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"10 Holiday Warning Signs" Your Senior Is In Trouble
By Stacey Hilton
November 16, 2012 (San Diego) -- The holiday season may be one of the few times local families get together and realize their elderly loved ones are in deep trouble and need immediate help. Adult children who don't live nearby often come home to holiday heartbreak with deteriorating relatives they aren't prepared to handle. So this holiday, the family might gather around the kitchen table – not only for turkey and treats, but also for a talk—a big talk—that maps out a plan to care for aging relatives.
That's why Senior Helpers, one of the largest in-home senior care companies with caregivers in our city, advises families with the "10 Holiday Warning Signs Seniors Need Help."
"This Thanksgiving and Christmas, thousands of adult children will be shocked to come home to elderly relatives who are lethargic and forgetful. They'll see a messy house, bills piling up, the joy of the season clouded with the realization that elderly relatives are struggling and can't make it alone," says Peter Ross, CEO and co-founder of Senior Helpers, one of the largest in-home senior care companies with offices in our city with highly trained caregivers specializing in dementia and Alzheimer's care. "This is the time to map out a care plan for aging relatives and that plan should include hiring caregivers who can help ease the burden for families."
Holiday Heartbreak
Two years ago at Christmas, Truly Bracken and her brother came home to Charlotte, North Carolina and realized their 83-year-old mother Margaret shouldn't be staying home alone anymore. During the holiday visit, on a normal stroll outside, Margaret lost her balance and fell.
"Mother didn't trip on anything. She just lost her balance and took a bad fall," says Truly. "Luckily she didn't break any bones, but seeing her fall prompted a family discussion about mother's care."
Truly and her brother both live far away, so they brought in a Senior Helpers caregiver to stay with their mom all day, 7 days a week.
"It's a huge relief knowing the caregivers are with Mother because they're so knowledgeable and caring," says Truly. "Mother feels like they're friends."
Senior Helpers' "10 Holiday Warning Signs Senior Loved Ones Need Help"*
- Poor eating habits resulting in weight loss, no appetite, or missed meals.
- Neglected hygiene - wearing dirty clothes, body odor, neglected nails and teeth.
- Neglected home - it's not as clean or sanitary as you remember growing up.
- Inappropriate behavior - acting loud, quiet, paranoid, or making phone calls at all hours.
- Changed relationship patterns that friends or neighbors have noticed.
- Burns or injuries resulting from weakness, forgetfulness, or misuse of alcohol or medications.
- Decreased participation in activities such as attending the senior center, book club, or church.
- Scorched pots and pans showing forgetfulness for dinner cooking on the stove.
- Unopened mail, newspaper piles, missed appointments.
- Mishandled finances such as losing money, paying bills twice, or hiding money.
"When family members get together, it's great to finally recognize and see firsthand that their elderly loved ones may have a problem," says Ross. "But conflict often surfaces when family members have to agree on a solution, especially when the senior has dementia or Alzheimer's and family members don't know how to handle it. That's why Senior Helpers offers a Holiday Family Meeting Guide to discuss the major sticking points. As part of that plan, we strongly encourage the family to hire a trained caregiver to get elderly loved ones the proper care. Our 10 Holiday Warning Signs and Holiday Family Meeting Guide initiatives are both part of our dementia and Alzheimer's program called the Senior Gems®."
Senior Helpers' "Holiday Family Meeting Guide":
- The person leading the meeting can be the elderly relative who anticipates needing care in the future. If that person already needs care, an adult child, friend, or relative can lead.
- Encourage discussion and get input from everyone. Make sure everyone makes their feelings known.
- Discuss money. Who will pay? How? If the money is coming from the elderly relative's estate, who will be the executor?
- At the end of the meeting, everyone present must commit to support the plan.
- Write it down. Good intentions are often forgotten over time and family members must have their responsibilities right in front of them.
*Source: The Council on Aging
To learn more about how to care for your senior loved one with dementia or Alzheimer's through the Senior Gems® program, please visit our website at www.seniorhelpers.com. There you can also request a complimentary Senior Gems® DVD.


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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.
And I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, the health risks of smoking -- and some advice about how to stop.
For many years, scientists have warned that tobacco is bad for your health. Yet millions of people around the world continue to smoke.
The World Health Organization estimates that each year, smoking is responsible for the deaths of five million people. And that number is increasing. At current rates, W.H.O. officials say tobacco use could kill ten million people a year by two thousand twenty.
In the United States, a nation of almost three hundred million people, an estimated forty-four million adults are smokers. Health experts say tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the country. Researchers believe that four hundred thirty-eight thousand Americans will die this year of diseases linked to smoking.
The dangers of smoking are well known. Heart disease and stroke are just two of the risks. Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of lung disease. The American Cancer Society says smoking is responsible for almost nine out of ten cases of lung cancer in the United States. Smoking is also a major cause of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, kidney, bladder and pancreas.
Scientists have identified more than sixty chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer in humans and animals.
Cigarettes are not the only danger. Smokeless tobacco and cigars also have been linked to cancer.
Smoking harms not only the smoker. Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have babies with health problems and low birth weight. Low birth-weight babies have an increased risk of early death. They may also suffer from a number of health disorders.
Family members at home and people at work who breathe tobacco smoke can also get sick. This is the danger of what is known as secondhand smoke.
Each year, secondhand smoke causes an estimated three thousand non-smoking adults in the United States to die of lung cancer. At the same time, researchers say, it also causes lung infections in as many as three hundred thousand young children.
The American Cancer Society says there is no safe way to smoke. It says smoking begins to cause damage immediately. All cigarettes can damage the body. Smoking even a small number of cigarettes is dangerous.
On May thirty-first of each year, the World Health Organization holds World No Tobacco Day. This event seeks to increase understanding about the public health effects of tobacco. Another purpose of World No Tobacco Day is to reduce individual dependence on tobacco.
Last year, a smoking-related treaty became part of international law. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control came into force on February twenty-eighth, two thousand five. Any country that approves the treaty is required to obey its rules. The treaty deals with things such as price and tax increases on cigarettes, marketing restrictions, secondhand smoke and illegal trade in tobacco products.
Nicotine is a substance in tobacco that gives pleasure to smokers. Nicotine is a poison. The American Cancer Society says nicotine can kill a person when taken in large amounts. It does this by stopping the muscles used for breathing.
The body grows to depend on nicotine. When a former smoker smokes a cigarette, the nicotine reaction may start again. This forces the person to keep smoking.
Studies have found that nicotine can be as difficult to resist as alcohol or the illegal drug cocaine. So experts say it is better never to start smoking than it is to smoke with the idea of stopping later.
Most people who smoke have heard about the harmful effects of cigarettes. Some of them decide to smoke fewer cigarettes. Most who try, however, find it difficult.
Experts say menthol cigarettes are no safer than other tobacco products. Menthol cigarettes produce a cool feeling in the smoker's throat. So people can hold the smoke inside their lungs longer than smokers of other products. As a result, experts say menthol cigarettes may be even more dangerous than other cigarettes.
Other smokers believe that cigarettes with low tar levels are safer. Tar is a substance produced when tobacco leaves are burned. It is known to cause cancer.
