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U.S. Air Force Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Ethan D. Henry graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. Louise W. Spencer, formerly of Ballardsville and Crestwood, celebrated her 100th birthday on Feb. 15.
Governor Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions:
• Karen T. Barry of La Grange as a member of the State Police Personnel Board. She will serve a term expiring June 19, 2019.
Judy and Stan Vetovitz of Crestwood announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Murray Vetovitz to Lance Martin Roe, of Youngstown, N.Y.
The bride-to-be graduated from South Oldham High School in 2007, then Indiana University with a bachelor of arts degree in communications and marketing. She is employed as a senior media buyer at Butler/Till in Rochester, N.Y. She is currently pursuing an MBA.
The Era recieved a marvelous press release about a local resident who spent 18 years as a hospital volunteer before recently retiring. We present it here in full for our readers.
When Alta Haunsz decided to go to nursing school in 1948, she probably didn't expect to be actively involved in a hospital setting 67 years later, but she wouldn't have it any other way.
At left, Arlis M. Ellis, Rose M. Benedict, Benita M. Netherton, Destiney M. Cook and Tymprynce M. Nealget together to celebrate five generations of family. The family is standing oldest to youngest, from right to left. At right, John W. Ellis joins the picture to celebrate the family gathering.
Jessica Ertel and Jason Aberli announce their recent engagement. Jessica is the daughter of F. Joseph and Suzette Ertel of La Grange. Jason is the son of Donald and Sue Aberli of Louisville. Their wedding date is Oct. 3 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The reception will be held at Sawyer Hayes Community Center in Louisville.
Wendell and Betty Burrows Moore recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The were married June 11, 1954 at Sligo Baptist Church. The couple celebrated June 9 at Key West Shrimp House, Madison, Ind.
Claire Maria Deibel
Jenny and Karl Deibel announce the birth of their daugther, Claire Maria Deibel.
Claire arrived at 7:08 a.m. April 11 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.
She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 20 inches.
Grandparents are Chris and Mark Lubbers and Richard and Sue Deibel.
Five generations of Rivera's got together recently to celebrate their family starting with Carmenza Rivera and ending with infant Clairabella Miller, born on April 18. From left to right they are Tamara Stevenson (third generation), Rivera, Corey Miller (fourth generation), his wife, Elaina, and daughter, Clairabella, and Rivera's daughter, Maria VanAuken (second generation). All of the family is from La Grange.
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CORRECTIONS- Harrington, not the Y
Last week's news story, "Single shot: Can an independent win Council seat," inaccurately stated that the city unveiled its plans to chop two softball fields from McIntire Park to make way for the YMCA. The city has long maintained the chopping of the softball fields had nothing to do with the Y.
Last week's cover story, "'Off the face of the earth': the hunt for Morgan Harrington contained the following errors:
• Her mother's rhetorical question was misprinted as "Should we have have installed fear?" It should have been "Should we have instilled fear?"
• The year that UVA grad student Pat Collins disappeared was not 1985 but was actually 1986.
• Relying on older information, we reported an alleged 8:40pm phone call between Morgan and her friends. After press time, police adjusted that time of the communication to 8:48pm.

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Q&A with Junior Swimmer Blake Langland
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Most swimming programs would be in a quandary after losing a pair of four-year All-American sprinters (Dan Perdew and Todd Langland) in one year. At UC San Diego, the men's swimming team, while certainly re-tooling, is fortunate to have junior Blake Langland still in the fold. Blake, who not only has two years of collegiate experience with to aforementioned duo but an entire lifetime competing with his brother, Todd, has always played a solid role for the Tritons but Head Coach Scott McGihon feels he's ready to be the leading man. "Blake has emerged this season with a greater intensity and desire to be successful," says McGihon. "He has dedicated himself to becoming a better swimmer and athlete and this has trickled down to the other athletes in his training group-the result being the group and team are training at a much higher level." Langland turned in an all-time best in the 100 freestyle at the recent Arena Invitational and with the fall season winding down, he took time to share his thoughts on the year-to-date and what lies ahead.
Q-Perdew, a five-time NCAA champion, and your brother, Todd, one of the top sprinters in UCSD history, have both graduated. What's it feel like to be out of their shadows and at the top of the sprinting heap this year?
LANGLAND-It definitely feels different. They both taught me a lot, and were great teammates to have. Going into this year I was a little worried about how much our sprint events and relays were going to suffer having these two gone. However, looking at what our new freshmen have already done, and how much the returners have improved, I can't help but feel proud and excited for what's to come.
Q-Does it seem strange to not have your brother in the pool with you at training and meets?
LANGLAND-It does seem a bit strange. We started competitive swimming on the same day, and more or less have spent every day in the pool together since then. He has come with my parents to a few meets so far to show his support and help out the coaches, so he is still part of the team in that sense.
Q-What did you learn from having those two as mentors that past two seasons?
LANGLAND-A lot of what I learned from them was race strategy. I still have a lot to learn, but I think my race strategies have changed a lot since I came in as a freshman and that is partly due to them. Daniel always told me to really take out my 100 free almost like a 50 and then hold on at the end. I had really been doing the opposite, pacing my first 50 and then trying to blast the second.
Q-In an event like the 50 or 100 freestyle, where swimmers barely have time to breath, much less think, how much of it is mental?
LANGLAND-A lot of it is mental, knowing that your body is trained to do the right thing at the right moment. Sometimes I go up to my coaches after my race and they ask me what I thought of it, and I can't even remember. It goes by so quickly you don't have time to think about what to do next, it just has to come natural.
Q-The difference between first and last in a typical sprint is less than a second. Besides innate ability, what typically determines the winner?
LANGLAND-Our coaches always tell us, "Just get your hand on the wall first, beat the person next to you." Obviously how well you put together a race is going to be the biggest factor. Making sure that all the parts of your race other than the actual swimming (start, turns, breakout, finish) are perfect is a huge factor. However when it really comes down to it, I think that sometimes it's really who wants it more, who is going to not take that last breath and just put their head down and charge the wall.
Q-Knowing that, what kind of training do you do to maximize your performance in those areas?
LANGLAND-This year, I think that we have put a higher priority on areas like our start and turns, to make sure that we always execute them perfectly in races. When we get to a new pool for a meet, we make it a point to get lots of full speed turns and starts in to make sure we feel good with those aspects of our race. If you have to worry about whether you are going to nail your finish during a race, its more than likely not going to go well. Our team is also pretty competitive during practices, giving us the drive to want to win that is so important in actual races.
Q-One can imagine the type of pressure in a high level 50 freestyle race. What do you do to stay relaxed in the lead-up to an event and where's your focus once you're on the blocks?
LANGLAND-Honestly I just don't think about it until I have to. Like I said earlier, if I think about a turn or worry about my finish, it probably won't turn out the way I want it to. So, I just leave the thinking for practice, and know that when I get to a race I have done all that I can to make it perfect. Once I'm on the blocks, all I'm thinking about is hearing the start, and getting into the water. After that, it's all a blur.
Q-Have you always been strictly a sprint freestyle specialist? Are there other events you have swum or would like to try?
LANGLAND-In high school I definitely had more variety in my races than in college. Compared to my teammates I'm fairly horrible at these events, but I used to swim breaststroke, individual medley and more mid-distance races like the 200 and 500 free. As far as what I'd like to try, I'm pretty happy with my races already, but maybe the 100 back or breast for some variety.
Q-Are there different types of sprinters in terms of body styles, strokes, strategies? How would you characterize your style?
LANGLAND-In terms of body style, a lot of sprinters are pretty tall but there are also some that are shorter and more muscular. Everyone really has their own stroke, but if I had to classify them I would say there are the straight arm swimmers and then the non- straight arm. Straight arm freestyle is where one keeps their arm straight in the part of the stroke that is out of the water. For the 50 the strategy is pretty much standard: go fast. It's really just an all out sprint. The 100 has more strategy, but it really just comes down to who can go the fastest and hold onto that speed until the end. Compared to a lot of sprinters I am fairly short, and have the standard non-straight arm freestyle.
