monday, forecasters said.
In New England, freezing rain in Massachusetts made for treacherous driving conditions, forcing schools to delay their start times Monday, AccuWeather.com said, based on reports from Boston-area media.
Cities from northern New York state to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine and into Canada could see a mix of snow and ice, Accuweather.com said, predicting 1-3 inches of new snowfall expected in New England.
Rain was expected south of New England into the Mid-Atlantic States.
Colder air behind the storm was expected across the central Appalachians Tuesday.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:01 am
Post subject: Why a webcomic?
I was wondering what everyone's reasons for making a webcomic are. There's a lot of different media around, like books and videos. What made you choose making a webcomic over some other type of media? And what inspired/persuaded you to even make it at all?
For me, I think a webcomic is just a great fit. I've been writing stories and drawing for as long as I can remember, and I also have a great deal of fun making websites. So if I burn myself out on drawing pages, writing chapters, or managing the site, I can just move onto one of the other tasks and stay productive while still greatly enjoying myself.
The only thing I'm not enjoying so far is advertising.
The story I have I've had floating around in my mind for a long time, and only recently started polishing it up to share with others. So it's really exciting to have it out for other people to (hopefully) enjoy. I'd been considering writing a book, but for the kind of story I'm going for, I think a webcomic works better.
What about you guys? Why do you make a webcomic (or webcomics!) and what do you enjoy about it?
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I really enjoy writing comics, so much that I never even have time to write short stories anymore. I love doing things in a visual manner. For me it's this wonderful center between film and books, but better. You can do more than film can in a way because there really isn't much of a budget and nobody is going to compromise your work. There's an extra thrill for me because I'm no artist, so i get to see how the artists i work with interpret what I do.
It's just fun all around, and you can do whatever the hell you want.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:23 pm
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Low to non-existent overhead, comparatively easy distribution, complete control of the finished product.
That's what mostly does it for me. Oh and I guess the medium itself has a fascinating history and some really great things have come out of it, and telling the same kind of story via traditional illustration would just plain suck.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:44 pm
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I've been drawing since before I could read. Seriously, that's how my mom got me to behave in places was by giving me some paper and a pencil and letting me go to town.
Other than that (or maybe because of that) I find it hard to describe the things I see in my head. It's easier to draw that I see and go from there. I just wish I drew faster because I have a ton of stories in my head waiting to get out, but I'm still stuck here refining my drawing and training myself to go all digital so that I don't have an endless search for a scanner.
I was a bit inspired by my friend though. She kinda' introduced me to webcomics and a lot of the stuff that goes into it. She also helps me with art when I ask her about it.. whether critiques or pointers on a medium. She's a lot farther along with comics than I am too. She already has a whole chapter of her first comic online, even if it hasn't updated for a while. She's about to graduate from MCAD with a degree in comic art, so her senior project eats up a lot of her time.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:50 pm
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Sometimes a story wants to be told in pictures.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:22 pm
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I actually have a story about this! My webcomic took me seven years to launch.
Because for the first year, I thought it was going to be a novel.
But then I was like, no, it would be better to do it as a web series. But then I realized I didn't have equipment or crew or costumes or anything, so I went back to the novel idea. For some reason, I started a blog for my characters around this time that I quickly abandoned... I actually converted it to the site my webcomic currently sits on, but I'm ahead of myself.
So, I went a few years alternating between Mistress Deathspike being a novel or a movie. Then I realized both of these ideas were dumb for the purposes of marketing - sure, you can sell tickets to a Batman movie or people will buy a Batman novel, but people know who Batman is. Nobody's heard of my supervillain main character.
So, year six. I decided to do a graphic novel. That lasted three days until I realized, no. This has been in my brain for six years and the world must be in on it. Webcomic.
So I spent a year writing it and finding an artist and all that fun stuff.
And that's why a webcomic. Because after six years, I got impatient.
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:55 pm
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I have been doing underground comics since I was 15. I started doing webcomics because people asked me to put my print stuff online. It's nothing too exciting.
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I like the way each comic is a final product. I'm one of those people who has the half-written novel, the half-written screenplay, etc., and knows that none of them are really good enough to see the light of day even if I finish them. But the webcomic, boom, here's my product. And then here's another and another. I don't know why I find that satisfying; compensation for not being able to see to the end other projects I suppose.
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JohnK wrote:
There's an extra thrill for me because I'm no artist, so i get to see how the artists i work with interpret what I do.
To me, it's kind of a scary idea to put my creation in the hands of someone else, haha. If I worked with someone else, I'd probably have so many notes for every detail on every page.
nsanelilmunky wrote:
I just wish I drew faster because I have a ton of stories in my head waiting to get out, but I'm still stuck here refining my drawing and training myself to go all digital so that I don't have an endless search for a scanner.
I agree, haha. I have a bunch of stories I want to do but I can only really focus on one at a time since drawing takes a good deal of time. Is buying a scanner out of the question?
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Oh, it was an easy choice for me. In the '90s I was publishing Galaxion as Diamond-distributed comic books, before I took a break to be a mom. When I came back in 2006, it was clear self-published floppy comics were no longer viable and web was the place to be. And I've been here ever since.
That's interesting! So are you liking the webcomic format more?
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And that's why a webcomic. Because after six years, I got impatient.
Haha, even if it took a while, it sounds like you finally got the last push you needed to make a decision though.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:35 am
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I tried making animated videos at first but it was hard to get people to look at them--webcomics had a much better sort of infrastructure set up to get people finding your work.
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IN my case, I wanted to write and draw a traditional comic in the newspaper, but I could not develop the speed to do it daily. One day, a thief stole my laptop (while my external hard drive with the backups was broken) and I lost almost a year of work. That's when I decided to do a webcomic, so that no one could steal it from me again.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:35 am
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I had a story I really wanted to tell and just didn't feel that a novel was the right format. I always had some artistic talent but never really developed it. I've spent the past two years getting to the skill level I have now and a long ways yet to go... anyway, the graphic novel format is, I think, the best for the story I want to tell.
