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Eleven U.S. business chains sell shrimp processed using child slave labor... including Whole Foods

1/5/2016 - As Americans chow down at the buffet, shoveling food into their faces, somewhere on the other side of the world, the negative effect is felt. In Southeast Asia, children between 13 and 15 years old, are trafficked and shipped into Thailand from countries such as Myanmar and Cambodia. Upon arrival,...

US now importing shrimp raised on feces and harvested by inhumane slave labor

4/19/2015 - Social media campaigns to stop human slavery and trafficking across the globe are currently in vogue amongst armchair activist millennials in the U.S. and elsewhere. But how many of these same folks would be willing to put their money where their mouth is and stop eating imported seafood, some of which...

Why Walmart and Costco shrimp prices are so low - and why you should never buy from them again

6/19/2014 - Some of the most popular American corporations are importing shrimp at super-cheap prices from Thailand, where migrant workers are in slavery, like in Nazi Germany, being tortured while they work for no pay 20 hours a day. How much shrimp is being imported that's processed by slaves, including child...

Slave labor in Asia produces the shrimp found in Western supermarkets

6/11/2014 - Men are being enslaved and forced to work for no pay at all, and for years at a time, under threat of extreme harm in Asia as part of the global production of seafood for major U.S., British and other European retailers, according to a British newspaper. Following a six-month investigation, The Guardian...

Imported seafood is full of chemicals, drugs and feces - yet the FDA inspects hardly any of it

2/13/2013 - Most imported seafood, including shrimp, is from large fish farms in Asia, including China, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. There are also seafood or fish farms in Canada, Mexico, and South America that export to the U.S. and others countries. Fish farming is just that. Breeding, cultivating, and...

Pharmaceutical waste runoff causing shrimp, other marine life to commit suicide

2/9/2012 - First humans, then dogs, now shrimp? Though crustaceans are not actually taking antidepressant drugs because of a prescription, research out of the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. has found that pharmaceutical waste runoff, and particularly that of antidepressant drugs like Prozac, is causing shrimp...

Horrifying environmental impact of non-Gulf shrimp

9/6/2010 - Shrimp is the most popular seafood in the United States, with the average resident consuming 4.1 pounds per year. But this food comes at a serious cost for the planet and for human health, warns Jill Richardson, author of Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It. "Unfortunately...

Dishonest Pet Food and Treat Labels

12/22/2008 - If you think it's challenging sorting through slick marketing to find a nutritious dog food or cat food, it's even worse with dog and cat treats. The American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and the FDA considers a pet treat as 'supplemental' to the pet's diet so even fewer regulations...

Medical Breakthrough Uses Chitosan From Shrimp to Create Bandages That Stop Bleeding in 30 Seconds

8/6/2004 - In yet another fascinating example of the wisdom of nature, entrepreneurs are now manufacturing and selling vastly superior wound bandages made from chitosan, a substance found in the shells of shrimp, crabs, and other crustaceans. Chitosan, of course, is very popular as a fat-absorbing nutritional...

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Ronald E. Grames
Fanfare, May 2012

While many of Bowen’s works remain unpublished and unperformed, the three works offered here have been well served on CD, with four recordings, all of them of merit. This set of performances by the Bridge Duo—violist Matthew Jones and pianist Michael Hampton…This new Naxos release is most notable for readings of calm reflectiveness that are very attractive, are very much in keeping with the genial character of the viola, and are generally achieved at no expense to the energy or excitement the works generate…by taking a more measured and carefully graded approach to these works, Jones and Hampton discover something deeper in them, and not just in the Fantasy. They lose nothing by eliminating some showiness, and tap further into a most affecting noble melancholy (as colleague William Zagorski put it) in the process.

What impresses most, though, is how these works respond to the varying approaches and still retain their appeal.

…the new Naxos is the least expensive, for those trying out Bowen’s chamber music for viola for the first time. The Bridge Duo will reward the small investment with music-making that is warmly expressive and deeply satisfying…The sound is immediate and glowing. © 2012 Fanfare Read complete review on Fanfare

Lynn René Bayley
Fanfare, May 2012

The Bridge Duo consists of violist Matthew Jones and pianist Michael Hampton, and from the very first notes of this CD you realize that you’re in for a treat. The music, in their capable hands, has such a tremendous sweep and drive that you are immediately sucked into the vortex. Yes, they’re that good. Jones’s tone and technique will simply take your breath away, and Hampton’s pianism has both rhythmic drive and a lyrical quality. As for the music, for those who haven’t heard it before, it is simply terrific. As I mentioned, Bowen was a master of modulations, often moving through a large number of keys in short stretches of music, and even in a work for nothing more than viola and piano he manages to find equally surprising textures. The second sonata is pretty much a jolly romp (though one that keeps you tuned in to the surprising turns of phrase), but in the first sonata and the Fantasy, in three connected sections that act as movements, his sense of drama and imaginative use of thematic material was never more evident. These are great works, regardless of the time in which they were written (the Fantasy as late as 1918, by which time everyone else was using modes, whole-tone scales, polytonality, and/or atonality), and they simply jump out at you.

These three works were all recorded before by violist James Boyd and pianist Bengt Forsberg on the Dutton label…They’re good musicians, with a fine sense of style, but by comparison with Jones, Boyd has a somewhat tight sound, more violinish than viola-ish, and Forsberg in particular lacks the proper sweep for the music. These performances have that sweep, and also, in the person of Jones, the finest violist I’ve heard since William Primrose last laid down his instrument. (In England he is hailed as a worthy successor to the legendary Lionel Tertis, for whom these pieces were written.) If you already know Bowen and these pieces, this is an irresistible disc at the budget price. If you don’t know Bowen, this is a hell of a great place to start! © 2012 Fanfare Read complete review on Fanfare

Nick Barnard
MusicWeb International, March 2012

This is an excellent well-filled disc showcasing three large-scale but instantly appealing works.

