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Aerial Spraying, Organophosphates, Browntail Moth Control Addressed by Board of Pesticides Control
Note: This article reports on the Maine BPC meetings that were held in
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At its May 12, 2006, meeting, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) unanimously approved a 24 (c) Special Local Needs Registration for Ranman Fungicide (cyazofamid) to control pink rot on potatoes, for which older fungicides, such as Ridomil, are not working. Ranman also controls late blight, which is in the same genus as pink rot. Staff toxicologist Lebelle Hicks said that Ranman is not carcinogenic in rodents, is not acutely toxic, and is less toxic and has fewer health effects than other fungicides. Thomas Qualey, new Board member and potato grower, affirmed that pink rot is hard to discover and diagnose. Often potatoes look fine at harvest but rot in storage.
Chapter 26 Passed After Two Decades
The Board adopted – after two decades of work – Chapter 26: Rules for notification of indoor pesticide application in structures other than schools, after the staff made minor language improvements. Section 3a was changed after comments that the building manager or owner should share responsibility for notice with the applicator. A paragraph added that the applicator may provide information to the landlord or building manager, who can than post it or provide it to tenants. The applicator must confirm with the manager or landlord that the information has been posted. Board member Lee Humphreys was pleased that both parties must confirm notification.
The BPC staff also changed the rule so that applicators need not give the reason for pesticide applications when posting information or alerting tenants or workers. The Board and applicators were concerned that owners of sprayed apartments may not want others in their building to know, for example, that they had bed bugs.
In a few places in the rule, baits, gels and crevice applications are allowed if humans are present. The staff said that labels on some baits, gels and crevice products say that they cannot be applied while humans are present. The staff did not want applicators to interpret that the rule overrode labeling requirements. The staff recommended exempting these applications only if the label did not indicate they were not safe to apply in the presence of humans.
The Board generally agreed to begin the rule in January 2007, to give the Secretary of State time to review it and to give the BPC time to train applicators and phase in materials and notices.
Regarding the notice of application to be posted in common areas being sprayed, the BPC clarified that concerned occupants would contact the applicator, and that the notice would have the BPC number on it as well.
New Board member and structural pesticide applicator Richard Stevenson suggested that any non-spray liquid of 25b (minimum risk pesticide) used for crack and crevice application be exempted from notification and human occupancy limitation. He requested waiving notification on dusts and liquid 25b products. Hicks voiced concern about allergic reactions to 25b products, such as oils, even if they are "natural." She noted that she looks at whether allergic reactions are triggered by any presence of a chemical.
Proposed Amendment to Chapter 22
Regarding a proposed aerial spraying ban, Humphreys said that houses, water bodies, organic fields and other sensitive areas need better protection against pesticide drift. She suggested a stronger drift rule. Simonds agreed with the need to review the drift rule but did not want to ban aerial spraying.
Board member John Jemison learned from the hearings that when potato growers can't get into wet fields, which is also when disease are worst, they need the option of aerial spraying; he is less sympathetic with blueberry growers who cannot get on their fields with trucks or tractors because of rough terrain. He supports improving the drift rule.
Board member Clyde Walton wanted more information on how problematic aerial spraying was. Qualey did not support the ban. Stevenson thought the public comments raised more questions than they answered – especially about forestry spraying – so he might abstain.
Board chair Carol Eckert, M.D., raised the need to look at the drift rule aggressively. She would like more public comments.
Simonds suggested using new standards that have been used elsewhere, which the industry might voluntarily follow, rather than updating the rule. Some problems could be solved simply by moving the technology ahead 20 years, he explained.
Upon recommendation of their legal counsel, the Board decided not to vote on the petition to ban aerial spraying, which would have the same effect as voting against it. No Board members expressed interest in banning aerial spraying, nor did they object to not voting on the rule change. Eckert and Humphreys wanted the record to show that the Board was interested in re-opening and improving the drift rule. At its July meeting, the Board decided to develop a multi-party stakeholder group to report ideas for minimizing drift and conflict with neighbors when organophosphates are used.
Chapter 28: Registry Fee and Material Safety Data Sheets
Eckert expressed interest in changing the fee to be on a notification registry, and changing distribution requirements of Material Safety Data Sheets. Qualey said that waiving the Registry fee would burden the BPC staff too much, and providing MSDS might cause a paperwork nightmare. Walton disagreed with Qualey, but Stevenson strongly opposed waiving the Registry fee and even recommended raising it, saying, "The day the fee drops, the day it [the Registry] is abused." Simonds suggested retaining current rules, due to limited public comment on these issues.
