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I can't find the poem and I don't know the poet's name but it is a children's poem.
Away down south by the Southern Sea
An elephant sits in a cinnamon tree.
He's a thousand miles from the nearest town...
The poet's name would help. Thanks.
Fossicking in Google hoping to find that poem for you, I didn't succeed, but did learn unexpectedly that cinnamon trees are regarded as good trees to sit in (I don't believe I've ever seen one), and did come across another "Elephant Poem" for children, which I cannot forbear to share:
Way down South where bananas grow.
A grasshopper stepped on an elephant's toe.
The elephant cried with tears in his eyes-
Pick on somebody your own size!
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"The horses started a union
To demand more oats and hay.
But they never passed the motion
Since they always voted, "Neigh!""
This is a tough one....still no luck but I'll keep looking
I am also looking for "An elephant sits in a Cinnamon Tree" - I do know one line that is next is "he can't go up and he can't go down".
The same children's book has another poem I an looking for "There Is a Cow called Milky Moo, She lives down by the shed. She has a little spotted calf, with horns upon his head" - or something like that. Any help would be appreciated.
I would love to find the rest of this poem and the book in which it was written. Any help would be appreciated.
Nice message of every line, hope you can make another one.
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DURANT, OK -- A pair of pit bulls kill a Durant family's pet, then bite a woman, sending her to the hospital.
Police tell us two pit bulls mauled a chihuahua, and when the owner tried to step in to save him, one of the pit bulls turned on her. Now, she wants the dogs' owners to be held accountable.
Saturday afternoon Rhonda Bates and her small chihuahua were in the backyard.
"My dog was just walking around smelling, doing what dogs do, in our yard," Bates said.
That's when she says her neighbor's two pit bulls got into her backyard through this hole in the fence -- and she heard her dog, Jethro, yelp.
"The male went right down on him. Didn't give him a chance and they're ten times bigger than him," she said.
Bates says her pet was family. So, in a panic she tried to get in between the dogs.
"I saw it and jumped on him, thank God he didn't bit me in the face," Bates said.
She was bit on the leg by the other pit bull.
It hurts so I have to walk around on my tip toes all the time," she said.
Bates went to the hospital to have the bites treated. She says she should be fine, but her chihuahua had to be put down because of his severe injuries.
"He went everywhere with me. I didn't leave the house, he knew when he heard those keys he would come running and most likely I would take him with me," Bates said.
Durant Animal Control has both pit bulls in custody. Police say they are being tested for rabies. The dogs' owner could be cited for animal at large and harboring a vicious animal. But Bates says that's just not enough.
"There needs to be a law set up. People have pit bulls they need to keep them restrained on a chain in their yard. These people have been here months and they just let their dogs run wild. I've got nieces and nephews down here, I mean little ones, I'm glad it happened to me and not one of them," Bates said.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 02:32 pm
The most purposeful shot
This games over so, why argue with Frankie?
Harry Jacobs watched from his window as the February snow drifted in his neighbor's driveway, most of it under the basketball backboard bolted to the roof over the garage door. He watched an easy hour's worth before he remembered that it was clinic day. "Best call the taxi," he thought, "get there a little early — they want to discuss yet another . . . new treatment plan . . . and . . . and . . . The snowballs Frankie Jensen and he are throwin' plunk soundlessly off Danny O'Brien's ice-caked bedroom window. The situation is gettin' serious. They're already late to "the Hall" — another 10 minutes, and they'll be lucky to be sixth in line. Danny's father works night shift, sleeps in — no knockin' on the O'Brien door before 10. If they wake his old man, Danny isn't goin' anywhere — for a week! And Danny is their basketball caretaker this month. No Danny, no basketball, no game! He knocked last Saturday; it's Frankie's turn today. Good job, Frankie! It's Mrs. O'Brien who opens the door. They listen to her gentle "No knockin' till 10" reminder, they tell her they'll remember next Saturday — and five minutes later they're on their way, runnin' against the wind, knee-deep in snow. Too late! Four teams already lined up to play. They put their basketball in the fifth spot and wait . . . A lifetime ago. Frankie moved away after World War II. Eventually Harry and Frankie lost contact, for they'd traveled the too-common way from once-a-year get-together to once-a-year phone call to Christmas cards to Christmas cards if their wives remembered. When Frankie died last year, Harry was too ill to attend . . . to go . . . to . . . The Hall. Out of St. Pat's parish. The Hall's business, Sunday through Friday, is grown-up business, they suppose. But on Saturdays it's all theirs — basketball games play from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. There's no real basketball court inside — you have to imagine one, but a real basket is bolted to a warped backboard over the front door. Occasionally the cracked door and winter wind partner to deposit a half-moon snowdrift under the basket. Only grades 3 through 8 are allowed in on Saturdays. The rules inside are few: Fouls are resolved as they should be, through heated jaw-to-jaw argument. There are no other rules, except "the lightbulb rule": Ceiling light bulbs are exposed and can be exploded by errant shots arcing higher than the Hall's 20-foot upper limit. Break a bulb, your team loses immediately — no matter the score. The ceiling is in play, and if you're good, really good, you can bank a shot off the ceiling and down through the bucket . . . 2 points and a standing ovation! They were third-graders in 1933. They were the Warriors. Their record that year was 2-181. Season highlights were a win over the fifth-graders (thanks to the lightbulb rule) and a ceiling-bank shot by Frankie in a 2-16 loss to the eighth-graders on a snowy day in February. As far as anyone knew, it was the first time a third-grade team had scored on an eighth-grade team, for despite the age differences there was no holding back in the Hall, and . . . No way that was a purpose-shot Frankie! Ya just threw it, two-hand panic." "Was so a purpose-shot!" counters Frankie. He counter-counters: "Don't count anyway, Frankie, 'cause when it hit the ceiling it caused a lightbulb to explode down the other end." Frankie re-counters back: "Game was over before it exploded — lightbulb rule don't apply!" The phone rang. The clinic, he supposed. Since his Mary passed, personal calls were few and fewer, so by now, these two months later, the calls he received were either from the clinic or wrong numbers. He picked up the phone. The clinic said, "You all right, Mr. Jacobs? We worried when you didn't show." Harry instead heard "Was so a purpose-shot!" The clinic continued, "We'll send the van to get you — be 15, 20 minutes." But Harry heard "Game was over before it exploded — lightbulb rule don't apply." The clinic finished, "And remember, you have an appointment every Saturday." Then Harry Jacobs said, "We'll remember next Saturday." Five minutes later, he was on his way, walking against the wind, knee-deep in snow, to his neighbor's basketball basket. There he stood in a half-moon snowdrift and bounced a shot off the sky and down through the bucket — 2 points and a standing ovation led by Mary. Then he fell to the snow and went to the Hall forever. "No way that was a purpose-shot!" said Frankie. And even though Harry knew it was the most purposeful purpose-shot ever made, he decided not to counter Frankie — this time.


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AUGUSTA — A state board looking for ways to improve Maine's regulatory climate is about to prepare a final report for the governor and Legislature.
The Maine Regulatory Fairness Board will meet in Augusta on Thursday to review business regulatory and statutory issues highlighted during public hearings held over the past year.
Maine business owners and managers and the public have made comments and suggestions on specific state rules and regulations that may unreasonably impede business sustainability and growth. On Thursday, the board will review testimony and consider recommendations to be included in its report to Gov. Paul LePage and the new Legislature in January.
The board is chaired by Secretary of State Charles Summers and has four members, who are or have been owners or operators of Maine businesses.
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Somebody sent me these two links a little while ago and to be honest I was quite confused. At first, I tried to ignore them. I thought that by suppressing my curiosity I would manage to convince myself that they didn't exist, and ultimately forget about them forever. That plan didn't really work out and soon enough I gave in: I created an account. How can you blame me, it was free? Obviously I'm too much of a coward to make one for myself, so I created one for one of my friends. Hot-ginger-indie-boy,was the sexy little username I chose for him. With the handsome profile picture I uploaded and with a name like that, this couldn't go wrong. I even mentioned that he was sponsored and could hook chicks up with some free boards in exchange for some love...He was bound to get some tenderness with an account like this one. Sadly the message on the home page saying "100% free to join" ended up being a lie, so I dropped the whole thing. The idea of it was fun while it lasted. To be honest it's probably for the best, at least now we are still friends.
It did make me realise something though, that the guys who actually pay for this service are insane. Actually no, not just insane, because by definition if you use a dating website you have to be little insane (and very desperate). More like absolutely fucking mental. This isn't because the girls on the website aren't attractive, I myself find lonely-emo-33 quite charming. It's more about not worrying about their safety. History has shown us that female-skate-posers are a vicious breed.
I don't think their brains make up for their looks or their manners either...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's inauguration Monday brought out a festive crowd of flag-wavers who filled the National Mall to overflowing, hailed his moment with lusty cheers and spent their down time spotting celebrities amid the bunting.
The celebration couldn't quite match the huge crowds and adrenaline-pumping energy of Obama's first inaugural on the West Front of the Capitol. But it was a lively second act.
Here are photojournalists' views of the celebration that marks the beginning of the second term in office for the country's first black president.