Q-At the collegiate level, is swimming more about times or victories?
LANGLAND-It's really about both, but I think that with victories come great times. At our meets, in the morning we try to go for time to get placed in the top finals, but in finals at night all that counts is victories.
Q-Despite the loss of some big names from last year's squad, the 2010-11 UCSD men's swimming & diving team looks like it has the potential to take a step forward at this year's NCAA Division II Championships. Is that a fair assessment? Why?
LANGLAND-I think it's definitely a fair assessment. We definitely lost some big names, but we gained some also. The past two years have been really great teams but I think that the new swimmers this year really have brought a new energy and drive that will really make the team great. I think looking at our performance as a team this past weekend at Arena Invitational is a great example of this.
Q-Is there a swimmer on this year's UCSD men's team that you think is going to surprise a lot of people before the season is over? Who, if anyone, stands above the crowd in terms of work ethic and attitude?
LANGLAND-I think that the team as a whole is going to surprise a lot of people this year. Like I said, the work ethic and attitude of the new swimmers is great, and it's definitely contagious.
Q-For you, what's the best part about being a member of the UCSD Swimming & Diving team?
LANGLAND-The best part of being part of the team is really being part a team. I had a great coach and teammates in high school and club swimming, but there was not nearly the camaraderie and spirit that this team has.
Q-You're a computer science major in Warren College. Are you taking any interesting classes this quarter? What kind of things are you studying in those classes right now?
LANGLAND-This quarter I am taking two very interesting classes: Theory of Computation and Algorithms. In Theory of Computation we are studying what problems can and can't be solved by computers, and creating models of these computations to understand how they work. In my Algorithms class we are studying how some well-known algorithms are used to solve problems, as well as how to apply these algorithms to new problems.
Q-What do you plan to do with your major when you graduate? You were recently awarded a scholarship from Cisco Systems through the UCSD Engineering Dept. How did that come about and what will it entail?
LANGLAND-I'm still trying to decide whether I want to go to graduate school or go straight into industry with my degree. The scholarship was pointed out to me by my coach, so I decided to apply for it, and next thing I knew they were inviting me to an awards dinner. I am very grateful for it and once again want to thank the UCSD Engineering department, UCSD Athletics and Cisco Systems for their support.
Q-As a native of Carmel, you've now lived in Northern and Southern California. What are some of the differences you've noticed and what do you like about each?
LANGLAND-There are things that I like about both. In Carmel I lived sort of out in the middle of nowhere and I miss being able to go outside and do whatever I wanted. The weather is definitely better in San Diego (a lot less fog).
Q-What kinds of things do you like to do when you're out of the pool and not studying?
LANGLAND-In my free time I like to watch movies, play video games and tinker with my computers. Also I like to catch up on my sleep.
Q-You swam a career best 45.29 in the 100 at the recent Arena Invitational and your 20.79 in the 50 at the same meet was less than 0.1 seconds off your p.r. What do you think you're capable of and what would make 2010-11 a success for you personally?LANGLAND-Really after getting a personal best in my 100, this season is already a success in some sense. But after that swim it really makes me want to go even faster. I don't really like to set specific time goals for myself, but I think I am capable of keeping up the hard work and going faster than I have ever gone before. More important to me is how well the team does at Nationals, and I think we are more than capable of some amazing things.
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Ricci Luyties (Women's Volleyball Head Coach) August 24, 2010
Kevin Messey (Head Athletics Trainer) July 7, 2010
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Dan Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
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Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
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Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
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Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
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Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
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Apparently not, as she wasn't actually charged with anything.
It's not treason. Illegal, probably, but "treason" isn't the charge.
Treason has a very specific definition: "Waging war against the United States, or giving aid and comfort to its enemies."
The NSA has done neither. Stop using "treason" to describe everything bad someone in the government does.
Please see my comment above regarding the definition of treason.
TL:DR it's not Treason. None of it.
It's shady, illegal, immoral... All of those things. But not treason.
It's not treason. Once again, "Treason" has a very specific legal definition: Waging war against the United States, or giving aid and comfort to its enemies."
"Aid and comfort" is defined as material aid, not just "gave our enemies a chuckle."
Nothing anyone has done here (including Snowden) qualifies as Treason. There are likely many other crimes committed, but let's stop trotting out treason.
That reinforces the idea of shows/toys that are "for girls," or "for boys," which only perpetuates the problem.
If I'm that kid's mom, I go buy him a different My Little Pony backpack. Maybe a blue one.
And then see what happens.
"We left that one at home. Now he's got a new backpack. Oh, that didn't stop the bullying? Hmm... I wonder why. Why don't you just give me a list of 'approved' backpacks, and then make all the other kids follow it as well?"
This is how Snow Crash started, with efforts to control the minds of the "hackers" working for big organizations.
Ah, so the histrionic lady is actually the idiot then.
This was a case of "so and so posted a new photo!" notification that she somehow transformed into "someone broke into my house and put that picture on my phone!"
I can't wait for these to hit shelves, so I can start slapping warning stickers on them.
"Warning: Only works with Green Mountain brand k-cups."
What did that even mean?
How did Google fuck anyone? It's not like they can instantly fiber-up the entire nation. And it's not like GF going in to some other city makes your service any worse.
Just be patient, and watch all the providers in Google Fiber cities shit their pants. Enjoy the show, and someday soon it will come to everyone.
No, it isn't.
Nintendo shares the publishing rights to the video games (along with GameFreak), but does NOT own the entire franchise.
The Pokemon Company would like a word with you. (http://www.pokemon.com/us/about-pokemon/)
Pokemon IS a company and a brand in its own right. The rights to the video games are jointly owned by TPC, GameFreak, and Nintendo. Nintendo has nothing whatsoever to do with the card game, for instance.
So it's not Nintendo who's fighting this at all, it's The Pokemon Company
No, because our legal system is supposed to be founded on the notion that we'd rather let a hundred guilty people go free than send one innocent man to prison.
That's why we have due process in the first place. Idealistically, we'd be protecting the rights of everyone, not only the "innocent."
[blockquote]Good place to store wealth.[/blockquote]
Is it though? Usually you'll want to store wealth in less risky and volatile places. Bitcoin's price fluctuates too often and too dramatically to make it a good idea for safe "wealth storage."
That may change in the future, but for now, bitcoin seems to be "don't put anything in bitcoin you can't afford to lose."
The sad part is that initiatives to cost the NSA much more money will just result in that money coming out of taxpayers' pockets.
I applaud these measures, but matters are going to get a lot worse before they get better. No way is the NSA going to just roll over and say "welp, we tried. I guess we'll just have to build our own/go elsewhere."
Nope, they'll fight it. And then there will be lawsuits. And those lawsuits will take years to finally come to the Supreme Court where we can finally get a ruling on this mess.
Luckily, most businesses I know have a clear sign on the door: "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."
It's not that worrisome, actually.
They're passing laws that simply reinforce the 4th Amendment, and then make it unlawful to support anyone assisting the law-breakers. (Something that's already illegal... Since an "accomplice" is a thing already)
It creates a due process for the "cutting off of power" to establishments that are breaking the law (in this case, the 4th Amendment-likes).
They have to pass these as state laws, because they have no way to enforce Federal Law (the real 4th Amendment).
They've basically written themselves the jurisdiction to enforce, at the state level, a federal law.
This is going to be a pretty interesting tactic to watch. The same sort of fight is coming as more and more states support various legalization/decriminalization of marijuana.
To me, it speaks to the absolute loss of faith in Congress/POTUS to legislate what the American people actually want.
