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So Why Don't Airplane Windows Open?
When I first read about Mitt Romney's lamenting the lack of roll-down windows in bizjets, I thought someone had nailed a headline from The Onion. (Cue the submarine screendoor joke.) But sure enough, he said it and, sure enough, he was joking. This set off a mini-frenzy around the Web of (a) seriously explaining why windows in airplanes don't roll down and (b) this hilarious video compendium of every sensationalistic, overblown, high-production value special effect of every cabin blowout the editors could find. And yes, it includes the iconic scene of Goldfinger being sucked through a cabin window.
Romney was clearly joking. After all, everyone knows why the windows in airplanes don't roll down and I needn't go into the explanation for the AVweb audience, other than to mention it has as much to do with structure as with fatal hypoxia. So why didn't the joke work? I've watched the video a half-dozen times and I've concluded that for a joke to be funny, there has to be no doubt in the listeners mind that it really is a joke and that the teller knows he's saying something absurd. But the fact that numerous news outlets felt it necessary to explain in lavish if not entirely accurate technical detail why the windows in airplanes don't roll down is a slow-motion version of the you-had-to-be-there defense when a joke bombs.
Maybe a little self-deprecation in the telling would have helped. Or perhaps a better straight man. I suspect we'll see the specter of Romney actually being asked to explain why the windows don't roll down. And the joke will be on the asker.

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45.0130 Social study and other reports.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 45.0130]
(a) Unless waived by the Court, a juvenile officer or other agency designated by the court shall make a social study and report in writing in all children's cases, except:
(I) if the allegations of a petition filed under paragraph (a)(l) of 45.0115 are denied, the study may not be made until the Court has entered an order of adjudication as provided in 45.0335; and
(2) the study and investigation in all adoptions is made under 45.0421.
(b) For the purpose of determining proper disposition of a child, written reports and other material relating to the child's mental, physical, and social history may be received and considered by the Court along with other evidence; but the Court, if so requested by the child, his parent or guardian, or other interested party, shall require that the person who wrote the report or prepared the material appear as a witness and be subject to both direct and cross-examination. In the absence of the request, the Court may order the person who prepared the report or other material to appear if it finds that the interest of the child, his parent or guardian, or other party to the proceedings so requires.
(c) The Court shall inform the child, his parent, or legal guardian, or other interested party of the right of cross-examination concerning any written report or other material as specified by subsection (b).History: 1980, PL 16-71 § 1
Research Guide: CRS 19-1-108, 21 ASC 2902.


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Cinderella ran out of fairy dust.
The Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, who entered the NCAA tournament as an obscure 15th seed and made a historic run to the Sweet Sixteen, lost to their cross-state opponent Florida on Friday, 62-50.
The Eagles, who electrified the tournament with their alley-oops and exuberant style of play, began the game in similar fashion, dunking their way to a 15-4 lead. But the team that coined the term Dunk City began to fall apart about midway through the first half, when third-seeded Florida ended a spate of poor shooting and spun the momentum around. The Gators embarked on a 16-2 run and ended the half with a 30-26 lead.
In the second half, Florida picked up where it left off, extending its lead. At the same time, FGCU went cold. The Eagles, who were only in their second year of Division 1 competition, fumbled possessions, tossed airballs, even missed a dunk or two. The magic that made them the only 15th seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen had expired. For the first time in the tournament, they looked spent.
Florida, meanwhile, won despite shooting only 37.5 percent from the field. They moved on to the Elite Eight for the third straight year. This time they'll play Michigan, who upset Kansas in overtime earlier in the evening.


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Poll Recap: Tractor Tendencies
- Sep 24, 2013
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Of the 530 voters, 63% said they own a tractor, while 10% said they borrow a tractor if they need one.
Photo: Kevin Thompson/The Horse
In last week's online poll, TheHorse.com asked about your tendencies when you need a tractor for tough horse-related chores. Five hundred thirty readers responded, and we've tallied the results.
Of the 530 voters, 334 (63%) said they own a tractor, so they simply turn the key and go. Another 51 respondents (10%) said they borrow a tractor from their neighbors or friends, and 19 voters (4%) said they'll rent one if the need arises. Seventy-six readers (14%) said they do without a tractor, while the remaining 50 voters (9%) said they have no need for one. Additionally, 57 respondents provided comments about their individual situations.
Some respondents described their tractors and how they use them regularly:
- "Could not run a 10 horse barn without my tractor. It saves me hours of work each week."
- "All our tractors are antique but still run like a charm!"
- "Three different kinds so I always have the right one for the job."
- "Couldn't survive without my tractor! Got one big enough to move round (hay) rolls."
- "We have an old Ford that has a loader which is invaluable to the operation of our farm."
- "We have a small garden tractor that we haul and empty manure with."
- "I use my lawn tractor with a cart for heavy jobs, up to a point. I hire a man with a tractor for other jobs."
Others shared how they make do without their own tractor:
- "I hook up the Belgian horse."
- "I borrow the neighbor along with the tractor. He gets the work done much faster."
- "I live on an Amish farm, so we use Shires or mules."
- "I'm a boarder but I do see the need for a working tractor at all facilities."
- "I use a four wheeler and hand tools."
- "We have a farm truck."
And others are simply hoping and dreaming for a tractor in their future:
- "If wishes were horses, I would buy one!"
- "Wish I could afford one. It would be nice to have but I do without."
- "Would love to have one, but there are other equipment items I need more."
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Erica Larson, News Editor
Erica Larson, news editor, holds a degree in journalism with an external specialty in equine science from Michigan State University in East Lansing. A Massachusetts native, she grew up in the saddle and has dabbled in a variety of disciplines including foxhunting, saddle seat, and mounted games. Currently, Erica competes in eventing with her OTTB, Dorado.
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Yeah, I noticed his aim when he got bored one day in the house and he threw an apple from one side of the kitchen to the living room. He used to not be able to control his distance but now he just looks at his target and throws and well, it's almost inevitable that he hits his target.
*throws cherry pie*


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gah i wish there were more seconds on the clock & gallo made those 3 free throws way earlier in the game(idk if that would have mattered,but yeah)...
They've been calling taunting all year. Refs had to blow a technical on Pierce for his victory lap. Bad non-call.
Felton got his arm ripped off by Allen; Two terrbile charging calls on us, and then we didn't get one; Gallo raped going in for the dunk. All in the 4th.
NO RESPECT. On our home court. Just another exemple how refs determine who wins or not by their whistles.
props to Stat, 39 pts against one of the best D in the league is heroic. Str8 up beast.
I reserve any additional comments until I can collect my thoughts......
This is why I stay in for these types of games.
I couldn't control myself right now in a public sports bar if there were are BOS homers around.
****. Pierce stopping Amare one time on the inside and then hitting that ****.
We made like one play that hurts in retro. But it was understandable and **** happens. STAT got a little jump shot happy on our 3rd to last possession when we had Gallo and Will wide open on the outside. But what can you say....He was a dominant beast of a force.
Boston Cripples needed a rare stop on Amare, a tough shot to ice, and a 1/10th a second to hold a win and lose.
And we beat their asses down physically all game. We started a new war, and we will finish it.
This in Year 1, mid season, of the New Knick Order. League hold on.
I hate Paul Pierce. He's a ****en *******. Piece of ****, dickhole ****face retard leperachuan ****faced asslicking scumbag stupid retarded idiotic ****hole dickhole *******! ....**** face....stupid....Bitchface...
who would you guys rather see in the first round: Boston, Miami, or Orlando?
piece can suck my dick, i hate em. least favorite player in the league. were definitely back though the game was exciting and we put up a fight and the C's were playing from behind. im proud of how we played lets come out with a chip on our shoulder and beat the heat on friday.
DaTPRiNCE...That EGYPTiAN Fella, #MeloMafia
I didn't see Rupaul's victory lap. I jumped out of my couch and took a quick lap around the apartment after the shot.
Felton got straight up sexually molested by Allen though and they didn't call ****. Probably bc player before Garknee was bitching to them about a 50/50 no-call. Ironically that **** got the possession and points regardless....