In two thousand one, the National Cancer Institute released a report about low tar cigarettes. It found that people who smoke these cigarettes do not reduce their risk of getting diseases linked to smoking. Scientists found no evidence of improvements to public health from changes in cigarette design and production in the past fifty years.
It is not easy to stop smoking permanently. But, if you are a smoker, doctors say you will probably live longer if you do stop. Smokers who stop feel better and look better.
You will not only help yourself. You will also protect the health of other people around you.
The American Cancer Society says the sooner people stop, the more they can reduce their chances of getting cancer and other diseases.
It says blood pressure returns to normal twenty minutes after smoking the last cigarette. Carbon monoxide gas levels in the blood return to normal after eight hours. The chance of heart attack decreases after one day. After one year, the risk of heart disease for a non-smoker is half that of a smoker.
There are products designed to help people reduce their dependence on cigarettes.
There are several kinds of nicotine replacement products that provide small amounts of the chemical. These can help people stop smoking.
Experts also say a drug used to treat depression has proven effective for many smokers. The drug is called Zyban. It does not contain nicotine. It works by increasing levels of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a chemical that produces feelings of pleasure.
There is evidence that people who have suffered from depression are much more likely than other people to smoke. The same is true for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. It also is much harder for them to stop smoking than it is for other people.
The American Cancer Society says there is no single "right way" to stop smoking. It says one method or a combination of methods may be successful. These include attending self-help programs or following directions in a book. The group says any way to stop smoking that is legal, moral and effective is worth a try.
To stop smoking, you should carefully plan your actions for at least one week. Stay away from public places where people are smoking. And try to stay away from people and situations that might trouble you.
Alcohol can weaken a person's will to stop smoking. So people who drink may find it easier to give up cigarettes if they stay away from alcohol temporarily.
Many experts say the best thing for a smoker is to stop completely. Even one cigarette can make you a smoker again. In the first week or two without cigarettes, you will probably feel terrible. You may be angry all the time or you may feel sad. You may have a headache or your stomach might feel sick.
Do not lose hope. If you stay away from tobacco, those feelings will go away in a few weeks. Tell yourself that you will be happier as a non-smoker. Tell yourself that nicotine should not control your life.
Move around as much as possible. Go for a quick walk or a run at least two times a day. Walking or running will make you breathe deeply. This will help clear the nicotine from your body. Also, when you have the urge to smoke, you could chew gum or eat a piece of fruit instead.
For a long time, you can expect to continue to have periods when you really want a cigarette. But these times will come less and less often. One day, you will recognize that you have won the struggle against smoking.
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS was written by George Grow. Cynthia Kirk was our producer. I'm Bob Doughty.
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Krauthammer: What Obama isn't saying
Charles Krauthammer says it's "comical and certainly embarrassing" that President Barack Obama will not use words such as jihadist and Islamist in reference to the Boston Marathon bombings.
"The lengths to which he will go to avoid telling us the truth about the enemy is becoming comical and certainly embarrassing," Krauthammer said Tuesday on Fox News on "The O'Reilly Factor." "For example, forget about the use the word jihadist — he will never use that, but he refuses to use the word Islamist, which is used throughout the Muslim world. It's used by journalists, by authors, on the street, in Parliament, in Egypt. It's used in Lebanon. It's used everywhere by Muslims."
He continued: "And yet Obama won't touch it because he refuses to use any words that might imply a connection between radical Islam and terrorism, which as anybody who is over the age of 9 knows is the single greatest cause of terror in the world today."
Krauthammer said that other historic leaders didn't shy away from clearly defining their enemies.
"It matters because if you want to mobilize the population, if you want to give them the courage to persist and to carry on a fight which should be a difficult fight, it could go on for a generation. You have to be clear with your own people about who the enemy is. Churchill did not speak about German extremists. He talked about the Nazi menace. He described it in detail. FDR didn't speak about extremists in Tokyo. He talked about the Japanese imperialism and its threat to the whole region," Krauthammer said.
He added: "You have to be able to be honest with the people if you are going to get any support. Otherwise, you get an event here, an event there and you say, 'We can't jump to any conclusions?' Within three days everybody understands that these brothers were jihadists."
Authorities say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and his older brother Tamerlan, 26, are the two suspects in the bombings. Tamerlan was killed following an overnight police chase in suburban Boston on Thursday into early Friday morning. Dzhokhar is recovering in a Boston hospital and authorities are questioning him. The brothers are of Chechen descent and Muslim.


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Questions about Ordering Our Freemason Jewelry?
Product stock and turnaround times
We have many silver items in stock and ready to go, while we might need a few days to make more if we are out. Our gold pieces are made to order and require 2-3 weeks, while silver rings usually take two weeks. Some flexibility in delivery and scheduling may occur, if you have a time sensitive order, please feel free to enquire.
Casting Alloys
Each piece can be ordered in Sterling Silver, 14K, 18K Yellow or White gold, and Platinum. If an item is not shown on the website in the metal or color you would like, please email for quotes. We probably haven't made that variation yet or remembered to take a photo before shipping.
In regards to our white gold pieces, both in 14 and 18k, we do not plate our white gold with Rhodium. Even though plating for a chrome like finish is a standard practice in much of the jewelry industry, we feel the natural appearance of the gold is preferable. In addition, plating wears away within a couple of years, leaving off-color streaks and spots. Our pieces are natural, standard (now nickel free!) white gold, which has a very white, slightly creamy color that becomes a softer creamy-golden tone in the 18K alloy.
Sterling Silver and Skin Chemistry
This jewelry is made from the highest quality silver available in the industry. In fact, we use a premium alloy that includes Germanium to resist tarnish and add strength. However, over these years of business it has become evident that about 7% of the public create an adverse reaction with Sterling Silver. It seems like certain skin chemistry is more acidic, causing sterling silver to tarnish or turn the finger green. This could be due to diet, genetic makeup, or contact with harsh detergents and chemicals. Most people experience no tarnish at all, others have varying amounts all the way up to actually corroding the metal into small pits. To help, some people have put a little clear nail polish on the inside of a ring, or there is a cream available to coat the piece, but requires daily repeated applications. Plating the silver may work temporarily but quickly wears off. There is honestly no true solution other than choosing to wear Gold or Platinum instead of silver. Please, be aware if you can wear silver before ordering silver jewelry. Since we have had to take losses from this issue several times, making jewelry and having it come back through no fault of our own, it eventually came to the point where we stopped accepting returns for this issue. However, to work out an equitable solution to the problem, for those who were unaware when ordering a silver ring, we have developed an upgrade policy, where we will credit the customer half the cost of their silver piece towards a white or yellow gold version of the same.
Many Chain Lengths and Styles Now Available
A variety of chain lengths and styles can be selected on each of the product pages, when available for order with that particular pendant. I also offer our chains for order separately in the "Special Items" category Chains are a tough subject - to find a good chain regardless of price is very difficult and it is suprising how expensive they are. Our chains are some of the finest in the industry, made in Germany or Italy, solid gold or silver. They are not cheap. One safety feature - Each has a small unsoldered link at the clasp that will break away in an emergency. This link may be soldered optionally upon request.
