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EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Hunters discovered two bodies Wednesday believed to be the young Iowa cousins who vanished five months ago while riding their bikes, authorities said.
The families of 9-year-old Elizabeth Collins and 11-year-old Lyric Cook were notified of the discovery and are asking for privacy, Black Hawk County sheriff's Capt. Rick Abben said.
He said the bodies were found in a wooded area, but he wouldn't say where, and that they're being sent to the state medical examiner's office for identification.
Appearing to fight back tears during a news conference in Evansdale not far from where the girls were last seen, Abben said: "It's definitely not the outcome that we wanted, obviously."
"This is a difficult thing for us to go through. It's a difficult thing for the community," he added.
The cousins disappeared July 13 near a popular recreational lake in Evansdale, a city about 110 miles northeast of Des Moines. Investigators found their bicycles and a pink purse near the lake hours later, but no sign of the girls.
Abben declined to say if there were any suspects in the cousins' disappearance.
On Wednesday night, about 70 people attended a prayer vigil at the lake, some cradling plastic cups with candles to protect the flames from the cold wind. Some were holding out hope that the bodies weren't those of the missing cousins, though others seemed resigned to the tragic news.
"These were just innocent children. These girls should have been left alone. They should be home safe in their beds, and it's only a coward who would have done something like this," said Barb Collins, a machinist who grew up in Evansdale and helped lead the group in prayer.
Hundreds of volunteers had helped investigators search for girls after they went missing, traipsing through cornfields and wooded areas in and around Evansdale, a city of 8,000 residents. The mayor even flew above in his private plane looking for them.
Days later, an FBI dive team brought in specialized equipment to search the bottom of the lake for the girls but found nothing. Police then classified the case as an abduction.
Investigators had largely been tight-lipped in the months since. An FBI spokeswoman initially said investigators had reason to believe the girls were alive, raising the region's hopes. But other investigators backtracked, saying only that there was no reason to believe the girls were dead.
Authorities had asked hunters to look for the girls in the region during this fall's popular deer hunting season.
Abben said the bodies were discovered around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, but refused to say where. He said the area was still being processed as a crime scene and could not be compromised.
"Preservation of that scene is paramount," he said.
Abben said he hoped to release additional details Thursday.
Abben said the girls' families wanted to express gratitude to the community for their support but have asked the media to respect their privacy at this time.
Investigators have poured through thousands of tips and chased many different theories in the case.
They looked into Cook's parents, who had criminal records for prior involvement in making methamphetamine. Cook's father, Daniel Morrissey, is being prosecuted for domestic assault and a series of meth and other drug charges, and he backed out of a plea agreement with prosecutors the day before the disappearance. They have denied any involvement.
The region had rallied in support of the girls. Photographs of the cousins seemed to be everywhere in northeastern Iowa: on T-shirts and buttons worn by locals, and on fliers hung on gas station walls and in business windows.
"In the beginning, I helped search, and I've been to many other vigils they had. The community is so involved," said Amanda Mulzac, who lives in nearby Waterloo and attended Wednesday night's vigil. "My heart breaks. It's just devastating."
"At their age I was out by myself, but now it's different," she added. "Hold your babies close."
Local residents had held prayer vigils, even as the months passed and both girls had birthdays. Just last week, an anonymous donor pledged $100,000 for information about the girls' whereabouts, on top of the $50,000 that police had offered.
After Wednesday night's vigil, family friend Sarah Curl said she had seen "a lot of heartbreak" after news broke about the bodies being found.
"We're a tight community that cares about one another, and when something happens to one family it happens to all of our families," she said. "This could have happened to anyone."

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A week after a deep freeze covered the Midwest, public works crews were out on the roads with cold patch, filling in the craters that have formed.
The warm-up in recent days has led to some roads opening, forcing drivers to stay alert for potholes.
Potholes occur when water within the road base or pavement freezes, expands, lifts up the pavement and then thaws out, leading to pavement collapsing and leaving a hole in the road.
Sometimes water can seep into the pavement, freeze and expand and cause the pothole as well.
On Monday, Huntley public works workers used about one ton of cold patch to fill potholes. However, the potholes have been small, said Director of Public Works Jim Schwartz.
In Crystal Lake, the city had minor potholes Monday, said Public Works Director Victor Ramirez.
"We've fared pretty well," Ramirez said.
The city has had a lot of roads resurfaced in recent years, which has helped lead to fewer potholes, Ramirez said.
He said with the freezing temperatures expected this week followed by a thaw, "that's when all the problems happen."
"We'll be working periodically to address them as necessary," Ramirez said. "We have adequate material to do it."
In McHenry, potholes started developing over the weekend, said Public Works Superintendent Jon Schmitt.
He said bad spots are spread out around town, and it all depends on the age or condition of the pavement.
"We talked about it last week when we had the deep freeze," Schmitt said. "Once it warmed up again, the potholes would show up."
Lake in the Hills Public Works Director Fred Mullard said whether a pothole forms depends on the condition of the pavement and the base underneath. Also a lot depends on how well the water drains off the street.
Although the village hasn't had many potholes, public works employees are watching the pavement conditions, Mullard said. When filling the voids in the streets, crews put in the temporary patch material.
In the spring, workers will cut out the area and put in a hot-mix asphalt, "that will have a chance to hold up better," Mullard said.
Some places are having a rough time with pavement conditions.
In Bull Valley, some of the roads have become very bumpy, said Village Administrator Rich Vance.
Workers had to fill potholes while prepping for more snow to come.
