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The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission has awarded an $876,510 economic development grant to Mills County for improvements to the 190th Street business corridor west of Interstate 29.
The grant was announced at a transportation commission meeting last Tuesday in Council Bluffs.
The funds will be utilized for the concrete paving of 190th Street between the Interstate 29 - Highway 34 interchange and Kane Ave.
The travel time for a road trip to Kansas City became a little shorter Saturday when the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) re-opened a stretch of Interstate 29 from the Missouri state line to Exit 32 near Pacific Junction.
Portions of the the 32-mile section of interstate had been closed since June 15 because of flooding from the Missouri River.
Several vehicles were lined up on the interstate at 10 a.m. when IDOT personnel removed barricades and snow fence to formally reopen the roadway.
The Glenwood City Council has approved the first of three required readings that would legalize the operation of golf carts on city streets.
An amendment to city Ordinance 847 would make it legal for any person age 18 or older with a valid Iowa driver's license to operate a golf cart on city streets during daylight hours from April 1 through Oct. 31.
Golf cart operators would be required to apply for an operator's permit from the Glenwood Police Department.
A search by Mills County Sheriff's deputies has turned up a "sophisticated" marijuana plant growing operation in a rural Mills County home.
Reports indicate deputies served a search warrant on a residence at 25365 Norrell Ave., southeast of Glenwood, shortly after 9 p.m. on Sept. 23. While conducting their search, deputies discovered a marijuana grow room in the home's basement.
MALVERN – It may be weeks or months before Mills County officials have a precise reading on the percentage of crops destroyed or damaged this year by flooding along the Missouri River and devastating hail and high winds that accompanied a pair of August thunderstorms, but there's no doubt that production losses in the county will be substantial.
Craig Florian has resigned from his Ward I seat on the Glenwood City Council, but hopes to be elected back to the council in the Nov. 8 city election as the representative for Ward II.
Mills County is now taking applications for Iowa Disaster Assistance from individuals affected by the hail storms on Aug. 18 and Aug. 22 as well as from those individuals and families who have had flood-related expenses.
Applicants must meet the income requirements and present receipts for expenditures related to either event listed above. Expenses must fit into the application guidelines with a maximum reimbursement amount of $5,000 per household.
The levees near the banks of the Missouri River in Mills County are no longer in the hands of the Iowa National Guard.
Floodwaters may be receding in areas of Mills County but dangers remain for motorists on the county's many closed roads, said Mills County Engineer Kevin Mayberry.
Mayberry, speaking at a Flood Policy Group meeting at Glenwood Community High School earlier this month, said many of the county's roads closed entirely or partially by floodwaters in evacuated portions of western Mills County could be months away from being passable due to damage caused by the water.
Iowa was notified late last week by Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate that the state's request for activation of the Federal Individual Assistance Program for Fremont, Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie and Woodbury counties has been denied.
Mills County was not included in the original request due to a low number of significantly affected homes in our area during the original assessment process.
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text: This study aims to: 1) estimate national annual prevalence costs of all US persons combined with autism for 2010 and for different groups separately: only ages 0-9; 10-19; 20-64; and ages 65+; males; females; 2) forecast costs for the same groups as in Aim 1 for years 2016 and 2020; and 3) generate transparent methods to allow annual updates by other researchers. The investigators will take the cost-of-illness approach that estimates annual total cost of existing disease. Costs are divided into direct and indirect categories. Direct costs include, for example, adult care programs, physician and therapist visits, hospitalizations, medications, paid caregivers, and special education. Indirect costs use the Human Capital method and include morbidity and mortality categories that measure lost wages, lost fringe benefits, and lost home production. Morbidity costs apply to both persons living with disease and unpaid (family) caregivers. Mortality costs apply to persons who prematurely die from causes that can be reasonably attributed to autism. Taking the societal perspective, the study applies a 3% discount rate and uses the prevalence method as opposed to incidence. The incidence method has data difficulties and requires heroic assumptions; moreover, incidence-based cost estimates cannot be compared to the great majority of cost estimates for other diseases such as cancer or diabetes because the latter use the prevalence method. Broadly speaking, the approach multiplies estimates of prevalence of autism with average per-person costs of autism for 8 demographic groups and more than 30 categories of costs. The study is based on secondary data and figures from the literature to generate these estimates, followed by the significant innovation of analyzing cost from data from roughly 32,000 children and 6,000 adults with autism in the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS) databank. The CDDS data are especially important for addressing the Autism Speaks priority area involving "factors that influence quality of life for adults with autism" because data are available for costs of adult care at home and at licensed facilities. Forecasts with be generated with regression models using 10 most recent years of data and projections of prevalence from the literature. Because of the lack of primary data, considerable attention will focus on a sensitivity analysis that allows for varying parameter estimates.

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Potential Orioles playoff game leads to change
Ravens 'Purple Evening' gets pushed back
Potential Orioles playoff game leads to change
The Baltimore Ravens' 6th annual A Purple Evening, which is an event dedicated to female fans, is getting pushed back.
The event was scheduled for Monday but will now be held from 4-10 p.m. Nov. 5.
Organizers said they were worried that M&T Bank Stadium would not be able to host the 5,000 fans who usually show up if a potential Orioles playoff game ended up at Camden Yards. They said they want to make sure they can still host the fans to the standard of which the event is accustomed.
Officials said those tickets that have already been purchased will be honored in November.
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What is it about certain middle-aged men and their lack of awareness? The common assumption is that women fear loneliness more than men. Kelsey Grammer is making a really good case for equality in that category. And it's probably more than loneliness too. It's a loneliness-ego combination.
I'm a man who has to have a woman to make me feel like a man.
He's not a unique case, either. He's probably very common. Maybe they should make a reality show about that. It would balance out the shrew-tv that's so popular these days. Those f-cking Real Housewives of Whatever F-cking City.