Hand engraving is available on items that offer it as an option on the website. If it is not offered, that means there is no space, unfortunately, as the design does not allow it. The engraving style is hand lettered using a small rotary tool, and can be seen in the photo below. Lettering is flexible and can be spaced large or small, so there are many options for engraving. If you have something special in mind, even a small symbol, please ask if we can accomodate it, usually we can!
(Hand lettered engraving, using a rotary tool, also done on the inside left and right shanks of rings.)
Custom Work
First of all, thank you for thinking of me for your custom jewelry, it is a compliment and an honor. However, we are a jewelry studio that issues a particular design as a final creation in a growing portfolio of unique artwork. This is in order to allow us personal time to design and create while still offering each previous popular design. Therefore we are unable to offer custom projects, other than what are shown or offered on our website. If you are looking for a ring in an individual fashion of your own, we recommend contacting a local, reputable crafting jeweler, preferably a Brother Mason, who will be better equipped and skilled for the task at hand. On our part, we will continue to offer new pieces of inventive design. If you would like to stay apprised of the latest offerings, please be sure to subscribe to our occasional newsletter in your website customer account settings.
Past Master's Insignia - Square and Quadrant or Quadrant Only?
There are three versions of Past Master's Insignia used throughout the US. The first and most common is the full Past Master's Jewel, with a Compass, Blazing Sun, and both a Square and Quadrant integrated together. The second version does not include the Square, but only the Compass, Sun, and Quadrant. (The Quadrant is often referred to in slang as a "rocker".) We have been compiling a list of each state that uses the "Quadrant Only" version, so far we have: Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, and Wyoming. Every other state except Pennsylvannia uses the full Square and Quadrant version. The third Past Master's Jewel design, for The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, has a 47th Problem of Euclid incorporated underneath a hanging square. Unfortunately I do not have this design available at this time. I am not exactly sure which other states or regions might use the Quadrant Only version, so please ensure you are ordering the correct Past Master's insignia on your ring or jewel.
Delivery Times
We usually stock all silver pendants. Orders in stock usually take 1-3 days to ship, USPS usually takes 3-5 days to arrive. USPS is nice due to the Saturday shipping day and lower prices. UPS Second day shipping can be had by selecting the express shipping option.
"Made to order" items such as most rings, and all gold and platinum pieces, are paid in advance and usually take 1-2 weeks.We would accept order and payment, and then keep you apprised of our progress throughout the making of your jewelry. If you would prefer not to pay in advance, a 50% deposit can be arranged, and lay away or installment payment options are also welcome as described below.
Ring Sizing
When ordering, we offer the option of a "plastic ring sizer" being mailed ASAP. These are small zip ties with the ring size marked on it and they work great. We've had excellent results with this system. We have noticed our rings fit best when snug, as they are heavier than most, but be sure it fits comfortably over the knuckle. We guarantee your ring will be the size ordered, please ensure you are ordering the correct size, by using our ring sizer or by visiting a local jeweler to get sized.
About resizing...We do not recommend resizing a ring, as it often involves stretching, or cutting open your ring, and then resealing it with solder. This may often require removal of the gemstone. Unfortunately, it is sometimes unavoidable if we lose or gain weight. We are able to resize your ring here in our studio in about a week. Our resizing service is available to order in the "special items" section of the website. After ordering, mail your ring to the studio and we will send it right back, shipping included at the time of purchase of the ring sizing service.
Commitment to the Environment
We believe in careful management of our natural resources, and protecting the glorious work of the GAOTU. In that spirit, we have worked hard to eliminate the damage of casting precious metal alloys and polishing jewelry. Making jewelry consumes a fair bit of electricity, chemicals and materials. To mitigate this, we use air filters on our polishers, kiln and metal melting furnace, have switched to using phosphate-free, environmentally safe detergents in our ultrasonic cleaners, biodegradable packaging and UPS carbon neutral shipping. We also use certified environmentally viable precious metals, low chemical gypsum investment, non-toxic polishes and we neutralize our acids before disposal. More than half the electricity we use comes from renewable sources such as hydro electric, solar, wind, and nuclear that creates no greenhouse gases. We will continue to search for new ways to reduce our environmental footprint as the years progress.
The Pendants
Hopefully this will give an idea of the scale of our pendants. The photo above should appear close to actual size, and shows a selection of our pendants compared with standard medium weight guitar picks. The Man Who Would be King and Original Mason's Jewel are 1 1/8" wide and tall, and weigh about 15 grams. The Past Master's Jewel is one of our largest pieces and weighs 22 grams in 14k Gold.
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On last night's episode of Hoarders, we met a man named Kevin, whose dense hoard is so crammed into his apartment that he cannot live there. He sleeps on a bench outside of the building and washes himself using a hose on the street. When he needs to enter the apartment, he climbs up the fire escape and crawls through a window — his front door will not open because there are piles of belongings pressing against it. Kevin's parents were talk show hosts in the '50s, and a lot of his stash is memorabilia. Things that represent or belonged to his parents. Kevin grew up wealthy — "we had maids and housekeepers," but has literally gone from riches to rags. Also? He has cats.
When a therapist visited Kevin to discuss his hoarding, they met on his bench, outside the building. Kevin had some bags and carts around him, and the doctor immediately said that having the stuff "makes him look mentally ill." When asked to described going in and coming out of his apartment, Kevin said that due to the things he's accumulated, the environment was "like a birth canal that I have to slither through." The doctor said, "Wow." She seemed to believe that he built himself a womb-like environment because his parents meant everything to him and he has no identity without them.
Although the Hoarders team spent 2 days cleaning out Kevin's apartment, when the landlord came to visit, he declared that he had to start eviction proceedings. Kevin seemed oddly unmoved by this news. His brother called him "out of touch," but the doctor insisted that what he really needs is some intensive therapy, away at a facility. You get the feeling that a facility might be a good place for him — in many ways he is incapable of caring for himself, and maybe even longs for the days when he was a kid who didn't have responsibilities. When all of his needs were taken care of for him.
It's definitely intriguing to think about Kevin being raised in financial comfort. How many times did you wish your parents were rich, or thought that if only you'd had a less impoverished childhood, things would be better?


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Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, which has been widely praised as a modern masterpiece. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala, including the hidden workings underneath the stage, where Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, practices his otherworldly arts. The magnetic baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as Prospero, a role he has sung to great acclaim in London.


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News | August 28, 2013
Identification of oldest solar twin may help locate rocky exoplanets
From ESO
An international team led by astronomers in Brazil has used ESO's Very Large Telescope to identify and study the oldest solar twin known to date. Located 250 light-years from Earth, the star HIP 102152 is more like the Sun than any other solar twin — except that it is nearly four billion years older. This older, but almost identical, twin gives us an unprecedented chance to see how the Sun will look when it ages. The new observations also provide an important first clear link between a star's age and its lithium content, and in addition suggest that HIP 102152 may be host to rocky terrestrial planets.
Astronomers have only been observing the Sun with telescopes for 400 years — a tiny fraction of the Sun's age of 4.6 billion years. It is very hard to study the history and future evolution of our star, but we can do this by hunting for rare stars that are almost exactly like our own, but at different stages of their lives. Now astronomers have identified a star that is essentially an identical twin to our Sun, but 4 billion years older — almost like seeing a real version of the twin paradox in action.
