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Hitler Slept Here
The too-secret history of the Third Reich's most famous place.
Slate turns 10 this week, and to celebrate the anniversary, we've dug into the archives and resurrected a few favorite pieces. Some of the pieces come from The Best of Slate: A 10th Anniversary Anthology, which was published this month. Others, including this piece, we chose because they highlight what Slate can do as an online magazine that print magazines, newspapers, television, and radio can't. These pieces mix media, promote interactivity, show off the conversational immediacy of the Web, or otherwise take advantage of the medium. You can see a list of all the republished pieces, as well as everything else related to the anniversary, here.
In early May German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder moves into a gleaming new office building with commanding views of Berlin. The last time this city had a new Chancellery, its most important offices were underground—Hitler's bunker. After Hitler retreated into that structure, in January 1945, he never saw another sunrise or sunset. This is where he ate and slept, held his military briefings, where he married Eva Braun, and where he killed himself some five months later. The Bunker is still down there. But just try to find it.
The Bunker was built to last—and it has. In the late 1940s, the Russians obliterated Hitler's above-ground office complex with explosives, but their detonations of the approximately 3,000-square-foot, heavily fortified complex extending 55 feet beneath it were not nearly so successful. Photos taken a decade later show the Bunker's exit pillbox and observation tower a bit the worse for wear but still standing. They weren't cleared away until much later. From 1961-1989, the site was screened from Western eyes by the Wall. As Brian Ladd observes in his influential The Ghosts of Berlin, because Marxist theory emphasized social and economic forces and de-emphasized "Great Man" theories of history, the communist German Democratic Republic government kept all information about the Bunker's location and condition secret from East Germans. In the mid-1970s the GDR, concerned about would-be fugitives tunneling under the Wall, apparently did a classified extensive underground survey of the area that almost surely involved inspecting and perhaps further sealing off Hitler's bunker. A former governor of the British sector of Berlin, Tony Le Tisier, wrote in his photographic history of the city in the 20th century, Berlin Then and Now, that in the mid-1980s when the GDR began work on apartments in the area, a construction engineer had no trouble marking Hitler's bunker on the project map for a Dutch journalist. Indeed, the apartments' layout indicates an effort to work their foundations around the Bunker area. Subsequent street work for the project meant demolishing part of the Bunker's uppermost steel-reinforced concrete layer, which was done without fanfare.
Even after the Wall came down, reunited Berlin had little appetite for recognizing the site. But the Bunker has proven to be the Wiley Coyote of historical artifacts—despite all the TNT and steamrollers, it keeps coming back. In 1990, in preparation for a reunification celebration concert to be given by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame (featuring a performance of The Wall), workers clearing the former Hitler Chancellery area, which had become part of the booby-trapped East German "Death Strip," stumbled upon a previously unknown part of the Bunker complex. It turned out to be the nearly 1,500-square-foot underground facility manned by the Chancellery's elite SS drivers. (The discovery even tweaks repression on the linguistic level. The most common phrase in German for Hitler's bunker is "der Führerbunker." The German word for "driver" is "Fahrer." Hence the SS facility quickly forced a discussion about what to do with "der Fahrerbunker.") Scattered about inside were some helmets, a dagger, some engraved Chancellery silverware, a "God Is With Us" belt buckle, and a chair with a heart hand-carved out of its backrest. Over one doorway was the inscription: "There are plenty of people, few really good chaps." What's more, the SS drivers' bunker had a feature crying out for investigation and preservation: Large color wall murals that were skillful and iconographically interesting, laced with classical allusions. Yet shortly after this bunker's accidental discovery, despite the protests of the chief municipal archeologist, it was sealed up by the city.
Later, in the mid-'90s, several construction workers were killed when they inadvertently set off buried World War II munitions nearby, once again heightening local interest in what was still lurking in the Bunker area. When in May 1995 a political party formally proposed keeping the Bunker as a monument, Berlin's regional parliament rejected the notion, choosing to plan government administrative buildings for the area instead.
The city also opted for reburial when in 1998 workers clearing the nearby site for the Holocaust Memorial uncovered Joseph Goebbels' personal bunker, and again in 1999 when workers on a road extension project unexpectedly perforated more of the steel-reinforced roof that once protected Hitler. (When that happened, a Bunker survivor, a former SS sergeant still living in Berlin, told CNN the Bunker "should be left out in the open, for all the world to see.") Now the road is completed, and construction in the area is proceeding on those administrative buildings. Even after they are finished, the spot probably directly over Hitler's bunker would be left clear, but it's reasonable to think that within five to 10 years, this little bit of the late unpleasantness will either be tidily landscaped, completely paved over, or built upon. But its walls and floor will remain virtually intact.
In Berlin, there is scant official mention of Hitler's bunker. The now-gone Info Box, the visitors'-center-on-stilts that was Berlin's leading tourist attraction in the 1990s, although providing a good view of the Bunker area if one knew where to look, didn't breathe a word about the place. And the Hitler Chancellery intersection of Voss and Wilhelm streets, once the most powerful and evil corner on Earth, is now marked by a narrow 4-foot-high sign, which makes but one shin-level reference to the Bunker and issues no directions to it. Across the street, there's another smaller, much easier to miss sign about Hitler's Chancellery that has one picture of it but no mention of the Bunker. Both of these markers (like one around the corner marking Goebbels' former headquarters and another not too far away in front of Eichmann's) have an impermanent feel about them, promising nothing more enduring than your average stop sign.
Like the all-but-vanished Wall, Hitler's bunker has rather quickly become a bit of a mystery. On a recent Friday afternoon, when pedestrians near the Voss/Wilhelm intersection were asked for directions to the Bunker, about half—all of them appearing under 25—had no idea. Some pointed in the general direction. Some—all appearing to be 60 or older—had a good- to very-good idea. Nobody seemed aware of either sign. A random survey of guidebooks shows they aren't much help either. Neither Fodor's Citypack Berlin, the excellent Berlin by Gordon McLachlan, the German-language GEO special edition on Berlin, nor the Dorling Kindersley Berlin guide make any mention of the Bunker. The Kleine Berlin Geschichte ("Little Berlin History") says that Hitler killed himself in the Chancellery Bunker, but the adjacent photos and their captions don't address its location, concentrating instead on city damage inflicted by the Allies. The Berlin offene Stadt ("Berlin Open City") guide refers once to the underground Bunker complex, but the accompanying map of the Voss/Wilhelm area doesn't indicate its whereabouts. Germany: The Rough Guide breezily misleads in saying that from the Info Box you could see the actual spot—but without mentioning that you would have never known that because it's totally unmarked. Let's Go Germany does far better, warning the reader about some mistaken locations and then stating that the "actual bunker site is now a playground," which is wrong but only by a few hundred feet. The Lonely Planet map explicitly marks and labels a spot, but is off by at least a few hundred feet. The Anders Reisen ("Travel Differently") Berlin guide does better still, noting that Hitler's bunker was under the northeast edge of the Chancellery gardens and giving the best-guess directions to the approximate location. That's better than the city's signs, and among Berlin travel books virtually unique.