Everyone knows that federal law trumps state law, but that just means a bunch of cases that can eventually go to the Supreme Court. That means actual rulings on the constitutionality of some federal programs.
The Court can't rule on, or set precedents on things that haven't been brought to court. There need to be arrests or lawsuits for the Court to consider. They don't get to just say "hey, this NSA stuff isn't right." They have to have an actual case brought to them to decide on.
The states are acting to force the Federal Government to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak. They're throwing down a gauntlet that says "go on, try to get your arrests and cases heard here... We dare you."
Then the legal system, on up to the Supreme Court gets to act as the check it's supposed to be on un-constitutional laws and programs.
The problem with that argument is that "average" intelligence is still probably intelligent enough for people to navigate their jobs and lives.
Yeah, not everyone is going to be a rocket surgeon, but not everyone needs to be either.
You used "stood idly by" twice.


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The United Nations revised its death toll in the Syrian civil war sharply upward to at least 93,000 Thursday, lending new urgency to Obama administration discussions this week of US options in the deepening conflict.
The UN's new official figure of 93,000 deaths as of the end of April suggests that at least 5,000 fighters and civilians – among them many children – are dying in the war in Syria each month. The new figure is more than 30,000 higher than the last official figure issued in November.
In announcing the figures, the UN commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said indications that the Assad regime is preparing a major offensive to try to retake the northern city of Aleppo could portend another sharp increase in casualties.
Reports of a coming Aleppo offensive have prompted opposition leaders to warn supporters in the West that it may be now or never to help rebel fighters, who already face arms and ammunition shortages and who are increasingly outgunned by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. The Assad regime is widely considered to have regained the upper hand in the war in recent weeks, especially as Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters have joined the battle on Mr. Assad's side.
Reports of a looming offensive on Aleppo, Syria's largest city, are also hanging over this week's White House meetings on Syria. President Obama gathered his national security team Wednesday for discussions that were to include options for "rebalancing" the war's momentum, which range from arming the rebels to establishing a no-fly zone to protect rebels and civilians from Assad's increased use of aerial bombardments.
Obama administration officials continue to insist that the US is determined to help the rebels, but there were no indications that Wednesday's meeting produced any decisions.
"We are determined to do everything that we can in order to help the opposition," Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday, after meeting with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary William Hague. Noting that Assad is using weapons and tactics against his own people that "challenge anybody's values and standards of human behavior," Mr. Kerry said the US is "going to have to make judgments … about how we can help the opposition to deal with that."
At the same time, however, White House spokesman Jay Carney cautioned against expectations of quick decisions from the president on what to do next to help the rebels. The White House continues to worry that US-provided arms – especially the anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons the rebels seek – could fall into the hands of the Islamist extremist groups who are also fighting Assad.
Administration officials are concerned that weapons such as shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, which could be a potent force against Assad's intensifying air war, might also end up turned against US interests and Israel, America's closest ally in the region. Advocates of providing US weaponry, including Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, say rebel factions can be vetted before receiving US arms.
As the Washington debate continues, the UN is painting a picture of a war that is taking a terrible and increasingly devastating toll on Syria's children. At least 1,700 children under age 10 have died in the war, according to High Commissioner Pillay.
A separate UN report issued Thursday about the war's impact on children says government forces torture children suspected of having links to the rebels. But it also accuses both sides of using children as suicide bombers and human shields, and to prepare and transport weapons.
Syria's children are suffering "the heaviest toll" of anywhere in the world, the report says, noting that safe zones for children are shrinking as the war expands.
Videos uploaded to the Internet show children crushed in buildings blasted by Assad's air force, or crying over the lifeless bodies of mothers and other family members.
Yet even as such scenes feed the image of Assad as a ruthless tyrant ready to sacrifice his people to retain power, other stories out of rebel-held areas hardly offer a brighter picture for children.
One such story concerns a 14-year-old coffee vendor, killed Sunday in Aleppo by Islamist rebels for allegedly blaspheming the name of the Prophet Muhammad.
Mohammad Qataa, selling cups of coffee from a stand to help support his family, incurred the wrath of Islamist extremists after he refused to give one of them a cup of coffee on credit, allegedly saying, "Even if Muhammad came down from heaven, I would not give you this coffee on credit."
Infuriated, the men threw Mohammad in a car, according to wire reports, later returning him to his coffee stand badly beaten. Then with Mohammad's helpless mother present, the men, condemning the boy for "blasphemy," shot him in the head.


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* YouTube will pay Turkish tax - minister
* Says will be easier to block offending videos
* Turkey criticised over web restrictions
(Adds comments from YouTube) By Ozge Ozbilgin
ANKARA, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Tuesday it had won a long-running battle to persuade the video-sharing website YouTube to operate under a Turkish web domain, giving Ankara a tighter rein over the site's content and requiring the firm to pay Turkish taxes.
Turkey, which banned the popular website for more than two years in 2008, has long come under international criticism for its restrictive internet laws and over the EU-candidate's record on freedom of expression.
"This is an important development. For a long time we have made a call to Internet firms in Turkey: 'You are operating in this country, you must be resident here'," Transport and Communications Minister Binali Yildirim said.
"Finally, this sharing site (YouTube) has decided to reside in Turkey. It is now operating under 'com.tr'," he told reporters, referring to Turkey's Internet domain initials.
YouTube released a brief statement on Monday saying it had launched its Turkish website, which would give users a "Turkish-language experience with great, locally relevant content". It made no mention of any dispute with the Turkish government.
But Yildirim said YouTube, a subsidiary of the world's No. 1 Internet search engine Google Inc , had agreed to set up its Turkish operation after it had "felt the pressure".
"It will now be in a binding and critical position to implement court decisions and remove any objectionable publications," Yildirim said. "Further more it will also pay taxes on its operations."
A YouTube spokeswoman said Internet users browsing on a Turkish IP address would automatically be redirected to the 'youtube.com.tr' domain. If Turkey had a valid court order banning a particular video, access to that content would be blocked.
"Google does pay the taxes in Turkey that it is required to pay by law. It is the same in every country in which we operate," the spokeswoman said.
Last week, a Turkish court issued an order allowing authorities to block access to an amateurish online video, "The Innocence of Muslims", which sparked a wave of deadly riots in the Muslim world.
Yildirim, who initiated the court order, said removing such videos in the past had been problematic because of the need to contact organisations outside Turkey. Officials would be able to move much quicker, now that YouTube was registered in Turkey, he said.
"Now, as soon as the court makes its decision, all the demands will be carried out immediately," Yildirim said.
In May 2008, the government blocked access to YouTube for 30 months after users posted videos Turkey deemed insulting to the republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Media watchdog Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF) in 2010 placed Turkey on its list of "countries under surveillance" and urged the government to guarantee online free expression in Turkey, where several thousand sites are banned.
Rights groups have long pressed Turkey to reform its harsh Internet laws and analysts have criticised the ease with which citizens and politicians can apply under Turkish law to have a site banned.
Turkey cites offences including child pornography and insulting Ataturk to justify blocking websites. But Turkish users have been able to circumvent bans by using proxy websites.
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Photos by Mark Derricutt
Date / Venue: Friday May 11th, 2018 - The Studio, Auckland
Photos by Mark Derricutt
Date / Venue: Friday May 11th, 2018 - The Studio, Auckland
Libel bring you the latest music news, reviews, interviews and competitions. Based in New Zealand, covering entertainment both locally and internationally.
15-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Alicia Keys makes her musical return with the powerful track and visuals for "Show Me Love," featuring Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and producer, Miguel via RCA Records.
Featuring Future of the Left members Andrew "Falco" Falkous and Jack Egglestone, with the addition of Damien Sayell from the St Pierre Snake Invasion, the Cardiff outfit will be playing venues in Wellington and Auckland this January.
