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When Dave Doeren was named Northern Illinois head coach back in December of 2010, he found out pretty quickly what the Huskies' rivalry with Toledo meant to the NIU fan base.
In fact, he found out as soon as he was introduced as NIU's head coach.
"I was told the first day on campus," Doeren said. "When you have your press conference, tons of people walk up to you and congratulate you. And many of them say 'Hey beat Toledo.' So kind of right away I knew it was a big game here."
Since NIU's program was revived under Joe Novak in the early 2000s, the annual game against Toledo has had significant meaning to the Huskies and their fans. The past two seasons, the matchup has decided the Mid-American Conference West Division title.
This season, it's more of the same. A win for NIU means the Huskies clinch their third consecutive division title. A victory for the Rockets means they would win the West Division with a victory Tuesday against lowly Akron.
Doeren got a win in his inaugural game against the Rockets last season, the 63-60 thriller at the Glass Bowl. Jerry Kill beat Toledo in two of his three seasons as Huskies head coach, with the only loss coming in 2009, when NIU kicker Mike Salerno had an extra point and a 42-yard field goal blocked by Toledo's Barry Church, who's now with the Dallas Cowboys.
Novak wasn't as successful against Toledo. During his 12 seasons at the helm of the Huskies program, Novak was able to beat Toledo just once, a 35-17 win back in 2005. In Novak's last year in DeKalb, 2007, the Rockets beat his team, 70-21, at the Glass Bowl.
The game with Toledo meant a lot to Novak. He wasn't at Huskie Stadium in 2008 when Kill beat the Rockets, 38-7, in the current Minnesota head coach's first season in DeKalb. But after the contest, Kill actually saved the game ball and sent it to his predecessor.
It's still sitting in Novak's room.
"Jerry knew how frustrated I got with that series. I let him know how important it was when I left, and he told me when they win they're going to give me the game ball. And they won and they gave it to me. It's one of the things I treasure, I really do," Novak said. "It's obviously a big game, it has been. And the way things are going, I think both programs are the two strongest, year in and year out in the West, and it's going to be that way for a while."
When Novak helped lead the Huskies back into the MAC in the late 1990s, NIU was a bottom feeder while Toledo was winning under Gary Pinkel, and then Tom Amstutz.
However, the Huskies have now won two matchups in a row, with Kill and Doeren beating Tim Beckman, who's now the head coach at Illinois.
Once again, it's the game of the year in the MAC West.
SFlb'Goodbye Toledo'
Bill Baker has done play-by-play for NIU football since 1980. Sometimes, after a Huskies victory, he'll say a phrase like "goodbye Kansas", which he used after NIU's 30-23 win over the Jayhawks earlier this season. On the road, Baker used to say things like "goodbye Muncie" or "goodbye Kalamazoo" when the Huskies won at Ball State or Western Michigan.
Last year, after watching NIU's Tommylee Lewis return two kickoffs for touchdowns, the Huskies and Rockets combine for 1,121 yards and 60 first downs, and Perez Ashford catch a touchdown pass from Chandler Harnish with 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter to get NIU a 63-60 win over the Rockets, Baker let it all out.
He yelled, "Goodbye Toledo, goodbye Toledo" after Rockets receiver Eric Page was pushed out of bounds inside NIU territory to end the game.
The call is still played here and there on AM-670 WSCR.
"It's about getting everything built up inside you, really. The 'goodbye Toledo' just fell out of there," Baker said. "The last touchdown that we scored with 19 seconds to go, I think I yelled touchdown five or six times if I remember."
It was Doeren's first game against Toledo. To say it was a unique experience is an understatement.
Despite barely escaping the Glass Bowl with a win, Doeren watched his defense give up 589 yards of total offense.
He doesn't want to be involved in another game like last year's.
"No. Quite honestly, I don't want to be," Doeren said. "I'm just glad we got the 'W', and that's all that matters. I know they thought the same way. I don't think either team's defense did what they were supposed to do in that contest, and both offenses did everything. Our special teams were fantastic in that game last year."
SFlbThe fog game
Neither NIU nor Toledo were in contention for a MAC West title in 2006, the start of Central Michigan's brief dominance in the division. Instead, the Huskies were fighting for a bowl berth, and NIU would eventually earn a spot in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.
Still, the Huskies' contest against the Rockets on Nov. 7, 2006, was a memorable one. A close contest ended when NIU wide receiver Britt Davis dropped a touchdown pass from Phil Horvath late in the fourth quarter, helping preserve a Toledo win.
But what the game will be remembered for is the fog, which rolled in and stayed for a good portion of the game.
Baker remembers being able to see the field for some of the first half, and having some visibility at halftime. In the second half, the fog was there, and Baker had to rely on his sideline reporter, Casey Kahler, for info.
Kahler spots for Baker and his color analyst, Mark Lindo, from the field. During this particular game, he had a bigger job, telling Baker the formation, who was on the field and what was happening.
Baker never saw the dropped pass by Davis in the end zone, but called it, thanks to his help from the sideline.
"I don't know what we would have done without [Kahler], to be perfectly honest with you," Baker said. "The wireless and the sideline reporting saved us that night."
One-sided rivalry
Toledo's main geographic rival is Bowling Green, as the schools sit less than 30 miles apart. Even though the Rockets and Falcons are in separate divisions in the MAC, they still play a crossover each year in the Battle of Interstate 75.
The Rockets' rivalry with NIU has grown with the two teams' success over the past decade, especially the past three seasons. To Baker, the rivalry between the schools lies more with the NIU fans.
The Huskies don't have another in-state conference school to develop a rivalry with, and NIU hardly ever gets to play Illinois or Northwestern. NIU and Ball State started playing for the Bronze Stalk Trophy in 2008, but it's not the same as when the Huskies and Rockets meet up.
"This is a genuine rivalry in [NIU fans'] minds," Baker said. "I think on the other side, it's kind of a work in progress, if you know what I mean. ... I think there's some rivalry coming now. That wasn't there before."
On Toledo's side, there's still a sense of appreciation for what NIU has accomplished in recent seasons.
"I think more than anything is, there's a tremendous respect when you look at their football program and what they've done over the last 10 to 12 years in their program," Rockets head coach Matt Campbell said. "And I think you look over, what Toledo has done over the last 10 to 12 years. I think in this conference, there's been great success, no matter who's been the coach or what the programs have stood for.
"Any time you have that, and then you play each other, there's going to be a great sense of rivalry and a great sense of excitement when you go into a football game like that."


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Where will it go? Concepts of motion in complex events
Justin Harris
Museum of Science, Boston
Temple University
Imagine a billiard ball (A) rolling across a table, hitting a second, stationary ball (B) straight on. What happens when the two balls collide? A should stop and B should roll away immediately. Most adults can accurately imagine this scenario. In fact, by six months of age infants recognize this outcome as probable and react to it differently than less probable alternatives (Cohen & Oakes, 1993; Leslie & Keeble, 1987; Oakes & Cohen, 1990).
