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Friday, August 2, 2013
Cleveland kidnapper gets life without parole, plus 1,000 years
CLEVELAND ? Ariel Castro was sentenced to life without parole on the charge of aggravated murder Thursday and received multiple years on various other charges related to kidnap and rape that totaled 1,000 years.
Cuyahoga Common Pleas Judge Michael Russo emphasized that Castro would never leave prison and that the multiple sentences would be consecutive because of the severity of his crimes. Russo told Castro that the extreme sentence is meant "to punish you."
"You don't deserve to be out in our community," Russo told Castro.
Russo also told Castro that he was to never try to contact his victims ? Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus ? or Berry's daughter, whom Castro fathered.
Knight, one of the three women Castro has admitted to kidnapping and torturing in his Cleveland home, told him Thursday in court, "You took 11 years of my life away. I went through 11 years of hell, and now your hell is just beginning. You will face hell for an eternity. You will die a little every day. ... You deserve to spend life in prison."
Knight, in an emotional, nervous voice, told the court that she thought about her son, who was 2 when she was abducted, every day she was in captivity and that Christmases were especially hard because she wasn't with him.?
?"I cried every night. I was so alone," Knight said.
Knight arrived in the courtroom at the end of a late-morning recess, and Castro kept looking over his shoulder at her. Three deputies standing behind Castro told him to look toward the front of the courtroom and away from Knight.
Castro told the court in a rambling statement toward the end of the hearing, "I am not a monster. I am just sick. I have an addiction, just like an alcoholic has an addiction." He also said, "I am not a violent person, and I do have value for human life." Castro claims he is addicted to pornography.
"As God is my witness, I never beat these women as they say I did," Castro said.
Judge Russo thanked Knight for her restraint during Castro's statement.
Castro, as part of a bargain to avoid the death penalty, had pleaded guilty last Friday to kidnapping, raping and beating Knight, Berry and DeJesus. The plea deal stipulated that Castro would be sentenced to a minimum of life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years.
Knight was the only one of the victims to speak in court. DeJesus was represented by her cousin, Sylvia Colon, and Berry by her sister Beth Serrano. Earlier in the hearing, Judge Russo had asked Castro, who was handcuffed and shackled, if he would like to apologize to his victims, but Castro said he would wait until later in the hearing.
The three women, for the most part, have maintained a low profile since their rescue May 6, when Berry escaped from Castro's home with her 6-year-old daughter and called for police.
In July, the women released a YouTube video to thank the community for its support, and Berry surprised a crowd last weekend when she walked onstage during a Cleveland concert and was greeted by cheering fans. She later returned to the stage at the invitation of rapper Nelly.
Knight wrote a note to the Cleveland police that the department posted on its Facebook page Wednesday.
"You don't know how much I appreciate all your time & work collecting cards and gifts from people for me and the other girls," Knight's handwritten note stated. "I am overwhelmed by the amount of thoughts, love + prayers expressed by complete strangers ... Life is tough. But I'm tougher. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly."
The sentencing hearing opened Thursday with testimony by Cleveland police officer Barb Johnson. Johnson was one of the first officers on the scene May 6.
Johnson said that in the ambulance after they were rescued, the three victims told of repeated beatings by Castro and described how they helped Berry give birth at Castro's house.
Detective Andy Harasimchuk of the Cleveland Police Department Sex Crimes Unit told the court that all three women told him they were repeatedly sexually assaulted ? vaginally, anally and orally ? during the entire time they were held.
Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Deputy Dave Jacobs testified that Castro referred to himself during an interview in May as a sexual predator and said that he abducted the women to satisfy his sexual needs. Jacobs also said Castro said that he knew what he did was wrong.
Investigators found a handwritten letter in Castro's house in which he declared, "I am a sexual predator," FBI Special Agent Andrew Burke testified. Castro also wrote in the letter that he had been sexually abused as a child and said he has an addiction to pornography.
Assistant prosecutor Blaise Thomas, speaking with reporters during a break in the hearing, said that when prosecutors met with Castro for him to sign over the deed to his home, Casto teared up and said, "I don't understand why you have to tear my house down. I have so many happy memories there with Gina, Amanda and Michelle." Thomas said, "That's the true Ariel Castro."
Castro, a former school bus driver, kidnapped the women from the streets of Cleveland's west side, then imprisoned them for a decade, court records state. During their captivity, he raped and beat the women, chained them in his basement, and allowed them outside only a few times, the records show.
DNA analysis also shows that Castro fathered Berry's daughter, and prosecutors say he impregnated Knight and then beat her to force a miscarriage. It was that act that resulted in the aggravated murder charge and a possible death penalty.
