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Development of the University Health Index to Examine the Interface between Campus Environment and Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Weight in College Students
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Since many adolescents experience the transition to young adulthood in college, the university health environment could play a significant role in addressing the current rise in chronic disease and obesity epidemic. The University Health Index for Nutrition and Physical Activity (UHI) tool, guided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) K-12 School Health Index, was developed to evaluate the associations between the university health environment and student health outcomes related to nutrition, physical activity, and weight. Several studies were conducted to examine what university characteristics are most strongly associated with college student health habits related to weight, nutrition, and physical activity behaviors. These studies culminated in a study to develop and validate the UHI. A request soliciting participation in the completion of the UHI was posted on the American College Health Association (ACHA) listserve. The final dataset used for analysis included 13 universities (N = 19) with a total of 9,460 National College Health Assessment (NCHA) student participants. Data were analyzed using Mixed-effects REML regression model adjusting for clustering effects, with statistical significance set at p < 0.05 and trends set a p < 0.10. Data were analyzed to determine associations between the total UHI score, individual module scores, and individual components of each module with student outcomes from the NCHA data (fruit/vegetable intake per day, days per week of aerobic and strength physical activity, and body mass index: BMI; kg/m2 calculated from self-reported height and weight). Total UHI score was not significantly associated with outcome variables related to BMI, nutrition, or physical activity. The total health promotion module, however, was associated with vigorous physical activity (coefficient = 0.095; SE = 0.048; p = 0.046) and the built environment was associated with moderate physical activity (coefficient = 0.029; SE = 0.017; p = 0.096) and with high fruit and vegetable intake (coefficient = 0.021; SE = 0.011; p = 0.061). Individual questions related to recreational sports and fitness and nutrition and/or weight management counseling were associated with outcome variables as well. Measures for physical activity are better developed than for nutrition as there was only one nutrition question available with limited utility in terms of data analysis to test the UHI. Studying the university health environment and college studentsâ health habits related to weight, nutrition, and physical activity is multifaceted and challenging. Unlike the K-12 school system, there is not a central university entity with jurisdiction over health-related student issues. Instead, health-related student issues and services are the responsibility of a variety of departments at a university and it is difficult to realize the complete university health environment. Results of this research can be used to refine future versions of the UHI and to continue to investigate the university characteristics that are most strongly associated with specific student health behaviors and outcomes related to nutrition, physical activity, and weight.
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BOGOTA,COLOMBIA — BOGOTA, Colombia -- The woody aroma of a coffee shipment masks a far more precious commodity: cocaine.
Increasingly, Colombian traffickers are using coffee shipments to smuggle large amounts of cocaine into the United States and Europe. In the process, they are threatening to tarnish the carefully cultivated image of Colombia's most important export.
All Colombian commodities have been used at one time or another to smuggle cocaine, but traffickers had previously steered clear of coffee, according to law enforcement officers and Colombian coffee officials.


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BOUGHTON - ALMLOF - Married Aug 29, 1970, Lane BOUGHTON to Katherine ALMLOF. (Victor Herald, Oct 23, 1970)
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FULLERTON - Died Apr 15, 1970, Ruth FULLERTON, wife of George. Burial at Pittsford. (Victor Herald, Apr 24, 1970)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The cap over a broken BP wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is collecting more gushing crude day by day, but that's about the extent of the details known as authorities try to pinpoint how much oil is escaping, where it's going and what harm it will cause.
The recently installed containment cap on the stricken BP wellhead is helping to limit the leak, collecting more than 620,000 gallons of oil Monday, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Tuesday in Washington. Still, underwater video feeds continue to show a dark geyser.
"I have never said this is going well," said Allen, who's monitoring the response effort for the government. "We're throwing everything at it that we've got. I've said time and time again that nothing good happens when oil is on the water."
Authorities had earlier reported that the cap collected around 460,000 gallons Sunday and that it was capturing anywhere from a third to three-quarters of the oil spewing out after a damaged riser pipe was cut as part of the containment effort, increasing the flow as a side effect.


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Honors include the Goldstine Fellowship from IBM Research, a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, the Erlang Prize from the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS, and a Fouts Family Early Career Professorship at Georgia Tech. He serves on the editorial boards of Operations Research and Mathematics of Operations Research.
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West Red Lake Gold Announces Shares for Debenture Interest, Option Grant and Shares for Services
August 15, 2016 (Source) — West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc.(CSE: RLG) (FSE: HYK) (OTC Pink: HYLKF) ("West Red Lake Gold" or the "Company") announces that the Company has issued 115,384 common shares at a deemed price of $0.26 per share and paid cash of $2,400 in satisfaction of the annual interest payments owing on outstanding convertible debentures of the Company in the principal amount of $270,000 which mature on August 14, 2019.
The Company also announces that (i) it has granted a total of 300,000 options to consultants and service providers at an exercise price of $0.26 per share for a term of three years, and (ii) it has issued 200,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.26 per share for $52,000 of services to the Company by several providers.
West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. is a Toronto-based minerals exploration company focused on gold exploration and development in the prolific Red Lake Gold District of Northwest Ontario, Canada. The Red Lake Gold District is host to some of the richest gold deposits in the world and has produced 30 million ounces of gold from high grade zones. The Company has assembled a significant property position totalling 3100 hectares in west Red Lake (the "West Red Lake Project") which contains three former gold mines. The Mount Jamie Mine and Red Summit Mine properties are 100% owned by the Company and the Rowan Mine property is held in a 60%-owned joint venture with Red Lake Gold Mines, a partnership of Goldcorp Inc. and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. The West Red Lake Project property covers a 12 kilometre strike length along the Pipestone Bay-St Paul Deformation Zone and the Company plans to continue to explore the property both along strike and to depth. To find out more about West Red Lake Gold, please visit our website at http://www.westredlakegold.com.
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The result: The Stratosphere becomes a character in the film, with extended screen time and brand recognition, helping to re-position the value-priced middle-America-favorite to younger hipsters.
|The Stratosphere Casino, one of Las Vegas' most spectacular structures, is destroyed in 'Domino.'
There will be an ultraviolent gunbattle, with bullets flying everywhere, dead bodies strewn about, a helicopter crashing outside and, oh, your iconic property will be blown up.
That pitch would send most executives scrambling for the exit.
Not the managers of Las Vegas' Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower.
Looking to connect with 18- to 34-year-olds, executives were only eager to become a major set piece for Domino -- an action movie starring Keira Knightly as the former-model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey -- but under a couple conditions: script approval, maximum exposure of the brand and the chance to co-promote the movie, with appearances in the movie's marketing materials.
The deal highlights Hollywood's quest for authenticity by filming at well-known locations and the challenges that poses. It also shows the potential upside for savvy marketers who can mold the agreement to fit their business objectives even though, on its face, the product placement would seem to cast the brand in a negative light.
It helped the filmmakers that Mike Gilmartin, the Stratosphere's gatekeeper and liaison to the entertainment industry, is a big fan of Domino director Tony Scott, who has previously helmed hits like Top Gun, Man on Fire and Crimson Tide. Mr. Scott, a former TV commercial director, is known for his often violent, quick-cut, music-driven films that rely heavily on production design and eye-popping cinematography.