If you want more and better Bunker information, see Klaus Dieter Jurk. A Berliner in his early 40s, Jurk has made a hobby out of the Bunker. A first meeting with Jurk opens with an interesting flourish of his historical bona fides: He hands you Albert Speer's metal Hotel Adlon card, of the sort the Reich power-elite hotel used for personalizing bills and other announcements sent out to members. It's one of 200 such cards Jurk got in the mid-1990s from construction workers refurbishing the old hotel. And it was a construction worker who slipped Jurk a GDR government survey on which Hitler's bunker is clearly marked. When yet another section of Hitler's Chancellery bunker system (not Hitler's private bunker) was discovered in 1992, Jurk cadged his way inside and became the first person to dive into the chilly ground water to explore the level below. Actually, Hitler's bunker is a bit more than a hobby for Jurk. For 10 years, he has been hiring himself out as a walking tour guide around the old Hitler Chancellery area, and he still does that on weekends, but he now has a few employees who give the tours during the week while he attends to his coins, stamps, and artifacts business. He nevertheless retains the obsession-bordering enthusiasm of the amateur, writing and selling for a song little pamphlets about the Bunker and persistently getting articles about his finds and theories placed in the press. His discovery of the Speer hotel card stencil was written up in one of Germany's best papers, the Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung.
Jurk fears that someday there will be nothing to point to when a grandchild asks him, "Where in Berlin was the center of fascist power?" He dreams of reopening Hitler's bunker and creating a record of what happened when in which of its rooms. But his proposal to write a book about the Bunker was rejected by the three big German publishing houses he approached. The whole topic, he says, is "taboo." He points out that the Hitler Chancellery area is right in the middle of the hottest real estate market in town, where new government buildings, skyscrapers, and condos are already sprouting, with more planned. The powers that be, he says darkly, don't want a reminder of Hitler there.
Berlin's boosterism is sufficiently widespread that municipal and national officials find they can usually just ignore preservation pleas like Jurk's. Indeed, the city's archeological office never answered the phoned and faxed questions posed to it in connection with this piece. But when events force officials to justify the course of obliviation, they cite the fear that marking a Nazi site would produce a flash point, even a pilgrimage point for neo-Nazis. Yet although Berlin has quite a graffiti problem, the street plaques mentioned above dealing with Hitler's Chancellery and Goebbels' and Eichmann's HQs are not defaced. And both the house on the Wannsee where the "Final Solution" conference was held as well as the torture chambers and cells in the basement of the Gestapo headquarters have been quite successfully turned into public exhibitions, with neither becoming a neo-Nazi magnet. Hugh Trevor-Roper, writing 55 years ago in his The Last Days of Hitler about Russia's fears that truthful disclosure of Hitler's suicide in the Bunker would stimulate his followers, asked the right question: "When has uncertainty about a true shrine prevented pilgrimages to a false one? … When has the suppression of the truth prevented the rise of a myth, if a myth is wanted?"
Another force surely acting on the obliviators is the deep-seated fear among Germans of doing anything that could even remotely be taken to stir up international fears of German recidivism. Thus it is that it's far, far rarer to hear any comment whatsoever about Jews from a German than from a Frenchman or an American. And thus it is that the Holocaust Memorial is going up even though many Berliners will, if you get to know them well enough, carefully confess that they think it's too big and too expensive.
If anybody thinks Germans haven't tried hard to face up to their past, let them come to Berlin. Even without the Holocaust Memorial, Berlin includes some bracing reminders of the Reich's victims—such as the Grunewald train station commemorating the wartime deportation from there of many of the city's Jews, the former Reich execution chamber at Plötzensee, and the wall in Steglitz listing the names and addresses of deported Jews. And also some inspiring reminders of its resistors—such as the exhibit in the Bendlerblock building where the leaders of the July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler were cornered and shot, and the monument on Rosenstrasse where in 1943, through an open street protest, non-Jewish women won the release of their Jewish and partially Jewish husbands from SS custody. However, there is much less in Berlin pointing unequivocally to the perpetrators. Despite important exceptions like the aforementioned Wannsee conference house (which is, in any case, far from the city center) and Gestapo headquarters, it still must be said that overall, Berlin's World War II memorial landscape tends to suggest a tragedy that befell a resisting nation. Doing something with Hitler's bunker, a place of pure perpetration, indeed the location people often conjure to help them wrap their minds around the concept of evil, could correct that.
But doing what? How do you publicly embody wickedness without appearing to salute it? This is a severe test of the concept of public memorialization that, for instance, the United States has never passed—or even taken. Where for instance, are the American monuments forcing us to contemplate the evils of slave-holding or the Indian wars? But the Germans are ahead of us here because unlike us, they don't focus primarily on from-scratch monuments—they have been quite creative at making historical places into causes of reflection. The Wannsee conference house, the Gestapo HQ basement, and the Grunewald train station (which has the specifics of each death-camp shipment from Berlin imprinted in temporal order around the actual deportation platform) are successful examples. But perhaps the most important paradigm in Germany and in the world is the headquarters on Normannenstrasse of the former GDR state security service, the Stasi. When the Wall came down, many called for the hated building to be demolished. But instead, it was preserved and opened to the public. (And its intelligence files were made available to those who figure in them.) A tour of the Stasi building strikes a far more powerful blow for freedom than anything else that could have been done there. Why miss the opportunity to do at least as much with a far more evil place? Or minimally, why not put a detailed marker on the exact spot? (In 1999 someone put up a homemade sign, but it disappeared after a couple of days.) Some memory devices, like stamps or statues, do seem inherently adulatory, but the Stasi building leads the way in showing that not all are. In the attempt to wring truth from concrete, "Worship or Destroy" is a false choice.


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It could work, basically making GETINDARE to quicksilver potions as HALPMEH is to healing potions. This would cause some weirdness in that the first strike effect would be lost after the first attack, but the dodge effect would only be expended when it actually happened.
I'd prefer to go with something like damage reduction, and I'm recommending that for three reasons:
1) Damage reduction would allow a rogue to survive hits he normally could not, giving this class a strong use for the GETINDARE glyph and their first real alternative to CYDSTEPP as a survival mechanism.
2) We have too few damage reduction effects as it is, and it's difficult to stack them to an amount that is appreciable at higher levels.
3) It doesn't actually make the glyph stronger, only more versatile, since you cannot benefit from both first strike and damage reduction on the same attack.

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David Cameron's former communications chief Andy Coulson will appear in court in Scotland next month.
The 46-year-old was today served with an indictment to face proceedings at the High Court in Glasgow on August 6, the Crown Office confirmed.
Former News of the World editor Coulson was charged with perjury by police in 2012 after being questioned in connection to his evidence at the 2010 Tommy Sheridan trial.
He appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court in June 2013 where he made no plea or declaration and was granted bail.
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The Crown Office can confirm that an indictment was served on Andrew Coulson today, 7 July 2014 and that a Preliminary Hearing is scheduled for 6 August 2014 at the High Court at Glasgow."