After last Friday's plea bargain hearing, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty described Castro as a manipulator without remorse who would not leave prison ?except nailed in a box or in an ash can.? Castro pleaded guilty to 937 charges, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cleveland-kidnapper-faces-sentence-001821758.html
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Bauer Hockey, Hockey Canada Research Shows Growing the Game is Achievable
Pilot Programs Announced to Grow the Game While Delivering Fun and Convenience
TORONTO, Aug. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Bauer Hockey, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of ice hockey equipment, and Hockey Canada announced today the next phase of their Grow the Game partnership, including initial research study results as well as the creation of pilot programs developed to specifically address the results of those findings.
Launched in 2012, Grow the Game is a global initiative to add 1 million new players to the game of hockey by 2022, with Canada serving as the starting point of those efforts.? Hockey in Canada has experienced historically low participation growth rates over the last few years, and today approximately 90 percent of Canadian families and their children choose not to play hockey.
"We're starting in Canada because it's home to not only a deep hockey heritage but it's also where Bauer Hockey was founded in 1927," said Kevin Davis, President and CEO of Bauer Performance Sports.? "Some might say our goal is too bold, but the research shows that non-hockey families view the sport positively and many would 'definitely' consider enrolling their kids.? With these findings, our focus now turns to breaking down perceived barriers."
Bauer Hockey and Hockey Canada commissioned an independent research initiative to better understand the considerations and barriers for non-hockey families and their children as they decide to play different sports.? The findings from the survey show that 73 percent of non-hockey families would consider enrolling their child in the future, and nearly 40 percent said they would "definitely" consider enrolling their child.
Even as Canada's demographics are changing, New Canadians are engaged in the sport, with nearly two-thirds of families saying they would consider enrolling their child in hockey and 20 percent saying they would "definitely" consider.
The Perceived Barriers
In addition to the positive signs for growth, the research provided an in-depth look at the perceived barriers for those who have decided not to enroll their children in hockey.? These barriers were consistent across regions and demographics and include:
- Hockey is not perceived as fun
- Non-hockey families do not perceive hockey as a 'fun' sport.? Nearly every other sport in this research, such as soccer and baseball, was described as 'fun' by respondents.
- Perceived time commitment
- Many parents cited too much required travel and a commitment of three days per week as a significant concern. Parents cited a need for options beyond one-size-fits-all, similar to the range of choices offered in other sports, for kids who want less time commitment.
- Perceived safety
- Many parents do not perceive the sport as safe for their children to play, including a risk of concussion and a belief that the game promotes violent behavior.
- Perceived affordability
- Although entry-level players can get on the ice at an affordable cost with the appropriate equipment for their skill level, parents cited the high costs of enrollment fees and equipment as a perceived barrier.
"Hockey is a fun sport and through this exciting new initiative, Hockey Canada and Bauer Hockey want to?ensure?youngsters have opportunities?to get on the ice and give it a try," said Paul Carson, Vice-President, Hockey Development at Hockey Canada. "By eliminating barriers preventing access to the sport, more girls and boys will be able to try hockey and?have a fun, safe and positive?experience with the ultimate goal of?growing our sport?across the country?and around the globe."
The Pilot Programs to Overcome Barriers
To overcome these perceived barriers, Bauer Hockey and Hockey Canada announced the creation of pilot programs that will launch this fall in both Ontario and Nova Scotia.? The programs, which will take place in Hamilton, Scarborough, Halifax and East Hants, were designed to be fun, affordable and convenient.? The pilot programs will focus on the following aspects in an attempt to begin breaking down the perceived barriers to entry.
- A Fun Experience: Bauer, Hockey Canada and local governing bodies will host fun enrollment days for parents and kids, and provide informational materials on safety in the game, including the importance of equipment fit and educating parents on gear, the game and more
- Convenience: These six-week sessions will meet for one hour once a week, which keeps the commitment to a minimum and allows for participation in other activities
- Improved Communication: Locally marketed to reach non-hockey families and to communicate fun, safety, convenience and affordability
- Affordability: Enrollment and equipment will be bundled together at $100
After these programs are launched, tested and re-evaluated, they will be expanded into other regions to help grow the game.
Hall of Famer Mark Messier will assist Bauer Hockey and Hockey Canada in their efforts to attract additional players to the sport.? Messier, who joined forces with Bauer Hockey last year following the company's acquisition of Cascade Sports, has been deeply committed to growing the game and has been a vocal advocate for increasing participation and safety.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to continue working with Bauer Hockey and Hockey Canada to help take down these barriers and bring more people to our game that's fun and teaches valuable life lessons," Messier said.? "Along with the change in family lifestyles, the game of hockey has also changed.? Kids need the opportunity to experience a variety of sports growing up, and it is our responsibility to offer our game in a way that is affordable, requires a reasonable commitment level, and most important, demonstrates how much fun hockey is for kids and families."
