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Avalanche Accident on Raggedtop Mountain near Girdwood
~1330 PM, Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Location of incident—Summit Cone of Raggedtop Mountain
Number in party—2; 1 caught and totally buried. Found by beacon within ~20 minutes. CPR administered. No signs of life
Type of activity—ski
Elevation—5200 ft
Slope angle—average slope angle of 35
Preliminary Avalanche classification—SS-AS-R4-D3
Other avalanche information: up to ~9 foot deep soft slab, approximately 150 yards across, ran about 1800 feet. Created large debris pile down in a depression.
Preliminary Incident Narrative:
An experienced and knowledgeable party of two skiers hiked up a northern ridge to ski the southeast aspect on the summit cone of Raggedtop Mountain (elev. ~5200 ft.). Raggedtop is in Girdwood Valley on the Chugach National Forest and is not connected with Alyeska Resort; however, this mountain is visible from the ski area. Alyeska Ski Patrol witnessed the avalanche from across Girdwood Valley and initiated the rescue response.
The two skiers departed Crow Creek Road at 0915. They did not see any other groups in the area that day. Both had skied Raggedtop in previous years and were familiar with the area. They ascended the standard route along a northern ridge reaching a small knoll. This knoll drops down to a basin underneath the final ~1800 foot climb to the summit. They skied a few turns down the short northwest face of this knoll, then continued their ascent up the lookers right of the southeast face the Raggedtop summit cone. The skiers ascended using several low angle ramps consciously avoiding rock outcrops. They discussed the general snow stability, and recognized the potential for a colder and possibly weaker snowpack at this location and elevation. Observing no signs of instability during their ascent, the skiers gained the final ridge, and followed it to the notch just below the summit. The decided this notch would be a good starting point for ski descent. Before heading down, they decided to bag the final pitch to the true summit which is a heavily rimed knob. Both removed their skis and continued the short climb to the peak.
They climbed back down to the notch and discussed: their descent, escape routes, and safe spots. Skier #1 first considered a safe spot off to skiers left just above a small gully about 2/3 of the way down. Upon re-evaluatation, he decided on a spot further down to the skiers left on a low angle ramp. Skier #1 explained his plan to skier #2 and began skiing from the notch shortly before 1330. He descended along the fall line, then angled a bit to the skiers left to descended past a small rock outcrop near the bottom of his run. Skier #1 then pulled over to the safe spot to watch his partner. Skier #2 began skiing and triggered the avalanche in his first couple turns approximately 100 ft. below the notch near some rocks. Skier #1 could see his partner for about 2 seconds before he disappeared, but soon lost sight of the debris as it continued below his safe spot. The debris split in two: a large pile, and a smaller pile closer to the position of skier #1.
After the slide stopped: skier #1 put his skins back on his skis, turned his avalanche beacon to receive, and started his search by zigzagging up the closest toe of debris. He quickly continued up to the rock outcrop that split the debris, and then began zigzagging down the larger debris field with skis and skins still on. He received a signal near the toe of this debris field, probed, and dug to the victim. Skier #1 estimated the elapsed time at 20 minutes. The victim's head was approximately 4-5 feet under the snow and his feet 7-8 feet under. The burial location was approximately 3500 feet elevation. He uncovered the victim's upper body and performed CPR with no results. Skier #1 used the victim's cell phone to call Alyeska Resort Ski Patrol. Skier #1 then continued CPR until the helicopter arrived at 1448.
Rescue Summary
At approximately 1330, an Alyeska Resort Ski Patroller looking through binoculars across the valley witnessed skier #2 trigger the large avalanche near some rocks at about 5200 feet. At 1335, Alyeska Ski Patrol sounded the alarm and contacted: AK State Troopers, DOT, and USFS.
AK State Troopers requested Alyeska Resort Ski Patrol and Chugach Powder Guides put together a hasty team. The rescue party arrived at the Girdwood airstrip by 1406. Two USFS Avalanche Technicians were alerted by 1340, and arrived at the airstrip at 1415 to standby if additional help was needed. A helicopter arrived, loaded, and delivered first team of patrollers and one CPG helicopter ski guide on scene of avalanche at 1448. One survivor and one victim were determined upon arrival. The victim displayed signs incompatible with life. Skier #1 was flown down at 1520. By 1544, all rescuers and victims were back at the Girdwood airstrip.
Reported compiled by Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center
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Avalanche claims backcountry skier
GIRDWOOD: Joel Schihl died, a friend was not injured descending Raggedtop.
By MEGAN HOLLAND
Anchorage Daily News
(Published: January 4, 2006)
An avalanche near Girdwood killed one experienced backcountry skier while his partner escaped uninjured Tuesday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said.
Joel Schihl, 30, died when a sheet of snow 100 feet across collapsed under his skis, tumbling him 1,600 feet down Raggedtop Mountain and burying him in 5 feet of snow. Friend Bradley Cosgrove, 28, was able to avoid getting trapped and was not injured, troopers said.
They were apparently the only ones on the steep mountain at the time. Raggedtop is in the Chugach National Forest, about four miles north of Girdwood.
Across Girdwood Valley, Cosgrove's girlfriend, who works with the Alyeska Ski Patrol, watched as the avalanche came down and called for help, troopers said. They did not identify her.
Schihl and Cosgrove drove to the area Tuesday morning and parked near Crow Creek Mine, northeast of Girdwood. Family and friends said both men were experienced mountaineers and skiers, sensitive to avalanche hazards.
The pair climbed to the top of the 5,200-foot mountain using all-terrain gear. After Cosgrove skied about a third of the way down the mountain, Schihl began to descend. He was just two ski turns down from the top when he triggered the avalanche at about 1:30 p.m., said Carl Skustad, director of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center.
"You can't have 3-D vision and look inside the snowpack. It's just very unfortunate," Skustad said. "They didn't ski in the exact same spot and the second skier happened to hit a weakness in the snowpack."
Cosgrove was able to locate the buried Schihl, using an emergency beacon, but he was already dead. Authorities did not immediately know if he died of suffocation or the trauma of the fall.
A helicopter was launched from Anchorage and made it to the mountain about 3 p.m., said Chris Owens, owner of Chugach Powder Guides, a heli-ski service that helped with the rescue.
"It's tragic," Owens said. "It's always horrible when nature gets the best of you."
A relative, Vasilios Gialopsos, said Schihl was an extreme skier who loved the outdoors, taking every opportunity to go explore and play in the mountains. He lived near Jewel Lake and was a waiter at Little Italy in South Anchorage.
Schihl came up to Alaska from Virginia for the outdoors experiences here, Gialopsos said. Just a few weeks ago, Schihl and his new wife found out she was pregnant, he said.
"He and (his wife) were such a happy couple, life couldn't have been much better for them," he said. "They had a wonderful lifestyle."
"It's a double-edged sword that we live here," Gialopsos said. "The same elements that took Joel are the same reason he came here."
Raggedtop is popular among backcountry skiers, although few climb all the way to the top, Skustad said. Most ski down from just above halfway, or around 3,000 feet. He said this early in the season he wouldn't be surprised if the pair were the first ones at the top.
Skustad said the snow above 3,000 feet is tricky. "It's very cold, shallow, weak and unstable snow up there."
"This was a bluebird day. The visibility was really nice and these were some of the best skiers in the area and they were going to go for some of the best areas around," Skustad said.
Trooper Jeff Evanoff said the avalanche left a clear pockmark on the mountain, visible from his office near the turnoff to Girdwood on the Seward Highway.
"It's the real world out there," Owens said. "The mountains, open water, white water, the desert -- whatever it is, Mother Nature can take your life."
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Megan Holland can be reached at email@example.com. Daily News reporter Craig Medred contributed to this story.
One skier killed in Alaska avalanche
By RACHEL D'ORO
The Associated Press
Published: January 3, 2006
Last Modified: January 3, 2006 at 06:28 PM
A skier was killed Tuesday afternoon by an avalanche that plunged him
down a mountain near Girdwood, about 35 miles south of Anchorage.
Joel Schihl, 30, of Anchorage was found dead, buried under at least four
feet of snow at Raggedtop Mountain, about a mile from the Crow Creek
trial head. The mountain is a common destination for backcountry skiers,
rescuers said.
Schihl had been skiing with another man, 28-year-old Bradley Cosgrove of
Bird, when the two were caught in the 100-foot-wide avalanche that fell
about 2,000 feet, Alaska State Troopers said.
"That's a massive amount of snow," troopers spokesman Greg Wilkinson
said. "It's like having concrete fall on you."
Members of the adjacent Alyeska Resort ski patrol witnessed the
avalanche through binoculars shortly after 1:30 p.m. while conducting a
routine scan of the area from a patrol station on Mount Alyeska, said
resort spokesman Todd Clarke. The ski patrol then contacted troopers.
"Basically, they watched across the Girdwood valley as the avalanche
came down," Clarke said. "It's part of their snow safety work to
constantly watch our terrain and the surrounding terrain."
Cosgrove managed to free himself and activated an emergency beacon. He
found Schihl's body soon after rescuers arrived in a helicopter.
Rescuers were able to reach the backcountry area about two hours after
the avalanche was reported, Wilkinson said.
Cosgrove was taken to his vehicle and released.
Members of the ski patrol and guides with Chugach Powder Guides, a local
heli-skiing company, assisted in the search effort.
Chris Owens, owner of the company, said he knew Schihl socially but had
never skied with him. Schihl was known as a regular backcountry skier,
however, he said.
Raggedtop Mountain is steep but not particularly treacherous, according
to Owens. He said the avalanche could have been triggered by the skiers,
but stressed it was too early to say exactly what caused it.
"Any snow can turn into an avalanche if the conditions are right. There
are a thousand variations," Owens said. "The X-factor can get you — and
you've got a tragic set of circumstances."