After a successful tour across Aotearoa this year, Good Vibes Summer festival will be hitting the sunny coast of Gisborne in summer 2020.
The most exciting rock band on the planet. A pop artist who is as successful as she is boundary-pushing. One of the finest electronic acts in recent years. Australia's most productive psych-rock band. And so much more. The 2020 Laneway line-up is here!
Ireland's Wallis Bird has been enrapturing audiences for over a decade with her irrepressible trademark stage show and inescapable live energy! Wallis Bird presents her unmissable new Single 'Life is Long', off the global multi award winning artists, upcoming album 'Woman' out on Sept 27th.
Lloyd Cole has confirmed six New Zealand concerts in November for his "From Rattlesnakes to Guesswork" tour, with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions guitarist Neil Clark joining him on stage.
Chart-topping, Grammy-winning R&B artist Ella Mai will top off a phenomenal year and kick off 2020 in style with an Auckland show.
By Andra Jenkin
Date / Venue: Tuesday 10th September, 2019 - Basement Theatre, Auckland
Festival favourites SHAPESHIFTER return to welcome in 2020 on the stunning paradise coast of the Coromandel this New Years Eve!
By Daryl Habraken
Artist: Stan Walker
Date: Friday 13th September 2019
Venue: Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
By Saffy Wihiote
Artist: Troye Sivan
Date: Friday 13th September 2019
Venue: Spark Arena, Auckland, NZ
Backstreet's back, alright! Get your group together, because the biggest selling Boy Band of all time (100 million albums), the BACKSTREET BOYS are heading back to New Zealand in 2020 for a show at Auckland's Spark Arena on Saturday, May 16.
By Francine Auger
Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Date: Thursday September 12th, 2019
By: Teylor Moss
Artist: Greta Van Fleet
Date: Tuesday 11th September 2019
Venue: Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland
By Saffy Wihoite
Artist: Pouya
Date: Saturday September 7th, 2019
Photos By: Chris Zwaagdyk (courtesy of Ambient Light)
Artist/Band: Pouya
Venue/City: Auckland
Date of Event:
By Lisa Diedricks
NZ is about to get OBESSED, with the newest in kiwi music. Local Tauranga sweetheart, Amelia McNabb comes to us fiercely, independently, and with more fire in her lungs than I've heard from any kiwi artist in while. THIS is what we've been waiting for.
By: Floyd Lee
Artist: Ride
Date: Tursday 29th August 2019
Venue: Powerstation, Auckland, NZ
Photos by: Megan Moss
Venue/City: Auckland
Date of Event: Tursday 29th August 2019
Soundsplash 2020 locks in some
of the biggest names in music for Raglan and Timaru festivals including Peking Duk (DJ set), Polo G, Winston Surfshirt, Stan Walker, Mitch James, Tiki Taane and Sons of Zion!
Presented By Pato Entertainment & Mitch Lowe (Audiology)
Photos By: Trevor Villers
Artist/Band: Jess Bailey (Justin Townes Earle support)
Venue/City: The Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 23rd August 2019
Photos By: Chris Zwaagdyk
Artist/Band: Nathan Haines
Venue/City: Civic Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 24th August 2019
Photos By: Trevor Villers
Artist/Band: Justin Townes Earle
Venue/City: The Tuning Fork, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 23rd August 2019
By Teylor Moss
Artist: Dope Lemon
Date: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Venue:Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
Soundsplash, one of New Zealand's longest-running festivals, will expand next year with the event taking place simultaneously in Raglan and now Timaru. Dates for the festival have been announced from the 17th-19th January 2020. Presented By Pato Entertainment & Mitch Lowe (Audiology)
By Frankie Champion
Date / Venue: Tuesday August 20th, 2019 - Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland
Photos By: Mark Derricutt
Artist/Band: Disentomb
Venue/City: Neck of the Woods, Auckland, NZ
Date of Event: Sat 17th August 2019


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I was going through my stack of "Writer's Digest" magazines and in the Dec. 2008 issue I read an article on pacing which included a reference to "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" It's a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, one that I hadn't read in years. I wanted to read it again but decided to watch the movie adaptation first, "Smooth talk" which came out in 1986.
I remember the movie for Laura Dern's excellent performance as Connie, the angst filled teenager. Treat Williams played Arnold Friend, the smooth talking seducer. The original story was set in the 1950's and the film takes place in eighties.
Oates based her story on serial killer Charles Schmid, also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson," a man who seduced and murdered teenage girls. The smooth talking, manipulative and menacing predator knows just how to persuade Connie, the young, beautiful and rebellious teen who is having problems with her family. It's a story with so many facets and Connie's unexpected heroism at the end will stick in your mind.
Watch the film for Laura Dern's performance, read the original story for all the many layers and facets.
You can find it on line at: http://jco.usfca.edu/works/wgoing/text.html
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
I was going through my stack of "Writer's Digest" magazines and in the Dec. 2008 issue I read an article on pacing which included a reference to "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" It's a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, one that I hadn't read in years. I wanted to read it again but decided to watch the movie adaptation first, "Smooth talk" which came out in 1986.
Posted by Gale Stanley at 1:09 PM 0 comments
Labels: Joyce Carol Oates, Laura Dern, short story, Smooth Talk
Friday, January 23, 2009
E-books versus Paper
I thought about adding the Kindle to my Christmas wish list last year but I never did. The urge to try it out just wasn't strong enough despite all the advantages being touted. They say it's lighter than a paperback, 10.3 ounces, it will download a book in a minute and it looks like a real book. It would make traveling easier, I usually cart around at least six or seven books, not to mention the magazines and papers.
I love new gadgets and toys, why doesn't this one spark my interest? Maybe I've just been a reader too long. I love the feel of a book in my hands, the various sizes and shapes, the heft of each tome. The covers fascinate me, as do the pages and fonts. Because I've done some writing I know the work that goes into each story and I believe each one deserves the individuality of its own carefully crafted volume.
Electronic books are here to stay and I welcome them. They're great in their own way, easier to search through if you're doing research. Less expensive too, once you buy the reader. Many writers wouldn't be published without them. E-Publishers will take on new writers that a mainstream publisher won't.
I'm just not ready. Maybe next Christmas...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
An Historic Day
I ended my stay at the beach with lots of football. Both my teams lost, first the Eagles, then the Ravens, but we had lots of fun watching them lose.
Now I feel like I'm in a time warp. After driving three hours from Camp Swampy South, through the snow, I arrived home and it was Christmas all over again. I haven't been home since New Year's Eve and most of the decorations are still up - and probably will be for a few more days.
I have two weeks worth of mail to go through. Mostly bills, but there are books to be read and reviewed - can't wait to dig into those. And of course today is Barack Obama's inauguration as U.S. President and I'm watching along with everyone else in the country.
So everything else is on hold, even my writing, as I watch history being made.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow
Yesterday was a glorious day here at Camp Swampy South, temperatures in the forties, sun and little wind.
I sent out two short stories and felt very pleased with myself. It takes me quite awhile to edit my work; I'm forever tweaking and fine-tuning. So as I emailed the second one I decided to reward myself with some shopping and a walk on the beach.
I went to my favorite stores, number one being the Hallmark store which sells a gazillion magazines and books. The last thing I need is more books; of the six I brought with me I've only finished two. But I was entitled to a reward so I settled for magazines and the local papers.
The walk was just what I needed, chilly but invigorating. There is nothing like walking along the sand, feeling the sea air on your face and chatting with the sea gulls.
I'm so glad I took advantage of it yesterday because today is gray and although I don't mind a gray ocean, I take it as a sign I should be writing. It's never a good idea to procrastinate after submitting something. If you stop it's that much harder to get started again.
So here I am back at the computer and looking out the sliders at a very achromatic seascape.
I posted a new picture because the weather report says: "The sun will come out, tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun."