Vance said Country Club Road and part of Cherry Valley Road were some of the trouble spots.
The village is using a more expensive mixture to put in temporary patches this year, Vance said.
"These are temporary fixes. We still have a project on Country Club Road; we'll redo that in the late summer," Vance said.
The village also plans to apply for outside funding to be able resurface other roads.
Vance said Bull Valley is working well with nearby townships to keep roads in good shape.
"All the roads are getting bumpy, and ours are extremely bumpy in spots," Vance said. "Things start moving around and freezing and thawing out. We knew it was going to be a difficult winter. So far we've been doing pretty well."
To report potholes:
In Crystal Lake, people can report a pothole by going to www.crystallake.org and visiting the "Citizen Resource Center" underneath the "Residents" tab.


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Of the 1,407 cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, that have been identified in the state between Jan. 1 and Dec. 8, Jeffco had at least 242, the most in any county. Denver County had the second highest number of cases with 207.
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(Reuters) - Web hosting company Rackspace Hosting Inc reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly revenue that narrowly missed analysts' estimates, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent in extended trading on concerns that growth is slowing.
San Antonio, Texas-based Rackspace said revenue grew 5 percent in the fourth quarter over the preceding three-month period, the fifth consecutive quarter in which sequential growth has slowed.
"Clearly, growth is slowing. That's probably the primary driver as to why the stock is off so much," Stephens Inc analyst Barry McCarver said.
Web hosting companies like Rackspace and competitors Equinix and Internap Network Services Corp own or lease space on a server, typically housed in data centers, warehouses lined wall-to-wall with powerful storage servers.
Many companies have migrated to hosting their applications in "the cloud" - using the Internet to provide software, computing power and data storage - as a cheaper alternative to in-house resources in a slow-growth economy.
Rackspace Chief Financial Officer Karl Pichler cited the transition to the company's next-generation cloud as the main reason for the slowdown in growth.
He said most customers would be able to switch within three to six months to the next-generation cloud, which will include a more sophisticated operating system than the first-generation cloud that it will replace.
"It is just a better software to run cloud applications on," Pichler told Reuters. He said migration to the next-generation cloud would be voluntary.
Rackspace reported an increase in net income to $30 million, or 21 cents per share, in the fourth quarter from $25 million, or 18 cents per share, a year earlier.
This was in line with analysts' estimates, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. But revenue of $353 million for the quarter missed analysts' average estimate of $355.4 million.
Rackspace partnered with NASA in July 2010 to launch OpenStack, an open-source cloud computing platform.
Shares of the company fell to $67.80 in trading after the bell after closing at $74.98 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. They have gained about 38 percent in the last six months.
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Standard 6
A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.
To achieve Standard 6, an educational leader must operate within a larger context:
- View oneself as a leader of a team and also as a member of a larger team.
- Ensure that the school operates consistently within the parameters of federal, state, and local laws, policies, regulations, and statutory requirements.
- Generate support for the school by two-way communication with key decision-makers in the school community.
- Work with the governing board and district and local leaders to influence policies that benefit students and support the improvement of teaching and learning.
- Influence and support public policies that ensure the equitable distribution of resources, and support for all subgroups of students.
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The end of aggregation?
By Jevon MacDonald on August 25, 2009
The last 8 (or 800 arguably) years of media consumption for me have been marked by aggregation. In 2001, before RSS was in any sort of wide use, I had built an aggregator called Blocktrack.com. Because of the unstructured nature of the data (individual web pages), I had to create a learning algorithm that would, […]
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The majority of eight individuals charged with participating in criminal gang activity were back in court last week, hoping to come closer to resolutions in their cases.
Roger Wilson, Felix Myers, Brandon Davis, Gabrielle Beach, Donnie Lane and Keaton Lee, all of La Grange, appeared in Oldham Circuit Court last Thursday for pre-trial conferences in their cases.
Both prosecutors and defense attorneys for all six individuals noted how unusual the situation was, with the number of co-defendants in one case.
At his second court appearance Jon Selby, a La Grange man who was arrested and charged with indecent exposure, set a new court date of April 2.
An undisclosed plea deal was offered by the Commonwealth's Attorney and Selby and his lawyer will deliver a decision to the court at his next appearance.
Selby was found by Oldham County Police masturbating in a school parking lot and pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance.
The Kentucky State Police is now accepting applications for its 92nd cadet class, which is scheduled to begin on August 3. Interested applicants should visit the KSP website at www.kentuckystate police.org, click on the Career Opportunities, Recruitment Home and How To Become A Kentucky State Trooper links.
La Grange Police Arrests
March 5 -- Anthony A. Branham, 20, La Grange was arrested for possession of schedule 3 controlled substance, unlawful transaction with minor 2nd degree and unlawful transaction with minor 3rd degree
March 5 -- Richard T Roberts, 34, Stamping Ground, was arrested for speeding 15 mph over, failure to wear seat belt, operating on suspended/revoked operators license, failure to produce ins card, failure of non-owner operator to main req insurance, 1st offense, improper display of registration plates.
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A 27-year-old Oldham County man led Lawrenceburg city police officers on a high-speed chase across three counties last week after police observed the man allegedly trafficking heroin in Anderson County.
According to Detective Jeremy Cornish and Detective Mike Schell, city police were conducting an investigation involving Ahmad M. Ghazawi, 3500 West Highway 22, Crestwood, a little after 4 p.m. when Ghazawi fled in his vehicle, weaving in and out of traffic at speeds over 100 miles per hour.
