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Utah Department of Wildlife Resources officials have established a bounty on coyotes as part of a new Predator Control Program open to the public in an effort to assist its mule deer population.
The Predator Control Program is part of the state's Mule Deer Protection Act. The Utah Legislature passed the act during its 2012 session. Gov. Gary Herbert signed the bill into law on March 17, along with another bill adding a $5 fee on big game permits to help fund the predator program.
Hunters who successfully complete an online training form and registration may receive $50 for every coyote taken under the rules of the program.
The training and form will be available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/predators on July 1.
Targeting predators
According to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the two bills related to mule deer and predators approved in spring require a joint effort of the DWR and state Department of Agriculture and Food.
The first bill, the Predator Control Funding (Senate Bill 87), adds a $5 fee to all Utah big game hunting permits. The money will pay for a program to control populations of predatory animals that endanger the health of Utah's non-predatory wildlife.
The second bill, the Mule Deer Protection Act (Senate Bill 245), allocates general funding to the Utah DWR ($500,000) and the Utah DAF ($250,000). The legislation directs the agencies to work together — and with other government entities — to administer programs that reduce and control coyote populations, particularly in areas where predation of mule deer occurs.
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A "coyote removal zone" has been established to target predators in specific areas. The DWR information page on the program says: The recommended coyote removal zone is based on the boundaries of areas that are important to deer. Coyotes primarily kill fawns and can produce more than six pups per year. They have high reproductive potential and can be difficult to hunt. It will be impossible to remove all coyotes from Utah, even with a large effort by the public. Although any coyote taken in Utah can be submitted for compensation, the DWR is recommending specific areas and dates when coyote removal has the greatest potential for benefiting mule deer. A statewide map (382 KB PDF) identifies areas where control should be targeted to provide the most benefit to mule deer.
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To help increase success rates, DWR mammals coordinator John Shivik says to wait until December to start taking coyotes.
Mule deer fawns are among the animals coyotes prey on. To give deer fawns the greatest protection, coyotes need to be taken during certain times of the year and in certain locations.
"December 1 until the end of June is the best time to remove coyotes," Shivik said. "Coyotes mate during the winter. To have the greatest effect on the coyote population, coyotes need to be removed after pair bonds and territories have been established and before pups are raised."
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Registration opens July 1 to participate in the Predator Control Program. However, compensation for coyotes taken in the state will not be issued until after Sept. 1.
Register for the program by completing some online training and a registration form. The training and the form will be available at www.wildlife.utah.gov/predators starting July 1.
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Barcelona's sporting director believes the French outfit will pose a serious threat, particularly as they have some former Blaugrana players in their ranks
Barcelona's sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta says Paris Saint-Germain will be tough opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The Liga leaders looked to be staring into the Champions League abyss after a 2-0 first-leg defeat to AC Milan in the last 16, but a stunning 4-0 turnaround at Camp Nou ensured they would be in the draw for the last eight.
And the 51-year-old believes playing the second at leg at home in the tie will be an advantage, but concedes the Ligue 1 leaders are a dangerous side.
"We have to look on playing the return game in Barcelona as being positive," he told reporters.
"PSG have very good players with a lot of talent. With their experience and knowledge of playing these types of games I am sure they will be challenging right until the end [of the tie].
"They are very competitive and we will be coming up against several players we know quite well."
The former Blaugrana goalkeeper also believes every side left in the competition is there on merit but the most important thing for the Catalans is to ensure their name is in the hat for the semi-final draw in a few weeks' time.
"The teams that have reached the quarter-finals are there because they have done well [in the tournament so far]," he added.
"The draw can be seen as both good and bad, it all depends on whether we are back in Nyon for the semi-final draw in three weeks or not.
"We have just experienced something in the round of 16 that demands us to be prudent."
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Daily Links, June 6: Nuns, Muslims, and same-sex marriage
The Vatican's crackdown on nuns continues with its denouncement of Sister Margaret Farley's 2006 book "Just Love." An unintended consequence: the book has become an instant best-seller. (What's the quickest way to make sure something is read? Ban it, of course! A lesson we all learned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.) And, the sisters have been taking it all in stride, announcing a bus trip across nine states, where they will visit shelters, food pantries, schools, and health care facilities run by nuns to call attention to their great social justice work.
Is the Vatican offering a peace branch to women? It will now include a special "women's supplement" in its newpaper. Muses the Telegraph: "It may open up the Vatican to charges of hypocrisy – the four-page colour supplement is unlikely to satisfy those inside and outside the Catholic Church who say its attitude towards female clergy, married priests and contraception are deeply conservative and outdated."
Muslims in New Jersey are suing the NYPD, accusing them of using unconsitutional tactics to spy on them in the years since 9/11. One of the plaintiffs said, "What makes America great is that we don't treat each other differently based on on how someone looks or how someone prays."
Scott Walker survived his recall vote yesterday in Wisconsin. What does this say about money in campaigns?
David Gibson examines what the significance is of the pope's recently-announced 2015 visit to Philadelphia.
In Washington (state, that is), Catholics continue to be divided over whether or not to include a ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot this fall. Read more, including some great quotes from a 16-year-old who feels passionately about the issue, here.


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JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it will partner with Beijing University's Solar Power Engineering Center to construct the University's first experimental PV power plant on campus which will be used for collecting and analyzing data on the power generation capabilities of PV modules when exposed to various conditions.
The experimental system will be constructed on the rooftop of Beijing University's Mechanics Laboratory Building. Research will be conducted on a number of PV modules and inverters while they are exposed to various conditions. JinkoSolar will provide modules for the system and jointly participate in the research.