However, the motion events that we encounter over the course of a normal day are far more complex than a single force being applied to a stationary object. Motion events typically involve multiple forces acting over a period of time on an object. For example, what would change about the event if B had also been moving? When A strikes B it will still apply a force that causes B to accelerate in the direction A was moving, but now the initial velocity of B must also be considered to determine B's subsequent motion. This seemingly small change can result in a problem that is far more difficult.
This increase in difficulty is sufficient to create problems on which even adults frequently make mistakes (Clement, 1982; Halloun & Hestenes, 1985a, 1985b; Viennot, 1979). Adults typically have multiple naïve conceptions about motion that are not easily remedied by instruction and can last a lifetime (Halloun & Hestenes, 1985a; Viennot, 1979). Students in traditionally taught introductory physics courses typically show no change in their conceptual understanding across a wide variety of topics, even after having successfully passed their course (Halloun & Hestenes, 1985b).
These naïve conceptions about motion are not a unique result of individual experience; they are common amongst individuals and mirror common pre-Newtonian theories (Halloun & Hestenes, 1985b). In my dissertation, I treat common naïve conceptions as a window into how people learn about and understand the world. This study explores four questions about the development of conceptions of motion. First, what, if any, shared naïve conceptions do children (5.5 to 6.5 years old) hold about complex motion problems? Second, what is the general ability of children on these problems? In other words, how complex can a motion problem be for children to generally be able to solve it? Third, what features of a problem influence the application of a common naïve conception, called the dominance principle, and how does this compare across age groups? The dominance principle dictates that when two forces are combined one will win out over the other; its direction will completely determine the direction of the motion. In other words, the net force is equal to the "largest" force instead of an addition of the two. It is unclear how the "largest" force is identified. For example, dominance could be implied by both timing (i.e., more recent forces are "larger") and size (i.e., forces with a larger magnitude are "larger"). Fourth, what role might spatial thinking play in successfully predicting the correct motion?
Fifty-two adults between the ages of 18 and 65 (M=22.75 years, 27 male) and sixty children between 5.5 to 6.5 years old (M = 70.63 months, 31 male) were included in the analysis. Conceptions of complex motion events (i.e., those with multiple components of motion) were elicited through a tablet-based game involving cartoon hedgehogs blowing a ball around a game board (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The problems of interest on this game involved two forces acting on an object either in the same dimension (i.e., at 0 degrees or 180 degrees to each other) or in two dimensions. For the two dimension problems the forces acted completely orthogonally (i.e., at 90 degrees to each other) and would either act simultaneously or sequentially. Participants were also given age-appropriate measures of mental folding, mental rotation, and vocabulary (to control for general intelligence). Math measures were also given to children, but are not reported here.
Figure 1. Two forces applied to the same object, at the same time, in the same dimension. Arrows representing the two forces and the resultant motion have been added.
Figure 2. Two forces applied to the same object, sequentially, and in two different dimensions. Arrows representing the two forces and the resultant motion have been added. The temporal dominance solution is the top right square (i.e., the one directly in front of the red hedgehog).
Participants were classified as having a conception if at least 5 out of every 6 responses conformed to a pattern. A lack of this degree of consistency does not necessarily indicate that a participant was guessing, though some likely were. Rather, classification of not having a conception indicates either some degree of not being sure how to respond or changing strategies partway through the test. Participants who were able to self-correct their conceptions as the test progressed were unavoidably included in this group.
Results and Discussion
Sex differences are expected in qualitative physics measures (Coletta, Phillips, & Steinert, 2011; Docktor & Heller, 2008; Kost, Pollock, & Finklestein, 2009; Lorenzo, Crouch & Mazur, 2006) and mental rotation, but not mental folding (Linn & Petersen, 1985; Voyer, Voyer, & Bryden, 1995) for adults. These results were replicated here. No sex differences were found on these measures for children. A lack of sex differences on mental rotation in children was unexpected as previous research shows a small, but significant male advantage (Neuburger et al., 2011).
There was strong evidence that conceptions of motion are still developing between 5.5 and 6.5 years of age; unlike most adults, the majority of children's patterns of responses were not consistent with having a conception. However, of the children who did show evidence of a conception, the most common response was the same naïve conception seen in adults. This shared conception (i.e., the most common response, in all age groups, when a consistent error was made) was "temporal dominance." Temporal dominance is the belief that the most recently applied force, rather than the one with the largest magnitude, would determine the motion of an object. Somewhat surprisingly, there was also evidence that a new misconception arises with age (i.e., that applying a force to a moving object that is perpendicular to its motion will cause it to slow down).
While children generally demonstrated misconceptions or inconsistent responses to two-dimension problems, they also demonstrated a general ability to successfully reason about complex motion problems when limited to a single dimension. Young children, 5.5 to 6.5 years old, are already capable of thinking about how different components of motion might combine. These results replicate those found in Göksun, George, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013). Interventions aimed at improving qualitative understanding of complex motion events could therefore begin as children are first entering formal schooling. Early intervention may be particularly important to help address sex differences commonly found in adults.
The results suggest that there is a developmental trajectory for a person's conceptions of motion, one in which educators may be able to intervene. However, there does not appear to be a single trajectory common to all children. Some children develop early and can succeed at the task. Others show the temporal dominance pattern – a complex, though inaccurate, conceptualization of the motion that is fairly close to the truth and is common amongst adults. Still others have yet to develop the conceptions they are likely to hold as adults. While there may be shared developmental trajectories between males and females, each group must also contain unique trajectories.
Mental folding, but not mental rotation was found to predict performance on problems that involved multiple components, but only when they were acting in a single dimension and only for children. This result does not necessarily suggest that spatial thinking would not be helpful for adults on these problems. Rather, it may be that adults have entrenched misconceptions that discourage them from considering the problem anew by relying on their spatial thinking skills. It is unclear why mental folding, but not mental rotation was correlated with successfully solving one-dimension problems. The difference may lie in the fact that mental rotation is a rigid transformation (i.e., the distance between all points within the object is preserved) and mental folding is not. A fold creates two distinct regions and the relation between them must be maintained within the context of the larger whole. Similarly, applying two forces two an object creates two distinct components of motion and the relation between them must be considered to understand the single resultant motion that will occur. Spatial thinking strategies should be considered for any intervention with children in this age group.
For more information please contact Justin Harris at jharris [at] mos [dot] org.
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Water scarcity, sanitation, Millennium Goals, climate change and a growing world population… What are the most pressing water issues the world faces today and why are they important to all of us? Why did the United Nations decided to declare 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation (Resolution A/RES/65/154) and what does this mean on both a local and national level and on an international level?
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Shorten your shower by a minute or two and you'll save up to 150 gallons per month.