Stevenson said that providing the MSDS by email or paper to people on the Registry would be no problem; most applicators give them out already.
Humphreys supported both changes, saying they deal with the public's right to know. Jemison supported making information more accessible to the public, but was interested in doing something other than simply waiving the Registry fee.
The Board agreed that people should be able to get MSDS for pesticides more easily. However, Qualey was concerned that providing the sheets might make people ask applicators or farmers about toxicology more frequently, and he did not want to feel obligated to respond. Hicks reminded the Board that those questions should be referred to her.
Humphreys motioned to adopt the proposed amendment to require applicators to provide MSDS to Registry members. Walton seconded. Voting in favor were Humphreys, Eckert, and Walton. Jemison, Simonds, Stevenson and Qualey opposed the proposed change. The Board did not motion to vote on adopting the amendment to waive the Registry fee, which effectively rejected the proposed amendment.
Chapter 40: Organophosphates
Regarding the proposal to ban organophosphate pesticides (OPs), Jemison opposed such a broad ban but was heartened by Hicks' sales data showing their declining use. Humphreys supported the proposed ban, because farmers, citizens and scientists agree that OPs are dangerous and OP use is declining. Simonds would not support a ban; he believes OPs are the best pesticides for some pests. Stevenson and Qualey agreed that OP use has declined in their respective industries, structural pesticide applications and potato farming, but they opposed a ban, as did Walton, who thought a ban would create economic problems for agriculture. Eckert claimed that a ban might be a little premature, but she wants to hasten the decline of OP use to zero.
Eckert and Humphreys voted to ban OPs; other Board members opposed the motion. Jemison agreed that these chemicals deserve more attention and proposed promoting more alternatives.
Browntail Moth Spraying
A new law requires the BPC staff to address the risks and benefits of controlling browntail moths with pesticides in coastal communities. Browntail moth caterpillars cause major health issues such as itching and allergic reactions in many people, but pesticides may impact coastal fisheries. Henry Jennings of the BPC staff explained that staff member Heather Jackson was preparing to monitor the spraying, although no extra funding exists for this purpose. She should have six sites where she can monitor hand-held hydraulic spraying; no one has inquired about aerial spraying.
Another provision requires the Lobster Conservancy and the BPC staff to talk more about protecting lobster from pesticides. The Conservancy and the BPC's Environmental Risk Assessment Committee (ERAC) disagree about whether juvenile lobsters are threatened by the spraying. If the Conservancy can provide research about lobster development and timing, then ERAC could meet with Freeport area residents and lobstermen.
Eckert said that if the ERAC and lobstermen can agree on a buffer zone, the Legislature could support that. She recommended that the BPC staff provide monitoring data, reconvene ERAC, and hold a public hearing or information session, then make recommendations to the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee.
At its July 2006 meeting, the BPC started gathering information on the subject. Jennifer Anderson from Environment Maine encouraged considering alternative products while the moth population pressure is low. Elizabeth Ring from South Freeport spoke of the challenges of living with browntails and the need to balance control with preserving the environment for coastal fisheries. She wants the state to find a way to eradicate this health hazard. Eckert believes that the moths may trigger long-term health problems, such as asthma.
Tim Linsey from Bartlett Tree challenged the Board to prove that spraying insecticides near water creates a risk to coastal fisheries. Board member Richard Stevenson raised similar questions, and both questioned the impact of insecticides on aquatic life relative to that of fuel slicks they've seen on coastal waters.
The Maine Lobsterman's Association is pushing the Legislature to monitor the issue closely because of a die-off in Long Island Sound a few years ago, where insecticides were considered one probable cause. The ERAC will draft a report for the Board to consider this fall. Because of limited options (cutting out webs and possibly using pheromones in areas of light population pressure), pressure exists to control browntail moth populations whenever they are near residential areas. The extended wet spring in 2006 seems to have knocked populations down.
Groundwater Monitoring
Staff member Heather Jackson gave an update on the third statewide groundwater monitoring report, which is compiled every five to seven years. Results are similar to those in the last report. This session, the Legislature passed LD 1890, which requires a report every six years. Eckert noted the large amount of hexazinone used in blueberry country and acetylaniline used on corn. Jackson explained that a hexazinone-only groundwater study is done every four years and that the new report should be done soon, with more sites than the last study.
Product Registration More Costly
The Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee approved an increase in the product registration fee from $120 to $150 on Jan 1, 2007. The Committee would like the BPC staff to organize two statewide, unused pesticide collections in 2007 with the money from the first year.