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Cincinnati Cyclones (8-8-6) at Toledo Walleye (8-11-2) 4 p.m. ET
· Barret Ehgoetz leads Cincinnati against the Walleye with five points (1g-4a).
· Toledo's Peter Leblanc leads rookies with 22 points (8g-14a).
· Cyclones are 6-0-3 when leading after two periods.
Greenville Road Warriors (15-5-1) at Gwinnett Gladiators (12-6-4) 4:05 p.m. ET
· Justin Bowers (3g-2a) and Mark Voakes (1g-4a) lead Greenville against the Gladiators with five points each.
· Michael Forney leads Gwinnett against the Road Warriors with seven points (3g-4a).
· Road Warriors are fourth on the power play at 22.3 percent (25-for-112).
· Gladiators are 8-2-3 when scoring first.
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Premier 'AA' Hockey League Fast Facts
• Watch games live on America One, the "Official Broadband & Mobile Broadcaster" of the ECHL.
• The ECHL celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08 and is the third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
• ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in four states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league with 19 teams in 14 states and British Columbia in 2010-11.
• The league officially changed its name from East Coast Hockey League to ECHL on May 19, 2003.
• 451 players have played in the NHL after playing in the ECHL including 35 in 2009-10.
• Eight ECHL players have made their NHL debut this season: former South Carolina Stingrays left wing Stefan Della Rovere (St. Louis on Dec. 1), former Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies and Idaho Steelheads defenseman Brian Fahey (Washington on Oct. 16), former South Carolina Stingrays goaltender and 2010 ECHL All-Star Braden Holtby (Washington on Nov. 7), former Texas Wildcatters left wing Matt Kassian (Minnesota on Nov. 5), former Ontario Reign center Dwight King (Los Angeles on Nov. 17), former Trenton Titans defenseman Olivier Magnan (New Jersey on Oct. 21), former Trenton Devils center Brad Mills (New Jersey on Oct. 30) and former Alaska Aces right wing Ryan Reaves (St. Louis on Oct. 11).
• 6 players played in the ECHL and the NHL in 2009-10: Kyle Calder with Bakersfield and Anaheim, Jeremy Duchesne with Kalamazoo and Philadelphia, Tomas Kana with Alaska and Columbus, Dan Sexton with Bakersfield and Anaheim, MacGregor Sharp with Bakersfield and Anaheim and Matt Zaba with Charlotte and the New York Rangers.
• The ECHL has had 259 players reach the NHL since 2002-03 when it changed its focus to become the primary developmental league for the NHL and the AHL. The ECHL had 97 players reach the NHL in its first 10 seasons and 215 in the first 15 years.
• 195 ECHL players have played their first game in the last six seasons for an average of more than 32 per year.
• ECHL had a record 79 players on NHL opening-day rosters in 2010-11, surpassing the 78 from 2009-10 and marking the eighth year in a row that there have been over 50 former ECHL players on opening-day rosters.
• Every ECHL team has an affiliation with an NHL team in 2010-11 and the league has affiliations with 27 of the 30 NHL teams, marking the 14th consecutive season that the league had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
• 30 coaches with an ECHL background are working behind the benches of teams in the NHL including Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau, New York Islanders interim head coach Jack Capuano, Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette and St. Louis Blues head coach Davis Payne. It is the sixth consecutive season that there have been 11 or more coaches with an ECHL background working in the NHL. Boudreau, who coached Mississippi for three seasons winning the Kelly Cup championship in 1999, was named NHL Coach of the Year in 2007-08 becoming the first former ECHL coach to receive the award.
• 20 former ECHL officials are working as part of the NHL officiating team in 2010-11 with referees David Banfield, Francis Charron, Chris Ciamaga, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Mike Leggo, Wes McCauley, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Brian Mach, Tim Nowak and Jay Sharrers..
• ECHL was represented for the 10th year in a row on the Stanley Cup champion with Chicago Blackhawks assistant coaches Mike Haviland and John Torchetti, developmental goaltending coach Wade Flaherty, senior director of hockey administration Al MacIsaac, general manager of minor league affiliations Mark Bernard and scout Ryan Stewart. There were 35 former players and 14 former coaches on 15 of the 16 teams competing in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Playoffs, marking the fifth year in a row that there have been at least 30 former ECHL players and the seventh consecutive season that over 25 players with ECHL experience have competed in the NHL postseason.
• Former ECHL broadcasters working in the NHL include John Ahlers and Steve Carroll of the Anaheim Ducks, Tom Callahan of the Nashville Predators, Dave Goucher of the Boston Bruins, Chris Kerber of the St. Louis Blues, Jack Michaels of the Edmonton Oilers, Dave Mishkin of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Bob McElligott and John Michael of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• Ryan Stanzel and Jeremy Zager, who were both recipients of the ECHL Media Relations Director of the Year award, are working in the communications department for the Minnesota Wild and the Los Angeles Kings, respectively. Former ECHL assistant director of communications Joe Siville and Kelly Murray are now with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Washington Capitals, respectively, while former ECHL director of communications Jason Rothwell is the creative director for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
• ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the American Hockey League in 2010-11 and for the past 21 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion.
• In the last seven seasons the ECHL has had more call-ups to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with over 3,000 call-ups involving more than 1,500 players and in 2009-10 there were 10 times as many call-ups from the ECHL to the AHL than all other professional leagues.
• The ECHL averaged 4,486 fans per game in 2009-10, the highest single-season average since 1999-00, and is the only minor professional hockey league to increase average attendance each of the last three seasons. It is the sixth consecutive season and the 18th time in the last 20 years that the ECHL has averaged over 4,000 fans and the league drew over 3 million fans for the 17th year in a row.
• Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.


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X-Photographer Hüseyin Taskin from Turkey shoots with the GF45mmF2.8
Huseyin Taskin was born in 1979 in Sariz, Kayseri. Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Communications, Journalism and now studying Photo & Video for masters degree.
Still living in Kayseri, he's an advertising photographer and the head of studio in a company besides being a founder member of Atölye 9 Visual Arts Institution.
He has two solo exhibitions named "The Poor Colors of Brown" and "Rural Dreams" and an e-book, "Photo Writings"... For him , photography is just one instrument to question oneself and life.


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Tree Swallows do use nest boxes in NW Oklahoma
As part of our responsibilities as volunteers at the Byron Hatchery Watchable Wildlife Area, we monitor 15 bluebird nesting boxes on and around the Byron State Fish Hatchery. Naturally monitoring bluebird nesting activities is lots of fun but we had the additional pleasure of recording the nesting activities of a rare breeding bird for our area.
On March 16th, 2007 we observed Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) flying in the area. We were encouraged to find on March 23rd, feathers in the bottom of one of the nesting boxes. Finally on May 9th we found 3 white eggs that we identified as Tree Swallow. On May 14th 5 eggs were observed and the female had started incubation. On May 29th we found 4 baby tree swallows. By June 5th they had fledged. THEN, in another nesting box, also on May 9th we found another clutch of 3 white eggs. Eventually this pair laid 7 eggs. On June 7th we observed 7 tree swallow chicks. We continued to monitor their growth and on June 15th they fledged.