"We are very pleased to partner with Beijing University on this experimental PV power plant. We hope that this project will mark the starting point of a long-term relationship," Mr. Xiande Li, Chairman of JinkoSolar commented. "We look forward to developing relationships with other universities and scientific research institutions in an effort to improve communication between academic and industrial circles, even on the aspect of cultivating the talent in the industry, we will create mutual benefits for all parties."
"Our teachers and students will be using this PV power plant as a base for future experiments in an effort to better understand PV solar application. We appreciate all the support and effort JinkoSolar has put into making this project a reality. The University's PV Research Group will use the data generated by the system and analysis results to provide further insight for PV engineering design," added Dr. Dong Wang, Professor of Beijing University.
About JinkoSolar
JinkoSolar is a global leader in the solar PV industry with production operations in Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces in China and sales and marketing offices in Shanghai and Beijing, China; Munich, Germany; Bologna, Italy; Zug, Switzerland; San Francisco, the United States; Queensland, Australia; Ontario, Canada; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; and Cape Town, South Africa.
JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of approximately 1.5 GW each for silicon ingots, wafers, and solar PV cells, and approximately 1.8 GW for solar PV modules, as of September 30, 2013. JinkoSolar sells electricity in China and distributes its solar products to a diversified customer base in the global PV market, including Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, the United States, Eastern Europe, China, India, Japan, South Africa, and other countries and regions.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
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It isn't easy being the new kid in the school, or in the house. Sophomore Lucy Norton is left in her new home with her stepmother and her evil twin stepsisters by Lucy's bi-coastal working father. Feeling ostracized in the house and isolated in her new high school, she takes refuge in her art class. Inspired by an older classmate Sam's painting, she thinks he's a jerk in person, but her opinion changes after he invites her to a show at an art gallery. Lucy finds herself struggling to find her identity and place in the world when she has an assignment to create a self portrait. But when a basketball game comment in the cafeteria attracts the attention of Connor, the star of the varsity team, Lucy suddenly rises in social status. She gets a date and some new girlfriends who are plugged into the school's gossip feed. Will she remain the art aficionado or become part of the "in" basketball crowd? Is Connor really her prince?
Melissa Kantor's If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? provides her independent narrator heroine with the wit and sarcasm to have the reader identify with her. She allows Lucy to show us the humor in her uncomfortable home and school life - "It's so Brothers Grimm." As she tries to maintain her bond with her dad, she feels that her stepmother is changing everything.
This is a good account of a created family trying to adjust to their new life together. It is a charming story of a contemporary teen dealing with the change and uncertainty that being in a new environment can bring. This book shows that having different and creative talents can be a beneficial and positive experience. Kantor does a great job at updating the Cinderella fairy tale. A fine frothy read for young adults and a fun read for adults too.


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Nutrition and HIV for Moms-to-Be
December 5, 2012
Table of Contents
- Before You Become Pregnant: Nutrition-Related Considerations
- Nutrition Considerations During and After Your Pregnancy
- Eating Right on a Tight Budget
Nowadays, more and more women living with HIV are having healthy pregnancies and giving birth to healthy, HIV-negative babies. As is the case with all women, good nutrition is an essential part of preparing your body to grow your little one, and for supporting a healthful pregnancy.
If you or someone you know is thinking about getting pregnant, you may be wondering what an aspiring mom's next steps might be. Once you've figured out how you'll become pregnant and gotten on an HIV med regimen that's comfortable for you, how do you get on track toward eating well for you and your baby? I hope to answer some questions and demystify some of the common misconceptions around food and nutrition during pregnancy. Above all, it's important to remember that each woman will have a unique pregnancy experience.
Before You Become Pregnant: Nutrition-Related Considerations
Before becoming pregnant, it's best that your body is as healthy as can be. That means that you are as close to your ideal body weight as possible before you begin your pregnancy. If you are overweight or obese before getting pregnant, your obstetrician (OB), dietitian or midwife may recommend that you limit your weight gain to reduce your risk of additional complications. You also may want to consider having a complete physical and labs drawn to insure that your blood fats (lipids), sugars and pressure are all within normal limits. If you find that any of these tests come back abnormal, you will want to address and treat these conditions prior to becoming pregnant, as undiagnosed and uncontrolled elevated blood lipids, sugars and pressure can be very dangerous.
Nutrition Considerations During and After Your Pregnancy
Once you become pregnant, you will need to make sure that you do the following:
- Get plenty of rest.
- Stay adequately hydrated by drinking water and mineral water. (You can add a wedge of lemon, orange or cucumber to the water if you want to flavor it, but juices, even diluted with extra water, are a source of empty calories and an added source of sugars; they are not recommended for women living with HIV because of elevated risk for gestational diabetes.)
- Eat a healthful balanced diet. (More about that later.)
- Exercise as tolerated.
During the first three months of your pregnancy (your first trimester), you may experience morning sickness, which may or may not come along with nausea, vomiting or not being able to eat or even smell certain foods. You should eat as tolerated, making sure that all of your meals and snacks are based on whole foods. What are some examples of whole foods?
- Fruits and/or vegetables
- Lean proteins such as poultry (chicken, turkey, duck) with the skin removed, lean cuts of meat (beef, pork, lamb) without much visible fat, low-mercury seafood and plant-based proteins
- Whole grains
I should add that foods should be prepared without too much added salt, sugar or fats like butter or oil; and that during pregnancy, women shouldn't eat more than two servings of fish per week. Eating whole foods will ensure that your diet is providing adequate nutrients, vitamins and minerals to support both mother and baby for the duration of a healthful pregnancy.
You will also want to stay active as this may help with morning sickness. It is important that you consume adequate amounts of lean and plant-based proteins, as well as iron, as the combination of HIV and pregnancy increases both a woman's protein and iron needs. Studies have also shown that adequate intake of antioxidant micronutrients during pregnancy reduce a woman's risk of pregnancy-related complications. What are antioxidant micronutrients? They're some of the same vitamins and minerals found in a regular multivitamin, but these provide added benefits in keeping your body's cells and tissues healthy.
