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(AP) KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel - When Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi decided to investigate his family's unknown Holocaust history, he turned to the skill he knew best: He began to dig.
After learning that two of his uncles were murdered in the infamous Sobibor death camp, he embarked on a landmark excavation project that is shining new light on the workings of one of the most notorious Nazi killing machines, including pinpointing the location of the gas chambers where hundreds of thousands were killed.
Sobibor, in eastern Poland, marks perhaps the most vivid example of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plot to wipe out European Jewry. Unlike other camps that had at least a facade of being prison or labor camps, Sobibor and the neighboring camps Belzec and Treblinka were designed specifically for exterminating Jews. Victims were transported there in cattle cars and gassed to death almost immediately.
But researching Sobibor has been difficult. After an October 1943 uprising at the camp, the Nazis shut it down and leveled it to the ground, replanting over it to cover their tracks.
Today, tall trees cover most of the former camp grounds. Because there were so few survivors -- only 64 were known -- there has never been an authentic layout of the camp, where the Nazis are believed to have murdered some 250,000 Jews over an 18-month period. From those few survivors' memories and partial German documentation, researchers had only limited understanding of how the camp operated.
"I feel like I am an investigator in a criminal forensic laboratory," Haimi, 51, said near his home in southern Israel this week, a day before departing for another dig in Poland. "After all, it is a murder scene."
Over five years of excavations, Haimi has been able to remap the camp and has unearthed thousands of items. He hasn't found anything about his family, but amid the teeth, bone shards and ashes through which he has sifted, he has recovered jewelry, keys and coins that have helped identify some of Sobibor's formerly nameless victims.
The heavy concentration of ashes led him to estimate that far more than 250,000 Jews were actually killed at Sobibor.
"Because of the lack of information about Sobibor, every little piece of information is significant," said Haimi. "No one knew where the gas chambers were. The Germans didn't want anyone to find out what was there. But thanks to what we have done, they didn't succeed."
The most touching find thus far, he said, has been an engraved metal identification tag bearing the name of Lea Judith de la Penha, a 6-year-old Jewish girl from Holland who Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial confirmed was murdered at the camp.
Haimi calls her the "symbol of Sobibor."
"The Germans didn't discriminate. They killed little girls too," he said. "This thing (the tag) has been waiting for 70 years for someone to find it."
Haimi's digs, backed by Yad Vashem, could serve as a template for future scholarship into the Holocaust, in which the Nazis and their collaborators killed about 6 million Jews.
"I think the use of archaeology offers the possibility of giving us information that we didn't have before," Deborah Lipstadt, a prominent American Holocaust historian from Emory University, said. "It gives us another perspective when we are at the stage when we have very few people who can speak in the first person singular."
She said that if the archaeological evidence points to a higher death toll at Sobibor than previously thought, "it is not out of sync with other research that has been done."
Haimi's basic method is similar to what he does at home, where he does digs for Israel's antiquites authority in the south of the country -- cutting out squares of land and sifting the earth through a filter. Because of the difficult conditions at Sobibor and the sensitive nature of the effort, he is also relying on more non-invasive, high-tech aids such as ground-penetrating radar and global positioning satellite imaging.
Based on debris collected and patterns in the soil, he has been able to figure out where the Nazis placed poles to hold up the camp's barbed wire fences.
That led him to his major breakthrough -- the mapping of what the Germans called the Himmelfahrsstrasse, or the "Road to Heaven," a path upon which the inmates were marched naked into the gas chambers. He determined its route by the poles that marked the path. From that, he determined where the gas chambers would have been located.
He also discovered that another encampment was not located where originally thought and uncovered an internal train route within Sobibor. He dug up mounds of bullets at killing sites, utensils from where he believes the camp kitchen was located and a swastika insignia of a Nazi officer.
Along the way, he and his Polish partner Wojciech Mazurek, along with some 20 laborers, have stumbled on thousands of personal items belonging to the victims: eye glasses, perfume bottles, dentures, rings, watches, a child's Mickey Mouse pin, a diamond-studded gold chain, a pair of gold earrings inscribed ER -- apparently the owner's initials -- a silver medallion engraved with the name "Hanna."
He also uncovered a unique version of the yellow star Jews were forced to wear by the Nazis, made out of metal instead of cloth, which researchers determined to have originated in Slovakia.


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Tough times call for tough measures. Layoffs and cutbacks are rampant. Even if your IT budget is relatively stable, you will probably be asked to do more with less.
But perhaps a better solution would be to do less with less -- to scale back on over-allocated services, curtail unnecessary capital expenditures, and clean house of legacy apps and orphaned software. This may be your opportunity to show the organization how it can save money using open source software, virtualization, cloud computing, or SaaS.
Pushed to the brink, top brass may prove more receptive to ideas you've been itching to implement for a long time. In short, this is when IT can show its true value.
"I think this is the year IT steps up to the plate and shows how we can make the business more efficient," says Patti Dock, COO for DataMotion, provider of data governance services. "Someone has to do it. I think IT professionals can become evangelists for efficiency in the organization."
With great change comes great opportunity. Here are 16 ways you can achieve the same or better results by doing less -- and keep your staff sane and intact in the process.
1. Lay it out in black and white
The first step toward doing less is to figure out IT's real load. In other words, take account of all the resources required to keep the lights running, as well as those development projects on the back burner.
This is harder than it sounds, says Jim Smith, CEO of Enterprise Management Group, which for years specialized in troubleshooting struggling IT departments.
As a services firm, Smith's group would take over IT operations inside large organizations and make each manager account for each hour of every employee's time for the next year. Then Smith would present the results to management. The project list always exceeded the number of bodies necessary to complete the work. The officers would then be forced to have an open dialog about which projects to fund and which ones to cut.
Smith says his group routinely managed to cut 10 to 20 percent of each organization's IT budget in less than three months.
"We eliminated the mystery that IT is some amorphous thing they can't understand," says Smith. "This stuff isn't smoke, mirrors, and magic. It's labor, like any other department. And once the business side understands IT, they can't second-guess it any more because they're the ones making the decisions."
2. Focus on short-term wins
For years, IT managers have been taught to think strategically and plan for the long term. But for many organizations, the future is now, says Joe Wolke, director of IT strategy at Forsythe Solutions Group.
"A project with a significant return that won't be realized for three to five years does not make sense if a CIO is charged with reducing costs this year," he says.
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.