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Interview: Joan MacNaughton, Executive Chair of World Energy Trilemma
The WEC trilemma team has focused the second half of this year on engaging decision-makers during the UN General Assembly, at the World Energy Congress, and at COP-19. Interview with Joan MacNaughton, Executive Chair of the study: The findings of the Trilemma study were discussed at the Congress. What was achieved there? At the […]
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WEC at COP: guiding energy and climate decisions
The WEC brought its studies and outcomes of the World Energy Congress to decision-makers in Warsaw, Poland last month during the UNFCCC's 19th Conference of Parties (COP-19). The WEC kicked off a week of activities with its official side event on 15 November, organised as part of the UNFCCC's formal day for the Business and […]
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Inconvenient truth: Current technologies, policies, and innovation are not enough to meet climate goals
Unprecedented uncertainty is leading to short-termism in energy investments, according to the World Energy Council's World Energy Scenarios report COP-19, Warsaw, Poland, 19 November 2013: The world is set to face several significant challenges in balancing global energy needs in addressing the triple challenge of the energy trilemma over the next four decades, according to […]
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Electricity utilities see long-term policies and credible carbon pricing as crucial for reducing emissions, says Global Electricity Initiative
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Delays in agreeing a coherent climate framework could be creating the next "too big to fail" sector
The WEC's 10-point agenda for change sets out a path to addressing the triple challenge of the energy trilemma. COP-19, Warsaw, Poland, 16 November 2013 – A World Energy Council (WEC) report finds that the lack of a globally agreed framework for carbon pricing will impede investments from flowing into clean energy and low-carbon projects. […]
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World Energy Council responds to IEA 2013 Outlook
Following publication of the IEA's 2013 World Energy Outlook today, the World Energy Council issues the following response. Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council, comments: "Coming hard on the heels of the World Energy Congress where we published our explorative scenarios and our energy resource assessment, the launch of the World […]
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22nd World Energy Congress reflects concerns about shifting energy agenda
The significant interest in last month's World Energy Congress reflected global concerns about today's shifting energy agenda.
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What are the energy realities? Challenging the myths, defining the future
The World Energy Council (WEC) has called for policymakers and industry leaders to "get real" as the WEC exposed the myths informing the energy debate and defined a path to a more sustainable energy future at the 22nd World Energy Congress. The WEC warned that several prevailing myths are severely hampering the efforts of governments, industry […]
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WEC brings Congress outcomes to UN climate negotiations
The World Energy Council will be bringing the findings of its studies and the deliberations of its 2013 World Energy Congress to the UNFCCC's climate change negotiations in Warsaw, Poland this month. Presentation of its studies and programmes will focus on the World Energy Trilemma, World Energy Scenarios, and the Global Electricity Initiative, all of […]
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Next generation energised to make a difference
Deep in the cavernous halls of the World Energy Congress, the future of energy was being shaped – quite literally. The 'future' refers to the 100 young energy professionals, hand-picked by the WEC's member committees, to network and gain international experience through the Future Energy Leaders programme. Enthusiasm, drive, and a desire to make a […]
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If you don't love making pizza, don't sell it. It will not be profitable for you.
Aren't zero marketing and bad marketing two different things?Peter
I'm not going to flame you for thinking about frozen dough, but I will flame you for thinking about selling pizza without any pizzamaking experience.From reading your posts, it seems like food is more of a business to you then it is a passion. This kind of soullessness may work for Dominos and Pizza Hut, who have R&D departments developing product for them, but, for an individual considering selling pizza, it's an poor business model, especially in a NJ state university area where other good pizzerias will reside.If you don't love making pizza, don't sell it. It will not be profitable for you.
Business isn't dependent on selling pizza. I clearly wrote it would be a part of the menu. In fact, my other store sells deep fries fish as well. I hate fish, absolutely do not eat it. Yet, it accounts for 25% of sales. I think you are well, well, well off base claiming if I don't love it, don't sell it, it won't be profitable. From reading your post, you judgement on why I want to sell pizza is wrong. Thanks for your time.
You're looking to sell pizza to add to your other sales. If you're not passionate about pizza, the pizza aspect of your business will not be profitable. In a NJ college town, deep fried fish isn't pizza. There is most likely very little deep fried fish competition. You might sell a small pie or two to families ordering a variety of foods, but no student will ever specifically come for the pizza when there's someone passionate about making pizza down the road who can make a better slice.If you're making money with burgers, stick to that.
Scott... After reading your posts, I think you are bitter that someone interested in the financial gain for pizza is here. You more or less spelled that out when referencing corporate pizzerias such as Domino's or Pizza Hut. Clearly you are offended of my franchise background and fearful that another person is coming to town with a pizza place that can put yours out of business. My best recommendation to you is to adapt, or die. If you have a problem that a man without any experience or direct roots to Sicily I suggest you to deal with it in your own, quiet manor. Also, maybe there is a reason I have picked a certain town to stick a pizza place.. But, your a man of wisdom, you probably thought of that already....
If you're not passionate about pizza, the pizza aspect of your business will not be profitable.
Scott, Im going to have to respectfully disagree with you on this as a blanket statement.
Passionless pizza can be incredibly profitable, just not in that particular market.
Craig,In reference to your last post....what would you consider to be an ideal customer/market scenario for the type of pizza you used to help get pizzaria owners producing? Thank you.Bob
My favorite place to go with that formula was C-stores, low-end bars, ice-house like places, etc. It's perfect for customers who come in not expecting quality - because you can give them something that tastes OK - and places where people are drinking because they will lap it up, and the operator does not need any fancy kitchen equipment or trained staff. We put pizza in places with no kitchen and previously sold no hot food. I used to go in with the guy selling the $100 counter-top pizza ovens. I could give the operator enough coupons to almost pay for the oven in some cases. CL
Why thank you Craig....you display good game. You sure you not from Chicago?


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Both the HRV boys and girls first round state soccer games went down to the wire Tuesday evening, but unfortunately for the Eagles and their fans, both teams wound up on the wrong end of the final score.
The Eagle boys game was as close as it could possibly be - and that's not an exaggeration.
The Hood River Valley High School varsity boys soccer team finished its season Tuesday evening with one of the closest, best nail-biting matches the school has seen in recent history.
The Eagles - finishing as Columbia River Conference co-champions after the regular season - hosted Rex Putnam in the first round of the state playoffs following a 2-1 play-in round victory last week against Franklin. And Putnam, fresh off a play-in game against The Dalles, finished its league season with an undefeated, 7-0 record in the Northwest Oregon Conference.
Under the lights of Henderson Stadium, the two teams met for a battle that ended with a 2-2 tie in regulation, no goals through two overtime periods and then an epic late-night shootout that lasted through nine players from each team before a winner had emerged.
"What can I say - it's a tough loss, boys; but there's no reason to hang your heads tonight," coach Jaime Rivera said to a clearly saddened, and exhausted, team after the shootout. "You guys played a beautiful game. You left it all out there on the field, and that's something to be very proud of. Sometimes it's just the way the ball bounces, and tonight it didn't go in our favor in the end."