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Advances in computing technologies make it practical for engineering simulations to account for the effects of two or more interacting physical phenomena. The coupling of electrical Joule heating, CFD, conduction, and advanced radiation heat transfer has provided us with the technology and understanding necessary to correlate several multi-physics phenomena.
MAYA develops industry-leading simulation software, and has extensive experience using these tools to solve real-world engineering thermo-fluid and multi-physics problems. Our team of specialists can help you use your software more efficiently and effectively to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve results. We can also help jump start your analyses by building robust multi-physics models and performing the necessary simulations for you. We have a strong engineering record in aerospace, aeronautics, automotive, high tech electronics, heavy industry, and manufacturing applications.
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In this lesson, students are introduced to the genre of concrete poetry and are encouraged to explore the relationship between the structure and meaning of a poem. Students read and discuss sample concrete poems and then create simple one-word or two-word examples to share with the class or small groups. Students pull the lesson's ideas together through a reflective or free writing activity. This lesson is especially appropriate if introduced near Columbus Day. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.
ReadWriteThink Printing Press: Use this online tool to create a newspaper, brochure, booklet, or flyer. Students choose a layout, add content, and then print out their work.
As Albert B. Somers explains in his Teaching Poetry in High School, concrete poems are "fun and easy" (135). For Somers, teaching students to understand "the business of structure," the way that poets make meaning by placing words together in lines and on the page, is "the poetry teacher's greatest bugaboo" (145).
For most teachers, according to Somers, the "prevailing approach is deductive: define the terms, give examples, and have the students find them in poems" (146). By reversing this process, this lesson plan leads students to draw their own conclusions about the way that poets make meaning. Beginning with generalizations about how a specific poem works, students see the concrete [pun intended] ways that poets make meaning. Students first explore the ways that poets play with words, and then learn the names for the kinds of forms and techniques the poets use in these examples.
Further Reading
Somers, Albert B. 1999. Teaching Poetry in High School. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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Sterling Jewelers Inc. operates over 1100 stores coast to coast. If a position in one of our locations sound like the perfect job for you, whether it be in sales, management or as a jeweler, apply here for employment.
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Our corporate team provides the services necessary to get the merchandise to the stores and enables the sales staff to exceed customers' expectations. Corporate departments include Accounting, Credit, Distribution, Finance, Human Resources, Loss Prevention, Marketing, Merchandising, Purchasing, Management Information Systems, Real Estate and Repair.
Our culture is an open, progressive environment where employees are encouraged to take risks and achieve outstanding results. To learn about corporate careers please call our job hotline at 800.877.8812 or check out our current openings at www.sterlingcareers.com.
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Sterling Jewelers Inc. values the difference between people and fosters an environment of opportunity and acceptance throughout the organization. Sterling is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity of all levels of employees.