The Bridge Duo prove to be absolutely first rate advocates both technically and stylistically. Jones has a slightly leaner and more agile tone than some violists which suits the febrile mood of the music well and he is well partnered by pianist Michael Hampton.

Admirers of Bowen will not have any pause for thought and certainly people who enjoy fine recitals of viola and piano playing will find much to give pleasure here. The Phantasy proves itself to be a powerful work… © 2012 MusicWeb International Read complete review

Jeremy Dibble
Gramophone, March 2012

a refreshing and varied sequel to the Brahms viola sonatas… Bowen’s effulgent and often suave harmonic language is at once more opulent and extrovert…Matthew Jones and Michael Hampton’s enthusiastic and sympathetic performances bring out this aspect of Bowen’s style in spades… © 2012 Gramophone Read complete review on Gramophone

Carlos María Solare
The Strad, February 2012

With perfectly gauged transitions, tempo relationships and rubato, the Bridge Duo demonstrates an unobtrusive, no-nonsense way with music that can easily be all over the place.

…Jones’s musicianship…is of a…subtle hue. He and Michael Hampton never go over the top, a temptation their colleagues do not always resist, while still giving places like the Phantasy’s unashamedly Rachmaninoffian climax their full value, aided by Naxos’s resounding recording. © 2012 The Strad Read complete review

Terry Robbins
The WholeNote, February 2012

The Bridge Duo—violist Matthew Jones and pianist Michael Hampton—are fully up to the challenge in a beautifully-recorded disc that makes a fine companion to their recital of English Music for Viola (Naxos 8.572579). © 2012 The WholeNote Read complete review

James Norris
Audiophilia, January 2012

These works show a very fluent and inspired feel for the sound and range of the Viola and whilst the mood of contemplation is never far away in these works there is plenty of virtuosity and the listener is never left without a strong melody for very long. © 2012 Audiophilia Read complete review

David Denton
David's Review Corner, December 2011

The record industry is presently bringing the music of York Bowen back from the dead, the present disc proof of his place among the outstanding British composers of the 21st century.  An extremely gifted performing musician who, so we are told, could play to a degree of competence every instrument of the orchestra, was to make his career as a pianist and composer, his works played by the famous musicians of the day. Wedded to tonality he was swimming against the tide of atonality beloved of the establishment, and, after his death in 1961, his music quickly dropped from the repertoire. The two Viola Sonatas both date from 1905, when the composer was just twenty-one, and were written for, and first performed by Lionel Tertis, the world famous viola player of the time. Their roots were in the style of the late Romantics, the big sweeping melodies highly attractive and readily memorable. You feel he had in mind the big tone of Tertis’s instrument, much of the writing in the lower fruity end of a viola range. At times you hear Dvořák, particularly in the first sonata’s slow movement, at others the influences of Elgar are there, though it is still a very personal voice. Both are in the conventional three movements, the pianist’s role being to add weighty support. The Phantasy dates from 13 years later and though in one continuous movement it is divided into three sections. Somewhat lighter in weight than the sonatas, it is a score of sumptuous beauty. Matthew Jones enjoys a career both in chamber groups and as a soloist…he has an innate feeling for this period of British music. Michael Hampton adds substantial piano accompaniments. Most strongly recommended.

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By Wallace Stegner

Original Publisher: The Franklin Library
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Harold Augenbraum writes:

When you read a book about memory and its triggers, you can’t help but think about Proust, who based his great book on three types of memory: voluntary, involuntary, and historical. His novel itself was a fourth, an autobiography that talks back to the writer. Here Stegner goes a bit further, adding a truly mnemonic device, a series of snapshots in words, a diary that throws the writer and his wife into a maelstrom of remembered and unremembered thoughts and feelings, after so many years of pressing emotional flowers between the pages of other yearbooks. That the main character is not a writer himself but a literary agent—that grand anomaly of literary connoisseur who appreciates and enthuses but does not create—who is then forced to confront his past through his own writing adds texture to an already brilliant evocation. Then add the juxtaposition of the Nordic and the Mediterranean—the Danish aristocracy, the Italian novelist—the middle and upper classes, the ethics of twentieth century politics, and you have a seamless, beautiful work of imagination and re-imagination, of personal and social history, of love and family, of intimacy and alienation, of loss and discovery.

Harold Augenbraum is Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, an editor and translator.

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  • Raymond Carver for Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
  • MacDonald Harris for The Balloonist
  • Ursula K. Le Guin for Orsinian Tales
  • Cynthia Propper Seton for A Fine Romance

Fiction Judges that Year: Erskine Caldwell, George P. Elliott, Orville Prescott

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  • The Pulitzer Prize was not given for Fiction.
  •  Vicente Aleixandre won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran says it has set a 2020 target date to build its first experimental nuclear fusion reactor, a feat that has yet to be achieved by any nation.

Iran said in July that its nuclear agency began research on the experimental reactor.

Nuclear fusion, the process powering the sun and stars, has so far only been mastered as a weapon, producing the thermonuclear explosions of hydrogen bombs. It has never been harnessed for power generation.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Broncos tailback Andre Hall practiced with a heavy heart Thursday.

His mom, Carol Barthel, died Monday from complications of diabetes just hours before the Broncos' game in Oakland. Hall elected to play, rushing for 61 yards on 10 carries in Denver's 41-14 rout.