A Shelbyville man charged with engaging in organized crime with seven others in Oldham County is still awaiting a competency hearing before his case can move forward.
La Grange Police originally arrested Casey Endicott, 18, in October on gang and drug charges, including conspiracy to commit murder.
In December, seven other individuals, including Endicott's brother and Shelbyville native Thomas Wenz, were indicted on several charges, although the most serious ones were dropped.
A La Grange man who was arrested and charged with indecent exposure after police found him masturbating in a school parking lot pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance.
Jon Eric Selby, 44, was arrested on Jan. 31 on charges of indecent exposure, alcohol intoxication and criminal trespassing after being found by an officer reclining in his front seat watching pornography on his cell phone and masturbating in the parking lot of Crestwood Elementary, according to a police report.
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An accident involving a Goshen man last week led to four individuals being transported to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries, Kentucky State Police said.
A preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle driven by Donald Jeffries, 50, of Goshen, was traveling eastbound on Hwy. 36 when the vehicle crossed the center line for unknown reasons, according to a Kentucky State Police news release. Jeffries' vehicle collided head-on with a westbound vehicle driven by Stephen Wise, 37, of Carrollton.
A Crestwood woman has informally accepted a plea deal for charges of four counts of cruelty to animals, according to Assistant County Attorney Travis Combs.
Leslie Ransdell was anonymously reported to Animal Control around July 26 of last year for allegedly failing to feed four horses in her care, a criminal complaint said.
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A court date for James Johnson, a former correctional officer with the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women in Pewee Valley charged with sexually abusing inmates and related offenses, has been moved to next month.
Johnson, 54, of Louisville, was to have had a jury trial starting Monday in Shelby Circuit Court, but he is scheduled for a disposition hearing on March 17.
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Stephen Baldwin, self-billed as "the kookiest of the Baldwin Brothers," was arrested in New York on Thursday and charged with failure to file state income taxes for three years.
Baldwin was arraigned for repeated failure to file tax returns for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, according to the Rockland County district attorney, who said the youngest of the Baldwin Brothers owes more than $350,000 in taxes and penalties.
The 46-year-old "Celebrity Apprentice" alum and talk-radio host pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance.
"Mr. Baldwin did not commit any crimes, and he's working with the district attorney's office and the New York State Tax Department to resolve any differences," said Baldwin's attorney, Russell Yankwitt.
Dist. Atty. Thomas Zugibe disagreed.
"We cannot afford to allow wealthy residents to break the law by cheating on their taxes," Zugibe said. "The defendant's repetitive failure to file returns and pay taxes over a period of several years contributes to the sweeping cutbacks and closures in local government and in our schools."


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Giles Deacon's second range for New Look hits stores on the 15th
Giles Deacon for New Look, one of the few designer X high street collaborations for men returns next week with another collection, featuring a selection of shirts, t-shirts, jeans and knits.
We like that the New Look collections are a chance to see Deacon's lighter take on fashion with witty t-shirt prints and bright colours. Hopefully we'll see see pieces which push boundaries a little more in future collections but as always it's baby steps for menswear.
Top 5: Skinny Summer Ties
The Times has a feature at the moment detailing the changing size of the common tie as we go through decades of economic change. Apparently John Lewis has announced "a dramatic inch-loss of nearly 25 per cent in width over the past six months" with its most popular ties. Charlie Allen, the famous tailor Brandish recently had an exclusive sit-down with over the new 'n' improved England kit, told the Times that "the impact of economic turmoil on tie design can be traced back through the previous recessions of the 20th century. While postwar Britain and the Swinging Sixties embraced exaggerated prints and widths of up to 5in, the downturns of the 1930s and 1980s saw sizes reduce to as little as an inch."
See after the jump for my Top 5 'Skinny Summer ties'– on the cheap for your enjoyment! (They're all under £10)
Get the Look: Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
When my English teacher announced we would be studying 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' I have to admit to a light leap of the heart as I reminisced on John Galliano's 'Blanche DuBois' collection of 1988 and Marlon Brando in all his retro glory; oozing sex appeal and hard-edged fashion prowess. With these thoughts in mind, and a bit of time spent re-watching the iconic film made in 1951, I set about creating an outfit based on the look of Stanley Kowalski.
Stripy scarves must die!
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Stripe scarves are starting to become so ubiquitous that they're joining Taz socks and Homer Simpson ties in the naffness leagues, not any old stripe scarf though, it's the fine stripe stretchy knit scarf with usually comes in a burgundy melange of colours and has fringing on the ends.
Gallery: Giles Deacon's first menswear collection for New Look
Giles Deacon's first ever menswear collection hit the shops yesterday, the 25-piece collection is made up of wearable wardrobe basics. T-shirts, jeans, jackets and shirts are all given the Giles touch with neon detailing and gold chains. This is good news for men's fashion as it seems that every designer/high street collab now has a menswear range, and not a minute too soon.
Giles Deacon menswear collection for New Look
Giles Deacon has created a number of womenswear collections for New Look, but this November will see the launch of his first ever menswear collection for the high street brand.
Brandish Poll: Leg-in a-Sock Style Jeans
We've made you endure some pretty terrible things on Brandish (see here and here,) and now I present a sneaky snap of New Look's new adjust-a-length jeans. The trick is you have to button up each different level of the jean depending on what you're after; shorts, the semi-crop, full jeans or the button-embellished. Is it just me who gasps at this fashion indictment?