Anyway, Kelsey was at the airport in New York yesterday waiting for his bags with his new piece – they're apparently getting married soon – and couldn't help himself to her mouth. I wonder how much she gets paid every time he does that. You would have to pay me. Because, obviously.
But is it worth it?
How much cash money would it take? To spend the next several years lying on your back, pretending to enjoy it while he grunts and gets off on top of you? I'm sorry it's so graphic…but the point is, I want you think about what it would be like to endure that. You're 29 years old. Reasonably attractive. In it for the easy life. So you share your bed with it.
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Outgoing ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe delivered an unscheduled message to the 53rd national conference of the ANC in Mangaung on Tuesday evening, bidding farewell as an official after serving in the top six for 15 years. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY / NewsFire.
In another surprise move, Motlanthe declined nomination as an additional member of the ANC national executive committee (NEC), signalling a complete withdrawal from the ANC leadership.
ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu said the party was not aware that Motlanthe was planning to decline nomination to the NEC. "It was between him and the electoral commission," he said.
Motlanthe received rousing applause and a standing ovation as he took to the podium to make the address in which he congratulated and wished the newly elected leadership well. He repeated the sentiments of President Jacob Zuma earlier in the day when he asked the ANC to recover from the divisions besieging the organisation and unite behind the new leaders.
"I wish you strength and wisdom in uniting ANC and its leagues, the alliance and most important of all, all South Africans," Motlanthe said.
"One thing alone needs to be said: the ANC is the epitome of democracy and so we must continue to champion democracy in our country and the world over," Motlanthe, still the country's deputy president, said.
He said the ANC should continue to lead in deracialising and eliminating sexism.
"We must continue to sharpen our ability to hear the cries of our people… attending to the economic challenges of unemployment, inequality and poverty, utilising the mandate given to us by our people."
He said the ANC should address these challenges with full confidence in its leaders.
"They will outdo themselves. Our leaders were elected by the entire membership of the ANC. And so as we continue with our deliberations in the commissions, keep that in mind, doing this work under the watch and guidance of a very capable leadership we have elected," Motlanthe said.
Motlanthe thanked the new officials of the ANC for allowing him to bid farewell to the ANC, particularly Zuma who allowed Motlanthe to speak after him in a departure of ANC protocol.
"I feel very privileged. Thank you, you have done us proud," Motlanthe said, before leaving the stage to loud cheers.
When the electoral commission began announcing names for the NEC, conference was informed that Motlanthe had declined nomination as an additional member.
This means Motlanthe is effectively retiring from the leadership of the ANC. It is not yet known whether this has implications for his position in government. DM
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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe fooled fans at Comic-Con in San Diego, California on Friday (25Jul14) by hitting the convention floor dressed up as Spider-Man.
The young Brit was forced to delay his arrival at the event due to a visa issue which left him stranded in Canada, where he was promoting his new movie What If on Thursday (24Jul14), but he eventually made it to Comic-Con and decided to have some fun by posing with fans in disguise.
A reporter for MTV posted a photo of Radcliffe putting his Spider-Man mask on right before he donned the full costume.
An insider tells WENN, "He was the quietest Spidey ever because he felt sure that if he spoke, the superfans at Comic-Con would recognize the voice and rumble him."


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At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
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I'm 24 and I have gray hair! What's going on?
- asks Kat from London
I was only 18 when I spotted my first gray hairs, interlopers among my chestnut-colored tresses. As a freshman in college, I chalked these gray hairs up to stress from calculus class and a bad boyfriend. But by the time I aced calculus and dumped the boyfriend, those silver wisps were still there—and now, at the age of 25, a few gray strands have multiplied to what seems like nearly a hundred, silently taunting me when I look in the mirror as if to say, "You're getting old. You're getting old. You're getting old."
To explain the mystery of graying hair, you must get to the root of the problem, err, I mean the root of your hair. Under the scalp, a tube of tissue called the hair follicle surrounds the root of every hair strand. Each follicle contains a number of pigment cells that produce melanin, the polymer that gives the growing shaft of hair its color. Usually these pigment cells continuously produce melanin, but if your body stops generating it, the strand of hair will have very little pigment to paint over it's normally transparent hue; this base-transparency will then present itself as gray, white, or silver.
Melanin production is brought to a halt for a variety of reasons–some natural, some indicators of greater health issues. As people continue to get older, the number of pigment cells around to produce melanin will actually be reduced. Eventually, these cells will be so depleted, the hair will look completely gray. Incidentally, melanin also provides moisture to the hair strand, so when less is produced, hair tends to grow brittle, losing its bounce. This is why as your hair leans towards the color of the snowy peaks of the Alps, its texture becomes dryer and coarser, making it more curly or wiry.
My gray hair started when I was still in my teens—a far cry from the usual graying age range of 30 to 50. But it turns out that people can get gray hair at any age, depending on genetics. This means that most of us will start having gray hairs around the same age that our parents or grandparents first did. I called my mother to find out our family's graying hairstory. She told me it wasn't any surprise that I had started to gray at a young age—her uncle's hair was completely white by the time he was 25. Aha! I thought. Now this mystery is starting to make sense.
Researchers have shown that gender plays a role in graying. The average male starts to gray around age 30, while women typically began to notice lighter strands around age 35. In some families, many members develop white hair in their 20s. "It obviously clusters in families in one sense. Whether that is a single gene or common gene we don't know," writes Dr. Meyer in the magazine Scientific American. "Generally speaking, among Caucasians, 50% are 50% gray by age 50. There is, however, wide variation. This number differs for other ethnic groups, again demonstrating the effect of genetics." But this biological fact of life varies greatly from person to person, which made dermatologists and geneticists conclude that age is not the the only indicator of when gray hair will appear.