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Tuesday, March 19: The career fair will bring together firms seeking full time and summer internship employment with students interested in careers in water/wastewater professions.
Tuesday, March 19: Posters share the results of students' and young professionals' work and research. All poster contest participants get free conference registration and lunch for the day. The drinking water 1st place winner will compete against other Section winners at ACE13, whereas the 2nd place winner will receive a $250 cash prize. The wastewater 1st and 2nd place winners will receive cash prizes of $200 and $100, respectively.
Wednesday March 20: This track will feature a key note speaker of topic of interest and student and young professional presentations on a range of water and wastewater topics.


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NBC Sports analyst Mike Milbury apologized Monday for a wide-ranging series of negative comments about Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and a sexist comment about coach Dan Bylsma.
"I reached out to (team president) David Morehouse and the Penguins about the comments I made yesterday on Philadelphia radio. In hindsight, I realize what I said was inappropriate and wrong, and I want to apologize to the Penguins organization and their fans," Milbury said in a statement released by NBC.
— MORE PENS-FLYERS: Briere says Vitale 'was trying to hurt me'
Milbury predictably ruffled feathers when, in a segment on 94WIP, he ripped Crosby for his role in instigating Sunday's brawl, joked about Crosby's ongoing issues with concussions and said Bylsma should have "taken off his skirt" when Flyers coach Peter Laviolette and Penguins assistant Tony Granato were yelling at each other.
Around the same time Milbury's statement was released, Crosby addressed the remarks at Pittsburgh's morning skate in Boston. "You can twist something a certain way, and he's obviously shown he's more than capable of doing that," Crosby told reporters, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The situation between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh escalated after Bylsma, in response to Brayden Schenn's crosscheck of Crosby, matched his checking line against the Flyers' top line in the closing minutes. Center Joe Vitale leveled Flyers forward Danny Briere with a hard, clean hit, and the situation devolved from there. Milbury's issue, at least initially, was with what Crosby did to Schenn before the crosscheck.
"Little Goody Two-Shoes (Crosby) goes into the corner and gives a shot to Schenn. Schenn was late to the party, he should have turned around and drilled him right away, but I guess better late than never," said Milbury.
"So you know, Crosby gets crosschecked, big whoop. He said after he came back from his 35th concussion, 'I'm not going to do this anymore, I'm not going to get into these scrums, I'm going to stay away from that stuff.' He couldn't help himself because there's a little punk in Crosby.
"He's not the perfect gentleman. He's not the sweet kid you see in interviews with his hat pulled down over his eyes. I'd say screw him, hit him."
On Tuesday, Penguins GM Ray Shero said Milbury's comments about Crosby's concussions crossed a line.
"It's fine to have an opinion on players but when you're making light of concussions, that's not right," Shero told ESPN.com. "I've gone through this with my own kid (who had a concussion), obviously we've gone through it as a team with Sidney Crosby and saw what it took for him to battle back from it over the past year, there's nothing funny about post-concussion syndrome.
"I don't think it would have been very funny had he made fun of (concussed Flyers captain) Chris Pronger in that light. There's nothing funny about (former Flyers captain) Keith Primeau having to retire from it. This is an issue that is at the forefront of our league right now and to make light of these concussions is a real lame attempt at humor. He should know better than this."
Crosby on Tuesday agreed with at least part of what Milbury said.
"As far as me slashing someone, that's hockey. I guess I'm not a gentleman out there on the ice sometimes, I'll say that," Crosby said, adding that he hasn't taken a penalty in a scrum since returning from another round of concussion-like symptoms in March.
"If you are to dissect everything and show my response to certain things sometimes, yeah, I do do things out there. But they're usually in response to two or three things that were done to me prior to that."
Milbury, who in December had criminal charges over an on-ice confrontation with a 12-year-old youth hockey player dismissed, added that Laviolette's behavior wasn't unusual—and took that opportunity to rip Bylsma.
"It's not totally uncommon I can remember being on such a perch, or at least trying to climb over the boards to get at somebody to make a point. And I thought Dan Bylsma should have taken off his skirt and gone over there," the former NHL defenseman, coach and GM said.
Milbury's no stranger to sexist remarks; last season, in an attempt to question the Vancouver Canucks' toughness, he referred to brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin as "Thelma and Louise."


text: The last time Arcade Fire made it to Columbus was in October 2007 with LCD Soundsystem. Since then, they've released The Suburbs and won multiple awards, including Grammy for Album of the Year. This time around, their tour took them to a hockey arena on the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis, so we made the trek to our neighboring state this past Wednesday for Arcade Fire's show with the National.