Hall said he wanted to remain in Florida a few extra days to grieve with his family, but his mother wouldn't have wanted that. He says he'll also play Sunday against San Diego and then head back home to St. Petersburg, Florida, for his mom's funeral the following day.

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Assembly Dems Aren't Almost Famous, And They Can't Sing

    Did you ever see the Cameron Crowe film about a 1970s band, Almost Famous? There's a scene in which the entire band, while traveling on a bus during a tour of the country, start singing Elton John's "Tiny Dancer."

    It worked in the movie. It did not work as well when California Assembly Democrats tried to recreate it in the above video. These folks need to keep their day jobs, until the term limits kick in.

    What does this video tell us? Well, it's almost enough to make this observer reconsider his support for replacing the 2/3 vote for raising taxes and fees with a majority vote.

    One other telling thing: while there are only 80 California Assembly members in a state of 38 million, no one knows who they are. (The only member in this video who might be at all recognizable to the average Californian is Assembly Speaker John Perez). That's another sign that California needs a new election system that produces real competition throughout the state. We don't know who we're voting for right now because it doesn't matter.


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Bay Area Lawmaker Introduces New Fracking Disclosure Bill

    California is only weeks away from adopting new rules to oversee and regulate the controversial pratice of fracking for oil in the state, but one lawmaker wants to put it all into law.

    For the second time in as many years, State Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski of Fremont has introduced a bill that would require public disclosure of all fracking in California.

    Earlier this year, Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock discovered that oil companies use this practice and it's not regulated or even monitored here. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing means forcing huge amounts of water and chemicals at high pressures underground to get at oil. After our story aired, state regulators vowed to change that.

    New administrative rules are expected out before Christmas. Wieckowski's bill, if passed, would make those regulations and public disclosures part of state law.

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MJD Still Won't Apologize to Cutler

    Maurice Jones-Drew still isn't going to apologize.

    If you don't remember, or in case you wisely put it out of your mind, Jones-Drew was one of the players who led the charge against Cutler when the QB was pulled from the NFC Championship game.

    In an interview with the NFL Network, MJD said that he has no plans to apologize to Cutler.

    "I haven’t gotten a chance to, but I wouldn’t apologize because I didn’t do anything wrong, I don’t think,” Jones-Drew said. “I didn’t commit a crime. I didn’t kill anyone or rape anyone or anything like that. I mean, I stated my opinion, and it seems like you get more backlash for that than committing a real crime in some sense. I feel like I didn’t do anything wrong, I just said what everybody else was thinking.”

    Funny, after watching Cutler get sacked more than 50 times, and then get up every time, the last thing that occurred to me was to question his toughness.

    I'm not sure who gave MJD the idea that he was the spokesman for the football-watching nation.

    At the same time, his stance of non-apology is not a shock, considering that he's had months to say sorry and he hasn't.

    At this point, who cares?

    If Cutler wants to shut up critics like Jones-Drew, he has 16 opportunities over the next few months.

    He's a grown man who has been through plenty of criticism. He doesn't need an apology.


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Woman Steals $38K in Stamps

Sentenced to 8 years in prison

    A Chicago woman was sentenced for stealing more than $38,000 in postage stamps.

    Cynthia Stewart must have had a lot of pen pals.

    The 57-year-old Chicago woman was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing more than $38,000 in postage stamps, reports the Daily Herald.

    If she bought 44-cent first-class stamps, that's over 86,000 stamps! Just whom was she sending all that mail to?

    Stewart admitted to using forged checks from closed bank accounts to buy $200 to $400 worth of stamps at a time.

    To avoid suspicion, she made purchases from post offices in several counties—including Cook, Kane, DuPage, and Lake—over a 5-month period, according to the Daily Herald.

    Stewart will be eligible for parole after 4 years and will have to pay back what she stole upon her release.

    With over 4,300 books of stamps, do you think she went with the Liberty Bell design or a picture of the American flag?

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Thousands Flock to Fort Worth Zoo on Half-Price Wednesday

    Thousands of people packed into the Fort Worth Zoo for half-price Wednesday, the crowds swelled thanks to spring break. (Published Wednesday, March 13, 2013)

    Historically, coupling Spring Break with half-price Wednesdays has added up to a lot of traffic near the Fort Worth Zoo and this year is no exception.

    As of 11 a.m., traffic was bumper to bumper on University Drive south of Interstate 30. Vehicles exiting the freeway to head to the zoo faced backups of about three miles, nearly back to Interstate 35 W.  With nearby TCU hosting a baseball game in the afternoon, traffic was expected to be a problem for drivers all afternoon.

    The zoo estimated that more than 20,000 people attended the zoo on Wednesday. That number is well short of the record of 25,800 several years back.

    Parking lots and park space were full of cars as vehicles poured into the University Drive area all day long. Inside the zoo walkways were packed at times, but zoo officials say the zoo absorbs the large crowds well.

    For those who came out on the busiest day of the year, they mostly knew what they were getting themselves into.

    "We knew it was going to be busy, but I didn’t think we expected it to be quite this crazy," said Justin Beatty of Denton. "It's kind of a zoo out here."

    "I think there’s more people than we were expecting, but it's still really cool," said Sara Peterson of Houston.

    "Definitely worth it," said Kelsey Gunderson. "It's a busy day, middle of spring break, but first nice day of the week to really come out here."

    Zoo officials say when the economy began to drop and "stay-cations" became a fad, the zoo on spring break became a destination place.

    "For about five years running now, the Fort Worth Zoo has been a huge attraction and a great draw to the area for visitors, not only locally, but visitors around the state and even across the nation," Alexis Wilson, director of communications for the zoo.