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Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:16 pm
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MindChimera wrote:
JohnK wrote:
There's an extra thrill for me because I'm no artist, so i get to see how the artists i work with interpret what I do.
To me, it's kind of a scary idea to put my creation in the hands of someone else, haha. If I worked with someone else, I'd probably have so many notes for every detail on every page.
I write in a pretty detailed manner. Also, I've been working with the same person for a very long time so I trust him. In the end I really don't have much of a choice so if something isn't exactly as I pictured it, it's not a big deal. I'm happy about 98% of the time with the outcome.
Now in the future when I find another artist to work with, that'll be interesting. Everyone is different so it'll take some getting used to the new situation.
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Well, one day, I sat down and said to myself, "If you don't start making your comic right now you NEVER WILL and if you don't have a deadline right in front of your face it'll be just like all the other ones with 6 pages petering out."
So I joined ComicGenesis, didn't have a buffer, and just started posting pages three times a week with no planning whatsoever. It actually worked too, my art actually improved by leaps and bounds during this period and I learned a lot about how not to make a comic.
The funny thing is, I didn't even really follow any webcomics at this point. I'd read a couple and knew they usually updated three times a week on a webpage. I knew nothing about how it 'worked', only that hey, there was this free host available and they got updated page by page. I had no illusions of money, I just had a script from ScriptFrenzy and an itch to do something with it. I always wanted to do a newspaper comic but I knew what I wrote wasn't funny.
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I drew comics before the web, but they usually sat in a drawer and were perused by a dozen people or less. In college I posted some comics on my dorm room door. So perhaps a few more dozen people saw them. It seemed pointless, but I enjoyed the process enough to continue. With the web I was able to take what I was doing anyway and present it to a larger audience. Now I can safely say that after 6 years at least 100,000 people, maybe more, have seen at least one of my comics. You can't get that kind of reach anywhere else. It's nice not to have things molding in the drawer. That's the "why webcomic" answer for me.
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ST. LOUIS (HockeyStL) – His English may not be perfect, but Vladimir Tarasenko is starting to learn hockey in North America.
Tarasenko met most of his team on Friday at the final informal skate before training camp opened up on Sunday. He is already impressing Ken Hitchcock.
"(Tarasenko) is asking questions and you don't have to tell him anything twice. He gets it," Hitchcock said.
Tarasenko, who has been practicing on a line with Alex Steen and Andy McDonald, is starting to learn the different style of hockey that isn't played in Europe.
"This is a big adjustment for any player coming from Europe that has not played in North America," Hitchcock said. "You see all of the things he had time to do in Europe, he has no time to do here."
In Europe, hockey is played more cautiously and on a larger rink which allows players to make more plays from side-to-side. Hitchcock said Tarasenko is starting to realize that he can't make similar plays that he is used to and is learning a different style of hockey.
Fans will get the chance to see Tarasenko in action during the team's first scrimmage Tuesday night at 7 p.m.


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Pain is a wonderful teacher. It instills a sense of caution and respect for our surroundings.
As a kid, I went camping a lot with my Boy Scout troop. In every troop there is a kid overly fascinated by the campfire. Warning after warning, he still tries to play with it like a puppy. Between constant volunteering to add another log to the fire, he tries to catch one thing or another on fire. Before long, he gets a nickname like "pyro" or "second degree" for accidentally burning himself.
My burns have long since healed, but I have never forgotten the valuable lessons pain can teach.
Pain can be a part of exercise and physical activity. Most people have felt the muscle soreness from a long hike or a weekend helping a friend move. Even though the soreness "hurts," you know it is nothing to be too concerned about. It will go away in a few days as you allow your body to heal itself. In this case, pain is telling you to go easy on the major movements until the body can recover.
Most people can tolerate some degree of soreness after increased physical activity. The body will adapt and become stronger as a result.
But what if the soreness doesn't go away? Or every time you use a certain muscle it hurts right away and/or doesn't stop hurting for a week or so. In that case, pain is trying to tell you something else.
As muscles get used they can become tight. Without being allowed or promoted to relax, they can start to ache consistently. Just because you aren't actively using an aching muscle doesn't mean it can relax. You may need to intervene with some stretching or foam rolling.
The back can be a tricky area for aches and pain. It may be difficult to determine exactly what hurts because of the layers of large and small muscles that wrap the trunk. By contrast, it's fairly easy to determine which muscle hurts in your leg and how to fix it. If the front of the thigh hurts, roll and stretch the front of the thigh.
However, if the back hurts, rolling and stretching becomes tricky. Is the pain related to the muscles or is it related to bones? Is it focused at the lower, middle or upper back? Does the pain feel close to the surface or is it a deep pain? Defining the pain is the first step to determining what to do about it.
You may be able to improve yourself with some stretches or foam rolling. If you don't see results after a week or two, then seek the advice of a professional.
In my experience, if the larger muscle groups of the back are in good condition, most other muscles will be, too. Today's stretches are for some large areas that can be neglected. You don't need to be in active pain to try these. If you feel you could use better range of motion or are simply curious to test your back's mobility, give them a try. You may be surprised.
Rhomboids connect your shoulder blades to your spine. When I write about straightening the back or pulling the shoulders back, I am getting you to activate the rhomboids. You don't see them too much when looking at a bare back. They are mostly under the trapezius muscle. You may see part of them in someone who has a lean back.
The thoracic spine isn't a single muscle but a spinal region with many muscle attachments and origins. It aids in flexion, extension and rotation of the spine. Back musculature is especially interconnected. Manipulating one thing will affect others. Stretching the thoracic spine area will stretch many muscles all at once.
A tight T-spine can affect how the body moves in many ways. It can decrease range of motion in many movements. Tight thoracic muscles can cause the attachment sites to feel tender. Much of the back musculature is attached at the low back and the top of the pelvis. Loosening the T-spine can relieve tension along the attachment sites of the involved muscles.
Try performing these stretches for a few weeks and see if you move better. Tight muscles can decrease strength by as much as 30 percent. You may even get stronger.