Summer looks for you to shop this weekend
This might be the last thing on your mind but Easter Weekend is the perfect time to stock up on new summer clothes.


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Pole Bank Video
Hi Hydonians, For any of you who haven't had a wander around the pond and woodlands of Pole Bank lately this might be right up your street. It won't win any BAFTAs and Charlton Heston's not in it but I think it does capture some of the beauty and nature in Pole Bank. If you click on the link it should take you straight to You Tube. The quality suffers a bit on full screen on You Tube so it might look better just on expanded. If any kids watching start yawning...tell them to look out for a glimpse of Hyde Chapel steeple which makes a fleeting cameo appearance.
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RV Medics Bringing Techs to the Campground
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RV Medics of New England announced the official grand opening of its mobile RV service, parts and accessories operation, enabling owners of all types of RVs from popups to bus conversions to receive expert, dealer level, RV service, parts, satellite systems, accessories and appliances for their RVs at their home, campground or most any other location.
According to a press release, RV Medics of New England currently serves Western Massachusetts, Northwest Connecticut, Southern Vermont and New Hampshire, and the Capital Region and Hudson Valley of New York.
"There are people who do mobile RV service," Chris Dougherty, founder, president and RVDA/RVIA certified technician at RV Medics LLC of New England, "but we take it to the next level, providing the best customer experience possible, to support the lifestyle and the investment the client has made in the RV. This is a pretty unique concept for New England."
Many customers have already benefited from RV Medics in the past in the Hudson Valley of New York. "We are continually forging alliances, partnerships and dealerships with RV industry companies on the national, regional and local level, including component manufacturers, RV dealers and campgrounds that need excellent mobile service and warranty support for their customers." Dougherty says. "Also, product, technical and industry training is essential to stay refreshed and on top of industry trends, and we do that."
Dougherty noted that access to quality mobile RV service is important to RVers who are permanently set up at a campground or other location, or for those who don't want the inconvenience of taking their coach somewhere to be fixed. With RV Medics, clients can be enjoying their RV at the campground or spending their leisure time using their RV, instead of taking the time to take it somewhere for service.
Dougherty notes that some services can't be done in the field, but the company will work with the owner to arrange for any service the client's unit needs from other partner-vendors. More information, and a service area map, can be found at www.rvmedics.com.


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IF, Feb 2004, 274 pp. ISBN 0971042977 The DAFFODILS (Divorced and Finally Free of Deceitful, Incentive, Licentious Scum) are in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Leigh is living in Penny Sue's father's home rent free, working part-time, and trying to recover from being dumped for a bimbo her daughter's age. Ruthie plans to attend a metaphysical seminar and Penny Sue has followed her boyfriend down here so they can spend some time together during festi...


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Sixty Years, Sixty Lives
Trongate 103 Glasgow
An exhibition of photographs by Ian Berry (Magnum) to mark 60 years of the UN Refugee Convention, commissioned by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Photographer Ian Berry is known worldwide for his arresting, evocative photos - and as a member of the celebrated cooperative, Magnum Photos. Magnum was formed following the Second World War by pioneers of photo-journalism including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Today its photographers continue to chronicle the world and its people, with a powerful, individual vision.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has partnered with Ian Berry and Magnum to produce this exciting exhibition. Berry has photographed refugees around the UK who came to the UK seeking safety since the 1950s. The exhibition will be launched on Thursday 2 June at 6pm.
Preview event: 2 June 6-9pm as part of First Thursday
Call for Papers
Special Issue: Tourism and Travel in the Circumpolar North
The last two decades have seen an increased interest and capacity for tourism in the North. "Selling the North" for tourism has meant highlighting its vast space, its pristine wilderness, its exotic northern lifestyles and its Indigenous people. Tourism contributes to a variety of mandates for communities and governments including cultural revitalization and economic diversification and development. However, alongside the many opportunities tourism offers to visitors, to northern people, their communities, and their governments, tourism also presents numerous challenges. Negotiating the positive aspects of tourism with the potential negative impacts has been discussed for at least the last two decades (Butler, 1990), including perspectives specific to peripheral and circumpolar regions (Brown & Hall, 2000; Dawson, Maher, & Slocombe, 2007; Hall & Boyd, 2005; Hall & Saarinen, 2010; Krakover & Gradus, 2002; Müller & Jansson, 2007; Sahlberg, 2001). Notwithstanding the value gained by continued attention aimed at mitigating tourism's negative impacts, arguably the lure of the North and its positive effects on people, as well as tourism's ability to contribute to communities and regions in constructive ways, requires that scholarly attention continue to be paid.
The Northern Review is interested in receiving articles that examine issues and present discussions about tourism and travel in the Circumpolar North, including but not limited to how tourism engages with:
§ Economic, regional, community, and sustainable development
§ Business, entrepreneurial and product development
§ Place-based and other planning approaches
§ Identity (e.g., place making, tourism marketing)
§ Climate change
§ Northern and Indigenous cultures and communities
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§ Gender
§ Methodological innovation and experience
Manuscripts received before midnight August 15, 2011 will be considered for publication in Number 36 (Spring 2012). Send submissions or queries to Guest Editor Suzanne de la Barre, PhD care of managing editor, Deanna McLeod,firstname.lastname@example.com. Please visit the website www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/review for submission guidelines.
About the Northern Review
The journal does not generally include within its mandate the publication of purely scientific studies, unless they are placed in a human context. The journal endeavours to provide solid, North-centred scholarship, engaged with issues of significant concern to the people of Arctic and Subarctic regions. The material included in the journal ranges widely, from issues of social policy and northern politics to questions of Indigenous cultures in transition and the historical experience of newcomers.