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Is there room for wildlife as Africa grapples with development?
The reported crash of wildlife populations in the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya is the most well-publicised example of a crisis that's unfolding throughout East Africa.
The region's 'Big Five' species and other wildlife are currently facing their most serious crisis in modern times. Significant populations of elephants, lions, rhinoceros and other species are on the decline, threatening not only the regions fragile ecosystems but also economic livelihoods that depend on ecotourism revenue. Elephant populations are particularly vulnerable.
Following the 1989 ban on ivory, the poaching of sub-Saharan African's elephant population was reduced to a mere trickle. However, over the past couple years there has been dramatic increase in poaching activities and a sharp decline in elephant populations.
In May this year, a shipment of 115 pieces of illegal ivory (packed into 13 metal boxes and weighing 1,304 kilograms) was seized at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The ivory was destined to Lagos, Nigeria purportedly from the Brunei and Papua New Guinea Embassies in Nairobi.
Article continues: http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/natural_world/1152619/is_there_room_for_wildlife_as_africa_grapples_with_development.html
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Napoli sits with sore foot; Victorino's day off nixed
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
BOSTON -- Shane Victorino was out of the lineup for Saturday's game, and then he wasn't.
Mike Napoli came in with a sore left foot, and that led manager John Farrell to make some tweaks to his batting order.
Victorino, who has been dealing with left hamstring weakness for a large portion of the season, started in right field and batted second. Daniel Nava, originally slated to bat second and play right field, batted sixth and played left. Mike Carp, who was going to start in right field, instead started at first.
Napoli, who has slumped mightily in recent weeks, got a day off.
"It's something [Napoli has] been dealing with for quite some time and aggravated it last night on that double," Farrell said. "So when he came in today, [we] just felt like he needs a day down, at a minimum. It's in that plantar fasciitis area of the front foot."
While it would be easy to draw the conclusion of a correlation between Napoli's foot ailment and his slump, Farrell isn't sure there is one.
"No, I can't say that it's caused his swing to be less aggressive or it's caused him to not hit from a more powerful base," Farrell said. "Like I said, it's something he's been dealing with, but he has not expressed that as being a reason to why some of the streaks he's experienced."
As for Victorino, a day off on Saturday was viewed more as a luxury than a necessity.
"We're just kind of keeping the pulse of how guys are feeling physically and just building in a day when needed. Sometimes that's not afforded," Farrell said.
How much is the hamstring bothering the switch-hitting Victorino?
"Enough for him to hit from the right side of the plate against right-handed pitching as well," Farrell said. "It's more, again, trying to create the power base that we talked about from a hitter's standpoint. As far as his range in the outfield or ability to run the bases, that hasn't shown in those areas."
Buchholz throws with hitters in box, feels 'good'
BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz had his most intensive bullpen session yet during his recovery, as hitters stood in the box during a 60-65 pitch session before Saturday's game against the Yankees.
The right-hander, who has been out since June 9 with a right bursa sac strain, will throw a simulated game next time around, either on the West Coast with the Red Sox or at Triple-A Pawtucket in preparation for a Minor League rehab assignment.
"I had hitters in today, so I got more comfortable the more I threw to a hitter," Buchholz said. "Obviously the next step is to get some live swings off of me and see how that goes. I'm willing to do whatever they want me to do and whatever I have to do to get better."
Getting Buchholz back for the stretch run should be a huge boost for the Red Sox, particularly if he resembles the form he had earlier in the season, going 9-0 with a 1.72 ERA in 12 starts.
"Yeah, today was good," Buchholz said. "More intense today, more pitches. Everything went good."
Ross on target to return to Red Sox on Monday
BOSTON -- David Ross was set to catch for Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday for the second straight day, his final step before he receives clearance to join the Red Sox for their six-game West Coast road trip that begins Monday in San Francisco.
Though Ross is 1-for-12 thus far in his rehab assignment, that won't make the Red Sox hesitate to activate their invaluable backup catcher, who was sidelined with his second concussion of the season.
"Well, we fully expect the timing to be a work in progress, getting back to it," said manager John Farrell. "The fact that he'd be ready to go physically and get through consecutive [games of] nine innings of catching today, these are things that are all being considered. The one thing that we don't want to do is delay his return.
"Sixteen to 18 at-bats, that's going to be some to get his timing back. As long as there is no residual effect of the concussion coming out of today, we feel like it's time to get him back to us."
The return of Ross would be particularly beneficial for Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who has had a heavy workload since Ross went down.
Remy offers condolences to family of slain woman
BOSTON -- Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy put out a statement on Twitter a day after reports came out that his son Jared was arrested for allegedly murdering girlfriend Jennifer Martel.
"My thoughts and prayers go out to Jenn Martel and her family. Words cannot describe my wife's and my grief.
"Son or not, I am at a loss for words articulating my disgust and remorse over this senseless and tragic act. We are heartbroken,
"Jerry Remy."
Jerry Remy, who played for his hometown Red Sox from 1978-84 and has been broadcasting their games on NESN since 1988, will not be on the team's upcoming six-game West Coast road trip. There is no word yet on a potential return date for Remy. Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley has been filling in.
Worth noting
• Second baseman Dustin Pedroia celebrated his 30th birthday on Saturday. Before the game, there was a cake in the middle of the clubhouse with a Bigfoot caricature. Pedroia has made it known that he believes in Bigfoot. There were also balloons covering the top of his locker.
• Lefty reliever Matt Thornton threw a bullpen sessions at roughly 85-percent intensity on Friday and could return soon from his right oblique injury.
• With a Sunday night game against the Yankees, the Red Sox won't fly to San Francisco until Monday morning. Boston opens its six-game West Coast swing against the Giants and Dodgers on Monday night.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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How does it compare to Switch [cpan.org]?
That module seems to do a better Job at simulating the classic switch style but uses a source filter. Your module could probably benefit a lot from the & prototype. Or is there a reason you didnt use prototypes?
How does it compare to Switch [cpan.org]?
I'd like to think that in terms of complexity S::P is a simpler module because it uses Perl's native syntax. It also has an extensible smart matching system, so it can be used with your own objects. The main intention of the module is in the name - a perlish implementation of switch, so it should be subject to all the wonderful features and quirks of perl.
That module seems to do a better Job at simulating the classic switch style but uses a source
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I very much like modules which have a section on how they differ from similar preexisting modules. It shows the author didn't just mindlessly go to work. Of course, in case of
Switch::Perlish I know enough about the competition to know exactly why you did what you did (great job, btw! neat ways to exploit the native syntax), but not everyone might have that benefit.
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J&J, Calvert, BMW & Others Found Sustainable Action Council
Last week a new multi-stakeholder group was formed, dubbed the Stewardship Action Council, to provide a cross-functional collaboration space for the business, investment, governmental and NGO communities to come together and drive sustainable business practices forward.
The group's main goals are to create a multi-stakeholder learning network, creating collaborative partnerships to address local and regional environmental, social and economic challenges, advancing sustainability performance and recognizing and sharing outcomes.
To achieve those goals, the SAC has set up six working groups for its members:
- Communications Work Group – to develop and share organizational communication materials
- Learning Network Work Group – to create a Multi Stakeholder Learning Network
- Collaborative Partnership Work Group – to create collaborative partnerships to address local and regional environmental, social, and economic challenges
- Advancing Sustainability Performance Work Group – to advance sustainability performance by providing resources and tools to help all member organizations improve performance (Adopt Sustainability Performance Standard)
- Recognizing and Sharing Outcomes Work Group – to encourage, recognize, and share successful results of our membership
- Member Development Work Group – to promote participation in SAC
Participating members of the council will also set measurable goals and report upon them publicly. The concept behind the collaboration is that while each group may be facing different sets of challenges, the diverse members can generate solutions to those challenges facing each individual group.
Article continues: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/Calvert--J-amp-amp-J--BMW--amp-amp--Others-Found-Sustainable-Action-Council/465.html


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This is a story I have been meaning to tell for a while. Thanks for the challenge Carol.
Some things are just unexplainable.... it's what we, ourselves, believe at the end of the day....
(...even if it's just to make ourselves feel better...)
Credits to come... all DD
Dad had terminal cancer.... he was at home, in the end, for his palliative care and we had a personal support worker and a nurse come on a regular basis to tend to his needs. When the nurse knew he was in the last stages, she told mom to call the family to say our goodbyes. I was already there, as I came every weekend and the girls got last minute flights out from B.C. and came home that night, Friday January 27th. The 5 of us gathered in dad's room and although he didn't seem to be awake, I know he knew we were all there. We laughed, we cried, we talked, we reminisced, we found comfort in our stories, our childhood memories and each other. Reluctantly we all went to bed about 4:30am, with dad sleeping peacefully, aided by his morphine patch and oxygen.
The following morning Kimberley went in to check on dad at 7:30am, and give him his medication, but he was still sleeping. When she went back in to check on him about 8:00am, he was gone....passing quietly and painlessly in his sleep. Later that morning, when Kristi called Wells, to tell him dad had passed away, he gave us goose bumps by telling her the story of what had happened at the house the night before.
Wells had lived in Victoria B.C. all his life and he said they had a windstorm on Friday night, the likes of which he had never seen before. Their son Donovan was very restless and wouldn't settle down to go to sleep & was up and down out of bed all night. Finally, Wells said he got a book and was reading Donovan a story to try to settle him down, but he had to read by flashlight because the power had gone out. All of a sudden, Donovan looked up, staring down the hall into the darkness and said to Wells, "daddy ghost coming", Wells not understanding Donovan, said "what, goat coming?", and Donovan shaking his head and repeating himself said "no daddy, ghost coming". Wells told Kristi it never occurred to him that he said ghost, as Donovan was only just over 2 years old, and wouldn't have known what a ghost was, or probably even heard the word before. Wells told Kristi it was about 5:00am in B.C., which would have been 8:00am our time....
Dad, grew up in Chilliwack B.C., and always said he wanted to move back to the west coast, but with his work and mom's family being in the area, Brooklin is where they stayed. I always knew part of his heart was out there though. Before dad passed, I had been meaning to tell
him to send me a sign, when he was gone, to let me know he was OK. I never did get the chance, but with that incident, I took that as a sign, that dad was alright and back out west.... where he wanted to be.... Love and miss you dad.... every single day!
Larrington Porter Blyth Aug. 27, 1930-Jan. 28, 2006