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It all depends on what you see as the 'standard' for applications.davemc wrote:Details..Details... What sucks though is that 60 billion can buy alot of software and hardware vendors into thinking the M$ way. A superior OS like linux will be someday still wont be able to keep up with that kinda clout.
As long as people see things like 'MSN' , 'Office' and 'WMV' files as the "standard" for doing your things, Linux always have to keep up.
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Recently, Cisco issued results of the annual Cisco® Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2011-2016), the company's ongoing initiative to forecast and analyze Internet protocol (IP) networking growth and trends worldwide. The VNI Forecast update covers 2011-2016, and quantitatively projects the significant amount of IP traffic expected to travel public and private networks, including Internet, managed IP, and mobile data traffic generated by consumers and business users. This year, Cisco has also developed a new complementary study -- the Cisco VNI Service Adoption Forecast, which includes global and regional residential, consumer mobile, and business services growth rates.
By 2016, annual global IP traffic is forecast to be 1.3 zettabytes — a zettabyte is equal to a sextillion bytes, or a trillion gigabytes. The projected increase of global IP traffic between 2015 and 2016 alone is more than 330 exabytes, which is almost equal to the total amount of global IP traffic generated in 2011 (369 exabytes). This significant level of traffic growth and service penetration is driven by a number of factors, including:
Compliance Outlook: SIEM and Database Security Are Top Priorities Annual report reveals organizations are moving away from "one size fits all" approach and are looking for best-of-breed core solutions for risk and compliance.
Top Five IT Operations Management Software Vendors Worldwide IT operations management (ITOM) software revenue totalled $18.3 billion in 2011, an increase of 8.7 percent from 2010.
Six Tips for Formulating a Business Plan for Big Data Expert tips on creating a business plan for Big Data.
Related Topics : A Big Market for Big Data Jobs, Midmarket CIO, IT Management Automation, SharePoint, Technology Markets
The gig economy is clearly disrupting the tech industry, both in positive and negative ways. ... More >>
Is fake news a security issue? Some say yes, as it can be used as a social engineering tool to spread disinformation and conceivably to get unsuspecting users to click on malicious links. ... More >>
Executives at several top tech firms outline the skills they need now and in the near future, including IaaS and IoT security expertise. Other skills listed may surprise you. ... More >>


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Bicycle Outfitter arranged for a rare reunion of Race Across America (RAAM) competitors from the 1980s on Tuesday night and those who attended left with a new appreciation for the world's most difficult bike race.
Chris Kostman was 18 when he served as a referee assigned to keep an eye on Jonathan "Jacques" Boyer at the 1985 RAAM. He went on to complete the RAAM and helped officiate for a dozen or so years. He had the pleasure of introducing Boyer, 1985 winner, and 1985 second-place finisher Michael Secrest. Boyer was making a rare visit home to Monterey from Rwanda where he spends most of his time coaching bike racers. Secrest lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Kostman showed Wide World of Sports excerpts from the 1985 race when Boyer and Secrest battled it out most of the way. I had never seen ABC's coverage with announcer Jim Lampley. I got tired just watching the riders suffer through the endless hours of riding without sleep. It takes a special dedication to do this race. Secrest finished RAAM five times, won in 1987, and went on to do a solo cross-country ride in 1990 in 7 days 23 hours, a record that still stands. Boyer rode RAAM in 2006 in a category that required 4 hours sleep per day.
These guys aren't young in years, but they look like they could go out and complete RAAM tomorrow. I rode with Boyer and other hard-core racers on a super-hot day back in 2003 through the Santa Cruz Mountains and I don't think Boyer broke a sweat.
Boyer has made a decent living from his professional racing career, as the first American to compete in the Tour de France. He didn't do RAAM to make money. Quite the opposite. Secrest spent his last dime racing RAAM and going after 24-hour track records. He's a purist athlete to the core, emphasizing on more than one occasion that he never did drugs, other than the allowed asthma medication.
Wide World of Sports stopped following the race after 1986 and since then it has continued in obscurity. Wikipedia has good coverage of the event. If you're interested in entering, just go to the RAAM website. Average cost – $20,000.
On my next 100-mile ride I'll think about this memorable evening and tell myself 100 miles is a walk in the park compared to RAAM.


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The Guardian has an interesting story about the unveiling of the first Holocaust Museum in Greece. Click here for the article.
For more information on Jews from Greece please visit one of the following links:
- Pinkas Hakehilot Greece - (You can also read this on JewishGen's Yizkor Book site, but without the photos and other links.)
- Thessalonika, Greece Yizkor Book - Chapter on Resistance of the Jews of Greece during the Holocaust.


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Maria Creech needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 75 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Duncan Sales Advisors
Duncan Sales Advisors is a fresh new company that specializes in building and training sales teams for companies in a variety of markets. Mr. Duncan, the president of DSA, is an upbeat personable guy that tends to use a lot of sports analogies in his teaching techniques. He is very successful and professional. I want a logo that will reflect him.
Our company tag line is, "Prepare to Win"
DSA typically works with small businesses that are trying to either add a sales team, grow a sales team, or perfect the team they have. DSA can be working with a national sales team of several employees or with a company that has only one sales person who needs to learn cleaner strategies. We can train in almost any market however, we do not work retail.
We need Adobe files.
We want a logo that looks nice and shiny for web use but can also look good printing flat. Because of this we will need at least two AI files, one that has the logo in the shiny pretty version, and one that has the logo in a flat look.
Mr. Duncan is a big fan of the colors used by the San Diego Padres baseball team when they had Navy Blue, Orange and White. Lets use that same color scheme when creating this logo.
I like the idea of incorporating DSA into a graphic but am open to seeing other ideas and responding with honest feedback.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Parkinson savours moment of history
Bradford manager Phil Parkinson believes his players will go down in history in the same way as the club's 1911 FA Cup-winning side after they reached the Capital One Cup final.
The npower League Two outfit overcame Barclays Premier League side Aston Villa 4-3 on aggregate despite losing the second leg 2-1 at Villa Park. Former shelf-stacker James Hanson scored the decisive second-leg goal to set up a final meeting with either Swansea or Chelsea. Christian Benteke and Andreas Weimann netted for Villa.
Parkinson said: "We said to the lads before that there was a chance to make history but, while we knew that, we had to focus on the key elements in the game to get us there. I felt we certainly did that in the second half. These lads will be remembered in the history of Bradford City for years to come."
He added: "There's a 1911 lounge at the club to celebrate the cup victory of that year. Well, in years to come, there will be a lounge named after this cup run and these players because of what they've achieved."
Bradford have twice gone into administration since being relegated from the Premier League more than a decade ago.
Hanson is the only player at the club to have cost a transfer fee - £7,500 when he moved from Guiseley three seasons ago, but Parkinson is confident the current cup run, in which Bradford have also knocked out Wigan and Arsenal, will help to make the Bantams financially secure for the foreseeable future.
He said: "Financially, the money we have earned up until this point has been fantastic.
"But to go to Wembley is going to keep the club going for quite a while, I imagine. For the city of Bradford, it's massive and I really feel that this can galvanise the area.
"Our supporters have stuck with the club through some really tough times. Over the last 10 years there hasn't been a great deal to cheer about being a Bradford City supporter.
"I'm so pleased that we've given them something so they can go into work and hold their heads up high and be proud of the club."