Over the past few years, the journal has reached beyond northern Canada to include contributions from Alaska and Europe and from disciplines that have not previously been represented in the pages of the journal. The North has changed dramatically since theNorthern Review was founded in 1988, and international and circumpolar dialogue has expanded rapidly. One of the best features of northern scholarship is that it reaches so readily across national and disciplinary boundaries.
Recent back issues of the journal are available online at http://journals.sfu.ca/nr
Brown, F. and Hall, D. (Eds.) (2000). Tourism in Peripheral Areas. Clevedon, UK: Channel View Publications.
Butler, R.W. (1990). Alternative Tourism: Pious Hope or Trojan Horse? Journal of Travel Research, 3, 40–45.
Dawson, J., Maher, P.T., & Slocombe, D.S. (2007). Climate Change, Marine Tourism and Sustainability in the Canadian Arctic: Contributions from Systems and Complexity Approaches. Tourism in Marine Environments, 4(2-3), 69–83.
Hall, C.M. and Boyd, S. (2005). Nature-Based Tourism in Peripheral Areas: Development or Disaster? Clevedon, England: Channel View Publications.
Hall, C.M. and Saarinen, J. (Eds.) (2010). Tourism and Change in Polar Regions: Climate, Environment and Experiences. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Krakover, S. and Gradus (2002). Tourism in Frontier Areas. Oxford: Lexington Books.
Müller, D.K. and Jansson, B. (Eds.) (2007). Tourism in Peripheries: Perspectives from the far North and South. Oxfordshire, UK and Cambridge, MA: CAB International.
Sahlberg, B. (2001). Going North: Peripheral Tourism in Canada and Sweden. European Tourism Research Institute, ETOURs rapportserien, R 2001:6. Ostersund, Sweden: Mid-Sweden University.
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a suggestion to divert us entertainingly on the 27th, forwarded by Liza:
"PALAEOPHONICS" concert, George Square Theatre, Edinburgh, 27th May 2011,
Workshop, Edinburgh, 28th May 2011, 9:30am - 2:15pm
Palaeophonics concert is an AHRC-funded research-based multimedia
event which explores music and sound production since early human
origins in creative and scientific ways. Partly funded by AHRC 'Beyond
Text' and by the University of Edinburgh Campaign, this unique event
premieres eight new works by composers, film-makers and
archaeologists/anthropologists from across Europe and the Americas. It
will be followed by a discussion and future developments workshop on
the 28th May.
BOOK ON-LINE HERE: http://palaeophonics.eventbrite.com/ with the
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For more information about "Palaeophonics" visit
Palaeophonics is an international and interdisciplinary collaborative
project with various research and creative components, of which the
concert in Edinburgh on the 27th May will be it's first major public
Contributing works to the concert include world premiere of
British-Austrian film-maker Fredrick Baker's film "Pitoti" on the
'sound stages' of Valcamonica rock-art site in Alpine Italy with
spoken word by Christopher Chippindale; film from Orkney by Aaron
Watson with music composition by John Was; 3D animated sound field
model and composition "Stonehenge Ritual Sound" by Rupert Till and
Andrew Taylor; and composition "Unnamed" for solo flute by Mexican
composer Mauricio Rodriguez, created by Mexican soloist Wilfrido
A free workshop will take place on Saturday 28th May for researchers
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For more information visit: http://www.palaeophonics.co.uk
We very much hope that you are able to be there.
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Paul Keene, Music, Informatics & Psychology, University of Edinburgh
Corisande Fenwick, Anthropology, Stanford University
Hi Poppy, glad to see someone from GU joining in! don't forget to join the mailing list (detailsin the email forwarded by Robert). Hope to see you and others from glasgow at the 27th-28th May event in Edinburgh
Greetings All from Glasgow Uni.
Nicole, Robert and Matthew forwarded on your email and news of all the brilliant activity that has been going on. Looks brilliant. Thank you.
Hope to see fellow anthropologists soon! Poppy
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Dear All,
Drawing on your expressed interests and your preferred availabilities, we've
managed to knock together a wee reprise of STAR for later this month, Friday-Saturday the 27th-28th May. Read on for what's planned and the logistics involved....
11am-1pm, 27th May 2011
Seminar Room 4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (15a George Square)
Before we head into our deserved summer break, there is a small 20.000 word
inconvenience, also known as a thesis. Chrissie's boyfriend Len, who is finishing his PhD in the English department at Edinburgh, has offered to lead a workshop on essay composition. There will be some talking about writing, and a lot more practical examples of how to hone your writing skills. He's also promised a handout containing the elements of style.
2pm-5pm, 27th May 2011 (with option of continuance into 28th May, as necessary)
Seminar Room 4, Chrystal Macmillan Building (15a George Square)
An afternoon session to start the ball rolling on some of the 'community of practice' initiatives identified during the STAR retreat (including student-led STAR orientation workshops in September, skills workshops, guest speakers and panels, and future publishing or conference opportunities). Intended to build consensus and commitment around priority projects, with a sufficient level of logistical detail to generate a funding proposal to the soon-to-be-operational Doctoral Training Commission. We'll also identify what we can/want to do in the immediate short-term prior to funding availability.
And as your hosts, the Edinburgh crew will endeavour to concoct some suitably
entertaining social event for the evening of Friday the 27th!