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12 out of 18 people found this review helpful:Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere - Animixx InsightAfter watching the first two episodes, i can really say that this will really kick off. I'm already wanting to see whats next. I've once again found another anime series that includes just about anything. its Sexy, Perverted comedy, action, gundam like explosions, magic and a whole ensemble of characters to like.Read more
Story line: Features a future setting, pocket dimensions, and refugees on-board a ...
2 out of 5 people found this review helpful:"The Art of War," science fiction version with ample amount of fan service.The anime that reminds me of an ancient saying, "You can look, but will not see…" At first glance, the beautiful voice—singing the opening theme will make you experience an effect; as if you were listening to a voice of an angel, with goose-bumps all over you. I am certain; that, even if, you don't understand Japanese, you would probably feel same the effect, and there goes, what I would ...Read more
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful:Definite Must Watch AnimeHorizon in the Middle of Nowhere is one of those anime's that you absolutely have to give a look. The animation is great, the songs are catchy, and the storyline is unique.Read more
Based centuries in the future where humans have comeback to Earth from outer-space to find that Japan is the only livable plot of land, the people of Earth create outer dimensions of Japan in order to accommodate all ...
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful:This show has one compelling character that makes it worth it.This show is good, despite it being entirely made up of recycled, mishmashes of stock characters. The story is both junk and terrible, but you really come to identify with the main character and his girl. Amazing amounts of nonsense, almost worth watching for that alone. 4 stars.
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful:Amazing. Just amazing.I loved this anime. I couldn't even tell you exactly why I love it other than that the main character is... well amazing. If you haven't watched this anime get crackin'. I loved it and if you are into goofy main characters (who have their moments) this is the anime for you. This guy can be stupid at some points, hilarious at others, but it almost seems that there's something more about him. As for ...Read more
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful:Horizon in the Middle of the Boobies.With so many anime titles out here should you give time to this new one?Read more
Definitely maybe.
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- Great action.
- Weird and slightly perverse comedy.
- Great detailed animation.
- Good video game-ish fighting concepts/mechanics.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful:I LOVE THIS ANIME!!!This is an anime that i had to think a little bit to get all the facts straight. Although that may be true, after a few episodes it started making more and more sense. I would reccomend this anime to anyone that likes ecchi anime. This anime(though confusing) is well put together and funny. WATCH IT!!!
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful:Definately worth watchingI thought I would like it because of the first episode, then thought I would hate it because the story line is all over the place and confusing at first (clears up after a few episodes), but I couldn't stop watching it and now I definately have to finish it.
I love the action sequences and there are a few really great hearbreaking moments.
It's also quite funny and a litte over the top.
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In conjunction with the release of Barbara Kopple's documentary on Augusta-area native Sharon Jones, Daptone Records will release the official motion picture soundtrack for Miss Sharon Jones! on August 19th.
The album more or less acts as a handy "best of" collection for Jones and her devoted band, the Dap-Kings, compiling 15 choice tracks ranging from her early Daptone singles to songs from the ensemble's 2014 LP Give the People What They Want. There's also an exclusive new track, "I'm Still Here," which can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/daptone-records/sharon-jones-the-dap-kings-im-still-here
Miss Sharon Jones! opens in selected theaters on July 29th, and will play at Atlanta's Landmark Midtown Art Cinema (931 Monroe Drive, NE) beginning Friday, August 26th. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eNSgCQzCI&feature=youtu.be


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Band Name: Ryan Engelbrecht
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Band Location: New Hampshire
Sounds Like: Norah Jones, Erin Bode, Diana Krall
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"Lost Away" is the acoustic-driven soft rock debut from talented singer/songwriter Matt Morgan. This album offers eleven heartfelt songs nicely formulated around Morgan's skillful acoustic compositions in the pop, folk, Americana, and blues genres. His vocal performance is similar to that of James Taylor, and Morgan is able to convey a good deal of emotion solely with his voice in a manner that leaves you hanging on every word. This vocal performance is perfect for the acoustic arrangements and the emotions stirred up in his lyrics of life and love. "Lost Away" is well-recorded, as Morgan and Rock Hollow Records hand-selected Morgan's finest tracks for this album, and it sounds great. "Perfect Day" is a great melodic track with a nice acoustic progression and great lyrics about success being nothing without the one you love by your side. "Trashed White Blues" closes out the album with a more upbeat bluesy track featuring twanging guitars and a great acoustic beat. Overall, "Lost Away" is an impressive debut from a talented singer/songwriter capable of conveying his emotions both vocally and musically. Fans of soft rock and great acoustic arrangements, give Matt Morgan a listen. -Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team
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"The Innocence" is an awe-inspiring and excellently crafted instrumental easy listening album from pianist/composer Trent Dransfield. With the help of an acoustic guitar, a flute, and and various orchestral string elements, Dransfield has arranged eleven piano-fueled easy listening gems, many of which have great jazz elements incorporated into them. This is great mood music for introspection, meditation, and relaxation as Dransfield's heartfelt, inspirational, and oftentimes spiritual melodies soar off of the ivory. "The Innocence" is well-produced, so the instrumentation sounds clean and absolutely professional. "I Like To Look For Rainbows" introduces the album with a great melodic piano arrangement with an acoustic guitar and cello accompaniment. It is composed with such inspiration and spirituality that it feels like a church service hymn. "On a Golden Springtime" has a Brubeck-esque piano arrangement with great jazz elements and a light string backing. Overall, "The Innocence" is an excellent album with great, heartfelt arrangements from an extremely talented pianist and composer. Do yourself a favor and pick up what is easily one of the best easy listening albums of the year.-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team
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"Singing the Songs of My Heart" is the family-oriented easy listening debut from singer/songwriter Linda Kay Burk. Linda Kay uses great imagery and narrative structure and draws from her own life experience to weave together these soothing and positive songs of comfort and joy. Particularly prevalent is her imagery of the great outdoors, as she sings about butterflies, dolphins, swimming, and playing outside. Each song is kid-friendly and some are outright children's songs, but her strong and soothing vocal performance and great, piano-driven arrangements give adults something to enjoy as well. The recording quality of "Singing the Songs of My Heart" is great, and the entire album sounds polished and professional. "I Believe in Miracles" is a ballad about Linda Kay's personal healing process, a more adult contemporary track with a fitting soft arrangement and a great vocal performance. "Live in the Moment, Now!" begins with the sound of crashing waves and a nice piano introduction, then turns into a song about taking the time to play with your children, to share joy with them and to live for today. Linda Kay Burk offers her heart and ten positive, uplifting tracks that can be appreciated by the entire family with her debut, "Singing the Songs of My Heart." If you are a parent who enjoys easy listening, adult contemporary and want a great album to put your child to sleep with, pick up this album.-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team
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GREAT NECK, NY – The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced today that Joseph Cabral, senior vice president and chief human resources officer, was recently named to the Long Island Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (LI STEM) Hub board of champions.
The LI STEM Hub, which has North Shore-LIJ and Brookhaven National Laboratory as co-stewards, is increasing the pool of Long Island's future workforce by increasing education in the STEM subjects. The board helps determine the priorities of the organization and ensures alignment to regional economic development strategies.
North Shore-LIJ has helped the LI STEM Hub create regional industry councils in six high-growth industries and career academies, among other things. Career academies help middle school and high school students keenly focus on STEM subjects through industry examples. Currently, there are career academies in the following school districts: Plainview-Old Bethpage, Baldwin, Massapequa, East Islip, South Huntington and Richmond Hill in Queens. And that number is growing.
"Even though the LI STEM Hub is only a little more than a year old, it has already accomplished so much and has plans to do many more things," Mr. Cabral said. "Through our work with the career academies and other efforts, I look forward to seeing Long Island students' passions for STEM subjects growing and having a more STEM-educated workforce on Long Island in the future."
Others organizations represented on the board of champions include: Empire State Development; Citigroup; Molloy College and Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education; Farmingdale State College; Cameron Engineering; Long Island Association; Bethpage Federal Credit Union; Accelerate Long Island; Jet Blue Airways; D'Darrio; Albanese Organization; Stony Brook University; Hofstra University; Nassau BOCES; and Long Island Forum for Technology.