    For those who don't want to scour the parking lot, the Safari Shuttle runs every 30 minutes between the zoo and Bus Bay A at the Trinity Railway Express platform at the T's downtown Intermodal Transportation Center.  Rides are $3.50 for adults, $1.75 for seniors 65 and older and for kids between ages 5 and 18.  Those are under 5-years-old can ride for free.

    Those who don't ride public transportation to the The T's ITC can park in a paid lot across the street and ride the Safari Shuttle to the zoo.

    The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily.  Admission is $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and children ages 3-12 and toddlers 2 and under are free.  On Wednesday, admission is half-price.


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Hollywood Celebrates: Watch the Golden Globes Live on NBC Sunday Jan. 10 at 8PM ET/5PM PT

Throw A Globes Viewing Party

Check out these DIY hassle-free decor options that will surely impress your guests

    Planning on throwing a Golden Globes bash this year? We'll help you with some DIY hassle-free decor options that will surely impress your guests. For more, tune in to "1st Look: Red Carpet Ready" January 12 at 7PM EST. Check your local listings. (Published Monday, Sept. 30, 2013)

    "1st Look: Red Carpet Ready" offers up tips on how to host a fun golden Globes viewing party this Sunday, Jan. 13, when the ceremony is broadcast live on NBC.

    Red carpet? Check. Ballots? Check. Themed decorations? Check. Now check out the video above.

    For more Golden Globes fun, “1st Look” goes behind the scenes with two special editions Saturday Jan. 12, taking a look at all the excitement and craziness leading up to the Globes. “Talk Stoop” even leaves its Brooklyn perch to interview stars in Hollywood on Sunday, too.
    Then, catch “1st Look LIVE on the Red Carpet” to see the stars as they arrive Sunday Jan. 13. “Access Hollywood’s” Shaun Robinson hosts.
    You can play along at home for “1st Look LIVE on the Red Carpet”, using the second-screen app, zeebox. Download zeebox to your iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Then book to watch “1st Look LIVE on the Red Carpet.”

    You can vote on the night's best looks, see the night's best tweets; and go to photos of the stars in all their fashion hits and misses from years past. You can share with your friends and watch together.

    Until then, visit our special Golden Globe section every day to keep up with news about the nominees.
    Here’s what to look forward to on this station before the Golden Globes begin:

    • “1st Look: Red Carpet Ready:" What will this year’s red carpet bring? Hear predictions and go behind the scenes with host Ali Fedotowsky, and hear from experts like Elle creative director Joe Zee; Fandago’s chief correspondent Dave Karger; and EW’s senior editor Meeta Agrawal. Watch:  7 p.m. ET Saturday Jan. 12 (check local listings in other markets).
    • “1st Look: “Hollywood’s Biggest Party:” The Golden Globes are months in the making for the folks who hand out the awards and the stars who win them. See the preparations for the Golden Globes dinner at the Beverly Hilton and see some of the wacky red carpet beauty regimes that make those stars shine. Watch: After “Saturday Night Live,” Saturday Jan. 12.

    • “Talk Stoop Goes Hollywood:” Cat Greenleaf leaves her Brooklyn stoop to talk with Golden Globe nominees. Watch: 5:30 p.m. ET, Sunday Jan. 13.
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    At 7 p.m., red carpet coverage continues on NBC until show hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey kick off the Golden Globes telecast at 8 p.m.


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Tiny L.I. Village Plans Big Surveillance Arsenal | NBC New York

Tiny L.I. Village Plans Big Surveillance Arsenal

Long Island village employs a surveillance arsenal

    Kings Point police install 44 cameras at 19 intersections. (Published Wednesday, April 27, 2011)

    A tiny Long Island village shaken by a series of home invasions over the last year will now be adding to its surveillance arsenal.

    Kings Point plans to install 44 surveillance cameras at 19 intersections leading into and out of this village of three square miles.

    "We think the cameras will be a great crime-fighting tool," said John Miller, village police commissioner.

    The cameras will focus on vehicles' license plates, said Miller, and will help law enforcement determine instantly if the car is stolen or if its owner is a criminal or a terrorist.

    A "test" camera has been up and running for a year and a half, but village officials can't say when the others will be put in place.

    "The cameras are great.  They should have them all over," said one driver stopped near the lone surveillance camera in operation.

    "It's all a little big brother, if you ask me," said Mark Atlas, who was passing by the camera on a bicycle.

    The cost of the surveillance project will be $1 million, according to the Kings Point police commissioner.  That should translate into about $700 per family in this village of 5,300.

    The village board will discuss the project at a meeting planned for Wednesday night in village hall.

    Samantha Fredrickson, of the Nassau chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the planned project is an example of government invading people's privacy to track "where we are going and what we are doing."

    The camera images will be stored in several hard drives, but it's unclear for how long.  The policy for that has yet to be finalized, the police commissioner said.

    "We're not looking in anyone's backyards or windows," Miller added.  "It's a public street, with public traffic and that's all we're looking at."

    Kings Point's crime rate has historically been very low -- but during the last year, village residents have been rattled by a series of seven home invasions blamed on a single perpetrator who is still at large.


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Meningitis Suspected in Santee Woman's Death

Jackie Lerma Billings went to the hospital Friday with flu-like symptoms. By Sunday, she was in a coma.

    Santee woman Jackie Lerma Billings, 52, is the second local meningitis victim in just three days. According to her family, the illness came on suddenly. NBC 7’s Rory Devine reports. (Published Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014)

    A Santee woman who died suddenly may be the second person in a week to contract meningitis in San Diego County.

    Santee resident Jackie Lerma Billings, 52, died Monday and showed strains of meningitis according to the San Diego County medical examiner's office.