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sunrise at the Beach
I woke around 7:25 AM and the sun was coming up. It was gorgeous and I watched for awhile before falling back to sleep. When I woke again it was 9 AM and sunny, just a beautiful morning - perfect for taking a walk along the beach.
I should have gone right out. Instead I made coffee and checked email. Big mistake. The sun is now hidden behind gray clouds and I can hear the wind blowing - sometimes at 40 mph.
So I will write instead. I did quite well yesterday, edited three chapters of my first draft which is finally finished. Maybe it will calm down later and I'll venture outside...
Posted by Gale Stanley at 10:24 AM 1 comments
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Out With The Old ...
A Cup of Comfort has launched a new website, forum and blog. The site looks fantastic and you can read about how the series was born.
Paula Munier, then senior editor at Adams Media, developed the concept -
"Anthologies of slice-of-life stories about the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people—the kind of personal stories that people who care about one another share with one another over a warm cup of soothing beverage." Veteran writer and editor Colleen Sell was chosen as the Cup of Comfort anthologist and the first book was published in October 2001 - "A Cup of Comfort: Stories that Warm Your Heart, Lift Your Spirit, and Enrich Your Life."
Read more here:
Cup of Comfort
Posted by Gale Stanley at 11:05 AM 0 comments
Labels: anthologies, cup of comfort, essays, stories
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy 2009
I can't believe it's 2009. Where did the year go?
We intended to welcome the new year in at the beach with a quiet dinner, a bottle of wine and Dick Clark. Well you know how that goes ... the best laid plans, yada, yada, yada.
I got in at 4 pm yesterday, the winds were blowing at 40 mph and the elevator was kaput. We're on the fourth floor. So I shlepped my laptop up the stairs while trying not to get blown away. The first thing I did was turn the heat up. When the thermostat didn't move after one hour I called hubby. He tells me to be patient, it takes a long time to heat up the condo.
Well to make a long story short, he arrived at 7 pm. I was on the sofa, in my coat and gloves, and the thermostat still read 59. Then I'm not looking so crazy. After making a few calls we spent New Year's Eve with the elevator repair man and the guy fixing the heater. Not exactly romantic but after polishing off the wine who cared, besides we had heat again.
So I'm settling in for some R & R - riting and more riting.
Oh and btw a lucky winner in Plano Texas is getting a copy of "A Cup of Comfort for Divorced Women."
Happy New Year one and all!!
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MOVIE REVIEW- Heavenly <i>Earth</i>: Are polar bears the new penguins?
Some of the beautiful nature photography in Earth is enough to make Bill Maher believe in God.
Some of the savagery shown in Earth (or implied, to keep it G-rated) is enough to reinforce the concept of a vengeful, Old Testament God.
The spiritual aspect is no doubt enhanced by James Earl Jones' "voice of God" narration. His voice should be on any list of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
Earth marks Walt Disney Pictures' return to nature documentaries after a hiatus of nearly half a century, no doubt inspired at least in part by the surprise success of March of the Penguins. Earth substitutes marketing muscle for that film's intrinsic appeal.
There's an attempt to impose some structure on the random series of minidramas and pretty pictures when Jones announces at the outset we're going to spend "a year with our fellow creatures," and we begin in January in the Arctic.
The polar bear family we meet features in one of the few continuing story lines. An absentee father is looking for food for himself, facing the problem of ice melting because of global warming, while Mama Bear and her two cubs end their hibernation and begin their own migration. "It's unlikely that both cubs will survive their first year," Jones warns us before we can get too attached.
So polar bears are the new penguins? Maybe not. We're soon circling the globe like the conifer forest a thousand miles south of the North Pole, looking in on a variety of animals as winter gives way to spring– at least in the Temperate Zones.
We're told that three million caribou migrate across the tundra. We don't see all of them, just a representative sampling being stalked by wolves. A calf strays from the herd and is chased by a wolf. The film cuts away before things get too messy, but you'll probably be able to see this and other kills on the unrated DVD.
Spectacular montages of changing colors take us out of the calendar format for a moment, as does our time in the tropics, where the sun shines 12 hours a day all year round.
Mandarin ducks learning to fly and the mating rituals of exotic birds of paradise in New Guinea provide diversion. If you want to see the actual mating, you'll have to get that unrated DVD. (Hey, I'm giving Disney ideas. I should get a commission if they really do it!)
Elephants migrating across the Kalahari Desert provide another continuing storyline, so maybe elephants are the new penguins. Or maybe humpback whales are, as we follow a mother and baby on their long migration, supposedly threatened at one point by a great white shark, although we never see them together.
"This is the circle of life," Jones intones, cross-plugging another Disney product as a leopard stalks an antelope. The definition of "predator" obviously depends on whose story is being told. Sharks are predators to whales, but it's OK for the whales to devour thousands of smaller fish in a single bite.
In a strange scene, the desperate Papa Bear attacks a female walrus in an attempt to get at her baby, and she has to fight him off herself while the dozens of walrus in close proximity, who could easily shred the bear with their tusks, pay no attention.
As summer comes to the Southern Hemisphere in October a brief shot of some penguins confirms that they are the new penguins.
A brief look at "the most amazing light show on earth" does not convince that the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, are any more amazing than their northern counterparts.
George Fenton's score seems to be competing with Jones' narration at times. The result is overpowering and not in a good way.
Making-of footage during the credits will answer some of your questions about how they got those shots. There are more than enough of "those shots" to make Earth worth seeing, even if they could have been organized better or left admittedly disorganized. Pretension isn't natural, except maybe for birds of paradise.


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This afternoon, Apple will finally lift the veil on its latest iPhone, lock in the goodies iOS 6 has in store, and maybe intro a new iPod or two. And we'll be covering it all right here.
While you may think you know what the iPhone 5 looks like by now, nothing's official until Tim Cook waves it around in front of that adoring Yerba Buena Center crowd. And Apple's always got some a surprise or two in store. So join us, won't you?
The event starts at one, so read up on our predictions here, then join along the meta-liveblog fun here starting at 12PM EST/9AM PST.


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Jobe's legacy goes beyond medical contributions
To many of the people who knew Dr. Frank Jobe best, he wasn't just the man who revolutionized sports medicine. Oh sure, they knew that Frank Jobe and understood his astonishing contributions.
That Frank Jobe, who died Thursday at 88, lived a wonderful life. He served in World War II and then began a medical career in which he would have a profound impact on baseball. There simply is no way to overstate his importance.
To many of the people who knew Dr. Frank Jobe best, he wasn't just the man who revolutionized sports medicine. Oh sure, they knew that Frank Jobe and understood his astonishing contributions.
That Frank Jobe, who died Thursday at 88, lived a wonderful life. He served in World War II and then began a medical career in which he would have a profound impact on baseball. There simply is no way to overstate his importance.
At one point last season, 34 percent of all Major League pitchers -- 124 of 360 -- had undergone Tommy John surgery, the groundbreaking procedure Jobe first performed 40 years ago, according to data compiled by Will Carroll for BleacherReport.com.
So many of the moments we as baseball fans hold in our hearts and minds were made possible because Jobe had the imagination, surgical skills and courage to do something no one thought possible. To name all the pitchers who had their careers saved or reborn by Tommy John surgery would take hours.
Here's a partial list: Adam Wainwright, John Lackey, Tim Hudson, Stephen Strasburg, Matt Harvey, A.J. Burnett, C.J. Wilson, Josh Johnson, Joe Nathan, Chris Carpenter, Grant Balfour and Fernando Rodney. Incredibly, from looking into a professional abyss, many of them came back better than ever with the trademark triangular scar on their elbow.
Jobe actually invented two revolutionary surgical procedures that saved the careers of thousands of pitchers. One was a less invasive shoulder operation. His first patient was Orel Hershiser, who told the world again and again that Jobe had saved his career.