The way the ball bounces indeed: After nine penalty kicks from Putnam and eight from Hood River, junior midfielder Jerry Murillo stepped up for the Eagles in a do-or-die situation. His kick was solid and straight on goal, but the ball bounced off the goalie's elbow and out of the goal.
In the end, it wasn't the shootout that did the boys in; it was two specific lapses in concentration.
Not long into the first half, senior Jose Ortiz struck first with a bullet of a shot from 30 yards off the goal. Surprised by the quick lead, the Eagles got caught off-guard and Putnam struck back almost immediately with a goal of their own to tie the game.
Again in the second half, with only minutes left to play, Hood River took the lead with a beautiful play set up with a drive by Ortiz in the middle to Chris Cardenas on the left wing, who beat two defenders and centered the ball to Edgar Villegas, who one-touched it into the net.
Ecstatic, the Eagles again lapsed and in about 30 seconds the game was tied at 2-2 and heading into overtime.
"There's no blame on anyone," Rivera said. "We would like to have won and still be in the playoffs, but the boys played a great game. They played the game the coaches asked them to play and, other than a couple lapses, everyone played great soccer."
In Corvallis, the Eagles girls suffered a loss that was just as tough, falling 3-2 in overtime.
Playing the underdog to No. 4 ranked Crescent Valley, the Eagles rallied to tie the game twice.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime the Eagles got a goal from Roxana Gomez seconds into the second half after the Eagles kicked the ball off deep into the Crescent Valley end.
An attack by Katie White forced Crescent Valley to clear the ball out for a short throw-in, which went into the box and was knocked in off the crossbar by Gomez.
Crescent Valley regained the lead seven minutes later when they scored off a corner kick.
However the Eagles still had some heroics left in them when Emily Thompson equalized in the final 10 minutes by following the rebound of her own shot.
Her first attempt bounced off the Crescent Valley keeper, but she followed it and put it in to the net to send the game to overtime.
Both teams were scoreless in the first 10-minute overtime, but Crescent Valley changed the balance of the game five minutes into the period when HRV goalkeeper Megan Winans and a Crescent Valley forward collided going for the ball in front of the HRV net.
Winans was sent off with a red card following the collision, while the Crescent Valley player received a yellow. The Eagles plugged Dominique Figueroa, who has been their second-half keeper in the rotation for much of the season, into the net, but lost a defender in the process.
Playing a man up, the Raiders pushed the advantage into the second overtime and finally found the net with seven minutes to play.
They were then able to play keep-away and bleed out the clock to prevent the Eagles from mounting a challenge over the final minutes.
"It was excellent team play and effort on the field. I am proud of how they played," said HRV coach Kevin Haspela. "It was an awesome soccer game."
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If he had not been a successful painter, Charles Burchfield might have been a good weatherman, as State Museum exhibit shows
Something about the weather — the fact that we all experience it — makes it a common, if tedious, topic of conversation. For artist Charles Burchfield, however, it was much more than small talk, and it was anything but tedious. The painter was deeply involved with weather, responding to it emotionally and capturing that emotion in his work. A large selection of that work can currently be seen at the State Museum's exhibit "Weather Event."
Burchfield was born in Ohio but spent his entire adult life — from 1921 until his death in 1966 — in Buffalo. He moved there to work for a wallpaper company, but left that job after eight years, and from then on was able to sustain a career as a successful artist.
His dedication to his craft is clear. Through a series of "all-day sketches," he would draw outside to capture the changes a scene went through over the course of a day. The drawings are filled with notes to himself about his impressions and reminders about color, always mindfully recording the specific date.
On July 16, 1915, he wrote in his diary of storms rolling in, "moving mightily along the horizon, in a wonderful array of colors." It's clear that being in nature, and capturing his impression of it, was his passion. In painting after painting, the sky is emphasized, and though buildings appear here and there, they are minimized in favor of atmosphere, sunsets, clouds, wind, lightning and rain. He was a romantic in love with weather's effects. The accuracy he was after in these stylized landscapes is expressive, not scientific.
"Afterglow" (July 8, 1916) is three-quarters sky filled with a lush red and orange twilight, with a small house nestled in the shadow of trees at the bottom. The clouds are gestural and, with the rising moon, appear almost figurative. The translucent nature of his preferred medium for painting, watercolor, gives the work its radiance and allows the viewer a hint of his process by leaving visible his graphite notes and under-sketches.
In "Windswept Sky," (Sept. 10, 1916), there's a sense of foreboding as ghost-like clouds rush upward toward the top of the painting. The curators explain that these are cirrus clouds and, based on Burchfield's depiction of the wind in the trees, these two things together indicate an imminent storm.
Those wavy lines depicting the clouds are recurring forms in his work, along with other shapes, such as crescents, which can be seen again and again.
In "Fireflies and Lightning" (1964-65), he perfectly evokes a summer night. Tree branches form crescents as the moonlight peaks through leaves and wavy lines depict the heavy, humid air. Although it's night, the sky is bright with clouds and dotted with glowing orbs representing fireflies.
For a series of sketches he called "conventions for abstract thought," he drew symbols to capture moods such as "hypnotic intensity," "aimless abstraction" and "fear." These shapes recurred throughout his work and are shown with meteorological symbols to suggest the similarities in the ways artists and climatologists alike use symbols and observation.
The show originated at the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, a museum dedicated to the work of western New York artists, which also houses the world's largest collection of Burchfield's works. Assembled by Burchfield Penney curator Tullis Johnson and Stephen Vermette, a Buffalo State College climatologist, the exhibition pairs Burchfield's work with weather maps, instruments and scientific explanations for the natural phenomena captured by the artist.
For visitors with smartphones, some of the works have a QR code that enables the viewer to listen to a simulation of a weather forecast for the date that a particular drawing was made.
The exhibit's multidisciplinary approach, with its emphasis on the science behind the weather that so captivated this western New York artist, makes it a perfect fit for a museum whose mission includes exploring both the natural and cultural diversity of the state. Burchfield's expressive paintings and sketches, along with his notes, reveal much about the landscape around Buffalo and the effects of weather on that landscape, but also about the artist himself.
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Where: State Museum, 222 Madison Ave., Albany
When: Through Feb. 23; Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
Admission: Free, donations accepted.
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The future of the Maureen O'Hara Foundation is in doubt as its representatives hit back at claims this weekend that it had misappropriated funds.
In response to an investigation by the Irish Examiner, the foundation, which is based in Glengarriff, Co Cork said in a statement that its sole focus has been the development of a €12.5m legacy centre for Maureen O'Hara. The foundation attracted support from fellow Hollywood stars such as Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, Helen Mirren, and Mia Farrow.
The Dublin born actress, who starred alongside John Wayne in 'The Quiet Man' celebrates her 92nd birthday this coming Friday.
Last month, organizers announced they had cancelled the annual Maureen O'Hara Classic Film Festival. In a statement on the foundation's website, which has been disabled, the board announced they were to cancel the festival due to circumstances outside of their control.