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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseBook - 2012
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4.25. I loved this book. It was tender, sweet, gritty and real. To hear the details of teenage life in the late 80s was the background of my life as well. Ari's thoughts and feelings were so well written. Just really a lovely read. Highly recommend.
Sáenz is the master of simplicity. His novel is wrought with desire, conveyed with artful subtlety. I smiled the whole time I was reading this book and for a good twelve hours afterwards. Only one word properly describes this story: beauty.
There are secrets in Ari's family that he is not allowed to talk about. For instance, why is his older brother in prison? And what happened to his dad in the war that made him so quiet and unknowable? Ari feels like he wants to explode. The trouble is, he is a fearless fighter and he mustn't let his anger overtake him.Then he meets Dante at the pool and he finds a real friend that he can talk to. Dante has some of his own secrets. With humor and grace the two loners ask the important questions about life as they try to figure out their place in the grand scheme of things. I loved this book.
This book is so amazing. Very cute and real and I was begging for more by the end of it. A very soft and cute gay romance, I wish nothing but happiness for my two little baby boys.
Dante and Ari becomes friends when Dante offers to teach Ari to swim the summer they are 15. The boys are very different, but immediately bond over the fact that they don't fit in with anyone else. The four parents in this book are really well-drawn too, with their own personalities and struggles. There are major events in the book, but the plot isn't really the point in this book. Ari's soulful narration and Dante's openness are what make this book beautiful and this friendship so vivid.
Such a lovely coming of age story, and an absolutely excellent audio version.
As soon as I finished this book, I had to lay down and process everything I had just read because it affected me so much. I picked up it up because I heard good things about it and I knew there was Gay/Bisexual representation who were also Mexican. (I love reading representation, especially in the LGBT community!) The first person POV originally turned me off this book, but it actually works very well with this story. This book may as well be one giant poem. Every page has so many beautiful sentences that I want to stare at forever. As soon as I finished, I wanted to forget everything so I could re-read and experience it all again for the first time. I would recommend this book to every teen struggling with their identity or looking for a good cry in a book. (Or both) 5/5 stars
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Aristotle and Dante is one of my favourite books, and I'm so glad that the story was able to be told. After completion, I just wanted to read the book a second time, then a third time, and maybe even a fourth. I loved just about every part of this book, which revolves around Aristotle, a Mexican teenager living in Texas in 1987. The book follows him throughout his high school years, where he struggles with connecting with his detached father, understanding his brother who is in prison, and his newly-formed friendship with a boy named Dante. The characters in this book are ones that will stay with me for a long time. The teens in the book were portrayed realistically; Aris isn't a perfect character and makes quite a few mistakes. This only allowed me to connect with the story even more. Despite being completely satisfied with the ending of the book, the announced sequel is a release I am really looking forward to. 5/5
- @pastapages of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library
love this book so much!!!
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is one of my favorite books to date. The raw emotion and intricate relationships made for one of the most beautiful and interesting reads. I found myself in tears at the parts of this story that weren't even considered sad, just because of the beauty behind the words. It was refreshing to see a friendship between two boys who had no desire to be anything other than themselves in front of eachother, and also to see them rely on eachother emotionally while going through transitions of emotions and in their lives. Definitely would recommend this book.
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The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.
"Do you remember the summer of the rain...You must let everything fall that wants to fall. —Karen Fiser"
All I did was smile at him. He'd told me something about himself. I was happy
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"Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign thst you had been healed."
"And me, I always felt that I didn't belong anywhere. I didn't even belong in my own body - especially in my own body. I was changing into someone I didn't know. The change hurt but I didn't know why it hurt. And nothing about my own emotions made any sense."
To be careful with people and with words was a rare and beautiful thing.
I had a rule that it was better to be bored by yourself than to be bored with someone else. I pretty much lived by that rule. Maybe that's why I didn't have any friends.
I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. How could a guy live without meanness?
See, the thing about guys is that I didn't really care to be around them. I mean, guys really made me uncomfortable. I don't know why, not exactly. I just, I don't know, I just didn't belong. I think it embarrassed the hell out of me that I was a guy. And it really depressed me that there was the distinct possibility that I was going to grow up and be like one of those assholes.
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Subprime by any other name: FHA insured loans are least appealing financing option for home sellers. The psychology of rising home prices.
FHA insured loans filled a giant void from the private mortgage market exiting the game by brute force as the housing bubble burst. One thing is certain when it comes to consumer psychology especially with such an emotional decision like buying a home. People have wine expectations but come with beer budgets and this is especially true in housing. Becoming accustomed to low down payment mortgages, the bust in housing was a hard retreat for many Americans. In the 1970s and 1980s nothing down or close to it was left to the late night infomercials for those too inebriated to sleep before midnight. Most people knew this was a tiny pipedream. It was only until the 2000s that this became a common pathway to owning a home. FHA insured loans with a 3.5 percent down payment are now viewed as the subprime of current loans. Even recent potential home seller surveys confirm this perception.
Seller's perception on loans
People are under the impression that sellers are somehow oblivious to the differing financing options out in the market. A recent Redfin survey asked potential home sellers what kind of financing option would they choose for their buyers?
Is it surprising that FHA is at the bottom of the list? And keep in mind this is for sellers in various regions. For prime locations, I assure you the figures are much more skewed. Why would anyone take an offer with such little skin in the game when you can simply go with an all-cash offer and know escrow will close without a problem? It really is a no brainer.
On the side of buyers, FHA insured loans have actually gotten much more expensive with mortgage insurance. It is crazy that FHA mortgage insurance premiums can add up to 1.55 percentage points to your overall effective FHA mortgage rate. That is very high in this rock bottom interest environment. Why is the rate so high? Because of legacy defaults but also the reality that you are giving people 30x leverage right off the bat.
FHA loan volume picked up right in line with the burst of the housing bubble:
Over $1.1 trillion in FHA insured loans are now outstanding. Keep in mind FHA insured loans were never intended to be a big part of the market. For many years they have consumed a large part of all mortgage originations. Even in Southern California FHA insured loans make up 22.9 percent of all purchases (another 34 percent came from all cash buyers).
It is abundantly clear that the government and banks are all in on the housing market. We've recently talked about the reemergence of interest only mortgages. The market is now tilting to a full sense that home prices cannot and will not go down, regardless of underlying economic fundamentals. What is tenuous about this recovery is that it is being spurred on by massive monetary intervention that has never been witnessed in history. So those that claim they have a sense as to how this is all going to play out have a much better crystal ball. Yet one thing seems certain in the short-term and human nature and behavior is not going to evolve just because we had the worse financial crises since the Great Depression. Take a look at another piece of data from the Redfin survey:
Two big things jump out at me here. The first is that more people are planning to sell because home prices are going up. That makes sense. Yet adding more inventory is likely to help in keeping prices in place or lowering them depending on how much is put on the market. The next one is the "enough equity" section. Obviously perceptions are changing and many underwater homeowners are now reemerging from their negative equity positions.
In most of the country, owning a home makes a whole lot of sense today. Rock bottom interest rates and home prices that have adjusted from the peak make it a sensible move. In higher priced regions, the decision isn't so clear cut. It is interesting that some think $200,000 is chump change when it comes to a down payment. Yet compounding $200,000 at 7 percent over 10 years will get you close to $400,000 during this time. Will a $600,000 home suddenly rise to $800,000 in this period if incomes are not going up? Right now homes are reaching max levels courtesy of all cash buying, hot foreign money flowing in, and people now leveraging up and entertaining interest only loans again. At least with the interest only loans of today, you need 20 percent down. FHA insured loans are not exactly the Ferrari option in the housing market.
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Checking services include no cost share drafts, share certificates with low minimum balance requirements, bill pay services, overdraft protection and overdraft lines of credit. Debit cards, ATMs with no surcharges and prepaid debit cards are available.
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THE new Furness Controls FCO730 series of differential pressure decay leak detector from TSE saves the user time and space, and its high sensitivity and accuracy and self monitoring assure that 'leakers' are reliably detected.
Unlike many other systems, the FCO 730 utilises a true differential pressure technique to amplify the pressure decay, enabling leaks to be detected much more rapidly and reliably.
The new 730 is adaptable to many leak testing applications where simple straight forward, no nonsense leak testing is required. Features include user selectable display of the leak rate in Pascal, Pascal/sec, and flow rates such as mL/sec.
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Charles Dickens was a fundraiser – did you know? He may have poked fun at our profession in Our Mutual Friend, but he was rather skilled when it came to generating support for his chosen cause, The Hospital of Sick Children (which became Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital).
Founded by Dr Charles West, the first hospital for children in the UK depended on voluntary donations. Funds were raised by subscriptions, donations and fundraising events, the most important of which was an annual dinner.
When Charles Dickens did a reading and a rousing speech at a Christmas fundraising event, he raised enough money to buy a new property for the hospital – more than tripling its capacity.
Not bad. It's a shame we don't know what he said. We do know what he wrote in support of the new hospital though.
In April 1852, Charles Dickens published an article called 'Drooping Buds', which appeared in his magazine 'Household Works'. Excitingly, you can see the original scanned in here.
Its subject is child mortality, but that's an example of jargon which Dickens took care to avoid.
Instead he works hard to make the facts meaningful to the reader. As you'll see, he starts by using statistics to drive home the high loss of life. For every one hundred children born, only sixty five remain after eight years.
"Of this great city of London – which, until a few weeks ago, contained no hospital wherein to treat and study the diseases of children – more than a third of the population perishes in infancy and childhood. Twenty-four in a hundred die, during the first two years of life, and during the next eight years, eleven die out of the remaining seventy six."
Well, that's fairly convincing. But Dickens doesn't leave it there.
"Think of it again. Of all the coffins that are made in London, one in every three is made for a small child: a child that has not yet two figures to its age."
He starts talking about little coffins – a horrifying image. And still he pushes it further, imagining the words of a lost child.
"…I," said another shadow, "Am the lame mis-shapen boy who read so much by this fireside, and suffered so much pain so patiently, and might have been as active and straight as you, if anyone had understood my malady…"
So what does Charles Dickens teach us about statistics?
- Numbers can be a powerful way of providing evidence of need or success.
- But what do the numbers represent? Charles Dickens asks his readers to 'think again' and realize that each death is a small coffin.
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On a hot June Illinois afternoon, a celebratory atmosphere prevails at Kuhn Barn, a holdover from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's agricultural past and also a popular cookout spot.
Doctoral student Guillermo Moroni works the grill, proudly serving lamb chops and hamburgers to his scientific collaborators—other postdocs, technicians, scientists and graduate students. The smell of roasted corn floats across picnic tables littered with cakes, pies and brownies.
The gathering is more than a simple celebration of the start of summer; it marks a tipping point. The Dark Energy Camera, the first device specifically designed to search for dark energy, is on the brink of completion. Project manager Brenna Flaugher—who organized the cookout—and her colleagues are about to see the project they've been preparing for the past eight years transition from dream to reality.
This fall, scientists will fire up DECam, as it's affectionately known, on a mountaintop in Chile and see their hard work pay off.
"It's going to be very exciting for all of us to open the shutter for the first time," Flaugher says. "Who knows what we'll see?"
What they hope to see are signs of the invisible, mysterious force that seems to pull the universe apart—a force that has never been directly observed.