"He change my life!! Gave me back my career!!" Hershiser tweeted Thursday night.
He change my life!! Gave me back my career!! I will miss him and I am eternally grateful!!! Dr. Frank Jobe- Orel Hershiser (@OrelHershiser) March 7, 2014
And the other procedure was performed on Tommy John in 1974. John had torn a ligament in his left elbow while pitching for the Dodgers. At the time, there was a simple prognosis for pitchers who suffered that injury. They were done.
Jobe performed two prior surgeries on John's elbow, and then the radical one, the one that changed everything. John encouraged Jobe to think outside the box because he had nothing to lose.
Jobe did that, reconstructing the elbow with a slice of ligament transplanted from the forearm. John pitched 14 more seasons, won 164 games and twice finished second in National League Cy Young Award balloting.
In recent years, John said Jobe would have been a slam dunk for Hall of Fame induction "if I hadn't won so darn many games after the operation." He meant that his recovery was so impressive that some people assumed the surgery wasn't all that big a deal.
At the time of the surgery, Jobe gave John a 10 percent chance of pitching again. For John, the risk was worth it. Instead, the new ligament worked beautifully, making the elbow durable and strong. Many pitchers routinely threw at least as hard -- sometimes harder -- after the surgery.
Now pitchers undergo the procedure as early as high school. Jobe also studied the mechanics of pitching, offering tips for reducing stress on the elbow and shoulder, both to prevent injury and to recover.
Still, to the people who worked with and around Jobe -- including hundreds of Dodgers players, coaches and employees -- he will not be remembered for any of those things. This Frank Jobe will be recalled simply as a man of humility and decency, a reserved man who never seemed all that comfortable in the spotlight.
Vin Scully, who knew Jobe for 50 years, said he was never really comfortable discussing Jobe's impact on the sport. Jobe simply was uncomfortable allowing the spotlight to be turned on himself.
The Baseball Hall of Fame honored Jobe last summer, and during the weeks leading up to the ceremony, Jobe perhaps came to understood how much he'd meant to so many people.
Jobe was showered with letters and phone calls from not just players, but representatives of virtually every Major League Baseball team. They wanted Jobe to know that they were honored to know him and appreciate, not just the things he'd accomplished, but the way he'd lived his life.
And that's the Frank Jobe who will be missed. His surgical innovations will live on, saving careers, making baseball better. Still, there's a huge void. His dignity and decency will not be replaced. His humility is gone forever. They're among the things Frank Jobe's friends loved about him. They're the things that will be missed. His was a life well lived.
A look at the extraordinary life of Dr. Frank Jobe: http://t.co/nN0Ukquqf0 pic.twitter.com/XhIOjQDG7S- Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 7, 2014
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 02:14 am
Lincoln in bronze
A guide to sculptures in the Land of Lincoln
Carl Volkmann, historian and retired director of Springfield's Lincoln (public) Library, has meticulously researched and written a welcome book to add to our shelf of Lincolniana. Or let's say no shelf, but at $10 each, one for the coffee table, one for the car.
The format is uniform, and the statues are restricted in location to Illinois. Giving each a page, Volkmann starts at the top of the state with "Lincoln the Debater" in Freeport, and works his way to the foot, "Lincoln-Douglas Debate," in Jonesboro. There is quite a large bulge at Springfield, the second largest, Bloomington. Rather than overview the whole book, here is a typical page, "Lincoln the Student." An excellent photograph fills a fourth of the page. Lincoln, a seated young man in shirtsleeves, is quietly studying a large book in his lap.
Immediate data tell us this is a bronze statue by Robert Merrill Gage, 1892-1981, that it was dedicated May 27, 1961, and is located at Lincoln College, Lincoln, Ill. Lastly, GPS coordinates are thoughtfully added. A diminutive Illinois map places a star on the location.
The following text informs us that Lincoln is the only town named for Abraham Lincoln before his presidency, that Lincoln surveyed several small towns in the area, and was in on Lincoln's naming ceremony: "He picked up a watermelon from a nearby wagon, cut it open with a pocket knife, squeezed juice on the ground, and christened the town." He established Logan as a county, and regularly rode the judicial circuit it was part of.
Lincoln College, established by Presbyterian Church members in 1865, is the only institution named for Lincoln during his presidency. Volkmann gives a brief history of the college, and says that the 15th college president, Raymond Dooley, "a recognized Lincoln scholar and educator in the study of Abraham Lincoln," as well as president of the state historical society for a term, asked famed sculptor Robert Merrill Gage to create an appropriate statue for the campus.
Gage's history as a sculptor is then given. He studied for two years under Gutzon Borglum in New York City but passed up a chance to help his mentor carve the famed presidential faces on Mount Rushmore because he did not want to be "in Borglum's shadow." He studied in Paris, taught at the Kansas City Art Institute, and headed the sculpture department at the University of Southern California for many years. Gage's prizes are listed, and his film, The Face of Lincoln, won an Academy Award for best short subject in 1955.
There are details of the 1961 dedication ceremony — the sculptor seemed not to be present, though his granddaughter unveiled the sculpture — and the text ends with the legend on the marble base of the statue, appropriate for a college campus: "I Shall Prepare Myself — Someday My Chance Will Come."
Though I've now lived near Lincoln, Ill., for many years, I've never visited Lincoln College. I intend to, soon, to see the gentle, scholarly Gage statue.
Of Illinois statues of personal acquaintance, my favorite is "Abstract Lincoln" which startles visitors to Springfield's Lincoln Library. Volkmann does not slight it here, and the controversy about its bizarre nature is included. Dr. Philip Kendall, formerly of Sangamon State University, says it is the only statue of Lincoln disguised as Oz's tin man. I love it not only for its unusualness, but because I am always symbolically reminded that within that "Tinman-Lincoln" beats a human, compassionate heart.
There are a few pages of Lincoln busts, including the one we all rub the nose of, and a few more statues not described, plus some lighthearted pages of "joke" Lincolns, and a mention of one — unfortunately not pictured — made totally of sweet gum balls. I also doubt that Volkmann knows that SSU artist Mauri Formigoni and her students once made a large portrait entirely of toast — but that wouldn't count, it's not a sculpture. Lincoln would have loved it.
This book could be a dry reference, but Volkmann makes each page fascinating. I left my copy with a friend in Vermont, who called to thank me and talk about the book. He'd read half of it already, taking time off from fishing on a beautiful day. I can't think of a better recommend!
Lincoln in Sculpture, by Carl Volkmann. The Illinois State Historical Society, 2009, 52 pp.


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Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Demographic Profile Summary File (ICPSR 34748)
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The Demographic Profile Summary File contains 23 tables derived from the responses to the 2010 Census questionnaire, including tabulations of the population by age and sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino origin; household population by household relationship; group quarters population by sex and group quarters type; households by type; and housing units by occupancy and tenure. The Census Bureau computed the tables for multiple levels of observation (called "summary levels" in the Census Bureau's nomenclature), including, but not limited to, regions, divisions, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, county subdivisions, places, congressional districts, state legislative districts, school districts, American Indian Areas, Alaska Native Areas, Hawaiian Home Lands, ZIP code tabulation areas, and census tracts. Additionally, for some summary areas the tables are iterated for "geographic components," e.g., the urban and rural portions of metropolitan statistical areas and the portions of states inside and outside metropolitan statistical areas. With one variable per table cell and additional variables with geographic information, the Demographic Profile Summary File comprises 106 data files, two per state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the National File.
ICPSR supplies this data collection in 54 ZIP archives. There is a separate archive for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the National File, and an archive with a Microsoft Access database shell and instructions on how to use the shell.
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Datasets 1-56 and 72 are numbered according to the state FIPS codes.
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100 percent enumeration.
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All persons and living quarters in the United States including Puerto Rico.