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The thriller "Downers Grove" – which revolves around a high school in Downers Grove, Ill. where one senior mysteriously dies at the end of each year -- was supposed to begin filming in Louisiana last spring. But here we are in November and the movie has yet to begin shooting.
What's the hold up?
"We don't know what's happening with that right now," said "Twilight" actress Nikki Reed, who is set to co-star in the film with former "Heroes" actress Hayden Panettiere. Reed added that even the film location is up in the air at this point. "That could change, depending on what city has tax breaks. We can shoot this anywhere."
The project was announced in November 2010 with "Prom Night" director Nelson McCormick attached to it. "Downers Grove" is based on the Michael Hornberg novel by the same name.
Heads up: You saw everyone and their brother dress up like them for Halloween -- now see LMFAO's Sky Blu and Redfoo in person. The "Party Rock" singers will DJ at Enclave December 17 following their B96 Jingle Bash performance at the Allstate Arena. … "The Good Wife" star Julianna Margulies will be the guest of honor at Steppenwolf Theatre's Women in the Arts fundraising luncheon March 12. … The third installment of WGN Radio's "Blackhawks Live" at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse in River North will take place December 12 and will feature the Hawks' Dave Bolland and Corey Crawford. … Following their performance at the Cubby Bear Friday, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will DJ at The Bedford.
New Year's options: I'm a New Year's Eve Grinch. It almost never lives up to the hype or price tag. And don't even get me started on the New Year's kiss – mainly because you'll get me in trouble with my bosses. But I'm in the minority on this one, so here are two New Year's parties you might be interested in: Rapper Lil Jon will host a New Year's Eve party at the Rosemont Ballroom in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center and "Suga Suga" rapper Baby Bash and "Take Over Control" singer Eva Simons will perform at Playboy's New Year's Eve party at the Hilton Chicago.
On the record: "When I started 'Sweet,' as soon as I started talking on it, I was like, 'Yo, this is hip-hop, this is what I do. It was a lot I had to get off my chest on that. And at the same token, I love hip-hop music and raw rap music, for me it was like, 'Man, I'm gonna go ahead and give them this side of me too.' " – Common talks to MTV about his new song, "Sweet."
Sightings: "Cake Boss" star Buddy Valastro dined at Lou Malnati's in Naperville Wednesday, according to Lou Malnati's Twitter page. ... Actress Jenny McCarthy had drinks at Roof at The Wit hotel Wednesday while in town for her appearance on "The Rosie Show." ... The Bears' Matt Forte, Kellen Davis, Israel Idonije and D.J. Moore served Thanksgiving Dinner to 134 children at the Mercy Home for Boys & Girls Tuesday with the help of Trump Chicago. … Talking Heads' David Byrne visited the Museum of Contemporary Art Tuesday and checked out the Language of Less: Then and Now exhibition.
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Oscue needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Oscue Pty Ltd
Oscue is a new procurement and engineering consulting company. We specialise in contract management, project management and environmental and risk management in aviation, waste management and mining fields.
From diverse backgrounds the members of Oscue have come together to give a more approachable, fresh face to procurement and engineering consultancy. Using plain language and country hospitality we hope to allow medium and small business an avenue to get clear, concise, affordable and accurate advise to carry their business forward.
Oscue's primary audience are small and medium business in the aviation, waste management and mining industries who are looking to getting assistance with procurement, hazard and project management.
Secondary audience would include large companies in the above fields and local, state and federal Government entities.
We require a corporate logo for our new company. The winning design will be applied on a range of corporate ID, fleet vehicles, signage, website, marketing and advertising material.
· Text (if used) must be easily legible
· Preferred colours blue, green or red. No yellow
· Must also look good in black/white grayscale (or provide alternative monocolour option for stationary)
· Can be single colour or multiple
· Background colour should be either white, black or gray
· Underlying photoshop files and JPEG
· Vector graphics
Don't Want
· Yellow
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text: Bytomic have spent the last 25 years in the industry supplying our customers with quality martial arts and fitness equipment that's built to last! Our range includes uniforms, sparring equipment, belts, pads and more recently we have introduced products to aid in improving speed, strength and fitness - attributes that are a must for any martial artist! All products are available to buy at trade prices for instructors, gyms and retailers and in stock for next day delivery!


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H.E.L.P. needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
The Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP) seeks a new logo design for its revamped marketing materials.
Logo design should be adaptable for the web, business cards, stationary and brochures and should reflect a distinctly Haitian vision. For more information about HELP's mission, please visit our website at http://www.haitianeducation.org. Please note that the logo NEED NOT match the colors of the website--our web design will be revamped based on the winning logo.
- Must include the name, Haitian Education & Leadership Program.
We don't want to limit you--be creative!
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Welcome to the NIPSCO Choice Calculator page for residential customers (Rate 111). The calculator below will allow you to enter the price offerings of a Choice Supplier in order to compare an average NIPSCO bill with that of A NIPSCO Choice customer's bill. Current Choice customers can also enter in their contracted historical price to get an approximate comparison of what you would have paid over the last year if NIPSCO continued as your gas supplier. Please note that all calculations are based on tariffed rates for the previous 12 months and future tariffed rates may increase or decrease.
Total costs do not include sales tax.
The figures below are based on actual gas costs for last year with an average usage rate of 855 therms.
To compare NIPSCO's annual gas cost to a Supplier's plan, enter Supplier costs variables below:


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A little while back I splurged on Wiksten's Tova pattern, not exactly what I am used to paying for a sewing pattern but I had seen so many wonderful tops and dresses made. I simply could not resist.
I made both the dress and the top version and I love them both!
For the dress I used a wonderfully soft cotton muslin, it is black so it will go with pretty much anything and I think I will get a lot of use out of this dress.
What did you do this weekend?
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Jeff won both of my cases
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Veitch Ault & Associates offers exceptional representation for those charged with any misdemeanor offense from DUI and serious traffic matters, to DV-Assault.
Each of our lawyers is rated 10/10 Superb by Avvo, an independant Attorney Rating Service. Further, Veitch Ault & Associates has been awarded Avvo's Client Choice Award in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Each of our lawyers has been repeatedly recognized by Washington State Super Lawyers as DUI/Criminal Defense "Rising Stars" and "Super Lawyers." The "Rising Star" distinction is awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in their respective practice areas, while the "Super Lawyers" distinction is awarded to only 5% of all attorneys in their respective practice areas.


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I've been asked this question many times, so figured it would be good to have it on the discussion board.
Popular Recipes
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Baking powder and baking soda are pantry ingredients that don't always have a high turnover.
How to Turn All-Purpose Flour into Cake Flour Step 1: Measure out the all-purpose flour that you'll need for your recipe.