ABOUT BAUER HOCKEY
Bauer Hockey is the world's most recognized designer, marketer and manufacturer of hockey equipment. Founded in Kitchener, Ontario in 1927, Bauer Hockey developed the first skate with a blade attached to a boot, forever changing the game of hockey. Since then, Bauer Hockey has continued to develop the most sought after products in the industry, including the widely successful SUPREME?, VAPOR? and NEXUS? lines of products. Bauer Performance Sports Ltd., the parent company of Bauer Hockey, is a publicly-traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange whose affiliates market products under the BAUER, MISSION, MAVERIK, CASCADE, INARIA and COMBAT brand names.??? For more information, visit Bauer Hockey's website at www.BAUER.com.
ABOUT HOCKEY CANADA
Hockey Canada is the governing body for hockey in Canada and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), with a membership through its 13 provincial branch associations of over 700,000 players, coaches and officials.?Hockey Canada is a not-for-profit organization that creates leading-edge hockey development programs for its members to deliver in communities across Canada, provides consistent rules and regulations and various other membership services from coast to coast, manages numerous regional, national and international hockey championships and events, and leads the operation of all teams that represent Canada in international hockey competition. Hockey Canada's mission is to "lead, develop and promote positive hockey experiences."
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Budding Scientist Projects: Caterpillar Olympics
Our "caterpillar Olympics" course
My parents have an old birch tree in their backyard in Western Massachusetts. Each August, we watch a new generation of black-and-white hickory tussock moth caterpillars make its way down from the tree and toward the side of our house to weave cocoons. Last summer, there were so many of these fluffy creatures that they hung down from the trees on their lines of silk like decorations.
This year, we arrived at my parents? place too early to witness the great migration from birch tree to house siding. But we were lucky enough to find one? caterpillar and catch it. In the past, we?ve kept several of them in pickle jars ? with air holes punched in the lid ? and watched as they wove cocoons and turned into moths, then released them. This year, we?re not here long enough to observe the full lifecycle, so we decided to build the caterpillar its own ?Olympic park,? as my 7-year-old daughter calls it, and observe it climbing around. We used the inside of a box top, and built a slide, a seesaw, a tunnel, a ladder, a jungle gym, a bed and other ?equipment? out of paper. We?ve enjoyed watching the caterpillar?s agility as it makes its way around the course, tossing and waving its head from side to side once it reaches the top of a structure, perhaps searching for a higher tree branch to cling on to.?(Warning: Some people are allergic to the hairs on these caterpillars and can develop a rash. We haven?t had this problem, but to stay safe you may want to handle your caterpillars using small sticks or twigs)
Below is a video of our caterpillar on the slide.
Credits: Anna Kuchment
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The CW to introduce The Flash on 'Arrow' season 2
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) ? The upcoming season of The CW's "Arrow" is getting some flash, as in the popular DC comic book character, the network announced at Tuesday's annual Television Critics Association press tour.
"We plan to introduce a recurring character and the origin story of Dr. Barry Allen, who you know as The Flash," said network President Mark Pedowitz. "We do want to expand upon the DC Universe. We think that there are rich characters we can use, and we felt like this was a very organic way to get there."
If all goes as planned, there could be a spinoff.
"Arrow" debuted in the 2012-2013 season and was The CW's most popular new show.
It stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, who is based on the DC Comics character The Green Arrow. A spoiled billionaire who was stranded on an island for five years, Queen returns home as a secret hooded crime fighter out to rid his city from corruption using his newfound talent with a bow and arrow.
"Arrow" returns for its second season in October.
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Alicia Rancilio covers entertainment for The Associated Press. Follow her online at http://www.twitter.com/aliciar
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cw-introduce-flash-arrow-season-2-175013375.html
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Hillary Rodham Clinton group raises $1 million
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013, for lunch with President Barack Obama. It's the most talked about lunch in the nation's capital. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are dining privately at the White House Monday. While it's not the first time the pair have seen each other since Clinton left the administration earlier this year, each of their get-togethers are closely analyzed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013, for lunch with President Barack Obama. It's the most talked about lunch in the nation's capital. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are dining privately at the White House Monday. While it's not the first time the pair have seen each other since Clinton left the administration earlier this year, each of their get-togethers are closely analyzed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
BOSTON (AP) ? She's yet to say whether she'll run, but a group working to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's prospective presidential bid has raised more than $1 million in June alone.
An official with the Ready For Hillary super PAC confirmed Tuesday that the organization has accepted donations exceeding $1.25 million since beginning to raise money in earnest this spring ? a figure that includes more than $1 million last month as the operation begins to ramp up. The figures will be reported in the group's financial report on Wednesday.