You are probably wondering how much of these antioxidant micronutrients is enough, and what food sources contain them. First, you will want to make sure that your OB prescribes you a prenatal vitamin that will help you meet your nutritional needs. Second, you may want to expand upon what you're learning in this article by working one-on-one with a dietitian, if you're not already doing so. You can get a recommendation for a registered dietitian from your OB, midwife or primary care provider, or by searching for one in your area at the website eatright.org. Your local Women, Infants and Children (WIC) center can also help you connect with a dietitian (more about that later). Your dietitian will create an individual nutrition prescription tailored just for you, and adhering to that eating regimen will ensure that what you eat and drink each day will help you to meet your nutritional needs. Even if you don't have a nutrition prescription, during your entire pregnancy you should eat a healthful balanced diet that includes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy (if you are not lactose intolerant) and lean and plant-based proteins. Eating this way provides plenty of antioxidant micronutrients.
Around months three through six of your pregnancy (your second trimester), you will need to consume about 340 additional calories per day. That would be about one slice of whole wheat toast with one tablespoon of peanut butter and one small apple. Yes, you are eating for two, but that does not mean that you should abandon a healthful balanced diet! As you can see, 340 extra calories does not constitute an additional full meal.
You will want to avoid the following foods and drinks throughout your pregnancy, as they contain chemicals or bacteria that can be harmful to both mother and baby:
- Alcohol
- Excessive caffeine
- Some types of herbal teas
- Raw or undercooked eggs, poultry, fish or meat
- Luncheon meats or deli meats (unless they have been reheated until steaming hot)
- Raw or unpasteurized dairy products
If you are unsure about whether something is unsafe to eat, your best bet is to not eat it and check with your OB, dietitian or midwife.
In terms of exercise, pregnancy is not the time to initiate vigorous exercise. However, if you were very active before becoming pregnant, you should continue to exercise while modifying your routine to account for your increased size, as well as were you are in your pregnancy. You will of course need to check with your OB or midwife to make sure that the exercises you choose are safe. During the final months of your pregnancy (your third trimester), you will need approximately 450 additional calories per day. (That's in addition to a normal diet, not in addition to the 340 calories you added in your second trimester!) This means adding a 100-calorie snack per day, such as one snack bag of air-popped, whole-grain popcorn.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said it had killed on Wednesday a militant wanted for the 2010 bombing of an outdoor market in the North Caucasus, a restive region where three late-night bomb blasts and two gun battles highlighted a dragging insurgency.
More than a decade after Moscow reasserted federal control over Chechnya following two separatist wars, it is still struggling to extinguish an insurgency seeking to carve out an Islamic state in the mainly Muslim regions in Russia's south.
Security forces shot dead Sultangery Khashagulgov and one of three brothers suspected of staging an attack on a busy market in the North Ossetia capital of Vladikavkaz that killed 19 people in 2010, a law enforcement source told Interfax.
Khashagulgov, 48, a businessman and former minister in charge of construction in the province of Ingushetia, was killed when he open fired on security forces who attempted arrest him at his home in the regional capital of Nazran, it said.
Security forces had earlier detained Khashagulgov's brothers Isa and Yakuba.
Militant violence has spread from Chechnya to the neighboring provinces of Dagestan and Ingushetia, where insurgents stage near daily attacks.
Three bombs targeted law enforcement officials in Dagestan late on Tuesday, local news agencies reported. No one was killed in the attacks. A police officer was in hospital with gunshot wounds after a separate late-night shooting.
Gunmen also opened fire late on Tuesday on the main offices of the Investigative Committee, the government's criminal investigation arm, in Makhachkala, Dagestan's provincial capital. No-one was reported hurt.
Restoring Moscow's writ in the Caucasus defined the meteoric rise of Vladimir Putin from little known spy chief to president, and security is a priority with the 2014 Winter Olympics taking place at the western end of the Caucasus mountain range.
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- Must live within 150 mile radius of an Averitt Service Center in which you are applying for.
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- Count freight
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- Perform pre-trip inspections
- Extensive travel - ability to sit upright for extended periods of time
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- Move freight- force requirement: 54 lbs
- Drive
- Regular predictable attendance
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The Pacific men's basketball team wilted in the second half and suffered a disappointing 67-63 loss on Saturday at Long Beach State in the Big West Conference opener for both teams.
The Pacific men's basketball team wilted in the second half and suffered a disappointing 67-63 loss on Saturday at Long Beach State in the Big West Conference opener for both teams.
The Tigers (6-7, 0-1) led by five at halftime and their advantage could have been larger had they made more open shots and played with more confidence. By letting the 49ers (5-7, 1-0) hang around, Pacific left itself vulnerable against Long Beach State's solid guard tandem of Mike Caffey and James Ennis. Both found the hot hand in the final 20 minutes, combining for 29 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range.
"We really should have been ahead by double figures in the first half," Pacific coach Bob Thomason said. "We missed a lot of open shots and didn't take some shots we should have. Caffey and Ennis got hot in the second half, but we continued offensively to be pretty inept."
The Tigers shot 39 percent from the floor for the game, while the 49ers shot 61 percent from the floor in the second half. Pacific led 25-14 after Trevin Harris' 3-pointer. But the Tigers couldn't put the 49ers away and after Khalil Kelley tied the score at 44-44 with a putback for Pacific, Long Beach State went on a 17-7 run with Caffey scoring eight points during the spurt.
The 49ers enjoyed a huge discrepancy at the free-throw line, sinking 22 of 37 attempts to only 11 of 17 by Pacific.
"It's the same thing that happened to us last year," said senior guard Lorenzo McCloud, referring to the Tigers' 76-66 loss last season at Long Beach State, in which the 49ers scored 23 more points than Pacific did at the line. "We fouled too much at the end of the game."