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Paranoid or protective? Parents bemused by threat of jail for leaving children home alone
Despite declining crime rates in most Western societies, parenting experts say anxiety around children's safety has never been higher. The term "nanny state" is no longer just metaphorical: in Victoria this week, penalties for leaving children under 16 unattended are set to increase, with the government proposing a doubling of the maximum jail sentence, from three to six months. Fines will increase by two-thirds, to $3690.
Though triggered by a rise in ambulance call-outs for young children left in cars, the penalties have a wider application for kids and teens left at home, walking the streets alone or catching public transport unsupervised. A spokeswoman for the Minister for Children and Childhood Development, Wendy Lovell, says the offence of "leaving a child without adequate supervision for an unreasonable amount of time, without making reasonable provisions for the child" is determined on a "case by case basis and subject to individual circumstances".
Between January 2010 and December 2012, 76 people were sentenced for leaving children unattended, according to the department. The spokeswoman was unable to break down the figures by context.
So what are parents to think - and do?
For Lenore Skenazy, a New York-based speaker and author of Free-Range Kids, this is government grandstanding, symptomatic of a paranoia about children's safety. "It's part of the overarching belief that any moment a child is not directly supervised, generally by the mother or the school, they are in grave danger," she says. "I know that every year children die in cars, but actually more children die getting run over by cars [and in car accidents]. The time a mother is most guilty of putting her child in danger is the minute she decides to drive the child anywhere."
Skenazy wants children to be as independent as possible: to walk or ride to school alone at around age seven; to go to the playground alone at age nine, and to head into town unaccompanied when they're mature enough. Her teenage son was at Times Square with a friend when she spoke to Fairfax Media. "If you have a hysterical population who thinks children are in constant danger, the courts are going to be interpreting it like that too. If you're arresting parents because something bad could happen, well you can jail anybody. Right now my son is out with another kid and they're in Manhattan and it's dark. They could be murdered. They won't be, but should you be jailing me?"
Professor Susan Sawyer is the director for adolescent health at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. She supports punitive action for people who leave children in cars. "Given the rapid risk of fatalities it's very appropriate that leaving children in cars is illegal in every state in Australia. I'm fully supportive of that."
It's deciding when to grant children more independence that tensions and ambiguities arise. "The more challenging side is for parents to balance those notions of providing what we think of as scaffolding – physical and emotional safety and wellbeing – while knowing that life is a really important teacher," Professor Sawyer says. "We can talk about the average ages that kids might do particular things but there are adolescents who are going to handle more responsibility at a certain age than others. This is a space where a one-sized-fits-all approach is not helpful. We need to support parents in that tricky balance. My personal opinion is that legislation is not helpful." Education that empowers parents to engage with their teens on decision-making, like the Raising Children's Network website, she says, is more useful.
Majella Lewis, a teacher from Ballarat, has three children, each with different aspirations for independence. Her eldest daughter, Sophie, 18, "was always pushing the boundaries, always wanting more independence", which sometimes created conflict. Lewis's son, Abe, 16, doesn't mind being alone at home, but her youngest, Chelsea, 15, is uncomfortable being home alone or catching public transport by herself. Chelsea says the combination of living out of town, and a past house burglary, makes her feel a bit on edge. Fortunately, her parents and grandfather are constantly around and contactable, but other kids she knows must get themselves around and stay home alone because of their parents' work.
"I have one friend whose dad works two jobs and her mum works full-time as well," Chelsea says. "Her brother rides home and can be there until 10pm on his own. He's only nine. He's fairly confident but I guess he has to be."
Majella Lewis says it's a delicate balance. "You don't want to stifle them; you want them to be independent and move into the world with confidence. I know Chelsea's not comfortable being by herself in certain situations and I don't want her to be scared, however I want her to develop some independence, so it's about taking baby-steps." (One of those baby-steps happened the day Fairfax Media arranged to photograph Chelsea: she was planning to travel to Melbourne from Ballarat with her friends for the day - and hadn't yet asked her parents.)
Professor Sawyer says introducing independence gradually works well. "One of the nice examples is graduated licences" - where teens gain their learner's permit, build up supervised experience on the road, and obtain a probationary licence at 18. "But even then it doesn't mean they can get in the car and do all the same things as a more experienced driver."
Lewis says most parents use common sense and that she takes little notice of laws pertaining to supervision. "I look at rules like that and think they only count for those extreme parents who leave kids in cars when they go to the casino. I don't think it's for the everyday person, but equally I don't know if this law is trying to make everyday parents like us more aware. Perhaps it is."
Daryl Higgins, deputy director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies, says in most areas of social policy, legislation is matched with education. He points to drinking as one policy that gets the balance right. "We don't just say the rule or law is that you can't serve alcohol to someone under 18. We provide education about the harms from drinking. We speak to young people in schools. We ban the promotion of alcohol at sporting events."
In the area of parental supervision, however, he is not aware of any educational programs that support the legislation.
Yet he defends the much-maligned nanny state, arguing as social support systems fail to keep pace with the changing face of family life, there is an important role for the government. "Cost of living pressures, the changing nature of work and work availability, the location of work - all these kinds of factors go into disrupting what otherwise might be a sense of communal responsibility for the upbringing and the safety of children."
If people are investigated for possible breaches of the law, taking the context into account is essential, Dr Higgins argues. Intent is important, particularly in cases where, for example, poorer parents want to provide a safe environment for their children but don't have the resources for formal childcare and are forced to leave them unsupervised for periods of time.
Warren Cann, chief executive of the Parenting Research Centre, says while some major behavioural changes - such as using seatbelts in cars - are triggered by legislation, education campaigns are often more effective.
"Think of SIDS. Putting kids on their backs is universal practice, and didn't need to be legislated," Mr Cann says.
"We don't put parents in jail if their kids are caught on the beach without a sunhat."
Useful link: http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/leaving_children_home_alone.html
Julia May is a Melbourne writer. Twitter: @juliacmaybe
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The three senior officers overseeing Maj. Jason Brezler's administrative hearing here were charged with determining whether he demonstrated substandard conduct by improperly handling classified documents. But they also were asked to consider how Brezler's case played out in the media.
Brezler was lionized in the mainstream press after details of his case were first reported by Marine Corps Times in August. CNN, Fox News and outlets in Brezler's native New York City published extensive accounts of his service and how he had sought to alert fellow Marines about the danger posed by a crooked Afghan cop whose teenage "tea boy" would later be accused of murdering three Marines aboard a coalition base in Helmand province. These reports, as well as those produced by Marine Corps Times, were aided by materials and interviews provided by Brezler's attorney, Kevin Carroll.
Displeasure among Marine brass became evident when emails surfaced from Lt. Gen. Richard Mills, who as the head of Marine Forces Reserve oversaw the Marine Corps' handling of this case. "Unfortunately, Maj. Brezler/civilian defense counsel has decided to try his case in the press," Mills wrote in October to five generals, including the service's commandant. "... We have responded appropriately and will ensure that Maj. Brezler has a full and fair [board of inquiry]."
At Marine Corps headquarters, leaders were dismayed by the media attention this case and others have received in recent months. In such matters, the Marine Corps often declines comment — or says very little — because there are open investigations. Ahead of Brezler's hearing, there was concern about the perception such stories create among the public and among junior Marines.
On Dec. 19, after three days of proceedings, the officers overseeing his hearing recommended that Brezler be separated from the Marine Corps with an honorable discharge, thus ending his military career.
Brezler's attorneys argued he had taken home classified documents by mistake and didn't realize he had them until his email about the Afghan cop raised concern among the officers who received it. When Brezler was warned he had mishandled the information, he reported himself to his superiors.
But it was disclosed during his hearing that, on Brezler's computer, investigators found a book manuscript containing some of the classified information about his experiences in Afghanistan.
Mills declined to comment on the outcome of Brezler's hearing because, despite the board's recommendation he be discharged, a course of action has not been finalized. However, he told Marine Corps Times "I think every defendant should have full access to their complete bank of rights, however that is defined."
During preliminary questioning, all three of the members of the board acknowledged they had read news stories about Brezler but said they hadn't spent much time absorbing the details. As the hearing progressed, the panel was reminded multiple times by government attorney Maj. Chip Hodge that Brezler was "shaping his story through the media," determined to get a certain result.
When he testified at the end of his hearing, Brezler said he was uncomfortable with the press attention and had not spoken to any media outlet, referring to Carroll all questions or requests for comment. Hodge then went around the room and distributed copies of a photo of Brezler taken by Marine Corps Times the night prior, with assistance and coordination from Marine public affairs officers.
Brezler acknowledged he had been asked to take the photo and consented.
"Did anyone restrain you?" Hodge said.
Later, in closing arguments, Hodge pulled up a Web page showing Google search results for Brezler's name. The board's officers, he said, had a responsibility, based on "general deterrence," to deliver a ruling that would set a precedent in classification cases.
"This country does not take this stuff lightly. But I do want to address that this case is being followed closely," he said. "There are likely millions of people around the country waiting for your decision. Do we want good military character to trump military actions?"
Col. Francis Piccoli, the head of public affairs for Marine Forces Reserve, questioned the way Carroll had presented Brezler's case to the media. Marine Corps Times reviewed emails sent in August from Carroll to Piccoli and others saying he would rather see the board of inquiry canceled than "fight this out in the press." The same day, he sent a link to a story about Brezler that appeared in the New York Daily News.
Carroll said he sent the emails while serving as senior counsel to the House Homeland Security Committee; his firm began representing Brezler Sept. 13.
"Depending on the level of one's exposure to the civilian attorney's media engagement, I contend that [Brezler's] position may have been undermined because people with integrity and character don't pursue a media advocacy program prior to an administrative hearing," Piccoli said, stressing his opinion does not represent that of the Marine Corps. "I believe the respondent did not participate in this tactic, but by virtue of his legal counsel doing so, it presupposes the perception of cooperation."
However, he added that it is unclear how much exposure the board's officers had to media coverage and how much it influenced their decision-making.
Asked about Piccoli's perspective, Carroll, who represented Brezler pro bono, provided the following statement: "The Board members stated during voir dire that they had minimal exposure to news stories about Jason Brezler. And their duty was to make a decision on the basis of the facts presented at his hearing. If that was not the case, the board's result may be invalid."