Clinton, who resigned as secretary of state in February, has not announced whether she will seek the presidency in 2016. But the super PAC dedicated to encouraging her to run has attracted several prominent Democratic donors and campaign operatives in recent weeks.
The official says that Ready For Hillary will report roughly $1 million in the bank after expenses, with three-quarters of all expenses focused on digital advertising to help build its email list and social media capacity. Wednesday's filing will show donors from all 50 states.
Clinton is not formally connected to the group, which can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. She has been making public appearances and working on a book since leaving the State Department.
The activity comes more than three years before the next presidential election, although both sides are actively working to influence Clinton's standing in the race.
Earlier in the month, Ready for Hillary announced the hiring of a Democratic firm called 270 Strategies to oversee grassroots organizing, volunteer training and recruitment. The move helped improve the legitimacy of the group among some skeptical donors. The firm, started by top aides in President Barack Obama's last election, is working on a plan to expand the operation across the country.
Republicans, too, are in the early stages of an effort to chip away at Clinton's record.
American Crossroads, the GOP group tied to Republican strategist Karl Rove, released a web video in May that suggested Clinton was less than truthful in the Benghazi case, an episode they noted happened "all under Hillary Clinton's watch." An independent review last year blamed the State Department for inadequate security but largely absolved Clinton of wrongdoing.
Separately, American Rising, a Republican super political action committee led by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign manager, created the Stop Hillary PAC and has been raising money off a potential Clinton campaign.
One email request from the cofounder of the group warned that "massive forces are aligning to begin a coronation of 'President Hillary.'"
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Judge rejects lawsuit over Northern California forest fire
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Archbishop says Church speaks for the poor in battle with payday lenders
Archbishop says Church speaks for the poor in battle with payday lenders
12:36am Tuesday 30th July 2013 in News
THE Church of England is speaking for the poor in its opposition to payday lenders, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
The Most Rev Justin Welby, formerly Bishop of Durham, said he had received an unusual number of positive responses since he told short-term, high-cost credit firm Wonga that the Church wants to compete it out of existence as part of its plans to expand credit unions.
It has since emerged that the Church of England indirectly invested ?75,000 in Wonga, out of investments totalling ?5.2bn, which Mr Welby acknowledged was "very embarrassing" following his remarks about the payday industry.
Speaking at an event organised by the New Wine church movement, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, the Archbishop described the recent coverage as "astonishing" but insisted the feedback he had received had been overwhelmingly positive.
"The last few days have been astonishing with this affair over the payday lenders," he said.
"For a start, the positive comments have outweighed the negative - which in the letters that come to me is unusual.
"What people have commented on is a church speaking for the poor. And when the Church is real, people pay attention."
Mr Welby has suggested a comprehensive review of the Church's investment portfolio could take place following the revelation of its link with Wonga.
The Church of England leader proceeded to heap praise on Wonga and its management on Friday, appearing to distance himself from comments he had made about the company the day before, saying he wanted to compete it out of existence.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Funnily enough, I never took on Wonga in particular. The context was talking about the entire payday lender movement. Wonga is actually a very professionally managed company. Errol Damelin, the chief executive, is a very clever man, runs it extremely well."
He insisted, however, that he was not backtracking from his commitment to clamp down on irresponsible lenders.
"We need to provide a proper alternative to these very, very costly forms of finance. The worst people are not Wonga. There are plenty of others much worse," he said.
Mr Welby's campaign against payday lenders has been backed by Business Secretary Vince Cable, who said the Government was looking at better regulation of the industry as well as a bar on advertising high-interest loans to people who can ill afford to pay them back.
The Northern Echo also pledged to provide free advertising for credit unions in an effort to dissuade people from using other money lenders.
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Trying to save part of Rosie the Riveter's factory
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ? The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a "man's work" by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of American female empowerment, will be demolished if money can't be found to save it.
The Willow Run Bomber Plant, a 332-acre former Ford Motor Co. factory west of Detroit that churned out nearly 9,000 B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II, is slated to be torn down unless a group can raise $3.5 million by Thursday to convert at least some of the structure into a new, expanded home for the nearby Yankee Air Museum.
"The younger generation needs to know what people went through and be able to go and see what they did and how they did it for our country," Larry Doe, a 70-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident who has given to the cause, said recently before joining other donors for a trip on a B-17.
Although women performed what had been male-dominated roles in plants all over the country during the war, it was a Willow Run worker ? one of an untold number of women in its 40,000-person workforce ? who caught the eye of Hollywood producers casting a "riveter" for a government film about the war effort at home.