The Tigers outrebounded the 49ers 39-28, with Pacific's Tony Gill snagging a game-high eight. Harris and McCloud each scored 13 points to lead the Tigers. Caffey and Ennis each scored 19 for Long Beach State.
Pacific plays next Saturday at UC Davis.


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"I don't want to go to Chicago," Rogers said. "I think if it comes down to you can only play in Chicago, then I probably won't go back. I need to do it somewhere where I'm totally 100 percent comfortable so ... I would most likely do it closest to my family."
The above are some of the blunt comments that Robbie Rogers made about his potential return to MLS on Sunday following his first week of training with the LA Galaxy.
Despite his statements yesterday, Fire President of Soccer Operations Javier Leon signaled the Fire still have a view of trying to bring Rogers to Chicago.
"He's a young guy with so much potential ahead of him and we still have the interest in having the opportunity to sit down and speak with him about what kind of opportunity he may have with the Fire," Leon, told the Chicago Tribune on Sunday.
"That's my expectation after speaking with his agent; we're talking about doing something (this) week."
READ: Club has to look out for best interest in any Rogers trade deal
To be fair, even before his coming out earlier this year, trading Rogers' rights was always thought to be the first case if he decided to return to Major League Soccer.
Those rights seemed to be the caveat, the equalizing factor and likely the point of contention that held up the long-rumored trade that saw Dilly Duka and Dominic Oduro switch sides between Chicago and Columbus back in February.
If you followed me on Twitter Sunday, I pointed to the Fire's somewhat drawn out acquisition of Brian McBride's rights from Toronto FC back in 2008 as a guiding precedent in the matter.
To land Brian McBride in 2008, Fire gave up Chad Barrett, 2009 first round pick and allocation money to @torontofc. #cf97 #RobbieRogers— Jeff Crandall (@JefeCrandall) May 5, 2013
If you remember, McBride wanted to close out his career with his hometown club and no doubt welcoming one of the top American players of all-time to Toyota Park was more than worth doing for the Fire.
The ability to bring the Arlington Heights product back to Chicago did cost the team though in the way of giving up allocation money, their 2009 first round draft selection and budding striker Chad Barrett.
In terms of the player given up, the then 23-year-old forward led the Fire in goals the previous year and at the time of his trade to Toronto FC, was leading the team with five strikes on the season.
No, Robbie Rogers is not Brian McBride and I don't believe that any potential deal the Galaxy or another west coast team should be nearly as heavy. But he does have proven success in Major League Soccer, 18 international caps to his name and is making quite clear where he would like his desired destination to be.
KLOPAS: "We'd like to have Robbie here with us"
In that vein, should Rogers return to the game and the only desirable destination is LA, one would hope Major League Soccer ensures a fair deal goes through.
Is that players? Perhaps…
Sunday I used the McBride/Barrett trade precedent to argue a case for the Fire going after joint MLS leading goal scorer Mike Magee.
Magee's numbers since joining the Galaxy (102 GP, 19 G, 11 A; 2009-present) are strikingly similar to those of Barrett with the Fire (82GP, 18 G, 11 A; 2005-08) in roughly the same amount of time.
Magee's current form though (six goals in eight matches this year) would make this deal a lot more difficult than it would have been at this time last season.
With the Fire somewhat thin on the backline, if Magee is out of reach, perhaps a move to collect Sean Franklin or A.J. DeLaGarza could be in the cards.
Perhaps it's not worth it to speculate about players but like has been pointed out by Extra Time Radio, Alexi Lalas and Steve Davis, Rogers rights carry value, its why the Fire traded for them to begin with.
Whether that value comes from a player in a position of need, allocation money, draft picks or some combination of all three, should Rogers insist his return to the game be made in Southern California, the onus is on the league to make sure a fair transaction is to be had.


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Street Surfing LLC v. Alcom Computer Products B.V. , preliminary injunction proceedings, The Hague District Court, The Netherlands, 2 December 2009, Docket No. 345784 / KG ZA 09-1122
An unregistered license can form the basis of an enforcement action against a third party if the third party, as currently is the case, is aware of the existence of the license (Art. 56 Dutch Patent Act).
After applying the problem/solution approach the court concludes that additional inventive work from the skilled person is needed to get to the invention of the Patent.
A cross border injunction is granted as the claim for such an injunction was not contradicted.
Read the judgment (in Dutch) here.
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SYDNEY (AP) — More than two dozen passengers became ill with a stomach bug during a 14-hour Qantas flight from Chile to Australia on Thursday, with 16 taken by ambulance to a hospital on arrival at Sydney airport, officials said.
The 26 sick passengers were part of the same tour group and were suspected to have contracted their gastro intestinal illness before they boarded the flight in Santiago, Qantas said.
Network Ten television reported that the sick passengers were Australian high school students returning to their hometown of Melbourne after attending the Roman Catholic event World Youth Day in Brazil.
The Boeing 747 was met by ambulance paramedics who treated the sick passengers in quarantine.
Of the sick passengers, "16 patients required transport to hospital, three of whom were stretcher patients," New South Wales state Ambulance Service said in a statement. There were no further details of their conditions.
The New South Wales state Health Ministry said in a statement that the passengers developed vomiting and diarrhea consistent with norovirus infection, a common cause of outbreaks of gastroenteritis in Australia and elsewhere.
Qantas spokesman Luke Enright could not say when the flight crew became aware of the sickness on board. It was not an emergency that could have resulted in the flight being diverted, he said.
"They've known for some time in the air that sickness was aboard so they were able to call through and organize for the appropriate authorities to greet the aircraft at the arrival, and those passengers were quarantined," Enright said.
