Published on June 28, 2014

Published on June 28, 2014

Five-year-old Eleanor Anderson gets a little help from her dad Aaron as she reads during a story mob Saturday. With her is Roseanne Gauthier, childrens librarian at the Confederation Centre Library. Thestory mob was part of the TD Summer Reading Club and it decended on the lawn outside the Coles Building and about 25 young readers read outlood to their heart's content.

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Published on June 28, 2014

Vaughan Lloyd was one of the readers during the story mob. With him is Roseanne Gauthier, childrens librarian at the Confederation Centre Library.

Guardian photo by Brian McInnis

Published on June 28, 2014

Some of the members of the story mob await the beginning of the reading event.

Guardian photo by Brian McInnis

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Friday Night Live: June 27, 2014 Friday Night Live: June 27, 2014

Updated: Friday, June 27 2014 11:02 PM EDT2014-06-28 03:02:34 GMT

This is Fox 5's Friday Night Live, a weekly celebration of the end of the work week. All summer long, the Fox 5 team brings you the latest in entertainment, nightlife, food, and music in our area.In this episode, Lidia Curanaj basically asks Adam Levine if he was afraid of playing a character that is kind of a d-bag.Plus Christal Young shows you why you need to check out the High Line, like, NOW.Then gossip king Perez Hilton talks about the about the crazy dare on Howard Stern's show, his alb...

This is Fox 5's Friday Night Live, a weekly celebration of the end of the work week. All summer long, the Fox 5 team brings you the latest in entertainment, nightlife, food, and music in our area.In this episode, Lidia Curanaj basically asks Adam Levine if he was afraid of playing a character that is kind of a d-bag.Plus Christal Young shows you why you need to check out the High Line, like, NOW.Then gossip king Perez Hilton talks about the about the crazy dare on Howard Stern's show, his alb...

Updated: Friday, June 27 2014 10:49 PM EDT2014-06-28 02:49:19 GMT

A 3-year-old New Jersey boy who apparently went missing while riding the subway in New York with his grandfather as been found safe and sound in Newark, the NYPD said.

A 3-year-old New Jersey boy who apparently went missing while riding the subway in New York with his grandfather as been found safe and sound in Newark, the NYPD said.

Updated: Friday, June 27 2014 10:26 PM EDT2014-06-28 02:26:30 GMT

For the fourth time in a week, a great white shark has been spotted in the New York-New Jersey area. The latest one was seen off the Rockaways. The Jhrnes family was fishing about 4 miles off shore when they reeled in the shark. Three generations of the family have stories to share this weekend: grandfather Bob, son Bobby and his kid Kai, 12, who reeled in the 80-pounder, a baby.

For the fourth time in a week, a great white shark has been spotted in the New York-New Jersey area. The latest one was seen off the Rockaways. The Jhrnes family was fishing about 4 miles off shore when they reeled in the shark. Three generations of the family have stories to share this weekend: grandfather Bob, son Bobby and his kid Kai, 12, who reeled in the 80-pounder, a baby.

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Djokovic says 'nothing damaged' after hard fall

By STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer

LONDON (AP) - Novak Djokovic lay crumpled on Centre Court, clutching his upper left arm and grimacing. He felt something pop and feared the worst.

Djokovic had lunged for a shot behind the baseline, tumbled on the grass and rolled over twice, his racket flying from his hand. His new coach, Boris Becker, stood in the player's box and looked on gravely.

Slowly, Djokovic rose from the turf, still holding his arm across his chest and made his way to his chair.

"When I stood up, I felt that click or pop, whatever you call it," he said later. "I feared maybe it might be a dislocated shoulder or something like that."

It wasn't.

After a medical timeout and treatment from a trainer, the top-seeded Djokovic needed just four more games to complete a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over France's Gilles Simon on Friday, sending him into the fourth round and keeping alive his bid for a second Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.

"Luckily there is nothing damaged," Djokovic said. "I just came from the doctor's office, ultrasound. It's all looking good. I'm quite confident that it will not affect my physical state or regimen or daily routine. I think it's going to be fine."

Djokovic will have two days off before an intriguing matchup Monday against another Frenchman, the free-swinging 14th-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

"They told me usually in these kind of particular cases you might feel soreness in the next couple of days," Djokovic said. "But I can play around with practices and recovery and see how it goes. But I'm quite confident it's going to be all right for next one."

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Contact: Joel Winston press@lshtm.ac.uk 44-002-792-72802 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Nearly 7 million babies in the first month of life (neonates) required treatment for severe bacterial infection in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America in 2012, according to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The estimates, which are the first of their kind, indicate the high burden of neonatal bacterial infections, which include sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia. Researchers developed the estimates to help guide health-programme planning for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

The new research follows the recent Lancet Every Newborn Series, and was overseen by Professor Joy Lawn, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Save the Children, and coordinated by Dr Anna Seale, at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya, with the Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, involving 65 investigators from 46 different institutions around the globe.

