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Feed Me!
Baby animals need lots of food to grow up strong. But many animal babies are too small and helpless to find food on their own. They depend on their parents to feed them, until they're big enough to find food themselves.
Animals that feed their babies milk are called mammals. Humans are mammals. So are whales. A baby orca whale drinks milk as it swims alongside its mother. Orca babies need to grow a layer of thick blubber to stay warm, so an orca mother's milk is rich and full of fat.
A dog has lots more babies than an orca does, but she makes enough milk so no one goes hungry. Puppies start nursing just a few minutes after they're born.
Brown bear cubs become too big to nurse but are still too young to find their own food. So mama bear catches salmon to share. By watching mom, the cubs will learn how to fish for themselves.
Wood thrush nestlings are always hungry. Some baby birds eat more than 100 times a day! They keep their parents busy searching for worms, bugs, and berries.
Wolf pups are too little to go hunting with the rest of the pack. So when the adults return from a hunt, the wolf pup licks a big wolf to say, "I'm hungry." Then the adult spits up a bite of meat for the young pup to eat…
Open wide! A brown pelican parent swallows a fish and breaks it down into mush. The chicks poke their bills deep inside to share the fishy feast.
Human babies love mushy stuff, too. Feeding yourself can be a big mess, but it sure looks like fun.
Now where are those leftovers?
- blubber:
- A thick layer of fat under the skin of some sea animals. Seals and whales have blubber.
- food:
- What living things use to get energy.
- hunt:
- To look for something.
- nursing:
- Taking special care of something.
- What is a need of these animal babies?
[anno: The animal babies need food.]
- What does the brown bear cub learn from its mother?
[anno: The brown bear cub learns how to fish by watching its mother.]
- Orca whales live in the ocean. The whales do not drink the sea water. How do you think orca whales get the water they need?
[anno: Orca whales get water from the fish that they eat.]
- What other needs might these parents provide for their babies?
[anno: Answers may vary but could include that the parents protect their babies.]


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Kawasaki Brake & Clutch Levers
It is a Two-Piece Set: one Brake Lever and one Clutch Lever
Easy To Install with your OEM Hardware
Similar in Size and Shape to OEM levers
Extremely Affordable
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Fitment Guide
These Brake and Clutch Levers will fit:
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 2006-2008
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Lever Install: Remove Old levers. Grease Pivot Point of the New Levers. Do NOT over-tighten the Bolts, Levers are not meant to be Clamped down. Be sure that the Brake Cylinder Actuator is properly seated. As with any Motorcycle lever, OEM or Aftermarket, Test the Lever Performance BEFORE Riding. Be sure they are installed properly and allow for normal brake operation. When in doubt have a professional install the levers

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Intel CEO to Retire in May
Intel said CEO Paul Otellini intends to retire in May, ending a nearly 40-year career with the chip maker. Ben Pimentel reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Reuters.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Seibertron.com - The Ultimate Transformers Fansite
Sabrblade wrote:He's next year's convention's free figure.Savage wrote:Depthcharge brings back my affection for Beast Wars.
Flux Convoy wrote:
Circuit and Scourge will be joining the collection. Breakdown is too little too late. FPC gets my money for Classics Stunticons. He's a good choice, a smart one too. Just poor timing on the part of the club. Drag strip is on his way out once those drop too. Animated Jackpot does nothing for me either. The rest I'm certainly planning on getting. Ultra Mammoth is just too cool.
According to one of their responses to the image details regarding the subscription service should be revealed over the next couple of days.
Sabrblade wrote:Even though his toys had marks, Scourge the character still had marks in the cartoon.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Right, makes him Car Robot Black Convoy, makes him RiD Scourge, gotcha.
They were still there, nontheless. Ruination wore a great big one on his chestplate in several shots.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Even though his toys had marks, Scourge the character still had marks in the cartoon.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Right, makes him Car Robot Black Convoy, makes him RiD Scourge, gotcha.
They were only visible when he used his human bio signature obtained from Kelly to control Fortress Maximus. That may be the reason the Korean version's shoulders were blank.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
GuyIncognito wrote:You do know you have to buy ALL of them, right? You can't pick and choose.
gothsaurus wrote:How do the Joe exclusives stack up? How many figures, how many shipments per year, how big were the figures and/or vehicles?
Questions questions questions.
gothsaurus wrote:On that note, I wonder if we'll be getting a Valdigus/Ruination colored set of FOC Bruticus. THERE'S something to display your Scourge/Black Convoy with.
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When Kaitlyn Doorhy was 9, she told her mother that she was going to became a divorce attorney because "every family could use one," her mother, Darla Doorhy, recalled on Saturday.
The dreams of the Sacred Heart University junior who was majoring in pre-law ended on Saturday when the 20-year-old died as a result of injuries she suffered when she was hit by a car on Friday.
"She was a beautiful person," said Darla Doorhy. "She was a leader."
During a vigil at the university Friday night, more than 700 students gathered on the quad and created a circle of hope with candles, as many friends described the student's personality.
"She was one of my dearest friends and always lit up a room," Christine O'Brian, 20, said Friday, "She always had my back."
At that moment, many students still hoped Kaitlyn Doorhy would recover, but it was too late.
"She's in heaven," Darla Doorhy said after the ceremony Friday.
A hospital spokeswoman confirmed Kaitlyn Doorhy's death Saturday afternoon.
"This morning, the parents of Kaityln Doorhy gave permission to St. Vincent's Medical Center to confirm their daughter had died from injuries she sustained on Friday afternoon," the spokeswoman said. "Her parents have agreed that her organs will be donated for transplant. Mr. Doorhy (Kaitlyn's father, Joseph) said `Kaityln is an organ donor and will help give lives to others.' "
St. Vincent's Medical Center flew the Donate Life flag in Kaitlyn Doorhy's honor Saturday.
Kaitlyn Doorhy had traveled to the university three days before the start of the semester to volunteer with her sorority Kappa Delta. She was heavily involved with the sorority and close to the other members.
"For her birthday, she took us all out to Long Island where she lived," said Katelyn Cahill, a friend, on Friday. "She wanted us to experience her life."
Kaitlyn Doorhy was crossing the street with another friend on Friday, near the 2900 block of Madison Avenue in Bridgeport, when she was struck by a red Nissan Coupe traveling north on Madison. The friend was not injured.
The driver of the Nissan, identified by police as Brandon M. Pouncie, 28, of Bridgeport, remained at the scene and has not charged in the accident, according to a police spokesman, who said an investigation is continuing.
On Saturday, a bouquet of flowers was left at the scene with a note saying, "We love and miss you."
Although a posted speed limit warned motorists of a school slowdown zone with a 20 mph limit, cars could be seen zooming along the curving street in excess of the limit.
"There has been consistent traffic enforcement in that area," said Bridgeport Police spokesman Bill Kaempffer when asked what police were doing to prevent further incidents.
A spokeswoman for Sacred Heart University said university officials were working with the city and the Bridgeport Police Department's Traffic Division to analyze the incident and determine whether any corrective measures are needed in the area in light of the accident.
Counseling services were offered for students, faculty and staff on Saturday, according to a message from Sacred Heart President John J. Petillo that was posted on the university website and reported the death.
A memorial Mass will also be held on the campus sometime next week, according to the president's message.
On Long Island, where Kaitlyn grew up, a funeral service is scheduled for Friday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church in in Mattituck, N.Y. Calling hours were scheduled for Thursday at the DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck.
Burial is scheduled for Friday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cutchogue, N.Y.
Friends of Doorhy's had placed a memorial of photos and sunflowers at her high school in Mattituck, and planned to convene there at a later time, according to post on a Facebook page set up in Doorhy's honor.
"So incredibly sad. It was a pleasure and a joy to be Kait's cheerleading coach during her senior year at Mattituck. I will never forget that year and never forget those girls! Heaven has gained a beautiful angel. Kait will always have a special place in my heart," wrote one visitor.
Photos posted of Kaitlyn on the Facebook page and by the university showed an attractive young blond with a bright smile.
Her younger sister, Carly Doorhy, described Kaitlyn as a fashion enthusiast who enjoyed life and who worked several jobs.
"She loved shopping," said Carly. "She loved doing her nails."
As students arrived for the welcome weekend of the new school year they were confronted with the loss of what many said was one of their brightest, but Petillo said she would want them to continue on.
"I think it is important that we continue to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year even as we grieve for the loss of Kaitlyn," Petillo said in a statement. "Everything I have heard about Kaitlyn -- her caring for others, her dreams to be an attorney, the way she embraced life -- tells me that she would expect this from us."
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Erik Wielaert grew up in the Netherlands in Amersfoort, Leiden and Assen, and now lives and works in Groningen. He studied liberal arts and painting at the Art Academy of Groningen, and graduated in 1982. Since then he has been active as a plastic artist and illustrator, and eventually also as a comics artist. He has contributed to small-press comic magazines since 1988, and is cooperator and editor of the Groningen comics magazine Gr'nn.
He has published regularly in Zone 5300 since 1998, and was also a contributor to Incognito, as well as the Incognito book collection (the books 'Nachtschade', 'Waanklanken' and 'De Zwarte IJscoman'). Sherpa published a section of his work in the 2006 book 'Nacht en Ontij', and Wielaert worked with Willy Linthout on the trilogy 'Het Laatste Station' for Standaard Uigeverij in Belgium. On 1 September 2011 an exposition of Wielaert's work opened in Galerie Lambiek, on display throughout the month.