"We hope to be in a position to reorganise again next year when all external issues have been resolved," the statement added.
In response to allegations that funds of foundation had been misappropriated a statement said: "We take this opportunity to refute all suggestions of impropriety by the foundation. Suggestions and innuendo of financial appropriation and misappropriation is without merit and have hurt the foundation, its representatives and Ms O'Hara herself."
According to the Irish Examiner, O'Hara's new legal team had made demands that the foundation report how the funds had been allocated.
The credibility of the foundation came into question in May when rumors of elder abuse against O'Hara emerged.
During a press conference in early May, the Hollywood actress denied that she had been the victim of elder abuse.
"This is coming from people with nothing better to do, there is nothing scandalous about us or our behavior, or what we are trying to do," O'Hara told Ireland's Sunday Independent newspaper.
Later in mid July, the news came that O'Hara had fired her long time friend and personal assistant Carolyn Murphy.
Accompanied by her grandson Conor Fitzsimons and her New York lawyer Edward Fickless, O'Hara told journalists during a press conference: "I am heartbroken."
"I trusted Carolyn Murphy, not only as my personal assistant, but also as my power of attorney for the past six years. I have recently made discoveries that give me grave concern regarding Carolyn Murphy's handling of my affairs. I am astonished that she ignores pleas to provide the information we need to reconcile financial and personal property audits regarding those years.
"I recently revoked all aspects of the power of attorney, which I had formerly entrusted to Carolyn, and she is no longer my personal assistant. I also underwent testing to certify my own competence in conducting my affairs, and I am assisted by family members, trusted lawyers and accountants."
In response, Murphy said she was deeply disappointed, heartbroken and hurt by the false allegations and rumours surrounding the Maureen O'Hara Foundation.
The former PA said in a statement: "I cherish Maureen's vision and dream. Her legacy is the precious seeds and blueprint for her ultimate achievements. A thing that can not ever be stolen or taken.
"I am very honoured to work with a group of people whose shared spirit of giving, passion and commitment is an expression of the true love for Ireland's greatest actress, a great lady and a real legend."
Charles Fitzsimons, who resigned as the director of foundation, told the Sunday Independent that the organization had "outrageously misinterpreted her [Maureen O'Hara's] dream".
Commenting on the future of the foundation, the board of directors said the credibility had been tarnished.
"Unfortunately, recent media coverage seems committed to discredit the foundation by whatever means possible.
"Whist the reason for this action is wholly unclear, it is nevertheless causing the foundation considerable difficulty in terms of its credibility and in progressing with its objectives," the foundation said.
O'Hara's stepson Chris Blair, who is a director of the American arm of the foundation, expressed concern over the future of the organization.
"The current difficulties are beyond distressing, and I certainly hope that all questions can be cleared up through independent review as quickly as possible.
"With so much uncertainty about the future, I think it is impossible to move the organisation and its mission forward until this is accomplished."
Meanwhile, Maureen O'Hara has said she has no interaction with the day to day running of the operation.
"Regarding the Maureen O'Hara Foundation, while that entity bears my name, I am not personally involved in its management or operations," O'Hara said.


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This Pittsburgh-born blonde describes herself as "a Renaissance woman with a naughty streak." When she was growing up, like so many other girls, Dia Zerva would sometimes catch glimpses of nude models in men's magazines and calendars. Even then, she knew that one day she wanted to be one of those girls because she admired their confidence and beauty. It wasn't until she had grown into herself as a woman with some experience behind her that Dia chose to act on this youthful daydream. She found her first experience doing a nude photo shoot exhilarating, fun, sexy, and definitely worth repeating. This led Dia to fetish photo shoots, girl/girl wrestling, and eventually performing in XXX films. Dia has over two dozen films under her belt since 2008, everything from fetish (Punished for a Price 2) to lesbian (the original Mother-Daughter Exchange Club) to interracial anal (Elastic Assholes 8) to gender queer (Roulette). More recently, Dia also took up stripping as another facet of her career. She's launching her own group of websites and wants to enjoy as much time in front of cameras as possible, something that should keep her fans happy for quite some time.
One thing that truly sets Dia apart from most of the adult business is that she served as a musician in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1995-1999. As for her own musical taste, Dia loves everything from classic rock to new wave to techno to classical. Her favorite movies tend to be horror and cult classics, and though she hasn't owned a TV for over a decade, when travelling she checks out Adult Swim from time to time. An avid reader, she loves vampire fiction, fantasy, Shakespeare, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Harry Potter series.


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The second study looked at CAM usage by a population of parents attending a pediatric outpatient clinic at a university-affiliated general hospital in Quebec, Canada over a four week period (Jean, 2007). CAM therapies included chiropractic, naturopathy, homeopathy, massage, acupuncture, Reiki/energy care, hypnosis, osteopathic manipulation, folk remedies, and any hands-on techniques to promote health. A questionnaire was completed for each child. A total of 114 children were included in the study, and 54 percent of these children had received CAM care, a higher number than reported in previous studies. The most popular forms of treatment were homeopathy, chiropractic, and naturopathy, all of which we would define as holistic systems of pediatric care. It is interesting that 39 percent of these families had sought homeopathic care for their child, a higher figure than in most other studies. The next most frequently used modality was chiropractic (24 percent), then naturopathy (23 percent). This should be encouraging and gratifying to homeopaths. The fact that most of these children presented to this clinic for chronic problems may explain the high level of holistic care and the high level of homeopathic care in this population.
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Qadhi's Saudi professors were aghast that he would switch to a Western university to study Islam. Yale's professors were also surprised. The religious-studies department had never taken on a graduate of the Saudi educational system. "You admit someone from Saudi Arabia, you don't know how much intolerance you let into an American university," says Frank Griffel, a professor of Islamic studies.But Qadhi impressed Griffel as "profoundly intelligent" and willing to engage in critical thinking. At Medina, Qadhi's studies revolved around the search for an absolute religious truth. At Yale, the line of inquiry was markedly different. In Qadhi's first class with Griffel in the fall of 2005, the subject was a 12th-century Sufi jurist. "You, Yasir, probably know more about this guy," Griffel said. "But we're going to study how to study him." Qadhi was struck by this analytical approach. "The question is more historical in nature — it's about where did this idea come from, how did it affect later ideas," Qadhi said.For Qadhi, the Koran remained the unequivocal word of God. But he began to think more critically about the "man-made" canon that informed Islamic theology. So much of Qadhi's intransigence — especially toward other Muslim sects — was based on the view that his tradition was divinely ordained. He came to see Salafiya as yet another "human development" that was handed down over generations and therefore subject to imperfection. "I realized that, in many issues, only God knows the ultimate truth," he says.