    Billings' brother talked with NBC 7 Monday night and said his sister was admitted to Sharp Memorial Hospital Friday with flu-like symptoms.

    "We thought she had the simple flu. Simply coming down with a cold," Greg Lerma said.

    After getting antibiotics, Billings’ request to go home was granted by doctors and she was feeling better at first, even laughing on Saturday, Lerma said.

    But she soon became sick again and was hospitalized Saturday. By Sunday, she was in a coma.

    Lerma told NBC 7 doctors put her on life support while they determine if her organs can be donated.

    Her husband received a kidney transplant, so the family understands the importance of organ donations.

    Meanwhile, Billings’ relatives began saying their goodbyes Monday.

    “It happens so quickly,” said Lerma. “It’s too late before they even figure out you even have it, and at that point, there’s nothing you can do. There’s nothing you can do.”

    Remembered as a loving mother and grandmother, Billings’ family said she was a fixture at a Starbucks where she worked, a one-time cheerleading coordinator at Santana High School and a major influence in the City of Santee.

    “Trying to stay strong for the family, as strong as I can, but I was very close to my sister, too,” said Lerma. “I talked to her on a daily basis, and this is just so unreal.”

    If tests confirm meningitis, Lerma would be the second person in a week to contract the disease in San Diego County.

    Lerma said doctors were waiting on tests to determine if it was meningitis that sickened Billings and if so, whether it was the same strain that is suspected of killing 14-year-old Jewelean Pimentel.

    The Patrick Henry High School 9th grader last attended class Feb. 11 - the day she began feeling sick.

    Lerma said he feels for the Pimentel family during this tragic time.

    Symptoms of meningococcal meningitis include a sudden fever, headache and stiff neck.

    Another meningococcal risk is bloodstream infection which can result in fatigue, vomiting and other symptoms including a purple rash.

    Symptoms typically develop 3 - 7 days after exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    A vaccine is available to prevent certain strains of meningitis, and it's recommended for children 11 to 18 years old. Shots are available through county public health centers.


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Chase Suspect Found in Bushes

    A man is in custody after leading police on a chase from Kearny Mesa to Mission Valley.

    It ended when officers caught the suspect at the bottom of a canyon with the help of three K-9's.

    It began when they tried to stop the man on Balboa Avenue near Genesee in a car that had been stolen.

    In Hillcrest, the man ditched his car, and took off on foot down the canyon.

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Fairfax Co. Residents Asked to Fly Flags to Honor Local Soldier

Army First Lt. Robert Hess will be buried at Arlington Monday

    1st Lt. Robert J. Hess

    Residents of Fairfax County are being asked to fly their personal American flags in honor of an Army Blackhawk pilot buried at Arlington Cemetery on Monday.

    First Lt. Robert J. Hess, 26, of Fairfax, was killed last month in Afghanistan after sustaining wounds from indirect enemy fire. He had served in the Army since 2010 and was a graduate of Robinson High School.

    Local Reaction to Soldier's Death

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    Shomari Stone reports on the death of 1st Lt. Robert Hess, who was killed earlier this week in Afghanistan (Published Saturday, April 27, 2013)

    The request for residents to fly flags in Lt. Hess' honor on Monday came from the office of Fairfax County's Braddock District Supervisor John C. Cook, who has asked people to fly flags from their front doors or porches.

    "Whatever they would typically do on Memorial Day or July 4," a spokesman for Cook's office wrote in an email to News4's Julie Carey.

    Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell ordered U.S., Virginia, and Fairfax County flags to fly at half-staff on May 4 to honor Lt. Hess; however, the county will fly its flags at half-staff Monday as well.

    "I fly the flag every ay at my house, but it will mean even more" Monday, local resident Chad Dukes wrote on Twitter.


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Zoo Puts Elephant to Work Painting to Raise Money

Sales of elephant artwork, dung raise funds for zoo

    Indian elephant Shanti has been put to work at the Prague Zoo painting artwork whose sale will raise money to buy another zoo an ultrasound device.

    An elephant in the Prague Zoo is earning her keep — by painting.

    An art gallery in the Czech capital hosted an unlikely art opening in this month when it unveiled an exhibition of paintings by India-born elephant Shanti, the Czech News Agency reported.

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    A huge black bear, affectionately called "Meatball" by locals, was tranquilized after stroll through a Los Angeles area suburb. The bear was later released safely back into the wild, according to Fish and Game officials. (Published Wednesday, April 11, 2012)

    In its effort to raise raise funds for an elephant zoo in Sri Lanka, Prague zookeepers put Shanti to work painting canvases whose sale they hope will buy the Sri Lankan zoo an ultrasound device.

    This isn't the first time the Prague Zoo has hatched unusual plans for making money off its elephants.

    Last year, the zoo began selling elephant droppings as souvenirs that could also double as fertilizer for visitors' gardens.

    Zoo director Miroslav Bobek told reporters at the time that he was inspired to launch the project by his own last name, which means dung.


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Evidence that ACTH secretion is regulated by serotonin2A/2C (5-HT2A/2C) receptors.