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No LA qualifying offers; Wilson among free agents
Dodgers remain interested in bringing back reliever, others with right contract
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers did not make qualifying offers to any of their free agents Monday, so they will not be entitled to compensation Draft picks for any of those players that sign elsewhere.
The free agents are: Chris Capuano, Mark Ellis, Jerry Hairston, J.P. Howell, Carlos Marmol, Ricky Nolasco, Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker, Juan Uribe, Edinson Volquez, Brian Wilson and Michael Young.
Players the club seems to have the most interest in are Nolasco, Punto, Ellis, Uribe and Wilson.
Salary and length of contract are likely to be issues with Nolasco -- who would be the fourth starter in Los Angeles -- and Wilson, who would be a setup man despite his desire to close. Nolasco was not subject to a qualifying offer because he was traded during the season.
Punto is a gritty role player with shortstop tools, Uribe resurrected his career at a position that is very thin in free agents, and Ellis would provide a fallback if Cuban Alexander Guerrero isn't ready.
Clubs have exclusive negotiating rights with their free agents until 9 p.m. PT on Monday, after which any club can sign any free agent.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I have been checking out the main Rally page waiting to find out what day the GS ride may be but with no luck. The reason I would like to know as soon as possible is because I want to go whitewater rafting on Thursday, but my husband wants to make sure he doesn't miss the GS ride. Can you enlighten me on the dates yet?


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k, this is more as in i'm curious in how its done, and i'm ready for the bad feedback you are all gonna flame towards me :].. but maybe i'll get an answer
well yea, I was wondering how the hacks used for games actually work. well, the multiplayer ones atleast.
i understand that in a single player type game, you can look for where it's saved in memory location, and then edit it,
but what about multiplayer? how does the whole thing work


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Remember, Glasses, you can throw on first down.
I wanna see the new guy bell a bit
every game is a night game to sparano
Nice Sanchez pass for the 1st.
Just get a FG and try to go into the 4th Qtr up by two scores. No way Schitty can get 2 scores in the 4th qtr.
anyone else hearing the beer vendor saying "last call" real loud in the background???
Wow not having tebow in every other play has made a difference huh guys...
Another nice pass for 1st there.
Offense looks good
Schillin catches the ball like he his scared
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#RL Jets CB Aaron Berry has a quadriceps injury. His return to this game is questionable.


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How is this new?
And this is revolutionary why?????
Oh right - because it says HP on the box and obviously it's not a standard configuration until HP follow the rest of the herd.
Nothing new here, move along......
It appears that HP is getting ready to announce two revolutionary EVA arrays, abandoning its proprietary EVA controller design and using SAS drives for the first time. HP's Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) is its mid-range departmental storage array, placed between the workgroup and branch office MSA product and the enterprise …
And this is revolutionary why?????
Oh right - because it says HP on the box and obviously it's not a standard configuration until HP follow the rest of the herd.
Nothing new here, move along......
on a pig.
Cheaper and nastier, come on HP you are renound for good quality, 2.5inch sas drives should not be used in a SAN enviroment of EVA size, ur going after customers who want an EVA but dont want to pay the money for one, what they will end up with is basically just a server and some disks, with all the inherent lack of redundancy that brings. Hurd really is taking HP down the pan... Glug glug glug.
Most storage arrays are a pair of servers and some disks packaged as an appliance - IBM's high end DS8000 is a couple of pSeries servers and some disks. IBM's SVC is a couple of Intel servers acting as virtualisation engines. NetApp filers are a couple of servers fronting disks. So not sure what your point is. It sounds like HP are developing a commoditised back end and a scale out front end which sounds interesting to me. The opportunity to have one cost effective infrastructure that I can scale cheaply, and give whatever characteristics I want, sounds good. It sounds like the Netapp Unified storage message without it costing the earth and without it running like a dog when you mix workloads.
And plenty of manufacturers are running SAS drives in their arrays now. And it doesn't say whether the new arrays will replace or sit alongside existing EVA's.
@Man Mountain; LHN, Ibrix, Polyserve, MSA, XP, and now an EVA that isn't like the current EVA; unified how, exactly?
One of the first things the article discusses is the potential for a single environment that is capable of serving all an organisations requirements - a controller layer, a disk layer and a software layer. So a single, consistent set of commoditised hardware building blocks reducing the costs associated with storage because of the sorts of economies of scale that HP can drive, and the ability to run different application layers on the controllers to give the single storage 'lump' a variety of identities. That would be hugely flexible in my opinion. To me, a single converged infrastructure that can deliver the same functionality that would require a number of different solutions now is pretty unified. You can see this moving towards a genuine one solution will suit all approach - you want extreme performance you buy lots of 'cheap' controllers and faster disks and run EVA or LH identities on the controllers. You want content storage you buy less controllers and slower disks and run Ibrix on the controllers. And it wouldn't be beyond belief to have flexiblity to move identities around to suit changing workloads, maybe even dynamically. And because you have n+1 controllers, you wouldn't get the contention issues you get with solutions like NetApp when they try to be all things to all men. Sounds good to me.