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Hi Moms,
I have a really silly question... How do you know when your older infant is hungry? I am BF my second child(3 mos) and at a complete loss. My oldest nursed all the time. This guy is often refusing the breast and getting very irritable that I'm trying to feed him. He's constantly sucking and chewing on his hands, so that is not a reliable indicator anymore. I get worried that he's refusing due to milk supply issues or reflux, but other times he nurses very happily. I think I might just be trying to force feed him when he isn't hungry. Any ideas?


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Style # 206732
AVAILABILITY: Unavailable for immediate shipment.
Sheer mesh lining at neckline and hot pink leopard print make this bebe sport tank top a killer way to give your activewear a lift. Made for high-impact activity from moisture-wicking fabrics.
- 86% nylon, 14 % spandex
- Center back to hem: 22" (56 cm)
- Built in bust support
- Machine wash
- Made in USA with imported materials
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Printed Halter - BEBE SPORT ONLINE EXCLUSIVE is rated out of 5 by 4.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ladybug83 from Look cute while working out! Bought in a large to work out comfy. It fit great, I wear a size 36D bra. Very sporty and cute, got the matching shorts also super cute
Date published: 2013-07-05
Rated 2 out of 5 by SewerGal from Cute but too tight I really wanted to keep this top, because I have the capris and the jacket. Unfortunately this top did not work for me, it was far too tight in the chest (I'm 36DD). The halter strap around the neck also started bothering me after just putting it on for a few minutes. Had to send it back. I wish they had of made a racerback style for more bust room and support.
Date published: 2012-12-26
Rated 2 out of 5 by TexasBlonde from The color shown is not the same! This top and the matching sport bra arrived today. I love Bebe Sport and have a closet full of their sport clothes, but it was disappointing to see the color being off as much as it was. They make it very easy to return, so back it goes. The color shown on their website is a pretty melon pink, but it's a dark neon fuchsia, which did not look anything like the color shown. Also, both items ran a little larger than their tanks and sports bras I have purchased in the past. So if you order this you might want to go down at least one size. Bebe is great and I will continue to shop there!
Date published: 2012-12-07
Rated 5 out of 5 by fortuitous2012 from Stylish I am looking for a stylish workout outfit for such a long time, especially for the purpose of running. I love the design of the top which even could be just fashionable to wear daily. The material was well made and did feel comfortable. I wore it in the gym for a post Thanksgiving Zumba class and got a lot of compliments :)
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Bean and Quinoa Salad with Avocado Dressing
Team up healthy Quinoa wheat with great northern, kidney, pinto and black beans. Throw in some corn for a huge variety of colors, flavors and textures.
Yields: 12 servings | Serving Size: 1 cup | Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bush's Beans mixture (Cannellini or Great Northern, Black, Kidney, Pinto), drained and rinsed
3 cups Quinoa, cooked, 3 cups Grape tomatoes, halved
3 cups Corn kernels, fresh, roasted
2 cups Scallions, diced
1 cup Feta cheese, crumbled, optional
1 cup Avocado Cider Dressing (Yields 1-1/2 cups)
Avocado, peeled and pitted
1 large Shallot
1 large Dijon mustard
1-1/2 Tbsp Cider vinegar
1/2 cup Canola oil
1/2 cup Olive oil
1/4 cup Fresh herb mixture, finely chopped (chives, parsley, cilantro)
1/4 cup Kosher salt and cracked black pepper, to taste
- Combine beans, quinoa, corn, tomatoes, scallions and, if desired, feta cheese.
- Add Avocado Cider Dressing. Toss gently to coat. Cover salad. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. To serve: Place 1 cup baby salad greens on chilled plate. Top with 1 cup bean-quinoa salad. Accompany with herb-grilled chicken breast or fish filet over top of salad. Serve with extra Avocado Cider Dressing if desired.
To make Avocado Cider Dressing:
- In blender combine avocado, shallot, mustard and vinegar. Process until smooth. With motor running, slowly add oils until thickened and incorporated. Transfer dressing to a container with lid and stir in herbs. Season to taste. Cover. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before use. Use as directed above.


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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A Success Story
Allow me to explain.
Last week, I offered a two hour workshop to a team of special educators. We talked about assistive technology consideration, guiding principles for technology integration, universal design for learning and free technology resources to support struggling learners. They had a chance to explore the Free Technology Toolkit Wiki. At the conclusion of the workshop, they were given an assignment to identify at least one resource to support their students, use it and then report back when we met again.
We reconvened today and our follow-up workshop started with small group discussions. Educators shared what worked and what didn't (because we know there are always obstacles). They heard each others ideas and got excited hearing how some of the tools effectively reached learners in new ways. A student who hated to write and typically avoided it, used Make Beliefs Comix and had FUN writing. Another student who has signficant spelling issues and can not correct his own work used Ginger Spelling to help him edit his work. Others shared their experiences with Voice Thread, UDL Book Builder and Wacky Web Tales.
The enthusiasm in the room was building. They needed the opportunity to continue to explore, collaborate and think outside the box.
It seemed the perfect time to introduce Word Magnets which I had recently discovered and blogged about. What would this group of K -5 educators do with Word Magnets? It was incredible watching them think up all kinds of creative activities for their students which they then added to an EtherPad, a collaborative, synchronous online writing space.
As we were reviewing the session, one participant asked if there was a way they could continue to collaborate. (Be still my heart!) There was uniform agreement that they needed and wanted to continue to share their ideas, successes and triumphs. Together they came up with a plan for how they could build upon the foundation they obtained from these two workshop sessions. It was incredible for me as the workshop facilitator to see how they were motivated to extend beyond these two workshops to make learning real for them and ultimately for their students. They recognized the skills they brought to the workshop and wanted to prolong the sharing and collaboration.
They accomplished tremendous things. I was just the facilitator. I am so grateful to be a catalyst who can now sit back and watch how they integrate the tools and strategies to support struggling learners in their district.
It was truly a great day. This is why I do what I do, so that teachers and students will no longer need assistive technology consulting because it is embedded in the culture of the school.
5 comments:
- Michelle D. Davis said...
truly inspiring...brings tearss to my eyes...I LOVE seeing how we can bring them the tools and see what they can create!
- 8:36 AM, October 15, 2009
- Dan Callahan said...
I often say that my goal as a Special Ed teacher is to work myself out of a job. :)
- 4:41 PM, October 15, 2009
- Karen Janowski said...
And not just see what they create but the innovative ways they can help their students succeed. It was an awesome day!
Good to know I'm in good company. You have the same dream. Someday.... when there is no distinction between general education and special education and when universal design for learning is the foundation for all instruction.
- 7:03 PM, October 15, 2009
- Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D said...
Hi Karen
That is very exciting! There is tremendous value in building collaborative teams that can share ideas for how to reach students with learning differences. With so many tools out there teachers are sure to find some way to reach each and every child
- 7:45 PM, October 15, 2009
- Dorethia's Blog said...
As a special educator, I am finding that students are needing more assistance. With full inclusion, I am finding not all students are being successful. Hopefully I can collaborate with those of you in other parts of the country that are making inclusion work.
- 6:57 PM, October 18, 2009