The Agriculture Committee reaffirmed that the Board must review two pesticides a year based on use pattern or toxicity risk. Hicks said that the staff has been doing approximately two risk assessments each year recently and is developing a database to reflect this.
Grubs in Lawns
At its July meeting, the BPC learned that as lawns are managed more intensely and kept greener for a longer periods, they become more attractive to a wide range of grubs. The Board discussed whether to make Trichlorfon, an organophosphate, more accessible, i.e., a Restricted Use rather than Limited Use insecticide. Limited Use pesticides can be used only by meeting certain criteria, including economic hardship – which is difficult to show for a lawn. Restricted Use materials must be applied by trained applicators and aren't available to the general public, but otherwise have relatively few restrictions.
Grub populations in Maine seem to be changing. Japanese beetles are widespread, as are grubs from rose chafers and Asiatic garden beetles. Nematodes provide control, but applications have to be matched to the biology of the prevalent pest, and a July-August application is important. For pesticides, Diazinon, once widely used to control grubs, has been withdrawn. In much of the country, but not in Maine, Trichlorfon is available for general use. That leaves carbaryl (Sevin) and imidacloprid (Merit) as materials of choice here. Carbaryl is applied several times during the season, while Trichlorfon can be used once after a problem is recognized.
Gary Fish from the BPC staff has been working with a committee to develop Best Management Practices for lawn care. The committee is trying to identify the best options for control, and the relative risk/benefits of different controls. After extended discussion, the Board voted to open a rulemaking hearing on this request over the winter, after reviewing the draft Best Management Practices.
Violations and Waivers
In May, the Board approved an enforcement action against Aaron Turner, who admitted to filling out applicator license recertification forms under different names – including for someone who didn't attend a recertification conference. Board members hope that by taking action, word will spread that they are cracking down on this illegal behavior.
The Board unanimously approved an enforcement action against Lawn Dawg, which made numerous pesticide applications during two days of heavy rain in May 2005. Humphreys said that the punishment was lenient and that lobstermen would be annoyed if they knew how lightly the company was getting off. Jennings said that this investigation made lawn care companies respond more quickly and follow the law more closely than in the past.
The Board unanimously approved enforcement action against a Wal-Mart store that sold Diazinon 14 months after such sales became illegal, despite heavy publicity by the Board, industry and media.
In July, after repeated attempts to reach agreement, the Board voted to have the Attorney General seek enforcement action against the Turf Doctor. The Turf Doctor allegedly made applications to a private landowner's lawn after the landowner (a judge) asked for no further services. This case sparked a long discussion about written contracts and how landowners can avoid getting services they no longer want.
Another consent agreement was approved, with a fine of $300, regarding a company that applied pesticides as part of general maintenance work without proper licensing.
Among the high priority issues for the year ahead are aerial application standards, organophosphates, and developing a waiver provision for the Board's notification standards. The Board voted to have the staff develop a proposed rule on the waiver provisions.
The BPC staff has also been asked to begin working on a process to address aerial applications and organophosphates. The two issues are closely related, since much of the impetus for the petitions the Board heard this spring was based on aerial spraying of organophosphates near residences. The Board is interested in reviewing its standards for aerial spraying to see if new technology should be recommended to help minimize drift. While the EPA is reviewing all organophosphates, and azinphos-methyl (Guthion) apparently won't be used after 2010, the Board's focus here is on developing a multi-party stakeholder group to report ideas for minimizing drift and conflict with neighbors when organophosphates are used.
Other Actions
The Board asked the staff to develop a proposed rule that would consolidate commercial categories. Maine has many more categories than most other states. The staff was also asked to develop another draft about how to deal with unauthorized applications. Lee Humphreys was nominated and elected vice-chair of the Board.
Eckert presented former BPC member Andy Berry with an award for 25 years of service.
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Casino gambling just like in Las Vegas is scheduled to begin Wednesday at Twin River in Lincoln.
The one-time dog track has become the first venue ever in Rhode Island to offer table games thanks to voters, who approved the change to stave off competition from new casinos proposed for Massachusetts.
Gambling is a major part of the state budget, and to better understand how games like blackjack and roulette will affect the budget, Rhode Island Public Radio's Elisabeth Harrison sat down with Paul Dion from the State Department of Revenue.