The production's timing was also fortuitous. The movie was to be filmed during December, a traditionally slow month in Vegas, and the same period when the hotel's sky-high restaurant Top of the World was to be renovated.
Talks started last summer when one of the movie's executive producers, Barry Waldman, contacted Mr. Gilmartin. The Stratosphere was written into the Domino script, and the filmmakers wanted to secure the location for some key scenes in the movie, an action adventure that was billed as "based on a true story. Sort of." Mr. Waldman has filmed at a number of iconic locations around the country, including Alcatraz for The Rock and the Library of Congress for National Treasure.
Mr. Gilmartin, who says he has turned down a number of requests to film violent scenes at the property, saw the call as an opportunity for some well-timed exposure to a client base that has eluded the Stratosphere in the past.
"A big part of our strategy right now is to reach out to the MTV generation," he said. "We want the hip crowd."
The Stratosphere was purchased in 2002 by American Casino & Entertainment Properties, one of the many companies controlled by corporate titan Carl Icahn. It's the tallest free-standing observation tower in the U.S. at 1,149 feet. The biggest entertainment event that's taken place there before Domino was a Creed concert on the observation deck several years ago.
For its appearance in Domino the first step was to vet the script, and Mr. Gilmartin had several areas of concern. He wanted to make sure the gunbattle inside Top of the World was staged when the restaurant was empty.
"Even though it's a movie, we couldn't have diners in there and all of a sudden there are AK-47s going off and everybody's getting mowed down," Mr. Gilmartin said.
The hotel owner, played in the movie by Dabney Coleman, couldn't have mob ties, as was implied in the script -- "That's a stereotype," Mr. Gilmartin said -- and an Afghani character couldn't have a bomb strapped to his chest, which he said was "way too sensitive."
The filmmakers tweaked the script accordingly, Mr. Waldman said, because the changes still worked creatively and the location was vitally important.
"There's a certain amount of life that's gone on there that you really can't replicate on a set," Mr. Waldman said. "There's an authenticity about being in the exact location."
Filmmakers shot for six days at the hotel, during which they staged the film's epic gunfight. During the sequence, Ms. Knightly blasts away at attackers with machine guns in each hand, firing them at the same time. An Afghani character sets off a bomb, sending giant fireballs through the structure. A police helicopter circling the building crashes when its pilot gets hit by gunfire from the restaurant.
Contrary to what any brand steward might think, that scene wasn't a stumbling block for Mr. Gilmartin.
"It's a high-concept action movie," he said. "As long as the scene is so over-the-top that any reasonable person would suspend belief, then it's OK."
In return for using the location, the filmmakers agreed to include the Stratosphere in the movie's trailer and advertising. The hotel's logo is featured prominently in the movie, and Top of the World gets several mentions by name. The agreement was strictly on a barter basis, executives said, and no money changed hands.
New Line and the Stratosphere launched a couple of online sweepstakes around the movie, including the Newline.com "Party Like a Bounty Hunter" contest that gave winners a Vegas vacation and a "bounty hunter makeover." MSN.com and CarlsJr.com also featured sweepstakes around the film's release, and the Stratosphere collected demographic data on participants who offered it, which Mr. Gilmartin called invaluable.
Mr. Gilmartin's happy to be part of an elite group of Vegas-based feature films like Ocean's Eleven and Con Air that featured major set pieces inside real casinos. And though Domino busted at the box office, earning only $9 million since Oct. 14, he's pleased with the outcome and the experience.
"We became a character in the movie," Mr. Gilmartin said, "and we were in major scenes. It was a great vehicle for us."


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I used to get up early. Really early. 4:30 or so. Now I'm just going to bed at that hour. And I have to say I'm loving it.
It's been a tough transition; many naps, a cranky dog, and, well, it's only been three weeks and I'm not always real sure what day it is, but that's more an accident of shifting my weekend to Tuesday-Wednesday at the same time as shifting my sleeping hours.
I think we're good now.
I typically wrap up work between 3 and 3:30. At that point, I take the dog for a short walk (he's usually tired and cranky, but if we don't go out then, he'll be about 14-15 hours in between rest stops; it's for his own good, really).
There is nothing quite as still and dark and quiet as a dead-end suburban street as 4 a.m. approaches. Rufus seems nervous most nights – I'm sure the animal smells are different. Dogs and cats and squirrels during the day, but bats and owls and raccoon at that hour.
I get the coffee on, since JB rises at 4 – yes, she's rubbing the sleep out of her eyes as I'm getting out the last of the day's energy before going to bed – I do whatever's left of yesterday's dishes, and button up my to-do list.
It's at that hour that I come up with ideas. I'm really not flushing them out at that time (to be honest, I wrote this post the other day and scheduled it to go live at 4 a.m. on Firday, but I'm up pouring JB's coffee as it hits the site), but the blog post titles, the life changes I want to make, the items that make it to my "gotta go try this local place I've never been to locally" list, they tend to make it to my white board (which is 7' x 8', so plenty of room for it all) while most people are asleep.
Some of the ideas won't wait; I'll sleep a couple of hours and they're dying to come out. Others wait until a day off.
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As we age, some things just naturally occur: we lose a little hair, we wrinkle a little around the eyes and we begin to hold the newspaper further away, as we read the obituary page. Yes, the aging process gently leads us to the daily reading of obituaries.
In our 20s and 30s, we just glance over the names of the newly departed. If we know the person, we skip to the last sentence to address the donation check or make visitation plans. In our late 30's through early 50s, we start reading deeper into the announcement, looking to aid survivors by phone calls or food. When is it we start to focus on the age of the deceased as less a curiosity and more a barometer to our own longevity?
As you read obituaries, you start to wish they conveyed more of the person's past spirit. The articles contain the basics, yet they miss the essences that made a life essential on earth. As Marilyn Johnson says in her new book, The Dead Beat, "A little life well lived is worth talking about."
Author Johnson claims this is a good time to die. "Historians tell us we are living in the Golden Age of the Obituary." Three of the biggest papers in America have reporters who report only on the departed—an assignment known fondly in the business as the "dead beat."
The obituary section, usually assigned to insubordinate reporters as punishment, became an opportunity to weld ink pens filled with bittersweet sentiments. Banished to the basement, reporters figured no one would be reading their work so why not jazz it up. They even took to mock announcements, giving overly flourished eulogies, punctured with an atmosphere of hush, to saintly ghost that were never born.
Famous people require a reporter to research their lives and have the obituary written months in advance. These two-to-three, column-long missives called "canned obituaries" are ready when it is time for the second act.
Violet-eyed, Elizabeth Taylor's obituary has been written and rewritten as the actress struggles with continuing health issues—multiple broken backs, life threatening pneumonias, hip replacements and now congestive heart failure. One eager reporter, in the early 90s, leaked her canned obit to the presses. After reading them she said, "The best reviews I ever had."
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As we age, some things just naturally occur: we lose a little hair, we wrinkle a little around the eyes and we begin to hold the newspaper further away, as we read the obituary page. Yes, the aging process gently leads us to the daily reading of obituaries.