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As lawmakers in Washington rush to avert the fiscal cliff, there are advantages to kicking the can down the road for another year, analysts with First Trust Advisors investment services firm said Monday.
"On taxes, everyone knows driving off the fiscal cliff would be economic suicide. We think one overlooked possibility, given the complexity of the issues and lack of time, is an agreement to extend everything for one more year. This would give Congress and the president more time to work on something like Simpson-Bowles," the analysts wrote in a research note published Monday.
That said, the First Trust analysts wrote that they do believe there will be compromises on taxes if there is no delay.
Meanwhile, among the many who don't want the can to be kicked, there's a group focusing on debt as "a young person's issue." On Tuesday, "AmeriCAN," the mascot of "The Can Kicks Back" campaign, is scheduled to be "roaming the House and Senate," reminding lawmakers that "young people need to be a major part of conversations about avoiding the fiscal cliff."
Mascot enthusiasts who can't make it to Congress on Tuesday can also look for "AmeriCAN," described by the campaign as "a giant can," at George Washington University on Monday. The campaign is running a can drive at GW for students who want lawmakers to solve the country's debt problems.
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BURLINGTON, N.C. – The top two seeds of the Conference Carolinas Softball Tournament squared off in an elimination game that turned into a pitcher's duel on Sunday morning. Neither no. 2 Mount Olive College, nor top seed King University wanted to give in as the game went to the 10th inning with no score. The Trojans finally broke through in the 10th to take the pitcher's duel 2-0.
Both teams threatened with two base runners in the first inning, but both pitchers, Carly White of Mount Olive and Hannah Light of King escaped the jams to keep the game scoreless.
Mount Olive (31-13) also had two runners on in each of the fourth and eighth innings, but each time Light worked out of the inning unscathed. On the day, Light scattered nine hits in 10 innings of work, and stranded 11 Trojan base runners.
The Tornado (31-26) had their best opportunity to score in the ninth inning when Stephanie Rodriguez and Allie Spell worked back-to-back two-out walks to load the bases. That brought leadoff hitter Christina Melcher to the plate. However, Mount Olive made a pitching change and Madison Johnston got Melcher to hit a slow roller to shortstop. In what was a bang-bang play at first, Melcher was called out and we went to the 10th inning.
Mount Olive used that momentum in the 10th inning as Beth Overman drew a leadoff walk. After an out, Chistie Wright laced a pinch-hit ground rule double to put runners on second and third with one out. Katie Smith followed with a double to left field to break the scoreless tie. Kelsey Akers then tacked on an insurance run with a sacrifice fly and the Trojans led 2-0.
Johnston retired King in order in the bottom of the inning to stay alive and give Mount Olive the win.
Mount Olive pitching only allowed three Tornado hits, as King was led by Melcher, Tori McComas and Amber Walker. Walker also walked twice in the game.
The Tornado end the season as the regular season Conference Carolinas champions, with an overall record of 31-26. Seniors Aubree Hutt and Mackenzie Draine end their careers with the first two Conference Carolinas championships in school history, one tournament title and one regular season.


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WOW, i dfound this on my PC. I did this in 2005 when we did Euroleague,National teams etc with the guys from nbalive.org Enjoy !
<< BULGARIAN LEAGUE PATCH 2005 v1.0 >>
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This patch adds the bulgarian A1 league to NBA Live 2005!To install the patch do this:
1.Extract the files from sgsm.rar to your MAIN "nba live 2005/sgsm" folder
2.Extract the files from stadia.rar to your MAIN "nba live 2005/sgsm/stadia" folder
3.Extract the files from uniforms.rar to your MAIN "nba live 2005/sgsm/uniforms" folder
4.Extract the files from xcommon.rar to your MAIN "nba live 2005/sgsm/common" folder
5.Extract the folder called "Bulgarian League" from roster.rar to your "nba live 2005/saves" folder
under "My Documents"(for XP users - C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\NBA LIVE 2005\saves)
-To uninstall delete the files you extracted or back-up your "sgsm" folder!
-The patch doesn't replace any important staff,so you can play NBA or any other patch you have
-I worked on this patch all by myself,so if you don't like some of the staff DON'T PLAY IT!!!
-When you play season mode clear all divisions and choose the 8 bulgarian A1 teams(CSKA,Cherno More,
Levski,Lukoil,Spartak Pleven,Spartak MVR,Rilski Sportist and Yambolgaz) to a different division and
don't forget to set the "CPU initialed trades" option off,cause the teams will sign NBA players.
-Don't forget to change the rules - Foul out:5 & Def.3 sec:off!
Special thanks to:
-The guys at nbalive.org,nba-live.com and Yavuz at nbaliveturkey for the support and the great
tutorials that teached me how to patch!
-And last,but not least i want to thank to Nikolai Rusinov and Ivan Petrov for the good infos!