The researchers looked at data from 22 studies, for 259,944 neonates with 20,196 cases of possible severe bacterial infection. Of the estimated 6.9 million babies in the first month of life who required treatment for possible severe bacterial infection, 3.5 million were in south Asia, 2.6 million in sub-Saharan Africa and 0.8 million in Latin America. These estimates do not include preterm babies under 32 weeks gestation, who are particularly susceptible to infection as a consequence of their prematurity.

Although the authors highlight the lack of data available for the study, they note that their estimate of 680,000 neonatal deaths associated with these infections is consistent with other estimates based on larger datasets, which supports the accuracy of their findings.

Based on their estimates, both the size of the need-to-treat population and the burden of severe bacterial infection on health-care systems is substantial in the regions they examined, and it reinforces the urgent need for more investment, innovation and action at all levels.

Prof Joy Lawn said: "Newborn deaths due to severe infection could be significantly reduced through highly cost-effective interventions such as prevention, including clean cord care and breastfeeding, innovations such as chlorhexidine cord cleansing as well as through treatment with antibiotics.

"The majority of babies with neonatal infections in sub Saharan Africa and south Asia do not even receive simple antibiotic therapy, although some countries are shifting to using community health workers to increase access to treatment. These measures are some of the crucial actions that countries will need to take in order to meet the target of ten or fewer neonatal deaths per 1000 live births in every country by 2035 as part of the United Nation's Secretary General's Every Newborn Action Plan"

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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

LONDON (AP) - Uncle Toni's reaction said it all.

This one meant a lot to him and to the tennis player he coaches, his No. 1-ranked nephew Rafael Nadal, who was in a tough spot Thursday, one point from trailing two sets to none against the same guy he lost to - in the same stadium, same round - two years ago at Wimbledon.

As the younger Nadal began turning things around, evening the match at a set apiece on his opponent's double-fault, the older Nadal dispensed with any sense of decorum, leaping out his Centre Court seat, punching the air, and shouting "Vamos!"

From there, the ultimate result quickly became apparent. Nadal came back to beat 52nd-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4, returning to the third round at the All England Club for the first time since 2011.

"I didn't want to lose another time against a guy like this," Toni Nadal said. "I don't like to lose against a player I find (unprofessional)."

In 2012's second round, Rosol was ranked 100th, and Nadal was on a streak of having reached the final in five consecutive Wimbledon appearances. The big-swinging, 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) Rosol played an unrepentantly risky style that day, aiming for lines and putting shots where he wanted, pulling off a five-set victory.

Rosol engaged in some gamesmanship then, including moving around while waiting to receive serves and, Toni said Thursday, making noise as Rafael was hitting shots. After the rematch, Rosol complained Nadal took too much time between points and lamented that the chair umpire didn't intervene.

Said Toni about Rosol: "It's normal that we want to win, but it's true that for me, it's worse to lose with him than with another guy."

Rafael, for his part, said he wasn't thinking about two years ago. Still, for nearly two full sets, it was hard not to recall that match because Rosol played similarly, hitting hard, flat strokes that didn't miss. When Rosol broke for a 3-2 lead in the second set with a cross-court backhand, he had a 24-9 edge in winners.

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Nadal rallies against Rosol to avenge 2012 upset

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

LONDON (AP) - Uncle Toni's reaction said it all.

This one meant a lot to him and to the tennis player he coaches, his No. 1-ranked nephew Rafael Nadal, who was in a tough spot Thursday, one point from trailing two sets to none against the same guy he lost to - in the same stadium, same round - two years ago at Wimbledon.

As the younger Nadal began turning things around, evening the match at a set apiece on his opponent's double-fault, the older Nadal dispensed with any sense of decorum, leaping out his Centre Court seat, punching the air, and shouting "Vamos!"

From there, the ultimate result quickly became apparent. Nadal came back to beat 52nd-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4, returning to the third round at the All England Club for the first time since 2011.

"I didn't want to lose another time against a guy like this," Toni Nadal said. "I don't like to lose against a player I find (unprofessional)."

In 2012's second round, Rosol was ranked 100th, and Nadal was on a streak of having reached the final in five consecutive Wimbledon appearances. The big-swinging, 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) Rosol played an unrepentantly risky style that day, aiming for lines and putting shots where he wanted, pulling off a five-set victory.

Rosol engaged in some gamesmanship then, including moving around while waiting to receive serves and, Toni said Thursday, making noise as Rafael was hitting shots. After the rematch, Rosol complained Nadal took too much time between points and lamented that the chair umpire didn't intervene.

Said Toni about Rosol: "It's normal that we want to win, but it's true that for me, it's worse to lose with him than with another guy."

Rafael, for his part, said he wasn't thinking about two years ago. Still, for nearly two full sets, it was hard not to recall that match because Rosol played similarly, hitting hard, flat strokes that didn't miss. When Rosol broke for a 3-2 lead in the second set with a cross-court backhand, he had a 24-9 edge in winners.