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I. In Focus This Week
California comes online…sort of
Governor signs legislation allowing for online voter registration
With the stroke of a pen from Gov. Jerry Brown, California recently once again legalized online voter registration providing an additional opportunity for more than six million residents of voting age to register to vote.
California law already allows for online voter registration, however the process on the books before the new legislation was approved was contingent upon the completion of the state's federally approved voter registration database — VoteCal.
While the state does have a statewide voter registration database, the current system does not make it possible to fully register to vote online. Tired of waiting for the state's fully federally compliant statewide voter registration database to come online San Francisco Senator Leland Yee introduced SB 397 which would allow counties to offer online voter registration now.
"This is an important first step toward fully upgrading California's voter registration, making use of better technological tools to make the voter registration process more accurate, less expensive, and more efficient," said David Becker, director of the Pew Center on the States' Election Initiatives.
Under SB 397, citizens will input their voter information online and the county elections office would use the voter's signature from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to verify authenticity. That signature can be matched against the voter's signature at the polling place.
Currently voters can input all of their information online but instead of hitting send, they must hit print and send the completed form into their local county election office.
"At this time, Secretary of State Bowen has taken online voter registration as far as she can with the resources available," explained Nicole Winger, a spokesperson for the secretary's office.
Although no exact timeline has been given for the implementation of online voter registration, Yee and others are hopeful that it will be in place in advance of the June 2012 primary. The new law does have several contingencies in it though.
"It is my understanding that there are a few issues left to resolve: One, EAC [U.S. Election Assistance Commission] needs to confirm use of some federal funds (HAVA) to implement; two, county vendors for voter registration need to be able to receive digital signatures; and three the interface between DMV to SOS and SOS to counties needs to be established," explained Gail Pellerin, Santa Cruz County clerk and current president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials.
When online registration is finally available in California, there will be multiple benefits. In addition to getting more people accurately registered to vote, one of the biggest impacts of the new law will be cost savings. Kim Alexander with the California Voter Foundation said that the cost savings are "potentially enormous."
Research by the Pew's Election Initiatives indicates that there are substantial cost savings that result from online registration.
"For instance, in Maricopa County, Ariz., where they've had online registration for almost a decade, it costs them only an average of 3 cents to process each online registration, as opposed to 83 cents to process a paper registration, and they've reduced their printing costs by 75 percent," Becker said.
According to Becker, as a result of these kinds of savings, jurisdictions that have implemented online registration have recouped their initial investment in around two years or less.
Alexander said another cost savings may be found on provisional voting.
"California has more provisional voting than any other state - in 2008 it accounted for one third of all provisional ballots cast nationwide! One fifth of those ballots [issued in California in 2008] were not counted because those voters were not properly registered," Alexander said.
One area of concern about the new online voter registration law is what impact not having a statewide voter registration database could have on the registration process.
Alexander said that California is one of only nine states that lacks a registration status look-up tool for voters and without that tool, there could be problems with the new online system.
"I'm concerned if we implement online registration without an accompanying registration status lookup tool then many people will end up reregistering when they actually don't need to, and this will lead to extra, unnecessary work for counties processing those registrations," Alexander said.
The state has already applied for a federal grant to help pay for the process and representatives from the secretary of state's office are working with their counterparts in the state's Department of Motor Vehicles to create the new online process.
"There is a lot of infrastructure that still needs to be modified or developed," Winger said.
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NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Sunday River ski resort has launched an online service selling lift tickets at discounted rates.
The Newry resort says tickets can be purchased on its website at savings of 10 to 35 percent for skiers who buy tickets at least 24 hours in advance. The savings are based on a tiered pricing structure with a set quantity of lift tickets per tier.
Skiers who pre-purchase tickets online can pick up their tickets at ticket windows at the resort.
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You have made the decision to use promotional water bottles as a way to get the word out about your products and services. However, there are a few things that you need to consider before ordering from the supplier. One of these important considerations involves the material that the bottles will be made of. You generally have plastic, glass, aluminum, and stainless steel from which to choose. In this article, I will outline the pros and cons of using plastic promotional sports water bottles to help you make a better informed purchasing decision.
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70 percent of the military is cool with ending DADT
This afternoon, the Pentagon released a study showing that most servicemembers are fine with allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly. About 70 percent of the military said repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell would have a positive effect, a mixed effect or no effect at all.
A poll earlier this month revealed that 58 percent of Americans support an end to the rule, too. President Obama says, "With our nation at war and so many Americans serving on the front lines, our troops and their families deserve the certainty that can only come when an act of Congress ends this discriminatory policy once and for all."
Sen. John McCain and other top Republicans say the report is flawed.
The Alibi spoke with Lt. Col. Steve Loomis about this issue earlier in November. He offered suggestions for how the change should be implemented. Earlier this year, we spoke with New Mexico's congressmen about their positions on the matter.


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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
Biochemistry (Doctor of Philosophy)
General Requirements
Specific Requirements
Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Satisfactory score on the Graduate Record Examination. Subject (advanced) portion not required but helpful. In addition: Year courses in organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and physics (equivalent to CHEM 141/CHEM 142 or CHEM 143; CHEM 144, CHEM 162 and PHYS 015/PHYS 016); quantitative chemistry; mathematics preferably through differential and integral calculus, a year course in a biological science. If a physical chemistry course has not been taken previously, a Ph.D. student must take Physical Chemistry (CHEM 162) in their first year (for which they do not receive credit toward the Ph.D. degree).
Requirements for Advancement to Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Successful completion of a Phase I, II and III exams are required for advancement to candidacy.
Minimum Degree Requirements
A total of seventy-five credits, including twenty-three credits from graduate courses offered by the Department of Biochemistry including BIOC 301, BIOC 302, BIOC 309, and BIOC 310, and participation every semester in the biochemistry seminar BIOC 381, three upper level courses selected from BIOC 351, BIOC 352, BIOC 353 or BIOC 370. Three credits from an upper level (200 and above) courses offered by the Department of Chemistry; six additional credits in the physical or biological sciences; thirty-five credits of doctoral dissertation research BIOC 491.
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For the foreseeable future, all City Hall business will continue to be conducted at 141 Oak St., formerly known as Lowell. M. Maxham School.
Days since fire: 1,316
The details
For the foreseeable future, all City Hall business will continue to be conducted at 141 Oak St., formerly known as Lowell. M. Maxham School.
The mayor and other city departmental workers were forced to relocate in 2010 after an arsonist, on the morning of Aug. 17, set an attic fire in the original City Hall at 15 Summer St.
The fire was quickly extinguished, but water used by firefighters to battle the top-floor blaze poured down through walls. Many of those interior walls subsequently were demolished as a safety precaution.
The cost estimate of renovating and repairing the building has ranged from $15 million to $23 million.
The progress
In late 2013, the city scored a victory of sorts, when a housing court judge ordered former owner Michael O'Donnell to transfer ownership to the city of his Leonard Block/Star Theater, an aged and dilapidated four-story structure that stands very close to City Hall.
Architectural engineers, who conducted a survey describing design options in 2013, noted that the Star, if left standing, would be an impediment to construction crews working on the City Hall project.
Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. has said the Star Theater will be torn down as soon as feasibly possible.
A $92,000 pre-demolition survey by BETA Group was recently completed. Building department workers on Friday could be seen blocking off the sidewalk in front of the Star as a safety precaution for pedestrians.
The street in front of the Star is also lined with jersey barriers, thereby eliminating a handful of parking spaces.
Hoye said Friday the city is close to hiring a contractor who will demolish the building.
The city recently was granted a waiver by the state's Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to forgo the standard procedure of placing advertisements and notices for bids. The waiver is enabling the city to expedite the process of hiring a DCAMM-certifed company.
It is now yet known how much it will cost to knock down the Leonard Block/Star Theater.