The ill passengers were moved to seats at the rear of the plane near where four toilets were located, Australian Associated Press reported. Enright confirmed that the passengers were seated near the rear, but could not say whether they had been moved there by the cabin crew.
Qantas said other passengers were advised to keep a close eye on their health over the next two days and to seek medical advice if they feel ill.
Enright declined to say how many passengers were on the flight. AAP reported that more than 300 passengers were aboard, without citing a source.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara senior women's volleyball player Stacey Schmidt has been named one of 30 Lowe's Senior CLASS award nominees, the committee announced on Thursday.
The Lowe's Senior CLASS award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School.
Schmidt, an All-American last season, is just one of 30 players nationwide to be nominated for the prestigious award. Aside from her tremendous accomplishments on the court – where she is also a two-time All-Big West First Team pick – Schmidt has been a remarkable student and member of the community.
The native of Huntington Beach, Calif. compiled a 3.51 grade-point average during her time as an undergrad and is enrolled in a Master's program in economics. She has been a three-time member of UCSB's Dean List (3.75 GPA or higher in a given quarter) and is a two-time All-Big West Academic Team honoree. Last season Schmidt was UCSB's female Big West Scholar Athlete.
A team captain, Schmidt has been heavily involved throughout her hometown and Santa Barbara communities. She has worked extensively with the Special Olympics as a sport management intern and has served as a Special Olympics coach for bocce ball and gymnastics, helping children with intellectual disabilities improve their motor skills. Schmidt has also worked as a course instructor for the Special Olympics, working to develop new coaches into the Special Olympics programs.
She is also a member of UCSB's Student-Athlete Advisory Board, co-chairing a committee to organize an "Adopt-a-Family" holiday program to help an Isla Vista elementary school purchase playground equipment. As a Living Scholar, Schmidt also was involved in UCSB's beach cleanup and has been active at local homeless shelters.
Schmidt is one of just seven nominees from the west coast and one of just two Big West nominees.
This is the second year in a row a member of UCSB's volleyball team has been nominated as one of 30 finalists for the Senior CLASS award as Dana Vargas was a nominee last year.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. The winner will be announced during the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship, which will be played December 15 and 17 in San Antonio.
The Gaucho Fund, launched as part of the Dare to Be Great strategic plan, is UCSB Athletics' annual giving program to provide vital funding support for scholarships, academic success and leadership development for Gaucho student-athletes. The Gaucho Fund is the anchor to the Dare to Be Great campaign.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street in the city's midtown section.
Police tell WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/13dhr16) that Carol Costello was talking on the phone while walking around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed the phone.
Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled out a chunk of her hair and she let go.
"As he ran down the street, laughing, I hurled a few expletives his way," Costello wrote on her Facebook page.
"I felt no fear at the time, I was just angry," she said. "Now I'm angry, shaken and sad. What a lousy life those kids have ahead of them."
No arrests have been made.
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DORAL, Fla. — Rory McIlroy Wednesday took full ownership of his gaffe at last week's Honda Classic.
McIlroy, who quit in the middle of his second round at PGA National last Friday because he was playing poorly, said he knew what he did was wrong almost as soon as he walked off the course and said he "regretted'' doing it because it set a poor example for kids who follow him.
"I realized pretty quickly that it wasn't the right thing to do,'' McIlroy, speaking to reporters for the first time since the incident took place, said. "No matter how bad I was playing I should have stayed out there. I should have tried to shoot the best score possible even though it probably wasn't going to be good enough to make the cut.
"At that point in time, I was just all over the place, and you know, I saw red … it was a mistake and everyone makes mistakes and I'm learning from them. Some people have the the pleasure of making mistakes in private. Most of my mistakes are in the public eye. I regret what I did, but it's over now and it won't happen again.''
McIlroy, the world No. 1 ranked player, who tees it up alongside Tiger Woods in the first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship here on Thursday, initially told reporters after he quit that it was because he was "in a bad place mentally,'' but later his representatives issued a statement that blamed sore wisdom teeth.
Asked which was the truth, McIlroy said, "Both. I wasn't in a good place with my golf game. Mentally, my head was all over the place. But at the same time, I have been struggling with my lower right wisdom tooth for over a year.
"I had braces on for six months last year to try and relieve a bit of the pressure on it and taking medication until I get home in northern Ireland and see my dentist, who is the only guy that I would trust to take it out.
"So, yeah, look, my tooth was bothering me, but it wasn't bothering me enough to probably, you know, quit.''
After McIlroy's sudden withdrawal, there was speculation in the British press that his actions were related to something having gone wrong in his relationship with his girlfriend, tennis star Carolina Wozniacki.
McIlroy flatly denied that and actually found the speculation amusing.
"I've read what's been written, and just because I have a bad day on the golf course and Caroline loses a match in Malaysia it doesn't mean that we're breaking up,'' McIlroy said. "It's sport. Look, I'd rather keep my private life as private as possible, but everything on that front is great and I'm looking forward to seeing her next week when she gets to Miami.''
McIlroy said his actions were a result of "a buildup of everything.''
"I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself to perform and I've been working so hard and not really getting much out of it,'' he said. "That's just been the frustrating thing and that's what happened. It was a buildup of high expectations from myself coming off such a great year last year and wanting to continue that form into this year and not being able to do it.
"I just sort of let it all get to me.''
McIlroy had a missed cut in Abu Dhabi, a first-round elimination at the Match Play and last week's fiasco at Honda on his 2013 playing resume to date, and is also dealing with the change to Nike clubs — something he insists has not been a problem. But until he begins to play well, the whispers about his equipment being a problem will persist.
McIlroy said the lesson he learned from last week was "when the tough gets going I've got to stick in there a bit more and I've got to grind it out."
"There's no excuse for quitting and it doesn't set a good example for the kids watching me, trying to emulate way do,'' he said. "It wasn't good for a whole lot of reasons, for the tournaments, the people coming out watching me. I feel like I let a lot of people down with what I did last week, and for that I am very sorry.