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Crime scene photo of the infamous FBI Miami shootout, showing suspect and agents' vehicles and battle debris. Photo: Miami-Dade PD.
Twenty-five years ago, eight FBI agents pursuing two armed robbery suspects attempted a felony stop that resulted in a hail of gunfire, four deaths, and a reexamination of law enforcement weaponry, duty ammunition, body armor, and vehicle-stop tactics.
The gear and training employed by officers is much different today, partly as a result of the FBI Miami shootout. There have been other game-changing gunfights in the last quarter century. The following article examines each of them and how they changed your tactics, procedures, and policies.
We've ranked each one in order of importance (from fifth to first) and settled on an even five just to simplify matters. There are others, and there's no doubt a few readers will mention the Newhall incident in which four California Highway Patrol officers lost their lives in a fierce gun battle on April 6, 1970. But we wanted to stay within the past 25 years. (We encourage you to send us feedback about our choices.)
We spoke to police trainers, firearms experts, and tactical instructors to help us spell out the lasting impacts of these events on patrol officers. As noted by Massad Ayoob, director of the Massad Ayoob Group, in addition to horrific circumstances, these incidents contain plenty of bravery by law enforcement officers.
"One thing you take from all of these is the tremendous courage of cops fighting against the odds, for their brothers and for the public they serve," Ayoob says. "It's inspiring."
Carl Drega Rampage
Aug. 19, 1997: Bloomfield, Vt.
Recluse Carl Drega took his one-man war with society across state lines on Aug. 19, 1997, launching a rampage that started with the murder of two New Hampshire troopers attempting to ticket him in the parking lot of a LaPerle's IGA market in Colebrook.
Drega, who armed himself with an AR-15 and ballistic vest, stole the trooper's cruiser and drove to Columbia, where he killed a judge and newspaper editor. He then crossed into Vermont, running a game warden off the road and firing on responding officers who located the stolen cruiser.
Two New Hampshire troopers and a U.S. Border Patrol agent with an M14 .308 rifle providing mutual aid eventually stopped Drega by shooting and killing him. The gunman had also been struck in the vest with a rifled shotgun slug.
Following the incident, rural agencies began equipping their officers with patrol rifles, says Ayoob, who is also a reserve officer in New Hampshire.
"Drega sold more police patrol rifles than the entire firearms industry sales force," says Ayoob. "It reminded the public that smalltown, rural departments were just as likely to face this sort of thing as the municipal departments."
FBI Miami Shootout
April 11, 1986: Pinecrest, Fla.
A close-quarters gun battle involving eight FBI agents and two heavily armed suspects during a felony stop in southern Miami, this incident led FBI Firearms Training Unit Director John Hall to conclude that the carnage was primarily "an ammo failure."
The FBI's after-action report solidified Hall's belief, because it showed that Michael Platt and William Matix—an Army Ranger and Army MP of the 101st Airborne, respectively—sustained fatal wounds yet continued to bring the fight to the agents. The agents had fired .38 Special and 9mm rounds from revolvers and semi-auto pistols, which lacked adequate stopping power, FBI officials said afterward. Only Special Agent Edmundo Mireles deployed a long gun—his Remington 870 pump-action shotgun.
One bullet, in particular, was singled out as the "shot that failed." Fired by Special Agent Jerry Dove, this 9mm bullet struck Platt's right forearm, entered his right ribcage, and stopped an inch from his heart. Platt survived to fight for four more minutes, eventually killing agents Dove and Benjamin Grogan.
Matix had also apparently been taken out of the fight early with a .38 Special +P round fired by Special Agent Gordon McNeill from his S&W Model 19 that struck Matix in the face and contused his brain. According to Dr. French Anderson's "Forensic Analysis of the April 11, 1986, FBI Firefight," the wound "must have been devastating." After he lay unconscious for more than a minute, Matix became alert, left his car, and joined Platt in agent Grogan's and agent Dove's vehicle.
Following the tragedy, the FBI phased out revolvers and .38 Special ammunition. Agents were also eventually issued H&K MP5 submachine guns for high-risk encounters.
"The FBI went looking for a pistol round with deeper penetration," says Dave Spaulding, a retired Ohio police lieutenant and pistol instructor. "It's not important that you hit something, it's important that you hit something important."
The FBI's adoption of 10mm Auto to attain greater stopping power popularized the then-obscure round. The FBI later switched to a subsonic load (the "10mm FBI") to better tame the full-powered 10mm that delivered about 38,000 pounds psi, says Ayoob, who's written extensively about the incident.
Later, the FBI switched to the .40-caliber S&W that is now the most prevalent duty ammo in law enforcement. The .40-caliber provides similar ballistics to a 10mm in a shorter casing.
Mike @ 5/5/2011 12:58 PM
WHile I don't disagree with any of thee events being listed in the top 5, one gunfight that I feel also carries great importance is the Trolley Square shooting in Feb 2007, in Salt Lake City, Ut. Off duty Ogden Officer Ken Hammond prevented countless deaths by immediately taking the fight to the shooter. Although the situation was ultimately handled by SWAT, the off-duty lessons learned are extremely valuable.
Tim Dowling @ 5/5/2011 8:46 PM
you forgot the Norco Bank Robbery/Pursuit in 1980http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norco_shootout
Tim @ 5/5/2011 8:51 PM
he CHP Newhall Shootout in 1970. The Newhall massacre resulted in a number of changes at the CHP, including procedural changes in arresting high risk suspects and standardization of firearms used across the department.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newhall_massacre
Maybe I'm geeting old but, I seem to remember three other, and to me more significant gunfights that changed law enforcement. The first being the Panther shootout in LA. This is what brought about the formal structuring of SWAT. The second being the CHP shooting in Newhall and how it changed training on the range. The third would be the SLA shootout and the related response by on and off duty officers. Honorable mention goes to the Philidelphia PD satchel charge on the radical group MOVE and the Norco rolling gun battle where shots were fired from the PD helicopter. Something I haven't heard being done since. But we all have our own memories!
Bill @ 5/10/2011 1:12 AM
I think DJ has it right, but you might also want to add the Williamburg Seige of January 19, 1973, when Black Muslim Terrorists took over John & Al's Sporting Goods Store in the 81st Pct. of NYC. They took hostages, killed an ESU officer and wounded a number of other NYPD cops. It was one of the first big domestic terrorist incidents and a lot of lessons were learned.
Adam Kasanof @ 5/24/2011 8:34 PM
I'd add this gunfight, which happened just under 25 years ago. On June 28, 1986, NYPD Police Officer Scott Gadell was shot and killed. He was 22, and had been an NYPD officer for about 3 years. He was shot while trying to reload a .38 revolver from "dump boxes," which tip down and pour loose ammo into your hand. Speedloaders hadn't been authorized by the NYPD yet. The suspect who killed him was armed with a 9mm autopistol, and didn't need to reload. As a result of Gadell's death, the NYPD promptly authorized the use of speedloaders, and this incident certainly contributed to the NYPD's eventual shift to autopistols as its main duty weapons. As a retired NYPD lieutenant, I'd like to say that this officer, and this incident, should be remembered.