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Apple patent may foretell an end to iPhone autocorrect Tourette's
An Apple patent application just published by the US Patent Office shows that the masterminds of Cupertino have figured out (or hope to figure out) a cunning way to work out what words you're going to tap into your little Jesus mobe before you type it.
The US Patent Office has not yet granted the patent, but in accordance with its policy of publishing patents after a certain amount of time has elapsed since their submission (this dates from Dec 2010), it has unveiled the Cupertino application titled: "Combining timing and geometry information for typing correction" .
By recording just where and how fast your hot little fingers fall on the screen as you type certain words, Apple aim to build up a user profile for you - information about your identifiable finger habits.
Pulling your unique typing habits into an algorithm along with the standard dictionary data should allow Apple to score possible replacement words by likelihood: judging for instance whether you meant to write "chocolatier" or "cock-licker" - a confusion that an autocorrect substitution generated for one iPhoner.
Current models of predictive text depend on standardised dictionary word variations to predict what words the iPhone might be about to type. Sometimes they include data about words that users commonly mistype.
iPhone autocorrect is famous for its contextually odd substitutions, with a whole blog devoted to the worst examples. "P sense hope sexy" for "Poughkeepsie", "asshole" for "apple sauce" or any number of words for genitalia. ®
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Hello everyone - I am brand new to the forum and looking for some help. A little background, my YDS is now 5.5 months old. He is the only kiddo I have nursed, my older two were formula fed. So far it hasn't been too tough for me being new to this nursing thing, however, I am now running into some issues with supply. I work 3 days a week and pump those days, 4 times, 7:30am, 9:30am, 12:30pm, and 2:30 pm... I nurse all other feedings during the days I work and nurse on demand on the days that I do not work. I am drinking 80-100 oz of water a day, and am eating everything with oatmeal I can eat. On the days that I pump I am getting less and less with each passing week, and I believe that on the days I am nursing I am not producing as much either. While my son is chubby and happy, is has started waking at night to eat A LOT, and I am surmising that he isn't getting enough during the day so he is compensating at night.
Here is my question:
I want to start fenugreek to try and boost supply, how much do I take? The reccomended dosage on the bottle or more? I have heard 4 capsules 4 times a day, but that is way over the amount that is reccomended on the bottle.
I bought stuff to make lactation cookies, I am going to try that.
Is there something better I can do to boost supply?
I start work full time in September and I am stressing that if I can't keep up with my sons demand pumping 3 days a week, it won't last long at all when I have to do 5 times a week, and I really want to keep nursing as long as possible.
Sorry this is so long. I just am new to nursing and have so much I don't know. Thank you for your responses!!


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There are plenty of things to do in Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of the world. Whether you want to encounter a celebrity or surf the famous beaches, the year-round mild weather is accommodating. There are literally dozens of unique neighborhoods in the city, from Chinatown to Little Ethiopia to many more, in which you can explore international cultures and their cuisines. There are also lots of cars on the roads here, so be sure to allow extra time to get to your destinations.
Must see in Los Angeles
Whether or not you're a film buff, a trip to Hollywood (from Hollywood Boulevard to the Sunset Strip) will probably be an unforgettable experience. For something a lot more natural, visit any of the beaches in the Santa Monica Bay, such as world-famous Malibu. To get a feel for L.A.'s history, many downtown landmarks are within walking distance of each other.
Where to stay in Los Angeles
Manhattan Beach is ideal for families with young children. It's close to the airport and South Bay beaches, and about an hour's drive to Disneyland or Universal Studios. The Kettle, a popular restaurant, is open 24 hours in case you're getting used to the time difference and crave dinner at 3 a.m.
Downtown L.A. is the place to stay if you love the nightlife (and day life). From the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel to the Ritz Carlton that opened in 2010, there are accommodations for every taste and budget. This ever-improving area has plenty of great restaurants and clubs, and it's a short drive to more clubs in Hollywood.
Hotel deals can be found all around L.A. Many hotels in the Hollywood area offer affordable rates all through the year, and they're walking distance from landmarks like Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Wax Museum.
Best and worst time to go to Los Angeles
The best time to visit Los Angeles is in September. Most vacationers have gone home, and the weather is still very warm and sunny. The worst time to go is during peak tourist season in August, or, if you're staying near the beach, in late spring, when low clouds often create "June gloom" that lasts all day.
Where to get lost in Los Angeles
Spend an afternoon at the Santa Monica Pier. Check out the ocean view (and perhaps some famous fellow diners) at The Lobster, or grab a quick lunch and freshly squeezed lemonade at the Hot Dog on a Stick stand. Take a spin on the famous 1922 carousel, then walk over to Pacific Park and ride the solar-powered ferris wheel for a view of the coast from Malibu to Palos Verdes. The Santa Monica Pier Aquarium features more than 100 species of marine life, and has touch tanks filled with sea stars, crabs and other sea creatures.
The best deals in Los Angeles
Griffith Park Observatory is one of the best deals in Los Angeles. Both admission and parking are free for this beloved and very visible landmark, which was built in 1935. Inside the observatory are a planetarium, telescopes and fascinating exhibits. Outside are great views of Los Angeles, hiking trails through Griffith Park, and close proximity to another very beloved, visible landmark: the Hollywood sign.
Transportation in Los Angeles
Because Los Angeles is so spread out, it's a good idea to rent a car. If your visit is confined to the Hollywood or Downtown areas, you can take the Metro rail or bus lines to get around.
Getting in from LAX
The best way to get into town from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is by renting a car, taking a taxi (there's a flat rate of $46.50 for a ride to Downtown L.A.) or using a ride-sharing service like Uber. The Metro Rail green line does not currently extend to LAX, so you'll have to take a shuttle bus or taxi to or from the Douglas Station, about 10 minutes away.
Local tip for visitors to Los Angeles
It's best to stay off the freeways during weekday rush hours (especially from 6 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.). If you absolutely must take the freeway during those hours, add an extra hour to the time estimated to reach your destination.
Planning a trip to Los Angeles? Find out how to blend in like a local with our travel tips by clicking here.
Author's bio: Laura Goldman is a writer and native Angeleno. Check out her i Still Love Dogs blog and follow her on Twitter.