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Trojans looking for payback as they host Canterbury in Class A regional
BOURBON — Although last weekend's sectional championships was Triton's sixth straight, it was anything but just another title for the Trojans. For one thing, it may have been the first time in recent years that Triton wasn't the clear favorite.
The Trojans were playing on someone else's floor for the first time since 2008, and to get to the championship game, they first had to avenge a loss to host Culver, which had handed Triton its only NSC loss of the year at the Trojan Trench back on Jan. 11. Even after the Trojans' 44-32 reprisal over the Cavs in the semifinals, the five-time defending champs were in unfamiliar territory as the underdogs against an athletic No. 8-rated Michigan City Marquette squad in the title game. Trailing 39-34 going into the final frame, the No. 10 Trojans battled, eking out a thrilling 47-46 victory to keep their streak intact and earn a spot back on their home floor at this weekend's Triton Regional.
The Trojans will take on Fort Wayne Canterbury in the late semifinal tentatively scheduled for 12:30 p.m. following the tourney-opener between Gary 21st Century and Pioneer at 10:30 a.m.
"That was kind of a special sectional championship I thought because of those factors," said Triton head coach Jason Groves, who has guided his team to six straight sectional titles during his eight-year tenure. "Culver had beaten us earlier in the season on our home court, so we were kind of able to get revenge there and kind of pay them back on their home court in sectional. And then going in against Marquette we felt like we were the underdog, so we were playing a different role, I guess, even though we were the five-time defending sectional champions. We played that game with a little chip on our shoulder as well… I think it was just a matter of showing our determination and fight. We didn't shoot the ball extremely well from the field, didn't shoot free throws extremely well, but we really fought, played defense and rebounded well; did the little things to kind of grind out a victory."
"It was really fun. Credit Marquette, they played very good defense, and they were very tough to stop on offense," said Triton senior Clay Yeo. "It was just a matter of getting stops and it's great to bring it back to the community and give it back to the school."
The Trojans enter this weekend's regional on a nine-game win streak.
Their last loss came by a razor-thin 50-48 margin at LaVille on Jan. 18, when the Lancers ended Triton's string of three straight Bi-County Tournament championships. It was an experience that left a sour taste in the Trojans' mouths and one that seems to have helped inspired the team to find another level of play.
"It's no surprise for me because our kids have been practicing a lot better," said Groves. "At the beginning of the year I talked about our intensity at practice. One day we'd have a good practice, one day we'd have a bad practice. Toward the end of the season, I think after our couple of losses in conference and Bi-County, I think something clicked with our seniors. I think they realized their time was coming to an end, and they didn't really want it to come to an end. I've noticed a big difference in practice, and I think that carried over into the games."
"We really wanted to win that Bi-County championship, but we didn't get to, so we just figured we'd pick it up at practice and see how we could finish the season," echoed Triton junior Tanner Shepherd. "It got really intense toward the end of the season, and it shows. Our defense has been playing really well, so it's been nice."
As the Trojans tip off at this weekend's regional, they'll be facing a familiar foe.
It was Canterbury that knocked off then-defending regional champion Triton in a double overtime regional final in Bourbon last year, and the Trojans are hoping to return the favor for that 64-60 loss in Saturday's semifinals.
"Obviously it's in the back of our mind that they ended our season last year, but at the same time it's a different team, different season," said Groves. "They're very similar to the way they were last year, though. They're really good. They're really able to penetrate, put the ball on the floor and get to the basket. They have several guys that can do that. They pass extremely well, and they shoot extremely well. I think the main thing about them is they're confident. They play with that, just swagger, I guess. They expect to win every game they're in, and you can see it when they play."
"I don't think we need any motivation; it's just kind of ironic how it is them so it does kind of motivate us a little more because they ended our season last year," said Yeo. "We know a lot about them, they know a lot about us. I think it's just going to come down to getting stops just like in the sectional championship because I think both of us are pretty offense-oriented."
Defense is the byword of the day for Triton as the Trojans look to contain a balanced Cavalier offense led by a pair of guards in 6'5" senior Trent VanHorn, who is averaging 31 points per game, and 6'1" junior Grant Sinn, averaging 14 points an outing.
"We're going to have to get stops, take good shots, and execute really well," said Shepherd. "They're a good team, they can score, so we'll just have to play really good D. It's going to be fun."
"It's going to start with containing their penetration," Groves said. "They put the ball on the floor really well, especially VanHorn and (Chase) Moyle, two guys that are back from last year. We've just got to contain it and keep them in front of us, maybe switch up a little bit to keep them in front of us, and also contest their shooters. Those two guys shoot the ball extremely well, as does Sinn, and their big kid pops out and shoots from outside as well. We've got our hands full, that's for sure."


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This is a follow up to a recent post in which BioLogos discussed a request by Dr. Bruce Waltke, Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, to remove a video posted one week earlier. One key reason for his request is addressed in this joint statement with Darrel Falk, President of The BioLogos Foundation.
We are both professors. The controversy over the recent posting of a video by Bruce largely relates to difference in teaching styles, probably significantly affected by differences in our disciplines. One of us teaches biology and prepares students for careers in science and medicine. The other teaches biblical studies and prepares students for careers in ministry. We both feel a great responsibility in our careers to preserve the faith of our students. Both of us face unique challenges in the current climate of secularism. The secular academy far-too-frequently considers Christianity to have ideas and ideals which are irrelevant at best and despicable at worst; it is not always easy for biology students to retain their faith. Bruce believes that many in the guild of professors in biblical studies cut students free from the authority of Scripture to find their moorings in reason, not in the revelation of God in Jesus Christ, and/or in existentialism, not in the apostolic confession of the Gospel. There is nothing more important to both of us than that our students retain their faith as they leave our courses and head into their future.
If you are a good professor, you are very sensitive to where your students are in their journey. You don't whack them over the head with an idea and tell them to take it or leave it. You give them tools to discover it step-by-step for themselves. Your role, if you are a good professor, is to give your students a firm foundation in your discipline, to be there alongside of your students and guide them as they proceed down this journey. It is a little bit like the journey along the road to Emmaus. We hope they will eventually understand, and we want to lovingly journey with them, but they have to see it for themselves.
These are perilous times for the educated Christian. There are forces that threaten the faith both in science and theology and in their inter-relationship that have never existed in quite this way before. There are many who would like to take our students and our former students and to vaporize the faith they have inherited. We both feel that in our roles as professors, we exist in no small part to prevent that from happening.
We each have two different sets of students. One set goes into science and medicine, where the data in favor of evolution seem to be overwhelming. The others go off to lead churches, where a foundation well-grounded in the Bible is essential.
Our approach as we journey along the Emmaus road with our students may need to be different. One of us—the biologist—feels that he needs to lay out the scientific data fairly early and be there to help the student proceed through faith issues at whatever pace he or she is comfortable—with full confidence in the inspiration of Scripture. From there the student can examine the scientific data, bit by bit, and proceed through it at whatever pace he or she is comfortable, The other of us—the biblical scholar—feels that biblical students must be well grounded in the historic Christian faith and from there learn how to interpret the Bible, and, bit by bit, discover its spiritual treasures with a freedom to test their understandings against the Church's confessions. Interestingly, though the scientific method tends to be more inductive and the biblical approach more deductive, so far as the faith is concerned we end up at similar place with respect to retaining the historic faith, but our way of getting there is different. There is little doubt that the reason for that difference relates to our disciplines.
The video posted by BioLogos accurately reflected our views—both of our views. However, for Bruce, it said the sort of thing that would be said at the end of the journey after making it clear that his thinking was firmly grounded in the inerrancy of Scripture (as to its Source, not to its interpretation) and its infallibility (as to authority for faith and practice, not, for example, of ancient man's view of a tripartite universe), and the historicity of Adam and Eve. Darrel, as a biologist, would say something similar1 but at the beginning of the journey.
The fact that this video generated controversy illustrates why the dialog must continue. It is absolutely essential that we not give up just because missteps will occur. We must not be discouraged. Let the conversation continue, but only if it can be done in love and mutual respect and in a way that draws the next generation even closer to the Lord Jesus Christ who joins us all on our road to Emmaus.
For more on Bruce's views see An Old Testament Theology . For more on Darrel's views see his regular blogs on this site and Coming to Peace With Science.