Instructions for RHOMBOID exercise
Stand adjacent to and half an arm length away from a door frame or post of a squat rack. Hinge the hip and allow the knee to comfortably bend so the back is at a 45-degree angle in relation to the ground. Hold the post with the arm farthest away and position the other hand on the post for support.
Take a deep breath and on the exhale rotate the torso away from the post. Let the shoulder blade gently slide away from the spine. Take a few breaths and deepen the stretch to a comfortable maximum.
Let the gentle rotation of the torso do the stretching. There is no need to wrench your shoulder into a forced range of motion. It may take some time to relax the rhomboids.
Instructions for THORACIC exercise
Sit on the floor and let the knees naturally fall to one side so they face the same direction. Place the palms on the floor in front of the knees and keep the chest tall.
Walk the torso around the hips and away from the knees until a slight stretch is felt. Try to bring the elbows to the floor to deepen the stretch.
Depending on individual tightness, this stretch may range from easy to very difficult. Take time and practice to increase the range of motion.
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By Krista Mahr
KABUL (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday that five of its Afghan staff were kidnapped by a local armed group two days ago in the western province of Herat.
"The incident happened when the team was traveling by road in Herat province on August 14," said Marek Resich, an ICRC spokesman in Kabul.
He said the organization was working on multiple levels "to secure their safe return".
In a separate incident, the Taliban abducted 13 people on Friday who had been working to clear mines in central Ghazni province and were traveling to the capital, according to a local official.
"We have already spoken to elders in the area to use their influence and speak to the Taliban to release them," Shafiq Nang Safi, a spokesman for provincial governor, said on Saturday.
The latest spate of kidnappings underscores the ongoing dangers faced by both Afghans and foreigners working for development and aid groups across the country.
Last year, there were more than 230 attacks on the humanitarian sector in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations.
The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), which rescued three Indian citizens this week who had been kidnapped by the Taliban in Logar province, asked all foreigners to report to police before traveling in the country.
(Reporting by Krista Mahr and Mirwais Harooni in Kabul and Mustafa Andalib in Ghazni; Editing by Sophie Hares)


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Manson improves to 6-1 on year as Tigers sweep doubleheader
GREENCASTLE, Ind. -- One day after dropping its first doubleheader of the season, 11th-ranked DePauw came right back and notched its 10th doubleheader sweep of the year with 5-1 and 4-2 victories against Case Western Reserve.
The Tigers improved to 29-7 on the season which equals the second-most wins in school history. Case Western dropped to 25-14-1.
In game one, Case Western quickly took a 1-0 lead as Bobby Marko led off with a single and Matt Keen doubled him home. Keen later was thrown out at the plate after Sam Alexander hit a grounder to the mound which Hobs Donovan fielded and threw to catcher Ryan Allee for the tag and out.
The Tigers countered in the bottom of the first as Zach Starr, Zach Galyean and Rob McPike each singled to tie the game before Alex Wright plated Galyean with a sacrifice fly.
DePauw expanded the lead to 3-1 in the fifth as McPike led off with a single but was forced at second on Wright's grounder. Brendon Pashia followed with a single before pinch-hitter Cory Meixner singled down the left field line scoring Wright.
The Tigers wrapped up the scoring in the fifth when Galyean doubled and McPike followed with a homer to right.
DePauw totaled 12 hits led by McPike's three and two each from Galyean, Pashia and Pat Lyons. Five different players collected one hit apiece for the Spartans.
Donovan improved to 3-0 with the win and struck out eight, while Jarrett Gish dropped to 6-2.
In the second game, the teams played a scoreless first for the first time in the series, but Case Western struck for a pair in the second as Andrew Gronski walked and Peter Zak homered to left.
DePauw cut the lead in half in the bottom of the second when Robbie Stein led off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. Ryan Allee then lined a single off the pitcher's foot which went into left field allowing Stein to score.
The Tigers tied the score in the fifth when Allee reached second on an infield throwing error, moved to third on a ground out and scored on Galyean's two-out double to left-center field.
Alex Berlyn led off the DePauw seventh with a walk and went to second on Allee's sacrifice bunt. Lyons then singled up the middle driving home Berlyn and giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
DePauw added a run in the eighth as Wright singled and went to second on Stein's sacrifice bunt. A wild pitch moved him to third before Berlyn singled down the right-field line to make it 4-2.
The Tigers totaled 10 hits and were paced by Galyean with three and Lyons with two. Jordan Dague had three of Case Western's five hits.
Andy Manson improved to 6-1 with the win, while Josh Suvak dropped to 0-1 in his first start. Joe Wojda pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.


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Through PASSAGE (Positive and Safe Schools Advancing Greater Equity), AISR has supported districts and communities working together to reduce discipline disparities and promote positive approaches to school discipline. In the first stage of the PASSAGE initiative, funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies supported work in four major urban school districts – New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Beginning in 2016, PASSAGE is focusing this work in Nashville, with support from the Schott Foundation for Public Education .
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PASSAGE Nashville and the MNPS Student-Parent Handbook (4/27/17)A steering committee member of AISR's PASSAGE initiative describes how they transformed the Nashville school district's code of conduct to reduce discipline disparities.
As a result of Nashville's promising work toward implementing a community and district collaboration model in PASSAGE's first phase, in 2016 Nashville was invited to participate in the next stage of PASSAGE, with Metro Nashville Public Schools as its district partner and the Oasis Center , a Nashville nonprofit that helps vulnerable youth overcome barriers through wraparound services, as PASSAGE's core community partner.
Current PASSAGE work in Nashville will support:
A steering committee and five working groups comprised of these stakeholders have met for two years. The new initiative will also support practices that build teacher capacity and collaboration in order to examine persistent discipline disparities at the school level, implement interventions that create supportive classrooms and school climate, and develop procedures for collecting and tracking relevant data to measure progress over time.
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Grace is caring for a little bird that was stunned after flying into a window. Here under the shade of the grape pergola is an opportunity to care for and play with a wild creature. Each year we prune these vines and train them to the pergola wires. We watch them grow and extend their summer shade over the sun facing windows, and we keep an eye on the developing grape harvest.