For starters, smoking is known to decrease melanin production. Sometimes, the arrival of gray hair can be a sign of an underlying health problem. Werner's syndrome, a disease that mirrors the symptoms of aging in people as young as 20, can spur the premature growth of gray hair. Pernicious anemia, a disease marked by a vitamin B12 deficiency, is also associated with decreased melanin production.
Although there are people who think that a big shock or trauma can turn a person's hair white overnight, only a rare disease has been known to cause this phenomenon. Called alopecia areata, the condition causes the thicker, darker hairs to stop growing before it affects the growth of gray hairs—meaning people with the disease seem to "go gray" overnight as the darker strands are diminished and the gray ones keep on growing strong.
Overnight graying myth aside, what about that pesky old wive's tale that says pulling out a gray will result in five more springing in it's place? That's also wrong! So yank away. I, however, don't have that kind of patience, so it's back to the salon for me, for a little color to cover those stubborn grays.


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The new legislation, expected to be place by next year, will require every doctor in the UK to convince the General Medical Council (GMC) that his practice is up to date.
All doctors will have to provide five years' worth of proof that the care they offer patients is up to scratch. If they don't, they won't get a licence and, without that, they won't be able to treat or prescribe for patients. Those who try will be breaking the law. All doctors are expected to have presented their cases by 2005.
This is the GMC's attempt to restore public confidence in a system that reached an all-time low with the Harold Shipman case (the GP who is now in prison for killing at least 15 of his patients). Other proposals in Hutton's document include plans for quicker and simpler disciplinary arrangements, and having non-GMC members in on the panel's hearings (BMJ, 2002; 324: 1235; www.doh.gov.uk/gmcreform).


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What are you talking about? Are you complaining about bladders in general being unreliable?isaldarriaga wrote:airtime last only a year. period. The valves peals off and the glue looks like gel after the year. I guess humidity in air (over 90% here) causes the problem, but certainly the product is not designed to really last longer, as they claim, at least in the tropic. I tried to glue them back but after a short time they started to leak air again and then to peal off. Also the big bladder pealed itself off in a section. So it's a waste of time and money. I'm certainly so pissed off of this issue that i'm mentalized to move to a foil, so i don't have to deal with this "#$% bladders again. I think LEI are so depreciated (price) in the second hand market due this design failure of the bladders, and also buying a new cheap kite of the last years is the same, because in my experience using the kite or not the glue becomes gel or something that is not glue anymore (on any brand). this is the way those chemical work, to drain your pocket again.
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...science fiction lacks anyone with an Oulipo-streak. Imagine a collection of short stories each 7,499 words. By definition, they would not be novelettes; but what if they were paced like novelettes? What if two of them were interconnected—same characters, different times—would they now be a 14,998-word novelette? Would three be a 22,497-word novella? Six a 44,994-word novel?We here at Mumpsimus Central are fans of many different sorts of streaks, including any Oulipian ones, and I'm sure we're not alone. Perhaps some of you out there will take John's statement as a fun challenge...
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Professor Robin Feldman testified March 19, 2013 before the California Assembly Select Committee on Privacy, helping guide legislators through the thicket of privacy rights and laws as state leaders prepare to consider a slew of new privacy legislation in the coming months.
"Mobile devices have the potential to fundamentally alter the relationship between people and the data they generate," Feldman told lawmakers. "On the one hand, these devices promise tremendous power for both users and business. On the other hand, geolocation devices, that is, devices that know where we are at any given moment, can raise serious privacy concerns."
Among bills lawmakers are considering is AB 242, introduced by Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Alhambra), which would require commercial websites or online services to make its privacy policies available in plain language in 100 words or less, and to include a statement indicating whether personally identifiable information may be sold or shared with others, and if so, how and with whom the information may be shared.
Feldman noted the word "privacy" does not exist anywhere in the U.S. Constitution. Over the years and through hundreds of cases, courts have cobbled a federal constitutional right to privacy from the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, she said. "In a sense, the constitutional right to privacy is something of a Frankenstein's monster: not only is it built from the pieces of other rights, but it is also a clumsy, lumbering thing, not known for its fine motor skills or lightness of touch," Feldman told lawmakers.
States are far freer when it comes to regulating privacy, she testified. "California has been a leader in privacy legislation," Feldman noted. For example, the California Constitution reaches far beyond the United States Constitution in that it explicitly lists privacy as an "inalienable right."
"In this spirit of this Constitutional mandate, California has passed some of the strongest laws in the nation when it comes to protecting the privacy of its citizens and consumers," she said.
California is also home to the most thriving startup communities anywhere in the world, Feldman reminded lawmakers. "It is important to work with these startups so that they develop the cultural norms towards privacy that we would like to see with emerging technologies. That way, we can stay ahead of the technology curve, rather than just trying to regulate it after it has been created," she said.


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The fully analog Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5015 Mic Pre/Compressor Module combines the outstanding sound quality expected from a Rupert Neve design with the total flexibility required by modern recording studios. The Portico 5015 features independent transformer-coupled mic preamp and compressor-limiter sections identical to those found in the Neve Designs 5012 and 5043 modules.
Available in both vertical and horizontal configurations, when used with the 5033 five band EQ it is possible to create a Portico channel strip with preamplification, dynamics processing and equalization. As an additional routing option, the microphone preamp output may be routed directly to the compressor section without patching by pressing the "To Compressor" switch.
Portico Series Awards:
Rupert Neve Designs has been honored with three TEC Awards since its inception in 2005. The Portico 5015 Mic Pre/Compressor won for achievement in the category of Mic Preamplifier Technology. The Portico 5042 "True Tape" Emulator (#482649) won for achievement in the category of Signal Processing Technology/Hardware. The 5088 Discrete Analogue Mixer won for achievement in the category of Large Format Console Technology.