Rose Will Monroe, a Kentucky native who moved to Michigan during the war, starred as herself in the film and became one of the best-known figures of that era. She represented the thousands of Rosies who took factory jobs making munitions, weaponry and other things while the nation's men were off fighting in Europe and the Pacific.
Although many Rosies were let go once the war was over and the soldiers returned home, they had shown that women were capable of doing jobs that had traditionally been done by only men. An illustrated poster of a determined-looking Rosie the Riveter rolling up her sleeve with the slogan, "We can do it!," became an iconic symbol of female empowerment for American women.
The Willow Run factory went back to making automobiles after the war ended, and it did so for more than a half-century under the General Motors name before closing for good in 2010.
Now, Doe and other donors are hoping to save at least some of the massive structure to convert it into the new home of the Yankee Air Museum. The museum's original headquarters burned down in 2004, and it is currently housed at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, which is near Ypsilanti Township, where the plant is located.
"We now have the opportunity to actually take a piece of this plant. It's due to be demolished over the next two or three years," said Dennis Norton, president of the Michigan Aerospace Foundation. "There's no further use for it. It's too big. It's too old to be used in modern-day manufacturing."
Organizers of the "Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant" campaign say they need $8 million to fund their "separation" plan. They want to acquire part of the 5 million-square-foot plant, secure it and re-establish utility services such as water, gas and electric.
They have raised $4.5 million of what they need and are hoping to entice major donors to come forward with six- and seven-figure commitments.
Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing two weeks ago isn't expected to have any effect on fundraising, said Dan Pierce, a spokesman for the effort.
"We have not heard this from any prospective donors and don't think we will," he said.
Yankee Air Museum backers are hoping to tap into some of that patented Rosie resolve in their efforts to transform Willow Run.
The hulking facility currently is in the hands of the Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust, which took over sites around the country left behind in the bankruptcy of GM.
Much of the plant has fallen into disrepair, including the portion the Yankee Air Museum is eyeing. The factory floor is littered with debris that sits among rusted-out and busted-up equipment once used to make transmissions.
Norton and his colleagues hope to change that soon.
The millions left to raise represents "a significant amount of money," he said.
"However, if we didn't think we could do it, we wouldn't have started it in the first place."
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/trying-save-part-rosie-riveters-factory-075805738.html
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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Whitecaps lose second straight match as Hoppenot leads Union to 1-0 win
Second-half substitute Antoine Hoppenot?s goal in the 85th minute gave the Philadelphia Union a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer action Saturday.
Philadelphia (9-6-7) remained unbeaten in three games, while the Whitecaps (9-6-6) suffered their second straight loss, and their first of the season at home.
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Hoppenot scored off a Philadelphia counter-attack moments after Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath had robbed Whitecaps striker Camilo at the other end of the pitch. The loss spoiled a valiant effort from the Whitecaps, who played a man short most of the game.
The setback also deprived Vancouver goalkeeper Brad Knighton of a chance to beat his former squad after being released by Philadelphia following the 2010 season and forced to play a campaign in a lower-tier circuit. Knighton made some timely saves, but now, after his second consecutive loss, risks losing his starter spot to former Danish Superliga star David Ousted, who was signed in June.
The Whitecaps were forced to play with 10 men after midfielder Jun Marques Davidson received a red card for head-butting Keon Daniel in the back. The incident resulted after Keon kicked the ball while Davidson was on top of it after a whistle.
The Union player earned a yellow card for the infraction and had turned and started to walk away following a face-to-face confrontation with Davidson when the Whitecap decided to seek some revenge.
Davidson, Whitecaps players and coach Martin Rennie protested the ejection to no avail. Following the incident, Daniel was booed every time he touched the ball before subbing out in the second half.
Despite being shorthanded, the Whitecaps enjoyed several scoring chances, while Philadelphia offered the occasional threat.
Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert had a great chance in the 15th minute as he lobbed a Kenny Miller pass over Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath, but the ball also went over the net, resting on top of it.
One Union chance came around the 20-minute mark, as Daniel blocked Vancouver goalkeeper Knighton?s kick, forcing the ?keeper to check the rebound away from former Whitecap Sebastien Le Toux.
The Whitecaps were fortunate not to lose Knighton after he and Philadelphia captain Jack McInernerey knocked heads in the 24th minute. Knighton lay face-down on the ground for a few moments, kicking the grass in pain and was tended by trainers, but stayed in the game.
McInerney received a yellow card for his involvement.
In the 27th minute, Vancouver?s Young-Pyo Lee shot over the net after taking a pass from Russell Teibert. Seven minutes later, Whitecaps striker Kenny Miller sent a header wide of the net.
Teibert had another chance 10 minutes later, but he fired Camilo?s free-kick-turned-pass from the left flank wide. After eluding two defenders, Miller shot wide from just inside the top of the Union box in the 40th minute.