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Kai, 2½, is delighting in a rare summer storm while his father observes erosion control measures. The chains of ponds observed in some stable streams have been replicated here. Rocks have been laid across this diversion channel to slow the flow and catch sediment, and branches laid across the staggered outflow to spread it across the grassed gentle slope in the background. Kai is playing, and learning without trying.
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Social animals survive and thrive by observing and interacting with each other and their environment. By penning geese with newborn goslings on the lawn in front of the home office we can understand their behaviour and hear any alert calls warning of predators.
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Clare finds a quiet space as she harvests salad for a shared community meal. This is also a time for observation and reflection. Clare helped develop an organic market garden at Northey Street City Farm . Observation and learning from the world around us are really only truly valuable if they "reconnect us to the wonder and mystery of life through practical interaction." [David Holmgren]
Consider a plant with leaves that, when used as a poultice, has the ability to radically speed up wound healing. When eaten they boost the immune system, while the seed heads produce the digestive aid psyllium husk. Where could we find such a remarkable plant? Often within metres of the back door. It is plantain, a plant we usually dismiss as a 'weed'. However in Norway it's known as groblad , and in the Isle of Man as slan lus , both translating as 'healing herb'.
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Amy Winehouse, rest her soul.
Back to Black was a ridiculous record, one that seemingly came from nowhere. Very few had heard her first album, Frank, when "Rehab" broke through and the fucked-up, funky neo-soul of Back To Black hit our ears for the first time. With that one song, that one album, she created a genre and gained almost instant celebrity. Back to Black was released in October 2006 and went platinum by the end of the year; those three months solidified the neo-soul genre as the next big thing. In the time since, neo-soul has become almost a ridiculous past trend, a genre for mixtapes played on road trips with aunts so that everyone can agree on the music and get along. But, like the subversive music she herself was nodding to, Winehouse's Back to Black is anything but inoffensive: it's dirty, confessional, snotty, at times even a little racist (I beg you to take a close look at a lyric sheet). And as we got to know Amy herself, we realized how honest it was, and loved her even more for it. It shouldn't have worked, it shouldn't have made millions, it shouldn't have even been produced it's so jarring and raw and absolutely horny, no pun intended, for everything bad and dirty in life. And in that way it stands as a brilliant record, even timeless in its out-of-timeness. I'll trade a million "Rolling in the Deep"'s for that comeback tour to have actually happened. Rest your fucked-up soul, Amy. We'll go back to Back to Black, again and again.


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McCarren Park
Father Popieluszko Square
This square is named for the late Father Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984), a Roman Catholic priest who lived in Poland. He is best remembered for his ardent support of the Polish Solidarity Movement. During the Soviet occupation of Poland, which lasted from the end of World War II until 1989, the Solidarity Movement fought for the personal rights of the Polish people and for Polish independence.
Father Popieluszko vehemently spoke out against the Soviet-controlled government from the pulpit in his small church, Saint Stanislav Kosta, in North Warsaw. Large numbers of people filled his church to hear his sermons, which were even broadcast over Polish radio. Popieluszko became an extremely popular Polish nationalist. He was arrested on several occasions and warned to limit his sermons solely to religious materials. Boldly ignoring the threats, he continued to publicly reproach the tyrannical government. At one point during the Solidarity Movement, Polish factories went on strike. Popieluszko crossed the police lines, entered a factory and gave communion to the workers in the courtyard.
On October 19, 1984, Popieluszko was kidnapped by the Polish Security Police. He was subsequently found beaten and murdered, at the side of a river with a rock tied around his neck and his hands bound. Public outrage over Popieluszko's murder turned into to demonstrations and riots, and the government-employed murderers were later found, tried and convicted.
The land that currently constitutes Popieluszko Square was acquired by Parks by purchase and condemnation between 1903 and 1905. Originally part of McCarren Park, the square as it exists today was constructed in the 1930s. Soon after the end of World War II, Parks erected a flagpole to honor those who sacrificed their lives. Bedford Street now separates the square from McCarren Park, but the commemorative flagpole still stands. In 1985, the City Council enacted a local law to rename the square after Father Popieluszko.
Two monuments in the square commemorate Father Popieluszko. The granite bust of Father Popieluszko was sculpted by Stanislaw Lutostanski (born 1950) and was initially dedicated in the square in 1990, on the sixth anniversary of Popieluszko's death. In an apparent act of political activism, the monument was vandalized. It was restored and rededicated in 1992, in a ceremony attended by over 11,000 people. Another sculpture, called Bound Hands Rising Free, was sculpted by Parks employee Tom Cleveland (born 1952) and was installed in 2000. Both sculptures represent the heroic life of Father Popieluszko and Poland's struggle for freedom. Every year, on October 19, the date of Father Popieluszko's murder, thousands of Polish Americans, many from this Greenpoint neighborhood, gather at Popieluszko Square to honor this inspirational martyr and celebrate his life and his devotion to liberty.
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By Mridhula Raghavan
(Reuters) - Online travel agency Expedia Inc reported a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates and said business referrals from review site TripAdvisor Inc. have improved, sending its shares up 18 percent in extended trading.
Online travel agencies such as Expedia and Priceline.com depend heavily on leads from TripAdvisor. Changes made to this system during the summer were blamed in part by Expedia for a dismal second quarter.
"Expectations were pretty low heading into the quarter. I think Expedia showed that it has stabilized or even improved on some of the issues that affected them in the second quarter," Macquarie Research analyst Tom White said.
Tripadvisor's new method of directing travelers to partner sites held out the promise of converting more leads into bookings, and Expedia said this system was now performing better.
"Although we see the performance in this channel vary week by week, and also by geography, our bidding models are improving and we're generally regaining click share," Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said in a post-earnings call.
Gross bookings in the third quarter increased 15 percent, primarily driven by its Expedia, Hotels.com and eLong websites. Travel in the U.S. has picked up in recent months with hotel chains posting stronger results this quarter.