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It's super hot and super sunny here in Milan and the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2010 menswear show is about to start in 3+ hours. I'm super duper lucky to be invited to the show. Can't wait to take tons of photos!
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
a few inches into things....
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garter a-plenty! not going as fast as i'd like, but this is at least partly an exercise in perseverance- it is my biggest project so far. i usually stick to little things- mittens, washcloths, baby booties and the like.
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All that garter stitch does go so slowly! Looks like you've used up anout a half a pound of yarn, though.
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Grace Marshall longs to escape from the endless drudgery of her life. The eldest of an
improvident farmer's large brood of children, it seems that she will be stuck where she is
forever. Until the day a cowboy stops at the farm looking for payment for a cow.
Jake Tanner does not intend to remarry, but he and his brother do need a housekeeper
to take care of their home and children. Grace looks like just the solution to his
problems, and she is plain enough that neither of them will be tempted.
Grace's mother agrees to let her go, but has one stipulation; Jake must marry Grace.
He agrees to a marriage in name only, but when Grace smiles and laughs, she is
definitely not plain. Jake brings his new wife home to his needy family. Grace takes
them all in hand, including his physically and emotionally crippled brother, AJ. Jake and
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new clothes for her beauty to emerge, but her clumsiness provides comic relief. The
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Military Medicine as Diplomacy
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Humanitarian aid has strategic benefits, too, military leaders sayBy Howard Altman | Tribune Staff
Published: December 15, 2013
TAMPA — From large-scale aid missions like the response to Typhoon Haiyan to an isolated team of Green Berets helping others, providing disaster relief and medical assistance has benefits for the U.S. as well as those being helped.
So much so that military involvement in such endeavors has become part of Pentagon planning, members of a panel at the Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly in Tampa said Sunday.
It's all part of what the past two Secretaries of State and a former Secretary of Defense have called "Smart Power" – combining the might of weapons with efforts like Global Health Engagement to achieve U.S. interests around the globe.
Major efforts, like the Marines who provided disaster relief in the Philippines, not only earn the nation goodwill but help the U.S. gain access and information and are useful for friendly nations, said Warner Anderson, director of International Health for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
On a smaller scale, there are other benefits, said Anderson, who is also a combat veteran. For example, a medic from a Green Beret team is not allowed to gather intelligence but can get information from a village chief about an area that might not be safe to go to, he said.
Such side benefits of providing assistance, he said, are not lost on the Chinese, who have launched their own hospital ship, called the "Peace Ark." The ship not only provides medical care but also gives the Chinese access to waters in which its warships might be challenged. Two years ago, the Peace Ark visited Cuba.
"If you are packing up a hospital ship and moving 6,000 or 8,000 miles, you are mobilizing an expeditionary capability of a field hospital without going to war," Anderson said during a session break. "That's a great training exercise."
Anderson recently returned from Saudi Arabia, where he attended an International Committee on Military Medicine conference. An increased Chinese presence there, along with the Peace Ark trip to Cuba, "looks to me like worldwide engagement," he said.
For the military, the intersection of security and stability, of which health care plays a major role, has a long history, said Craig Llewellyn, a retired Special Forces colonel who became founding director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine. Green Berets, he said, helped villagers in Vietnam and Laos with their health and medical issues.
Navy Capt. David A. Tarantino Jr. said the health and relief efforts are "true" Pentagon missions. They are "a real and current mission – governed by a number of existing and forthcoming policies," Tarantino said. He said miltary leaders incorporate medical stability operations into many levels of planning.
Anderson noted there is an inherent tension in such endeavors for medical professionals.
While they are supposed to remain neutral and humanitarian as medical professionals, military requirements often conflict.
Military medical professionals "have to be very, very careful about these things," Anderson said. "We can't do intentional harm and now we are finding that we have to guard against doing unintentional harm. Health care is a way to get people's attention, to present ourselves in a positive light. We have to do positive things and be careful of unintended consequences."