"Everyone makes mistakes. I'm 23 years old. I'm still learning. I've hopefully got 20, 25 more years of this to do and having the pleasure of talking to you guys every Wednesday.''
He said when he got home and had time to think about things, he realized he's stopped having fun with the game this year and he needed to change that.
"I've got to remember, I started to play golf because I love it, I really do,'' he said. "It's been my life for … well, it's been my life for, my life. I have to remember that. I have to go out there and enjoy myself. When you start to enjoy your golf, you start to play better and I haven't been enjoying it because I've been putting so much pressure on myself.
"I will go out here this week and I'm going to enjoy it. I've got four rounds, thankfully.''
Indeed, because there is no cut at this week's tournament, McIlroy is guaranteed to play all four rounds for the first time this year.


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- Great for Pajama Day at work, if you have that. And if not, perfect for Get Yourself Fired Day.
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There's something about pajamas that is just warm and cuddly... like a kitten! Of course, while kittens are warm and cuddly and often purring, it's also equally likely that an unschooled baby feline will mistake your leg for a climbing wall and use it to get to the kitchen counter. This is why you never go to the kitchen with bare legs in the presence of a tiny kitten.
These pajama bottoms will protect your calves from the needle claws of baby felines. They feature the smiling face and splayed out body of Soft Kitty with bits of lyrics floating around on grey cotton.
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They each chose their own card style, image, color, etc., which they really appreciated. I think it made them feel sort of grown up :) It was interesting, from a parental perspective, to see how different their styles were from each other, even when it comes to stationery.
Planning for a Sweet Valentine's Day
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They each chose their own card style, image, color, etc., which they really appreciated. I think it made them feel sort of grown up :) It was interesting, from a parental perspective, to see how different their styles were from each other, even when it comes to stationery.
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- PSbyDila said...
So many great ideas! Love the heart wrapping. <3
- February 6, 2013 at 2:43 AM
- Mary said...
Very sweet. I had so many cute ideas pinned, and then my six-year-old told me he just wanted blank cards so he could hand decorate each one. I was a little worried about him running out of steam, but he's still going strong and only has a few left to do! The creativity is a lot of fun, and I do appreciate Valentine's Day at least for that. Oh, and chocolate-covered strawberries. Our new family Valentine's tradition.
- February 6, 2013 at 5:45 AM
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- February 6, 2013 at 5:45 AM
- HDH. said...
We ordered the classroom valentines from minted, too! So darling! And I've got those heart shaped junior mints in my freezer, too. I think maybe you and I were separated at birth.
- February 6, 2013 at 8:49 AM
- Alice said...
Personally, I really don't like Valentine's Day- but your cute ideas may be changing my mind! x
- February 6, 2013 at 10:05 AM
- CMN said...
I've been crafting boxes of chocolates for the last two weeks... Pretty handmade boxes filled with an assortment of individual treats in paper liners. Treats like a heart-shaped York peppermint patty, two pink&white frosted cookies, 14 conversation hearts, two Reese's peanut butter hearts, etc., etc. Colorful and so enticing, with a nice bite size bit of everyone's favorites. :)
- February 6, 2013 at 6:15 PM
- Shelly said...
I love all your ideas! Valentines Day is a favorite of ours and usually involves a fancy French meal with lots of chocolate before and after. That being said, I have not started my menu planning yet...
- February 6, 2013 at 6:23 PM
- Stephanie said...
Mary, that is so cute about your son. Good for him!
HDH, we are on the same page aren't we? Have you seen the heart shaped junior mints yet this year?
Alice, I hear you. I never liked it until I had children to be honest. They make it fun :) Before that I found it rather stressful, oddly.
CMN, my mom did something like that when I was a teen and I'll never forget how special it was. Those who receive them will be lucky ducks! I bet they are so cute!
Shelly, a fancy French meal? So fun! I like that idea...maybe we need to adopt that tradition as well. I am missing it so. Good idea!
- February 6, 2013 at 10:03 PM
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Steph, such a beautiful round-up!! So inspiring.
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc dismissed a London-based interest-rates trader, weeks after settling with regulators over its part in the Libor scandal, two people with knowledge of the move said.
Simon Green, who traded derivatives tied to short-term moves in interest rates in dollars and euros, was fired last month, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter hasn't been made public. He is the seventh individual to be dismissed from the bank for Libor-related misconduct, one of the people said. Officials at the Edinburgh-based lender declined to comment.
Green, who joined RBS as a trainee in 2002, has been listed as inactive since Feb. 26 on the U.K. regulator's register of approved individuals. He couldn't be located yesterday through directory searches and a message left with a LinkedIn account with the same name wasn't immediately returned.
RBS was fined $612 million by U.K. and U.S regulators on Feb. 6 for making hundreds of attempts to rig rates including yen, Swiss franc and U.S. dollar Libor between 2006 and 2010. More than a dozen banks and brokers are being probed around the world for manipulating benchmarks including the London interbank offered rate, which underpins at least $300 trillion of financial contracts fromderivatives to student loans.
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RBS said in February it had dismissed six individuals, including two managers, following an internal probe. Eight more left before disciplinary action could be taken, while a further six had been "severely disciplined" or were "going through a disciplinary process," the bank said. Green is one of the latter six, one of the people said. In all, 21 employees have left, been disciplined or are facing disciplinary action over rate-rigging.
Libor is determined by a daily poll that asks banks to estimate how much it would cost them to borrow from each other for different time-frames and in different currencies. The top and bottom quartiles are excluded and an average is taken of the remaining quotes. Traders sought to influence where the rate was set to boost the profits of their derivatives positions, regulators found.