Net income fell to $170.9 million, or $1.22 a diluted share, in the third quarter, compared with $171.5 million, or $1.20 a share, a year earlier.
Excluding one-times items, the company earned $1.43 per share. Revenue rose 17 percent to $1.40 billion.
Analysts on average expected earnings of $1.35 on revenue of $1.37 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Expedia shares closed at $49.96 on the Nasdaq on Wednesday.
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The 2012–13 TV Season in One Really Depressing Chart
Almost every returning show on network TV had fewer viewers than the prior year.
The 2012–13 television season officially passed into the Nielsen history books last night, bringing to an end what will likely be remembered as one of the worst years ever in the history of network TV (assuming, of course, that anyone still remembers what "television" is in 50 years). There were hardly any new breakout hits (though The Following, Revolution, and Elementary did okay). And, as has been widely reported, the Big Four as a whole bled viewers: They collectively lost about 10 percent of their adults-under-50 audience this season, with none of the major broadcasters growing year to year in the key demo. But as bad as things look on the macro level, the devastation is even more evident — and jaw-dropping — when you dig into the numbers for all the returning shows.
The vast majority of the nearly 90 series that had their second or higher season on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW lost ground among adults under 50. In the expandable chart below showing the year-to-year ratings change of all returning network shows, you'll see that more than 50 series declined by double digits, nearly 30 fell by 20 percent or more, roughly a dozen gave back a quarter or more of their young audience, and an unlucky seven saw their ratings collapse by at least one-third. And in case you're wondering, you can't blame most of these losses on DVRs: The season's Nielsen numbers include viewers who time-shift shows within a week of their initial broadcast. Overall, the chart paints a pretty ugly picture of where network TV stands right now. The good news for broadcasters: They get to wipe the slate clean and start all over again in just four months.
NOTES: Our chart is based on Nielsen data comparing all available viewing data for the season to date (through Sunday) against Nielsen's final measurement for the 2011–12 season. Because Nielsen still needs to tally DVR data for the last couple of weeks of this season, the numbers we used for this season are not 100 percent complete. For most shows, this won't change whether they're up or down versus last season. However, in the case of shows that had a very small drop this year, like Grey's Anatomy, The Middle, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Suburgatory, and Revenge, it's possible that the final numbers will show the series either flat or up a tick, rather than their current status as "down" compared to last season. And Person of Interest, currently shown as flat, may yet rise to "up" when all numbers are tallied.


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Red Wine Braised Short Rib recipe that I posted a couple of weeks ago.
Speaking of the last two weeks, I have been missing in action. Suffice it to say that my work schedule doesn't leave me enough time to post recipes as much as I once did. I miss it, terribly. For now, it seems I can only post once a week... twice, if I'm lucky.
With that said, let's make soup. I love making soups, year-round. It's fun for me to transform leftovers into a delicious soup. When I make pot roast, I always make souI. When I made the short rib recipe, I saved the vegetables that were used in the braising of the short ribs. I cut up the leftover short ribs and set them aside.


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The State of New Jersey has revised the Request for Response to Statement of Objectives for procuring an eProcurement Software package through State Contract M0003 which was released on Tuesday, 5/24/2011.
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Calgary Flames' Kevin Westgarth (left) and Vancouver Canucks Kellan Lain (right) fight during the first period of their NHL game at Rogers Arena in hVancouver, B.C. on Saturday January 18, 2014. (Carmine Marinelli/QMI Agency)
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They started the season well and finished even better.
In between the Calgary Flames found themselves mired in a streak fans and players alike found particularly frustrating thanks to just two regulation wins in 16 outings.
Then came The Brawl.
Flames head coach Bob Hartley started Kevin Westgarth, Brian McGrattan and Blair Jones on the road Jan. 18 against in Vancouver, where the game opened against the host Canucks with several gloves hitting the ice before the puck.
The 10-man melee that ensued saw eight players ejected just two seconds in, followed by an enraged John Tortorella famously charging towards the Flames dressing room at period's end.
Despite the firestorm of controversy that followed, it ended up being the best thing to happen to the Flames all season long.
"I think it was a turning point for our season," said Flames defenceman Chris Butler, who was ejected for his part in the fight.
"Things were tough for us at that time. We were getting tired of losing, and guys were (peeved) off. Had we won that game, it would have been that much better, but I know it brought us that much closer together."
Following the 3-2 overtime loss to the Canucks, the Flames spent a full day laughing and reminiscing before a great effort in San Jose also saw the team fall short 3-2 to the host Sharks. What followed was a 19-12 finish that has the rebuilding organization and its players feeling better about the future.
"It was great — I think it did bring us all together," said Westgarth, who started the brawl by dropping his gloves at centre ice against Canucks veteran Kevin Bieksa.
"It was a pretty organic incident. Grats and I talking afterwards had the same idea of doing something to excite the boys. It was incredible for our squad whether you were in the fight or not. You're in the trenches together. If you weren't, you had to battle 60 minutes on a really short bench against a good squad.
"Ten willing combatants, and after the fight, everyone was patting each other on the back," Westgarth continued. "It was good for hockey — you don't want it to happen every day, but that's part of the soul of the game. People who want to deride that can go watch another sport. People watch hockey for the violence — just like football."
Westgarth says the team ate dinner together after the game, swapping endless stories and fist-bumps.
"Pretty bonding experience," Westgarth said.
"It loosened everybody up. Things weren't going very well before that, and I'd say that was one of our best games. In San Jose, it was honestly one of the best games, too. It's gotten better and better after that."
Joe Colborne agrees.
"Things like that galvanize a team," said the Calgary native Colborne.
"You don't want to let those guys down — they stood up and put their bodies on the line," Colborne added. "There were guys who usually play 10 minutes who were playing 18 or 19 minutes that night. A couple times, I had to shift down to the other side of the bench in case one of the guys got too tired and were caught on the ice and I would have to play a shift on defence. Thank God, that didn't have to happen. You don't want to see that too often, obviously — a lot of people don't like that.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Nearly all regularly scheduled service resumed Friday on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line between Croton Harmon and Grand Central Terminal in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, according to a Friday morning statement.