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One of the world's leading destination ski resorts has turned to an innovative technology for snow and ice control on roof edges, installing a new system design where conventional approaches have failed to protect a 22,000 square foot facility atop Aspen Mountain. The new, patent-pending HotEdge Roof Ice Melt System incorporates three components that work together to create and maintain a consistent path for snowmelt to exit the roof without re-freezing, preventing the ice dams and dangerous overhanging icicles that plague most buildings in high snow environments. The manufacturer is so certain that the system will solve the roof ice problem at Aspen that the company will be installing 24-hour video monitoring, so resort officials, architects and contractors worldwide can evaluate the system's effectiveness.
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New Balance Fresh Foam 980; $110 — For a few years we've loved New Balance's Minimus running shoe line. So we were surprised when the company used the Outdoor Retailer Show this summer to launch its maximum-size Fresh Foam shoe.
We were at the launch event in Salt Lake where brand reps and designers waxed on the fat shoes' propensity to support as well as absorb shock. It felt light but flexible in the hand.
The thickness of the Fresh Foam's sole (stack height) is 16mm in the heel and 12mm at the forefoot. That's not as huge as Hoka. But next to regular NB models the Fresh Foam is certainly cush.
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We have analysers located in different sites and even in different parts of the world and we want to send data back to the same or another country. Some of the analysers are used in vehicles so we need a mobile solution. How do we achieve this?
There are two options
We can ship the samples out, by courier. We may need to pack the samples in dry ice, depending on the sample, in order to keep it cool.
We can analyser the samples as they are taken, process the samples and then send the data.
The first thing to point out is that the collection and processing of the samples is exactly the same irrespective of whether the sample is local or remote
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Bill Bickley and Michael Warren are two TV producers who will probably never fall under fire for their lack of family values. In an industry where business relationships are forged over lunches, behind cocktail bars and inside conference rooms, Bickley and Warren met at church.
Together, they make smiling sitcoms designed to entertain families at 8 p.m. Together, they write friendly characters who learn from their mistakes. And, together, they are ignored by critics.
"Oh, I think we're sort of dismissed as being irrelevant a lot of times," Warren said.
They're not too concerned. For one thing, they practically rule ABC's highly promoted "Thank God It's Friday" lineup of sitcoms. Bickley and Warren are executive producers of "Family Matters" and "Step by Step," which they created, and of "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper," which they were asked to take over last summer.
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Lindsay Lohan plus a nightclub equals bad mojo, it seems, no matter what she's actually doing at the place.
Lilo, who just two weeks ago was accused of shoving a woman at the Smoke & Mirrors club at the Standard hotel on Sunset, allegedly wound up on the wrong side of a thrown drink at that same club Wednesday night, where she'd been hanging out in a booth with dad Michael Lohan (apparently, they're speaking again).
Michael had joined his daughter at the Standard, according to TMZ, after a friend who was driving her car hit another car in the Standard parking garage and Lindsay called him for help.
Calling in to TMZ Live on Thursday, Michael Lohan said nobody in their booth had been drinking alcohol, but confirmed that his daughter had cussed at a woman after a comment was made about father and daughter being together at the club.