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- United States. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Demographic Profile Summary File. ICPSR34748-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-01-08. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34748.v1
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Will 'Matilda' Be Broadway's 'Harry Potter'?
The producers of London's smash-hit musical "Matilda" have high hopes as they bring it to Broadway. John Edwards has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Manuel Harlan.
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DC, Maryland and Virginia OI Support Group Volunteer Activity- Envelope Stuff-A-Thon 1
Calling all DC, MD, VA OI community members!
Are you available to help stuff before Thanksgiving?
The OI Foundation is so grateful to have the support of local OI community members who volunteer to help the Foundation with event and administrative tasks year-round.
Next week, the OIF will be organizing an "Envelope Stuff-A-Thon" to help with this year's annual mailing.
Two volunteer shifts are scheduled for 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday (11/14) and Wednesday (11/15). Please let us know if you and/or your children (ages 14+) are available to help! The OIF will be certified to sign off on Student Service Learning (SSL) opportunities next month. Volunteer letters will be offered to students in the meantime.
Pizza and beverages will be provided to thank our volunteers.
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Walking With Spirits
- Talk with Desmond about his offer.
- Investigate the Tribals at the Cathedral.
- Collect seeds from the giant Punga plant.
- Return to the Cathedral.
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After you're satisfied you've seen enough of Desmond's mansion, it's time to head out on our next mission. The second objective of this mission is to investigate the group of Tribals holed up at the Cathedral at Point Lookout (the first objective was to simply speak to Desmond about this mission). The Cathedral's full name is The Ark & Dove Cathedral, and it is due north of the Calvert Mansion, though it's going to be quite the walk getting there. In fact, if you stand in front of the mansion and look due northward, you should be able to see the structure's faint outline. So begin your trek towards the cathedral to get going on this new mission.
As you walk northward, expect to run into some enemies. The most dangerous foes you're going to face here are Mirelurks, which you'll run into when you cross the shallow waters separating the piece of land with the mansion on it from the piece of land which holds the cathedral. Most of the Mirelurks you'll face are of the standard varieties you should be familiar with from the main game, but you may run into some new strands of Mirelurk that are unique to Point Lookout and deserve cautious attention. When you finally start to approach the eerie cathedral structure, you'll need to swing around the wall surrounding it until you reach its locked gate. Here, you'll find an intercom. Speak to the man on the other side, and he'll quickly give you a task to fulfill in order to gain entrance to the Ark & Dove Cathedral.
The trek towards this new location on your map, which is on the far western end of the Point Lookout map and is called Sacred Bog Entrance, won't be an easy one. The vast majority of Point Lookout's map is a deadly swampland filled with human enemies and dangerous creatures alike. However, you're not going to have much of a choice in how you get to the Sacred Bog Entrance, and thus, you'll be forced to cross this dangerous terrain. Enemies like Smugglers are basically just well-armed Raider equivalents, while Swamp Ghouls, Point Lookout's very own Ghoul enemy, might provide you with a greater challenge than their weaker cousins roaming the Capital Wasteland.
One thing that you may want to keep an eye on here, surprisingly, is your radiation level. Because you're working your way through a swamp, you're going to come across plenty of water. If you walk through this water, which is nearly unavoidable, you'll become irradiated (and if you drink it to heal yourself in a bind, you'll become even more irradiated). This goes without saying for many gamers, but in a place like Point Lookout, radiation can sneak up on you. So keep an eye on how much radiation you're contracting at any given time, and use a RadAway if need be (or hit yourself with a Rad-X before this trek to make your life easier).
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Eventually, after numerous battles (and the possibility that you may run into more enemies and even locations within the swamp), you'll approach the Sacred Bog Entrance itself. Expect it to be guarded, though you shouldn't have any trouble extinguishing unwelcome guests from the entrance. Be sure to scour the medical box located next to the entrance to the entrance (follow that?) You'll find some Stimpaks, a Rad-X and some Purified Water. When you're ready, you can then head through the door to reach the Sacred Bog Entrance.
The Sacred Bog Entrance is completely devoid of enemies, and is also completely linear in nature. So you should only be running through this area for a brief few moments until you reach the door that leads to the Sacred Bog itself. The only tip worth mentioning here is to click your Pip-Boy's light on so that you can see where you're going a little better (though there are scattered torches here and there to help you out as well). You'll have no choice but to traverse the watery area at the end of the path to reach the door leading to the Sacred Bog, but your contact with the irradiated water will be very limited, so you actually have very little to worry about in that respect.
Once you've emerged in the Sacred Bog, you'll essentially be on another small, isolated map. If you consult your Pip-Boy's map, you'll see exactly what we're talking about. Your destination is on the east side of the map, but as you'll quickly find out here, to go east, you must first go west. After all, just explore all around you. While it seems like you have a whole new, vast map to explore, the nature of the terrain and the overall topography keep exploration limited here. Thus, this area can be a little deceiving. Just try to explore all of the areas around you, and you'll find that with one exception, you're going to be stuck in this general area by rock outcroppings and the like.
Thus, you'll want to delve into the water and begin pushing your way northward and slightly westward, following the linear pathway. The watery path will no doubt bring you across all sorts of Mirelurks, though the enemy you'll want to watch out for most here are new enemies called Swamplurks. These guys have a lot of hit points, and an accurate-and-deadly airborne attack that can strike you from a distance. So be especially careful around those foes as you head forward. Eventually, you'll come out of the waist-deep water and begin walking along a dry path. Things get more and more eerie as you go forward, with an undeniable Blair Witch Project vibe going on all around you. When you see dolls hanging from trees and posts, you know you're headed in the right direction. Oh, and watch out for stray bear traps!
Ultimately, another swampy area will open up in front of you, and again, while it seems it can be explored in its totality, nothing could be farther from the truth. This time, you'll finally begin being funneled southeast towards your destination, but expect to fight Mirelurks and Swamplurks galore along the way. You should also start seeing some stray Punga Fruit growing out of the ground. Feel free to pick these fruits up -- they're the reason Point Lookout is well-known in the post-apocalyptic United States, and they heal you when eaten (though they'll irradiate you slightly, as well). Remember to keep your distance from Swamplurks when you fight them, too!
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The swampy terrain will lead you down a torchlit path, which will lead to the Punga Tree you seek. This tree is one of the sources of precious Punga Fruit Seeds, and you'll need to collect some of the seeds off of the tree in order to satiate the wants of the cult back at the Cathedral. However, you'll be in for a rather unpleasant surprise when you go to pick the seeds off of the tree. You'll obtain some, but you'll almost instantly start to hallucinate when you do. The Wastelander will collapse to the ground, and when he gets up, the trip he's about to go through will be unlike any he's ever been on... even if you happen to be a Jet addict.
Heavily sedated, and with the seeds in hand, it's time to backtrack back through the Sacred Bog so you can reach Point Lookout proper once more. But almost immediately upon stumbling back towards the Sacred Bog Entrance, you'll realize that things aren't as you left them. What's happened to you!? You'll encounter Bobbleheads as you go forward. The first one you encounter will quickly reveal itself to be a dud, a "Schmault-Tec Bubblehead," and will warn you that you've fallen for a trap. As you proceed through the rest of the bog, you'll understand just what that means.
You won't run into any enemies on the way back through the bog, even if you left some enemies still standing en route to the tree. That's because your reality of the entire situation is skewed beyond all belief. The further you go through, the further your reality will be confused. You'll find more and more "Schmault-Tec Bubbleheads" with more and more daunting messages. You'll find an atomic bomb in the middle of the woods, you'll be attacked by enemies that aren't there, and basically, you'll be pretty sure you're tripping on too much Jet. Strangely, this section of the game opens up a whole lot of story in regard to the Wastelander's mother that wasn't explored in the game. Pretty cool -- you'll see what we mean.