The Whitecaps lost Miller to an injury just two minutes into the second half.
But Vancouver?s scoring chances kept coming. MacMath blocked Camilo?s shot from just inside the left corner of the box in the 49th minute after the Whitecap striker had eluded defenders and raced in on goal alone.
In the 49th minute, Miller?s replacement, 18-year-old Kekuta Manneh hit the post after MacMath barely managed to get his foot on the shot from the right side of the box.
Manneh had another excellent opportunity in the 68th minute, but MacMath jumped to catch his shot from the top of the box. Moments later, Knighton blocked Hoppenot?s shot from close range with his head.
The Whitecaps lost central defender Brad Rusin in the 81st minute after he was hurt blocking a shot. He was replaced by Carlyle Mitchell.
Camilo had another chance in the 84th minute as he took a through ball from Gershon Koffie and fired a shot from close range at MacMath. But the Philly goalkeeper covered the angle well and knocked the ball away.
Vancouver?s luck ran out a minute later as Mitchell gave the ball away, fell and then could not get up in time to prevent it from going to Hoppenot.
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Pentagon to deploy huge blimps over Washington, DC for 360-degree surveillance
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A pair of high-tech Army blimps is coming to the greater Washington, DC area, and soon they will be able to provide the military with surveillance powers that spans hundreds of millions of acres from North Carolina to Niagara Falls, Canada.
The airships are part of Raytheon?s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, and when all is said and done they?ll offer the United States military what the defense contractor calls ?an affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system? that relies on ?a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats.?
Raytheon has just wrapped up a six-week testing period in the state of Utah and is now sending its JLENS fleet to the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Once there, the Army intends to get some hands-on experience that will eventually culminate in launching the pair of airships over Washington, DC.
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Once above the nation?s capital, JLENS will allow the Army to see for 320 miles in any direction from 10,000 feet above the earth. The system can be set up to operate on its own for an entire month without requiring refueling, and offers the Pentagon surveillance capabilities that dwarf other options at a penny of the cost.
Its manufactures say JLENS ?enables commanders to defend against threats including hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, large caliber rockets and moving surface vehicles such as boats, SCUD-launchers, automobiles and tanks.?
?Affordable defense from real world threats,? Raytheon touts the system on its website.
To provide that security, though, the Army will send its integrated pair of airships ? around 75 yards in length each ? high into the sky carrying ?powerful radars that can look deep into enemy territory.? First, however, the residents of the metropolitan Washington, DC area ? and those in around a dozen states stretching the mid-Atlantic into New England ? will be asked to ignore a pair of sophisticated spying machines.
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?JLENS uses advanced sensor and networking technologies to provide 360-degree, wide-area surveillance and precision target tracking,? the Defense Department found in an unclassified audit of the system conducted in late 2011. But while that tracking is designed to go after enemy drones and spot other suspicious activity, it is also touted as being able to provide a good enough image of moving land targets ? or essentially anything. In a press release from February, Raytheon said the JLENS surveillance radar can ?simultaneously track hundreds of threats.?
Of course, the surveillance ship is only half of the JLENS program. That aircraft, one of the two tethered blimp-like vessles, is equipped with the appropriate lenses to wage sophisticated surveillance missions. Also included in the package is a separate ship equal in size that contains fire control radar that picks up data about incoming threats and then communicates with separate missile systems that can then wage attacks, or counter-attacks.
?We?re proving blimps can see more than just the 50-yard line,? JLENS program director Doug Burgess told Popular Science this week. ?We really feel like we?re at the point now ? development is complete ? and the system is ready to be deployed wherever it?s needed.?
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According to PopSci, the JLENS already successfully completed two exercises in 2012 in which it guided a missile to shoot down other missiles ? one over sea, another over land.
But while the likelihood of having one of the airships shoot down an armed drone heading for the White House seems unlikely, it?s a precaution that the Army intends on being prepared for ? even at the widespread cost of losing privacy.
?When the government is conducting real-time aerial surveillance within the United States,? Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told The Huffington Post, ?there are privacy issues that need to be addressed.?
Raytheon estimates the using the JLENS instead of traditional, fixed-wing surveillance aircraft, could bring the cost of operation down by as much as 700 percent.
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Bosnian immigrant charged with lying about alleged war crimes
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Edin Sakoc during his arrest Friday in Burlington, Vt.
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
A naturalized U.S. citizen living in Vermont pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he lied on his citizenship application about gruesome war crimes he is accused of having committed 21 years ago during the Bosnian war.
The man, Edin Sakoc, 54, who lives with his wife and a 6-year-old daughter in Burlington, Vt., was being held by U.S. marshals pending a court appearance Monday at which a judge will decide whether to release him pending trial.