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I for one I am very happy for Dr. Mark Turpen and his family. And my prayers go out to the family of Ted Villelli. This whole ordeal has been a horrible situation. However, Turpen can only do so much, he is not a mind reader and has no control over the decisions made by other individuals.
It's tragic that Villelli chose to take his life but Turpen did not make that choice for him nor did he lead Villelli to make that choice. As human beings we can only do so much. This was a bad choice made by Ted Villelli. Thanks to Dr. Turpen for all he does for this community. I'm happy he can finally move forward with his life. And I am once again sorry for the family of Ted Villelli.
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, packing winds of 125 miles per hour. Today, New Orleans and surrounding areas are still trying to recover.
Katrina is the most destructive storm on record in terms of economic losses. It caused $81 billion in damage. A lot of that destruction came once the storm had already passed, when levees began to break. Flood waters consumed about 80% of New Orleans, forcing people onto the rooftops of their homes.
More than 1,800 people died as a result of the storm and millions were displaced, according to the American Red Cross. Katrina evacuees dispersed to nearly every state in the U.S.
In Columbia alone, the Red Cross found shelter for about 200 families who evacuated the gulf coast. Many of them stayed in South Carolina.
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Breast cancer risk may be increased by blood pressure drugs
Using a type of blood pressure drug for more than a decade may raise breast-cancer risk, a study found, the first potential link between long-term use of the popular medicines and the most common malignancy among women.
Women who took blood pressure drugs called calcium-channel blockers, like Pfizer's Norvasc, for 10 years or longer had a 2.5 times higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who never took the medicine or who used other blood pressure treatments, according to research published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The study is the first to find that long-term use of calcium-channel blockers is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, the authors said. More studies are needed to replicate the findings and to better understand why the class of medicines may raise risk of the disease, said Christopher Li, the lead study author.
"While this is an intriguing finding, much more work still needs to be done," Li, head of the Translational Research Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said Monday in an email. "While we appreciate that these results may cause concern for women currently using these medications, we do not think that they should change current clinical practice because they require confirmation and because of the importance of managing hypertension effectively."
Blood pressure drugs are the most commonly prescribed medicines in the U.S., the authors said. More than 678 million blood pressure prescriptions were filled in 2010, about 98 million of which were for calcium-channel blockers. Norvasc, which is available as a generic in the U.S., generated about $1.35 billion in 2012 sales for New York-based Pfizer mostly on sales outside the U.S.
Calcium-channel blockers lower blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels and preventing calcium from entering cells. Other treatments for the condition include beta blockers, which make the heart beat slower and with less force, dropping blood pressure; diuretics, which drain the body of excess fluid that may increase pressure; and angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors that prevent the body from producing angiotensin, which can narrow blood vessels.
The study included 1,960 women with breast cancer and 891 women without the disease. They were interviewed to determine which blood pressure treatments they used and for how long.
The data show the current use of calcium-channel blockers for 10 years or more increased breast cancer risk by about 2.5 times. Other blood pressure treatments used long term didn't have similar risks, the authors wrote.
Li said it's unclear why calcium-channel blockers may raise a woman's chance of developing breast cancer. He said the findings only apply to older women. Also, too few women stopped using the drugs so researchers were unable to evaluate breast cancer risk in those who were no longer using the medications.
"These findings raise a hypothesis," said Patricia Coogan, a research professor of epidemiology at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, who wrote an accompanying editorial. "It does not prove that using calcium- channel blockers for 10 or more years will raise your risk of breast cancer. More observational studies need to look in more populations. If this finding is replicated, then there needs to be a serious discussion about long-term use of calcium-channel blockers."
More than 232,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. this year and more than 39,600 will die of the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute, which funded the study.


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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's take on the future might be the most frightening thing I've seen in years. Instead of cliches like lasers and space, Treyarch's fifth Call of Duty game presents a world that's different, yet totally plausible. Change is coming to Call of Duty, and Black Ops 2 presents not only an evolution in terms of the technology you'll be playing with, but also in regards to the franchise's storytelling and design.
The thing about Black Ops 2's take on the future is that it doesn't venture too far from where we are now. Part of the campaign takes place during the 80s, where familiar faces from Black Ops return (Woods did not die), but the vast majority of the story takes place in 2025. Here you'll assume the role of Black Ops protagonist Alex Mason's son, David Mason, who lives in a believable world standing on the brink of war. China has unsurprisingly risen to become a world power and is embroiled in a modern cold war with the United States over the most precious resource on the planet rare earth elements.
Let's take a moment to just break down how disconcertingly realistic this scenario is. From weapons guidance systems to cellphones, rare earth elements are in basically every single electronics product and are currently mined almost entirely by China. As the world attempts to wean itself off of oil in our own time, the very technologies being employed to do so require more and more of these metals. The team at Treyarch dreamed up Black Ops 2's story over a year ago in conjunction with legendary script writer David Goyer (Batman Begins) and consulting from Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution. Since that time, news story after news story has corroborated the likelihood that rare earth elements are a future point of contention. See, for instance, President Obama's recent speech regarding China's hold on these precious materials.
Treyarch still wants Black Ops 2 to deliver the over-the-top visual spectacle people have come to expect from Call of Duty, and a cold war alone just won't do. To enable a future where there's cause to have vast battlefields filled with explosions and the chaos of combat, Black Ops 2's campaign introduces another future threat to the world: cyber terrorism. At some point in Black Ops 2 a terrorist organization gets inside America's vast drone network, using its most powerful military asset to bomb the hell out of its own cities. Like a scene out of The Terminator, Black Ops 2's take on the attack on Los Angeles pits man against a seemingly unstoppable hunter-killer onslaught. The United States currently has well over 5,000 drones in its fleet, and all signs point to this growing considerably larger by 2025. As recently as October of last year America's drone network was attacked by a virus, showing yet again how Treyarch's version of the future is startlingly grounded in current events.
Every part of the Black Ops 2 campaign has been broken down and reworked to tell the best story Treyarch can. The team tweaked its graphics engine, resulting in visuals that look a bit better than what's come before. Facial animation has also received special attention, and Black Ops 2's characters will be more expressive than what you've seen before. Goyer and the staff at Treyarch have even reconceived the way they introduce and create the game's villain. Previous Call of Duty games had obvious bad guys like Nazis or underdeveloped villains you didn't understand. This time around the hope is that by learning how the terrorist leader Menendez was "created," what inspired his path of vengeance, that he'll mean more as a character when he's lashing out. With a character like Heath Ledger's The Joker to his name, Goyer certainly has experience creating memorable and even sympathetic villains.
The phrase "cinematic experience" gets tossed around a lot when discussing what it means to make a Call of Duty campaign, leading many people to (justifiably) associate the series with heavily scripted and linear single player stories.Treyarch wants to defy those expectations with Black Ops 2, creating the first Call of Duty campaign with branching story threads. Little has been revealed about what that actually means, but the goal is to introduce parts of the story you can fail; you can succeed in keeping Menendez from achieving his goals, or enable him. The developers also want to have you make important decisions, resulting in what Treyarch hopes will be a non-linear narrative with plenty of replayability.
To help diversify the single-player experience, Treyarch's introducing "Strike Force" missions. Rather than just dumping players into another level, having them control someone with an alternate name, and telling them this is "different," Treyarch's breaking new ground for the series. You control a black ops group, choosing from a number of levels based on the threat each presents in the current cold war. Success isn't guaranteed, and if all your operatives die you lose the missions, changing the course of the conflict. You also pick one mission at the cost of others, meaning that you and your friends might not experience the same battlefields.
Strike Force missions are even more exciting because of how you play them, though. Each Strike Force mission acts as a small sandbox battlefield, letting you choose the order you complete objectives. Cooler still, you get to choose what units you play as on the fly. Flesh and blood soldiers deploy alongside walking robots and UAVs, and at any given time you can zoom out to an overwatch view of the battlefield, selecting a new unit and then shifting to its perspective. Like some sort of god of war, you can rapidly possess whatever unit suits your needs in the moment. You can also issue orders from the overwatch mode, playing through entire Strike Force missions in a real-time strategy fashion.
When it comes to putting you in the boots of a soldier, Black Ops 2's future doesn't look all that different. After all, 2025 is only 13 years away, so don't expect crazy Star Trek-esque phazers or lightspeed travel. The technology powering your operatives and soldiers in Black ops 2 has been worked and reworked to not feel too "future-y," taking just a few liberties based on stuff that already exists. For instance it's widely accepted that robots are going to become more and more important on future battlefields, and Black Ops 2 brings many to bear. From man-sized walking robots reminiscent of the now famous BigDog, to small swarms of machinegun-mounted UAVs, you'll be fighting against and with a number of mechanized soldiers.
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Tweet us your tips »Black Ops 2 also makes use of new interfaces and weapons systems somewhat based off current technology. Soldiers have flexible screens on their wrists they can use to call in support, as well as wrist-mounted Iron Man-like launchers that fire small explosives. Also showcased was a new sniper rifle that uses millimeter wave technology -- the same thing in airport security scanners to see through walls. The same rifle also uses charged shots to sling ammo at high velocity, giving you the option to shoot through different density walls depending on how long you prime the shot. New vehicles also make an appearance, such as a VTOL aircraft Mason pilots.
Details on multiplayer remain scarce, but Treyarch confirms that all multiplayer will take place in the 2025 universe. Expect all of the tech previously discussed, alongside a revamped combat training system for new players. The goal at this point isn't to just make Black Ops 2's multiplayer fun to play, but fun to watch, and Treyarch would love to break into the E-Sports scene. You can also expect Activision's Call of Duty social network, Call of Duty Elite, to be integrated at launch.
For years people have speculated that Call of Duty would jump ahead in time, but instead of warp drives and teleporting Treyarch's presented an unsettling and plausible future. When it comes to a franchise as successful as Call of Duty, big changes mean big risks, and Black Ops 2 looks like a smart and tempered new direction for the series. It attempts to address longstanding criticisms regarding formulaic campaigns, and doesn't rely on events that already occurred to create a plot. Treyarch's version of the coming years makes me a bit scared of what's to come for us, but I've never been more excited to see where the series goes next.
Anthony is an Editor on IGN's PC team. You can follow him on IGN and read his occasional thoughts on Twitter.