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Current projects:
Maths through sport
We have developed a resource bank to support teaching maths in a sports context using examples from partner NGBs to help embed GCSE maths within sport programmes. The resource bank is available at no cost to AoC Sport members, and can be accessed via the Resources section.
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We are running a series of training events as well as a pilot project with TyneMet College, in partnership with StreetGames.
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As the saving rate is keeping at almost lowest level and far behind the inflation rate, many people are considering to pay off their mortgage with their saving. So the question is: does it make more financial sense to put your money into a savings account rather than to reduce your mortgage?
Ask the questions
Working out whether you have enough savings in place is a good starting point.
The very idea of being mortgage-free sets many a homeowner's heart a flutter. Overpaying on your mortgage will get you closer to that goal, whether it is through making a lump sum overpayment or paying a bit extra each month. But does paying off your mortgage make more sense than putting the money in a savings account?
First question: do you have enough savings in place?
As a general rule, you should aim to have between three to six months' income saved in an easily accessible account, to cover any emergencies.
Second question: do you have other higher loan to pay off first?
If you already have adequate savings and start thinking about clearing your debts, it still might not make sense to start with your mortgage. If you have any credit cards or personal loans, then you should usually start with these, as they are likely to have higher rates of interest than your mortgage.
Third question: does your mortgage contract allow you to repay?
With a rainy day fund in place and more expensive loans shrunk, it may be time to consider reducing your mortgage. You will need to check though, that repaying will not cost you more than you actually save.
You have to check your mortgage contract to find out if it is an option open to you. There may be some penalties for early repayment. A fixed-rate mortgage without penalties for repayment is quite unusual, for example. However, a lot of lenders will allow you to repay up to a certain amount, typically 10% of your outstanding balance per annul."
Doing the maths
For it to make sense to put your money into a savings account rather than pay off your mortgage, you would need to achieve higher interest rates on your savings than you pay on your mortgage. That would be no mean feat at the moment.
Interest rates on savings accounts are pitifully low, with best buy instant access savings accounts paying around the 2% mark – and that's before tax. The chances are you are paying more interest on your mortgage than you would earn on savings. Best-buy variable rates for new mortgages are around 3% or more, while if you have finished a deal and are on your lender's standard variable rate you might be paying as much as 5%.
As you pay income tax on interest on all savings outside of an ISA, you need to take that into account too. With a mortgage interest rate of 4%, a basic rate taxpayer would need to find a savings account paying 5% to achieve a higher rate on savings than is being paid on the mortgage. A higher rate (40%) taxpayer would need 6.7% on savings and an additional rate taxpayer (50% until April 2013, 45% thereafter) would need 8%.
How much could you save?
If you are in a position to overpay on a monthly basis, the savings are attractive. Based on a £150,000 repayment mortgage over 25 years at a rate of 3.5%, if you were to overpay just £50 a month you would save £7,976 in interest and pay the mortgage off two years and three months earlier than planned.
Overpaying £100 each month would save £14,379 in interest and pay the mortgage off four years and three months early, while monthly overpayments of £200 would save £24,045 in interest and pay the mortgage off seven years and three months early.
If you have a £100,000 mortgage with a 4.5% interest rate and a 20-year term, and you pay off £5,000 lump sum, you would save £6,873 and pay your mortgage off one year and seven months early. Pay off £10,000 and you would save £12,967 in interest and pay off your loan three years and one month early. Overpay by £30,000 and you will save £31,238 in interest and be mortgage-free eight years and one month sooner than planned.
Pros and cons of overpaying
Even if you can only make a dent in your home loan, there are very real advantages to reducing your mortgage debt and increasing the amount of equity in your home. If you come to remortgage or to move later, you will be able to access much lower interest rates if the size of your loan is worth less than 60% of the value of your property, for example.
However, while you can slice thousands off your loan and improve your chances of getting a good deal in the future, there is a potential downside. The big cautionary note is that if you overpay on a bog-standard mortgage, in order to release funds you will have to remortgage. That will take time, and with stricter lending criteria it may not be easy.
If you think you might need the cash back any time soon, do not use it to repay a home loan that you cannot extend again.
Finally, you could be better off if you re-mortgage to a new deal, especially an offset mortgage. You could use all your savings to offset the mortgage and then reduce the interest rate, but still have flexible saving to cover uncertainties. Also, not covered in this article, you could use the extra savings to invest rather than mortgage pay-off. But all the other options will benefit differently from person to person.
Note: this article is partially extracted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/feb/12/paying-off-mortgage-saving-cash.


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KUALA LUMPUR: The armed forces spent RM48.22 million on medical needs for soldiers up to November this year, according to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.
The armed forces had also spent RM1.46 million on providing medical equipment for those in need, he said.
"In an effort to assist kidney patients among the armed forces personnel and veterans, the armed forces have provided a total of 39 dialysis machines at dialysis centres throughout the country," he said during the question and answer session in Dewan Negara.
Hishammuddin was responding to a question from Senator Datuk Mustapa Kamal Mohd Yusoff who had asked the ministry about healthcare assistance given to soldiers and their family.
Hishammuddin added that through Jiwa Murni programme, the armed forces provide free health services to rural areas communities, especially to armed forces veterans.


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A month or so ago my mother Sat Kirin Kaur and Seva Kaur played a musical Benti Chaupay in Gurdwara. I recorded it and meant to post it a long while back….but it "slipped through the cracks". Anways….here you go. I have too many cool MP3 tracks to post so have to keep up with it…otherwise they get "backed up".
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From honey experts C. Marina Marchese and Kim Flottum comes this comprehensive introduction to the origin, flavor, and culinary uses of more than 30 varietals of honey, from ubiquitous clover to tangy star thistle to rich, smoky buckwheat
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I wait for you, for the eternal love between you and the aching soil,
I wait to smell the sky opening like a cave to let you break,
mud in the pots and old red walls painted in your colourless colour.
I forget everything, you're my manner of detachment
from agonies and suffering that make me dreadfully dry.
I forget the laments of the broken heart of that black bird
once shooed away for her colour and once for her free song.
They taught me it's an act of a fool to wait for something
which is temporary and seasonal, but what are you if not the face of freedom?
Do you not break your ties with the vastness of the sky
to meet your old graves buried in the soil?
I love how I fail to believe you're a season's gift and
I'm a desperate freak in your waiting and in forgetting of this drained self.
Summer begins to stink, no way different from these people, poor bodies,
crushed in small yellowed houses caged in their wraths and dooms.
I wonder if summer intends to make jokes, every season, on our shattered blossom.
Hot air we breathe but bones still frozen.
I wait for you, for the season to match with how my heart feels.
Only on your arrival, do my songs and sorrows drown into one another,
Just like the first rain drops sizzling on the forsaken old heated floors.
I wait for you all day long, without measures and calculations
everything is wrong, so wrong, but everything will be right
when the sky is not too bright, a little dull and lifeless for a while,
and then your beginning, the upheaval first and a continued soothing hymn.
Waiting remains but seasons change;
But a man never said four seasons be enough for escapes and
when have I not asked for more, just a little more of you?
An unseen solitary ocean is waiting in my songs
for a few dewdrops of petrichor to let me melt
my ruins of reality with you.