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Who's Having The Worst Week Ever?… The Mayans & Everyone Else Claiming The World Would End Today
Source: Instagram
Though the day's not quite over yet, I would guess that the world is probably not going to end today. So all of that bottled water, the "in case anything happens, I love you phone calls," and the incessant surveillance of the weather were all for nothing. (Except for those "I love you" calls, those are always a good idea.) We're still here. And while this is a good thing for most of us, I'm sure some Mayans and all those who believed their calendar, are feeling more salty than a little bit right now.
We're not here to laugh at their pain but we will admit that the doomsdayers are probably having something like the worst week ever. Running around claiming that the world was going to cease to exist is a huge thing to be wrong about, even though these claims are made like every other year. We just hope that no one made any rash decisions, like not showing up for work the past week, or refusing to pay their bills. Yikes!
And through their pain, we find pleasure. The end of the world was a trending topic on Twitter and memes like the one above were reposted on Instagram. Apparently, Jesus wants us to take care of some things before we're wiped away.
Did you think the world was ending today? Did you know anybody who did?


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New Task Manager showing 160 logical processors
In the new CPU graph, you can also get the logical processor ID that
maps to each entry via a tooltip, by hovering over the entry with the
Tooltip showing the logical processor ID
A benefit of a heat map is that it scales really well to large
data sets. The new Task Manager will show as many logical processors as
the OS supports (up to 640). To make sure you always see the
information at a meaningful size, when the data set gets too big for the
window, the heat map scales to best fit, and a scroll bar appears as
With 160 logical processors, the CPU graph scales using a scrollbar
For those of you who really like to (micro-) manage every last detail
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Liberal leadership hopefuls sparred Sunday over an existential issue for their once mighty party: can it win the next election on its own or does it need to join forces with other progressive parties?
The issue of electoral co-operation produced the only real sparks during the first of five leadership debates, at which federal Liberals got their first chance to directly compare and contrast the nine candidates promising to lead their party out of the political wilderness.
It was a relatively civil affair, with no real punches thrown but a few veiled jabs at front-runner Justin Trudeau over his inexperience and alleged lack of intellectual gravitas.
However, the number of candidates and a format that dwelled repetitively on only a few issues gave Trudeau's lesser-known rivals little opportunity to really make their mark or narrow the Montreal MP's perceived lead.
All nine ruled out a merger with the NDP. Indeed, eight of the nine insisted the Liberals, reduced to a third-party rump in the last election, need no outside help at all to rebound in 2015.
Vancouver MP Joyce Murray alone embraced electoral co-operation, touting her plan to let Liberals join forces with New Democrats and Greens in ridings where a united front could defeat the ruling Conservatives in the next election.
She said it would be a one-time initiative aimed at replacing the Tories with a progressive government that would implement electoral reform, ending the current first-past-the-post system that results in parties winning majorities with less than 40 per cent of the vote.
"Canadians want politicians to work together, they don't like the toxic atmosphere that can be seen in Parliament," Murray maintained.
While there seemed to be some appetite for the idea among the roughly 900 Liberals in attendance, none of Murray's rivals embraced the notion.
Trudeau questioned how electoral co-operation would work.
"What kind of values are we willing to jettison?" he asked.
Arguing that Liberals favour freer trade while New Democrats oppose it, Trudeau said: "I'm not willing to give up our values for that."
Even as they ruled it out, a number of candidates expressed empathy for frustrated progressive Canadians who see electoral co-operation as the only sure-fire way to defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
"There's no doubt that there isn't a person in this room who doesn't understand the frustration — and the temptation — of doing something like that," said former Toronto MP Martha Hall Findlay.
But, calling herself a "proud Liberal," she appealed to Liberals to have confidence in their own ability to defeat the Tories.
"Where did our confidence go? The answer for us ... is to once again prove, not just talk about but prove to Canadians that we are the true alternative."
Montreal MP Marc Garneau, Canada's first astronaut, said Harper and NDP Leader Tom Muclair share the same goal of crushing the Liberals in the next election.
"We are Liberals. We are not members of the NDP. We are different than other parties, " he declared. "I will not be an accomplice in this."
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My sister has told me that traditionally, one puts away one's Christmas decorations by January 6th- which is twelve days after Christmas. I was wondering if this is the general rule that people go by?
and Candlemas (Feb 2nd, which represents Christ's dedication in the temple).
I think you can take your Christmas decorations down whenever you feel like it. It's your house. If you want to leave them up all year, that's your business.
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WOODSTOCK – Driving under the influence charges have been filed against a New Lenox man involved in a September crash that left a 4-year-old girl dead.