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Toddler Time! - Christmas v1.4 by Picoman Games
- Hello,
Here is some information on the version 1.4 update for Toddler Time! - Christmas.
What's New:
Integrated SmarTots Parents Center.
Audio timers adjusted to remove overlap.
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Toddler Time! - Christmas is an amazing way to educate your young children using the iPhone or iPod Touch.
With fun animations, high quality images, professional voice talent and easy navigation Toddler Time! - Christmas encourages children to repeat and copy - helping to enhance their vocabulary and knowledge. The fun sound effects and eye-catching colors add an excitement which will keep them engrossed every time they use the app.
- Integrated SmarTots Parents Center.
- Great Professional Voice Talent provided by Amazing Voice.
- Uncompressed audio files for maximum clarity.
- High resolution images and graphics.
- Multitasking enabled.
- Four fun animations; a swinging Bell, flickering Candle, sparkling Christmas Tree and a twinkling Star.
- Four menus to choose from; "Advent Calendar", "Christmas Characters", "Twelve Days Of Christmas" and "Food".
- The "Advent Calendar" option consists of 25 different screens, one for each day of December. Touch the calendar to reveal the picture for that day.
- The "Christmas Characters" option consists of 9 different screens, each with a speech button that describes the character. Touch the picture for a fun sound effect.
- The "Twelve Days Of Christmas" option consists of 12 different screens, each screen with a line from the song "Twelve Days Of Christmas" and a picture to go with the lyric.
- The "Food" option consists of 10 different screens, each with a speech button for the festive food on display.
This app features SmarTots.
SmarTots provides learning reports and mobile education app reviews that help parents understand what their children are learning. Signing up for SmarTots also gives parents access to fun activities that enhance the educational value of mobile education apps like this one. Click the Parents Center Button inside this app to get these great features.
With over 60 pictures, 57 screens, 64 spoken words, 10 sound effects and 4 animations, Toddler Time! - Christmas is a must-have educational application for any parent to own as a fun teaching aid for the festive period.
View Toddler Time! - Christmas version 1.4 in iTunes.
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I examined the role of y-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a neurotransmitter, in the comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Through the use of data obtained from H-MRS scans and rating scale scores, I was able to find that lowered GABA is correlated with higher anxiety levels in both disorders. Therefore, in the future, psychiatrists and psychologists can more effectively diagnose and treat targeted symptoms in adolescents with these disorders.
I have always been interested in children and mood disorders. Ever since I was a young child, I tried to aid whatever children seemed to be suffering. As I aged, I gained more knowledge on specifics of psychiatry and psychology that interested me. Specifically, i wanted to focus my research on depression and anxiety When I began the process and I was taken in by Dr. Gabbay, my mentor, I learned that a lot of her research focused on GABA's role in psychiatric disorders. I noticed that not a lot of research has been conducted on GABA in adolescents and since these disorders have early onsets, I thought it would be important to study the effects early on so the symptoms would not have to persist through adulthood for the suffering children.
When did you first become interested in neuroscience?
When I began high school, I became much more passionate about my interests in psychiatry so I started doing more literature searches on different disorders. I noticed that many of the articles that I found most interesting were regarding neurosciences, so I continued to pursue researching that field.
I read that your research stemmed from the Social Science Research at your school. What did you learn in the class, and how did you apply the lessons to research?
During the Social Science program in my school, students learn the basics of research in this field. [The program] is continuous over a course of three years and from the start, we enlarge our knowledge of statistical analyses and ethical guidelines for research. Alongside this curriculum, we search for mentors in sophomore year, write and edit our research papers in junior year, and aid the rising upperclassmen with their papers in senior year once we submit our completed papers.
You go to a high school (Bronx High School for the Sciences) with a national reputation for providing students with an exceptionally strong science program. How else did your high school prepare you for this research project?
At The Bronx High School of Science, the English department does aid students in advanced writing skills. Since writing is a very prominent part of the research process, it's extremely important to be able to express your findings clearly and effectively. Ever since freshman year, I have had teachers that have allowed my writing's strength to continue to grow.
How did your mentor help you complete your research?
My mentor aided me in providing me with a lot of background research in the field and allowing me to take part in her very busy lab at the NYU Child Study Center. Dr. Vilma Gabbay has fostered my experience and my passion in the neuroscience field. Along the way, whenever I had any questions or concerns, she always made the time for me to explain everything extremely clearly. Her support is very appreciated. Her research assistant, Benjamin Ely, has also helped me to gain more advanced knowledge in statistics and research methods in neuroscience.
What was your previous experience with science? What activities did you take part in as a younger student or presently take part in to pursue your interest in science?
Ever since I was in first grade, I have taken part in my schools's science fairs. My favorite projects always included an aspect of the brain and how different variables affected it. One year, I focused on how gender affects perceptions of pictures and whether gender-oriented pictures play a role in memory. Another year, I focused on key words in an article and how age affects memory of those words. All of my family and friends would take part in those studies and I always saw them as a bonding experience. Currently, I am still being mentored by Dr. Gabbay -- even after my research was completed -- in order to broaden my knowledge of other disorders and neurochemicals being studied in her lab. I will be forever grateful for what she has done for me by allowing me to pursue my passion.
What did you get out of the experience of conducting this research project?
Not only has conducting the research allowed me to realize that this is my calling in life, but it has also taught me the importance of time management and not being a procrastinator. I have never been a procrastinator and have always managed my time correctly, but conducting this study made me realize that these skills are extremely important in life and I should never forget that.
To conduct great studies, researchers must remain persistent even if their conclusions do not follow their previously made hypotheses. There might be something surprising in the findings that may make an even larger impact on society. Further, researchers must be selfless and conduct their research for the good of society. [They must be] honest in their methods and motivated to help those in need. Research should not be done for the sake of the study but for the generalizability of future, more expansive studies to gain a more holistic picture of, in this case, psychiatric disorders.
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Young children should have unlimited opportunities to get involved with science early on in life—even before entrance into the school system. By doing so, they will be able to gain an appreciation for the sciences. Children should actively pursue a topic of interest and get involved in science fairs and even just conduct experiments on their own to satisfy their curiosity. Children should have access to mentors and resources that will inspire them.


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NASHUA -- A Nashua man accused of shooting two people and killing one of them on a city street Friday afternoon is now dead from an apparent suicide, according to authorities.
Police believe that Carlos Alago-Collazo, 34, of Nashua, shot the mother of his two children, Mireily Rodriguez-Torres, 32, of Nashua, and Andres Garcia, 35, of Hudson.
According to Attorney General Joseph Foster, both victims were shot multiple times with a handgun about 4:14 p.m. on Friday outside of 14 Merrimack Street.
Garcia died from his injuries early Saturday morning, while Rodriguez-Torres is expected to survive, according to a release. She has been admitted to a Boston hospital.
Authorities said that Alago-Collazo and Rodriguez-Torres "had been involved in a long term relationship and had two children together," said a statement from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office.
Police have not yet said whether there was any altercation or disturbance prior to the shooting, or what may have prompted the incident. Lt. Francis Sullivan of the Nashua Police Department said the investigation is still in the early stages, and he would not elaborate on whether it was a drive-by shooting.
Following the Friday afternoon shootings, police began searching for Alago-Collazo, issuing alerts to neighboring police departments to be on the look out for his vehicle. He was eventually located using cell phone information by authorities in Lawrence, Mass.
Police found him in a parked vehicle outside of 626 Essex St. in Lawrence, Mass., where he had apparently committed suicide, according to Foster.
Nashua police said Friday that the shootings were not random, but rather the couple was targeted.
Autopsies are expected to be completed on Garcia and Alago-Collazo, and the incident is continuing to be investigated.
Police in Lawrence, Mass. referred questions to the Essex County District Attorney's Office, which was not immediately available on Saturday. New Hampshire authorities said no further updates are expected until next week.