Jorge Melendez (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), the leader of the team and co-author of the new paper explains: "For decades, astronomers have been searching for solar twins in order to know our own life-giving Sun better. But very few have been found since the first one was discovered in 1997. We have now obtained superb-quality spectra from the VLT and can scrutinise solar twins with extreme precision, to answer the question of whether the Sun is special."
The team studied two solar twins — one that was thought to be younger than the Sun (18 Scorpii) and one that was expected to be older (HIP 102152). They used the UVES spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory to split up the light into its component colours so that the chemical composition and other properties of these stars could be studied in great detail.
They found that HIP 102152 in the constellation of Capricornus (The Sea Goat) is the oldest solar twin known to date. It is estimated to be 8.2 billion years old, compared to 4.6 billion years for our own Sun. On the other hand 18 Scorpii was confirmed to be younger than the Sun — about 2.9 billion years old.
Studying the ancient solar twin HIP 102152 allows scientists to predict what may happen to our own Sun when it reaches that age, and they have already made one significant discovery. "One issue we wanted to address is whether or not the Sun is typical in composition," says Melendez. "Most importantly, why does it have such a strangely low lithium content?"
Lithium, the third element in the periodic table, was created in the Big Bang along with hydrogen and helium. Astronomers have pondered for years over why some stars appear to have less lithium than others. With the new observations of HIP 102152, astronomers have taken a big step towards solving this mystery by pinning down a strong correlation between a Sun-like star's age and its lithium content.
Our own Sun now has just 1% of the lithium content that was present in the material from which it formed. Examinations of younger solar twins have hinted that these younger siblings contain significantly larger amounts of lithium, but up to now scientists could not prove a clear correlation between age and lithium content.
TalaWanda Monroe (Universidade de São Paulo), the lead author on the new paper, concludes: "We have found that HIP 102152 has very low levels of lithium. This demonstrates clearly for the first time that older solar twins do indeed have less lithium than our own Sun or younger solar twins. We can now be certain that stars somehow destroy their lithium as they age, and that the Sun's lithium content appears to be normal for its age."
A final twist in the story is that HIP 102152 has an unusual chemical composition pattern that is subtly different to most other solar twins, but similar to the Sun. They both show a deficiency of the elements that are abundant in meteorites and on Earth. This is a strong hint that HIP 102152 may host terrestrial rocky planets.
If a star contains less of the elements that we commonly find in rocky bodies, this indicates that it is likely to host rocky terrestrial planets because such planets lock up these elements as they form from a large disc surrounding the star. The suggestion that HIP 102152 may host such planets is further reinforced by the radial velocity monitoring of this star with ESO's HARPS spectrograph, which indicates that inside the star's habitable zone there are no giant planets. This would allow the existence of potential Earth-like planets around HIP 102152; in systems with giant planets existing close in to their star, the chances of finding terrestrial planets are much less as these small rocky bodies are disturbed and disrupted.
More information
This research was presented in a paper to appear in "High precision abundances of the old solar twin HIP 102152: insights on Li depletion from the oldest Sun", by TalaWanda Monroe et al. in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The team is composed of TalaWanda R. Monroe, Jorge Meléndez (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil [USP]), Iván Ramírez (The University of Texas at Austin, USA), David Yong (Australian National University, Australia [ANU]), Maria Bergemann (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany), Martin Asplund (ANU), Jacob Bean, Megan Bedell (University of Chicago, USA), Marcelo Tucci Maia (USP), Karin Lind (University of Cambridge, UK), Alan Alves-Brito, Luca Casagrande (ANU), Matthieu Castro, José-Dias do Nascimento (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), Michael Bazot (Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade de Porto, Portugal) and Fabrício C. Freitas (USP).
ESO is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world's most productive ground-based astronomical observatory by far. It is supported by 15 countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and two survey telescopes. VISTA works in the infrared and is the world's largest survey telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope is the largest telescope designed to exclusively survey the skies in visible light. ESO is the European partner of a revolutionary astronomical telescope ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ESO is currently planning the 39-metre European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become "the world's biggest eye on the sky".
TalaWanda R. Monroe
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Tel: +55 11 3091 2815
Email: tmonroe - at - usp.br
Jorge Meléndez
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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Richard Hook
ESO, Public Information Officer
Garching bei München, Germany
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63 Abducted Females Escape Extremists in Nigeria
Haruna Umar and Michelle Faul, ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted two weeks ago by Islamic extremists have managed to escape, officials said Monday, though more than 200 girls kidnapped in April still remain missing.
Nigerian security forces and federal officials have denied reports of a mass abduction June 22 from three villages in the northeastern state of Borno. But Chibok government chairman Pogu Bitrus said Monday he had verified that about 60 women and girls escaped last week by sending a representative to meet with some of the escapees and their families at a hospital in Lassa.
Civil patrol leader Abbas Gava in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, said he was told 63 women and girls escaped Friday while their captors were engaged in a major attack on a military barracks and police headquarters in the town of Damboa.
The Associated Press had originally quoted witnesses and a local official saying that 90 people including about 30 boys had been kidnapped from the three villages on June 22. But Bitrus said those who escaped said no males were abducted with them.
Boko Haram extremists have been waging an insurgency for five years in northern Nigeria, demanding the establishment of an Islamic state. More than 2,000 people have died so far this year in the Islamic uprising, compared to an estimated 3,600 total deaths in the previous four years.
The group drew international condemnation for the April 15 abductions of more than 300 schoolgirls from a school in Chibok in the northern state of Borno. Some 219 of those girls still are missing. The government and military failure to rescue them has attracted sharp criticism worldwide.
Boko Haram is demanding the release of detained fighters in exchange for the Chibok girls but Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan reportedly has refused to consider a prisoner swap.
On Monday, government spokesman Mike Omeri told reporters the government still does not know anything about the latest mass abduction and escapes. He also said investigators were progressing in the April Chibok kidnappings case.
"We are moving closer to finding them, at least we have identified a number of leads," he told reporters.
That statement could not immediately be reconciled with one made weeks ago by Nigeria's top-ranking soldier, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, who said the government knew where the girls are being held but feared that any military campaign to rescue them could endanger their lives.
Bitrus said attacks have increased around Chibok and that Boko Haram has taken over some villages and is threatening to capture others. A local group, the Kibaku Area Development Association, says 19 villages have been attacked since the April 15 abductions, with more than 229 people killed and about 100 seriously wounded.
The vast majority of the cases have had advance warning of the attacks — as happened in the Chibok kidnappings — yet the military had taken no action, the association said.
"Security and defense is mainly provided by the local vigilante and the police while the soldiers in Chibok sit by and watch villagers being helplessly massacred in their homes, farms and in places of worship," the association said, demanding help from the United Nations.
Nigeria's military has reported some successes in recent days. Soldiers killed at least 50 insurgents and lost five troops and their commander when they repulsed an attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a military base in Damboa, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
It is impossible to verify reports from an area were Boko Haram is carrying out near-daily attacks.