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linux.conf.au is Australia's national Linux conference. lca2005 will be held at the Australian National University in Canberra from Monday April 18 to Saturday April 23, 2005.
linux.conf.au 2005 has finished! linux.conf.au 2006 will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The previous linux.conf.au was in Adelaide in January 2004. You can find details of the conference here.
LCA is one of three major, international, grass-roots open-source conferences world wide. The other two are the Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS) and Linux Kongress.
The main focus of the conference are keynotes, seminars and tutorials by Linux and open source developers and users. Other forums include miniconfs, BOF meetings, lightning presentations and a poster display.
This is the sixth exciting year of linux.conf.au. The first was called CALU, and was held in Melbourne in 1999. Every year the conference gets bigger and more popular. We have attracted many high profile speakers over the years, such as Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP), Dave Miller (kernel), Rusty Russell (iptables/kmod/kernel), Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell (samba/rsync), Havoc Pennington (GNOME) and Jon "Maddog" Hall to name a few. Linus Torvalds has even turned up a couple of times. You never know what he's going to be dressed in; one year it was a penguin suit, another year speedos.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just months after President Barack Obama's re-election ended Republican hopes of controlling U.S. healthcare policy, one of the most controversial Republican proposals for Medicare is showing signs of rising from the political ashes.
Premium support, a policy idea that would greatly expand the role of private insurers in providing Medicare coverage for hospital and doctor services, was considered dead soon after Republican Mitt Romney's November loss to Obama, when polls showed registered voters rejecting it by 2-to-1 margins.
But premium support is gaining fresh momentum among congressional Republicans as a way to control Medicare spending as the debate rages over entitlement reform and the deficit, say analysts, lobbyists and congressional aides.
"It's an idea that becomes more politically seaworthy with every passing day, because there are no other legitimate alternatives that can simultaneously control costs in a rational fashion and broaden access to quality care," said Robert Moffitt of the conservative Heritage Foundation.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney's former running mate and the Republican most identified with premium support, is expected to embrace the policy for a third consecutive year in the budget he will soon release as chairman of the House Budget Committee.
A spokesman for the Wisconsin congressman declined to discuss the budget. But others with knowledge of closed-door discussions said the party's caucus would not back down after retaining support among elderly voters in 2012, despite Democratic attacks on the Republicans' Medicare position.
"They feel like they won the premium-support battle last year. So they're not at all shy about taking that on again," said a lobbyist with strong Republican ties.
Democrats are likely to reject the idea again. Many doubt the premium-support model can control spending, and charge that it would instead privatize the $590 billion-a-year Medicare program that serves 50 million elderly and disabled Americans.
With Congress now looking set to accept $1.2 trillion in automatic "sequester" spending cuts as deficit reduction, including a 2 percent across-the-board cut for Medicare, some congressional aides say the entitlement debate over Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid could be delayed for months.
"The sequester doesn't solve the deficit problem. But if it went through, for some time, there'd be no incentive to bend over backwards on entitlements," said a Senate Democratic aide.
Lobbyists say Republicans could still push for entitlement reform in March, when Democrats will need their cooperation to keep the federal government open, or during the summer when debt limit debate may resurface. Much hangs on the contents of the budget proposals that emerge from Obama, Ryan and the Senate Budget Committee within the next month or two.
Republican aides say premium support could gain ground in the cut and thrust of future negotiations, given word that Democrats plan to take a hard line against raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 from 65 - another Republican policy goal that appears to have been thwarted by pressure from influential beneficiary groups, including AARP.
But Democratic aides counter that there will be no major changes to Medicare without Republican support for new tax revenue, an idea Republicans roundly reject.
Ryan himself sounds less interested in short-term deals than in awaiting the next Republican swing of the political pendulum.
"I'll advance reforms to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, to reform healthcare," Ryan said in a speech to the National Review Institute on January 26 in which he recommended a path of political prudence for conservatives.
"Guess what? The Democrats are unlikely to accept our proposals. I know that may come as a big surprise to you. They refuse to consider real reform that's needed to get the country on the right track. But we will lay the groundwork for future endeavors. So when reform is possible, we will be ready."
A potential way to move the premium-support model forward emerged in the Senate last week, analysts say, when Senator Orrin Hatch proposed consolidating Medicare's Part A hospital and Part B physician benefits into a single program that would allow private insurers to bid against traditional Medicare and reward seniors for choosing cheaper coverage.
"By allowing private health plans to compete with traditional fee-for-service Medicare, we can provide seniors with their guaranteed Medicare benefit while, at the same time, reducing costs and improving the quality of care," Hatch, a Utah Republican, said on the floor of the Senate.
"Hatch is trying one more time to get the point across that most people agree with - that you're going to cover Medicare A and B without any question," said Joseph Antos of the conservative American Enterprise Institute. "This is something Ryan certainly meant but it didn't come out that way."
In fact, analysts and business lobbyists said Hatch could offer a way forward for Republican rhetoric by focusing his remarks on competition and consumer choice, and drawing parallels between his proposal and Medicare Part D, the popular prescription drug benefit that also employs competitive bidding to set costs.
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Wanted: More Registered Voters in South Dakota
September 24th is National Voter Registration Day in South Dakota.
According to Jason Gant, SD Secretary of State, only 535,471 out of 833,354 South Dakota residents are registered voters. Gant said, "I want to encourage all eligible South Dakotans to register."
To be eligible to vote in our state, a person must be a United States citizen, a resident of South Dakota, and at least 18 years old on or before the next election. A person wishing to register must not be serving a felony sentence or not judged mentally incompetent by a court of law.
Nationwide in 2008, six million people reported they didn't vote because they didn't know how to register or missed the registration deadline, according to Secretary Gant.
The following is from a release from the Secretary of State Office in Pierre:
The deadline for voter registration is 15 days before any election in South Dakota. Governor Dennis Daugaard has declared September 24th as National Voter Registration Day in South Dakota. You can view the proclamation here: http://bit.ly/16mqaDI
Complete instructions about how to register to vote in South Dakota can be found online at sdsos.gov. County Auditors administer voter registrations for residents of their counties, and voter registration forms can be filled out and delivered in person or mailed to these offices. Eligible South Dakotans may also register to vote at city finance offices, driver licensing stations, public assistance agencies including TANF and WIC, Department of Humans Services offices providing assistance to the disabled and military recruitment offices.