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|2008-01-04, 12:15
|Link #42
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
News: Downloadable Higurashi
Here's some exciting news for those of you who are interested in getting the Higurashi visual novels but scared by the shipping costs:
Shion and I already bought all three games, but we hope someone will come along and recommend which download store to use and maybe give some instructions for ordering.
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
P.S. - Day 4 is fully translated and we're working on the adaptation.
|2008-01-05, 01:11
|Link #44
Freshly Exiled Zero
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Australia
As for my desktop icons, I dont worry about that. I have a program that saves their posistions for me. (I also have more icons then I use)
I also use a program for managing my multi-display profiles.
|2008-01-05, 11:23
|Link #45
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Warwick, RI
Age: 35
I bought the game from Paletweb and I think it's been shipped out by now ... I'm not sure when it will arrive.
|2008-01-07, 04:09
|Link #46
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
Issues with purchased downloads of Higurashi
Just want to warn people, there's been a problem with running the translation patch on those purchased downloads of Higurashi that I posted about earlier.
It looks like at least some of the sound files are encrypted, so that onscripter isn't able to play them. You can't play the original JP game using onscripter, either.
Sorry about this, for those of you who went and bought the download games already... I suppose you could run the translation and the original game side by side, to get the sound effects that way... Well, I hope you can still enjoy our translation.
What a pity, the purchaseable downloads seemed like such a perfect solution for non-Japanese to get the games and enjoy them...
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
EDIT: I've produced a fix for the sound files problem! Check Post #199 for the link. Now you can go ahead and purchase the downloadable Higurashi and still get to enjoy the translation!
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-01-09 at 21:14. Reason: I made a fix!
|2008-01-07, 19:48
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|2008-01-07, 21:50
|Link #48
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
The download-release Higurashi seems to use an overlaid software purchase manager (SOFT-Denchi) which is used for DRM, and 64 bytes is a common block size for encryption schemes, so I'm quite sure that's what's going on.
At the least, only the files in the WAV directory are affected; the files in the subdirectories WAV\LP and WAV\minigame are not encrypted.
I can suggest a temporary partial solution: download the Higurashi demo here and install it. Now, copy (or move) the top-level WAV directory to the folder that contains the higurashi translation patch files (NOT the original JP game); you don't need to include the subdirectories of WAV. This will at least take care of sound effects that show up in Onikakushi. There are other sounds that get used in the other 3 games, but at least this will take care of most of them.
Some of the sound effects files in the demo are different, but not so that it'd ruin your enjoyment, I think.
Hope this helps,
Mion (Sonozaki Futagotachi)
|2008-01-09, 20:43
|Link #49
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
"Fix" for downloaded Higurashi
I've gotten together more of an actual fix for the unplayable sound files in paid download versions of Higurashi. You can get the zip file at: link removed
Extract the files in wav_fix.zip to the translation patch directory, and run onscripter.exe to play. (You can remove the WAV directory from the translation patch folder, if you did my temporary solution using the Higurashi demo.)
The (soon to come) Day 4 release will have this fix more tightly integrated, but I thought folks would appreciate being able to have a fix right away.
You don't need to get this fix if you're playing the demo or CD release of Higurashi, but if you do it won't hurt anything ^_^
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-01-25 at 16:59. Reason: patches have the fix
|2008-01-15, 02:10
|Link #50
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
Onikakushi Day 4 is ready!
Sorry to make you all wait.
The Sonozaki Futago-tachi English patch for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi (Day 4) is now ready! Check out our RapidShare folder at http://rapidshare.com/users/MQK6IW.
It has a patch for the Higurashi Demo as well as a patch for the full game (aka Himatsubushi.)
You can download the demo game here.
To install a patch, simply unzip the contents into a subdirectory of the original Japanese game; double-click "onscripter-en.exe" to play.
I've also added a version of onscripter for all you Mac OS X users; download it from http://rapidshare.com/files/83920439...n-20080112.dmg. You should be able to drop the onscripter-en.app file from the dmg image into your translation patch subdirectory, and double-click to play.
By the way, Day 4 contains material that didn't appear in the anime, so you get a taste of new stuff. We also tidied-up the previous days and prologue, for a few typos, a missing line, some writing, Japanese name order, and "hauu"s
Please let us know what you think!
Also let me know if you have problems installing or running a patch.
Mion (Sonozaki Futagotachi)
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-01-25 at 17:00. Reason: more info; fixed script bug; removed old links
|2008-01-16, 16:15
|Link #52
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
Just thought I'd let people know... there was a bug in the download scripts that caused the save/load menus to crash (sometimes). I've corrected the downloads and the links on my previous post #200, so please redownload the patch if you got it before the time of this post.
Sorry ^^;;;
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-01-16 at 16:40.
|2008-01-17, 13:35
|Link #53
Join Date: Jun 2007
Age: 28
|2008-01-17, 16:23
|Link #55
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
How to pay-download Higurashi
Okay, someone on another site put together a guide for buying Higurashi through one of the download sites; you can find it here. Let us know if you still have trouble.
Hope this helps,
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
|2008-01-17, 16:52
|Link #56
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: England.
Age: 28
|2008-01-18, 11:20
|Link #57
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Warwick, RI
Age: 35
Okay, dumb question. If we've got day 1-3, are we supposed to save over the old patch files or create a new subdirectory? I saved over them but when I try to continue from my old save, the program loads the background scene and then closes immediately, so maybe I just installed it wrong.
Also, in regards to your PM to me -- after I couldn't continue my old game with the new patch I tried starting over again and it wound up freezing on me again. I was speeding through the dialogue with the control button at the time, though, so that might have been a factor. In a little while I'll try playing it normally and see what happens.
I'm sorry for not responding to you by the way, it's been a busy week for me.
|2008-01-18, 11:38
|Link #58
Translation Group
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Denver
Technically, you should be able to just write over the Day 1-3 patch files, but it would be safest to just create a new subdirectory and delete the older patch directory once you know the new one works.
Mion (Sonozaki Futago-tachi)
Also be sure you have the Demo patch for the Demo game, and/or the Full patch for the Full game! I was able to replicate the "close immediately after launching" bug when I was running the Full patch on the Demo game.
But if you still have problems even though you're running the right patch in a new subdirectory, be sure to let me know.
Last edited by Sonozaki Futagotachi; 2008-01-18 at 19:14. Reason: more suggestions
|2008-01-19, 11:41
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Rena X Keiichi FOREVER!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Ok, I have downloaded the demo version, and the patch for days 1-3, but I have no idea what a subdirectory is or how to get the patch to work with the game. When I click on onscripter-en it pops up for like 2 seconds and then goes away. Can anybody help me? Please and thank you ^^
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RLPA Applying The Pressure
The National Rugby League has described as unreasonable a threat by the Rugby League Professionals Association to boycott this year's Dally M Awards night.
The threat is a clear failure by the RLPA to abide by a public agreement.
On August 5, the RLPA publicly agreed to a November 1 deadline for all Collective Bargaining Issues.
It agreed that all issues be discussed as part of an overall agreement.
Despite departing from that agreement, despite giving the NRL just two working days to formulate an initial position on six issues and despite a public admission today by RLPA President Tony Butterfield of the genuine effort being made on the part of the NRL, a group of players has this afternoon issued a threat to boycott Tuesday's scheduled awards night.
Of the six issues it appears from the RLPA press release that three have been agreed to.
The NRL sees it as completely unreasonable that it should be expected to negotiate in the face of such a threat and will now consider whether the awards night will go ahead.
"The RLPA decision today will not help us get to a CBA," NRL Chief Executive, Mr David gallop said today.
"The NRL has made significant concessions in these areas in a short space of time.
"Twice now we have been due to meet with a group of players to ensure their understanding of the issues and twice the opportunity has been withdrawn at the last possible moment.
"It is incorrect to suggest that these issues are solely related to young players entering the code, indeed there is significant concern among the clubs that some of the measures being sought by the RLPA will reduce the opportunities for young players.
"The RLPA is acutely aware of the complexity surrounding the guaranteeing of payments.
"They are aware of the efforts we have offered in this area and of our commitment to look for further avenues.
"You cannot expect the game to make a decision to pick up a guarantee on all players contracts in such a short space of time, given that in terms of current contracts the full exposure would be well over $100million.
"It is worth noting that, despite the RLPA threat, at 6.00pm this evening we had still not received the players 'issues paper' from today's meeting."