We've set the writing workshop to start late on the Friday to give everyone coming from out of town sufficient time to make it to Edinburgh. Currently we have five-six beds available for people who need a place to crash on the Thursday and/or Friday nights; if you have space available, or if you need a place to stay, please let me know and we'll sort you out. Food and transport will be up to us individually this time round, unfortunately!
Please zip along a quick email (by the 20th if possible!) to let us know which sessions you'd like to attend, so we have a sense of numbers and can make sure we have enough of everything we need. And do let us know if you're unlikely to attend, so we needn't flood your inbox with follow-up messages! Also, if you're not much fussed about either of the sessions but would just like to come along for a good Friday out in Edinburgh, you're more than welcome!
Also, I hope you've all seen Seb's email regarding the JISC mailing list. Please do sign up as soon as you can so we can start sending out info of this sort via that medium!
Look forward to hearing from you, and to seeing you all on the 27th-28th May!!


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Child hit by unoccupied car identified
A 3-year-old girl has died after being hit by an unoccupied car, according to Highway Patrol troopers.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, on Sunday afternoon, several children were playing in and around an unlocked car at the North Franklin Apartments in Greenville.
Troopers said while the children were playing, the car started rolling. According to troopers, the engine was not running and there were no keys in the ignition.
When the car started rolling, the driver's side door was open, knocking the child to the ground.
The coroner's office identified the child as Jashay Dodd.
Troopers said after Jashay was knocked down by the door, the car's tire struck the child.


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Passwords: A Seminar with Ann Lauterbach on the Objectivists
25th Anniversary Program
Date and Time:
May 12, 2012 - 3:00PM to 5:00PM
Event Location:
Kray Hall
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Poet Ann Lauterbach discusses the 1930s Objectivist poets from Basil Bunting and Lorine Niedecker to George Oppen and Louis Zukofsky.
Ann Lauterbach is a poet and a scholar whose books include The Given & The Chosen (2011), Or to Begin Again (2009), which was a finalist for a National Book Award, a book of essays, The Night Sky: Writings on the Poetics of Experience (2008), and Hum (2005). She is Ruth and David Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College, where she is co-chair of Writing in the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts. She is also a core critic in the Yale School of Art (Sculpture).
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An Athens prosecutor ordered an investigation Thursday into a blog post on a military reservists' website demanding the resignation of the government and president and the appointment of an interim government under the guarantee of the armed forces.
The investigation into the post, which appeared overnight on the Special Forces Reserve Union site, is to be carried out by the electronic crimes squad, misdemeanor court authorities said.
The posting, which claimed it was speaking on behalf of the special forces reservists and the Greek people, demanded "the immediate resignation of the government due to its inability to provide to the nation the constitutional rights to labor ... health, education, justice, security."
A later posting on the same site criticized coverage by local broadcast media and blogs of the issue, accusing them of "trying to characterize us as coup instigators."
"We don't know of any coups being pre-announced internationally, and legally such a characterization lacks any seriousness," it said.
Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said it was unclear exactly who was behind the posting.
"It's certainly something that should trouble us," he said during a television news program. "But what I want to make clear is that in no case do such texts represent the vast majority of the men of the armed forces or the security forces, who are making great efforts under difficult conditions to defend our society."
The first posting called for an emergency government to be set up under the head of the country's Supreme Court and staffed by non-politicians, as well as for Greece to withdraw from all its commitments under its international bailout.
Greece has been dependent on rescue loans from the International Monetary Fund and other European countries that use the euro since May 2010. In return for the cash, it has imposed strict austerity measures in an effort to trim its massive debt and oversized budget deficit.
Poverty levels have been rising, with the country struggling through a sixth year of recession and unemployment at above 27 percent, the highest in the European Union.
The special forces reservists' union have been vocal opponents of Greece's bailout in the past, holding a uniformed protest march during a visit to Athens last year by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany is the largest single contributor to the country's bailout.
The posting also called for special courts be set up to prosecute those responsible for Greece's financial crisis and all property held by German companies, individuals or the state seized to pay off German World War II debts.
It also called for the expulsion from Greece of all migrants in the country illegally and for them to be banned from taking more than 20 percent of their income out of Greece; for lower taxation on low income families; and an end to public-sector firings, among other things.
"The institutional guarantor of all of the above could be the country's armed forces, as a powerful selfless body against any threat," it said. "The security forces are called on to secure the implementation of the above and the smooth transition to real constitutional legality."


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Comcast Corp.'s deal to buy the rest of NBCUniversal would end General Electric Co.'s long ties with the broadcast network. Comcast now owns 51 percent, and GE the remaining 49 percent. Comcast expects to get full ownership by the end of March.
Here's a look at some key events in NBC's history:
1926 — National Broadcasting Co. formed by General Electric Co., Westinghouse Electric Co. and Radio Corporation of America after buying broadcast assets from AT&T. Launches first permanent radio network in United States.
1931 — Experimental TV broadcasts begin from atop Empire State Building.
1932 — RCA becomes sole owner of NBC.
1939 — NBC begins regular television broadcasts in New York, with opening of World's Fair.
1941 — NBC and CBS stations in New York get nation's first commercial television licenses.
1943 — ABC gets its start after NBC sells one of its two radio networks under pressure from government.
1947 — "Meet the Press" premieres.
1948 — Comic Milton Berle becomes first television star on "Texaco Star Theater"
1948 — Television ownership reaches 1 million.
1950 — Trademark granted for three-note NBC chimes.
1952 — Launch of "Today," first network early-morning news show.