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Arkk needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
iXBRL Adapter for Microsoft Office
We are a software co with great cutting edge product for the UK market
Audience is top 500 businesses looking to spend £5k on a software product for compliance purposes.
Must be very slick and professional, no gimmicks.
I'd like a 3D box design for our product - would be great to have the product name
iXBRL Adapter for MS Office
as a logo we could lift and use elsewhere on our materials/website too.
Just something simple, product is all about
-aimed at corporate market
-users are Financial Controllers/accountants
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The Game's Ferrari F430 Wrapped In Full Leather! (Bought This For $200K)
There's not a limit for the eccentricity and ways to show off. In some places such as the French Riviera it's not enough to own a supercar because they're common to see. If you want to stand out, you have to make it unique, and most of the times it means also overkill. This Ferrari F430, recently bought by american rapper The Game for 200k $, it's finished on the exterior with a full leather wrap done by Dartz. Is this the new frontier of extreme customization?"
- Marchettino Technical data - Ferrari F430 F1
Engine - 4.3L V8 with 490hp / 465nm
Performance - 0-100 km/h (0-60 mph) acceleration in 4.0s, top speed 315km/h (196mph)
Curb weight - 1,450 kg
Price - 179.500€'
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text: MedlinePlus.gov® is a free, comprehensive, up-to-date Web site with health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health. The Library is working with physician groups to encourage their members to "prescribe" MedlinePlus for their patients who need information. Physicians who wish to participate in "InfoRx" can order their MedlinePlus prescription pads and other promotional materials at www.informationrx.org.


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SAN DIEGO—Authorities have rescued 11 people, including a pregnant woman, from a drifting boat off the San Diego coast.
Authorities say the boat apparently was carrying illegal immigrants from Mexico when its motor died before dawn Tuesday off of Point Loma.
Authorities say a Spanish-speaking woman on the boat used a cellphone to call 911.
The Coast Guard and border agents were notified about 2 a.m. The boat was located about three hours later about three miles from land.
Eight women and three men were taken to shore and placed in custody by border agents.


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About iRentToOwn.com
iRentToOwn.com is a premier San Antonito resource to rent homes, allowing buyers and sellers to quickly find and rent houses in San Antonito, NM. Ranging from conventional homes for rent and lease to own homes to complex land contracts, this websites also contains a distinctive inventory of articles describing rent to own houses. Finding affordable San Antonito, NM rent to own homes is now easier than ever.


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6 Ways to Turn a Job Fair into a JobWhen you're young and the world is seemingly your oyster, going to a job fair sounds like a no-brainer. A bunch of agencies looking to hire? And all in the same place? As long as you bring enough copies of your resume and pass them out to everyone, you're certain to get a callback. Right? Not necessarily. Without the right approach, ...Published almost 8 years ago |
Governments Still Need Talent...What Are They Looking For?Job seekers interested in a public service career in government have reason to be discouraged by what they see right now. Government employees are under a lot of scrutiny (fairly or not) and in many cases, state and local governments have had to institute furloughs or staff reductions to balance budgets. Of the states that have released budget proposals, 28 states ...Published about 8 years ago |
Feds Rally Against Becoming Scapegoats For Fiscal WoesNearly 1,000 American Federation of Government Employees members marched on the Capitol on Tuesday, urging Congress not to target the federal workforce in efforts to reduce government spending. AFGE members from all 50 states delivered petitions to their senators, arguing that freezing federal salaries, cutting benefits and reducing the government workforce were not good ways to balance the federal budget. The ...Published about 8 years ago |
Promotions and Pay Increases Decline for Many WorkersOpportunities for promotions and related salary increases have declined in the federal workforce, forcing managers to use other incentives to recognize good work and help employees advance, according to a human resources organization. A survey, released this month by WorldatWork, a human resources association focused on compensation, benefits and work-life issues, found that opportunities for promotions in the public sector have ...Published about 8 years ago |
Obama to Propose Five-year Spending FreezePresident Obama will call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, according to a White House official. The spending freeze will save roughly $400 billion through 2015, according to White House estimates. "In areas outside the freeze, we also will be looking for cuts and efficiencies," a White House official said. ...Published about 8 years ago |
Obama Pledges Massive Overhaul of GovernmentIn addition to a five-year discretionary spending freeze, President Obama on Tuesday night announced a reorganization effort to consolidate duplicative federal programs and reduce government waste. Government hasn't undergone a major restructuring in decades, leaving agencies with overlapping responsibilities, the president said during his State of the Union address. Efforts to cut waste haven't gone far enough, and administration officials in ...Published about 8 years ago |
Fact Sheet: Cutting the Deficit by Freezing Federal Employee PayBecause of the irresponsibility of the past decade, the President inherited a $1.3 trillion projected deficit upon taking office and an economic crisis that threatened to put the nation into a second Great Depression. He moved quickly to get the economy moving again. Now, the economy is growing, and we have gained private sector jobs for the past 10 months. But ...Published over 8 years ago |
Quicker Federal Hiring System On Track For November StartFederal agencies are on course to start hiring new job applicants with a quicker, résumé-based system in November, government hiring managers said Tuesday. President Obama in May ordered federal agencies to hit the gas on hiring, giving officials until November to cut the federal job-application process to an average of 80 days by switching from a reliance on lengthy essays to ...Published over 8 years ago |
Obama's Speech Pays Tribute to Troops, Refocuses on EconomyWASHINGTON, DC - President Obama Tuesday night told an American public weary of war that it is time to "turn the page" on the war in Iraq. And although he said the formal end of US combat operations in Iraq would allow the military to turn fuller attention to the war in Afghanistan, Mr. Obama also repeated his pledge to begin ...Published over 8 years ago |
Agencies Could Be Passing Over Good Job CandidatesFederal agencies have room for improvement when it comes to assessing applicants for federal jobs, according to a new survey of government officials and observers. The report, released Thursday by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and PDRI, a human resources consulting firm, found government does a poor job of evaluating applicants for federal positions. During discussions with seven focus groups ...Published over 8 years ago |
Agencies Getting Too Attached to Incumbent contractorsFederal agencies are failing to maximize opportunities to make contracts competitive, often because of poor management or because officials have grown comfortable with incumbent contractors, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The watchdog reviewed trends in noncompetitive contracts during the past several years and discovered a number of questionable business practices by contracting officials and program managers. ...Published over 8 years ago |
Study to settle public-private pay debate still a ways offA new analysis claiming federal employees earn twice as much as their private sector counterparts is fueling the debate over pay disparities, but a comprehensive study on the issue still could be a while in coming. The analysis, conducted by USA Today, found that federal employees earned an average of $123,049 in pay and benefits in 2009 while private sector workers ...Published over 8 years ago |
Ted Stevens, Longest Serving GOP Senator, Dies in Alaskan Plane CrashJUNEAU, Alaska — A plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens and eight others crashed in remote southwest Alaska, killing the longtime Republican lawmaker and four other people, authorities said Tuesday. Ex-NASA chief Sean O'Keefe was also believed to be aboard, but it was unclear whether he was among the dead. Stevens' family has been notified that the 86-year-old was among ...Published over 8 years ago |
U.S. Unemployment Rate Stuck at 9.5 PercentThe nation's unemployment rate stayed flat at 9.5 percent -- with private hiring unable to outweigh government layoffs. The number of government workers dipped by 202,000 -- mostly the loss of 143,000 paychecks as temporary employees hired to conduct the decennial census wrapped up their work. Meantime, private payrolls inched up by 71,000 people, according to the Labor Department. Unemployment, which ...Published over 8 years ago |
Getting Through a Group InterviewGroup interviews are relatively easy if you work well in a team and are able to make your ideas heard in a crowd. However, they can be challenging if you have a quieter personality and prefer to keep to yourself. Regardless of how you feel about group interviews, there's no reason you should treat them any different, in most respects, than ...Published over 8 years ago |
Tight Budgets Mean Fewer Jobs, ServicesWASHINGTON — Local government revenue has withered so drastically that U.S. cities and counties will have to cut hundreds of thousands of jobs in the coming months, leaving communities without basic services and raising jobless rates, according to a survey. The survey, released Tuesday by three government associations, aims to press Congress on pending legislation that would give them $75 ...Published over 8 years ago |
More Job and Service Cuts Coming from Strapped Counties and CitiesLocal governments across the country are facing an intensifying fiscal crisis that is forcing them to make deep cuts in personnel and services just as more hard-pressed residents are seeking their help, according to a report released Tuesday. These cities and counties -- which have cut jobs significantly since the start of the downturn -- could slash as many as 500,000 ...Published over 8 years ago |
Burning Question: How Much Do You Make?Under ordinary circumstances, it would be socially awkward at best to inquire about how much money someone makes. It's simply not a topic for polite conversation. Unless, of course, you work in an environment in which salary data is a matter of public record--as it is in government. The leaders of Bell, Calif., learned that the hard way this month when ...Published over 8 years ago |
State Turning to Contractors for Support in IraqThe State Department will have to hire thousands of contractors to provide security and logistical support as the U.S. military begins to withdraw from Iraq in 2011, according to new findings by a congressional commission. Within 18 months, U.S. troops are scheduled to depart Iraq. But, the difficult work of rebuilding the war-torn nation will continue, with most of the responsibility ...Published almost 9 years ago |
4 Government Interventions: Did They Work?Since the BP (NYSE:BP) Deepwater Horizon oil spill on April 20, the American government has deployed 17,500 National Guard troops to respond to the environmental crisis. Over 484 miles of shoreline have been impacted, and 81,181 square miles of Gulf of Mexico waters have been closed to fishing. Many are wondering if, with stronger regulations, the incident could have been prevented. ...Published almost 9 years ago |