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The present study characterized the serotonin (5-HT) receptor subtypes mediating adrenal corticotropic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone responses to 5-HT agonists in conscious rats. The 5-HT2A/5-HT2C agonist (+/-(-)1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane HC1 (DOI) increased plasma ACTH and corticosterone in a dose-dependent manner. The 5-HT2A/5-HT2C antagonist ritanserin (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg sc) inhibited the DOI-induced increase in plasma ACTH, but not corticosterone. Low doses of spiperone (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg sc) significantly reduced the ACTH response to DOI. Because spiperone has a higher affinity for 5-HT2A than 5-HT2C receptors, these data suggest that DOI stimulates ACTH secretion through 5-HT2A receptors. 5-methoxy-3-[1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-pyridinyl]-1H-indole (RU 24969) is a potent 5-HT1A/1B and moderate 5-HT2C agonist that also has been suggested to release 5-HT. However, p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA) did not reduce the effect of RU 24969 on plasma ACTH, suggesting that RU 24969 only acts as a direct agonist. 6-methyl-1-[1-methylethyl]ergoline-8-carboxylic acid (LY53857) injected into the lateral cerebral ventricles (i.c.v.) inhibited the ACTH, but not corticosterone response to peripheral injection of RU 24969, suggesting that central 5-HT2A/2C receptors mediate the ACTH response. LY53857 injection (i.c.v.) also inhibited the effect of p-chloroamphetamine (i.c.v.) on plasma ACTH. However, the corticosterone response was not inhibited by LY53857, suggesting a distinct location of 5-HT receptors regulating corticosterone secretion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Perception of emotional intelligence as a leadership quality among leaders in Higher Education within a psychoanalytical framework: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Effective leadership is a key determinant in the ultimate success or failure of any organisation. This paper aims to contribute to the limited literature on emotional intelligence (EI) and its influence on leadership among leaders in Higher Education (HE). The purpose is to discover how leaders’ perception of EI as a leadership quality through their lived experience influences group and organizational dynamics within the context of HE, to provide critical understanding and meaningful insights into leadership processes. The study uses a phenomenological approach for its specific focus on leaders’ perceptions of their lived experience and their attribution of meanings to this phenomenon. Method: three phases of in-depth interviews were conducted with 24 leaders from the three faculties of Newcastle University: first phase of interview was conducted with 9 Heads of school; second phase was conducted with another 10 Heads of school to validate the themes from the first phase; final phase was conducted with 5 other leaders, includes directors and development center staff, responsible for training and developing potential leaders in HE to validate the themes from the first and second phases of interview and to provide constructive feedback. The findings of study reveal that there is a general lack of awareness of EI among leaders that influences interpersonal relations and hence its organizational dynamics. The major concepts and historical development of psychoanalytic thinking from a Freudian perspective will be applied, discussed and evaluated in conjunction with the themes that emerged from the findings. Some theoretical and research implications will be discussed.

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  • REVIEW: The New Kindle Fire Is Amazon's Best, But Still Not The Best Tablet You Can Buy

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    Amazon crowned itself the king of tiny tablets two years ago with the launch of its original Kindle Fire. It marked the first time you could buy a decent tablet for hundreds less than Apple's iPad. It wasn't a home run, but it's rock-bottom price appealed to enough people to make the "Fire" brand just as recognizable as "iPad".
    This year, Amazon is getting ready to release its third generation of Kindle Fire tablets, the Kindle Fire HDX. It has a slightly redesigned operating system based on Google's Android, plus a special feature called Mayday that will connect you with a customer service representative live on your screen at the push of a button. For free.
    You can buy the 7-inch version of the Kindle Fire HDX starting October 18. A larger version with an 8.9-inch screen goes on sale November 7. The New Fire
    As far as capabilities go, not much has changed with the third-generation Kindle Fire. The software is based on Google's Android system, but Amazon has stripped out all of Google's apps and services in favor of its own. That means you have to download apps from Amazon's app store, which has a tiny selection of about 85,000 apps when compared to the nearly 1 million apps you'll find on "regular" Android tablets. It also means there's a lot missing, especially when it comes to popular Google services like Google Maps, Gmail, and YouTube.
    The biggest problem with previous Kindle Fire models has been buggy software, but this new version, which Amazon calls Fire OS 3.0, is much smoother and less glitchy than before. The design is a bit different than your typical tablet with a group of app icons. Instead, you get a "carousel" view of apps, movies, books, etc. that you've recently used or viewed. (You can access your entire collection of content by using the navigation bar at the top of your screen.)
    But like its predecessors, the Kindle Fire HDX is a pitchman that tries to entice you to buy more stuff from Amazon at every turn. Whenever you hover over a recent app, book, video, etc. on your home screen, the tablet provides suggestions of similar stuff you may like to buy.
    Are you reading the Steve Jobs biography? Maybe you'd like to buy the one about Einstein next. Angry Birds fan? There are about a dozen different versions of that for you to buy.And of course, there' easy access to Amazon.com, where you can buy anything from paper towels to iPhone cases.The tablet is constantly encouraging you to dip into the bank and buy more stuff from Amazon. Some might find it annoying. Others might find it helpful. But those recommendations and the ads you see on the lock screen (which can be removed if you pay an extra $15) are part of the reason why you can get the Kindle Fire HDX for just $229.
    Page 2 of 3 - The biggest new feature in the Kindle Fire HDX is a built-in customer service tool called Mayday. Tapping the Mayday button connects you directly to an Amazon customer service representative via video chat. He or she appears in a tiny window at the bottom of your screen and can take control over your tablet if need be. The Amazon rep can't see you, but he or she will ask for your name, email address tied to your Amazon account, and billing address to make sure you are who you say you are.
    (And they're very strict about this. When I told the Amazon rep my name was "Steve", she did her best to get me to "perhaps give her another name similar to 'Steve'" since I'm listed in Amazon's system as "Steven".)
    Mayday did work as advertised. After pressing the call button, I was connected with an Amazon customer service rep named Tara within a few seconds. Tara was super polite and helpful, and she showed me how she can doodle on my screen just like NFL announcers do when they're drawing over an instant replay. I asked Tara some basics like how to check if my apps were up to date and how to find content stored on my device. I couldn't stump her, and she walked me through everything, drawing on my screen and showing me what she was about to do before doing it.
    Of course, the irony here is that tablets are supposed to be intuitive, user friendly, and simple. You shouldn't need a helper on your screen to tell you how everything works if the device was designed properly in the first place. But hey, technology is scary for a lot of people! And it's pretty cool that Amazon has invested so heavily in customer service that it has real humans waiting to help you out 24/7 at the push of a button. That's much better than running down to the Apple Store and waiting forever for a Genius to help you.
    The Kindle Fire HDX is a great tablet if all you want to do is consume content from Amazon, but it's still pretty weak beyond that. Without the Google services you find on other Android tablets, you're stuck with Amazon's apps for email, calendar, and Web browsing. Those apps are satisfactory, but not nearly as robust as what you can get from Google. For example, the Amazon email app can sync with your Gmail account, but search and other functions are still pretty limited.
    The tablet's hardware is still top notch though. The HDX's 7-inch screen is sharper than the relatively weak display on Apple's iPad Mini, so videos, games, and text look much better. From the front, the HDX looks nearly identical to last year's version, but Amazon has changed up the design on the back, giving the tablet an angular design that fits comfortably in your hands. The power and volume buttons have also been moved to the back, which I found pretty cumbersome to use. Even after a week of using the HDX, I still found myself accidentally pressing the power button instead of one of the volume buttons and vice versa. It's a poor design choice. Battery life was pretty good at about six or seven hours per charge, but still much less than the 10 or so hours you get with the iPad Mini. Conclusion
    Page 3 of 3 - The Kindle Fire HDX is Amazon's best tablet yet. But I don't think it's the best you can buy if you're looking for something smaller and cheaper. It's great if all you want to do is consume stuff directly from Amazon, but it doesn't have the same app selection and capabilities rival tablets like Google's Nexus 7 (which costs the same at $229) and Apple's iPad Mini do.
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American artist Lockwasher made this R2D2 figure out of a 4.7 liter Heineken keg for the 2010 San Jose Super Toy Show. Heineken? That doesn't strike me as the right beer for Artoo.