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How Did The Project Lawn Look The Second Year?
My project lawn from 2013 was a huge success and many of you have learned from that as I gave you step-by-step lawn treatment instructions along the way. And so I also wanted to show you how...

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Glen Rock Police charged a Fair Lawn man with aggravated assault on a police officer.

A Glen Rock police officer was taken to a local hospital after a Fair Lawn man spit saliva and blood on his face during a prolonged struggle subsequent to a motor vehicle stop early Monday.

Arrested in the incident was 31-year-old Edward F. Guy, who was charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, including spitting saliva and blood on Officer Greg Carter's face and uniform and attempting to bite the officer, according to Glen Rock Police Capt. Jon Miller. Other charges included resisting arrest, obstructing an official government function and two motor vehicle passenger safety violations.

Miller said that Carter was observing traffic on Route 208 northbound at about 2:15 a.m. on Dec. 16 when he noticed Guy, the passenger, yelling out the window of an approaching minivan. As the vehicle reached Carter's location, the officer noted that Guy had crawled part of the way through the passenger window.

After a brief pursuit, Carter stopped the vehicle near Goffle Road. Police said that while the driver immediately cooperated with officers, Guy was unruly, yelling and swearing at the officer and refusing to step out of the car. Carter then called for assistance, and was joined at the scene by Sgt. Dean Ackermann and Officer Murray Yang, with several officers from Ridgewood and Hawthorne also responding.

Guy, who the vehicle's driver told police was "extremely intoxicated," had to be forcibly removed from the car by officers, who handcuffed him and placed him in a police car. At that point, Guy allegedly attempted to kick out the vehicle windows while spitting at officers, who placed Guy in leg shackles for additional restraint, police said.

Due to his perceived intoxication, Guy was transported to Bergen County Regional Medical Center, where he continued to resist officers, trying to overturn the stretcher he was placed on and attempting to kick a nurse, Miller said. At one point, despite the attachment of a mesh face shield, Guy managed to spit through it, hitting Carter with a mix of saliva and blood, Miller said. Carter was driven to The Valley Hospital for a blood test and preliminary treatment, and was expected to return there on Monday for test results and possible follow-up measures.

Following treatment at Bergen Regional, Guy was transferred to Bergen County Jail on Monday, where he was being held on $50,000 bail with no 10 percent release option. Miller said there were no charges against the driver of the vehicle, who had committed no infraction and was "extremely cooperative, and trying to do the right thing for his friend by driving him to the residence of a third party in Wanaque."

Guy's initial court appearance on the multiple charges is expected on Jan. 7.

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A 4-year-old boy lost a leg to a lawnmower accident on Sunday, but doctors said they're hopeful that they can save Truett Shacklett's arm.

Investigators said Truett's father was mowing their lawn, in the 27500 block of West 83rd Street, late Sunday afternoon when the boy got behind the mower and became tangled in it.

He was flown to a hospital for treatment. Doctors said they had to amputate his right leg below the knee, but they hope that with more surgeries they won't need to also amputate his injured arm. Doctors said the fact that Truett is so young will probably give him an easier adjustment to a prosthetic leg.

The Rev. Brian Wright, of the Cedar Ridge Christian Church, said the family is leaning on God.

"I tell you, this family has what I call a fierce faith," Wright said. "Even in the family waiting room as we were talking with them, they're almost encouraging us."

The Shackletts are leaders at Wright's church. The church community is embracing them and helping out.

In the family's west Lenexa neighborhood, people were thinking about what happened while they worked in their own yards on Monday.

"It's something you really don't think about until it does happen, unfortunately, and so it's something that's looking forward (is a thing) to look out for," said neighbor Chad Harvey. "Watch out for your kids."

Neighbors said the family has only lived at the house for a couple of years. The family remodeled its home to accommodate their eight children.

Members of the Shacklett family passed along messages to thank the people who have reached out to them.

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Nick Benovich of Port Orchard-based business The Lawn Jockey sprays a biological treatment on a grove of madronas outside the Bainbridge Island Waterfront Park Community Center.

image credit: Cecilia Garza | Bainbridge Island Review

Back in the 1890s, Bainbridge Island was called the town of Madrone after a madrona tree that stood near the Port Blakely dock.

More than a century later, a group of citizens have come together to protect Bainbridges historical trees.

We looked at each other and said, We can do that! said Jo Schaffer.

Schaffer, along with Nancy Lewars, were on a historical tree tour last month led by resident and tree consultant Olaf Ribiero that channeled through downtown Winslow.

The last stop on the tour was a grove of 17 ailing madrona trees outside the Bainbridge Island Community Center.

Ribeiro told the small group that while the trees have been here for more than 50 years, and are the last cluster of madronas in the Winslow area, they wouldnt last much longer.

The aging trees, he said, were suffering from a root disease that if left untreated would kill the whole grove.

Unfortunately, Ribeiro added, the treatment would cost about $2,000.

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