1954 — NBC makes first coast-to-coast color broadcast. "The Tonight Show" debuts with Steve Allen.
1962 — Johnny Carson becomes "Tonight" host.
1964 — NBC broadcasts its first Olympic Games.
1975 — "Saturday Night Live" debuts.
1984 — "The Cosby Show" debuts, becomes TV's biggest hit.
1986 — GE restores its ties to NBC, becoming its owner after acquiring RCA.
1989 — "Seinfeld" debuts.
1994 — "ER" and "Friends" debut, making NBC's Thursday "must-see TV."
1995 — Network launches NBC.com.
1996 — NBC and Microsoft Corp. launch MSNBC on cable TV and Internet.
2002 — NBC acquires Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo and entertainment cable network Bravo.
2004 — NBC Universal formed after merger with Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
2007 — Jeff Zucker named president and chief executive. "30 Rock" premieres, starring Tina Fey, its creator, and Alec Baldwin. It satires NBC and its parent, GE.
2008 — Launch of Hulu, online video joint venture with Fox network owner News Corp. ABC later joins.
2009 — NBC, fourth in ratings and looking to pare the costs of producing scripted shows, brings Jay Leno to prime time. GE agrees to sell controlling stake in the company to Comcast Corp.
2011 — The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department approve Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal with conditions intended to prevent it from keeping NBC programming to itself at the detriment of other cable operators and video websites. NBC Universal loses the space in its name to become NBCUniversal. "Kabletown" replaces GE as the corporate owner on "30 Rock."
2012 — NBC airs the Summer Olympics, held in London. While it expected to take a loss on the coverage given the high costs, it breaks even with ratings up compared with the Beijing Games in 2008. And NBC begins showing clear signs of a comeback, improving ratings after nearly sliding into irrelevancy over the previous decade.
2013 — Comcast announces that it is buying the rest of NBCUniversal from GE for $16.7 billion, doing so years early. "30 Rock" airs its last episode after seven seasons, 14 Emmys and six Golden Globes.
Sources: NBC, AP research


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The Arizona Diamondbacks have finally unloaded Justin Upton, dealing the outfielder to the Atlanta Braves in a seven-player package.
Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson are heading to Atlanta in exchange for utilityman Martin Prado, pitcher Randall Delgado and minor leaguers Nick Ahmed, Brandon Drury and Zeke Spruill.
Delgado was the pitcher that the Chicago Cubs were set to acquire in exchange for Ryan Dempter last season before Dempster nixed the deal.
The deal unites the Upton brothers, as B.J. signed with the Braves as a free agent earlier this offseason.
Arizona had been trying to deal Justin Upton all winter and earlier this month reportedly had a trade in place with the Mariners. Upton, though, apparently invoked his limited no-trade clause.
Justin Upton had spent his entire six-year career in Arizona and in 2012 batted .280 with 17 homers and 67 runs batted in. He had career bests of 31 homers and 88 RBI in 2011, winning a Silver Slugger Award in the process while finishing fourth in the NL MVP voting.
The two-time All-Star is a career .278 hitter with 108 homers and 363 runs batted in.
Johnson was acquired by Arizona last July in a trade with Houston and hit a combined .281 with 15 homers and 76 RBI in 136 games last season. The 28-year- old made his big league debut in 2009 with the Astros and is a career .276 hitter with 33 homers and 171 RBI in 348 games.
Prado had spent his entire seven-year career with Atlanta and was an All-Star in 2010. He has played primarily second base, third base and left field during his career and is a .295 hitter with 52 homers and 286 RBI in 683 games. Last season, he played a career-high 156 games and batted .301 with 10 homers and 70 runs batted in.
Delgado has appeared in 25 games, all but one as a starter, in two years since making his big league debut in 2011. The right-hander, who will turn 23 next month, is 5-10 with a 3.95 ERA, including 4-9 with a 4.37 ERA in 18 games last season.
Ahmed, a 22-year-old shortstop, hit .269 with 40 stolen bases last year at Single-A Lynchburg, while Drury, a 20-year-old infielder, batted .229 with six homers in 123 games at Single-A Rome in 2012. Spruill, a 23-year-old right-hander, spent last season at Double-A Mississippi and was 9-11 with a 3.67 ERA in 27 starts.


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College's Office of Academic Advising assists incoming freshmen before first day of classes
Class of 2015 is not just a name for this year's incoming freshman class - it's a goal the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences wants to help its students achieve.
But graduating with a bachelor's degree four years after starting college is no longer a straightforward task for most students. Oftentimes work obligations, misguided major selection and other obstacles detour students from the path of completing their coursework in the shortest amount of time possible.
To keep students on track, the College offers extensive academic advising options that aid students in charting an engaging and achievable academic course. It all begins with the summer-scheduled New Student Orientation and the optional CLASS Learning Communities.
"We are the people behind the scenes," said Janie Graham, director of CLASS Office of Academic Affairs. "We are the ones that link the student to the university, then to the college, and, lastly, with their departments."
First-time freshmen attend a university-wide, two-day orientation offered on selected Thursdays and Fridays in the summer with the last one this year scheduled for August 11. In those sessions, they learn how to transition into college life; pay for tuition, fees and books; and become successful students.
"The goal is to give the students a chance to become better acquainted with the university and its resources" said academic advisor Christina Williams. "They will enroll, buy textbooks and tour the campus, and meet their major advisor, which will prepare them for the anticipated first day."
The CLASS office of academic affairs greets students on the second day of orientation. Advisors assist the incoming freshmen with completing paper work before meeting with their major advisors to discuss degree completion plans and chart out a course schedule for the upcoming year.