John @ 7/6/2011 10:06 AM
I would have hoped that the WACO raid would have made this list, talk about an event that changed the way law enforcement deals with barricaded suspect(s). Easily a top 5 event in law enforcement history.
Tom Ret @ 11/28/2012 8:30 AM
I recall one incident that was used as a training aid when combating snipers who are firing from elevated positions which occurred around 1973. A Mark Essex, black panther, ended up shooting 19 people including 10 police officers in or around New Orleans.He ended up shooting people inside a Howard Johnson hotel before taking a perch on the top where he could snipe down on people and officers below. Eventually a USMC helicopter was brought in and firepoured down on Essex as officers on adjacent buildings fired on him.He was pulverized by gun fire and had about 200 bullet holes in him. Prior to being killed, he did a lot of damage with a 44 mag carbine.
I'm an ex-SWAT officer, and I think all of these incidents lead most police departments ,and law enforcement agencies to rethink what officers carry while on duty. To me what stood out in my mind was the North Hollywood Bank shootout. These felons were armed to the teeth and had way more firepower than law enforcement did. We weren't outmanned but we were outgunned. I think this incident changed it more than any other incident. While all these incidents are tragic, we are able to learn a great deal from the officers that are no longer with us.
Jim Kelly @ 12/10/2012 8:16 AM
fortunately, I have never been any of these. But I wonder what the "formal lessons learned report" tells us about preparing for and preventing a Waco disaster.
Ken Larson @ 1/12/2014 12:43 PM
One thing learned for sure was - never underestimate your opponent. The will to keep up the fight, as in platt & agent mireles can never be taken for granted! Platt sustained a fatal wound early on in the gun fight and was still able to shoot on the move and out flank agents dove & grogan. killing them both and wounding everyone but agent risner. Lesson learned? just because you shoot someone does"nt mean that they fall down and die!
C Warn @ 4/29/2014 7:52 AM
The Drega case is a much more involved tragedy (as are most) but included "border jumping" between NH and VT as well as some behaviors from Drega before the incident. The lessons learned by the tragic loss of Troopers Phillips and Lord were many. Other shootings that have changed law enforcement (at least in training) include 4 specific incidents when 4 officers have been slain by one or two gunmen. Although one occurred in 1970 and another in Canada, they all should be remembered as "lessons learned". The incidences I refer to are Newhall, Ca 1970; Mayerthorpe, Alberta 2005, Oakland, CA in 2009 and Lakewood, Wash in 2009. The 16 officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice taught many police officers lessons regarding tactics, while showing administrations and citizens what can happen when you do not equip and/or train your officers appropriately. Every incident, even without a fatality can teach valuable lessons. Wear your vest!
Travis @ 1/31/2015 10:36 AM
I am sure this has been mentioned, but the .40 S&W round does NOT provide similar ballistics to those of a 10mm loaded to anything approaching original specs, but only to the FBI light loading which was mentioned in the article upon which many current factory mass produced loadings are unfortunately based.
Steve Ferdin @ 6/5/2015 1:16 PM
I my opinion the unfortunate and important element connected to these shootouts is that there were probably officers that had been telling their chiefs of police or management about these deficiencies in equipment and training prior to or after previous shootouts but the chiefs or management did not act on the information because of incompetency or acquiesced to political pressure.
JttK @ 11/6/2015 9:32 AM
What goes around comes around. FBI today announced dropping the .40 in favor of the 9mm +p+ rounds.
Curtis @ 12/8/2015 5:05 AM
While it was a horrible day indeed the drega shooting should have never happened...I was recently talked to a local from the area that stated Drega was poked and poked and poke and after his wife died of cancer he snapped... A sad day indeed for everyone..
Joe Stalvey @ 4/17/2016 11:37 PM
In the 35 years I was in military and civilian law enforcement, one of the things that concerned me was that as weapons progressed, a trend toward "shooting", as opposed to marksmanship started to emerge. Hi capacity handguns, and "spray and pray" mentality seemed to take over for a while. Training to hit dedicated targets on the suspect, and hit accurately, yet quickly must be achieved. With the suspects hi powered, hi capacity weapons, and body armor, the days of "shoot to kill", may have returned.


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Knowles and Kalata (2008) in their article a Model for Enhancing Online Course Development provide a faculty development model that is collaborative and is used at Park University.
This model sees the instructor as a course developer. But, instead of providing workshops and supplementary support, each instructor is assigned an instructional designer responsible for creating the online course. The designer is responsible to collaborate with the instructor, load the course, develop a schedule, and to suggest online services and resources, technology requirements, and multimedia. The instructor provides the content as the subject expert, and creates the course outline, outcomes, assessment requirements, etc.
The designer manages 5 online courses over a 8 week term, and the instructor is responsible for maintaining and updating the course. This is encouraged through compensation.
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This is the fabulous view of the River Aire between Hirsts Mill and the aquaduct just before Bingley five rise locks.
Strapped on to the stern of a sculling boat, its a fantastic view of the 700m or so that makes up Bradford Amateur Rowing Club's stretch of water.
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Getting closer to... "forever"
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Getting Closer To "forever"
What's "forever"?
A word?
And If it is a word, like any other word, who can define its meaning?
What's forever?
Sometimes, "forever" is all over you and it builds walls, making you believe, you'll "never" get away…
But there's no "never"
So is there 'forever"?
A yellow leaf is flying with the wind
It gets lost… I don't know where it's going.
Maybe I'll never know…
Maybe it will be travelling "forever" because that's how I will remember it "forever"
But it's strange cause sometimes you feel "forever " so deep in your soul that you think it will last…
And then Time laughs
Cause only he knows that "forever" does not exist…
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Great poem, and I like how you tackled this very interesting topic.
@Criss Sole , Thank you so much! I am new here, so it's really geat to get a nice coment! I'll make sure to read your work too! Thanks, again! :)
This is really neat and quite good too. Thoughtful piece. I like it.
@Rebelwithoutacause , thank you! It's really important for me to recive possitive coments! Cool name by the way! I'll make sure to read your work too!
wow... this is so poignant but you did well to not make it a morbid piece... introducing the leaf gave it a light air... and the personifying of time... wow that was good... i enjoyed
Really gets the reader thinking; forever means it never ends, but what is the 'it'? Life? I like how you personify 'time'. Like Annie Fine said, the leaf's introduction gave it a more light air, but it added more for the reader to think about. Really good job :)
This was quite the poem, Elena. Great job! It had me thinking, and this poem was almost like a word to the wise. Brilliant concept to write about. I think this has to be one of the most ingenious poems I have read on here for awhile. Amazing work!
Another interesting poem with your hand in writing written all over it! Great job!
It was a subject not many people go after and you made it into something that was completely spectacular.
Nicely done!
I like how the meaning wasnt lost in between complicated sentences very clear and thought provoking:3
Very creative! I like how u took a word as simple as forever, and went deeper with it. Great job Elena!