When you emerge (no doubt confused) from the Sacred Bog, all that's left to do is to teleport instantly back to the Ark & Dove Cathedral. Once you arrive at the front gates, speak into the intercom to the right. It won't take much persuasion at all for them to open the gates up from here, because somehow, they know that you've gone through the ritual. When you walk inside, you'll be greeted by a man named Jimson, who will welcome you into their organization. During this conversation, the mission ends and the new one, Hearing Voices, begins. The conversion is almost seamless, but you'll know it's happened when you receive the Punga Power! perk.
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A long time ago (1999), I had a mobile app called Flash! for Palm OS that I could use to enter multi-line questions and multi-line answers into and then later study them with multiple choice or just flipping the flash card around.
I'm looking for a similar web app that's compatible with modern mobile browsers (particularly Opera Mini) with these features:
- PDA/phone finger friendly question/answer navigation (using that little 4 way button on the bottom of the PDA)
- Multi-line questions and answers.
- Multiple choice quizzes (which selects answers from other questions at random).
- Non-multiple choice quizzes.


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|Statement by Ms. CHEN Peijie, Counsellor and Legal Adviser of the Chinese Mission to the UN, at the 63rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on "Cooperation between United Nations and Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee" (Item 114)
(3 November 2008)
Mr. President,
It is increasingly important for the United Nations, the most universal international organization of the world, to enhance its cooperation with other international or regional organizations in the face of the challenges of globalization and a myriad of issues in the international arena. The Chinese delegation welcomes the consideration of this important item on "Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations" in the General Assembly of the United Nations. On this occasion, I wish to make some brief comments on the cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCO).
The Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee is the only influential intergovernmental organization that is composed of Asian and African states and dedicated to addressing legal matters. Founded in 1956, it was a major outcome of the renowned Bandung Conference held in 1955. For over half a century, the AALCO has consistently worked to promote cooperation and exchanges among Asian and African states in the spirit of unity, friendship and cooperation as advocated by the Bandung Conference. It assists Asian and African states in the practice of international law and in their efforts to promote the progressive development and codification of international law. Comments and proposals made by the AALCO in connection with the relevant items on the agenda of the 6th Committee of the UN General Assembly and that of the International Law Commission serve as an important source of reference for Asian and African states to be involved in discussion on the relevant items in the UN General Assembly and are of great reference value to the work of other legal bodies of the United Nations.
The AALCO enjoys good cooperative relations with the United Nations and its relevant organs. Over the years, the AALCO, the special agencies of the UN such as UNESCO, UNODC and UNHCR, and the International Law Commission sent delegates to each other's meetings to actively participate in the consideration of relevant items. As a result, cooperation among them has been continuously enhanced and widened.
Mr. President,
Asia and Africa have the largest number of developing countries and the biggest population in the world. Thanks to their efforts over many years, Asian and African countries have achieved enormous progress in political, economic and social fields. Their status and role in international affairs have grown markedly, making them an important force for world peace and common development. As an important platform for exchange and cooperation, the AALCO is bound to play an increasingly positive role in enhancing the effective participation by Asian and African states in the democratization of and rule of law in international relations.
Mr. President,
As a member state of both the UN and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, the Chinese government has consistently supported the AALCO in its efforts to enhance cooperation and deepen exchanges with the United Nations. From this podium, I wish to reiterate that the Chinese government will, as always, continue to contribute to the enhancement of cooperation between the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee and the United Nations as well as other relevant organs.
Thank you, Mr. President.


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FAULKNER, Mark, BROWN-WILSON, C., DAVIES, S. and NOLAN, M. (2006). Development of the combined assessment of residential environments (CARE) profiles. Journal of advanced nursing, 55 (6), 664-677.
FAULKNER, Mark (2003). Supporting the psychosocial needs of patients in general practice: the role of a voluntary referral service. Patient education and counseling, 52 (1), 41-46.
FAULKNER, M. (2001). The onset and alleviation of learned helplessness in older hospitalised people. Aging and mental health, 5 (4), 379-386.
FAULKNER, Mark (2001). A measure of patient empowerment in hospital environments catering for older people. Journal of advanced nursing, 34 (5), 676-686.
ALLMARK, Peter, SALWAY, Sarah, PIERCY, Hilary, BARLEY, Ruth, FAULKNER, Mark, FORMBY, Eleanor, GRIMSLEY, Mike, HYDE, Martin, KARLSEN, Saffron and MCCLIMENS, Alex (2010). Life and Health: An evidence review and synthesis for the Equality and Human Rights Commission's triennial review. Technical Report. Sheffield, Equality and Human Rights Commission.


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Trial set for 2015 in suit over Kansas voter ID law
A federal trial is scheduled for May 2015 in a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls.
U.S. Magistrate Gerald Rushfelt in Kansas City, Kan., set a schedule this week for hearing the lawsuit. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is being sued by elderly northeast Kansas residents Arthur Spry and Charles Hamner.
The law took effect in 2012. In the November election, ballots from Spry or Hamner weren't counted because neither showed photo ID at the polls.
Both live in a retirement home in Overbrook. The lawsuit says neither man had a driver's license, computer or access to the birth records needed to secure a photo ID.
The trial is expected to last three days, starting May 11, 2015.


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Average Rate 9.11 Based on 92 ratings
Rated a top 13 screampark in the US by Hauntworld, Burial Chamber hosts four full-sized professional attractions at one location, featuring over 125 actors nightly, two indoor haunted houses (Adrenaline and Insanity), one outdoor haunted woods (Phobia), and four Burial Simulators.
Our professional haunted attractions feature Hollywood-style sets and sounds, top-notch acting and haunted entertainment.
Burial Chamber continues to be voted #1 by it's Visitors last year. Customer satisfaction is a priority.
Fastpass Timed Ticketing will be available again this year at Burial Chamber. Why wait in long lines for the haunted houses when you can purchase a Fastpass Timed Ticket from our website and go directly to the VIP lines at your specified time? Skip the wait!
Please go to our website for more information on our haunted house events.
Wisconsin Haunted House SPECIAL EVENTS for Burial Chamber Haunted House: Spend the night packages, Fastpass skip the wait packages, Fastpass Timed Ticketing, special event nights. Check the website regularly for details, updates and special events.
September 24, 30; October 1, 7-8, 14-16, 21-23, 27-30;
Blackout Nights: November 4-5 Come back on the November 4th and 5th to see Adrenaline pitch-black! You and your group go through with only an LED candle! - Friday and Saturday: 7pm - 11:30pm; Sunday & Weekdays: 7pm - 10pm (Ticket booth opens at 6:45) Haunted Houses close when lines end.


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The Netherlands coach Avital Selinger:"We played very well, very few unforced errors, maybe 4 or 5 in three sets. That's great. The team played together in very good rhythm. We always play to our best ability, regardless of the opponent. Players should do their best, and not count points. The players have to try to play the moment, not the future. That's what I teach them, and that's what I try to do, in order to execute at the highest level."
The Netherlands captain Manon Flier:"I wasn't thinking about the points really. We started really well. We played professionally, and we were really determined to finish this group well. You are always trying to get the highest score. I just trust our staff with the counting. I think our team showed great professionalism today. We are on the right track. We have to stay focused and keep the rhythm we are playing in. We have to do the same like we did the last days."
Puerto Rico coach Carlos Cardona:"I wanted to finish this competition in a different way, but it did not happen. We had problems with our passes, and we tried different alternatives that also didn't work. We had too many errors. There is no doubt that we really have to try harder in our next competitions. We have to improve every aspect of our game in order to do better in future competitions."
Puerto Rico captain Vilmarie Mojica:"It's very difficult to play with teams that are very tall. We had a lot of problems with reception. We could not play like we wanted to play. We tried to finish hard, but this time we couldn't do it."