Faul reported from Lagos, Nigeria.
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CHICAGO—In what is being called the first conceptual terrorist attack on American soil, the landmark Sears Tower was encased in 18 million tons of strawberry gelatin early Monday morning, leaving thousands shocked, angry, and seriously confused.
Authorities called to the scene of the senseless attack said they could do little to control the large crowds of dangerously bewildered citizens, many of whom searched desperately for some semblance of meaning in what had just taken place. As of press time, 11 night security guards were still trapped inside the famous structure, their rescue unlikely until the Jell-O melts.
"My God, it's just awful," said commuter Nick Dawson, one of countless Chicago residents who struggled to comprehend what had occurred. "Why would anyone do something like this?"
Tentative speculation that the dessert enclosure was in fact an act of terrorism was quickly confirmed after a group known only as the Prophet's Collective took credit for the attack in a three-hour-long video that surfaced on the Internet.
"Your outdated ideas of what terrorism is have been challenged," an unidentified, disembodied voice announces following the video's first 45 minutes of random imagery set to minimalist techno music. "It is not your simple bourgeois notion of destructive explosions and weaponized biochemical agents. True terror lies in the futility of human existence."
According to a 2007 CIA executive summary, the terrorists responsible for masterminding the attack are likely hiding somewhere in Berlin's vast labyrinth of cafés. Though officials said they didn't know if any of those involved in carrying out the plot were still in Chicago, several dozen local performance artists and interpretive dancers have been brought in for questioning.
"We believe that this is the same group responsible for the 2005 Saran-wrapping of the American embassy in Paris," CIA director Michael Hayden said. "This is an extremely dangerous organization with absolutely no regard for American tastes and sensibilities. If left unchecked, it could forever change the face of contemporary terrorism."
Hayden said the CIA is working closely with the National Endowment for the Arts to cut off all grants that may serve as funding for the group. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security has begun monitoring any large purchases of gravy, tinfoil, pig's blood, and barbed wire in hopes of preventing another aesthetic tragedy.
"We are calling upon all citizens to remain vigilant during this difficult and utterly peculiar time," Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley said during a press conference earlier today. "The city needs your help to ensure that the disturbing message sent to us by these terrorists today, whatever it was, never happens again."
"If you see something weird, say something," Daley added.
While officials have yet to determine the purpose of the attack, a number of potential theories have emerged, including the sudden deregulation of the U.S. economy, the destruction of culturally significant landmarks, and maybe the fact that man, in his essence, is no more than a collection of irrational fragments, incapable of finding reason where no reason exists.
A secret communiqué leaked by the Prophet's Collective, however, decries these theories and several others as being "completely off," and goes on to call the American people "cultural infidels."
Though many Chicago residents are still attempting to wrap their heads around the attack, some in the Windy City have refused to classify the Jell-O encasement as a terrorist act at all.
"I'm no expert, but I know terrorism when I see it," said Kathy Atwood, a Hyde Park mother of four. "Where is the devastating loss of life and massive destruction of infrastructure? This doesn't move me to run for my life at all."
She added: "Real terrorism takes years of training and meticulous planning. My 6-year-old kid can make Jell-O."
The DHS said it has taken additional measures to secure the Brooklyn Bridge following today's Jell-O attack, as initial evidence suggests that the New York landmark may or may not be the site of "found terrorism."


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What You Can Do To Get Your Weight Under Control: A Few Good Tips
Wanting to look your best is important, but many young women have an unrealistic picture of what their bodies are expected look like. This can lead to unhealthy weight loss methods such as binging and purging. This article will give you some tips to recognizing the signs of unhealthy weight loss methods.
Want to drop a few pounds, burn those calories with exercise. The more calories you burn with exercise the less your body will store helping you to loose weigh. Start will simple exercise and work your way to a full daily routine. You can burn from 200-400 calories per hour with exercise.
You need to be properly motivated if you want to lose weight. You cannot lose weight as quickly as possible if you are trying to lose it for someone else rather than for yourself. It will be very difficult to stick with a diet plan or give 100% when working out if you do not really have the motivation to try hard.
We've all been told a million times to drink more water. But whether still or sparkling, water is the single best drink to help promote weight loss. It can also help to flush the extra fluids from your body. If you think water is boring, liven it up with lemon or lime slices, or a cucumber slice for a little extra flavor.
Contrary to popular belief, hunger should not be a part of your weight loss efforts! Eating smaller, more frequent meals along with healthy snacks, will keep your body functioning better and prevent you from having to suffer through those impossible hunger pains! So eat enough to avoid being famished, but eat smart to facilitate your weight loss!
Drink water to help you lose weight. If you sit down to a meal and are famished, it's more likely you will eat more, but simply having a glass of water before a meal will help with that. Sometimes our body will tell you it's thirsty, but you may think it's telling you it's hungry. Next time you're feeling hungry, try a glass of water.
If you experience an uncontrollable craving for something juicy and sweet, always opt for fresh fruit. Many people mistakenly believe that most bottled fruit drinks and vitamin-enriched beverages offer the same nutritional value as an apple, strawberry or banana. The opposite is true. These drinks have far less nutrients and far more calories than most fruits.
Minerals and supplements are fantastic options to control your weight gain and make you feel better during the course of the day. One of the best supplements to take is omega 3 fatty acids, as it will help to increase your metabolism so that you can burn fat at a faster rate.
As stated at he beginning of this article, many young women have an unrealistic picture of what their bodies are expected to look like. This leads many young women to develop unhealthy weight loss habits that can be dangerous. Hopefully this article will help guide you towards recognizing the signs of unhealthy weight loss.


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There are those who believe that one method of improving student achievement in our public schools is to pay teachers' salaries based upon merit, i.e., raise their salaries based upon the success of their students.
Proponents of this initiative believe that if teachers know their salaries will increase as the success of their students improves, they will be motivated to work harder and do more to insure that our children master the skills that are necessary to lead productive lives as adults.
Advocates of merit pay make the incorrect assumption that many of our teachers are not already giving their best effort to effectively teach the children in our public schools. There are several reasons why the idea of merit pay has no merit — not when you are talking about educating children.
Teaching is not an exact science: Children are not like cars, computers, cosmetics or other products that are marketed in our culture. Children each have their individual abilities, thought patterns, personalities, and ambitions. Children cannot be re-programmed, re-configured, altered, and improved to meet the desires of a manufacturer or marketer. Children are generally grouped together with diverse abilities, diverse backgrounds, and diverse personalities.
It is important for teachers to establish an educational balance within the classroom, making sure that students of lesser ability are not left behind by students with accelerated learning abilities. By the same token, students who grasp and retain concepts and are able to effectively apply them must not be allowed to become bored with learning because the teacher is focusing on bringing up the performance of students who do not learn as fast or retain knowledge as well.
Home environments are not always conducive to learning: Many of the students in public schools, particularly in densely populated areas, come from families where educational opportunities have not been capitalized upon. In Detroit, for example, 47 percent of the adult population is functionally illiterate. This has a profound effect upon a child's ability to learn because there is too often no one at home to help reinforce what is taught in school. In addition, many parents are intimidated by the school environment due to their own lack of educational success.