Rupert Neve Designs received the Mix Certified Hit Award in 2006 for the 5088 Console and the Portico Range.
Rupert Neve Designs received the Future Music Platinum Award for the Portico Range in 2007.
Microphone Preamplifier
The microphone input is balanced but not floating, being a variant of an instrumentation amplifer using a "Transformer-Like-Amplifier" (T.L.A.) configuration with a toroidal Common Mode Rejection Low Pass Filter that excludes frequencies above 150 kHz. The T.L.A. is followed by an actual input transformer designed by Mr. Neve that permits a full +25 dBu input signal to be handled at unity gain without an input pad over the whole audio spectrum. This innovative solution combines the advantages of both an "Electronically Balanced" and true transformer input.
In addition to the 72 dB of gain, the Neve Portico 5015 mic preamp includes individually selectable phase, mute, phantom power, a swept high pass filter from 20-250 Hz, and the "Silk" circuit which yields the rich warmth and presence of the renowned classic designs.
The Compressor Section
The Portico 5015 microphone preamp's compressor has fully variable threshold, ratio, attack, release and makeup gain with two selectable VCA modes that provide for exceptional control of any source material.
How it Works. In order to control gain, a VCA or voltage controlled amplifier (or attenuator) is used. There are many types of voltage control including the use of tubes, discrete and integrated solid state circuits and naturally non-linear devices, each one having its characteristic behavior that reflects sonically on the final performance, and gives it a character or signature that can be musically attractive or not.
The Portico 5043 makes use of a very accurate, low noise, low distortion V.C.A. having, essentially, no signature of its own.
A part of the audio signal is rectified and smoothed to produce a suitable control voltage for the VCA, which has to respond very quickly and have low distortion. If the response is too fast, low frequency signals will themselves be gain controlled. If the response is too slow, the signal will overshoot and the first few cycles will not get compressed. The speed and accuracy of the response, known as the attack, and the time frame that gain remains under the initial control, known as release or recovery, and plays a large part in the way a compressor sounds.
All Rupert Neve Designs Portico modules use input and output transformers and, almost entirely discrete component amplifiers. In fact the line amplifiers on their own, inserted into the signal chain, are capable of enhancing the sonic quality of many signal sources, especially those of digital origin. These are some of the factors that enable, the Portico 5043, to work so unobtrusively within the context of a very high quality audio chain.
Feed-forward or Feedback?
The Portico 5043 provides a choice of feed-forward or feedback compression modes. The FB Button allows the user to switch between the two modes. If the VCA Control voltage is taken from the 5043's input, (before the VCA) the VCA knows right away that a gain change is required and there is almost immediate response. This is known, logically, as a feed-forward compressor.
If the VCA Control voltage is taken from the 5043's output, (after the VCA) it cannot act immediately on the VCA because it has already been modified by settings of the VCA and circuits through which it has passed. This is known as a feedback compressor. The two compression characteristics are quite different; there is more overshoot, and both the attack and recovery ramps are changed, providing the user with powerful choices. Almost all of Neve's earlier designs were feedback . They were more musical and sweeter than with feed-forward designs; however the feed-forward design provides greater accuracy.
Ratio and Threshold
Above a given threshold, signals are reduced by an adjustable amount ranging from 1:1, (which is linear, or no reduction at all), to more than 40:1 which is a very high ratio, equivalent to that of a Limiter. Ratio is sometimes referred to as slope because when depicted on a graph, the slope of the graph representing output versus input is what changes.
Ratio and threshold are closely interdependent. If a ratio as high as 40:1 has been set and the threshold is set at 0dBu, even when a massive signal of +40dBu (unlikely) is presented to the input, the output signal will only be +1dBu. Ratios as high as this would normally be set somewhere above 0dBu - say at +14 dBu, in order to prevent the output signal level exceeding just over +14dBu to protect, for example, a digital recorder. Similarly, if a ratio of 5:1 has been set, an input signal that is 10dB above threshold will only rise by 2dB above that threshold at the output.
The 5043's threshold control covers the range from below -30dB to +22dBu. When threshold is set at a low level with a fairly high ratio, the amount of gain reduction will be considerable and it may be necessary to use some gain after the compressor to restore the apparent signal level.
Attack Time
The attack time is the time taken for the compression circuits to start compressing. A long attack time allows short duration peaks to escape and go through uncompressed. This may cause overload on subsequent digital circuits. A very short attack time sounds unnatural and robs the signal of life by removing transients. Some transients are extremely fast and have little effect on the sound quality. Setting a long attack time often means that almost no gain reduction occurs because the transient is history (!) before compression has had time to operate. However, even the fastest circuits take time to operate, which means that there is always some overshoot. Small amounts of overshoot are musically desirable " there are exceptions, of course.
Setting the right values of release and attack is what compression is all about. Once the principles are understood a compressor/limiter such as the 5043 provides a powerful tool that actually appears to enhance the dynamic range of a recording and so provide greater musical enjoyment
The notes above explain how the 5043 handles signals of constant amplitude such as pure tones. Real program signals, however, are continually changing in level. The way in which a compressor deals with actual program material depends upon the magnitude and duration of peaks in the program level. If the release time is set to be very short, a short duration signal will be compressed but the gain will return to normal very quickly, giving a fluctuating and unnatural sound known as pumping when the background or other signals are forced up and down. The gain will also tend to follow the waveform of low frequency signals. Release time should be set long enough for the gain to remain reasonably constant between each bass note or between speech syllables.
Why Transformers?
The fine subtleties of circuit design relating to sonic performance are gradually becoming more clearly understood. For example, research has shown conclusively that frequencies above 20kHz affect the way in which humans perceive sound quality. But, long before scientific evidence emerged a substantial body of musicians and engineers knew that equipment with apparently the same technical measurements could sound very different.