So, I put it to you, my dear intoxicated readers: if Darth Vader, Han Solo, Leia, and Luke Skywalker were beers, which beers would they be?

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Bits from the recent Congressional hearings on indecency continue with a vengeance as Howard Stern shows some of his own. The community speaks before an FCC hearing on media monopoly, the BBC as edited by People Like Us, the Firesign Theatre answers the phone, and live receptacle programming input just for spice.

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New York unmarked SUVs make it easier to see into texting drivers’ cars

The New York State Police have a new weapon to fight the plague of drivers that insist on texting while operating their vehicle: Great Big Tall SUVs.

Most recently reported by the AP, NY has begun operating a fleet of 32 unmarked SUVs that let troopers more easily peer down into a car to see if the driver is texting or not.

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New York's Concealed Identity Traffic Enforcement or CITE vehicles are part of what the AP calls " one of the nation's most aggressive attacks on texting while driving that also includes steeper penalties and dozens of highway "Texting Zones," where motorists can pull over to use their devices."

The AP story notes that New York is just one of 41 states that ban text messaging for all drivers and is among only 12 that prohibit using hand-held cellphones. The state this year stiffened penalties for motorists caught using hand-held devices to talk or text, increasing penalty points on the driving record from three to five, along with tickets that carry fines of up to $200. In a two-month crackdown this summer, troopers handed out 5,553 tickets for texting while driving, compared to 924 in the same period last year.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), has said in the past year that any daytime moment across the country, about 660,000 drivers are using a cell phone behind the wheel. In 2011, distracted driving resulted in more than 3,300 deaths and 387,000 injuries.  Other studies have shown Sending or receiving a text takes a driver's eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent-at 55 mph-of driving the length of an entire football field, blind.

Recent studies have raised concerns over the growth of texting while driving and its dangers, especially for teenagers.

Almost 43% of high school students of driving age had texted while driving in the past month, according to a recent survey by the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.

There is even a move by the mobile carriers to stop texting and driving. Earlier this year, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA joined the "It Can Wait" campaign that AT&T began in 2010.

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Pros: Is very quite, easy to install, and keeps my 2500k below 60c on load. Comes with the ACK-I5361 bracket for better motherboard/CPU compatibility. Also price is rather affordable.

Cons: Doesn't give you the option to mount dual fans on the HSF but by no grounds would deserve to knock an egg off for that since I knew you can't add a second fan without modification.

Other Thoughts: Rebate form sent in the mail. Will re-visit this review section after I have received my rebate. Will also post on other review sites when I get the time. :]

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Cyrille Comar, co founder and managing director of AdaCore Europe, speaks to New Electronics.

AdaCore evangelises an open source philosophy – how has the industry's perception of open source software changed in recent years and what benefits does it offer?
At AdaCore, FLOSS (Freely Licensed Open Source Software) has been our bread and butter for the last 20 years even though we don't consider ourselves as open source evangelists. Our core business is to invent, develop and maintain long-term, tools and technologies that help our customers build and validate high-assurance software and systems.
In doing this, we quickly realised our customers need a rich environment whenever they require a very high-level of confidence in the code they develop. We have found it more efficient business-wise, to participate to different open-source communities in order to build our commercial solution based on open-source building blocs. We also think that more industries could benefit from this type of sharing and co-operation. Many companies rely heavily on home-grown pieces of software (e.g. a real-time executive) that are very expensive to maintain and don't bring noticeable value to the final product. In order to decrease such internal costs, there are two avenues: use commercial-off-the-shelf software or share the development and maintenance of the less valuable, non-critical software in an open source community.