This is beautiful, and so introspective! Fantastic work, and great how you fit such complexity in such simple statements! Bravo!!!
Very well constructed and meaningful
Excellent read! I enjoyed the way you treated the concept of forever as an actual entity. Then time tells us the truth!
That was an exceptional poem! The way you portrayed and personified time was Glorious! Keep it up - James
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N-Gage Arena is hosting two chat sessions with the minds behind Rifts: Promise of Power, the acclaimed RPG title for the Nokia N-Gage. Here's your chance to talk both with the game's developers as well as Kevin Siembieda, creator of the original Rifts pen-and-paper game.
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Martha Reeves to Participate in the National Federation of the Blind Motor City March for Independence
Reeves to Serve as Honorary Co-chair of Event
Baltimore, Maryland (May 5, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced today that Martha Reeves, former lead singer of the Motown group Martha and the Vandellas, will take the stage serving as a co-chair for the organization's fundraising walk-a-thon event. The third annual Motor City March for Independence will take place on the morning of July 6, 2009, as part of the National Federation of the Blind convention, which will be held in Detroit this year. Over a thousand blind people from across the nation will march to raise money to benefit blind people all over the United States and to raise awareness about the capabilities of the blind.
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "We are truly delighted to have Ms. Reeves participate in this year's March for Independence. As an individual whose talent has significantly contributed to Detroit's musical landscape and a well-known leader in her community, she will be a valuable contributor to this very important event."
Ms. Reeves said: "By developing innovative approaches in education, technology, and services, the National Federation of the Blind is making huge strides to help the world's blind achieve independence. I am thrilled to support the NFB third annual March for Independence. I am equally pleased that the NFB has chosen to support Detroit by selecting it as the location for the occasion."
During Ms. Reeves' tenure with The Vandellas, the group had over a dozen hit singles including "Dancing in the Street," "Nowhere to Run," and "Jimmy Mack." Since 2005, Reeves has served as an elected councilwoman for the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Martha Reeves joins Councilwoman Joanne Watson and other local Detroit luminaries who have agreed to co-chair the event.
For more information about the March for Independence, including how to participate and how to sponsor a marcher, visit www.marchforindependence.org. To learn more about the National Federation of the Blind, please visit www.nfb.org.


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text: G'day, everybody. Another fabulous day here, weather-wise. Hot enough for summer, but a hint of early autumn again. And again, I missed out on tanning opportunity. We got to the train track early, husband got busy fast and I was approached to help in the ticket office. Never done it before, they run a tight ship and I had to learn the ropes fast. I must admit, I did short a few people on tickets to begin with, but caught on fast. The people I shorted never came back for their tickets they'd not got - amazing. The rides are really cheap anyway, could be why they didn't notice. People buy a bundle of tickets, or singles - then hand a bundle to the kids and say, "Go have fun!" But it all meant I spent much of the day inside the ticket office. The train husband usually drives never got out onto the track, it needs repairs, so he drove a diesel instead. mother in law & I went for a ride together late in the day, then just as we were heading back to the car, husband drove in with a train load of passengers, then told me to get on again, right behind him (pillion-style). Not so much a bikie moll, more a train tart. It was fun. As we were coming back into the station, a little boy watching called out, "Oh, it's only that yucky diesel!" husband replied, "Yeah, mate, I'd rather be driving a steamer too." Needs must. A busy day, but fun. Selling tickets, handing out the occasional free pass and fridge magnet, answering questions, walking around the birthday parties and making sure the birthday guest of honour had a 'free rides' stamp on his hand - I can understand why the men love doing this. We estimated there had been well over two thousand rides over the day - a lot of people worked hard. It's fun. I hope your Sunday has moments like these too. Marg PS husband says it's 11 pm and time for bed - he says I've earned a good night's rest.


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Definition of First base
1. Noun. The base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball.
2. Noun. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate).
Generic synonyms: Position
Group relationships: Baseball Team
3. Noun. The initial stage in accomplishing something. "We didn't get to first base with that approach"
Definition of First base
1. Noun. (baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. ¹
2. Noun. (by extension) Completion of the first phase of an activity. ¹
3. Noun. (US colloquial) Kissing. ¹
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2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Should the striker fail to s:nke three fairly delivered bails, he must run the first base. The fool ball Unes are unlimited in length, and shall extend in a ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"If the catcher fails to hold the ball, the batsman has an opportunity of reaching first base, but the catcher may recover the ball and intercept the ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"If the batsman Succeeding him is similarly sent to his base, then the occupant of the first base is given his second ; and, in case of four men being ..."


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In The American Prospect: Ohio's Rob Portman as Mitt's Running Mate.
Ohio's first-term U.S. senator, and Cincinnati golden boy, does make sense for a Romney GOP ticket. And, while staid, Portman (in our view) is still way more exciting than Mitt Romney. See "Romney's Veep Calculations" by Patrick Caldwell, who otherwise nails it in his piece of two days ago. Talented Portman would help Romney govern.
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Yesterday's adventure: Making fresh pasta. I came across a
I considered letting the boys help me, but I didn't want to get in over my head. To my surprise it was super easy. Two ingredients and about 20 minutes resulted in some fabulous noodles that were delish with homemade pasta sauce and turkey meatballs. The machine rolls and cuts the dough into various thicknesses. It is manual, but only requires a few passes through each attachment. If I become a master pasta maker I may consider buying the attachment for my stand mixer, but for now I can use the arm toning. JB and MC are excited to help me make more this weekend.


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WEEKEND PIC - Jan 6 - 8, 2012
a) THE AWAKENING (supernatural thriller with Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Isaac Hempstead-Wright and Shaun Dooley) Rated * * 1/2 (2.5 stars): Playing a bit like The Others, Sixth Sense and The Orphanage, this British-styled thriller has the requisite eerie atmosphere and engaging performance by lead star Hall. However, the movie kind of buckles at the end with a lame resolution that leaves more questions than answers. (Reviewed below)
b) THE BEAVER (drama with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones, Paul Hodge, Michelle Ang, Riley Thomas Stewart, Kris Arnold and John Bernhardt) Rated * * 1/2 (2.5 stars): Directed by Jodie Foster, this psychological drama is about mental depression and how a hand puppet is used as a form of therapy. The plus side here is Gibson's riveting performance as a man on the verge of suicide; the minus side is that Foster allows the subplot about the son (Yelchin) and his girlfriend (Lawrence) to break the momentum of the main story.
1. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (action thriller with Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Josh Holloway, Lea Seydoux, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Nyqvist, Ving Rhames and Anil Kapoor) Rated * * * 1/2 (3.5 stars): With Brad Bird (of The Incredibles) at the helm, we have a more compleat M:I caper - nicely coated with typical English humour (courtesy of Pegg), narrative depth and a plot we can sink our teeth in. The set pieces are not bad either, especially the Burj Khalifa building stunts and sand storm in Dubai, and the climactic face-off in Mumbai. This M:I 4 is arguably the best of the franchise. (Reviewed below)
2. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Game of Shadows (mystery thriller with Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly and Rachel McAdams) Rated * * * (3 stars): Guy Ritchie's bastardisation of Arthur Conan Doyle's icon continues - with the wedding of Dr Watson and a nefarious plot by Dr Moriarty (Harris). Again, the emphasis is on elaborate action set pieces at the expense of intellectual intrigues that is typical of Holmes' capers. Still, with Downey Jr and Law in the lead, this romp is sheer popcorn entertainment fit for the holiday season. (Reviewed below)
3. WE BOUGHT A ZOO (family drama with Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, Elle Fanning, Carla Gallo, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Stephanie Szostak, Colin Ford, John Michael Higgins and Desi Lydic) Rated * * 1/2 (2.5 stars): The movie, about how a widowed dad and his two children take over a decrepit animal park and turn it into a zoo, is rather formulaic but the main lure is the cast that includes heart-throbs like ScarJo and Elle Fanning. Another flaw is its long running time that takes a toll on our concentration. (Reviewed below)
4. THE DARKEST HOUR (sci-fi thriller with Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Max Minghella and Joel Kinnaman) Rating * * (2 stars): Set in Moscow, this doomsday alien invasion thriller may keep our interest for about 20 minutes. Then, when we get over the novelty of the uninspired plot (and how Earthlings get vaporised by invisible aliens), we start to realise how utterly silly the script is. Reminds me of Skyline, but with even less IQ.
b) JACK AND JILL (comedy with Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes, Allen Covert, Dana Carvey, Natalie Gal, Tim Meadows, Katelyn Pacitto, Valerie Mahaffey and Regis Philbin) Rated * (one star): The big deal here is seeing Sandler playing both the title characters - as twins. However, he makes no attempt to flesh out the role of Jill - but merely puts on a wig and dress and speaks in falsetto. And the idea of Al Pacino wooing Jill makes us cringe rather than burst out in mirth. (Reviewed below)


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Check out Twerk, the latest track from Problem, featuring Bad Lucc which dropped on Thursday, December 6th, 2012. Problem's movement grows stronger with each new release, and Twerk has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Problem has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Problem has on deck.
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text: Israel's move to agree to consult with the United States before attempting to sell weapons technology to other nations may complicate Turkish-Israeli deals, analysts say. WASHINGTON/ANKARA Exclusive by TDN Defense Desk A recent defense accord under which Israel pledges to consult with the United States in advance on arms exports to third countries may diminish the Jewish state's role as an attractive defense equipment supplier for Turkey and complicate future deals, analysts say. The document, signed Aug. 16 by U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Washington and Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz in Israel, aims to remove spats between the two close allies over Israel's arms sales -- mainly to China, which is seen as the United States' future strategic rival. Under the deal, Israel has agreed to inform the United States of all its future arms export plans and to take Washington's position into account. Turkish officials so far have declined to comment on the U.S.-Israeli pact, but some analysts pointed to a number of drawbacks for future Turkish deals with Israeli companies. Although the agreement's apparent target is China, it's not very good news for Turkish procurement from Israel, either, said one defense analyst. Since the mid-1990s, when the two countries began to develop their strategic partnership, Turkey has seen Israel as a good alternative to Western suppliers in terms of defense equipment acquisition. The Turks thought that if you negotiate a deal well and pay the price, you could buy almost anything from Israel, unlike the case with the United States. In the past 10 years, Ankara has encountered difficulties with Washington over export licenses and technology transfers on several defense deals, and at times the United States has refused to sell some critical equipment. With the business-minded Israelis, the Turks knew that they would confront no such problems, politics was not a matter of dispute. And Turkey believed that it could buy from Israel a number of items that it wouldn't be able to acquire from the United States, the analyst said. But now with the signing of the U.S.-Israeli accord, any major Turkish defense deal with Israel must win Washington's direct, or at least indirect, approval. Also, the secrecy is gone. One example is Israel's radar-finding Harpy drones, any equivalent of which the United States would be unwilling to deliver to Turkey. Turkey and Israel so far have been involved in arms sales and modernization programs worth billions of dollars, including Israeli upgrade of Turkish F-4 and F-5 fighters and M1A1 main battle tanks, purchase of Popeye air-to-surface precision missiles and joint production of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. Another problem concerns competition between U.S. and Israeli companies in Turkish defense programs. In the past, for example, when U.S. firms lost Turkish deals to their Israeli counterparts, they complained about unfair competition, the analyst said. After the signing of the U.S.-Israeli document, it's not clear what will happen in cases where U.S. and Israeli interests are in conflict. One recent example is Turkey's April decision to buy three UAV systems worth $183 million from an Israeli group of Israeli Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Elbit Systems, which was competing against the United States' General Atomics. Possible follow-up agreements may raise the contract's value considerably. The Turkish move angered General Atomics, which said it had found it impossible to comply with the extremely unrealistic terms and conditions demanded by the Turkish government as a condition for accepting a contract to provide (General Atomics') Predator aircraft to meet the requirements. The Turkish contract had called for the payload to be made by a local firm. General Atomics refused to accept technical and financial responsibilities for a critical part a local company would develop, but the Israeli team agreed to the condition. Also, when Turkey three years ago offered a $670 million contract to Israel Military Industries (IMI) to upgrade 170 Turkish M1A1 tanks, the U.S. government and General Dynamics -- the Israeli company's U.S. rival -- were furious because the platforms had been manufactured by General Dynamics and donated by Washington to Ankara in the early 1990s. The U.S.-Israeli agreement may diminish the significance of Israeli deals for Turkey, but the problem is that Turkey doesn't have another option to replace Israel's role, the defense analyst said. The U.S.-Israeli pact came after the Pentagon complained about several potential Israeli sales to China, including an Israeli plan to service spare parts for unmanned Harpy aircraft. The Pentagon regards the Chinese military as a potential long-term adversary and opposes Western countries providing China with military upgrades. The Harpy deal eventually failed. In retaliation, the U.S. Defense Department restricted Israel's access to the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) program, which aims to create a new multirole jet fighter designed to replace the F-16 for the United States, Israel, Turkey and several European fighter inventories. Turkey is a member of the U.S.-led program's system development and demonstration phase and plans to buy the next generation fighter. Under the new agreement Israel also agreed to exercise greater control over arms exports by restructuring its internal processes for approving them. Several ministries will now work with the Israeli Defense Ministry before those exports are approved, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Whitman said the agreement would begin to restore U.S. confidence in Israel's ability to protect sensitive technologies; however, Israel will not immediately be reinstated to the F-35 program. In a statement the Pentagon and Israeli Defense Ministry said the agreement was designed to remedy problems of the past that seriously affected the technology security relationship between our defense establishments and which begins to restore confidence in the technology security area. Whitman said the United States would not have veto power over any possible arms sales, but U.S. officials would be informed and have a chance to express their opinion. But analysts said that despite the Pentagon spokesman's remarks, the consultation mechanism apparently would give major leverage for Washington. The understanding ends the dispute and fully restores the confidence of the United States, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Daniel Ayalon said. He said the understanding did not encompass details of any proposed deal. It deals with principles, Ayalon said. And the major principle is mutual consultation. News reports said Israeli officials fear the agreement is likely to have a negative impact on the country's defense industry because of additional red tape, new problems with third countries in the negotiation process and the loss of secrecy. Last year Israeli companies exported $3.5 billion in weapons. The largest exporters are Israeli Aircraft Industries, Rafael Armament Development Authority, Israel Military Industries and Elbit Systems. China, Turkey and India are among the Israeli defense industry's largest customers. U.S. concern over sales to China has been longstanding. In 2000, even in the absence of the latest consultation pact, the Pentagon effectively vetoed a multi-billion-dollar sale by Israel of Phalcon airborne reconnaissance systems to China.