Incredibly small amounts of musically dissonant odd harmonics have a disastrous effect on the sound quality. Extraneous noise or interference that finds its way into a signal path seriously impairs performance of the whole chain. Since many control rooms make use of outboard gear that is not well protected from external signals. Poor grounding of such equipment can be a serious problem. Electronically balanced circuits much used in modern equipment, can give very good measurements on the test bench but they do not provide adequate rejection of the stray fields found in every working environment.
To correct these issues, input and output circuits must be freed from ground dependence so that only the wanted signal enters and leaves the processing path. Transformers are the ideal solution. The sweet and silky sound of Mr. Neve's classic designs were achieved with big transistors and large, high-quality transformers. Rupert Neve Designs Portico modules achieve similar quality today without the bulk or the cost.
In order that modules can work together as would be expected (i.e. in a proprietary console configuration) without producing hum, RF interference or other interactions, the connecting interfaces, grounding, levels, and impedances, must receive careful attention. Each Portico module is a complete integral signal processor that delivers its specified performance independently. This is why we use transformers.
Low-noise, low-distortion operation
Much care was given in designing the 5015 to produce as little noise and non-harmonic distortion as possible. Carefully implemented signal paths and Class A operation are a large part of the 5015's sweet, whisper quiet performance. For more information, go to Mr. Rupert Neve's Design Notes
Gives a subtle option to enhance sound quality in the direction of vintage modules. The Silk button reduces negative feedback and adjusts the frequency spectrum to provide a very sweet and musical performance.
Level Meter:
-30 dBu to +22 dBu With reference to the output
Mute cuts the output signal post meter and pre-buss output. Be sure to mute the outputs before engaging phantom power.
High-Pass Filter:
The High pass filter is a valuable aid in any signal chain but particularly so in a microphone preamplifier. Signals between 20 and 250Hz can be attenuated, leaving the range above this unaffected. This gets rid of building rumble, air handling motor hum etc.
Phantom Power:
Provides 48V phantom power to microphones
Buss Output:
The To Buss output is unbalanced and has a high impedance output. It is intended for use with the Portico Buss Amp/Monitoring modules. A TRS patch cord is used to connect the 5012.
Phase Invert: Flips the phase of an incoming source 180 degrees
For signals below the threshold level that has been set, a compressor provides a linear path allowing signals to be amplified without the gain being adjusted in any way. When signals exceed the "threshold" level, the gain is reduced in a controlled manner that depends on the ratio that has been set.
Gain range provided is from -6dB to +20dB. As already noted, when compression has taken place, it may be necessary to increase the overall gain to restore the apparent program level
Range from 1:1 to Limit (40:1)
Range from -30dBu to +20dBU
Attack time:
Range from 20mS to 75mS.
Release/recovery time:
Range of Release time is 100ms to 2.5 seconds.
Stereo operation:
When the Link button is engaged on two channels of Portico compressors connected via the link inputs that are set to approximately the same values, gain reduction on both channels will be the same to preserve stereo balance and center imaging.
When the link input is connected to another Portico series compressor with link engaged, the signal passing through one the compressors may be used to control the amplitude of the Portico compressor it's connected to.
Reduction meter:
An LED meter is provided that show gain reduction in the compressor. Reduction is calibrated in dB covering the range -1 to -22dBu, reading from right to left.
Rackmounting Porticos:
If you'd like to rackmount a single Portico, Neve offers the Half Rack Joining Kit (see #482654). Or to rackmount two Portico units, Neve offers its Horizontal Joining Kit (see #482653). Another option for mounting single half rack units is the Raxxess Universal Rack Shelf (see #421642).
Mr. Rupert Neve " the grandfather of pro audio
If anyone could be considered for the title, "Grandfather of Pro Audio," the first name that would leap to mind would be Mr. Rupert Neve.
Recognized as the developer of the modern mixing console, Rupert's handiwork is found in thousands of studios around the world.
In 1997, Rupert became one of a very few personal recipients of a Technical Grammy award. In awarding his Grammy, the Recording Academy acknowledged Rupert's profound impact on the industry:
Mr. Rupert Neve Grammy Honors
"For setting the standard for quality sound reproduction through his engineering and his innovative designs, which have made possible unparalleled advances in the quality of recorded sound; in recognition of his influence on a generation of audio designers; and for his dedication to purity of audio reproduction."
The morning following the amazing Grammy Awards ceremony in February 1997, Rupert and Evelyn Neve hired a stretch limo to take them to the airport. After all, for that day at least, Rupert was a star. Carrying the coveted Grammy Trophy in its distinctive blue Tiffany bag, they headed for security.
"What is this?" the security guard asked, puzzled by the strange image on her screen. "It's our Grammy," Rupert replied. The girl looked startled and in hushed tones said, "I'm so sorry sir. You'll have to check this. We can't carry ashes in the cabin."
"No, no, no," Rupert explained. "My Grammy - not Granny. Have a look if you like." She opened it up and for a moment security at the airport came to a standstill as girls screamed and all gazed in awe at the beautiful replica gramophone. It was almost the best moment of the whole proceeding.
Mix Magazine Hall of Fame
In 1989, Rupert was inducted into the Mix Magazine Tech Awards Hall of Fame in recognition of his lifetime contribution to excellence in recording and sound.
An Elite Fraternity
In 1999 he was honored as "Man of the Century" by Studio Sound magazine. At the turn of the century, Studio Sound conducted a survey inviting readers to vote for the Top Ten personalities of the industry in various disciplines. The first was Audio Personality.
It is Rupert's prized honor to have been selected by his peers in the Pro Audio business as number one Audio Personality of the 20th Century.