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- RickyrollAsked on January 25, 2017 at 11:17 AM
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PS : same thing for other colleague.
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I Followed your instruction, created smtp adress mail in vain
Now I almost receive nothing
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Surprisingly, the adress firstname.lastname@example.com worked for a reply more than email@example.com, but i still have some issues with form
I'm in contact with all recipients and none has received
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I'll check with IT, they do whitelist all your domain.
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Sofia Vergara: Diet Pepsi Commercial Ruined By Ellen!
Sofia Vergara gets covered in silly string and pieces of broken bottles while trying to film a Diet Pepsi commercial during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (February 14).
The 40-year-old actress tries to speak the lines in the commercial, but Ellen keeps doing things to distract her, including breaking bottles on her head, shooting silly string at her, bringing out a singing Josh Groban, and dancing with shirtless guys!
Also pictured: Sofia leaving the gym after a workout on Wednesday (February 13) in Brentwood, Calif.
Sofia Vergara: Diet Pepsi Commercial Ruined By Ellen!


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16 team H2H league on ESPN. Stat categories are: HR, R, RBI, SB, OBP and W, K, SV, ERA, WHIP.
So far, the only two decent offers I have received since shopping him around have been Kevin Youkilis and Josh Beckett or David Wright and Matt Cain. Here is the rest of my team:
C - Geovany Soto
1B - Carlos Pena
2B - Howie Kendrick
3B - Jose Bautista
SS - Alexei Ramirez
OF - Mike Stanton
OF - Ichiro Suzuki
OF - Jeff Francoeur
UTIL - Billy Butler
UTL - Mark Trumbo
SP - Jered Weaver
SP - Jon Lester
RP - Carlos Marmol
RP - Jordan Walden
P - Brandon Morrow
P - Neftali Feliz
P - Matt Harrison
P - Carlos Zambrano
BN - Juan Pierre
BN - Gavin Floyd
BN - Johnny Damon
BN - Julio Teheran
BN - Alfonso Soriano
I like the Wright/Cain offer more. I feel like my rotation could use some work. I really like Morrow this year. After him, there's a lot of question marks. I do have some depth I might be able to work with, though. Basically, I can't figure out if the offensive downgrade I'm going to get from Wright is going to be substantial enough that even adding Cain wouldn't really be worth it. Any thoughts?


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Explore the relationship between two of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna
Comprising major loans of paintings, drawings, and particularly sculpture, 'Mantegna and Bellini' compares the work of two pre-eminent artists who also happened to be related by marriage.
Central to the exhibition are two historic juxtapositions of Mantegna's and Bellini's depictions of 'The Agony in the Garden', and two versions of 'The Presentation to the Temple' – Mantegna's from the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin and Bellini's from the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice.
In 1460, Mantegna moved to Mantua, while Bellini, who died 10 years later, remained in Venice. Despite the distance between them, their work provides evidence of their continuing creative artistic exchange for the rest of their long lives.
Exhibition organised by the National Gallery and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Image above: Detail from Giovanni Bellini, The Agony in the Garden, about 1465


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German police stormed the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin, Tuesday evening, ending a takeover by opponents of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The police say the hostage takers were armed with lethal weapons, but there seems to have been no clear motive for the attack, other than publicity.
Before they burst into the Iraqi embassy in Berlin Tuesday, in what they described as a "blood-free" operation, Berlin police in bullet-proof vests waited nervously outside building for more than three hours. They could do nothing without the go-ahead from Baghdad, since the embassy is considered Iraqi soil. Inside, what was then an unknown number of Iraqi dissidents held the embassy's top diplomat and his assistant hostage.
Passers-by had spoken of hearing gunshots, as the five attackers forced their way in to the building in the early hours of Tuesday afternoon. But the hostage-takers themselves, in a statement sent by fax, described their takeover as a "peaceful" action, to draw attention to the Iraqi people's desire for freedom.
Although the men holed up inside the building did eventually make contact with the police, they made no demands. They identified themselves as members of a previously unknown group: the "Democratic Iraqi Opposition of Germany" but left outsiders guessing both as to their motives and their strength.
The main Iraqi opposition group in exile, the London-based Iraqi National Congress said it has no ties with the Berlin group. In Washington, officials said the United States was not aware of the group and condemned its attack on the embassy.
In a telephone interview with the Arab satellite broadcaster, Al Jazeera, a person identifying himself as one of the attackers claimed they were not occupying an embassy, but liberating a piece of Iraqi soil. He also said they were taking military action against the Iraqi regime.
Police say the men they arrested inside the embassy were armed with one eight millimeter pistol with live ammunition, two tear gas guns, an electric stun-gun and an ax, which had been used to break down doors and erect barricades within the building.
A police spokesman says it is assumed the shots that were heard came from a tear gas gun. One of two hostages who had been released earlier, shortly after the siege started, had red, irritated eyes.
The police gave no other information about the attackers except to say they were approximately 35 years old. But local media speculated the attack was staged to draw attention to the opposition to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.


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Did You Know?
Streamflow Drought Indicators
Streamflow levels are a useful indicator for drought as well as floods, but they must be used with considerable caution. For streams that are regulated, the streamflow may reflect management decisions at upstream reservoirs which will not reflect true drought conditions. Streams that are unregulated are better for drought monitoring. A hydrograph is used to show stream discharge (water level) over time. When a precipitation event occurs over a river basin, the discharge increases to a high level (peak flow), then gradually decreases to near the base flow after the precipitation event ends. The time it takes to reach peak flow and the magnitude of the peak flow are useful for flood forecasting. Base flow is the level the stream would have if no precipitation occurred over the basin and is generally fed by groundwater. Base flow is the best streamflow indicator for drought monitoring. In practice, however, the weather doesn't cooperate to provide widespread measurements of base flow at a network of river gauge stations on an operational basis — at any given time, streamflow measurements across the nation are a mix of peak flow, base flow, and everything in between. Consequently, streamflow measurements are averaged over several days to a month to indicate areas with low streamflow and, by implication, low groundwater levels. The values are compared to the local streamflow history, converted into percentiles, and grouped into above- and below-normal percentile classes to be used as an indicator for drought classification.