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* U.N. agencies stand ready to deliver food, medicines
* Mediator Brahimi says U.N. convoy still waiting for permission
* People trapped in Homs a small fraction of besieged civilians
* Letter from Homs residents say aid is not enough (adds quotes by mediator Brahimi, U.N. source in Homs)
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GENEVA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The fate of a U.N. aid convoy for thousands of Syrians besieged in the city of Homs hung in the balance on Tuesday as the Syrian government demanded assurances the supplies would not end up in the hands of "terrorists".
Damascus describes all armed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government as terrorists.
Efforts to get food and medical aid into Homs have become a test case on whether peace talks in Switzerland can produce any practical results almost three years into the Syrian conflict.
The United Nations said it was ready to deliver relief supplies to about 2,500 people trapped inside rebel-held parts of Homs, devastated by months of shelling and fighting. But the government said it first wanted to know who would get the aid.
"We are still waiting for assurances that these convoys will not go to armed groups, to terrorist groups inside the city. We want them to go to the women and children," Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told reporters.
He said the U.N. resident coordinator in Damascus, Yacoub al Helou, was shuttling between the two sides.
"The convoy is ready and still waiting to enter, the authorisation has not yet been given. We haven't given up on that," mediator Lakhdar Brahimi told a news briefing.
A U.N. source in Homs said by telephone he did not know when the convoy would roll, adding: "I don't think it will be decided in Homs but at the Damascus level with the U.N. It could be tomorrow or the day after."
An afternoon session in the Geneva peace talks was cancelled, the opposition delegation said, citing differences over the goal of the negotiations.
Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to "moderate" Syrian rebel factions in the south, and Congress has approved funding for months of further deliveries, according U.S. and European security officials.
Brahimi, asked about the resumption of weapons supplies, said: "The delegation of the (Syrian) government spoke at length and condemned it in strongest terms."
Opposition delegate Murhaf Jouejati said U.N. agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross had all the needed guarantees from anti-government forces for the aid convoy to move into Homs, blaming the government for holding it up.
Families in Syria's third biggest city are a small fraction of the quarter of a million Syrians who are living under siege in the country, according to U.N. estimates.
Opposition activists living in Homs' Old City posted a letter on social media saying that unless the army siege was fully broken, all other measures would be superficial.
"We assure you and the world that the demands of the besieged are not limited to humanitarian aid," the letter said, adding that dozens of medical cases were awaiting surgery.
It called for "secure safe corridors to enter and exit (Homs) for those who want to, without their having to go through regime checkpoints that surround the besieged area".
The U.N. World Food Programme wants to deliver 500 family rations and 100 boxes of "Plumpy'Doz", a specialised nutrition product that helps to treat children suffering from acute malnutrition, spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said.
The U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, has sent the Syrian government a list of medical supplies it wants to send to civilians trapped in the Old City, just 10 km (six miles) from its warehouse, but was still awaiting a green light.
The World Health Organisation was also preparing medical supplies for the U.N. convoy to Homs, officials said.
A binding U.N. Security Council resolution could formally oblige the authorities to let aid agencies into besieged areas. But divisions between Western powers, backing the rebels, and Russia, an ally of Assad, have paralysed the world body over Syria since the conflict began in 2011.
The government has encircled hundreds of thousands of people across Syria, blocking off food and medicine. Rebels have also besieged 45,000 people in two Shi'ite Muslim towns in the north.
The Syrian opposition is willing to lift a siege on three pro-government villages in the north as part of a wider deal to relieve besieged towns on both sides, its spokesman said.
Edgar Vasquez, a U.S. State Department spokesman, accused the Syrian government of poisoning the atmosphere of peace negotiations with the opposition by denying aid deliveries.
"Demanding opposition forces leave an area or put down their weapons before allowing the delivery of food and other much needed humanitarian assistance does not constitute an acceptable offer of humanitarian access," he said. (Additional reporting by Mariam Karouny in Geneva and Oliver Holmes in Beirut; Editing by Alistair Lyon)
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From NBC's Mark Hudspeth and Domenico Montanaro
The Obama campaign decided to weigh in on the McClellan book. The campaign uses it as another reason to pivot to McCain on foreign policy and to link Bush and the presumptive Republican nominee.
"It's not news that this Administration engaged in spin and deception to lead us into a war that should've never been authorized and never been waged, the only question now is, do we continue George Bush's failed policy in Iraq or do we change it?" Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan said in a statement. "John McCain is promising four more years of the exact same policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave troops and nothing of the Iraqi government, while Barack Obama wants to begin a phased withdrawal of our troops and refocus our efforts on going after al-Qaeda in Afghanistan."
*** UPDATE *** NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger reports Bill Clinton said of the book, "I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it, but I think, from what I read, it seems to confirm what Joe Wilson has always said about his own experience. And it shows all the more why it's important that we change the direction of the country and pick the best president. "


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On behalf of the volunteer ministry team which was formed a few months ago to plan and implement the Dayspring/Revival at the Owen County High School Auditorium, please let me say thank you to everyone who participated and give God the praise and glory for the great outpouring of his spirit.
Local government has more impact on our daily lives than any state or federal government. We look to local government for police and fire protection, ambulance service, schools, water and sanitary services, road repairs, parks and recreation programs and much more.
I moved to Owen County in 1995 at the age of 14. I played football, ran track, dabbled in basketball, and was the first male cheerleader for Owen County High School. I consider Owen County to be my hometown, although I haven't lived here my whole life.
I've really appreciated the activities and meals at the senior center service. I lost my job over a year ago, I was depressed and lonely. At the center, I've met new friends, my husband and I have enjoyed several day trips with them.
I know a lot of seniors would come if they had transportation. Churches out in the county should consider bringing a van load to the center once a week.
Thursday is our birthday/Halloween bash with pizza provided by Snappy Tomato. After lunch, we'll play Bunco, which was a new game to all of us.
The 18th Annual Owen/Carroll/Gallatin Counties Charity Golf Scramble to benefit the Kentucky Sheriffs' Boys and Girls Ranch was held Saturday, Oct. 12 with Owen County Sheriff Zemer Hammond, Carroll County Sheriff Jamie Kinman and Gallatin County Sheriff Josh Neale, hosting the event, was a huge success.
Wesley Putnam, widely acclaimed evangelist, singer and composer is known around the world as "The Master's Storyteller."
An Owen County and area Dayspring-Revival with Wesley Putnam is planned for Nov. 3-6, 2013 at Owen County High School Auditorium beginning each evening at 7 p.m..
Wesley is in his 32nd year as a full-time evangelist based in Bedford, Texas. Wesley and family lived and pastored in Owen County 1974-1978.
We will be having another community meeting at the Wild Goose Café on Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m.
Scott Foster will be leading this open meeting to raise awareness, answer questions, and promote substance abuse recovery. We invite anyone interested in learning more about the disease of addiction and how we can fight it to participate in this meeting. We are also working on an informational DVD and will be doing video and audio recording of this meeting.
The Champions for a Drug Free Owen County recently met at the Wild Goose. We had 15 attendees and came up with some great ideas.