The opening of the train line came one day after the MTA resumed most of the regularly scheduled service on the Harlem and New Haven Lines, which an MTA spokeswoman said was fabulous.
Metro-North is now providing "normal, full service to almost 90 percent of its customers," MTA spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said.
"The work that's been done is unbelievable," said Anders. "I'm not saying that everything is perfect because we don't have all of our tracks back, we don't have all of our switches back, we still have some damage to stations. There's craziness out there, but we're running trains. That's massive."
Anders added that "overall ridership was just 60 percent" of the normal morning rush hours.
"By Line, Harlem ridership was 70 percent of normal, the New Haven was 60 percent of normal and the Hudson Line was 40 percent of normal," she said in the release.
Some service segments remain suspended, including the Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and Croton Harmon/Grand Central, the Wassaic Branch on the Harlem Line, and New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches on the New Haven Line, the MTA said in a Friday morning statement.
MTA fares were suspended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo after declaring a transportation emergency Wednesday night. They remain suspended Friday. Trains are also free in Connecticut, said a statement from Gov. Dannel Malloy.
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text: OK, so some Cravers out there weren't exactly sold on the waterproof GPS unit for bikes cited earlier. We can't blame you. But here's an accoutrement for your bi-wheeled lifestyle that we think would be hard to pass up. This Vespa GTS250 has been outfitted with a Wi-Fi-equipped computer purportedly with a touch-screen display and sound system to boot. To top it off, according to Engadget, it even has a Louis Vuitton seat. We would have preferred Gucci, but we're not ones to quibble.


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Objective: Personality is an important factor in the research of the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Although some studies report a high rate of personality disorders – around the 40% level – in samples of patients with CFS, the generalizability of these findings can be questioned.
The present study evaluates the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) personality disorders in a sample of female CFS patients and in two control groups.
Method: The ADP-IV questionnaire (Assessment of DSM Personality Disorders IV) was used to assess the DSM-IV-TR personality disorders at a dimensional and categorical level in a sample of 50 female CFS patients and in two matched control samples of Flemish civilians (n=50) and psychiatric patients (n=50).
Results: The results indicate a striking lack of statistical significant differences between the CFS sample and the Flemish control group at the level of dimensional Trait scores, number of criteria, and prevalence rates of personality disorder diagnoses.
Unsurprisingly, higher scores at these levels were obtained within the psychiatric sample. The prevalence of an Axis II disorder was 12% in the Flemish and CFS samples, whereas the psychiatric sample obtained a prevalence of 54%.
Conclusion: The prominent absence of any significant difference in personality disorder characteristics between the female Flemish general population and the CFS samples seems to suggest only a minor etiological role for personality pathology, as defined by the DSM-IV Axis II, within CFS.
Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Jan 2009; 66(1) pp13-20. Corujaret J, Schotte CKW, Wijnants H, Moorkens G, Cosyns P. Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium; Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Free University of Brussels; Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI), University of Antwerp; Department of Clinical Psychology, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium. [E-mail: email@example.com]


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The Spa Valley Railway is owned and operated by the Wealden Railway Co.Ltd with support from the Tunbridge Wells & Eridge Railway Preservation Society.
The day to day running of the railway is managed by the General Manager with support from the Leadership Team & its Chairman. The Wealden Railway Co.Ltd is managed by its Directors with support from the General Manager. The Tunbridge Wells & Eridge Railway Preservation Society is managed by its Trustees headed by the Chairman, all volunteers are members of this society.
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- Finance Manager – Stephen Woolven
- Assistant Operations Manager - Chris Hobden
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We are proud to announce that Eldorado Cinema's has become part of the United Cinemas Australia.
We hope our loyal customers will appreciate the exciting improvements for the cinema coming soon.
You will now find all our session time information on our national website, www.unitedcinemas.com.au .
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First of all, let's make one point perfectly clear. The captaincy of a hockey club really shouldn't be that big of a deal anymore.
C-wearing lost much of its non-ceremonial significance when National Hockey League teams started forcing the honour on the team's superstar (regardless of whether said player had leadership abilities) or pinning the letter on budding franchise players in the hopes they would grow into the role.
C-wearing lost a lot of its oomph when the Minnesota Wild put a strip of Velcro on the "C" and started treating the entire affair like a Book of the Month Club. The practice of naming letter-wearers became the butt of jokes when a certain Northwest Division club dubbed its goaltender the captain even though the netminder isn't allowed to have a "C" or an "A" on his sweater.
Mark Messier has been grandiosely proclaimed one of the great captains and leaders in the history of the sport and perhaps that's true, but the fact remains that the Moose's teams failed to make the post-season over the final seven seasons of his career.
All that said, there's already been a lot of chatter about who will have a "C" stitched on his red maple leaf sweater at the 2010 Olympics and the volume on the discussion will likely go up as the summer camp gets under way this week at the Saddledome. It's certainly been a hot topic in Calgary in particular where many Flames fans believe and/or hope Jarome Iginla is the right man for the job. The Captain Iggy Movement gained a lot of steam when Joe Sakic, a long-time NHL captain and Burnaby native who would have been playing in his own backyard in Vancouver, announced his retirement.
Still, Iginla is hardly a shoo-in for the captaincy, not when there are eight other NHL captains on the list of Canadian hopefuls for the 2010 roster and a number of others who have worn a "C" either in the pros or international competition.
The case for Iginla
- He already has a reputation as a great captain who leads by example, even if some of the folks responsible for that reputation have little firsthand knowledge of how things work in the Calgary dressing room. Back in February, a CBC panel dubbed Iginla as the best choice for the "C."
- By all accounts, he's popular among his fellow NHLers.
- No matter how contrived the award might be, he won Messier's leadership thingy this past season.
- He's one of only four skaters with a chance to play for Canada at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Olympics (Chris Pronger, Ryan Smyth and Simon Gagne, none of whom are currently their NHL teams' captains, are the others, while Scott Niedermayer would have also been on the list had an injury not kept him out of the Torino Games).