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Impact Factor:
n The only quantitative way of ranking a journal
n A quantitative measure of the frequency with which the "average article" published in a given scholarly journal has been cited in a particular year or period.
n Is used in citation analysis
n It is calculated each year by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) for those journals which it tracks, and are published in the Journal Citation Report.
n Impact Factors have a huge, but controversial, influence on the way published scientific research is perceived and evaluated
The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications. The index can also be applied to the productivity and impact of a group of scientists, such as a department or university or country. The index was suggested by Jorge E. Hirsch, a physicist at UCSD, as a tool for determining theoretical physicists' relative quality and is sometimes called the Hirsch index or Hirsch number.


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Russia's Dmitri Dementiev solos to the line at Corvino San
One week ago, he came close to clinch the Russian National Title in the Men's Road Race, as he was caught and dropped by Alexandre Bejanov in the very final part of the competition. But after that disappointment, this Sunday was redemption time for 25-year-old Dmitri Dementiev, the strong rider of the Italfine-Podenzano powerhouse, who dominated the 32th Freccia dei Vini UCI-1.6 sanctioned race, covering 183 km. between Vigevano and Corvino San Quirico, and featuring a very demanding second half in the Oltrepo Pavese hills of Northern Italy. It was such a difficult race that only 20 riders, out of 92 starters, managed to get to the finishing line.
Besides Dementiev, other riders belonging to some Italys best amateur teams (GS Bottoli-Artoni, Ceramiche Pagnoncelli, the Piedmont-based Vezza Brunero Boeris) were among the main protagonists of this competition, organized by Viris Eurothermo Vigevano and the GS Orga Sport teams. Vezza Bruneros Alessandro Del Fatti, fourth place getter two years ago, improved his placing up to second this time, but missed victory again. Maybe next year will be the good one.
Bottoli Artonis Aristide Ratti, one of Italys most talented and most in-form U23 riders, filled the remaining podium spot as he came in more than 3 minutes behind the winner and edged out Dementievs team-mate Massimiliano Maisto.
A silver medallist in the Elite-2 Road Race at the Italian Nationals less than a dozen days ago, when he was caught and dropped by team-mate Antonio DAniello in the very last km, Maisto took a small revenge on Sunday, as he beat the same DAniello (who snatched fifth) by 07. The Podenzano-Italfine boys dominated the GC with 3 riders in the Top 5 places, while the GS Ceramiche Pagnoncelli got three guys in the Top 8 spots, with Paolo Bailetti (second overall in the recent Baby Giro) taking sixth, right ahead of Francesco Tizza, who couldn't repeat the podium he got last year in this same race.
Italy's National Elite-2 Champion Antonio D'Aniello, who placed
fifth this time, at the startline in Vigevano.
The first, flat half of the contest saw several skirmishes come, with sprinters like Giacomo Vinoni as protagonists. Not having any chance to cross the line first in such a hilly second half, the Viris Eurothermo fastman opted for giving it all in the early part, and went on a solo break soon after the flag was dropped, taking all three Intermediate Sprints in the Vigevano city circuit, bringing some good prizes home.
The peloton regrouped as the race left Vigevano, but more and more attacks came on the flat roads of the Pavia province, with the bunch splitting in two first, and subsequently an 11-man break forming after four riders (Viris Eurothermo's Massimo Boglia and Antonio Marotti plus Team Aurora's Simone Molteni and Fabio Negri) attacked and were soon joined by seven more contenders. The escapees held on as they hit the hills of Oltrepó Pavese, with Marotti winning the first KOM Prime, and Alessandro Raisoni (Garlaschese) being the first at the Top of the famous "Muro di Donelasco" (1 steep km.with a gradient going up to 20%).
But at the beginning of the fourth ascent of the day (Pietra de' Giorgi) the peloton regrouped again, just to see eight more riders attack on the following slopes: the mighty Italfine-Podenzano trio consisting of D'Aniello, Maisto and future winner Dementiev plus orange-clad Bailetti and Marzano of Pagnoncelli, Vezza's Del Fatti, and the Bottoli-Artoni duo made up of Ratti and Cortinovis broke clear, and all of them finished in the top 10 places.
After the last KOM prime of the day (won by Maisto) at Oliva Gessi, two riders made their wining move: Dementiev and Del Fatti rode away from the rest of the leading bunch, and none proved able to counter. But it was no day for a two-man sprint, such that in the second of three laps of the final circuit, the Russian dropped his breakaway companion and soloed to vicitory, just two days after he got back to Italy from his own country.
It was the first victory so far this season for Dementiev, who dedicated it to his teammates D'Aniello and Maisto.
The podium: Alessandro Del Fatti (L), red-jerseyed winner Dmitri
Dementiev (C) and Bottoli Artoni's 21-year-old Aristide Ratti (R)
32nd Freccia dei Vini - Memorial Dott. Luigi Raffele - Results:
1. Dmitri Dementiev (Rus - GS Podenzano Italfine) - 04h35'08" (39.908 km/h)
2. Alessandro Del Fatti (Ita GS Vezza Brunero-Boeris) - at 01'48"
3. Aristide Ratti (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - at 03'08"
4. Massimiliano Maisto (Ita - GS Podenzano Italfine) - s.t.
5. Antonio DAniello (Ita - GS Podenzano Italfine) - at 03'15"
6. Paolo Bailetti (Ita - Ceramiche Pagnoncelli-FMB-Ferrer) - at 03'44"
7. Francesco Tizza (Ita - Ceramiche Pagnoncelli-FMB-Ferrer) - at 04'02"
8. Marco Marzano (Ita - Ceramiche Pagnoncelli-FMB-Ferrer) - at 05'44"
9. Luca Giuseppini (Ita Mixed Team Juvenes Sterilton) - at 06'06"
10. Giovanni Cortinovis (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - at 06'16"
11. Stefano Boggia (Ita - GS Vezza Brunero-Boeris) - at 07'22"
12. Paolo Montanari (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - at 08'41"
13. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - s.t.
14. Johann Jauk (Aut Team Icet Stilneon Trimed) - at 10'22"
15. Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - at 1310"
16. Erik Bochicchio (Ita Cittá del Ciclismo) - s.t.
17. Fabio Negri (Ita Team Aurora Named Concorezzo) - s.t.
18. Luca Roveglia (Ita GS Pragma Scrigno) - s.t.
19. Micula De Matteis (Ita - GS Bottoli Artoni) - s.t.
20. Davide Riccio (Ita Velo Sport Rho) - at 13'30"
Starters 92. Finishers 20.