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Easy Tips to Preserve the Life of your Furniture
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Would you imagine that cleaning furniture might be one of the easiest housekeeping chores you'll face? If you've invested in expensive furniture or just picked up some pieces at a tag sale or estate sale, you'll want to do a few things to get and keep the pieces in good condition. Proper care and cleaning are important parts of preserving the pieces for years of beauty and use.
For years of beautiful furniture, keep any pieces out of sunlight and away from heat sources. These can dry out wood, paint finishes, leather, and rot upholstery fibers.
Have you ever made the shocking discovery of a stain on the back of a favorite chair or a water mark on the top of the desk in your guest room? You really can't blame anyone. But you can fix it. We'll help you find how to clean any piece of furniture and keep it looking like new.
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Everyday Care
Painted furniture is almost the easiest to keep clean. On a weekly basis, dust or wipe clean with a cloth dampened with water. Be sure not to leave water spots on the surface, as they'll dry and could leave permanent marks.
Special Cleaning
If your piece of painted furniture has stains on visible surfaces or nicks and scratches on it, you'll want to make whatever repairs you can. Gently sand down any mars, taking care not to damage more painted finish than you have to. Carefully glue and clamp any loose joints. Match the paint as best you can or select a new color of paint and restore the piece to near-perfect condition. Add an oil finish for greatest protection. Read more about cleaning painted furniture in these tips from eHow.com.
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Everyday Care
Before you decide how to clean your piece of furniture, you need to determine what type of finish it has on it. You can find information about cleaners and conditioners for wood furniture and information on getting built-up finishes off to expose the beautiful wood underneath. Check these tips on caring for hardwood furniture from the American Hardwood Information Center. You should use a lint-free cloth to polish your furniture on a regular basis. Use just a little furniture polish on the cloth and rub the surface to get a beautiful shine. When choosing a furniture polish, use the same type for each cleaning, either oil- or wax-based, to avoid polish smudges. Wipe in the direction of the grain of the wood whenever possible. If you love antiques, you'll need to be aware of their special needs. You'll find helpful information from eHow.com on cleaning antique furniture
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When it comes time to remove built-up wax, use either mineral spirits or a synthetic turpentine with a soft, lint-free cloth. Clean the entire piece with the product, not just the area that's soiled.
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From it's beginning as a clothier in Glasglow, Ted Baker has had an unwavering focus on attention to detail, fine quality, and a unique sense of fashion.
Ted Baker styles convey a heavy emphasis on confidence and personality, and Ted Baker offers frames that suit almost any personal style. This wide spread appeal is reflected in the fact that Ted Baker's popularity in the UK and beyond has grown mostly from loyal Ted Baker fans' word-of-mouth accolades. Ted Baker remains one of the only brands to be built into an international designer label without an advertising campaign.
Ted Baker's strong style convictions are built into all of Ted Baker's eyewear designs. Ted Baker frames cover every aspect of eyewear styling, from timeless sophistication to quirky retro revival and everything in between.


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Man behind Moore's Law donates DNA sequence
Keywords:Moore's Law? semiconductor sequencer? DNA?
And even as we approach the end of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), when bottom-up molecular self-assembly is predicted to take over from today's top-down subtractive lithography - the density of new devices is still expected to double every few years, extending Moore's legacy indefinitely even in new fields such as biotechnology.
The most bizarre twist in Moore's continuing legacy, however, came last year when he donated his entire DNA sequence to science. The Moore genome is now deposited in the European Nucleotide's Sequence Read Archive (SRA, access number ERP000682). An amazing array of facts are now public knowledge regarding Moore's genetic heritage, such as that his mitochondria - the sub-micron "life-force" organelle inside his cells - belongs to the most common haplogroup in Europe.
Sequencing Moore's genome, however, had nothing to do with vanity. On the contrary, it was based on the fact that Moore's Law now applies to biotechnology, making his contribution to a public database the first step in a process that will eventually benefit all of humankind.
Here's the scoop: Moore's genome was the first to be sequenced on a new invention called a "semiconductor sequencer" or "silicon sequencer."
Today DNA micro-arrays are passive and must use slow-working external optics to read out their results from the millions of micron-sized wells in which the donor's DNA is deposited. The semiconductor sequencer, on the other hand, builds the DNA micro-array atop an active CMOS chip, enabling electronics at the bottom of each well to instantly sense the DNA sequence there.
The technique, called "ion semiconductor sequencing," was licensed from DNA Electronics Ltd. (London) by Ion Torrent Systems Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.) just 20 miles north of Moore' residence in Woodside. Moore consented to allow his genome to be sequenced by its personal DNA sequencer, which uses standard polymerase synthesis, but senses the results with ion-sensitive field-effect transistors (ISFETS) buried at the bottom of each well. Since each current generation CMOS chip has about a million wells, it took over one thousand microchips to sequence the billions of bases in Moore's DNA.
Here's the punch line: since the silicon sequencer is now based on a semiconductor chip, Moore's Law predicts that the number of wells that fit on each chip will double every couple of years. Consequently, by the end of the semiconductor roadmap circa 2024, a single CMOS chip will be able to sequence anyone's entire genome.
- R. Colin Johnson
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DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for the man charged with killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater asked the Supreme Court to require a Fox News reporter to identify her sources for a story about the defendant.
The attorneys said Monday they asked the justices to review a New York state court ruling that Colorado cannot force New York-based reporter Jana Winter to reveal who told her that Holmes sent his psychiatrist a notebook containing violent images before the July 2012 attack.
Holmes' lawyers say whoever spoke to Winter violated a gag order and should be punished. They also say that officers might have lied when they denied under oath being Winter's sources, undermining their credibility as potential trial witnesses.
New York state's top court ruled in December that Winter did not have to testify in Colorado because she is protected by her home state's shield law, which says reporters do not have to identify confidential sources.
A Colorado court issued a subpoena for Winter's testimony, but because she is based in New York, that state's courts would have to enforce it.
Winter has said she would not identify the sources, even though the Colorado court could sentence her to jail for contempt of court for refusing.
Winter, her attorney and Fox News didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.
Holmes' attorneys said previously they planned to ask the Supreme Court to intervene. The documents were filed last week.
Holmes is accused of shooting into the audience in a suburban Denver movie theater, injuring 70 people and killing 12. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
His trial is scheduled to begin in October. Two previous trial dates have been canceled as attorneys work through complex pretrial legal questions.
The identity of Winter's sources is not likely to influence the outcome of Holmes' case. But the defense's quest to identify them has dragged on for more than a year and drawn objections from Fox News and journalism organizations, who say it threatens reporters' ability to do their job.
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Here we go again.
I was hesitant to write about the latest Richard Sherman "news" on Thursday for two reasons. First off, I wasn't home for much of the day, then I was at KeyArena covering the Pac-12 women's hoops tourney, but secondly, and more importantly, I was naïvely hoping Sherman's latest feud, this one with ESPN's resident button-pusher Skip Bayless, might not turn into a huge story.
It's not that I'm one of the people who thinks Sherman needs to quiet down, I've written as much in the past, but rather that I as hoping we could avoid blowing this story up because that's exactly what Bayless, ESPN, and that train wreck of a show known as First Take are hoping for when they constantly stir the pot in the name of ratings.
And on top of that, no matter what you think of Sherman's brash personality, these "feuds" are happening so regularly, I feel like we're all getting Sherman-vs.-whoever fatigue.
In the last five months alone, we've had Sherman vs. Tom Brady, Sherman vs. Calvin Johnson, Sherman vs. Trent Williams, Sherman vs. Roddy White, Sherman vs. Darrelle Revis, and now Sherman vs. ESPN's troll.
If you've been away from the internet/TV/radio until clicking on this, a brief rundown: Sherman was on First Take, and it was clear he went on the show determined to get his message out against Bayless, who has been critical of Sherman in the past because of the cornerback comparing himself to Revis, widely considered the game's best corner in recent years. Sherman's rant included the rather funny phrase, "I'm better at life than you." If you want a better breakdown of the whole thing, Mike Sando has the transcript on the ESPN NFC West Blog.
And, predictably, Sherman vs. Bayless became a big story over the last two days, so I suppose I'll say a few words before moving on.
Every time Sherman puts himself in these situations, a lot of Seahawks fans are quick to defend him, while plenty of others say he should shut up and let his game do the talking. My opinion? It's really not up to us how Sherman goes about his business.
It's true that Sherman is much more than just the person we see talking trash on game day, or on Twitter, or on TV. He is a very intelligent young man, he gives his time and money to help people in Seattle and his home town of Compton, Calif., but yes, he also likes to run his mouth. I'm not going to pretend the brief locker room conversations that I and other media members have with Sherman mean we know all there is to know about him, or anything close to it, but we do see a different side of him than these bouts of trash talking present. He's a genuinely thoughtful, likeable guy, but he's also somebody who truly does feed off of his doubters. Bringing up the fact that he was a fifth-round pick at every opportunity isn't some act, Sherman really is motivated by that. And if those sleights, real or perceived, drive Sherman, if talking smack on the field makes him play better, or takes opposing receivers out of their game (we're looking at you, Steve Smith) then why should he stop?
Seattle's other starting corner Brandon Browner is about as different as possible when it comes to on-field persona, but he sees the benefit of Sherman's trash talking.
"He frustrates guys in that way," Browner said last season. " … You can see it, week in and week out. I tell him, 'that's when you're at your best, when you're talking noise out there. That's when you're on top of your game.'"
As far as any of us know, Sherman isn't breaking the law, he isn't being a jerk to his fans, he isn't out getting drunk and making a fool of himself at clubs—he's talking. OK, he's talking a lot, but if anyone is being hurt by this, it's Sherman, and he's smart enough to know what he's doing, so if his goal is to get attention by being a villain of sorts, why do any of us really care if he's playing at an All-Pro level?
The funny part about all of this is that he was actually doing the media rounds this week because he was in L.A. talking to kids about S.W.A.G. (Students With A Goal), an organization that promotes academic success. He went to schools, including his alma mater, Dominguez High School, and talked to students about the importance of doing well in school. He shared his message about going from Compton to Stanford, something he realized could be inspirational even when he chose Stanford over USC as a senior in high school.
"I wanted to make a statement to my city," Sherman said on the day the Seahawks drafted him. "I'm from Compton, and it's hard for people to understand that you can be an athlete and have high academic standards and achieve high academic things. So, I really wanted to make that known to people that you can go to Stanford from Compton."
So is Sherman a role model or a trash talker? Well he's both, and there's really no reason for him to choose one or the other.
When Sherman is on a Twitter rant, or making news with outlandish TV interviews, you'll hear people say, "He's better than that." No, he isn't. He is that; it's part of him. He doesn't want to be "better than that," because that Ali-esque persona is just one part of who Sherman is, as is the big-hearted part that gives back to this community at his home town. It's not an either-or with Sherman. It's the whole package, take it or leave it. And as somebody whose job involves talking with athletes, I'll gladly take it, and if you're a Seahawks fan, you sure as hell should too.
If you're a parent, maybe you'd prefer your kid admire an athlete who carries himself more like Russell Wilson, and Wilson is certainly an admirable person and athlete. But if I someday have a child, and he or she grows up to become a Stanford graduate who quickly becomes one of the very best at his or her profession, who uses that success to give back to his or her community, and who yes, has a bit of a mouth, well, where can I sign up?
We'll no doubt be having a similar conversation again soon, so get used to it. Sherman isn't changing; he doesn't want to, and really, who are we to say that he should?