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The Red Rock Mountian Campground http://www.redrockcampground.com/ will be open for motorcycle campers. Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/62730586@N07/ The cost is $10 per motorcycle camper. The group camp area is close in size to Willville with satellite campsites around the group area (yes you can ride your GS bike to them). There are 13 cabins available starting at $50. These are the daily rates for any time of the year. RVs welcome. Covered MC parking for 40 bikes.
Womens bathhouse 3 shower 4 toilets, Mens bathouse 4 shower 3 toilets. I may have that backwards. The Red Rock Corner Store (570) 925-5648 is a 5 minute walk for great hoaiges (call ahead before you walk), they also have fuel. The Rickettes Glenn Hotel http://www.rickettsglenhotel.net/ is a two minute ride, they also sell six packs BEER to go . The Ricketts Glen State Parkhttp://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/statepar...kettsglen.aspx (NO BEER!) is a three minute ride. The water falls, there are 22 of them, and they are the nicest little water falls you will find in the east. Bring your hiking shoes and camera gear.
Distance to BMWMOA Rally site gate is 27.1 mile about a 40 minute ride through Bloomsburg. Did it at 5:30 tonight, but I did stop at Turkey Hill Brewing for a very nice porter. Ride time is 33 munites. There are many ways to the rally site that could be alot of fun. There are 4 nice loops from The Red Rock Mountian Campground, 65 to 110 miles. I have not driven them all on the RT, but I will report has I do ride them. http://ridewithgps.com/users/32685 There are GS areas but I am but a lost soul with a RT and know not of dirt. I am sure there are local dual sport people in the area that could answer those questions.
north 41deg 17.447
west 076deg 18.189
Elev: 1224 ft
If you can pitch a tent at Red Rock the cost is $10, no reservations needed EVER. That inclueds some of the nicest nicest pieces of asphalt in the state.
This would be a fine base camp for motorcycle training or smaller group rides, no matter dirt or the road slap.
There is a on site SmokeHouse BB-Q (Texas Style BAR-R-Q; 570 925 6962) that does very fine work. If enough riders reserved a camping in the group site, Smokehouse might be able to open for a mid week crowd depending upon thier other cartering jobs.
If enough riders reserved a camping in the group site, Smokehouse might be able to open for a mid week crowd depending upon thier other cartering jobs.
If I sound like I am pumping Red Rock, well I am. What do I gain? Meeting each of you. This area has some of the nicest roads in the state, great eastern water falls, close to the BMWMOA 2011 Rally site (how shall we count the ways?) The best way into the Finger Lakes, best kept motorcycle secret in the state! Food, gas and beer you can walk to on a nice day. SmokeHouse is kick ass! No reservation needed for motorcycle tent camper, EVER. So if you are wondering. What shall I do if I am early for the rally. Then Red Rock could be your answer. After the rally to chill, then Red Rock could be your answer.
I would suggest a evening calling instead of email. Phone #570 925 5039
If you would like info not relate to camping at Red Rock Campground send me a PM.
Gee I hope i got all those links right?


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"Big data represents an unprecedented opportunity for enterprises to extract greater value from their business information, and do so more quickly and collaboratively than ever before," said David Tuhy, General Manager, Intel Storage Group. "The next-generation Isilon S200 and X200 products built with the latest Intel Xeon 5600 processors combine powerful computing with intelligent software to accelerate storage, management and collaboration in the big data era."
With the latest versions of OneFS and SyncIQ, Isilon leverages the hardware advancements of the S200 and X200 to maximum impact with intelligent, automated software that simplifies big data management:
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full balanced pure sound
Excellent speaker. Match the surrounds and center and it can get near perfect. I'd recommend my setup, which uses the DefTech 2002 center channel, which has the same woofers, and Studio 350 in rear, also the same woofers. When cars or dialogue pass around the room there is no change in timber. If you financially need to upgrade one piece at a time, like I did, keep the end in mind, and this is a good way to go. I'm still holding out for the right sub...my sub used to be the star of my system but now it is lagging far behind these speakers in clarity.
Pros: Very clear, balanced, flat/pure. Very visually appealing.
Cons: Pshaw. Not as good as a $1500 speaker:) But better than $1500 speakers that aren't matched well.


text: I have been playing with my APDC for 4 yrs now. Never had any prob with it until I tried a new cross this time. I wonder if this is because of the string switch alone, or is it my swing is slightly changed due to lack of practice. Old set ups - hurricane pro or big banger as main, vs gut cross. All low 50's. Current - hurricane pro main Nvy cross 52lbs.


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Arctic methane catastrophe scenario is based on new empirical observations
Last week, the journal Nature published a new paper warning of a $60 trillion price tag for a potential 50 Gigatonne methane pulse from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS) over 10-50 years this century. The paper, however, prompted many to suggest that its core scenario - as Arctic permafrost thaws it could increasingly unleash dangerous quantities of methane from sub-ice methane hydrates in as quick as a decade - is implausible.
The Washington Post's Jason Samenow argued that "almost everything known and published about methane indicates this scenario is very unlikely." Andrew Revkin of the New York Times (NYT) liberally quoted Samenow among others on "the lack of evidence that such an outburst is plausible." Similarly, Carbon Brief concluded: "The scientists we spoke to suggested the authors have chosen a scenario that's either implausible, or very much at the upper limit of what we can reasonably expect."
Both the Post and NYT quoted Prof David Archer, an expert on ocean sediments and methane at the University of Chicago:
"For methane to be a game-changer in the future of Earth's climate, it would have to degas to the atmosphere catastrophically, on a time scale that is faster than the decadal lifetime of methane in the air. So far no one has seen or proposed a mechanism to make that happen."
Dr Vincent Gauci, a methane expert at Open University, similarly argued:
"It's not a given that all the methane will end up in the atmosphere. Some could be oxidised [broken down] in the water by bacteria, and some could remain in the sediments on the seafloor."
The problem is that these reservations are based on outdated assumptions that sea floor released methane would not make it into the atmosphere - but all the new fieldwork on the levels of methane being released above the ESAS shows this assumption is just empirically wrong.
Atmospheric methane levels in the Arctic are currently at new record highs, averaging about 1900 parts per billion, 70 parts per billion higher than the global average. NASA researchers have found local methane plumes as large as 150 kilometres across - far higher than previously anticipated.
Dr Gavin Schmidt, climate modeller at NASA, was also cited claiming lack of evidence from ice cores of previous catastrophic methane pulses in the Earth's history in the Early Holocene or Eamian, when Arctic temperatures were warmer than today. But the blanket references to the past may well be irrelevant. In the Early Holocene, the ESAS was not an underwater shelf but a frozen landmass, illustrating the pointlessness of this past analogy with contemporary conditions.
Continue reading at ENN affiliate, The Ecologist.
Arctic aerial image via Shutterstock.