I'm happy to report that as a result of our first meeting we had three people seek treatment and $100 was sent to Grace Happens as a donation toward the recovery of a 31 year old female from Owen County who is fighting addiction. Yay God.
Sweet Owen Day
We will be setting up an informational booth with REACH for Sweet Owen Day Sept. 21 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their help in searching for my stepdad on Sunday, Aug. 18.
Everyone's help was greatly appreciated. A very special thanks to the Owen County Sheriff's Department, the Owen County Search and Rescue team, Grandpaws, the Owen County Life Squad, PHI and all the other volunteers and agencies who were involved in the search.
Lisa Renfro
Owen County
We had an a great turnout for our first event with more than 35 people in attendance. We had 20 volunteers sign up to join our growing team of Owen County residents ready to fight drug addiction in our community.
If you missed this meeting, you definitely missed a blessing but don't worry we are just getting started and there will be many more.
In fact, this Friday from 8 to 9 a.m., we will be having a planning meeting at the Wild Goose Café to schedule future meetings, fund raising events and Celebrate Recovery ideas.
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Would you rather:
1. Go to hang in the hospital for an afternoon (but have no health issues)
2. Have an epic hangover before a big night?
If you said 1., then stop reading. Clearly you hate hospitals and the things associated with them and won't even care to hear what I'm about to say.
BUT if you're into not feeling hungover…then you may want to check out Revive.
I went to this new medical spa over the weekend with Shaun because he had an awful cold he was trying to shake.
Let me back up…
Revive says they can help people fighting; colds, the flu, dehydration and hangovers… with an IV. They tailor each IV with a vitamin cocktail depending on your symptoms, and an hour later you are done.
So we went Saturday afternoon to test it out. The place is in an office building on the 4th floor. It feels nothing like a hospital or Dr's office, instead a friendly person greets you with some paper work before leading you through a large communal room with a flat screen TV, white couches and magazines and into the Dr.'s office.
The Doc and a nurse chatted with me about how I was feeling (I was dragging a bit thanks to a stiff cocktail from Friday and a long week) and "prescribed" me an IV cocktail that catered to my symptoms. A little Vitamin B Complex for energy. Some Toradol to cut the headache. Vitamin C to boost my immune system.
The nurse took my blood pressure, then swiftly inserted the IV. I'm kind of a baby, if you're wondering and I was fine with the needle.
I was moved into a private area where Shaun was lounging on a couch, with a blanket and eye mask on and was handed a blanket and asked to lay on the couch across from his. But you can opt to hang out in the main room and watch TV or chat with friends if you choose or go for a private area like we did.
Within minuets I felt a little stoned-ey. I just made up that word for sure…but that's how I felt. Spacy, floaty, relaxed. The nurse assured me that was normal and that the Toradol was kicking in. Next came chills- not the flu kind- but the "I'm chilly" kind…cue the blanket.
Doc explained that the IV fluids were around 78 degrees, and since our body temp is 98…it can feel cold.
Mind you, this wasn't super uncomfortable- but I noticed it. As my IV was finishing, I felt a little full and very energized.
When the nurse took out the IV (painless), I can honestly say I felt great. Later that evening I felt like a superhero…like I was bursting with energy. Headache- gone.
As for Shaun, he slept and slept and felt a ton better the next morning. He wanted to go back, but I felt that would be a bit excessive.
My POINT is- that he tried it and wanted to go right back…good sign.
Shaun maxin' and relaxin'
So if you aren't afraid of needles or trying new things then go check it out. If you are a cautious person who thinks everything is bad for you, I respect that too- this isn't for everyone. But I will say that I see places like Revive being the trend and eventually the norm.


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Over the years I have reported on dozens and dozens of situations where police officers lie in reports and during trials. Michelle Alexander, author of the amazing book The New Jim Crow, explains in a New York Times op-ed that this happens so often because of the many incentives to do so.
But are police officers necessarily more trustworthy than alleged criminals? I think not. Not just because the police have a special inclination toward confabulation, but because, disturbingly, they have an incentive to lie. In this era of mass incarceration, the police shouldn't be trusted any more than any other witness, perhaps less so.
That may sound harsh, but numerous law enforcement officials have put the matter more bluntly. Peter Keane, a former San Francisco Police commissioner, wrote an article in The San Francisco Chronicle decrying a police culture that treats lying as the norm: "Police officer perjury in court to justify illegal dope searches is commonplace. One of the dirty little not-so-secret secrets of the criminal justice system is undercover narcotics officers intentionally lying under oath. It is a perversion of the American justice system that strikes directly at the rule of law. Yet it is the routine way of doing business in courtrooms everywhere in America."
The New York City Police Department is not exempt from this critique. In 2011, hundreds of drug cases were dismissed after several police officers were accused of mishandling evidence. That year, Justice Gustin L. Reichbach of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn condemned a widespread culture of lying and corruption in the department's drug enforcement units. "I thought I was not naïve," he said when announcing a guilty verdict involving a police detective who had planted crack cocaine on a pair of suspects. "But even this court was shocked, not only by the seeming pervasive scope of misconduct but even more distressingly by the seeming casualness by which such conduct is employed."…Mr. Keane, in his Chronicle article, offered two major reasons the police lie so much. First, because they can. Police officers "know that in a swearing match between a drug defendant and a police officer, the judge always rules in favor of the officer." At worst, the case will be dismissed, but the officer is free to continue business as usual. Second, criminal defendants are typically poor and uneducated, often belong to a racial minority, and often have a criminal record. "Police know that no one cares about these people," Mr. Keane explained.
All true, but there is more to the story than that.
Police departments have been rewarded in recent years for the sheer numbers of stops, searches and arrests. In the war on drugs, federal grant programs like the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program have encouraged state and local law enforcement agencies to boost drug arrests in order to compete for millions of dollars in funding. Agencies receive cash rewards for arresting high numbers of people for drug offenses, no matter how minor the offenses or how weak the evidence. Law enforcement has increasingly become a numbers game. And as it has, police officers' tendency to regard procedural rules as optional and to lie and distort the facts has grown as well. Numerous scandals involving police officers lying or planting drugs — in Tulia, Tex. and Oakland, Calif., for example — have been linked to federally funded drug task forces eager to keep the cash rolling in.
And let's not forget that they often lie to cover up their own misconduct, which is obviously a very powerful incentive.


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Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – intro
So before the Padfone has even arrived in the flesh, Asus has managed to announce its bedmate, the PadFone 2. We got some hands on time with it at the launch event in Milan – but is the PadFone a fad-phone? Read on...
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – design and build
The PadFone 2 will come in two colours, black and white, and both look pretty futuristic – we think the white design has a slight edge but both stick to the tried-and-tested iPhone-style form factor.
The PadFone itself is slightly larger than before – a little annoying, as the first version fits perfectly in small hands – but this is no smartphone beast. You'll find the same concentric circle design as seen on Asus' ZenBooks, the first PadFone, and the Transformer series – it's quickly becoming a design signature of the brand..