The case against Iginla
- There's the aforementioned eight other team captains on the prospective Canadian roster, although it's probably safe to rule out Roberto Luongo for the honour. Scott Niedermayer, Sidney Crosby, Shane Doan, Brenden Morrow, Rick Nash, Mike Richards and Vincent Lecavalier are also in the mix. Patrick Marleau was San Jose's captain but was stripped of the letter by Sharks skipper Todd McLellan this summer.
- The Flames haven't won a Cup under Iginla haven't been past the first round of the playoffs since the lockout. Conversely, Niedermayer and Crosby have both accepted the Cup from Gary Bettman while Pronger, Lecavalier, Eric Staal, Jordan Staal, Dan Boyle, Martin St. Louis, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Francois Beauchemin and Dan Cleary all own Stanley Cup rings.
- Although he has plenty of Team Canada experience, Iginla has turned down all recent invitations to represent his country at the world championships. Two of those world championship invitations came from Steve Yzerman, the executive director of the 2010 Olympic team.
- Perhaps the biggest impediment of all is the presence of Niedermayer. The Anaheim defenceman has seniority – he's the oldest skater on the team – and experience (he's captained two NHL teams). If the choice comes down to the 36-year-old Niedermayer and the 32-year-old Iginla, might not the brass opt for the player who is less likely to ever play for Canada again?


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With over 55,000 sq ft of event space for up to 2,500, we are the area's preferred "Place to Meet." The Grand Hall Ballroom provides an exquisite backdrop for any function, and services like the two-hour RFP response guarantee and Daily Meeting Debrief ensure smooth meeting logistics. Business guests enjoy easy access to Eli Lilly, Rolls-Royce, Anthem/WellPoint, Farm Bureau Insurance, the State Capital and Government Center and other area businesses.
Our hotel's downtown Indianapolis location is near attractions such as Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Victory Field, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Zoo and NCAA Hall of Champions. Union Station operates as an active train station. The muffled rumblings of trains regularly passing through adds to the ambiance of staying in our hotel.
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This spacecraft entered Venus orbit and was separated from the lander on October 23, 1975 after about 4.5 months of flight. The orbiter mission was to serve as a communications relay for the lander and to explore cloud layers and atmospheric parameters with instruments including a French 3500 angstrom UV photometer, a 4000-7000 angstrom photo-polarimeter, a 1.5 to 3 micron infrared spectrometer, and a 8 - 30 micron infrared radiometer. The orbiter also carried a magnetometer and charged particle traps. Some reports indicated a camera system was also aboard. The orbiter consisted of a cylinder with two solar panel wings and a high gain parabolic antenna attached to the curved surface. A bell-shaped unit holding propulsion systems was attached to the bottom of the cylinder, and mounted on top was a 2.4 meter sphere which held the landers. At launch the Venera 10 spacecraft, including lander, had a mass of 5033 kg.
Spacecraft image for illustrative purposes - not necessarily in the public domain.
Launch Date: 1975-06-14
Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R
Mass: 2300.0 kg
Questions or comments about this spacecraft can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams.
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Harvey, B., The new Russian space programme from competition to collaboration, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, 1996.
Johnson, N. L., Handbook of soviet lunar and planetary exploration - volume 47 science and technology series, Amer. Astronau. Soc. Publ., 1979.


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LOGIC E-Cigs Ranked a Top Seller in US Convenience Stores
Report Shows LOGIC Premium E-Cigarette is a Nationwide Category Leader
Feb 11, 2013, 06:00 EST
LIVINGSTON, N.J., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LOGIC Technology, makers of premium electronic cigarettes, today announced the results of Nielsen's Brand Rank Report indicating LOGIC outperformed its competitors in the fourth quarter of 2012 for sales per point of distribution. On the heels of an independent survey finding LOGIC to be the best-selling and most popular electronic cigarette brand in New York City, the Nielsen Brand Rank Report is more evidence to support the company's solid, continuous growth.
According to the report, LOGIC was ranked number two in the fourth quarter of 2012 for electronic cigarette sales per point distribution. The Nielsen Brand Rank Report is based on sales from convenience stores across the United States.
"We are thrilled with the continued reports that indicate LOGIC is quickly becoming the preferred e-cigarette among Americans. LOGIC offers a smarter alternative to traditional cigarettes and it is great to see that smokers across America are converting and choosing a quality product," said Eli Alelov, CEO of LOGIC Technology. "The company has made great strides in just two and a half years and we believe if all stores carried LOGIC, it would deliver the highest sales per store compared to other brands."
The electronic cigarette industry is rapidly growing and was recently reported to support revenues reaching $300 million. LOGIC's superior product and innovation have contributed to its tremendous sales growth, rising 600 percent from 2011 to 2012. LOGIC outsells all e-cigarette brands in New York City. According to the recent independent survey conducted by Frees Media, more than fifty percent of stores in New York's five boroughs reported LOGIC'S premium e-cigarettes were their best selling brand as well as their most favorably received, establishing LOGIC as the category leader in the market. The results showed that 55 percent surveyed indicated LOGIC e-cigarettes.
LOGIC e-cigarettes are available in disposable and rechargeable versions and available at convenience stores nationwide as well as on the company's web site. For more information about LOGIC Technology, visit www.LogicEcig.com.
LOGIC calculation based in part on data reported by Nielsen through its Service for the Total Anti-smoking Product category for the 52-week period ending 12/22/2012, for the Total US market and Total Convenience channel. Copyright © 2013, The Nielsen Company.
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LOGIC is the leader in premium electronic cigarettes, offering a smarter alternative to smoking tobacco products. With multiple industry leading patents, LOGIC sets itself apart by featuring revolutionary technology that delivers the most realistic smoking experience. Simulating the feeling and taste of a real cigarette, LOGIC provides a sensory experience that satisfies a smoker's addictive cravings for the nicotine, tobacco flavor, hand to mouth motion and vapor release, while avoiding 4,000 toxins that are in cigarettes.
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By Alex Alford
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
A mission trip to the other side of the world may seem daunting to some, but for junior Sune Agbuke, it was a life-changing opportunity she refused to miss.