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NEW YORK — Blink twice and click your heels, and First Kick of the 16th MLS season will be here. It's that close.
And already preseason camps are in full swing, teams are giving auditions to players from all over the globe, and the pace of league-related news is ramping up accordingly.
This week we got the long-anticipated announcement of conference realignment, the re-signing of the league's second all-time leading scorer, and a hint from a young foreign-born star that he might play internationally for the US, after all.
There was also another star who said he won't play for the US (in their next friendly, anyway), some big doings from MLS alums abroad, and a steady drumbeat of player acquisitions.
Let's have at it.
Houston, We Have No Problem
You knew this one was coming: With this year's additions of franchises in Portland and Vancouver, something had to give in the Western Conference.
That something turned out to be the Houston Dynamo, who were relocated to the Eastern Conference for the upcoming season to create two nine-team conferences in MLS.
[inline_node:314809]As the easternmost team in the Western Conference, the Dynamo were the logical choice to move. They are now the westernmost franchise in the Eastern Conference (but around a mere 38 miles, mind you)—and we appreciate the symmetry.
Speaking of symmetry, MLS teams will still play a balanced schedule, meeting each of the other 17 teams in the league once at home and once on the road for a total of 34 games.
That's why Houston players were relatively unfazed by the shift. "It doesn't really change anything to us," Dynamo defender Andrew Hainault told MLSSoccer.com. "We're going to be playing against each team two times, so I'm not losing sleep over it."
The league also announced new rules regarding rosters and players. Chief among these: Teams can now sign an unlimited number of "home grown" players, and players designated as US domestics will no longer take up international roster spots for franchises based in Canada.
Full Circle
One week after the Galaxy signed their marquee Re-Entry Draft selection (Juan Pablo Ángel), the Columbus Crew landed theirs: Jeff Cunningham, the second-most productive scorer in MLS history.
[inline_node:327211]For Cunningham—who enters the 2011 season with 132 career goals, one fewer than D.C. United legend Jaime Moreno—the move is a homecoming. The 34-year-old striker began his career with Columbus in 1998.
In other Week 10 transactions, San Jose won the lottery for the rights to Generation adidas keeper David Bingham and signed former Montreal Impact midfielder Tony Donatelli, while the LA Galaxy landed 22-year-old Argentine midfielder Miguel Lopez.
Lopez's last club was Quilmes of Argentina, where he was a teammate of LA's first-round SuperDraft selection, Paolo Cardozo.
Stars Realigning
One of Lopez's new teammates, US World Cup hero Landon Donovan, all but removed himself from consideration for the Americans' upcoming friendly against reigning African champions Egypt. He says he needs still more time to rest and refocus himself for the 2011 MLS season after playing pretty much non-stop for the past two years.
[inline_node:324878]That game—scheduled for Feb 9 in Cairo—is still on as of now, but the way things are going politically in Egypt these days, you never know.
Another MLS star who needs to hit the "reset" button is Toronto FC attacker Dwayne De Rosario, who last week pronounced himself "not thrilled" with his situation at TFC. DeRo's statement follows an offseason in which he embarked on an unauthorized training stint with Celtic and then had a loan bid from the Glasgow giants denied by TFC.
The fans and media up in Toronto have not taken kindly to DeRo's antics. But the club recognizes their captain's importance. Director of player development Paul Mariner told MLSsoccer.com's ExtraTime Radio that the club is "exploring every single avenue that we can to come to an amicable agreement."
DOWNLOAD: ExtraTime Radio with guests Dax McCarty (DC) and Paul Mariner (TOR)
Alums Abroad
While there's been a lot of turnover in Toronto, Reds fans haven't forgotten former TFC midfielder Maurice Edu, who made an impression of his own in Glasgow on Sunday. The 2007 MLS Rookie of the Year powered home the first goal in Rangers' 2-1 win over Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup semifinals.
[inline_node:325867]The 2004 MLS Rookie of the Year, Clint Dempsey, was also busy in Europe on Sunday. He continued to raise the bar in the best year of his career at Fulham, earning a penalty and nearly scoring twice for the Cottagers in a 4-0 FA Cup romp over Tottenham.
Onetime MLS wunderkind Freddy Adu advanced to the next phase of his European odyssey this week, finalizing a loan deal with second-division Turkish club Rizespor. Since Benfica bought his rights from Real Salt Lake in 2007, the 21-year-old Adu has had trials in Switzerland (with Sion), Denmark (Randers) and Germany (Ingolstadt), and gone on loan to France (Monaco), Greece (Aris), and now Turkey.
Lastly, and most impressively, former MetroStars midfielder Michael Bradley, who's been with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach since 2008, is also on the move. He's reportedly close to completing a loan to Premier League side Aston Villa.
Zakuani and the Three-Year Plan
Seattle winger Steve Zakuani turned some heads with a great goal in training camp this past week (captured in even greater super slo-mo by the Sounders FC website). Then he raised some eyebrows by saying that the game he played for the Democratic Republic of Congo against Mali back in November did not in fact tie him to Congo's national team.
"It wasn't an official FIFA game," Zakuani told The Seattle Times. "It didn't really tie me down to Congo."
Zakuani suggested the door is still open for him to play for the Yanks, adding "as much as it is a pride decision, it's also a footballing decision. I have to give myself the best chance of advancing my career."
He and his Seattle teammates have a golden chance to advance their careers in the upcoming MLS season. Coach Sigi Schmid told MLSSoccer.com that he has sky-high expectations for his team in 2011. "I said, 'This is year three. We have a core of players [who are starting their third season with the club]. This is the year now that you have got to step forward.'"
After two consecutive US Open Cup titles, Sounders FC are aiming for an MLS Cup title in Year Three.
Recent history shows there's precedent: The past three MLS champions have been led by coaches in their third season with the team—Colorado and Gary Smith, Real Salt Lake and Jason Kreis, and Columbus and . . . wait for it . . . Sigi Schmid!


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Immunization Schedules [en Español]
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Topic Overview
After getting approval from several expert groups, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends the following immunization schedules:
- Childhood Immunization Schedule: Ages 0 to 6 Years (What is a PDF document?)
- Childhood Immunization Schedule: Ages 7 to 18 Years (What is a PDF document?)
- Children ages 4 months to 18 years who missed getting some immunizations (What is a PDF document?)
- Adults ages 19 years and older (What is a PDF document?)
Each year, the CDC reviews the immunization schedules for children and adults and makes new ones as needed.
To see what vaccines are needed for children who got some shots in Mexico but now get shots in the U.S., go to the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/child-adolescent.html#binational.
Note: Throughout the year, the CDC may update its recommendations or make new ones. For the most current information on each immunization, go to www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/default.htm.
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According to Apple's website, all five versions of the iPhone 5c are still available, though shipping times for some of the colors have slipped past the original Sept. 20 delivery day. By Friday evening, for example, the yellow model had slipped to Sept. 25. The red 16-GB model is also now shipping on Sept. 25. The green and blue models, however, have slipped to Oct. 4. There have been no sellouts as of yet.
The only indication of demand for the iPhone 5c and 5s comes from China. Bloomberg reported Monday that China Unicom received more than 100,000 orders for the 5c. China Unicom is that country's second-largest mobile network operator, behind China Mobile. At the moment, China Mobile does not have a distribution agreement with Apple.
[ Want to know how much that new iPhone will set you back? See iPhone 5c Preorders Start: Carrier Pricing Compared. ]
In years past, Apple published a press release after the first weekend of preorders with details on how many people signed up for a new iPhone. It has not yet done that. The lack of news from Apple will surely lead to speculation about demand for its new smartphone. There are a few things to remember here.
Apple is selling two new smartphones for the first time. The iPhone 5c, which is the lesser of the two models, comes in 10 variants (colors and storage options). Apple is not taking preorders for the iPhone 5s, which is the company's high-end smartphone. Both devices will be available in retail stores Sept. 20. Many iPhone buyers are likely tempted by the 5s, which has a better camera, processor and metallic (rather than plastic) design. Since it is not available for preorder, consumers will have to wait for the device to reach stores at the end of the week.
The lack of news from Apple doesn't necessarily portend poor sales of the iPhone 5c. The 5c (and 5s) are seeing the most ambitious launch ever from Apple. The 5c will be sold in the U.S., Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The fact that there is still availability of all the models, despite its simultaneous launch in 11 markets, speaks as much to the stock Apple has at its disposal as it does demand.
The real test will come Sept. 20, when both the iPhone 5s and 5c go on sale.