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What City Has the Most Spoiled Children?
We have all seen the horrifying outcome of parents who spoil their children. The tyranny these little monsters yield can sometimes wreak the same twisted havoc as a lone wild animal searching for its next meal.
The truth is America we are spoiling our children — but which cities are most guilty of raising brats and hellions?
Bundle.com researched the cities where parents spend the most on their kids only to find kids from New York's Manhattan lead the ranks in mini-terror across the United States, while the brats of Brooklyn just across the bridge follow a close second.
Overall, the Midwest ranked much lower. Out of the 36 cities surveyed, researchers found that Nashville, Tennessee represented the national average, while other midwestern cities, such as Columbus and Milwaukee, ranked low, as well.
Top 10 Cities Spoiling Kids the Most
1. New York, NY
2. Brooklyn, NY
3. Miami, FL
4. Minneapolis, MN
5. Tulsa, OK
6. Dallas, TX
7. Atlanta, GA
8. Los Angeles, CA
9. San Diego, CA
10. Ft. Worth, TX
Top 10 Cities Spoiling Kids the Least
1. Madison, WI
2. Saint Paul, MN
3. Milwaukee, WI
4. Indianapolis, MN
5. Columbus, OH
6. Tucson, AZ
7. Raleigh, NC
8. Alexandria, VA
9. Washington, DC
10. Phoenix, AZ