Tree swallows were not known to nest in Oklahoma until 1979, when they were found at Lake Etling in Cimarron County. The number of breeding pairs in the state has increased annually since then, primarily in areas near eastern Oklahoma reservoirs. Only one other nesting record exists for extreme northwestern Oklahoma and that appears to be in the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge between 1997- 2001.
Of course a pair of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialia) was
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bluebirds on June 11th.
We enjoyed monitoring the nesting boxes and what a thrill to record the nesting activities of such a rare breeding swallow in northwest Oklahoma. It amazed us how fast both the tree swallows and eastern bluebirds developed.


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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
Hiderun.D belongs to the category of Potentially Unwanted Programs, also known as PUPs.
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Hiderun.D prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Hiderun.D redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
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Master of Education/Master of Science - Curriculum & Instruction; Elementary Science
The Department of Teaching & Learning holds as its central mission the preparation and development of educators at all levels. The department ensures that its professional education programs are based on essential knowledge, established and current research findings, and sound professional practice. The Department offers a M.Ed. in 17 areas of concentration as well as a M.S. in 13 of those areas. The master's degree consists of required core courses coupled with courses specifically related to the area of concentration. A culminating experience or thesis concludes the degree and provides evidence of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions gained while in the program.
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Katie Holmes Running NYC Marathon -- FIRST PICTURES
Here are the very first pictures of Katie Holmes running the ING New York City Marathon in Staten Island, New York earlier Sunday morning.
Katie wore a navy blue FDNY baseball cap, a purple tank top and blank pants. But seriously, no sports bra?
Tom Cruise can be seen carrying baby Suri on the sidelines, cheering mommy on! Be sure to check out all of the pre- and post-marathon details you may have missed on Katie from earlier today.
Katie's final time was 5:29:58. Not too shabby!
Let's play "Find which runner or passerby is one of Katie's many bodyguards!"


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Ireland will play Pakistan on home soil in May in their first ever Test match.
Ireland and Afghanistan were given Test status in June and Ireland have now secured a deal for Pakistan to be their inaugural opponents.
Ireland captain William Porterfield said: "It's fantastic news for Irish cricket. It's going to be a bit special and it's always great to be a part of history."
Agreement was reached during an International Cricket Council meeting in Auckland this week, with the date and venue for the match yet to be confirmed.
Porterfield continued: "There's a special affinity between ourselves and Pakistan going back to the 2007 World Cup and they've been regular tourists here over the past decade.
"Test cricket is the pinnacle of our sport and I know how much this game will mean to not only the players but all involved with Irish cricket. It'll be another step on what has been an incredible journey for our sport in a relatively short passage of time.
"I'm certain there will be an incredible atmosphere from both sets of fans who will be keen to witness a piece of history."
Ireland played their first one-day international against England in 2006 and qualified for the World Cup the following year, where they beat Pakistan and Bangladesh. Ireland have claimed victories over England and the West Indies in subsequent competitions while they are four-time winners of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Cricket Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom said: "We are excited to welcome Pakistan to Ireland for our inaugural Test match next year. It has been our wish to make our Test debut in front of our own fans within 12 months of becoming a Test nation, and against a big team – so I'm delighted."


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NEW YORK (AP) — The city wants young New Yorkers to hear its latest public-health warning loud and clear: Cranked-up headphones can be hazardous to your hearing.
So much so that the city is planning a $250,000 social media and marketing campaign to warn teens that they risk hearing loss from listening to personal music players at high volume, health officials said Wednesday.
It's the latest in a slate of efforts on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's watch to urge New Yorkers to eschew unhealthy habits, from smoking to drinking large amounts of sugary soda. The prodding has sometimes included graphic ads, such as an online video of a man pouring himself a soda that turns into a glass of glop made to look like fat and an ad featuring a close-up of a smoker's gangrenous toes.
It's not yet clear how the city will deliver its hearing-loss messages, which will aim to "to better inform and educate New Yorkers about ways to protect hearing from exposure to loud sounds," particularly long and loud listening sessions on music devices with earphones, the city Health Department said in a statement.
Officials plan to use focus groups and interviews with teens and young adults to decide how to frame the campaign, according to a description from the city Health Department's fundraising arm, called the Fund for Public Health. It has raised $70,000 so far, from a donor who asked to remain anonymous, said the fund's executive director, Sara Gardner.
The plan got mixed reviews Wednesday from headphone users.
Cecilia Sanchez, 17, knows she plays her music loudly through the headphones she wears much of the time — bus drivers have been known to yell at her to turn it down. But the high school senior finds it relaxing because "it shuts out the whole world," and she doesn't think anyone's going to listen to chiding from city officials.
"You can't really control what people do. I think people get the risks, but they'll do what they want to do. Especially young people," she said.
But it's fine with John Cerini, 38, if the city wants to encourage people to keep their headphone volume down — partly because he's tired of overhearing other people's music over his own, which he plays at a moderate level on his daily commute between Manhattan and Mineola.
"If it's improving life as a whole, I'm for it," said Cerini, an architect.
Noise-induced hearing loss has been a concern for years amid the cacophony of modern life, with its booming music, traffic sirens, jackhammers and other clatter.
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders says close proximity or prolonged exposure to sound above 85 decibels can cause hearing damage, and many things are louder, including power mowers, motorcycles and, sometimes, music. A personal music player hits about 105 decibels at maximum volume, according to the federal government-run institute.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says excessive noise has caused permanent hearing damage in 1 out of 8 children and teens and about 1 in 6 adults under age 70. Problems can include hearing loss — especially trouble hearing high frequencies or following conversations in noisy situations — and tinnitus, an internal ringing, whooshing or buzzing in the ears.
The national deafness institute and other health groups have launched public-education campaigns about protecting hearing. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association sounded a note about safe headphone listening at this year's International CES, the massive consumer electronics-fest that is the biggest trade show in the Americas.
The organizer, the Consumer Electronics Association, didn't immediately respond to phone and email inquiries Wednesday about New York City's new initiative, first reported by the New York Post. But the association supports the audiology group's similar effort, and association President Gary Shapiro has noted that it promotes headphones that minimize outside sounds and allow parents set the maximum volume for the children.
During Bloomberg's 11 years in office, his administration has cracked down on smoking, banned trans fats from restaurant meals, forced chain eateries to post calorie counts on menus and limited the size of some sugary drinks.
Associated Press writer Jake Pearson contributed to this report.
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Low-Sugar Cookies with Meringue and Pecans
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Low-Sugar Cookies with Meringue and Pecans
(makes 10-12 small cookies recipe adapted from Cookie Madness)
2 egg whites at room temperature
1 cup minus 1 T Splenda or Stevia-in-the-Raw Granulated Sweetener
1 T Splenda/Brown Sugar Blend (or brown sugar, or use all Splenda or Stevia if you prefer)
1 level T flour
pinch salt
3/4 cup whole pecans
While egg whites sit, chop pecans coarsely with chef's knife and measure all other ingredients. Combine Splenda and Splenda/Brown Sugar blend and set aside.