The grand jury indictment, which was unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, alleges that Sakoc, a Bosnian Muslim, kidnapped and raped a Bosnian Serb woman and abetted the killings her mother and aunt in July 1992 ? only three months into what would become a 3?-year bloodbath as ethnic and religious factions fought over the remains of the former Yugoslavia.
That's not what he's charged with, however. The indictment formally charges him with two counts of failing to disclose the alleged crimes, first in 2004 when he applied for legal permanent residence and again in 2007 when he applied for and was granted U.S. citizenship.
If convicted, Sakoc could be sentenced to as long as 10 years in prison, fined as much as $250,000 and lose his U.S. citizenship.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't answer a call seeking an explanation of how U.S. investigators learned about the allegations against Sakoc. The indictment was kept under seal until Friday to protect agents and sources, indicating that he was possibly identified by an informer.
Sakoc's court-appointed attorney told reporters after Friday's hearing that he had no comment but that he expected his client to be released Monday after turning in his U.S. and Bosnian passports.
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia in March 1992. The next month, armed conflict broke out between Bosnian Serbs and a loose coalition of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats. The conflict spread to other former Yugoslav republics, leading to the deaths of at least 140,000 people by the time peace was brokered in December 1995, the International Committee of the Red Cross estimated in 2010.
In July 1992, the indictment alleges, Sakoc and an unnamed co-conspirator kidnapped a Bosnian Serb woman from the home where she and her elderly mother and aunt had taken refuge in the town of Capljina. Sakoc assaulted and raped the woman and took her to Dretelj, a nearby prison camp where Bosnian Serbs were tortured or killed during the war, it says.
A few hours later, Sakoc and his partner returned to the home, where the unnamed second person shot and killed the woman's mother and aunt, the indictment alleges. They then burned the women's bodies and torched the house, it says.
In a statement, Bruce Foucart, the special agent in charge of ICE's office for Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, said, "Alleged human rights violators who believe they can find a safe haven in the United States are sorely mistaken.
"Even if they take on a different identity in an effort to protect themselves from prosecution, they will be discovered and they will be brought to justice for their crimes," he said.
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Hostage-taker, six others killed in Florida apartment shooting
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Seven people were shot and killed at a Miami-area apartment early Saturday, including the suspected gunman, the Miami Herald said.
The gunman, who was holding two hostages at the time, was killed by a police SWAT team after an eight-hour standoff at the apartment building in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. The standoff began with an argument between the gunman and the husband and wife who ran the building.
Police found the landlords' bodies and the bodies of four other people after they moved in and shot the suspect dead, the newspaper said.
(Reporting by Jane Sutton; Editing by Vicki Allen)
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FEMA grants nearly $3M for West, Texas, schools
WEST, Texas (AP) -- Federal emergency officials have announced a grant of nearly $2.8 million to help schools devastated by a plant explosion in the Texas town of West.
An April fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people and wrecked three of the West Independent School District's four schools. The district had sent most of the affected students to nearby Waco for classes.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced a grant that includes money for temporary classrooms and administrative buildings to replace those destroyed or damaged in the explosion. Under a cost-sharing formula, FEMA reimburses the state 75 percent of the total costs while the state covers the rest.
Federal officials previously rejected $40 million in disaster aid for the schools. Insurers had offered just $20 million of the district's $59 million policy.
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Technology/equipment issues account for almost one in four operating room errors, study finds
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Around a quarter of all operating room errors are caused by technology/equipment problems, indicates an analysis of the available evidence.
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Sony?s upcoming ?Honami? sized up against the Xperia Z
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Earlier this week we posted some new images of what looked like credible images of Sony?s upcoming flagship, codenamed ?Honami?. Well some new images have surfaced from the same website, Gadget Helpline, that show the same handset sized up against the Xperia Z (C660X). As you can tell from the first couple of pictures, both handsets have a very similar design, although Honami appears to be a little longer. A number of additional images show some of the camera user interface, most of which we have seen previously. One screenshot shows the various camera modes including Superior auto, Manual, Timeshift burst, Picture effect, AR effect, Info-eye, Social live and Sweep Panorama. Another couple of pictures shows the AR effect (Augmented Reality) mode in action. Check out all of the pictures below. Via Gadget Helpline . Thanks David and Thomas! ...
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Stocks gain slightly on energy earnings
Stocks ended slightly higher on Wall Street Thursday as gains in energy and chemical companies pushed the market higher.?Even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, stocks have shuffled between minor gains and minor losses.
Trader Neil Catania, left, and Mark Muller, right, confer on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Good earnings from energy and chemical companies helped boost stocks Thursday.
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The modest move extends a pattern seen this week: Even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, the broader market has shuffled between minor gains and minor losses.