Regulators including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are now investigating whether other financial benchmarks were manipulated. The Washington-based CFTC is probing brokers at ICAP Plc and as many as 15 banks over the alleged manipulation of interest-rate swap prices used as a benchmark in the $379 trillion market.
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Lee County has been a hotbed of foreclosures. More than 900 residents have signed up for financial assistance through the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund.
Since late October, more than 900 Lee County homeowners in danger of foreclosure have applied for financial assistance from a Florida Housing Finance Corp. pilot program called the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund. The program uses recaptured TARP funds to help unemployed or underemployed homeowners pay mortgages for up to 18 months while the homeowners look for work or a better job. Another component of the program helps homeowners who find work bring delinquent mortgages up to date.
The program has plenty of money — Florida's share of the federal money totals $1 billion — but it hasn't been easy to get banks and mortgage holders to take it. Each of the 18 states, including Florida, that has received the federal money has been free to administer the program as it wishes. The lack of uniformity in how the states run the programs initially led the banks and mortgage holders to shy away, but now more are participating, says Cecka Green, Florida Housing Finance Corp.'s communications director. The program got a boost when government-sponsored mortgage holders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac urged mortgage holders to get on board. Green says more than 12 have signed on so far.
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Here she is. The color is Monte Carlo Blue with Canyon Brown individual leather interior. It cost a little extra and also pushed delivery back 6-8 weeks. The color is the M5 launch color but it was not officially available on the M6. I'm very happy with the result and very glad I made the effort to spec it this way.
Overall, I am very very impressed with this car. I am not looking for this to be like a Scuderia or 911 GT3-- I was looking for a sporty GT and thats exactly what this is. Its basically a 7 series convertible on steroids. Ive never driven a convertible that is so stiff. It is much stiffer than the Ferrari 458 spider I drove a few weeks ago. On the 458 the rear view mirror was jiggling around all the time, as our roads are pretty uneven. On the M6 the rear view mirror is stable. There is some judder/ shutter over the worst road imperfections, but compared to every other convertible Ive ever driven, this is a huge improvement. I guess structural integrity plays a large part in justifying the 4500lb curb weight- yep- it really is a 7 series.
The DCT is a delight. This is the same basic Getrag 7 speed DCT that Ferrari uses. The differences are software and gearing. The Ferrari during full power shifts gives a little more of a slam between gears, thus making it more dramatic and visceral. Also the paddles feel better on the Ferrari and they are steering column mounted vs the steering wheel ones on the BMW. I prefer the Ferrari approach here- but its a minor issue. During full acceleration gear shifts the M6 also gives a little bang and I like that. Its so good. This transmission is actually smoother than most automatics.
The throttle response is excellent in sport plus mode. There doesn't seem to be any turbo lag. The motor feels strong through out the rev range but from the mid point on it feels like the VANOS opens up the CAM profile more and the car transforms from simply fast to a beast!! There's always that 4500lbs of mass that the power has to overcome, but it overcomes it quickly. The motor seems like it likes to rev- I haven't really driven it all that hard- I just have ~140 miles on it (and thus, also on the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, which seem to me to be fantastic).
The steering in comfort mode has good weighting, the other modes are too heavy and seem to swap the minimal steering feel that is there for extra weighting. There is feel there, but its only good when judged against the cars of today.
The brakes feel like BMW brakes. Good feel, great stopping for street applications. I stayed with the steel brakes, I did not see a reason to go with the carbon brakes. That basically covered the cost of the semi custom color choice. The M painted calipers are nice. I wish they did something a little more for the rear calipers but now I'm nit picking and the brakes work well- and they are huge which is always neat to look at. I suspect on the track they would get overheated- again this is a big heavy car- but I think they would hold out for a little while- which is probably an improvement over the prior M brakes. However, for driving on the street, these seem like a great choice. I have no doubt at all if I had to panic stop the car would stop immediately.
The car feels much more nimble than a 4500 lb car. From the drivers seat it feels 1000 lbs lighter. I have not really pushed it in corners (again brand new car and tires) but its typical M car- feels sharp for street driving, probably has some understeer as you really get on it, thats good for most people. The other day I took a turn a little more aggressively and I got on the power and I could feel the tail wanting to step out and power slide- so its also typical M car on that. Ive found the preferred suspension mode is sport. Comfort is actually ok and isnt overly floaty but I like the more buttoned down feel of sport. Sport plus isn't rock hard but its a little too over dampened for most public roads.
I should note the car has 3 settings (comfort, sport, sport plus) for each of:
suspension dampers
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So in essence you have a car that is true to what I think M cars should be which is powerful, relatively nimble, and has an edge to it; yet its safe, practical; and relatively easy to live with.
The best thing I can say about it is I can't stop driving it. I want to drive it everywhere. So here she is.


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did u know about Password conundrum?
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People have more passwords to remember than they used to. As a result, it's common for people to use the same password for access to multiple locations, including using the same password for system access at work and at home.
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hello everyone,
i really adore all kinds of citrus juice and citrus peel tastes, i love the freshness and slight bitterness, it's great to lift the taste in a dish that might be a little bland without. now, i can get lemons and oranges and tangerines and kumquats and grape fruit and pomelo and sometimes even small, aromatic bitter seville oranges or weird egg-shaped yellow aromatic warty things from jordania, but i've never smelled or tasted fresh yuzu or.. what was it maki mentioned in the justhungry/basics article? ah, right: sudachi and daidai. i've never even heard of those, and apparently there's even more varieties used for cooking in japan. hurray!
does anyone care to discribe them to me? how do these things look, taste and smell? is there a way to get them in germany?
i've successfully grown my own oranges on a tree which i keep in a huge pot and wheel into a shed in winter. if i had some seeds, i'd just grow my own yuzu tree! (yeah, it would be years until it bears fruit. still, a steady supply of any kind of citrus fruit is a nice thing..)