For best results, use a stand mixer for beating the meringue, but I don't have one so I used a hand-held beater. (Also very important. Once you stop beating the egg whites, do not stop.) Beat egg whites on medium high until stiff peaks start to form. Add Splenda mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating a few seconds between each addition.
Add flour and salt, turn beater to high and beat until meringue is slightly stiffer, about 1-2 minutes. Turn off beater and remove, then gently fold in pecans.
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Red is a strong color; a little goes a long way. It's also a popular color in the kitchen. It's the color of flame, of tomatoes, of ripe fruit. We see red in kitchen tools and tableware all the time -- and now we're going to look at some kitchens that make great use of this powerful color. Some use it sparingly, to liven up a monchromatic color scheme. Others go all out, with whole walls of crimson cabinets!
Come look, and tell us: do you have red in your kitchen?
1-2. East #22: Becky's Careful Color - This is a subtle use of red; just a couple pops to define the kitchen. (And I think I have that same pot.)
3. Pearl Lam's Shanghai Loft - Wow - this one is anything but subtle. Dizzy! Would you cook in here?
4. Kyle's Colorful Boston Perch - Kyle piled on bright red color with her red shelf, colorful textiles, and cushions on her built-in banquette.
5-6. Perry Street Duplex - Here's another bold red choice; the entire kitchen is glossy and wine-colored.
7. Little French Kitchens - This is a small, inexpensive modular kitchen from France.
8. Celeste's Mount Pleasant Loft - Red can easily be added to a kitchen with just a little can of paint. Paint around your white or wood cabinets and you have a strong statement -- even in a rental kitchen.
9. Artsy Family's Color is for Happiness - A favorite from the 2007 Fall Colors contest. Baby blue and dark red! This shows how well red can work in a more traditional context.
10. Stephanie & Bob's Primary Colors - And if you paint, you don't even need to do a whole wall. Look at this red stripe!
11. Red, White and Light Blue - Another red and blue combo, with red floors!
12. Emma's Affordable Mid Century Gem - Red countertops instead of floor, this time. We like the green and red; a good vintage look.
13. Anna's Old-and-New Newburgh Victorian - This bold black and white kitchen gets really defined by the spots of red.
14. Danielle & Erik's Canal-Front Flat - Love the cupboards and floor in this vibrant Dutch flat.
15. Daniel and Jason's Red, Grey, and Green Kitchen - A more orangey red, with shades of grey and green.
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Back in July 2007, Professor Kasthuri Venkateswaran and his group of American scientists of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) discovered a hitherto unknown species of bacillus. After investigating its genetic makeup, JPL has now arranged for the bacillus species to be registered in specialised databases as "Bacillus horneckiae". It is named after recently retired radiation biologist Dr Gerda Horneck of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR).
Professor Venkateswaran, who discovered the bacillus - a rod-shaped bacterium -, cooperated with Dr Horneck on a large number of international space exploration projects. Together, they investigated how micro-organisms react to orbital conditions, such as those obtained on board the International Space Station ISS. By naming the bacillus after Dr Horneck, the American scientist pays tribute to the scientific achievements of his German colleague, who has extensive expertise in radiation biology. "This is an extraordinary distinction, not just for me but for the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine as a whole," according to an enthusiastic Dr Horneck.
Together with their colleagues, DLR radiation biologists are conducting extensive experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) in order to investigate the origin and distribution of life. In her last project before retirement, Dr Horneck worked on a series of radiation biological experiments for the EXPOSE mission. In these experiments, the Bacillus subtilis is exposed - in different experimental configurations - to the extremely intensive cosmic radiation for different lengths of time. The Bacillus subtilis is less robust than the newly discovered Bacillus horneckiae. "It is a shame that this bacillus was only discovered after the EXPOSE series of experiment had already started. We would have liked to be able to do research on this robust bacillus", Dr Horneck says.
JPL scientists discovered Bacillus horneckiae, when they were checking the American Phoenix Mars probe for organic contaminants in July 2007. On behalf of NASA, they were investigating if the directives of the UN Outer Space Treaty were being complied with. This UN treaty sets out rules concerning the contamination of spacecraft by terrestrial organisms in order to avoid contamination of other planets by terrestrial organisms, which would lead to distorted measurements.
JPL scientists discovered Bacillus horneckiae Dr Horneck does not yet want to address the question of possible scientific uses for the newly discovered bacillus. "First of all, we should conduct chemical and biological investigations in order to find out what made this bacillus so tremendously robust," according to the scientist. A team of DLR early stage researchers is now trying to figure out these questions.


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Iraq: Iraqis fear rise of clerics
Muslim clerics in Iraq have been taking advantage of the political vacuum left by Saddam Hussein to try to impose their own strict version of Islam.
The BBC reports that liquor stores have been attacked and their owners threatened. Women have been told to wear the veil. And it is not just Iraq's small Christian community that is now worried about its way of life.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Protestant hardliners attacked lines of Belfast riot police Friday as Northern Ireland's annual mass marches by the Orange Order brotherhood reached a furious, chaotic end with running street battles at several conflict zones.
In north Belfast, police in flame-retardant suits and helmets deployed a half-dozen armored cars to block a road so that Protestant Orangemen could not march past the edge of Ardoyne, a militant Catholic district that has become the most bitterly contested spot on the city map.
Men jumped on top of the armored barricade and, as hundreds of marchers and supporters formed a sea of often alcohol-fueled fury behind them, wielded pipes, golf clubs, wood planks and even ceremonial swords to vandalize the police vans.
Emboldened, some threw bottles and bricks point-blank into police lines. Many in the mob cheered as one policeman, struck and knocked semiconscious, was dragged to safety by colleagues.
Officers responded by firing a massive mobile water cannon at the rioters, propelling at least one shirtless man sideways off the roof of an armored car and on to the pavement, his forehead split open.
But the Protestant crowd kept swelling and hurling objects into police lines, forcing officers to respond with volleys of snub-nosed plastic bullets in a failed bid to force the crowd to disperse or retreat.
During melees that lasted for hours, police said at least 23 officers and several rioters were injured, as was the Protestant politician who represents north Belfast in British Parliament, Nigel Dodds.
Dodds was struck in the head with a brick and knocked unconscious while talking to Orangemen standing near the police barricade. His Democratic Unionist Party, the largest in Northern Ireland, later said he had regained consciousness in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
Leaders of the Orange Order vowed to keep Protestants rallying to the confrontation zone until police caved in and permitted the march past Ardoyne.
The police commander, Chief Constable Matt Baggott, said his force would stand its ground and gather video evidence against the many hundreds of rioters.
Police were enforcing a surprise decision by a British-appointed Parades Commission to bar the Orangemen from using the main road beside Ardoyne to return Friday night to their nearby lodge, the first time such an order had been given.
The cross-community commission said it wanted Orangemen to stay away from that 300-yard stretch of road because, for the previous four years, Irish Republican Army splinter groups based in Ardoyne had attacked police with gunfire, grenades, firebombs and other weapons and wounded more than 250 officers in clashes that always followed the Orangemen's passage.