The Audio Century: Top Ten Audio Personalities of the 20th Century
1. Rupert Neve - champion of audio quality
2. Ray Dolby - household name
3. Sir George Martin - people's producer
4. Willi Studer - tape machine pioneer
5. Colin Saunders - founder of SSL
6. Alan Blumlein " inventor
7. Georg Neumann - microphone Designer
8. Michael Gerzon - mathematician
9. Valdemar Poulsen " inventor
10. Les Paul - guitars and multitracks
- Mic preamp/compressor module
- Individually selectable phase, mute, phantom power and a fully sweepable high-pass filter
- Ratio, threshold, attack, release, and gain compressor controls
- "Silk" circuit adds rich warmth and presence
- Provides 48V phantom power to microphones
- Compact half-rack module
- Heavy-duty construction
- And of course, Neve's signature sound
- Input:
- Balanced, using TLA (transformer-like-amplifier) with toroidal, common-mode-rejection, low-pass filter that excludes frequencies above 150kHz.
- The TLA is followed by an actual input transformer permitting a full +26dBu input signal to be handled at unity gain without an input pad over the whole audio spectrum.
- Combines the advantages of both an electronically balanced and true transformer input.
- When the phantom power is disabled, this input serves as a very high-quality line input.
- Input Impedance: 10k ohm ± 20%
- Noise (measured at main output): Input terminated with 150 ohms, measured over band-limited 22Hz - 22kHz, unweighted with gain at unity: Better than100dBu; with gain at 66dB: better than "62dBu
- Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): Better than "128dBu
- Frequency Response (main output, no load):
- @ 10Hz, "0.2dB
- @ 160kHz "3dB
- Buss Output @ 10 Hz: "0.2 dB @ 160 kHz: "3 dB
- High-Pass Filter: Swept frequency continuously variable from 20Hz to 250Hz.
- Slope: 12dB/octave.
- Gain: Switched from unity to +66dB in 6dB steps.
- Trim: Continuously adjustable potentiometer from "6dB to +6dB with reference to setting on the gain switch.
- Maximum Output Level: Balanced and floating transformer output from 20Hz to 40kHz: +25dBu (clips at just over +26dBu)
- Mute: Mutes main output only. (Monitor remains live)
- Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise:
- Main output @ 1kHz, +20dBu output level, and no load: Better than 0.001%
- (no high order harmonics)
- SILK Engaged: Approximately 0.2% second harmonic
- Main Output @ 20Hz, +20dBu output level, and no load: Better than 0.01%
- Bus Output @ 1kHz, +20 dBu output level, and no load, measured at the output: Better than 0.002%.
- SILK: The 5012 uses mainly single-sided amplifier circuitry that excludes any possibility of crossover distortion. The "SILK" button reduces negative feedback and adjusts the frequency spectrum to provide a very sweet and musical performance.
- Bus Output: The bus output is designed to feed other Portico Series modules with bus inputs.
- Crosstalk (measured channel to channel): Better than "90dB @ 15kHz
- Phantom Power: +48VDC ± 1%
- Main Power Required: (From External Power Unit) Voltage Range, 9 to 18 Volts DC.
- Current consumption:
- @ 9VDC = 1.3 A typical
- @12VDC = 1A typical
- @15VDC= 800 mA typical
- @18VDC= 650 mA typical
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- Gain Range: Continuously variable from "6dB to +20dB
- Threshold Range: Continuously variable from "36dB to +22dB
- Ratio Range: Continuously variable from 1.1:1 to limit (40:1)
- Attack Range: Continuously variable from 20ms to 75ms
- Release Range: Continuously variable from 100ms to 2.5 sec
- FF/FB: Feed-forward or feedback VCA control
- S/C or Link: Multiple 5043s may be daisy chained via the rear-panel jacks. When an individual channel is engaged, its control voltage appears at the rear panel link jack. When both channels are engaged they are linked together internally and their control voltage also appears at the rear panel link jack.
- Line or Bus input select: Selects rear XLR input or 1/4" bus input jacks to accept Portico series bus outputs.
- Maximum Output Level: Balanced and floating transformer output
- +25dBu.
- Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise: @ 1kHz, +20 dBu output level, and no load
- Main output, compressor bypassed: Better than 0.0006%.
- Main output, compressor engaged: Better than 0.02%
- Noise (measured at main output, unweighted, 22Hz-22kHz, terminated 40 ohms:
- With gain at unity, compressor disengaged: Better than "103dBu.
- With gain at unity, compressor engaged: Better than "92dBu
- Frequency Response (main output, unity gain):
- @ 18Hz, "3dB.
- @ 150kHz "3dB.
- Crosstalk (measured channel to channel): Better than "80dB @ 16kHz.
- Meters: A/B monitors input level and gain reduction of either channel A or channel B
- Power:
- Voltage Range: 9 to 18VDC, 9W
- Connector: 5.5mm X 2.5mm DC jack, center positive
- Current consumption (typical input impedance output impedance):
- @ 9VDC = 1.0A typical
- @12VDC = 730mA typical
- @15VDC= 570mA typical
- @18VDC= 480mA typical


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Stay Strong, Stay Healthy - Shelbyville (Session 4 of 10)
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Shelby County University of Missouri Extension office106 E 3RD ST, Shelbyville MO map...
Are you interested in improving your muscle strength? Stay Strong, Stay Healthy is a program designed to set you on the path to increasing your muscle strength, balance and flexibility. You don't have to visit a gym or buy any expensive equipment.
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Fourth session. We will continue strength exercises.
Jim Meyer, email@example.com Extension in Ralls Countyphone: 573-985-3911
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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Fortunately, continual advances are being made in this area and keeping yourself educated is the first line of defense. Nationally recognized expert, Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons with UC San Diego, explains the latest diagnostic and treatment options including surgery, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and new drugs on the market. (#20492)
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Sunday morning I did a very bad thing.