The child, who hears disparaging remarks made by the parent toward the teacher and the school in general, absorbs that attitude. When the child knows that the parents have little or no regard for the school and the teachers, the child is more likely to adopt that same attitude.
Stability and nutrition: Sixty percent of our students in large urban areas come from families who live at or below the poverty level. Many qualify for free or reduced lunches. Many children do not receive adequate health care, thus preventing mental, emotional, or physical problems from being properly and effectively diagnosed and treated. Too many children are not adequately fed on a daily basis, may not have heat and lights or adequate clothing at home, or may suffer from other adverse conditions affecting their ability to focus on learning.
Many students, because of their family conditions, have a high transience rate, moving from one place and one school to another. Programs like Open Court reading that address this concern by attempting to establish a learning schedule only relieve one of these concerns; it does not eliminate them.
Attendance: One of the most chronic problems public educators face is poor attendance. There is a direct correlation between high academic achievement and student attendance. Generally, the child who is in school every day is more inclined to achieve academic success. Their progress is easier to monitor, deficiencies are easier to address, and continuity of instruction is maintained. Attendance problems have now filtered down even to the early elementary levels of education. This has a long-term effect: A high school student who has had poor attendance throughout his/her educational life, and has not mastered the basic educational skills, will continue to struggle academically and will often lose interest and be more inclined to disrupt the educational environment in school.
Substance abuse issues: An increasing number of students are now coming into our school systems from homes where substance abuse is a fact of life. Alcohol/drug fetal syndrome children are now of school age, and their problems physically and mentally have not been adequately addressed. The proliferation of drugs in our communities further compounds the academic challenges students face.
There are other issues — such as what would be the benchmarks that determine merit? Who will be the evaluator of a teacher performance? How do you measure the effectiveness of a teacher working with an accelerated learning group, against a teacher who was given classes of students with limited skills, poor attendance and persistent behavior problems — and who received no parental support?
Is it reasonable to evaluate the performance of a teacher when he or she does not have adequate supplies and facilities and equipment to meet the educational needs of the students?
Before the discussion moves to paying teachers based upon merit, we need to look at addressing the social ills that are inhibiting our children's ability to learn. We need to make sure that every child is receiving the nutrition, health care, and social support they need to enhance their opportunity to learn.
Education budgets must be increased so that there is equity between poor urban and rural communities, and their wealthier suburbs. When these strategies are in place, then and only then should the possibility of merit pay even enter any discussion on the future of education.
Virginia Cantrell is the Executive Vice President of the Detroit Federation of Teachers.


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The contract is for 11 N117/3000 Delta turbines to go to the Makikangas wind farm, which is less than 2 kilometres from the coast. According to Nordex the location has an average wind speed of 8 metres per second.
Makikangas is Wpd's first wind farm in Finland, although in 2011 the German developer received authorisation by the Finnish authorities to potentially develop the 600MW offshore Suurkiekka project.
This is Nordex's third Finnish order in the last six months. In the latter half of 2013, it won deals from Finnish wealth management company Taaleritehdas and Impax Asset Investment for a combined capacity of around 47MW.
Both of these latter turbine purchases were for the low wind 2.4MW version of the same machine. The Delta turbine is predominantly designed for medium wind speed sites, although a 3.3MW high wind version is also available.
The machine was officially launched at last year's EWEA conference in Vienna.


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WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki released the following statement Jan. 7 in support of the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as the next secretary of defense:
"As a recipient of two Purple Hearts for courage in the line of duty in Vietnam; a deputy administrator of veterans affairs under President Reagan dedicated to ensuring aeterans receive the care and benefits owed them; and a distinguished member of the U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel is a principled public servant who has shown unwavering commitment to our nation's defense and the servicemembers and veterans of every generation who have sacrificed to safeguard our freedom.
"His lifetime of experience and leadership has prepared him to serve the nation well as our next secretary of defense. I fully support his nomination and look forward to his partnership in meeting the needs of our transitioning servicemembers, survivors, veterans and their families."


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SSA and Mathematica Researchers Guest Edit Latest Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
Paul S. Davies and Kalman Rupp, researchers in the Social Security Administration's Office of Retirement and Disability Policy, together with David Wittenburg of Mathematica Policy Research, guest edited the latest issue of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation (volume 30, number 3, 2009). SSA researchers contributed to four of the articles in the issue, using data from the National Survey of SSI Children and Families (NSCF), an SSA-initiated survey of SSI children and young adults. Links to the articles follow:
- A Life-Cycle Perspective on the Transition to Adulthood among Children Receiving Supplemental Security Income Payments
Paul S. Davies, Kalman Rupp, and David Wittenburg
- Family Caregiving and Employment among Parents of Children with Disabilities on SSI
Kalman Rupp and Steve Ressler
- Unmet Health Care Needs and Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenses of SSI Children
Anne DeCesaro and Jeffrey Hemmeter
- Changing Circumstances: Experiences of Child SSI Recipients Before and After Their Age-18 Redetermination for Adult Benefits
Jeffrey Hemmeter, Jacqueline Kauff, and David Wittenburg
- The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects
Thomas Fraker and Anu Rangarajan
- Providing Supports to Youth with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood: Case Descriptions from the Youth Transition Demonstration
Richard G. Luecking and David Wittenburg


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Ryan Ota. Great guy. Often referred to as the M.C. Hammer of menswear designers.
Kidding. He's not, although both know their way around a great pair of pants. Take Ota's new Woodsmen crop pants, just into The Human Imagination.
Now these are too legit to quit: cool, casual trousers with ribbing at the hem for a slightly sporty feel. Think of your man's favorite sweatpants, but with major style upgrades – chambray or wood grain print, faux-leather accented drawstring waistband, contrasting pockets. You know, something a trend-setting hip-hop legend might throw on for an impromptu jam session.
Close-up of the drawstring waist and contrasting pockets.
This is just the latest hit in Ota's Safety Meeting collection, his first available in a brick-and-mortar store. For the full effect, pump it up with his initial release, the Kaya shirt: a traditional, collared button-down, color blocked in blue or tiger camo with four hidden inseam pockets and pearl snap buttons.
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Wx::Demo - the wxPerl demo
Every demo is a module in the Wx::DemoModules::* namespace. On startup Wx::Demo collects the lits of Demo Modules, tries to load each one of them and displays a list of them based on a categorization within the Demo Modules.
You can also locate Demos based on the widget being use or based on the event used in the example.
Every Demo Module can supply a tags method that should return extra deep categorization. It should return a reference to a two element array where the first element is the category hierarchy: maincat/subcat and the second element is the title of the given category.
The main categories are hard-coded in the Wx::Demo module (new, controls, windows, etc...)
Every module can have an add_to_tags method that should return a list of names of the categories the module belongs to so these should be strings such as "new", "control", etc... which are main categories or "control/xyz" which is a subcategory definde by one of the Demo modules.
If there is no add_to_tags or if it does not return anything then the demo can only be found from the list of widgets or events. Currently the reason that some packages might have not add_to_tags method is that some of the demos are implemented as several packages in one file. In such case only the main package has the add_to_tags method as only that needs to be added to the list of demos.