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Heard Around the West
Five years ago, Douglas Hoffman and his wife, Debbie, bought a house in an upscale retirement community outside of Las Vegas. The spectacular neon lights of the Strip at night were what passed for a view, and the just-planted trees were small. But as Sun City Anthem in Henderson grew to 7,000 homes, the trees also flourished, causing Hoffman to complain to a homeowners' committee that all that "greenery" obscured his view. Stymied by restrictions on cutting trees, Douglas took matters into his own handsaw, so to speak, sneaking through neighborhoods at night to lop off tree tops or slash tree trunks. A $10,000 reward was posted for the capture of the person or persons committing "arborcide," reports the Los Angeles Times, and a private security firm was hired to ferret out the mystery man. But Hoffman, though described as stout, was elusive. It took a fellow Sun City resident, a former deputy sheriff, to give chase and capture the 60-year-old man, who was carrying a single-blade saw. Hoffman lives most of the year in a "first" home in Goodyear, Ariz., but he managed to do a lot of damage while in Nevada: He is accused of killing 500 trees valued at close to $250,000. His attorney plans to ask for probation.
As soon as a dad dashed into a grocery store in Spokane, Wash., to pick up doughnuts, a "repo" man drove off in his car, without noticing he'd repossessed a family as well: Inside the car were the man's 5- and 7-year-old children. Police returned the kids calm and unharmed, reports the Oregonian, but the father's 1996 Ford Explorer was gone for good.
A moose delighted Christmas shoppers in downtown Anchorage by lighting up the night. He'd gotten his big antlers enmeshed in expensive LED lights, and trailed the holiday strand right through traffic. At times, though, the moose appeared disoriented and glassy-eyed, reports the Anchorage Daily News. A Fish and Game biologist guessed why: The animal was "either drunk or in gastric distress," after gorging on fermented apples in Town Square Park. The Alaska biologist said he'd wait for the "juiced moose" to sober up before urging him to leave town.
Perhaps only in the Big Apple would a room full of bare dirt elicit raves - lots and lots of them for the indoor earthworks of artist Urs Fischer. New York magazine called the chaotic mounds "brimming with meaning and mojo," and said that the gallery - its concrete floor cracked open by jackhammers to free the dirt beneath - "pulsates with erotic energy." There is a downside: Fischer's artwork, which he calls You and which cost $250,000 to create, is a mite dangerous. A chasm of jagged concrete lies at the bottom of a steep slope, and a daunting sign warns visitors that walking on the loose dirt - preferably not in high heels - "is physically dangerous and inherently involves the risk of serious injury or death." While Westerners familiar with backhoes might scoff at the notion of contained dirt as art, critic Jerry Saltz found himself entranced. You, he said, is "a bold act that brings on claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the same time, makes you look at galleries in a new way and serves as a bracing palate cleanser."
From the top of windswept Red Mountain Pass in western Colorado, Kathy Daniels has spent 22 winters pushing snow from the helm of a huge plow equipped with 12-foot blades. "It's like driving a car," she told the Ouray County Winter Guide. "It's just bigger." Well, sort of. Her stretch of two-lane highway down to the Ouray Hot Springs happens to be one of the most avalanche-prone in the Lower 48 states. Daniels said her least-favorite spot on this narrow road with no guardrails is Ruby Walls, a place that features a big drop-off, scared people driving up the middle of the road, bad drainage, and falling icicles: "I know a plow driver who had an icicle come right through the roof of his truck." Ever since a snowplow driver was killed by an avalanche in 1992, the state highway department has leaned toward closing the highway during dicey conditions rather than clearing it of snow. Daniels has one trick up her sleeve to make plowing safer and more predictable - a howitzer cannon that she calls her "big gun." When she shoots it, the explosion knocks avalanches loose, preventing dangerous surprises. Daniels holds the distinction of being the first woman snowplow driver on both Red Mountain and Molas passes, and over the years she has become a devotee of springtime avalanches. When they whooshed by her former residence near Silverton - which is also pretty remote and cold at 9,318 feet - they sounded just like a waterfall.
Betsy Marston is editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Paonia, Colorado. Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared in the column, Heard around the West.


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Kristen Stewart Is At Home Working On Her 'K-11' Script With Her Mom!
An insider tells HollywoodLife.com Kristen Stewart is currently in Los Angeles working on her next project!
Since wrapping The Twilight Saga more than two months ago, Kristen Stewart has been busy attending award shows, visiting her boyfriend Robert Pattinson in Toronto (where he's filming Cosmopolis), traveling to London — and now the 21-year-old actress is in Los Angeles, where she's busy at work on a project close to her heart!
"Kristen is at home right now in LA working with her mom, Jules, on their movie, K-11," an insider tells HollywoodLife.com. "I think she's going to be a producer and a scriptwriter on the film."
As we previously reported, Kristen has been working on K-11 — a movie about an autistic transgender named Butterfly, who meets a meth head transgender named Mousey in jail — for more than two years.
Originally Kristen's Twilight co-star, Nikki Reed, was slated to star in the drama, but told us April 12, 2010 she backed out of the project.
K-11 will be directed by Kristen's mom, Jules Mann-Stewart, and is scheduled to begin shooting next month.