It was the final keynote address to the teens gathered at the Watson conference and I introduced Pastor Joseph Gilchrist as the speaker.
Why is that so bad?
Because he found out he was speaking as I introduced him.
While Joseph is a dear friend and brother in the Lord, he's also someone I mentor. And as such putting him in safe but precarious situations is part of my job.
There is no teacher like experience.
We can prepare, practice, and plan all we want, but we as humans learn things faster and more deeply in moments of real-world, first-time pressure than we do in any classroom.
God understands this too. That's why we normally don't get a heads up when testing comes. It simply arrives. And how we respond under pressure is who we really are. (Thanks to Joseph's dad, Pastor Kirk Gilchrist, for burning that one into my head).
God is after our authentic response and our genuine growth. He's not into the superficial, the temporary, or the transient. He wants long-term development enough that he's willing to risk short-term setbacks.
So how did Joseph handle it? After a minute of humorous shock – which he played very well – and a brief moment of strategizing, he pulled it off in style and shared a powerful message on one of his trademark themes "Going Public" for Jesus. Everyone was inspired and challenged to resist the fleshly urge to remain selfish with the Gospel.
I'm very proud of him and believe he'll make a better Youth Pastor than I ever was.
Be on your guard, you're probably "out of season" (2 Timothy 4:2) in some area that's about to get called on. ch:


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PARIS (AP) — Greenpeace activists occupied a French nuclear power plant site before dawn Monday — a media stunt deeply embarrassing to the government, which is intent on demonstrating that France's reliance on nuclear power is safe.
Around 30 activists from the environmental group invaded state-owned nuclear power utility Electricite de France's Tricastin power plant complex in southern France. They projected a video on the side of one of the plant's buildings that said "Tricastin Nuclear Accident" and showed the image of a giant crack forming across the building's facade.
Activists also hung a giant banner with President Francois Hollande's face and the words "President of the Catastrophe?"
France's nuclear safety authority said in a statement that so far the intrusion had no impact on the plant's safety.
By mid-afternoon, all of the activists had been arrested and were being held in a nearby police station, Greenpeace France said on its web site.
Speaking at a news conference President Francois Hollande said France "is very much attached to nuclear safety," and that everything was being done "to assure us that this nuclear safety is absolutely respected."
France is among the most nuclear-dependent countries in the world, with reactors producing about 80 percent of its electricity.
In 2008, the Tricastin plant reported several incidents that angered anti-nuclear groups, including a leak of unenriched uranium into two nearby rivers and the release of radioactive particles from a pipe.


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MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. is indicating it will not reimburse the U.S. government for hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs to rescue its disabled cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
Carnival told U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia in a recent letter that maritime tradition is to render assistance to anyone in need. Rockefeller asked Carnival if it would reimburse the Coast Guard nearly $780,000 in costs to respond to the Carnival Triumph when it lost power in February after an engine fire.
Thousands of passengers were stranded for five days in squalid conditions while the Triumph was towed to Alabama for repairs.
Carnival told Rockefeller that its ships are frequently called upon to help other damaged vessels or with rescues at sea.
Rockefeller is calling the response shameful.
Associated Press writer Vicki Smith in Morgantown, W.Va., contributed to this report.


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Scores from the Magnet Cove at Ouachita game
On Tuesday night, Magnet Cove traveled to Ouachita for four games.
The story about these games appeared in the Thursday edition of the Malvern Daily Record, but we were unable to provide all of the statistics until now.
In the junior high girls' game, which Magnet Cove won 37-34, the Junior Lady Panthers were led in scoring by Paiton Scrivner with 13 points.
Cami Wells scored 11 points, Haleah Gray had seven points and Molly Edwards added six points.
For Ouachita, the Junior Lady Warriors were paced by Megan Ivy with 11 points.
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Printing in 3D might not be a new technology, but we just saw this amazing video of how Trek has put it to use in their prototype and R&D facitilities to cut the turnaround time for new parts from weeks to just hours.
For example, the backlog on their CNC facility is running 28 days, but the designers in this video can build a prototype rocker arm in just a few hours. The machines are even capable of building objects with moving parts and from two different materials, as you can see in the second video.
The machine works by laying down a very, very thin layer of material – similar to ABS plastic – on each pass. Parts such as bar-ends or grips can be ridden on the trail the very same day.
Pretty amazing stuff.


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Authorities announced Monday night that they were told that Joshua Hakken — on the lam aboard a sailboat since Wednesday — had arrived in Cuba with his wife and two young sons.
Authorities announced Monday night that they were told that Joshua Hakken — on the lam aboard a sailboat since Wednesday — had arrived in Cuba with his wife and two young sons.
El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language newspaper affiliated with the Miami Herald, reported Monday night it had confirmed the Hakken family was in Cuba. There, the newspaper reported, the Hakkens were in the custody of Cuban immigration officials and were being attended to by U.S. consular officials.
Hillsborough County sheriff's officials said they were awaiting confirmation from the State Department Monday night.
On Wednesday, the day after a judge notified the couple that their parental rights had been revoked, an armed Joshua Hakken barged into his mother-in-law's home north of Tampa, bound her with zip ties and kidnapped his boys, authorities said. Hours later, their sailboat launched from a dock in Madeira Beach, apparently headed to Cuba.
So what happens next?
Experts believe the Cuban government will send them right back.
"They don't want these crazy people down there," said former FBI Agent Gregg McCrary. "I can't imagine any country would welcome these people with open arms."
David Abraham, professor of immigration law at the University of Miami School of Law, agreed. He predicted Cuba would view the Hakkens as illegal entrants and yield to the American family court decision.