Freccia dei Vini Full Palmares:
1972 Giovanni Battaglin (Ita - Jolly Ceramica)
1973 Gianfranco Pala (Ita Baggio Gaverina)
1974 Giuseppe Martinelli (Ita - Europack)
1975 Gabriele Landoni (Ita - Itla)
1976 Vittorio Algeri (Ita - Itla)
1977 Dino Porrini (Ita Lema Mobili) (*)
1978 Luigi Gritti (Ita System Holz)
1979 Emanuele Bombini (Ita System Holz)
1980 Juan Arroyo (Ven - Venezuela)
1981 Fabrizio Verza (Ita Ital-Tessari)
1982 Tullio Cortinovis (Ita - Novartiplast)
1983 Tullio Cortinovis (Ita - Novartiplast)
1984 Stefano Bizzoni (Ita - Novartiplast)
1985 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita - Legnanese)
1986 Johnny Carera (Col - Gloria)
1987 Valerio Tebaldi (Ita - Remac)
1988 Sergio Carcano (Ita - Gloria)
1989 Stefano Cortinovis (Ita - Remac)
1990 Mauro Consonni (Ita - Diana)
1991 Massimo Maestri (Ita - Domus)
1992 Massimo Donati (Ita - Cuoril)
1993 Rosario Fina (Ita - Cosmos)
1994 Marco Bellini (Ita - Brunero)
1995 Walter Pedroni (Ita Addax)
1996 Simone Mori (Ita MBM Rosa)
1997 Ellis Rastelli (Ita - Sintofarm)
1998 Alessandro Volpe (Ita - Pagnoncelli)
1999 Eddy Ratti (Ita - Podenzano)
2000 Andrei Moukhine (Rus Viris Vigevano)
2001 Damiano Giannini (Ita - Pagnoncelli)
2002 Santo Anzá (Ita Zoccorinese-Vellutex)
2003 Dmitri Dementiev (Rus Italfine-Podenzano)
(*) = American George Mount, who finished third in 1977, has been the only English-speaking rider so far able to hit the Freccia dei Vini podium
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China's iQIYI Partners With Intel to Boost Online Video Platform
The Baidu unit is one of numerous Chinese tech firms emerging internationally as possible studio buyers, content acquirers and distribution outlets for Hollywood fare in the world's second-biggest film market.
iQIYI, the film unit of Chinese search giant Baidu, has formed a strategic partnership with Intel to enhance its online video platform.
As part of the cooperation, the companies will work together to improve iQIYI's video storage, trans-coding distribution, cloud computing and big data analysis, the group said in a statement.
Baidu is, alongside Alibaba and Tencent, one of the three big firms known as "BAT," which are tooling up for major moves in China and overseas market.
The group plans to make seven local films and one Hollywood-style film this year.
"We are very excited to be cooperating with Intel, a global technology leader, to further enhance iQIYI's ability to provide the highest-quality online viewing experience," said iQIYI's chief technology officer Xing Tang. "I am confident that this partnership will help us take iQIYI's technology leadership in China's online video industry to the next level."
Intel's general manager of consumption sales, Douglas Cougle, said: "As an important partner of Intel, we look forward to working closely together with iQIYI to raise the technology bar in China's online video industry."
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There's no doubt that this year's E3 was one of the most thrilling in memory. New games, surprise announcements, and more details on the next-generation consoles -- who wouldn't be excited? Now that the expo has come and gone, we're interested to learn what you think about all of the next-gen console and game announcements, so we've set up a survey to get your take on the upcoming consoles.
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text: A music legend beyond compare, who almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for soul music, Ray Charles proved his mastery with countless jazz, country, R&B, and pop masterpieces, during a career that spanned seven decades. His musical genius is celebrated in this 3-CD set, covering his seminal time at Atlantic between 1952 and 59, as well as some unreleased material only available on the Genius Box Set, and a few classics from Ray's own label. As music writer David Ritz said "These are the historic years of his creative explosion, the time when he reinvented himself as a musical revolutionary. These records will live forever."


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Here's a little bit of background about the Shih Tzu breed, incase you were curious. I'm a descendent of a cross between the Lhasa Apso of Tibet and a Pekingese. Our fuzzy little hearts were often presented as tributes to the Emperor of China and lived a life of luxury in the Imperial palaces. I say hey, I still live in the lap of luxury here in Georgia, but my momma says this type of luxury is a wee bit different. Anyway, our breed was considered sacred and was highly regarded by the royal family throughout the Ming Dynasty.
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Course A – Alphabetics (Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Fluency)
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Spring: January 8/9, 22/23; February 5/6; Snow Dates: February 26/27
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Course B – Offered July 14/15 and 20, 21, 22, 2016
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To register, please contact Rosemary firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com.
About the Courses
Skilled reading and writing are dynamic processes that start with early language development and slowly evolve, as Hollis Scarborough's "Rope Model" illustrates. This widely used model depicts eight sub-skills ("strands in the rope") that become more and more "tightly wound" (more automatic and strategic) as pre-literacy and language skills and concepts slowly develop from birth and then evolve into efficient use of printed and spoken language.
What happens when one or two or more of these eight sub-skills, such as vocabulary, background knowledge or phonemic awareness, etc. have not been developed adequately for a given learner? Often, these students have "the Swiss Cheese Effect" wherein their skill set and knowledge base are fragmented and need replenishing according to where they fall on a continuum. One size never fits all. Somewhere along the line, they missed the "cementing" of certain foundational skills and concepts.
These three courses will help educators identify ways of finding the "frayed or weak strands", or sub-skills in the "Rope Model", for a given child. Then, importantly, the presenter will help participants learn more about which approaches and interventions will strengthen that learner's skills and concept development. Just as when a car breaks down, we have to identify exactly "what's broken"….and then fix it, with laser-like focus.
The courses will provide a hands-on, "nuts and bolts" approach to this challenge and provide teachers with the very latest information about written and spoken language instruction. The emphasis will be placed on practicing and learning strategies used for diverse learning tasks, learning centers, small flexible groupings where the needs of all learners, including those for whom English is a Second Language, can best be met.
In each course, participants will be provided with a "tool kit" and manipulatives and a "mini manual" of references for web sites, assessments, list serves, video clips, and curriculum ideas for the area of study pertinent to that course.
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Sally Grimes has provided consulting and professional development services nation-wide in the area of Language and Literacy for teachers and administrators Pre K-Grade 4, for the last 18 years. Prior to that, Sally's experience includes teaching (pre-K through graduate school), serving as Landmark School's first Admissions Director, performing clinical diagnostic work, developing policy, serving on her local school board and performing public service.
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What: Wildlife Specials @ La Playa
When: Saturday, April 25, 2015
Time: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
La playa, meaning "The Beach", puts you at the beautiful gulf front of 30a creating a casual atmosphere with a touch of trend to add to the thriving beach scene. Offering gourmet tapas that flaunts a unique Caribbean twist with homemade cocktails and beer all the way from the Caribbean! Come by and check out the table side fire pits, the chic décor and live music.
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