Orangemen accused the commission of surrendering to IRA violence and warned that both sides could play that game.
More than 4,000 Northern Irish officers and 630 reinforcements imported from Britain were deployed to keep control of the streets for this year's "Twelfth," Northern Ireland's official sectarian holiday, when the British Protestant majority commemorates a 17th-century military victory over their Irish Catholic foes.
In a sign that police expect Protestants to riot all weekend, police installed portable toilets and stacked pallets of bottled water for officers manning the armored-car barricades near Ardoyne. Commanders requested several hundred more police reinforcements from Britain due to arrive Saturday.
Police also faced angry crowds around Short Strand, the only Catholic enclave in otherwise Protestant east Belfast. There, rival crowds of youths traded salvos of bottles, bricks, golf balls, bolts and ball bearings over high security fences called "peace lines." Police suffered barrages of firebombs from the Protestant side and responded with more water-cannon blasts.
Police advised motorists to avoid much of north and east Belfast to avoid becoming trapped in the mob violence.
Before the rioting began, Orange leaders marched to the Parades Commission headquarters and unfurled a banner that read, "We will not be defeated. No surrender."
Orange leaders laid blame in advance for any bloodshed on the Parades Commission, which since 1997 has imposed restrictions on Orange marches to minimize conflict with Catholic communities.
Arguments over Friday's violence threatened to create a rift in Northern Ireland's unity government, a 6-year-old coalition of political extremes that has governed Northern Ireland with surprising stability in fulfillment of the territory's 1998 peace accord.
First Minister Peter Robinson, a Protestant who leads the Democratic Unionist Party, blamed Short Strand's Catholics for starting the rioting in east Belfast and the Parades Commission for creating an explosive situation in Ardoyne.
Robinson said Protestants felt "justifiable anger and frustration at the Parades Commission, who bear much responsibility for the situation in Belfast as do those who attacked parades as they passed certain locations." But he said Protestants' attacks on police and Catholics "can never be justified and must stop."
His major Catholic partners in government, the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party, accused Robinson of blaming everyone but those most responsible: Orange Order leaders.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said Orange chiefs whipped Protestants into a frenzy and called their leadership "a disgrace."
His Sinn Fein colleague, Alex Maskey, called Robinson's response to the violence "disappointing and a failure in leadership."
Robinson is seeking an emergency recall of the Northern Ireland Assembly next week to debate the reasons for barring the Orangemen from Ardoyne and the causes of Friday's disorder.
"The Twelfth" commemorates the July 12, 1690, triumph of Protestant King William of Orange against the Catholic he dethroned, James II, in the Battle of the Boyne south of Belfast.
The Orange Order, founded in 1795 as a force for uniting often-feuding Protestant denominations under one anti-Catholic banner, was instrumental in creating Northern Ireland in 1921 shortly before the predominantly Catholic rest of Ireland won independence from Britain.
Catholic clashes with police over Protestant marches triggered the rise of Northern Ireland's modern conflict in 1969. The issue has defied resolution despite a two-decade peace process that has delivered paramilitary cease-fires, British military withdrawals, police reform and a power-sharing government.
Friday's approximately 550 Orange parades attracted unusually heavy crowds of spectators, who brought lawn chairs to the roadsides and basked in exceptional sunshine on what was the hottest, muggiest day of the year.
Among the Belfast spectators, many bedecked in Union Jack-patterned hats and sunglasses, was a sleeping infant bearing a bib that read, "My 1st Twelfth."


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Some final thoughts from the week the Eagles traded Donovan McNabb:
*I expect Donovan to start out gangbusters with the Redskins. He doesn't want to admit it, but the fans' frustrations and his own frustrations were an anvil around his neck these past several seasons, really ever since the Jeff Garcia year, an unsettled situation that morphed into the drafting of Kevin Kolb. Don needed this change as much as the Eagles did.
You might have noticed the way he threw himself into the 'Skins offseason conditioning program. He only participated in that here if he was rehabbing a serious injury from the season before. His batteries are recharged; Donovan's first month of the season is going to be lights out. After that, the reality of the Redskins' wifty o-line and the fact that he really isn't quite what he was five years ago – especially in sensing and sidestepping pass rush pressure -- will have a leveling effect. But brace yourself for a slew of premature boy-the-Eagles-sure-screwed-up stories from the national media.
*If the Eagles do end up trading or releasing Michael Vick in the coming weeks, I would not be at all surprised to see Jeff Garcia return for a third stint in midnight green. I know he's tossed his helmet into the ring. Ideal guy to mentor Kolb.
*I don't put much credence into that "blocking Sam Bradford going to Washington" business, as a reason why the Birds traded with the Redskins. It comes from other GMs theorizing what the Eagles might have been thinking. Big leap from there to "this must have been what happened." In this internet age, lots of media folks are eager to be Bob Beamon, if it helps their "brand."
What I think happened: There weren't that many really good offers, as April rolled around. The Redskins' bid was pretty good, and Donovan liked the idea of going there. Other considerations might have dovetailed, but those were the two elements driving the deal, along with the fact that the Birds had decided they absolutely, positively needed to move on. I'm not sure they were quite at that point earlier in the offseason.
Speaking of which, very interesting and potentially damning to see an Andy Reid ally like Mike Holmgren imply the Eagles could have gotten more earlier in the process, before some of the suitors made other QB arrangements, based on indications the Birds initially wanted more than a second-rounder this year and something for later. But again: If Kolb leads the Eagles to a Super Bowl title, nobody will care what they got for McNabb.
*Got a long, thoughtful email from a fan, contrasting Roy Kolb's statements in my Thursday story with Sam McNabb's talk this week of Donovan being resurrected on Easter, etc. The letter-writer felt Roy was a breath of fresh air.
I think Roy and Sam are good people. Both fathers did an excellent job raising their sons to be decent, responsible human beings. They are in different situations right now. If a time comes when the Eagles trade away Kevin Kolb, I doubt Roy will be any happier than Sam was.
In the toxic atmosphere that developed around Donovan here, Sam and Wilma took a fair amount of heat. I never thought they really deserved it. There is nothing obnoxious about appearing in a soup commerical, campaigning to raise funds to fight diabetes, or wanting to help young African-American quarterbacks; they are still a tiny minority in an NFL otherwise dominated by African-Americans. I think the McNabbs have always seen themselves as cultural warriors, and I think they mostly have fought the good fight.
That doesn't mean they couldn't be hard to take at times, such as with the Easter analogy. Sam delivered it to a national reporter Tuesday, after stiff-arming the Philadelphia media at the Redskins' press conference introducing Donovan.
Covering the team, I didn't find the McNabbs so overbearing – remember, I covered Eric Lindros' entire career in Philadelphia, I know from overbearing. But I wish they could have been a little less tightly focused on fighting that cultural war, could have loosened up a little. (The same wish goes for their younger son.) It was frustrating that they weren't a little more discerning about who in the local media tried to be fair, and who just rode the tide of popular opinion. In their eyes, I think we were all the same malevolent, middle-aged white guy, intent on tearing down Donovan. They were not much for nuance. If somebody somewhere at your media outlet wrote or said or drew something they felt was a cheap shot, that was it for you. (In that sense, come to think of it, they WERE like the Lindros family.)