Every module must have a title method that returns its title. As far as I can see, the titles are usually the same as the filename.
When one of the Demo Modules is selected in the left pane, the Demo will try to execute its window and if it does not exists then the new method.
There is also an optional file method in the Demo Modules. I think it is used in case there are more than one Demo Packages in the same file.
Some of the Demo Modules use Wx::DemoModules::lib::BaseModule as a base class.
Mattia Barbon <firstname.lastname@example.com>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Wx::Demo, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Wx::Demo
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perl -MCPAN -e shell
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Michigan's cyclocross scene was treated to a beautiful night of racing in Monroe, MI on Saturday night. Tailwind Enterprises hosted it's first ever 'cross race under the stars at Munson park in General Custer's hometown. This course consists of a massive sledding hill surrounded by soccer fields and is always home to strong winds and temperamental weather. Things were no different on this evening, winds were whipping all night long and the embrocation treatment started early for a lot of racers.
The first riders to attempt to slay the Munson Monster were the C-racers. There was an impressive 60 riders in this field which is large for any c – race field in Michigan. After a hard fought 30 minutes Ryan McKinnie (Two Wheel Tango) took the 39 and under race and Brian Goocher from the historical Jack's Bicycle shop took the 40 + race. Jacks Bicycles was also the bike shop sponsor for this race and has been in business for an impressive 73 years.
As the sun began to set and the stars were beginning to shine the B – race was just beginning. Again there were an impressive amount of riders in this race and everybody had there sights on the top step. After 45 minutes of pure suffering it was Terrence Metz (Wolverine/Roaring Mouse) that had bragging rights until the next race.
Race number three was the Elite women and Master's mens races. By this time of night the full moon was on display and the riders from previous races were enjoying the homemade chili and surely putting down a few beers. The Wolverine cycling team threw their muscle around in the 35+ race and put Patrick Russell and Simon Bailey in the two top positions. Rounding out the top three was Team Giant's Terry Ritter.
The 45 + race saw Mark Wolowiec (Flying Rhino Cycling Club) aka the man that doesn't age, come away with a close win in front of Andy Klumb (Drakes Coffee). Finishing off the podium was another perpetual young guy Joe Brown who was the course designer for the race and was also riding for the Flying Rhino Cycling Club.
There were no surprises in the Elite womens race. Anne Schwartz (Flying Rhino Cycling) showed who owns this field in Michigan with yet another impressive win. Anne was able to also drop a lot of the Master's men in the field as well and looks well on her way to another great season. Kelly Paterson (Wolverine/American Cycle & Fitness) took home second place honors on the night and also took over second place in the series.
The final race of the evening was of course the Elite men. Michigan has a very strong elite field with last seasons USGP Master's Champ Michael Wissink (Specialized), Jeff Weinert (Wolverine/American Cycle & Fitness) who is 3rd in the USGP Master's standings right now, and Jonathan Card (Jack's Bicycles/Saturn of Toledo) who is also in the top ten of the USGP standings. The race started off very fast with Jeff Weinert taking the hole shot and leading the field through the first few turns. Midway through the first lap Matthew Ashley (Flying Rhino Cycling) made a mad dash off the front getting an instant gap but was reeled back in by Michael Wissink and the rest of the field by the end of lap one. Lap two saw Ashley leading into a tight turn just before the pit entrance and go down taking out Wissink and most of the field. Wissink was able to recover and rejoin the front of the race. For the next few laps riders took turns attacking the field until Wissink was able to get away on lap 4 leaving Tim Saari (Essex Brass), Vince Roberge (Trails Edge), and Jeff Weinert fighting for the left overs. The race would finish off in that order with Mark Parmelee (Cycletherapy) taking the fifth and final money spot.
Overall, it was a fantastic night of racing, with an exceptional course design that allowed riders to stay off their brakes and just lay it down. The next race in the Tailwind series is at Lower Huron Metro Park in Belleville, MI. This course will be a bit different from the high speed course of Munson Park. For more info on the Tailwind Series check out www.tailwind.net, and for more race photos go to www.tuckerbikes.com. See you at the next one.
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A police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia has been selected as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, in which protesters stormed the building, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidential win.
J. Thomas Manger, who most recently served for 15 years as chief in Montgomery County, Maryland, was picked after an extensive search, according to four people briefed on the matter. The people were not authorized to discuss the selection process publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The decision comes as the Capitol Police and other law enforcement agencies are struggling to determine the best way to secure the Capitol and what direction to take the 2,300-person force that guards the building and the lawmakers inside it and functions as mashup of a national security agency and local police department.
The department has asked for more funding for more officers and better riot gear. In the meantime, the massive fence that encircled the grounds was taken down in the past few weeks.
The Capitol Police Board, which includes the House and Senate sergeant at arms and the Architect of the Capitol, is charged with oversight of the police force and led the search.
Manger was chief in Montgomery County, outside Washington, from 2004 to 2019. Before that, he led the Fairfax, Virginia, police department. Those jobs, as well as a leadership position in the Major Cities Chiefs Association, have made him a familiar face in Washington law enforcement circles and on Capitol Hill.
Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman was elevated to the role after the agency's top official, Steven Sund, was forced out a day after the protest.
Pittman, a longtime Capitol police officer, wasn't expected to get the job permanently. And her appointment did little to soothe the tumult inside the department or to quell concerns about failures of preparation and intelligence-sharing ahead of the attack.
She faced steep criticism from her own officers after they said she showed little to no leadership on Jan. 6. The union voted overwhelmingly to show no confidence in her.
As the invaders wielded metal pipes, planks of wood, stun guns, and bear spray, the vastly outnumbered rank-and-file officers inside the building were left to fend for themselves without proper communication or strong guidance from supervisors. The officers weren't sure when they could use deadly force, had failed to properly lock down the building, and could be heard making frantic radio calls for backup as they were shoved to the ground and beaten by protesters, with some left bloodied.
A new House committee is investigating the attack and the mistakes made by the Capitol Police and other law enforcement that allowed hundreds of people to break in. The panel announced Monday that four police officers, including two Capitol Police, will testify about their experiences that day at the committee's first hearing on July 27.
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Northlight Theatre announces STONES IN HIS POCKETS Written by Marie Jones Directed by J.R. Sullivan
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with Marie Jones's Stones in His Pockets,directed by J.R. Sullivan, featuring Brian Vaughn and David Ivers. The production will run at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie, from March 8 – April 14, 2013.
A couple of small town Irishmen hope to hit it big when hired as extras for an epic American movie filming in their scenic County Kerry village. Two actors portray a colorful cast of dozens in this rollicking tale that pits harsh reality against Hollywood endings.
Stones in His Pockets is presented in association with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
BJ Jones comments, "One of the greatest pleasures in my job is the opportunity to bring old friends and colleagues to Chicago. Northlight veteran director J.R. Sullivan, with whom I worked first in 1976, returns to direct Stones in His Pockets with Brian Vaughn and David Ivers—two versatile actors who will play 15 roles in a play that is both hilarious and heartbreaking. David and Brian are the Artistic Directors of the Utah Shakespeare Festival and J.R. is the Artistic Director of the Pearl Theatre in New York. With all this artistic firepower on display I am sure you will be as delighted as I am to welcome them to Northlight."