What makes Adacore's software programming environments suitable for a wide range of markets?
Ada is a general programming language with capabilities similar to C++ or Java. Its main difference is that it has been designed to support long lived, very large pieces of potentially critical software. As such, it emphasises code readability, strong typing, ease of maintenance and thus is of general interest for all markets where long-term reliability is more important than time-to-market.
AdaCore programming environments and tools are designed for the needs of such markets: Aeronautics, Space, Military, Railway, Automotive, Industrial automation, Medical devices, etc. It is also used in other areas when long-term maintenance or safety are of particular interest.

You've campaigned for better safety standards for embedded software systems across the aviation industry, where else is there a need for better safety legislation?
We have indeed been involved in the recent work leading to the new version of the civil avionics software standard: DO-178C. The main novelty of this standard is the capability to better take into account some of the major evolutions of Software Engineering that were not dealt with sufficiently in the previous version of the standard such as Object-Oriented Programming, Modelling or Formal Verification. Other industrial areas have different standards that are usually more recent than DO-178B and each standard has its own path to upgrade. Most probably, they will follow the DO-178C lead in due time.
More important than the standard itself, are the means of verifying its proper and complete usage. Some industries, such as the automotive one, still think they can enforce the use of their standard without independent assessment controlled by inter-government authorities. For sure such independent assessment has a cost that the automotive industry would like to avoid but is it a good thing for the safety of our principal mean of transportation? Imposing more stringent safety and security requirements will become a public safety issue sooner or later but isn't it also an opportunity for our own software industry to show its competitiveness in developing ultra-safe and secure software compared to emerging countries?

You've been involved with Ada for well over a decade – how has the language changed since then?
The Ada language is going through its 3rd major revision: Ada 95, Ada 2005 and now Ada 2012. Those evolutions have come from the feedback of the Ada community. What is particularly interesting in the evolution of the languageis that it has minimised upward compatibility issues as much as possible and thus it is relatively easy for Ada projects to adopt a newer version of the language and have access to newer paradigms without having to throw away or rewrite already written components.

What's next? What will Ada 2012 look like and what enhancements will it bring to software developers?
The latest revision brings many new features that help with modern verification techniques such as programming by contract through pre and post conditions. It also generalises the notion of constrained subtypes since it is now possible for the user to specify themself the constraints in a general way.
The new language is now even more suitable for static analysis and formal proofs. Based on this new revision of the language, the AdaCore research lab is working on an open project whose goal is to make formal programme verification easy enough that it can help reduce the costs associated with testing (Hi-Lite project).

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I guess she'll have to CONJURE UP another job now!

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Guide the Republican Tea Party's Christine O'Donnell through the night's sky as she
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Rated 3.5 / 5 stars

good game + message

only problems are the medals don't work and it gets boring. I beat the game for the medals and got nothing.

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

Excellent game!!

I love the medals!! Keep making games!!

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars

I agree with blackvirse

The visibility problem is annoying. Also, without autofire, it's just not that fun. Add politics to that, and you get a 5/10...politics sucks.

Rated 3 / 5 stars

Meh It repetive

I agree, she's insane, but two of reasons you put down i think are not bad, The 4th and 5th reasons to be precise. We don't need to get stem cell from embryos, as other sources have been found, Such as spinal cord in adult, I.E. Adult stem cells, or a research a Japanese researcher discover how to revert skin cell back into stems cells. But everything else, yes, she's insane. Then again, most of candidate we have running suck. Why is there so much shitty choices? And do i really even know if anyone good if they dig up every single negative fact from there past and blow it out proportion. I'm just waiting for one campaign ad to come out......Candidate John Doe wet his bed at age of 6, do you want a president with a weak bladder?

Now to game, it funny actually, for awhile, but it repetitive quickly, auto-fire would be nice in this intense of an environment.

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as soon i hit play i was blown away with the creativity. nice work. i do agree u need a auto fire and dmg upgrades

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"Repeat" is a game made with the Stencyl program. "Repeat" also uses the idea of similarity. You play what first appears to be the same level continuously and it slightly changes each time. Each lever there is goes to the block.

When more levels are made, new colours are planned to be brought in to make it more clear what levers go to which button.

Made with the Stencyl program and is made for StencylJam2014

EDIT: Fixed the bug in Maze 8 where the staircase was unable to be used.

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars

The game looks okay, and plays just fine, but you might want to try and work in a solution checker at some point. By sheer luck, I got an unwinnable maze (the switch to remove the blue block is behind the blue block, next to the stairs).

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Oh, that. You can pass that easily. It's very simple. Just think about it, if you can't figure it out, send a message my way and I'll help you with it.

Rated 2 / 5 stars

I suppose if I didn't want to play a horrible boring monotonous game I shouldn't have played one called "repeat". What can I say. I was hoping it was an ironic name. Like "Little John". Oh, and the music really fits with it.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

OMG I found the secret! :D

P.S. It's where there is the... HAHA! jk. I'm not telling anyone!!! LOL

LifeUpStudios responds:

Nice! Congrats! It appeared to be a struggle to find for people at first but people seem to getting used to it and finding it, I'm sure not everyone is finding it, but, hey, it's the point of it being there. But, again, that's great, and thanks for the great review!

Rated 2 / 5 stars

This is an okay puzzle game. Very similar to a stencly tutorial. The controls worked well. All the medals work, and I earned them all. Will there be a sequel?

LifeUpStudios responds:

I've planned to make more levels and update this every day, but I'm having issues with my computer messing up. If needed, I'll just probably make a sequel, anyway. I can guarantee, however, if it is a sequel I make, it will be completely different in the design.

Rated 2 / 5 stars

this is basically one of the tutorials in stencyl ... nothing new apart from the medals...

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