*Rich Hofmann already wrote this, but I really don't see why the Eagles are going to be terrible this year, as some folks seem to assume. I don't think the 2010 Kolb is going to be a huge step down from the 2009 McNabb. If the o-line and defensive secondary come together, I would expect a winning season. Not the Super Bowl, but a winning season. In the NFL, youthful talent might make you erratic, but it shouldn't make you incompetent.
That same sense of relief I expect to buoy McNabb in Washington will echo here; I think that was really what DeSean Jackson was trying to say the other day. I don't believe he necessarily wanted Donovan gone, but I know he wanted this uncertain mess to be settled, once and for all. Lots of people did, yours truly included.
*Maybe next week I can start thinking about the draft again?


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She might be in the process of reevaluating whom she follows on the Insta, but one thing's for sure—we'll never stop following her! Take a look at Selena's fashionable flashes in various filters by flipping through this gallery.
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Selena Insta'ed this sexy pic with the caption: "Secret Project" and we're dying to know what that is. Booty shorts and a sheer top with a strappy bra could only mean one thing… No, not a date with the Biebs, a new single cover, perhaps?
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We're pretty sure we never met a crop top that didn't look good on Selenita.
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A casual tie-front dress and a view of Paris in the background—100% chic.
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Still one of our all-time favorites. The bonita looked ah-ma-zing in Atelier Versace at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Obviously a biker chick moment (with a flower basket no less) calls for all black. Those abs though…
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The mesh armor look—now trending…
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Being a mix master of prints on the back of a convertible.
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One beautiful mujer! Selena keeps things sultry during a shoot in Paris.
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Making us want to invest in allllll the high-waist bikinis this summer.
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High slits and a scrunchie are always a good combination. Well, not always, but Selena's making them work here.


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PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury failed on Thursday to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of her ex-boyfriend, prompting the judge to set a date for a new sentencing phase of the trial.
Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty this month of murdering Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens, who had told the jury on Wednesday to resume deliberations after the panel indicated it was struggling to reach consensus, set July 18 as the date for a retrial of the penalty phase and ordered a status hearing for June with attorneys in the case.
Arias, a petite figure who had earlier pleaded with the eight men and four women on the jury to spare her life for the sake of her family, appeared to breathe a sigh of relief. Alexander's relatives wept and hugged in court.
The marathon trial that began in January had included graphic testimony and photographs, and attracted the attention of U.S. television audiences with its tale of a soft-spoken young woman charged with an unspeakable crime. Arias, 32, had argued the killing was in self-defense.
Following the penalty phase deadlock, the state has the option to retry the sentencing portion of the trial and have a new death penalty jury impaneled. Should such a jury also deadlock, capital punishment would be taken off the table.
Should prosecutors opt against a full penalty-phase jury retrial, the judge would be left to hand down a verdict of life in prison.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said in a statement that his office appreciated the jury's work and would now assess its next steps, but was proceeding "with the intent to retry the penalty phase."
Alexander's family, including his younger siblings, Steven and Samantha, regularly attended the trial and declined through an attorney to comment after the sentencing mistrial.
Among the issues that came up during the sentencing deliberations was whether a life term meant Arias would spend the remainder of her life in prison or would have the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott had advised jurors that if they sentenced Arias to life in prison, they were "sentencing her to die in prison," and there was no procedure in place to grant parole.
Prosecutor Juan Martinez countered that while there was no mechanism now to grant Arias parole, one could be put in place later.
Some legal analysts questioned whether prosecutors should go forward with a new penalty-phase jury proceeding.
"The jury that looked at all the evidence and heard five months of testimony could not agree that a death sentence was appropriate. Even though the state can take a second bite, this case should end now," said Dale Baich, an assistant federal public defender who represents death-row prisoners' appeals.
"The trial phase and the aggravation are going to have to be presented to this new jury, and Maricopa County has spent a lot of money on this case already. The question is, do they want to spend more?" Baich said.
During her trial, Arias admitted she had killed Alexander, 30, but said it was in self-defense after he attacked her because she dropped his camera while taking snapshots of him in the shower. She said she did not remember stabbing him.
Prosecutors said Arias repeatedly stabbed Alexander, a businessman and motivational speaker, for two minutes as he tried to escape and that she then followed him down a hallway and slashed his throat, at which point he knew he was going to die but was unable to resist.
Legal analysts also questioned how an impartial jury could be seated for a new penalty phase considering the wide attention the case had attracted.
"This case has taken on the character of a circus rather than a trial," said Michael Kimerer, a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix. "I don't see how you are going to do it."
Arias is being held in a 7-foot-by-11-foot cell for 23 hours a day in a local jail, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
If Arias is sentenced to death, she would join a small number of condemned women in the United States. While women account for about one in eight U.S. murder arrests, less than 2 percent of death row inmates are women, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Only one woman - convicted killer Eva Dugan - has ever been executed in Arizona. Dugan was hanged in 1930.
Additional reporting by David Schwartz in Phoenix; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Stacey Joyce, David Brunnstrom and Peter Cooney


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Brian and Michael LeClerc, brothers who suffer from a genetic disease that causes blindness, have not lost sight of their dream to "make a splash" out here on the East End, they said in an interview on Saturday. Their goal is to "play good, interesting music that makes crowds happy," Brian said. They play a combination of unique and challenging covers of songs they grew up with, mixed with their own originals.
Born in Southampton, the brothers have lived on the South Fork since childhood and have played together as well as separately in bands since their teenage years — Stress Industry with Brett King, for one, which Brian, who plays guitar, said once won a statewide battle of the bands contest.
Their blindness is not very noticeable. Retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, degenerative, hereditary disease, does not result in any outward effect on the eyes that can be easily detected. "I fake it pretty good," Brian said. He admitted, however, that when other band members go offstage to greet the audience after a show, he is sometimes "stuck up onstage" without that option.
Brian is completely blind. After a slow progression since his late 20s, he now sees only occasional fragments of light. Michael can still see shadows and shapes. The condition led to the revocation of his driver's license four years ago.
Musical skills apparently run in the family. Their mother and aunt were radio stars known as the Moylan Sisters, who had their on-air debut in 1939, when they were just 5 and 7 years old. Their success continued through the World War II years, and at one time they had the second most popular show on radio. Their grandfather, whom the brothers called "a virtuoso," would tune the family piano by ear and arrange the Moylan Sisters' music.
Today, "[Paul] McCartney tunes help me to be a better player," Michael said. After the LeClercs performed the song "3 Legs" on Feb. 23 with their band, the Hot Pockets, at Crossroads Music's "On the Air" show in Amagansett, Cynthia Daniels thanked them for the tune and for "staying so true to 'Ram,' " the only album by Paul and Linda McCartney.