The real story for the build is the new docking mechanism – the PadFone 2 slides into the back of the Station in one movement with no cover – it requires noticeably less faffing about compared to the older model.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – screen
The PadFone has upped the screen ante with a 720p affair for the phone and Station – and even on homescreen icons the new crisp quality shows. It's 4.7in which is great for videos – and the widescreen mode in the camera – and the Super IPS+ screen can now pump out 550 nits of brightness. Love the Transformer Pad Infinity? You'll love this, even though it's not full HD.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – PadFone Station
The 10.1in tablet station does the job well – and the most striking thing about the combo is that it weighs just 649g, meaning you won't have those "I'll just leave it at home today" moments very often. The quad-core Qualcomm chip and 2GB of RAM in the PadFone 2 itself mean that as a tablet you've got more than enough power to zip around too.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – Dynamic Display
Dynamic Display – which displays apps on the Station that you had open on the PadFone – won't work with everything, as with the first PadFone, but Asus tell us that Dynamic Display is guaranteed for the top 100 free Android apps as they've been working through those APIs over the past year or so.
In our short play with both components apps opened very quickly across both devices and our only problem was when the Station went into standby mode. Waiting for it to wake up is a minor gripe, though – and with Asus telling us it'll last for six weeks in standby, we can't complain.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – performance
We're told this baby got 15,000+ on AnTuTu and tops other benchmarks like OpenGL. Naturally, we tried to get some hiccups out of the PadFone 2 in our short hands on time with the device but didn't encounter a single one – apart from a 'SuperNote has stopped' message. All that, and Asus reckons we should get nine hours of video playback on the phone and a ridiculous 27 hours of video with the PadFone Station involved too.
SuperNote also rocks real time writing to text skills, giving Samsung a run for its money in the handwriting recognition stakes – when it runs, that is.
Plus there's that SonicMaster sound tech on board with the brilliantly named AudioWizard audio settings menu for more bass and less distortion, apparently – we'll be putting that to the test in a full review. It sounded very loud to us in the quick demo, which is always a pleasant surprise when dealing with a tablet.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – camera
13MP sounds very good on paper and the new PadFone Station design means you can take photos with the PadFone as before. You can also record 720p video at 60fps and our initial play with the PadFone's camera was promising, with bags of features down the left hand panel including widescreen mode, filter effects and flash. We didn't try the beautification features, mind you.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – UK release date and price
We haven't been given a UK release date or price for the PadFone 2 yet beyond early 2013, but Asus say that both the original PadFone and the PadFone 2 will definitely go on sale in the UK and that networks are coming round to the idea of a one data contract – in this case LTE – for a phone and tablet.
The official price is €800 for the 32GB handset and €900 for the 64GB model – and that price includes the Station too.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – Jelly Bean
It's Ice Cream Sandwich for now but Jelly Bean, complete with Google Now, is on its way shortly after the PadFone 2 launch. A shame it's not out of the box, then – but we'll let this one slide for now, Asus, as Android 4.0 runs beautifully.
Asus PadFone 2 hands on review – verdict
It may not lie flat on a table yet, but Asus has worked hard to minimise that PadFone bump when in Station mode. By pumping up the smartphone specs to 2012 standards and being sold as a pair, the PadFone 2 might just have a shot.
Read the Asus Padfone 2 review.
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Steelers sign QB Bruce Gradkowski to contract
Bruce Gradkowski is coming home.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the free agent quarterback have
agreed to a three-year deal that will likely make Gradkowski the
primary backup behind starter Ben Roethlisberger.
The 30-year-old Gradkowski is 6-14 in his career as a starter
with Oakland, Cleveland and Tampa Bay. He spent the 2011-12 seasons
with the Cincinnati Bengals, appearing in five games. Gradkowski
has completed 375 of 709 passes for 4,057 yards with 21 touchdowns
and 24 interceptions in 37 career games.
"I'm thrilled to be back home," Gradkowski said. "I always
thought at some point (I'd return) … I couldn't be happier."
The arrival of Gradkowski, a Pittsburgh native, means the
Steelers will almost certainly not attempt to re-sign longtime
backup quarterback Byron Leftwich, who has struggled to remain
healthy in recent years.
"I'm looking forward to working with Ben," Gradkowski said.
"He's a competitor and I'm a competitor and I can't wait to do
what I can to help this team win."
Leftwich, a free agent, has dealt with a series of injuries in
his second stint with Pittsburgh. He made one start in 2012 but
fractured his ribs in the first quarter of a loss to the Baltimore
Ravens and was made inactive for Pittsburgh's regular season finale
against Cleveland.
The Steelers also released oft-injured offensive lineman Willie
Colon, a move that will save them money against the salary cap. The
29-year-old played in just 13 of a possible 48 games the past three
years due to a variety of health issues.
Colon missed all of 2010 with a torn Achilles but signed a
five-year, $29-million contract in July 2011. He played just one
game that season after tearing the triceps in his right arm in the
season opener against Baltimore.
Colon returned in 2012 and moved from right tackle to left
guard, where made 12 starts before sustaining a knee injury that
forced him to end the year on injured reserve for the third
straight season.
Colon wasn't the only player who parted ways with the Steelers
on Wednesday. Running back Rashard Mendenhall left Pittsburgh for
Arizona after five roller coaster seasons. Mendenhall ran for 3,549
yards and 29 touchdowns for the Steelers but his play was sometimes
overshadowed by off-the-field distractions – including
controversial comments about the death of Osama bin Laden.
Any chance of Mendenhall re-signing with the Steelers likely
ended late in the season when he failed to show up for a game
against the San Diego Chargers after he learned he would be made
inactive. He did suit up for the final game of the season but by
then he'd been dropped to third on the depth chart.
The player exits could continue for Pittsburgh. Coveted
cornerback Keenan Lewis visited the New Orleans Saints Wednesday.
Lewis led the AFC with 23 passes defensed in 2012.
The Steelers, coming off a disappointing 8-8 season, have
already lost four starters from last season – Colon, Mendenhall,
wide receiver Mike Wallace and linebacker James Harrison – to free
agency or in a cost-cutting move.
Pittsburgh, who has already re-signed offensive lineman Ramon
Foster, wide receiver Plaxico Burress and linebacker Larry Foote,
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The Global Partnership consists of fifteen regional networks, each of which has its own Regional Action Agenda and Work Plan and participates in activities at the global level. The Regional Action Agendas fed into People Building Peace: A Global Action Agenda for the Prevention of Violent Conflict - which incorporated input from more than one thousand organisations around the world and outlines key priorities for change. The final document was presented to the UN in July 2005 during the Global Conference From Reaction to Prevention: Civil Society Forging Partnerships to Prevent Violent Conflict and Build Peace, which was held at UN Headquarters and organised by GPPAC in partnership with the UNDPA. Since then, GPPAC has implemented work plans based on the Action Agendas.
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