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Hi Inveterate Lensman.......... didn't realize there was feedback on the shots.. bring it on. Nice guess on the subject but I'm pretty sure that Crowe and Winkel ( that's a new Law Firm) recognized it as a hockey puck on ice........that's the "play in black and white" reference. Anyway, appreciated your comments. I was thinking of calling it... "the only time rubber on ice is a good thing"
Ok Glaves, you're the winner. didn't see your reply. I was born in Fargo........left the next day.........HA, that's true, my parents were in Moorhead, MN.
It doesn't look like any of the Hockey Pucks I have, but mine are relatively un-scarred. I missed too.
19 BMWMOA Nationals under my belt, and I have no idea what I am doing.
Thanks for the tips.
Any further back with the torch and I've have swallowed it, or at the very least activated my gag reflex.
I had difficulty finding a subject for this assignment. Perhaps it's because I tend to make things more complex than they really are. I shot around 95 images, but this is the only subject appealed to me for some reason. I liked that one of the finials was out of kilter.
Jeff Dean − BMW MOA Co-founder (1972)
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Rides & Drives: '07 BMW F800ST Low, '07 Porsche Cayman, '06 VW Jetta TDI & '05 BMW R1200ST
Beerteam is back with more wonderful photography. The shot is a bit atypical in that it doesn't include a bike, something he is very good about. I'm glad I got to read a bit about this photo in his explanation. I confess that I looked at rather quickly and missed the fact that the sky is actually a reflection of the sky in water. It's a wonderfully lit shot besides. I think like a great painting it's easy to glance at and say, "oh, a tree," but a closer inspection reveals a great deal of thought and even planning, although he did say he took it rather quickly. It's a wondeful photo.
I don't think this technically was taken this weekend, but Rocketman isn't trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes, either. He posted a wonderful trip report about his recent holiday. I just love the simplicity, the layers, and the story in this photo. My wife was looking over my shoulder last night as I was showing her some of these and she said, "Ooh, I LOVE that shot!" I do, too. The compression of the telephoto lens and the very shallow depth of field make the subject really pop in this photo. The lighting (late afternoon) is also very subtle, very subdued. It's really an effective photo. Nice work, RM.
I don't think you need me to tell you what an amazing artifact Bluestune's submission this week is. Quite a lot has already been said about it and I appreciate his willingness to illuminate his technique for us to learn from. It's worth emphasizing that this image was recorded with a "point n' shoot" camera, lending credence to the belief that it's the photographer and not the camera that makes an image. It's a magnificent study. It's a tremendous close-up, but there's no missing what it is. The beautiful, warm earth-tones of the leaf stand in stark relief to the other-worldly blue of his fuel tank. This subtlety and three-dimensionality of the shadows are what is most fascinating to me. If you can recall his previous entries, the raindrops on the fender for example, we can see that Bluestune is a photographer who paints with light. We all do, but he's very thoughtful about how he adds and controls light in these images he's shared.
This is one of my favorite photos submitted to any of these threads so far. It's just wonderful. . . .
MLS2GO is back with another submission this week, one which I think fits the theme well, especially considering that it is on a motorcycle forum. This is, perhaps, our most universally beloved symbols, is it not? His choice of composition is nice, centralizing and focusing on the arrow itself and not so much the sign. The bullet holes add an ominous air to the picture and makes me ask what did this sign do to merit its assasination. Pure and simple, that's for sure.
I think the most important thing to say about this photo is how much I hate Kbasa and curse the good fortune he has to own such a magnificent motorcycle. I don't really know him very well, but whatever his story is, he couldn't possibly deserve this.
Seriously, though, this is a nice series of photos of a beautiful subject. I like the headlight refelcted in the fender but I prefer this shot, I think. Something about an afternoon ride in the country and the no parking sign (as was pointed out) tell a story here. The angle from which it's taken is flattering to the bike (is there a bad angle on a bike like this?) and he handles the lighting well, given that he's starting to shoot into the sun. The leaves, the grass, the rolling hills. . . . It's all good.
Got to put my game face on and go to work. More later. . . .
I am surprised that no one has one - they have been out a while. If you do a search on Dgrin you might find some info on it.
Where's ian408? He's probably shot with one......
Jackie joins us this week with a photo that might have been as at home in the "Shadow of a Doubt" assignment. Still, this fits our theme well, too. I love these shadow studies, particularly when the shadow is especially distorted as this one is. The picture of this dilapidated old house is infinitely more interesting with the added interest of the shadows. I agree with Jackie's assessment that the image is over-exposed. It is, however, very nicely composed and interesting which goes a long way towards successful.
I already gushed of BMWDean's second submission, which I referred to as Bikerotica. It's obviously a simple photo but an imaginative interpretation. It also goes to show that have good subjects helps. This would make a nice desktop, greeting card, etc.
Did I actually just quote myself? Sheesh. What's next? Maybe I'll start refering to myself in the third person. . . .
Speaking of greeting cards, BeerTeam has got another winner here (although it is yet another bikeless picture. This is a disturbing trend. . . .) This photo is just wonderful. It is beautifully composed with the river leading the viewer's eye directly up to the mill. It is spot-on exposure, great saturation. . . . Just a wonderful picture. Both the texture and the reflection in the water add such a degree of interest. Imagine this photo horizontally composed without the water--just a mundane picture of a building. I agree with Rapid_Roy; sometimes BeerTeam makes me want to smash my camera!
Speaking of whom, I think RR was being a little hard on himself with this week's submission. This is a nicely composed, well-exposed shot. It does fit the theme and is not without visual interest. What's not to like? What does grab my attention in this shot is the vine creeping up the wall--this makes for a much more specific subject. Suppose Roy had decided to move in just a bit closer and perhpas compose the shot vertically, for something like this:
It's very easy for me to make a suggestion like this after the fact, and of course I accomplished this by breaking the rules. But it helps to notice the details about a scene that grabs your attention. Sure, it's interesting, but what specifically is interesting about it? Sometimes honing in on a detail reveals a more powerful image.
Oh, by the way, 1,000 bonus points for the new avatar. Very nice.
Sonnata joins us this week with a stark image. I like the way this is composed, with the flag poles arrananged in an ascending order. I hate to see a photo of a flag unfurled, but we can't control the wind, can we? The sky in this picture is so dark and so blue. I'm pretty certain a poloraizing filter was used. Perhaps too much of a good thing? I know that I've shot some skies that I thought were too blue. I wonder if a different composition might have greater visual interest, but with a subject so high and inaccessible, I don't know what you might have done differently.
25 bonus points for teaching me the word finial and I agree that one being out of kilter does add a point of visual interest.
Barring any last-minute submissions, that about wraps up this week. Thanks for all the great photos. We've learned a lot this week. We've seen one of the Poobah's cool rides; we've learned that one of our members is a published architectural photographer; we've visited Mexico; we learned what a hockey puck looks like when you are actually playing hockey; we've seen the wisdom of taking it one day at a time; we've learned that a torch is an indispensibel lighting tool; we've seen that with product photography, simpler is better; and--perhaps most importantly--it's the photographer and not the camera.


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text: The Rangers activated Gerald Laird off the disabled list on Saturday after he missed a month because of a pulled hamstring muscle. He made his first start on Sunday and continues to draw interest from both the Reds and the Yankees. The Rangers want top young pitching prospects in return and that's keeping any deal from getting done right now.