"We are all Beatles-heads," Michael said of the band. He said they are able to take on difficult material that he and his brother's previous bands "couldn't touch," what with the musical abilities of Sean Rafferty and Christopher Walsh, a reporter for The Star. Michael, the band's bassist, said they play "interesting, deeper cuts that other bands don't attempt," including songs from "Abbey Road." It's "challenging material," he said, "especially for a blind bassist."
In addition to writing original music like "Three Mile Harbor," the musicians enjoy playing covers of Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, and the Rolling Stones. (Mr. Rafferty, who started the band, is creative not only with music and lyrics but also with food, as the chef at Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett.)
"One day it will be dark all the time," said Michael, who is preparing for what he considers inevitable by relearning the bass without looking at it. A glimpse of hope exists with the research being done into adaptive goggles and a computer chip for the retina, he said.
Aside from watches that announce the time, neither of the LeClercs uses gadgets such as those that detect color or read aloud the words on a computer screen. Brian reads Braille, but it is very difficult to learn as an adult, he said.
Michael's adaptation involves regular visits to his dojo, Third Eye Insight, for martial arts, meditation, and yoga, and to Helen Keller Services for the Blind for tips on how to get around safely. Training for sighted guides is also available there, and those who seek to extend the courtesy of helping are made aware of what can be dangerous, Brian explained. One example is not to open car doors for visually impaired people, but instead lead them to the handle so they can orient themselves.
Similarly, with a chair at a table, he said, "Don't pull the chair out, lead their hand to the back of the chair." Otherwise, the brothers said, "don't worry about us. . . . If we need help, we'll ask. We know our limitations."
The band, formed last June, hopes to be part of the Montauk Music Festival in May, and can be found on the Web site ReverbNation.com as "Fabhotpockets."
So far they've performed a few times at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, where they also practice, and are booked there for a 10 p.m. show on March 29. They have also played at 230 Elm in Southampton, Gosman's Dock in Montauk, and the Montauk Yacht Club. On Saturday they'll give a 10 p.m. show at Wolfie's Tavern in Springs.


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The European Union is "monitoring" the controversial new system of decision-making within formula one, it has emerged. Earlier this month, we reported that F1's four smallest teams - Marussia, Cater...
The European Union is "monitoring" the controversial new system of decision-making within formula one, it has emerged.
Earlier this month, we reported that F1's four smallest teams - Marussia, Caterham, Force India and Sauber - had written a letter complaining about the new and rule-influential Strategy Group.
The Group is made up of the grid's powerful 'big five' teams and, for historic reasons, Williams, who recently vetoed FIA president Jean Todt's plans for a 2015 budget cap.
Force India deputy Bob Fernley told the Guardian that the big teams also receive the lion's share of the commercial revenue distributed by Bernie Ecclestone.
"We have a situation where we have enriched and empowered five teams and disenfranchised six," he said.
Germany's Sport Bild suggested that the letter, described as "explosive" by one team insider, made clear the small teams' belief that the Strategy Group could be contrary to European competition law.
Now, the London newspaper The Times claims that European Union officials, specifically the competition authority, are "monitoring" the situation.
"A full (EU) investigation would throw F1 into turmoil, potentially wrecking agreements and finishing any prospect that the sport could be floated on the Singapore Stock Exchange", correspondent Kevin Eason said.
Eason revealed that "two people close to the sport" have already been interviewed by European officials, who are "said to be showing concern".
They are reportedly also concerned about the FIA's current role, after a previous EU investigation ruled that the governing body not be involved in F1's commercial matters.
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Natale Ghent's Millhouse is an unlikely but charming protagonist.
For kids: Adventure story shows hairless guinea pigs can be heroes, too
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MONTREAL — Animals, anthropomorphized or not, are a common feature in children's literature. From classics like the Beatrix Potter stories (The Tale of Peter Rabbit, etc.) and such gems as Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, to more recent publications such as Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses (which features a squirrel with superpowers and a love of poetry), picture books and middle-grade novels often put the spotlight on memorable critters who form a special bond with young people — a bond that goes beyond that of just owner and pet.
We've all known children who relate strongly to animals and often feel more comfortable with a four-legged creature than with another human being, so chances are good that there will always be room for another story about an interesting cat or dog or guinea pig.
Millhouse, for instance, is bound to find a receptive audience among 7- to 10-year-old readers.
I'm well past that age demographic myself, but even I was drawn into the story of this naked, hairless guinea pig with a love of Shakespeare and a wish to be loved. A small, sensitive animal who is repeatedly overlooked when customers visit the pet shop that is his home, Millhouse remains eternally optimistic about his chances of being adopted — and does his best to spread a little culture among the shop's other caged inhabitants in the interim, especially after hours.
Ridiculed by many, including a mean and vicious ferret, Millhouse (aka Milly) nevertheless persists in delivering his stirring soliloquies; he does his best to rise above the mundane, and to aim for the stars.
In the process, he befriends Elliot, an asthmatic rat, and a silent but helpful firefly, as well as a number of grey mice who live behind the walls of the shop.
He also engages in a series of adventures, including a trip to a real, live theatre where Millhouse is thrilled to watch a performance by Peter Ustinov, of all people!
And when fire breaks out in the pet shop one night, it is Milly who takes action and emerges the hero, saving his fellow rodents.
Toronto author Natale Ghent not only spins a lively tale, she embellishes her words with a series of black-and-white illustrations that will appeal to young animal-loving readers.
I myself grew up in a house filled with pets, not that I was an animal lover particularly; my father was, and my sister inherited his passion for critters.
Reading Millhouse reminded me of the years when her hamsters took over our home (Dad's homemade wooden cage, originally intended for birds, didn't hold them for long; they chewed their way out in short order, taking up residence in kitchen cupboards and gnawing their way through into the adjoining neighbour's pantry) and her Peruvian guinea pigs drove me nuts with their incessant nervous shrieks and whistles.
I cheered, therefore, when the snooty Peruvian in Millhouse was returned to the pet shop, its glossy mane a tangle of snarled curls, and a young female thespian chose to take Milly home instead.


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If you have questions about Victoria College, here is your opportunity to get them answered.
Future students, parents, current students and the community are invited to attend Victoria College's Information Night on Tuesday from 5:30pm until 8pm at the Health Sciences Center, 2200 East Red River. Students and their parents will have an opportunity to explore the college's certificate and degree programs, workforce training and transfer options - all under one roof.
"We're providing access to technical displays and hands-on activities related to many of our programs so prospective students can experience the kinds of things they'd be learning about in college," director of pre-college programs, Melissa Robinson told the Victoria Advocate.
Additionally, information booths will be manned by instructors and current students, allowing visitors to ask questions about the classes and explore the opportunities available within the various fields.
Attendees can get information regarding:
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Those who are interested in finding out more about the college's vocational nursing program or the associate degree-nursing program may attend a one-hour breakout session focusing on these special-admissions programs. Each program will conduct a breakout session at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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yes, but the REM cycle will be shorter, hence IF you become lucid, it will be for a shorter period of time. The reason why the WBTB method is done after 6 hours of sleep, is because the amount of REM sleep you get is the longest at your last REM cycles. And since you only dream during REM sleep, this obviously is preferable.