I would suspect that you could grow yuzu, in much the same way you grow oranges. But I think the thing to do would be to ask someone at your local nursery, since they know what grows best in your climate.
i tried that- no weird citrus trees commercially available in germany, probably because they grow rather large and don't handle frost so well.
i'd be willing to try hibernating the plants in the shed, but i'd still need at least one yuzu fruit for seeds..
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By Justyna Pawlak
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six world powers agreed on Wednesday to seek renewed talks with Iran as fast as possible, reflecting a heightened sense of urgency to resolve a long rift over Tehran's disputed nuclear activity and avert the threat of war.
Their call coincided with growing evidence of Iran expanding nuclear capacity in an underground bunker virtually impervious to attack and follows the November 6 re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama, which has cleared the way for new contacts.
Senior diplomats from the six countries - the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany - met in Brussels on Wednesday to consider new negotiating tactics despite abiding skepticism that a deal with Tehran can be reached.
It was not clear after the meeting what options, if any, were agreed. But the six said "necessary contact" with the Iranians would be made "in the coming days".
"The (six powers) are committed to having another round of talks with Iran as soon as possible," said a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who represents the six countries in dealings with Iran.
Analysts warn that a window of opportunity for a negotiated solution is narrowing because of growing alarm over Tehran's nuclear course in Israel, the Middle East's only nuclear power which has threatened to bomb the atomic sites of its arch-enemy.
Any Israeli air strikes, which many believe would escalate into a wider Middle East war damaging to a wobbly global economy, are unlikely before Israel's January 22 election, experts say, giving the six powers some room for diplomatic maneuver.
"There certainly is a window to do a deal, but that window is closing, and closing fast. Ultimately it depends on the Iranians meeting their international obligations," said Ariel Ratner, a former Obama administration political appointee on Middle East issues at the State Department.
By "obligations", he was referring to U.N. Security Council resolutions telling Iran to suspend uranium enrichment, the main pathway to nuclear bomb fuel, and open up to U.N. nuclear inspectors in exchange for trade and technology benefits.
Seconding the sense of urgency, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, in remarks quoted by Interfax news agency, said: "There is no losing time and, from that point of view, the talks were productive and matters have advanced."
"Under conditions when trust between Iran and the Sextet is scarce - in fact it does not exist - the task of reaching a breakthrough finally regulating the problem is extremely complex," he added. "Had we not seen any return from what is taking place...we would not be dealing with it."
Iran's defiance of the U.N. resolutions, rejecting suspicions that it is refining uranium for anything other than peaceful energy, has prompted increasingly harsh sanctions on Tehran.
After three inconclusive rounds of talks with Iran earlier this year, Western diplomats say the six negotiators need a new approach to engineer a deal with the Islamic Republic.
The stakes have risen since diplomacy resumed in April after a hiatus of more than a year, they say, with a U.N. watchdog report last week showing Iran is set to sharply expand uranium enrichment in its bunkered Fordow plant.
Iran denies international accusations it is seeking nuclear weapons and has so far refused to meet demands to scale back its atomic activity, insisting on immediate relief from sanctions.
Western powers have rejected that in previous rounds, instead offering limited incentives focused on technology cooperation. They have also ramped up punitive measures intended to get Iran, one of the world's biggest oil producers and exporters, back to the table for meaningful talks.
Sanctions pressure increased last month when European Union governments tightened restrictions on trading with Tehran and banned imports of Iranian gas, complementing a crippling embargo on Iranian crude oil that took full effect on July 1.
Diplomats say one option being considered by the six powers is to ask Iran for more concessions while offering more substantial sanctions relief.
"With more space in Washington and more pressure in Tehran, there might just be room for a deal," said Jon Wolfsthal, a former adviser to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. "Sanctions relief has to be on the table at some point, but Iran has to be able to get to 'yes'."
In the earlier meetings this year, the powers called on Iran to stop producing higher-grade enriched uranium, shut down the Fordow facility and ship its stockpile abroad.
Iran rebuffed the proposal, described by Western officials as an initial step to build confidence, and demanded recognition of its "right" to refine uranium, activity which can have both civilian and military purposes, as well as sanctions dropped.
Any new deal would have to be carefully choreographed to entice Iran to make concessions while taking into account deep-seated reluctance among Western governments to ease sanctions.
"The key is sequencing the significant steps," said Cliff Kupchan, a Middle East analyst at consultancy Eurasia Group. "My guess is that's what they (the six powers) will discuss."
Iranian central bank governor Mahmoud Bahmani told Reuters on Thursday that it had avoided a "serious dent" to its economy from sanctions thanks to gold reserves sufficient to last 15 years, high oil prices and reduced imports.
The sanctions have caused the rial currency to plummet, inflation to jump and hundreds of thousands of job losses.
(Additional reporting by Fredrik Dahl in Vienna, Peter Apps in Washington, Randy Fabi and Aisha Chowdhry in Islamabad and Gabriela Baczynska in Moscow; Editing by Michael Roddy)


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I'm currently breaking down my Albea family brick wall. It's a bit confusing right now, with the discovery that my ancestor, Thomas Albea, had two wives. So, I need to move some of the children around between spouses. Using Reunion, I can do that rather easily - but it took me a while to figure this out so I thought I'd share it.
Here's what my initial family looked like:
Now, my software will ask me to verify how exactly I'd like to add Sarah to George's record. In this case, I want to move George to the record for Thomas and Sarah. This way, I don't end up with mulitple listings for George or random, unattached individuals floating in my software. If I was unsure which woman was George's mother, I could duplicate George and have him appear as a child for both of Thomas' wives.
Now, you can see that George's parents are listed as Thomas and Sarah:
This method can be used for a number of other events in Reunion, such as adding a second marriage between duplicate spouses or creating links between two ancestors already listed in your tree.


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