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Orange Israel is supporting Windows Phone by stocking the Lumia 920, Lumia 820 and HTC 8X. All three Windows Phone 8 handsets are available from the website and are listed with accompanying contracted plans. It's positive to see how the platform is successfully expanding.
Nokia's flagship Windows Phone is priced at 4100 ILS ($1100) on a 12-month contract or 4316 ILS ($1175) for 36 months. The Lumia 820 is available from 3596 ILS ($980) over 36 months. The HTC 8X sits comfortably in the middle at 3924 ILS ($1070) for 36 months. Fairly reasonable pricing for the latest smartphones.
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3…2…1…Blast off!
Today we launched our 2014 Campership fundraising drive, which collects donations to help Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines provide scholarships for girls across our 41-counties to attend summer camp.
Our Girl Scout family believes that camp is for every girl, and last year we distributed over $43,000 in scholarships to give more girls the opportunity to receive the great benefits of summer camp.
By donating today to our 2014 Campership Fund, you are giving more girls the leadership and confidence-building benefits of Girl Scout camp. More girls will develop teamwork skills canoeing on beautiful Kerr Lake. More girls will share a song with their new best friends over a campfire. More girls will challenge themselves to reach the highest peak of the Alpine Tower. Your gift will help her discover that anything is possible.
Please make your gift today, and make it possible for one more girl to have a life-changing experience that will open her eyes to her potential. You may also give online at www.nccoastalpines.org/champerships or by contacting our Director of Individual Giving, Emily Hill, at 919-600-6347.


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A Great Start to a New Day
This image was photographed at sunrise at Deering Bay in Miami, Florida
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The quartz hour meter is specially designed for standard industrial timing and supplying data for the reference of maintenance duration for precision equipments. Featuring waterproof and steady performance, the hour timer gauge is widely used for tracking time on machinery such as engineering vehicles, various types of cars and other device where there is a need to record hours operated.
Round shape 6 digital display hour meter
Easy-to-read hour meter with novel design
Withstand vibration and shaking up to 8g
Compact size, can be operated within a wide voltage range
Applications: Fork lifts, buses, trucks, golf carts vehicles, etc
Fits for a 2 inch round hole whose outside diameter is 2.3 inch
Depth Behind the Panel: Approx. 1.7 inch (plugs included)
Main Color: Black
Accuracy: ±0.01
Voltage: AC / DC 6 ~ 80V
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If you are following a recipe, make sure that you do not follow this religiously, as you should always add a personal spice to your meal. Instead of following a pizza recipe to the tee, add some red pepper to inject a punch into your dish to make it unique and individualized.
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Hilco tables HMV bid as clock ticks on chain's survival
Time is running out to save UK entertainment retailer HMV.
The Sun reports that sources close to the troubled chain say a deal must be struck by the end of the month, at which time HMV will face a huge quarterly rent bill.
Now HMV Canada owner Hilco, which acquired HMV UK's debt in January, is at last making a move to acquire what remains on the brand.
It is understood to have tabled a 50m deal that would see it assume control of 130 stores and save thousands of jobs. It is believed to be the second offer that has been made for the company.
However, it could be the landlords who ultimately decide HMV's fate, with one source telling the paper: Hilco is now vying with one other bidder and the suppliers are on side. But it's all down to the landlords — and about a quarter of them are refusing to budge."


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March 28, 2006
Monique C. Shay
Deputy General Counsel
Los Angeles County Office of Education
9300 Imperial Highway
Downey, California 90242-2890
Kelly Rozmus Barnes
Assistant General Counsel
Los Angeles Unified School District
Office of the General Counsel - Field Services
333 S. Beaudry Avenue, 20th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Dear Ms. Shay and Ms. Barnes:
This responds to your requests that this Office clarify whether releasing education records in compliance with the proposed "blanket order" issued by Judge Michael Nash on March 1, 2006, would violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. §1232g. This Office administers FERPA and provides technical advice to ensure compliance with the statutes and regulations, which are codified at 34 CFR Part 99.
We are very concerned that compliance with the proposed order would not meet FERPA requirements for the following reasons. Section 99.31(a)(9) of the FERPA regulations, 34 CFR §99.31(a)(9), permits an educational agency or institution to disclose personally identifiable information from students' education records, without parental consent, if "[t]he disclosure is to comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued subpoena," but only if:
the agency or institution makes a reasonable effort to notify the parent or eligible student of the order or subpoena in advance of compliance, so that the parent or eligible student may seek protective action....
(Exceptions to the advance notice requirements are not relevant here.) The regulatory language indicates that this exception applies to a court order to disclose education records needed in connection with a specific legal proceeding and not a general or "blanket" order governing a whole segment of the population. For example, the agency or institution is required to notify the parent or eligible student rather than parents and eligible students generally. Further, this FERPA exception to the consent requirement states clearly that advance notice is required so that the parent or eligible student may seek protective action. We believe that the "ability to seek protective action" contemplated in the regulatory language refers to a motion to quash or other routine action afforded by an ongoing legal proceeding and not an unspecified, generalized ability of an individual to seek to initiate a lawsuit to challenge a general court order. Our comments focus on the "court order" exception in the FERPA regulations because that is the form of the judge's proposed action in this matter. However, we would point out that other FERPA exceptions to the consent requirement may apply to some of the disclosures under consideration in the proposed court order. For example, 34 CFR §99.31(a)(2) permits an educational agency or institution to disclose education records, without consent, to another school system where the student seeks or intends to enroll (subject to the requirements of §99.34). Section 99.31(a)(10) permits disclosure of education records without consent "in connection with a health or safety emergency" (under conditions described in §99.36).
Section 99.31(a)(5) also permits disclosure or reporting of education records without consent to "State and local officials or authorities" authorized by State statute (enacted after November 19, 1974) where the reporting or disclosure concerns "the juvenile justice system and the system's ability to effectively serve, prior to adjudication, the student whose records are released..." 34 CFR §99.38(a). Officials and authorities to whom records are disclosed under this exception must "certify in writing to the educational agency or institution" that the information will not be disclosed to any other party, except as provided under State law, without the prior written consent of the parent or student.
The proposed order identifies certain provisions in the California Education and Welfare and Institutions Codes that authorize disclosures that may fall within these or other FERPA exceptions to the written consent requirement. Clearly, to the extent applicable in an individual matter, the Los Angeles Unified School District may comply with those particular disclosures identified in the proposed order that fall within a specified exception to the consent requirement (other than the exception for court orders, discussed above) without violating FERPA.
I trust that the above information is helpful in explaining the scope and limitations of FERPA as it relates to your concern.
LeRoy S. Rooker
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Allie Buckley and Sarah Rooney have known each other since their Dublin childhood in the mid-19th century. Allie, reasonably well off, dislikes her domineering mother and finds her downtrodden father irritating. Sarah, from the slums, works with her mother Bess as a servant for the Buckleys, though it does nothing to spoil the girls' friendship. Sarah falls in love with a soldier from the barracks, just as Allie realises that her mother wants to marry he...