Cabot Oil & Gas and Range Resources reported revenue and earnings that trumped estimates, sending their?stocks?up 7 percent. Cabot climbed $4.85 to $76.56. Range Resources rose $5.34 to $81.39.
Facebook soared 30 percent after reporting earnings late Wednesday that easily beat analysts' forecasts thanks to higher revenue from ads on mobile devices. Facebook's?stock?gained $7.85 to $34.36.?
Nearly halfway through the second-quarter earnings season, the overall trend looks good, but not great, said Tyler Vernon, chief investment officer of Biltmore Capital in Princeton, N.J. "There have been some big disappointments, like Caterpillar yesterday, but we're seeing better and better numbers coming out."
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 4.31 points, or 0.3 percent, to close at 1,690.25.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 13.37 points, or 0.1 percent, to 15,555.61. The Dow was held back by Home Depot and Caterpillar, which warned Wednesday that its sales could sag.
The Nasdaq composite index gained 25.59 points, or 0.7 percent, to 3,605.19.
Analysts forecast that companies in the S&P 500 index will report earnings growth of 4.3 percent over the same period last year, according to S&P Capital IQ. At the start of July, the forecast was for growth of 2.8 percent. More than six out of every 10 companies have cleared analysts' earnings targets so far.
Improving profits should help push the S&P 500 index above 1,700 in the coming weeks, Vernon said.
D.R. Horton, the country's largest builder, and PulteGroup said orders for new houses jumped in the second quarter, but their results still fell short of what analysts had expected. PulteGroup also posted a 14 percent decline in profits
D.R. Horton dropped $1.82, or 9 percent, to $19.38. PulteGroup lost $1.90, or 10 percent, to $16.55, the biggest drop of any?stock?in the S&P 500.
"I think what you're seeing a bit of today is people questioning what higher mortgage rates mean for housing," said JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade in Chicago.
In the market for U.S. government bonds, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was unchanged from late Wednesday at 2.59 percent. Late last week, it was trading at 2.48 percent.
The 10-year yield acts as a benchmark rate for most mortgage loans. A sharp increase in the rate drives up mortgage costs and could slow down sales in the housing market.
It's still very low by historical standards, thanks in large part to the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program. The 10-year Treasury yield hit a recent low of 1.63 percent on May 3. By contrast, it was trading around 4 percent in the summer of 2008, shortly before the worst days of the financial crisis.
The Russell 2000 index of small-company?stocks?set another record high, gaining 10.35 points, or 1 percent, to 1,054.18. The Russell has trounced other indexes this year, gaining 24 percent versus 19 percent for the S&P 500 and the Dow.
Among other?stocks?making big moves:
? Las Vegas Sands, a major casino operator, fell 55 cents, or 1 percent, to $54.40 after it posted lower revenue and income than financial analysts had expected.
? Visa rose $7.86, or 4 percent, to $194.61. Visa returned to profitability in its third fiscal quarter and reported strong revenue growth as the company processed more transactions worldwide.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Kays named Grand Marshal of Marlborough's Labor Day Parade
Bob Kays, city businessman and local humanitarian, has been named Grand Marshal of the 62nd Annual Marlborough Labor Day Parade. This year?s Labor Day event begins at noon on Monday, Sept. 2.
The announcement was made Monday by Marlborough Mayor Arthur Vigeant and Labor Day Parade Director Ed Thurber at a gathering in the Mayor?s Conference Room in City Hall.
"With a Parade theme, ?Spirit of Marlborough,? it was a no brainer that the Grand Marshal would be Bob Kays," said Patricia Pope, Marlborough City Councilor and a member of the Parade Committee. "It?s an honor well deserved and a long time coming.
"Honoree Kays has long been instrumental in leading successful fundraisers and community events, including serving as chairman or co-chairman for events that include the local American Cancer Society?s Relay for Life, the Mayor?s Charity Ball, Chowder Fest and Evening of Giving as well as personal events such as fundraisers for families in need. He chairs the Marlborough Recreation Commission and he is a board member on both the South Middlesex Opportunity Council and the Marlborough Economic Development Corporation.
Vigeant thanked Kays for all that he does for the City of Marlborough.
"Bob?s endless good deeds and his limitless compassion has earned him the appreciation of our citizens for many years now," said Vigeant. "I am happy to pay tribute to the spirit of helping others that Bob embodies by honoring him as our Grand Marshal this Labor Day."
Kays has received the Marlborough Pride Award, Humanitarian of the Year recognition, Marlborough Spirit Award and Marlborough Lifetime Community Service Award as well as a 2011 Yankee Magazine nomination for "An Angel Among Us."
He also was recognized with the 2012 Hudson Marlborough Good Scout Award by the Knox Trail
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