After a one-on-one counseling session with their major advisors, they return to academic affairs for a registration session with the academic advisors. They make sure that all their transcripts are in order and help the student find the transition into college life much easier.
"I fulfilled my English and math requirement in high school" said Rafael Avila, a communications major. "I was lost when I sat down to register for classes and Ms. Lewis helped me find the courses I needed along with a drawing class I was eager to take."
Student may not register for orientation if they have not fulfilled two university testing requirements, the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) examination and a math placement exam offered at the CASA testing center. Registration can be access through their myUH account 24 hours after their examination scores are reported.
Frequently, students come to orientation decided on the major they want to pursue. Within CLASS, the most popular departments among freshmen are Art, Communication, English, Health and Human Performance, and Psychology.
Paul Espinoza plans to major in kinesiology in the Department of Health and Human Performance and will take a 15-hour course load during his freshman year. He also wants to join the university's Metropolitan Volunteer Program (UH MVP) because he says keeping busy helps him to stay focused on his school work.
"My focus is physical therapy because it is a field of high demand and endless job opportunities" said Espinoza. "I volunteer in hospitals and I feel good knowing I will be able to help people."
Incoming freshmen also use the college's orientation sessions to get a jump on meeting other CLASS students and others pursuing the same major.
Lydia Rockson, Chelsea Johnson and Natalie Andrepont are all registered as psychology majors and met while staying at Cougar village during their Student Orientation.
"The conferences were extremely informative and helped more than I thought they would" said Lydia Rockson. "I did not know what to expect since I am the first member of my family to attend UH."
Chelsea Johnson is studying psychology and public relations because she wants to better understand criminals with mental disorders. She hopes her passion and effort will land her a job with the FBI as a profiler.
Natalie Andrepont is studying substance abuse but has not made up her mind if she wants to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist.
"I want to learn the reasons why people gear towards that type of lifestyle," Andrepont said. "A degree in psychology will introduce me to my future profession."
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West Texas cotton farmers interested in irrigating or trying to top 600 pound per acre yield goals likely will be the early adopters of Bollgard II. With those targets, farmers should be comfortable investing in the new technology, says Walt Mullins, U.S. cotton technical manager for Monsanto.
Mullins, during a Southwest Farm Press interview at the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio, said Bollgard II offers "another risk management tool" to cotton farmers. He said the new double-gene cotton varieties also will be less vulnerable to insect resistance.
"Bollgard II contains a new gene with a different mode of action in relation to the original gene in Bollgard," Mullins said. "It has more activity against armyworms and loopers and expresses control at a very high level, more than Bollgard I."
He said pests such as beet armyworms, fall armyworms and bollworms that were not vulnerable to Bollgard I are susceptible to Bollgard II.
"West Texas farmers don't have beets every year," he said, "but when they get them growers can spend $30 to $40 to control them and still lose yield. With a reasonable pricing structure for West Texas, Bollgard II makes sense, especially for irrigated acreage."
He said the new technology also controls bollworm and fall armyworm effectively. "We might see rare cases where we need to spray once, but with Bollgard I, under similar pressure, we would have had to spray two to three times and with conventional cotton possibly even more than that."
He said bollworms have become a more troubling pest for West Texas cotton farmers than the budworm, which is vulnerable to Bollgard I.
Pink bollworms are vulnerable to either BG I or BG II.
"Historically, pink bollworms have not been a big issue for most of West Texas," Mullins said, "but they are moving north. With either of the Bollgard products, pinkies will not be a threat."
He said some of the early generations of Bollgard II/Roundup Ready varieties did not measure up to the yield potential of some of the elite Bollgard lines, but this should disappear with subsequent generations that include Roundup Ready Flex.
"We understand that value is extremely important to the grower and that they have to have varieties with yield potential. The university official variety trials conducted in 2005 demonstrate that yields have improved with Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex varieties."
Mullins said the double gene structure also improves product stewardship. "With the single gene, we had concerns with resistance. Monsanto is committed to the two-gene product and at some point in time would like to see it replace the single gene product. But we want to make sure that growers have the appropriate range of agronomic characteristics in varieties they need in these Bollgard II lines so that this conversion is as natural as possible."
He said the two genes have different modes of action, making resistance a more remote possibility. "We believe the frequency of resistance to both genes in target pests is very small," he said. "Combined with an appropriate refuge plan, we believe we'll have a sound resistance management program."
He said the new Roundup Ready technology, Roundup Flex, will complement Bollgard II to improve overall efficiency. "Seed companies have decided that they will not include the Flex gene in Bollgard I varieties," he said.
Mullins said BG II technology could improve overall yield even when insect pressure is low. "A 30 to40 pound increase in yield is all it takes to pay for the Bollgard II technology."
He said experience in Tennessee showed that low levels of bollworm infestations caused production losses in non-Bt cotton, even though populations never built to treatment thresholds. Even under the lower insect infestation environments in Tennessee, Bollgard varieties averaged a 6percent to7 percent increase in yield over non-Bt variety yields. "Early on we didn't think that we had a market for Bollgard in Tennessee, but today the state is 95 percent Bt varieties"
He anticipates similar results in West Texas with Bollgard II, "with good agronomic varieties."
He said in most cases BG II should eliminate pyrethroid use for bollworms. Avoiding pyrethroid use in West Texas cotton, particularly earlier in the season, will also significantly reduce aphid and/or spider mite flare problems later in the season.
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