The designers are Scott Davis (Set Design/Props), David Kay Mickelsen (Costume Design),Casey Diers (Lighting Design) and Lindsay Jones (Sound Design). The stage manager isChristine D. Freeburg and the dramaturg is Kristin Leahey.
J.R. Sullivan (Director) previously directed Northlight's Benefactors and The Last Survivor. He has been the artistic director of The Pearl Theatre Company in New York City since 2009, directing six shows for the company's three-season residency at New York City Center, includingMoon for the Misbegotten, Richard II, Wittenberg, and Hard Times. For seven seasons, Sullivan served as associate artistic director of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, directing productions there of Henry V, Hamlet, King Lear, Gaslight, 'Art,' and Stones in His Pockets among others. J.R. Sullivan's work has also been seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Players, The Arden in Philadelphia, The Studio Theatre in Washington DC, and Delaware Theatre Company, among many others. His 1995 production of Faith Healer was a great success for the Turnaround Theatre Company located at Halsted and Belmont, garnering critical acclaim and later continuing in an extended run at Steppenwolf.
Marie Jones (Playwright) has written shows that have been produced around the world. Her playStones in His Pockets was produced on Broadway in 2001. She founded the Charabanc Theater Company in 1983 and later co-founded DubbleJoint in 1990. Other Credits: A Night in November;Convictions; Don't Look Down; Eddie Bottom's Dream; Gold in the Streets; Hang All the Harpers;Hiring Days; It's a Waste of Time Tracey; Now You're Talkin'; Oul Delf and False Teeth; Ruby;Somewhere over the Balcony; The Blind Fiddler of Glenadauch; The Cow, the Ship and the Indian; The Girls in the Big Picture; The Hamster Wheel; The Terrible Twins' Crazy Christmas;Under Napoleon's Nose; Weddin's Wee'ins and Wakes; Women on the Verge of HRT; Yours, Truly; book for the musical The Chosen Room. Awards: TMA Award, Glasgow Mayfest Award, Irish Times/ESB Award, three Tony Award nominations for Stones in His Pockets, John Hewitt Award, Special Judges Award, Belfast Arts Award in 2000, the Order of the British Empire in 2002
Brian Vaughn is currently the Artistic Director for Utah Shakespeare Festival; as an actor for the Festival, his title roles include Hamlet, Henry V, and Cyrano de Bergerac; Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Mr. Collins, Pride and Prejudice; Richard Hannay, The 39 Steps; Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing; Prince Hal and Hotspur, Henry IV Part One; Charlie,Stones in his Pockets; Victor Flemming, Moonlight and Magnolias; King Arthur, Camelot; others. Festival directing credits include Greater Tuna, 2010, Dial M for Murder, 2011. Brian is also a resident company member at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, roles there include Amadeus, Bach at Leipzig, Doubt, The Glass Menagerie, Proof, The Voysey Inheritance. He has also performed at Arizona Theatre Company; Chicago Shakespeare Theatre; Milwaukee Chamber Theatre; PCPA Theatrefest; RenaissanceTheatreworks; Skylight Opera.
David Ivers is currently the co-Artistic Director for Utah Shakespeare Festival; as an actor for the Festival, he has been in thirty productions, sixteen seasons, including Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Clown #1, The 39 Steps, Jacques, As You Like It, Jake, Stones in His Pockets, Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Truffaldino, The Servant of Two Masters, Caliban, The Tempest; directed Cyrano de Bergerac, 2008, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), 2009, Romeo and Juliet, 2011. David is also a resident company member at Denver Center Theatre Company (actor and director, 1999–2010); roles include John Wheelwright, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Garry, Noises Off!, Michal, The Pillowman; the Oregon, Alabama, Idaho Shakespeare festivals; Portland Center Stage; Portland Repertory Theatre; ACT; Seattle Repertory Theatre.
The Box Office is located at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Boulevard, in Skokie. Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm, and Saturdays 12:00pm-5:00pm. On performance days, the box office hours are extended through showtime. The Box Office is closed on Sundays, except on performance days when it is open two hours prior to showtime.
Curtain times are: Tuesdays: 7:30pm (March 12 and 26 only); Wednesdays: 1:00pm (except April 3) and 7:30pm (except April 10); Thursdays: 7:30pm; Fridays: 8:00pm (except Opening March 15 at 7:30); Saturdays: 2:30pm (except March 9) and 8:00pm; Sundays: 2:30pm (except March 31), and 7:00pm (except March 17, 24, 31).
Northlight is continuing its popular special event series in conjunction with each production. All events are free for subscribers and ticket holders.
Community Conversations is a series of post-show discussions. Local experts join a Northlight facilitator, engaging audiences in a dialogue about the play's themes and the creative process behind live theatre! The post-show discussions for Stones in His Pocketswill be held on Sundays, March 10 and March 24 after the 2:30 performances; Tuesday, March 12 after the 7:30 performance; Wednesday, March 13, after the 7:30 performance; and Wednesdays March 20 and March 27 after the 1:00pm performances.
Backstage with BJ is a mid-day discussion with Artistic Director BJ Jones, featuring special guest artists, actors, directors and designers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into each production while it is still in rehearsal. Backstage with BJ for Stones in His Pockets will be held on March 1 at 12:00pm and will last approximately one hour. Reservations are required, 847.679.9501 x3555 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.
Now in its 38th season, the organization has mounted nearly 200 productions, including over 40 world premieres. Northlight has earned 151 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and 28 Awards. As one of the area's premier theatre companies, Northlight is a regional magnet for critical and professional acclaim, as well as talent of the highest quality.
Northlight's production of Stones in His Pockes is sponsored in part by Cramer–Krasselt. This production is presented in association with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Northlight is supported in part by generous contributions from The Allyn Foundation; Arts Midwest; Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP; BMO Harris Bank; Draft FCB; the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; ComEd, An Exelon Company; Edgerton Foundation for New American Plays Award; Ernst & Young; Evanston Community Foundation; Gand Music & Sound; The Homestead Hotel; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; The Irving Harris Foundation; The Joyce Foundation; Kirkland & Ellis Foundation; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Madison Dearborn Partners; Melvoin Award for Playwriting; Modestus Bauer Foundation; North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation; Nuveen Investments; The Offield Family Foundation; The Pauls Foundation; Pioneer Press; Quince at the Homestead; Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation; Room & Board; Sanborn Family Foundation; Shubert Foundation; Skokie Fine Arts Council; Sullivan Family Foundation; Target; and Tom Stringer Design Partners.
Notes of Interest:
Brian Vaughn and David Ivers are co-Artistic Directors of Utah Shakespeare Festival.
J.R. Sullivan (Director) returns to Northlight where he directed Benefactors and The Last Survivor. Chicagoans may also remember his 1995 Chicago production of Faith Healer, produced at Turnaround Theatre Company, and then an extended run at Steppenwolf. He has been the artistic director of The Pearl Theatre Company in New York City since 2009.
Stones in His Pockets received three Tony nominations for its 2001 production.