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Giant Eel Comes to Parliament - New Zealand Threatened Species Delivers Petition
United States' artist and educator, Stephanie Bowman, began the taniwha-sized social art project four years ago when she learned that New Zealand's longfin eel, an endemic and iconic species of freshwater fish, was allowed to be commercially fished in spite of it being a species threatened with extinction.
"I first visited New Zealand as a tourist with my son, and believed it to be the 'clean, green, 100% pure' country that it promotes itself to be. Then, I looked past the blue waters and bucolic green hills and noticed signs warning folks not to swim for their own safety and I began asking questions about the state of New Zealand's famous fresh water and was shocked at what I learned about the degraded state of its ecosystems." Stephanie Bowman said.
"When I asked people who worked for the Department of Conservation, the Ministry of Fisheries (now the re-named Ministry of Primary Industries), Velvet & Elvis: A Mother & Son Story of New Zealand's Longfin Eel and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research about the fact that a unique and threatened species could still be commercially fished for export
"they often became alarmed, closing office doors and speaking in hushed voices about risking their jobs if they were to publica lly speak out about the plight of the tuna (the Maori word for eel)."
After learning of the situation the artist and Biology teacher felt compelled to write and illustrate a children's story, in order to educate New Zealand children about the longfin and raise awareness for the declining state of New Zealand's freshwater ecosystems as a whole. Next, she instigated the making of the giant fabric Velvet-the-eel that will arrive at New Zealand's Parliament on Tuesday.
The tapestry not only depicts a velvety longfin eel, but also showcases the great diversity of wildlife found in New Zealand's water. School groups, museums, and individuals all around the country, from Kaitaia to Invercargill, added panels to the tapestry as it travelled around New Zealand during the past two years. It is estimated that over 3000 individuals have so far helped to create the more than 75 panels that make up the quilt. Each panel is about two metres long; the size of the largest female longfins when they, some a century old, finally reach maturity. A full account of tapestry participants can be found in the Save the Eels Blog .
On March 19th Stephanie and concerned citizens will arrive in Wellington to carry the huge, snakelike fish to the steps of Parliament to present the eel's petition. The petition calls for a moratorium to be placed on the commercial fishing of the longfin eel. The petition was begun by Forest & Bird, Greenpeace, Manaaki Tuna, and ECO and to date well over 5000 signatures have been added to it.
University of Massey scientist Dr. Mike Joy, explains the importance of the petition, saying "a glitch in New Zealand's conservation laws still allows large numbers of eels to be harvested from the wild every year. People think that New Zealand's Quota Management System prevents unsustainable fishing practises but this is really quite far from the truth - no longfin eel quota has ever even come close to being met – how can management like this have any impact on controlling harvest levels?", adding, "with all the additional threats eels are facing, in my opinion, extinction is inevitable if they continue to be commercially fished at current levels.
"The March 19th event will kick off at 12:30 p.m from the Cenotaph in Lambton Quay . The eel will wind its way up the sinewy, eel-like driveway from Lambton Quay to Parliament House forecourt. Speakers there include project creator Stephanie Bowman, ecologist, Dr. Mike Joy, environmental scientist Caleb Royal from Te Wananga o Raukawa, and ex-eeler Sam Ludden. Eugenie Sage and other M.P.s are expected to say a few words as well. Local band Bella Cajon will play. At 1:30 pm the giant eel will be carried back to Te Papa where it has been on display for the past month.
On March 18, at 9:30 pm there will be a closing blessing for the tuna tapestry at Te Papa in the Bush City kiosk on Level 2. Anyone wishing to attend should e-mail Melanie Dash: email@example.com
After the 19th, Velvet's Travelling Tuna Tapestry will be looking for someone to sail her to Tonga and back, a journey to honour the longfin's epic journey which it incredibly makes twice in its life. Finally, the tapestry will be on permanent, public display at the new National Wetland Centre near Waikato. Any groups who made a panel may then visit the Centre to see and/or reclaim their piece of this gigantic social art project.
Stephanie Bowman: He Wahine Tuna
Stephanie was raised in The United States in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley by a father who took her fishing by canoe in the secret tributaries of the Shenandoah River. He taught her and her sisters kaitiakitanga. He didn't know that word, but he instilled in his daughters the idea that one should leave a place in better shape than it was in when one arrived there. The American Eel swam in those waters of Stephanie's childhood backyard and she is embarrassed to admit that she (like many Kiwis and their longfin) knew nothing then about her native eels' life and their long heke to and from the Sargasso Sea. The American Eel is no longer thriving in the Shenandoah mostly due to prior commercial fishing and habitat loss.
Stephanie likes to joke that she began to travel to and from New Zealand for a Kiwi man, and ended up falling in love with eels instead. On her second visit to Aotearoa in 2010, she learned of the presence of the iconic, endemic, mysterious, and once-common eel in New Zealand's freshwaters. She was shocked to learn that it was also a species threatened with extinction (just like the cherished great spotted kiwi) yet still commercially fished and exported to give other countries products ranging from sushi to "environmentally friendly" dog food. "When I can go to an restaurant in Tucson or Tokyo and ignorantly order an animal that is going extinct, or even unknowingly feed it to my dog, I think it is time to take action and make others aware; even if some commercial eelers in New Zealand think I should shut up and mind my own business. What I eat is my business", Stephanie insists. Stephanie got so involved with the eels that she quit her job teaching biology and spent some of the next year in NZ doing research for her children's book, Velvet & Elvis: A Mother and Son Story of New Zealand's Longfin Eel. During that research, Stephanie found that informed Kiwis were afraid to talk about the reality of the longfin's future, fearing that they might lose their jobs with DOC, The Ministry of Fisheries (now the Ministry of Primary Industries), and NIWA. Stephanie recalls that even the Minister of the Ministry of Fisheries Phil Heatley, "when asked to meet me in February of 2011, stated that he was out of town but was in fact hiding in his Whangarei office."
While working on the book, to save money, Stephanie lived in a caravan in the Sonoran desert. "My son, Zane, slept in a cabinet!," she recalls of that frugal time. Stephanie recently funded the publishing of the book by Papawai Press through a Kickstarter campaign in which over 80 individuals donated money to get the book in print for this March. To help spread the word about the longfin Stephanie also spent three months as Te Tuna Wahine (The Eel Woman) travelling all over NZ in early 2011 sharing the story of Velvet and Elvis in schools, museums, and parks. She was joined by a homemade longfin sock puppet and a growing, Travelling Tuna Tapestry that, thanks to many Kiwi hands, is now about 150 metres long and ready to help deliver the tuna petition to Parliament on March 19.
Stephanie credits te tuna with big changes in her career and personal life. Her efforts towards saving the longfin eel actually led her to her marriage with fellow-conservationist, Paul Hamilton, and to her current soul-fulfilling work as President of the Board of Directors of The Biodiversity Group, an international non-profit organization based in the States that focuses on conserving species that are usually overlooked. Additionally, the tuna project led Stephanie to instigate a similar tapestry project called Sewing Spots Together which was created for Defenders of Wildlife, who needed a social art project to raise awareness for the plight of the endangered jaguar.
Stephanie states, "My hope was and is that the eel book and tapestry will inspire curiosity and compassion for these misunderstood and often-abused creatures and help New Zealander's recognize and conserve the treasure that is swimming through their backyards before it too is lost forever. I hope that in my lifetime I will see the mauri returned to the wai of New Zealand."
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Evaluation for teen who tackled World Trade Center
NEW YORK (AP) — A daring teenager who sneaked to the top of the nation's tallest building — 1 World Trade Center — will be assessed in a program for youthful offenders, a judge said Wednesday.
Dressed in a dark suit and red tie, Justin Casquejo appeared before Midtown Community Court Judge Felicia Mennin, who ordered the 16-year-old to return on April 30.
The slight, shy-looking youth stood quietly before the judge, saying nothing during the brief hearing. He and his lawyer declined comment as they rushed out of the building into a taxi.
Justin Casquejo passes through security at a courthouse in New York, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The 16-year-old boy described as a thrill-seeker bypassed an inattentive security guard in the middle of the night and climbed a ladder to the spire of 1 World Trade Center, where he apparently took pictures, authorities said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Casquejo, of Weehawken, N.J., was originally charged with criminal trespass. But prosecutors added a BASE jumping charge — a reference to his alleged climbing in the unfinished building. Both are misdemeanors.
He was arrested last month after slipping through a hole in the fence surrounding the 104-story skyscraper at about 4 a.m. and taking an elevator to the spire.
According to court documents, the teen "slipped through an opening in the gate that is approximately 4 feet off the ground and approximately 1 square foot in area."
He used a ladder to reach scaffolding that took him to the sixth floor, Detective Deborah Scheffold said in the documents. Casquejo then took the elevator to the 88th floor, climbed the stairs to the 104th floor and rooftop, and used a ladder again to reach the antenna.
Finally, on his way down about two hours later, he was stopped by a building security guard.
The intrepid climber said he had plotted on March 15, the eve of the climb, how to enter the building.
"I was walking around all night trying to figure out how I would enter it," he was quoted as telling a police officer the next morning.
"I know there is no trespassing there," the youth told the officer.
The 1,776-foot skyscraper is the nation's tallest building. It was built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Authorities said Casquejo dressed like a construction worker and took photographs from the top.
On Wednesday, he was mobbed by the media as he arrived at the alternative-sentencing court, which emphasizes community service as a way for low-level offenders to pay back the neighborhood for quality-of-life offenses such as prostitution, shoplifting and trespassing.
Prosecutors have requested a so-called "youth assessment," an in-depth evaluation of the defendant and his life circumstances.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre trade center site, is reassessing security there in light of two lapses since last summer. In addition to the incident involving Casquejo, three people parachuted from the building in September, producing a video of their jump.
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday that despite the breaches, he remains confident in the ability of various public and private entities to control the site.
The New York Police Department provides security around the site, the Port Authority is responsible for the property itself and the Durst Organization was hired to secure 1 World Trade Center.
However, Bratton said, the NYPD is in discussions with Port Authority security chief Joe Dunne "about what they're trying to do to enhance security over there." Bratton said detectives are still conducting interviews to try to learn how four people charged in the parachuting feat gained access to the high-rise.
Justin Casquejo arrives for his court date in New York, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The 16-year-old boy described as a thrill-seeker bypassed an inattentive security guard in the middle of the night and climbed a ladder to the spire of 1 World Trade Center, where he apparently took pictures, authorities said. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The Kings awoke Thursday morning, assuming they slept at all after completing their historic first-round victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 on Wednesday night, and found a vaguely familiar foe awaiting them in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
You guys?
Finally, right?
The Ducks have been cooling their jets since eliminating the Dallas Stars in the decisive Game 6 of their first-round series Sunday, an exercise in boredom when compared with the Kings' thrilling rally from a three-games-to-none deficit to defeat the Sharks 4-3.
Now, the city faces the suburbs.
The liberals meet the conservatives.
The defensive team plays the offensive one.
There are elements of truth in all the stereotypical comparisons between the Kings and the Ducks and Los Angeles and Orange counties. What stands out in the first playoff series between the Kings and Ducks is that these are two superb teams, with tremendous leaders and supporting cast members.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the center of the ice, where the Kings' Anze Kopitar will battle with the Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf. Kopitar is a finalist for the Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward. Getzlaf is a finalist for the Hart Trophy as the league's MVP.
One play by either Kopitar or Getzlaf could swing the series in his team's direction. Since they each excel in turning small plays into great big ones, they could leave a lasting impact on whether the Kings or the Ducks advance to the Western Conference finals later this month.
Game 1 of the Kings-Ducks series is Saturday at the Honda Center.
"'Kopi' is a great hockey player," Getzlaf said, referring to Kopitar by his nickname. "He does things the right way. He is just that guy who does everything so well at both ends of the ice. We're going to have to pay attention to him and all the little details."
How much they play directly against each other remains to be seen. Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said he would study his notes, weigh the pros and cons of the matchup and then make a decision that could change numerous times over the course of a best-of-7 series.
"It might be a good fit," Boudreau said.
Boudreau then went on to dispute any notion that Kopitar had a breakout season in 2013-14.
"He had a breakout season five years ago and has been one of the best in the world," he said.
What's also clear is that the first playoff matchup between the erstwhile Southern California rivals will be heightened and given its proper place among the Kings-Sharks or Kings-Canucks and Ducks-Red Wings or Ducks-Sharks postseason rivalries at long last.
As the sign outside the Honda Center read Thursday morning: "It's on."
"This is exactly what everyone wanted," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said on a conference call with reporters.
Added Kings center Jarret Stoll said, "The regular season is one thing, but we all know the playoffs are a whole new ballgame when it comes to physicality and how hard you're going. It's going to be a war and a battle and the travel will be great for both teams and both fan bases.
"It's exciting for this whole area of L.A. Playing a team in the playoffs really helps to build a rivalry. Our rivals have mainly been San Jose and Vancouver (because of recent playoff series) and now it's going to be Anaheim as well."
So, let the comparisons begin, starting with the team's outstanding centers, and let the rivalry start for real, too. To the winner goes local bragging rights and so much more, plus a trip to the Western Conference finals to face either the Chicago Blackhawks or the Minnesota Wild, too.
— Staff writer Phil Collin contributed to this report