"I would expect the Cubans to return such folks," he said. "They're not political refugees. This is not an issue involving our way of doing things versus their way of doing things. I would not expect folks like this to get sympathy from Cuban courts or sympathy from Cuban authorities."
It's unclear, however, if Mr. Hakken and his wife, Sharyn, would go through a different process than their boys — Cole, 4, and Chase, 2. The couple doesn't have legal custody of the boys and a felony warrant has been issued for Mr. Hakken.
This strange tale began in June after the Hakkens attended an "antigovernment" rally in Louisiana. Later, police say they caught Mr. Hakken in the family's hotel room with marijuana, a gun and a knife. He was acting bizarrely, according to investigators. He talked about a "journey to Armageddon."
Police charged him with marijuana possession and put his kids in foster care. About two weeks later, police say he showed up at the foster home in Hammond, La., waving a gun.
Louisiana sent the children to Sharyn Hakken's mother, Patricia Hauser, who lives just north of Tampa. She was the one tied up Wednesday morning.
Why Mr. Hakken would flee to Cuba remains a mystery. The 330-mile trip, no doubt, would have been an unpleasant one.
The 1972 Morgan sailboat is only 25 feet long. The cabin, which sleeps two, is just bigger than an office cubicle. The water tank holds only 16 gallons.
The temperature would have neared 90 during much of the trip. The boat has no shower.
On the good days, the swells would have reached three feet. On the bad ones, when the skies opened and the winds raged, they likely would have grown to at least twice that size. There was a good chance someone — or all of them — got seasick.
Even before the information about the family reaching Cuba was released, McCrary believed the family's time on the lam wouldn't continue.
"I just don't think this is going to last very long," he said. "Their only hope is if they have somebody who will hide them."
Such potential helpers would be hard to find.
"Anybody who's going to do that is going to be somebody who's very, very close to them," McCrary said. "And that's the first place that law enforcement will look."
Mr. Hakken's personality would have made hiding even more difficult. Beyond his peculiar statements to police, he has voiced his disdain for the government on at least one political website.
Fugitives who have successfully evaded capture for years did so in large part because they dramatically changed their habits and kept low profiles.
According to former FBI Agent Mary Ellen O'Toole, Mr. Hakken doesn't seem like the type capable of such change.
"He has strong views and he's going to want other people to hear them," she said. "You can't change your personality."


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MK Dons have re-signed their all-time leading goalscorer Izale McLeod.
McLeod, who spent three campaigns with the Dons from 2004 - scoring 60 goals in 135 appearances, was released by npower League One rivals Portsmouth on Monday.
The 28-year-old has signed an 18-month deal at stadium:mk with the option of a further year.
Dons boss Karl Robinson told the club's official website: "It is great news for the football club and the supporters that Izale has returned to MK Dons.
"We welcome back a more mature Izale with a wealth of experience and I believe he is a much better all-round footballer.
"Izale offers something different to the team, but we all know he is a natural goalscorer and it provides us with strong competition up front."
McLeod began his career at Derby in 2002 and, after a loan spell at Sheffield United, joined the Dons in the summer of 2004.
During his first spell in Milton Keynes, the striker's goalscoring exploits saw him named the League Two player of the year in 2007.
The former England Under-21 international's big-money move came in August that same year when he signed a four-year-deal with Charlton, which at the time brought in a club-record fee for the Dons. Loan spells at Colchester, Millwall and Peterborough followed before McLeod left the Addicks in July 2010.
He enjoyed two successful seasons at Barnet - scoring 36 goals, before agreeing a non-contract deal with Portsmouth in August. McLeod netted 11 times for Pompey before leaving the club by mutual consent on New Year's Eve.


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Joseph immigrated to the United States in 1933 after finishing university in Leipzig. His parents and brother had left Germany earlier for the United States. Joseph attended Columbia University. From 1940 to 1943 he was assistant editor for a New York German-Jewish newspaper. In 1944, he worked in the American embassy in Britain as a propaganda analyst. He went to Nuremberg, Germany, as an interpreter in 1946. He analyzed materials and transcripts, and participated in many interrogations for the Nuremberg trials.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Five U.S. servicemen were killed in southern Afghanistan in a friendly-fire air strike during a security operation, Afghan police and the Pentagon said on Tuesday, days before a run-off round in the country's presidential election.
The men died on Monday in Zabul province's Arghandab district when their unit, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), clashed with insurgents.
Local police chief Ghulam Sakhi Roghlewanai said: "The five killed were American soldiers who just returned from an operation when they were hit.
"ISAF troops were returning to their bases after an operation when they were ambushed by the insurgents. The air strike mistakenly hit their own forces and killed the soldiers."
A Pentagon statement said investigators were "looking into the likelihood that friendly fire was the cause. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these fallen."
A spokesman for the Islamist Taliban, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said insurgents had been attacking the foreign forces when the helicopters intervened and accidentally killed their own troops.
Taliban insurgents, meanwhile, kidnapped 35 professors from Kandahar University after stopping their van on the highway linking the southern province and Kabul, a spokesman for provincial governor said.
"The professors were on their way to the capital when they were abducted and tribal elders are now involved in negotiating with the Taliban," Dawa Khan Minapal said by telephone.
The Taliban, removed from power by a U.S.-led drive into Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks, is on an offensive ahead of the planned withdrawal of most foreign troops by the end of 2014.
Security is being ramped up in Afghanistan ahead of Saturday's run-off vote to replace President Hamid Karzai.
The poll pits Abdullah Abdullah, a former leader of the opposition to the Taliban, against former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani.
(Reporting by Hamid Shalizi in Kabul, Sarwar Amani in Kandahar, Writing by Praveen Menon; Editing by Ron Popeski)