Agbuke traveled to Kenya in the summer of 2012 with fellow Baylor student-athletes and staff, and again in 2013 when she went to both Zambia and Kenya. Agbuke claims it was teammate Lindsay Palmer who first compelled her to go.
"A week after I got on campus, one of the seniors on my team, Lindsay Palmer, had just come back from Kenya," Agbuke said. "She told me about it and it just sounded really interesting. Everyone who I talked to seemed like they had life changing stories that I wanted to be part of."
Her trip was nothing short of life changing. From feeding homeless children to building relationships with strangers, Agbuke came back with a deeper appreciation of her life.
"You realize how much you have and you realize how small your problems are, because you see people who are up against some dire situations," Agbuke said.
Although those they were serving may have led more problematic lives, Agbuke recognized their joy and hospitality, a trait sometimes lost in America.
"My first day there I noticed that people said 'you're welcome' more than I said 'thank you,'" Agbuke said. "People were just really nice and there was a really big sense of hospitality there that's not normal here."
Not only did Agbuke notice a difference in the joy of those less fortunate, but she also gained a deeper appreciation for basketball.
"It gave me a different perspective,"Agbuke said. "When we're there, we do camps for children. The kids just absorb whatever you're teaching them, even the simplest drills, and they love it. I remembered how important basketball is to me and I was glad I got to share that with them."
Even though she is only a junior, Agbuke has cultivated maturity through her experiences allowing her to become a leader for the Lady Bears both on and off the court.
"She's one of many leaders out there," said head coach Kim Mulkey. "She's going to be our leader next year and she has a way about her in the locker room that can diffuse intense situations, because she can say something funny. Sune doesn't want to disappoint you, but yet at the same time she is never going to get too high or get too low."
Although Agbuke gained a deeper appreciation for basketball, she was impacted most through a connection with a complete stranger. A woman she not only met on her first trip, but was able to reconnect with on her second trip.
"The first time we went, I saw this woman and I stopped her to ask if I could pray with her," Agbuke said. "She was like, 'Yea I am a Christian this is so nice.' So we prayed and she was like, 'Oh this is so nice, what you guys are doing.' She was on her way to work, so we said goodbye."
However, the story does not end there. Agbuke saw the woman twice more, once the next week and again a year later on her second trip.
"I went the next year right around the same place and I am looking around wondering if I will see her," Agbuke said. "I was praying with one of the street children and someone tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around and it was her. We lost it. I was so happy to see her. We were crying and so ecstatic. She is someone I think about all the time. I think about her every day. Knowing that we pray for each other, miles apart."
Agbuke believes you don't have to travel across the world to have a servant's heart.
"I just really wanted to help people and serve people," she said. "You can do that in Africa, but you can also do that in Waco. You can do that wherever you are. That also became an emphasis when I came back, just to bring that same heart here."
Her servant's heart also extends to her teammates who turn to her for advice.
"I always go to her for advice like 'Sune what should I do here?" said roommate and teammate, Kristina Higgins. "Any questions I have, I go to Sune."
Agbuke's experiences in Zambia and Kenya left an impact on her life and made her appreciative of her opportunities as an athlete and aspiring law student."It made me more appreciative of my scholarship," Agbuke said. "The fact that I have an opportunity, because that's really what's so great about our circumstances compared to theirs. It's the opportunity to be different, the opportunity to grow and leave your circumstances; just the opportunity to play basketball or the opportunity to go to school. That really made me appreciative."


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How to properly handle pins for dual MOSFET (HAT1054R)?
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I have a question about pin handling for a dual MOSFET (HAT1054R). After considering a circuit using the HAT1054R (dual MOSFET), we have decided to use only one out of two channels. In this case, unused pins of the MOSFET will be in an open (unconnected) state. Is there any problem with this? The state of the connections currently on the board are as follows.
- Drain, source, and gate are all not connected to each other.
- Drain and source are connected to the line to which voltage is applied. Gate is not connected.
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The Best Picture mixup at this year's Academy Awards will live in infamy—but the country music community sure feels ready to poke fun at the Oscars. While Nancy O'Dell and magician David Copperfield presented the award for Song of the Year to Thomas Rhett (for "Die a Happy Man") they revealed that the envelope read "Emma Stone—La La Land."
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Rhett took the joking in stride and dedicated his award to his growing family. "This song's inspiration was because of you," Rhett told his pregnant wife Lauren, who smiled from the audience.
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I-77 south closed near Jonesville after tractor-trailer hits overpass
I-77 south closed near Jonesville after tractor-trailer hits overpass
The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed Thursday morning after the vehicle crashed into an overpass on Interstate 77 south. The road was shut down for a few hours.
James Griffith, 40, of New Bern was killed in the crash, which happened around 9 a.m. at the overpass bridge for Center Road near mile marker 79.
The tractor-trailer veered off the road to the right, hit a guard rail and a bridge, troopers said. Troopers are still trying to determine why the truck left the road.
NCDOT engineers inspected the bridge supports and found no structural damage.
One lane was reopened around 12:20 p.m., and the other lane was reopened after 1 p.m.


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Berwind Park turns 100
One hundred years ago today, on Saturday, May 30, 1914, the first game of baseball was played at Berwind Park. That first game pitted the newly formed, salaried team of the St. Marys Base Ball Association against the visiting P. & E. Renovo squad. "P. & E." stood for "Philadelphia & Erie," referring to the railroad that passed through both St. Marys and Renovo. The game ended up being a 10-inning contest, with St. Marys emerging victorious 2-1.


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As you progress through your college career and succeed academically, you may have the opportunity to join one of the WAU Chapters of six national honor societies.
Washington Adventist University was the first Seventh-day Adventist University to join national honor societies, and has active chapters of the six national honor societies listed below. These honor societies help promote and recognize excellence in scholastic achievement, leadership and character development.
New student members who meet the eligibility requirements specified by the society are formally inducted into the society during the school year. Honor societies at WAU are coordinated by the Center for Student Success.


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