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GiGi, a great horned owl, was completely alone until she met the one man she'd never forget. GiGi first arrived at Mississippi's Wild at Heart Rescue toward the end of May after suffering significant head trauma, which the rescue suspects was the result of being hit by a car. She had a massive concussion, her body was riddled with parasites and she had a condition called aspergillosis, which is similar to pneumonia in humans, Missy Dubuisson, founder and director of Wild at Heart, told The Dodo. GiGi was so ill that, during the course of her treatment, she lost an entire pound of weight — which was a lot, considering great horned owls typically weigh anywhere from 2 to 5 pounds.
"This bird was one of the most critical we have ever taken care of," Dubuisson said. "The fact that this bird has lived is beyond comprehension." But if there was anyone at the rescue who could help GiGi get back in good health, it would be Douglas "Doug" Pojeky, president of the rescue and affectionately known as the "birds of prey whisperer." "In all my years of working with birds of prey, I have never seen someone with such a bond with these magnificent birds," Dubuisson said. Under Pojeky's care, GiGi went from knocking at "death's door to perching," Dubuisson said. She also went from being hand-fed to grabbing food on her own. GiGi had undoubtedly come to trust and care for Pojeky, and she made it known just how much in the most surprising way.
Pojeky had been a trip to Michigan, visiting family, leaving GiGi without his company for awhile. After Pojeky returned, he gave GiGi an examination and she immediately started bobbing her head and dancing on his arm. Then, she slowly walked up to his chest, rested her head on his shoulder and draped her wings around him in a fully fledged owl hug. The look of pure content on her face just before she embraced Pojeky showed just how happy she was to be reunited with her favorite human.
Pojeky told The Dodo that being hugged by GiGi held a particularly special importance to him. Growing up, a great horned owl used to perch on the top of Pojeky's family barn. While Pojeky's father often saw the owl, Pojeky and the rest of his family rarely did. However, on the morning of his father's death, the owl was spotted overlooking the farm house, where Pojeky's father had passed away, before flying off into the woods. "For some reason when that bird was hugging me, all I could think of was my dad," Pojeky said.
Once GiGi makes a full recovery, she'll be released back into the wild. But in the meantime, she has Pojeky to lean on. "It literally brings tears to my eyes to watch him interact with these birds," Dubuisson said. "They absolutely know him and trust him. It's the trust that you see in her face."
Source: The Dodo
"This is what an owl hug looks like." - Wild at Heart Rescue
Credits: Wild At Heart Rescue (photos / video snippets)
To help the rescue continue doing good work for animals in need, you may consider making a donation here : http://www.wildatheartrescue.org/donate.html
Watch more of GiGi on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/WildatHeartRescue/videos/862581973869416/
(If you do not like to watch with automated voice narrations, click link to watch the same video without narration and additional footage : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtsYHBVDN6g)
A new extended version of this story is now available for view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB0BOfP8DfM
You can also watch similar video with a different narrations at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KAxXwpad_o
Check out another owl rescue story:
CHECK out this amazing story of an OWL and DOG FRIENDSHIP : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYNqgF3r6rc
Check out more such stories here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLaNAsEVDxfyEiYvsgHa7LAI4plZuRQc0
Owl Hugs The Man Who Nursed Her Back To Health. This Adorable Owl Can't Stop Hugging The Man Who Rescued Her. Owl Recognizes And Hugs The Man Who Saved Him. An injured owl and her rescuer share a tender bird hug. Owl Can't Stop Hugging The Man Who Rescued Her After Bad Accident. This Sweet Owl Can't Stop Hugging The Man That Rescued Her. Owl's massive hug for the man who saved her life. Owl gives man that saved her life a big hug. Owl Recognizes The Man Who Saved Her, Gives Him The Most Heartfelt Hug. He Rescued An Owl After She Was Hit By A Car. Heartwarming photos of sick owl hugging U.S. Navy veteran melt the internet. How The Owl Thanks Him? INCREDIBLE. Great Horned Owl Embraces The Man That Rescued Her. Тази сова разпознава мъжа, който я е спасил и го дарява с най-топлата прегръдка. (This owl recognizes the man who saved her and gives him the warmest hug). Coruja Reconhece O Homem Que A Salvou E Lhe Dá O Abraço Mais Sincero De Todos. 險些送命的貓頭鷹認出救命恩人 - 張開翅膀給他「愛的抱抱」讓網友們都融化了.


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McClellan High School
9417 Geyer Springs Road
Little Rock AR 72209
Fax: 501-447-2101
Principal: Antony Hobbs
Enrollment: 864
PTA President: Ciaira Cole
Grade Levels: 9-12
McClellan High School has a rich history of being an exceptional school. Senator John L. McClellan officially dedicated the school, and McClellan can boast of many successes such as being the Model Technology High School for the LRSD, a Blue Ribbon school, and twice named the Top Business Education Program in the United States. McClellan's basketball program has won seven conference titles, finished as state champion runner-up twice and attended 18 consecutive State Tournaments. McClellan is also home to the Arkansas winner of the Wendy's High School Heisman Award.
Mr. Antony Hobbs is the Principal of McClellan High School. He brings years of educational experience, and his committment and passion for excellence resonates from his love of serving as an instructional leader. This leadership will be perpetuated by the continuation of Professional Learning Communities. These learning communities were designed to organize teachers into smaller learning groups that focused on student achievement data, specific student learning expectations, and ACTAAP preparation. The teachers will utilize the learning community meetings to plan for formative assessment and skill development days.
The academic house at McClellan helps to focus the students toward careers and job readiness. In the 9th grade, students share the same small team of teachers (9th grade teachers have common prep periods) who nurture them and teach them how to succeed in high school. In Business Finance, and Engineering, students are offered a variety of courses in financial planning, securities, banking, graphics design software, web design and computer aided design systems to produce and analyze products. EAST computer lab is offered for students who wish to explore advanced studies in a computer-related area. A school-wide computer network of 500+ computers connects students and teachers with each other and with the world.
McClellan students can participate in various clubs and organizations as well as in band, choir, football, basketball, soccer, wrestling, tennis, baseball, softball, cheerleading, flag line and track. McClellan's colors are red, white and blue, and the lion is the school mascot.
Creating Excellence for Tomorrow!
Partners in Education:
Cameron Valves & Measurement
UALR College of Education
UALR/English Dept
Wal-Mart No 124
Simmons Bank
Longley Baptist Church
Update: In February 2016, McClellan High School was removed from the academic distressed list by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE).
On June 17, 2013, the Little Rock School District received official notification from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) that Hall High School and McClellan High School had been placed on probation by the State Board for the 2012-2013 school year.
Hall was placed on probation for not offering a physics course. Although no one registered for Physics, schools in Arkansas must enroll students in Physics to meet the Accreditation Standards. As a result of being on probation for 2012-13, Hall must meet all standards for accreditation within no more than two (2) consecutive years to keep its accreditation and avoid possible sanctions for the school and district.
McClellan was placed on probation because the school had some 2012 graduates who did not have all of the twenty-two credits the state requires for graduation and it had a teacher who did not have the proper certification teaching Journalism. As a result of being on probation for 2012-13, McClellan must meet all standards for accreditation within no more than two (2) consecutive years to keep its accreditation and avoid possible sanctions for the school and district.
Parents: (Click on the links below for more information)
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HAC - Home Access Center- Gradebook (click here to access)
If you have not received your access code, contact our attendance office at 447-2250
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