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We offer a range of opportunities that support learning through creative activities. We are looking for volunteers who can support the delivery of our events and many programs.
Volunteering at MPL is a rewarding experience that allows you to make a valuable contribution to the community while allowing us to strengthen and enhance the services we offer.
Learn below how to join our team. If you are already an MPL volunteer, please access the Volunteer Portal.
These are the positions available all year around at MPL. When you create your account in our portal please indicate which position(s) interest you. Once you have an account, you will need to sign-up for an interview.
Use your people skills to help at Library events and community festivals. We attend or host many community celebrations, parades, and cultural events throughout the year. Be part of the team that assists in making these events successful.
Work with Library staff and instructors to support participants in library programs and help create an exceptional learning experience. Our programs are offered to infants and their parents, preschoolers, school aged children and teens. The programs combine fun and learning in a wide range of topics including creative writing, public speaking, leadership and lots more!
Support the development of children's literacy, creative thinking and social skills by leading programs such as Crafts! and Games! Programs are supervised by library staff and facilitated by volunteers. The Volunteer Program Leader position is a great leadership opportunity for volunteers committed to sharing their passion for learning with children.
Be a role model to a young reader! This is a great leadership opportunity for high school students committed to sharing their passion for learning with children. You will be responsible for creating a positive experience, sharing your enthusiasm for learning and engaging participants in reading and literacy based activities.
Visit the MPL Volunteer Portal page.
Click on "Fill in an application" to create your own MPL account.
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Complete the online General Orientation Workshop. It only takes 30-45 minutes!
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Once you create your own account and meet the requirements you will be able to see the list of current opportunities. Note that the minimum age for all of our positions is 14 years of age.
The MPL Volunteer Program is part of the City of Markham wide volunteering program. For more information on the City of Markham program visit www.markham.ca/volunteering.
From Public Speaking and Essay Writing, to French and Math, Markham Public Library has designed courses based on the Ontario Curriculum that allow students to practice the skills taught in high school. Throughout the year, a number of these programs will be offered at various locations. For more information and class descriptions please visit our Teens Program page.
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oEmbed for BP 0.6-beta available!
*** UPDATE (09/27/11): BuddyPress 1.5 is out and includes a lot of the new code I was writing for my plugin. I'm currently juggling a few things that are taking priority over working on the plugin. It will be released when it's released! ***
*** UPDATE (02/24/11): This is an old beta. I'm currently rewriting the plugin. New version will be out when BP 1.3 drops. There might be a RC version before then. ***
A public beta is now available:
It's pretty much stable as I've had a few people testing it.
* Changed oEmbed caching logic for performance reasons (thanks apeatling)
* Added support for WP non-oEmbed handlers (more info can be found [here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_embed_register_handler))
* Added partial support for resizing embed items based on component (more info can be found in the "Other Notes" section)
* Added support for group descriptions and profile fields (disabled by default)
* Added support to whitelist an embed link so it stays as a link (more info can be found in the "Other Notes" section)
* Added support to remove oEmbed cache when a forum post is deleted
* Added support for other plugin developers to utilize the plugin
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* Added transparent background to flash content by default
* Fixed fatal error if the activity, forum or group components were disabled (thanks dcservices for reporting)
* Fixed embed bug where both an @mention + an embed link was used in the same update, the embed link would break (thanks sicksight for reporting)
* Fixed issue where hyperlinking an embeddable link and inputting the same link in plain text would output the embedded item multiple times
As noted in the changelog, the main new features are resizing of content and support for group descriptions and profile fields.
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Guest Column: Fixing Illinois, part one: Fixing the state is possible, but will take time
Editor's note: The following is the first installment of four in a series drawn from the new book Fixing Illinois, by James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson.
By James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson
When we were boys in the 1950s, we were proud to be from wealthy, self-confident Illinois.
Today, many of us in Illinois are in a funk. When we travel and mention we are from Illinois, there are disparaging responses about our governors being in jail.
Polling confirms our worries that others don't think much of us.
Illinois was the second-most "disliked" state in the nation, after California, according to a 2012 survey by Public Policy Polling.
Nor do we think much of our own government. A Gallup survey released in April found that, by a wide margin, Illinois residents have less trust in our state government than residents in any state in the nation.
Unfortunately, in the face of these factors, Illinois doesn't know where it is going. We have no statewide plans or planning function to challenge us with grand visions for the future. Instead, we lurch from year to year.
That is why we set out to write a book about how to fix Illinois.
First, we need to appreciate the state's great strengths, which are the envy of the most states.
For example, our transportation infrastructure is second to none. We have 2,300 miles of Interstate highways, far more than most states. O'Hare was recently named the best-connected airport in the nation for both domestic and international flights.
In addition, upwards of half of all intermodal rail freight traffic in the nation flows through the Chicago region.
As for workforce talent, Illinois ranks second among the big states for having 32 percent of its population with bachelor's degrees or higher.
And, of course, there is our heartland location. Our trucks and rail cars can reach much of the nation's markets in a day's time.
Finally, there is metropolitan Chicago, a three-state, 11 million-person market that fostered far more business facility deals in 2013 than any other metro area, according to Site Selection magazine.
So, what to do to reclaim our glory days?
First, we need to get our state government's fiscal house in order. Business needs predictability and stability; in Illinois, we have neither. We don't need higher tax rates. Instead, we need a revenue base that responds to economic growth.
Using history as a guide, state spending is projected to grow at about 3.7 percent a year on average while revenue is projected to grow at 2.3 percent, according to the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs. That is a recipe for persistent instability.
We need to slow spending for Medicaid, our huge health care system for lower-income residents. Putting many recipients on private health insurance coverage may do this.
Our revenue system needs to be revamped. We need to broaden the bases of our sales and income taxes, which will increase their rate of growth, and then we can also reduce our tax rates.
To improve our poor business climate, we must reduce our 9.5 percent corporate income tax rate and make further changes in the high cost of our workers' compensation.
And we have to address our culture of corruption in Illinois, which gives us such a bad name beyond our borders and leaves such a sour taste in our mouths. Cultures can be changed, as with smoking, which is no longer cool.
Yet, this takes time. In the shorter term, we have to persuade others — and ourselves — that government is a public trust, not a public trough.
Illinois celebrates its bicentennial in 2018. Now is a perfect time to begin planning for a celebration of all that Illinois can be, once again.
James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas Johnson are former presidents of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois. Their book,Fixing Illinois: Politics and Policy in the Prairie State, is a primer on Illinois state government with 90-plus suggestions for change.
Posted May 9, 2014


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Bollywood stars are not far behind in tweeting on Twitter as compare to Hollywood. The new crops of Bollywood stars have embraced Twitter as their connection to their fans across the world. Some stars are going as far as asking their fans on what to wear in an award function or a party. Let's have a look on five most active bollywood stars on Twitter.
1. Abhishek Bachchan: With as much as 6,335 tweets and 219,845 followers, Junior B is always visible on twitter. Abhishek manage to bring wife Aishwarya and papa Amitabh Bachchan as well on twitter. Thanks to twitter, fans are able to receive all recent updates of Bachchan family directly through Bachchan's.
2. Priyanka Chopra: Priyanka is always connected to her fans and never miss the opportunity of expressing her feeling and gratitude to them. With 3,243 tweets and 372,395 followers, Priyanka outshines all other bollywood actress on twitter.
3. Shahrukh Khan: Shahrukh joined twitter on special request by Karan Johar. With 1493 tweets, King Khan has a huge followers list of 394,736. Shahrukh regularly tweets all his updates, related to IPL, films and his personal life.


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Ochre, A Travelogue
Each year I post a few pictures from my pilgrimage to Puerto Vallarta, which has also included stops in Mexico City and various other junctures. The color difference between a winter New York in grisaille (which I love) to a south-of-the-border color fiesta is astonishing. My easy targets are usually Bouganvelia pink or margarita green, but this year I was struck by something different: OCHRE.
Ochre is an earth yellow, brown and sometimes ruddy; it is often a "first color" adapted into the palettes of indigenous peoples, and is seen in the art, artifact and adornment from cave paintings to the Renaissance, from the Riviera to the Mexican beaches. I don't like yellow unless I love it. The yellows I hate are flabby school bus yellows and limp pancake batter yellows. But ochre is different — it's the color of a farmhouse in Tuscany, or some of these tobacco colored taco stands in Mexico; it's more assertive yet staid, live-inable and natural.
Whereas we don't have taco stands per se in New York, I do think if someone wants "yellow" for interiors, I steer them this way, especially for dining rooms and bedrooms.
I'll close with a few pictures collected over the years. Possible color recommendations: Farrow&Ball has a handsome and time-tested set of deep yellows — think 18th century print room. Also, try Fine Paints of Europe, especially the Mount Vernon or British Standard collections. To my eye, their paints include some of the densest pigments available.
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Simpli Home Cosmopolitan 9 Piece Dining Set in Light Mocha Linen Look Fabric (AXCDS9-COS-LML)
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