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Kan. school reportedly prohibits student from posting fliers with Bible verses
An Arizona group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a suburban Kansas City middle school of violating a student's First Amendment rights by prohibiting the student from handing out fliers promoting a prayer event.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian group based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that advocates for religious rights, contends a counselor at Robert E. Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs violated the student's rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to allow the student to post fliers promoting the Sept. 25 "See You at the Pole" event, a national event in which teens pray around their school flagpoles.
The group contends in the lawsuit filed Nov. 26 in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, that the counselor told the student the fliers, which contained Bible verses, could not be posted or distributed at school because of their religious content. The ADF, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the student identified only as "K.R.," also said the district has a policy banning distribution of religious materials on school grounds but allows other types of materials to be posted and distributed.
"This denial of K.R.'s religious materials, while permitting secular posters, flyers, and materials from other students, constitutes viewpoint discrimination, which is unconstitutional in any type of form," the lawsuit said.
Dan Brungardt, superintendent for the Bonner Springs/Edwardsville schools, said Monday he had not seen or heard about the lawsuit. He also said the district had not received any complaints from parents or students about anything regarding posting fliers before the prayer event. Brungardt said the event was announced over the school's intercom system.
"We can't encourage students to go, but we did announce it," Brungardt said.
The district has a policy prohibiting distribution of religious materials on school grounds because "different entities request to distribute information to students constantly. If all entities who requested were allowed it would be disruptive to the school environment," Brungardt said in an email.
Doug Bonney, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, said he was not familiar with the lawsuit, but he questioned whether the counselor had the authority to stop the student from handing out the fliers. But Bonney said the school could be faulted if the student's posters were singled out because of their content.
"If in fact the school did prohibit the student from posting a religious message because it was religious, where a secular message would be allowed to stay up ... then the school might have some problems," Bonney said.


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