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When Kirsten's friend Harry moves back to town, what will they do when they start having feelings for each other. What about Harry's big brother Zayn the one Kirsten always thought was cute when they would play as little kids. How will they deal with the challenges of life as it hits them. This is made up, and the boys of One Direction aren't famous.
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Robert and Jeanette Burditt, formerly of Oak Ridge, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Feb. 6.
Robert and Jeanette Burditt, formerly of Oak Ridge, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Feb. 6.
The Burditts now live in Summerville, S.C., but lived in Oak Ridge/Anderson County from 1957 to 1998.
They were married on Feb. 6, 1954, in Camilla, Ga.
Jeanette attended South Georgia College. Robert graduated from Union Junior College in New Jersey and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
While in Oak Ridge, they were members of the Unitarian Universalist Church. Jeanette was active, holding leadership roles, in Camp Fire, Junior Playhouse, Anderson County Democratic Women's Club, and the Tennessee Democratic Women's Club while living in the area.
Robert served as president of the Jefferson Junior High School PTA, treasurer of the Woodland Elementary School PTA, member of the Board of Governors for the Recreation Basketball League, Unitarian Church Board president/treasurer, and a member of the Anderson County Board of Commissioners.
Jeanette worked at Herron-Connell Insurance Agency. Robert retired from Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, having worked at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge.
Their children and their spouses are Audrey Lynne (Jean), Vancouver, Wash.; Russell (Donna), Vicksburg, Miss.; Judith (Mike) Werley, Fredericksburg, Va.; and Carol, Knoxville. The Burditts have three grandchildren: David, Makayla and Jasmine.
To celebrate the anniversary, a family gathering is planned in Charleston, S.C., and a spring family reunion in Ocala, Fla.


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Kathie Green is the 2012 Mom Congress Delegate for Indiana. Kathie has been married to Mike Green for 25 years and has four children and three grandchildren. She is the Director of Constituent Services for Congressman Marlin Stutzman. Since moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2000, Kathie has been an active PTA volunteer and Fort Wayne Community Schools supporter.
One thing that is going great in education in your state: Our state had some extra money and they put it into funding full-day kindergarten. I truly believe that a change in education starts at this level (or even in preschool programs) and full funding will make a tremendous difference in our state.
One thing you wish could be improved in education in your state: Everyone talks about teachers and staff. Changes lately revolve around them. I believe there needs to be accountability and buy-in from parents and students. Parents need to be at the table when decisions are made and instead of punitive programs developed, there needs to be a way to encourage involvement and recognize the schools that allow this to happen.
Your favorite teacher (and why): Rose Farrell and John Eastes. They actually were my son's teachers after he was hurt in a car/bike accident. I couldn't have asked for better, more compassionate teachers than Mrs. Farrell and Mr. Eastes. In a big high school, my son needed champions, extra help and someone who cared. I was afraid he would be lost in the crowd. A lot of the staff at Northrop pulled him through high school. Mrs. Farrell and Mr. Eastes were my heroes that first semester back.
Your hero: My stepfather, Fred Hemsath. He joined our family when I was at a tough age and even now 41 years later, he is my go to person for advice. He is a dad in every sense of the word and I am so lucky to have him in my life and he stayed in my life after my mother passed away at a young age. He could have bolted but he didn't.
Favorite quote: "This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done."
Favorite subject in school (and why): Marketing. EVERYTHING is marketing and how things are presented. If you get to know about this, it changes the game.
Biggest wish for your kids: To find something they love to do for a career. I am so blessed to have a job I love – I want this for my children more than anything.
Most rewarding/challenging stage of parenthood thus far (and why): You don't stop worrying when your children turn 18. 18 brings on a whole new set of worries and issues. Young adults have to find their own path and potentially make some bad decisions – you can only hope they get through this stage with grace. This was and is a very hard adjustment to make as a mother. You have to trust that in the long run everything will be all right.
Favorite family tradition: Reading in the car on trips. We would get to our destination and the kids would want me to keep reading the book until we finished. We did Charlotte's Web, the Little House on the Prairie Series, the Fudge books, and graduated up to Harry Potter. Great memories!
Favorite weeknight family dinner: Anything my daughter makes – she tries to help out some nights and I am grateful!


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NEWTOWN, Conn. Worshippers hurriedly left a church Sunday when someone phoned in a threat as parishioners remembered 20 children and six adults who were massacred at an elementary school, but police later said nothing dangerous was found.
The threat interrupted a busy Mass and touched off a large police response days after the worst massacre of school-age children in U.S. history.
Halfway through the noon service at the St. Rose of Lima Church, the priest stopped and said, "Please, everybody leave. There is a threat," said worshipper Anna Wood of Oxford, Conn.
At least a dozen police in camouflage SWAT gear and carrying guns soon arrived. An Associated Press photographer saw police leave carrying something in a red tarp. Guns drawn, they searched the church and adjacent buildings.
Deborah Metz, a Trumbull police officer on the scene, gave the all-clear after about an hour. Police said the church would be on lockdown for the rest of the day.
Brian Wallace, spokesman for the diocese, said someone called and "threatened to disrupt the mass."
Gunman Adam Lanza, his mother and eight of the child victims attended St. Rose of Lima. It is a Roman Catholic Church with an adjacent school, which Lanza attended briefly.
The church hosted overflow crowds at all three morning Masses Sunday.
Wood said everyone left calmly but described a congregation on edge. One boy, about 9, left with his mother.
"He asked his mom, 'Mom, why are we leaving?'," Wood recalled. "The mom couldn't answer. She just started crying."
Nancy Elis lived in Newtown for 28 years before moving to nearby Southbury in 2006, but she was back Sunday to visit her former church.
With police searching the property, she said the scene looked like "a war zone."
"This is the house of God," she said, sobbing. "Why would they have to leave for fear for their lives? What's become of our nation?"
Some of the deadliest school shootings in the U.S. (AP)
- Dec. 14, 2012: 20-year-old Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where he killed 20 children and six adults with a high-power rifle before taking his own life. The investigation revealed that Lanza had also killed his mother shortly before the shooting at the school.
- April 2, 2012: A gunman killed seven people in a rampage at a California Christian university. Jongjin Kim, the Oikos University, said the suspect, One Goh, was angry because administrators refused to grant him a full tuition refund after he dropped out of the nursing program.
- Feb. 27, 2012: Three students were killed and two wounded in a shooting spree that started in a school cafeteria in Chardon, Ohio, as students waited for buses to other schools. Police have charged T.J. Lane, who was 17 at the time, as an adult.
- Feb. 14, 2008: Former student Steven Kazmierczak, 27, opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., fatally shooting five students and wounding 18 others before committing suicide.
- April 16, 2007: Seung-Hui Cho, 23, fatally shot 32 people in a dorm and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, then killed himself.
- Oct. 2, 2006: Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, shot to death five girls at West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania, then killed himself.
- March 21, 2005: Jeffrey Weise, 16, shot and killed five schoolmates, a teacher and an unarmed guard at a high school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota before taking his own life. Weise had earlier killed his grandfather and his grandfather's companion.
- Oct. 28, 2002: Robert Flores Jr., 41, who was flunking out of the University of Arizona nursing school, shot and killed three of his professors before killing himself.
- March 5, 2001: Charles "Andy" Williams, 15, killed two fellow students and wounded 13 others at Santana High School in Santee, Calif.
- April 20, 1999: Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school's library.
- May 21, 1998: Two teenagers were killed and more than 20 people hurt when Kip Kinkel, 17, opened fire at a high school in Springfield, Ore., after killing his parents.
- March 24, 1998: Andrew Golden, 11, and Mitchell Johnson, 13, killed four girls and a teacher at a Jonesboro, Ark., middle school. Ten others were wounded in the shooting.
- Dec. 1, 1997: Three students were killed and five wounded at a high school in West Paducah, Ky. Michael Carneal, then 14, later pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and is serving life in prison.
- Oct. 1, 1997: Luke Woodham, 16, of Pearl, Miss., fatally shot two students and wounded seven others after stabbing his mother to death. He was sentenced the following year to three life sentences.