Leonardo R. Martinez, 43, of 661 Edgewater Court, is charged with three separate counts of driving under the influence in connection with the Sept. 2 crash that killed Daniela F. Gomez. According to the criminal complaint, Martinez was under the influence of both alcohol and cocaine. Deputy Aimee Knop of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office said Monday that the charges were issued after lab results came back.
The crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Route 176 and Millstream Road in Seneca Township near Marengo.
According to the sheriff's office, Martinez was driving a 2011 Infiniti QX56 south on Millstream Road when he failed to stop. His vehicle collided with a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee that had been traveling west on Route 176.
Both vehicles left the southwest corner of the intersection, hit a guardrail and came to a rest.
Martinez and his 34-year-old passenger were taken to the hospital for minor injuries, while a 5-year-old passenger was treated at the scene.
The driver of the Jeep, Francisco Gomez, refused medical treatment, while a 33-year-old and a 1-year-old passenger were treated for minor injuries. The child who died was a passenger in the Jeep.
Martinez was arrested Friday and posted bond shortly after. Other charges against him include failure to stop at a stop sign and failure to use due care, both of which are petty offenses.
The most serious charge against him is a Class 2 felony, typically punishable by between three and seven years in prison.
Man charged from crash that killed 4-year-old
WOODSTOCK – Driving under the influence charges have been filed against a New Lenox man involved in a September crash that left a 4-year-old girl dead.


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Review: Camalen Vision for iPad (3rd-Gen)
Company: Camalen
Website: www.Camalen.com
Model: Vision
Price: $139
Compatible: iPad (3rd-Gen)
Folios have become the most common style of iPad case over the past two years, and depending on what you're looking for, one of the dozens of new designs might be an ideal fit for your tablet. A folio places your iPad inside of a fabric, leather, or plastic enclosure that looks like a folder, generally opening to reveal a holder for the iPad on one side, and screen-covering lid with a stand or stand support on the other. Today, we're separately rounding up three different categories of folios for the third-generation iPad -- updates to past iPad 2 models we've covered, "new" options that are highly similar to ones we've covered before, and then truly new models that are distinctive in at least a couple of ways. This review is part of the "new but highly similar" case roundup, looking at Camalen's Vision ($139).
Vision offers something of a spin on the normal folio-style case. Advertised specifically for the third-generation iPad, it looks a lot like many of the leather cases we've covered, and is lined with a soft material on the inside that looks and feels like suede, just as the outside appears to be genuine leather—Camalen only makes indirect references to the materials, describing the outside as coming in "rustic," "floater," and "croco" versions, all with "beautiful hand stitched quality." The case is in fact quite handsome inside and out, down to an interesting tapering around the rear camera hole and a nice combination of materials at almost every point in the design. Only a seriously oversized and oddly off-orientation Camalen logo on the front lid detracts from the otherwise very nice looks.
Camalen's folio design is in most regards par for the course, with inadequate attention to the usability of the iPad's side and top buttons. The flat back rises a little too high, making the Sleep/Wake and volume buttons somewhat harder to press, and the bezel coverage is just a bit off center, as well. Three leather stripes on the inside of the cover allow the case to be used in as many stand positions, while magnets hold the lid shut. As has been true with a number of early new iPad cases, the unit we received for review wasn't updated to support the polarity change necessary to lock and unlock the third-generation tablet, an issue that some manufacturers have had to fix post-facto. We haven't heard anything from Camalen as to whether and how this is being addressed, but we suspect that it will be.
There were two somewhat odd items included with the case: the first is a suede-like carrying bag with a drawstring, likely intended to make Vision suitable for bricks-and-mortar presentation, and the second is an elastic strap with metal lobster claw clasps on each side. It turns out that this elastic strap is supposed to wrap around a car's headrest, holding the iPad in place for rear-seat video viewing while its lid hangs downwards. While the strap won't be an ideal way of positioning the iPad in many cars, as the screen will likely tilt downwards or upwards rather than pointing straight at the viewer, it's a novel feature and worked well enough in our test vehicle that we'd consider it an asset. Still, a material better than elastic would have been appropriate for a high-end case such as this.
The big issue with Vision is the staggeringly high price: as nice as the leather may be here, Camalen's charging a premium of $40 over comparably fancy folios from companies such as Sena, and the little luxurious touches that may rarely justify such an expenditure aren't present in this case. With fixes to the button access, the rear strap material, and the sleep-wake mechanism, this could be a good option at a lower price point; for the time being, it's just an okay value overall.
Editors' Note: iLounge only reviews products in "final" form, but many companies now change their offerings - sometimes several times - after our reviews have been published. This iLounge article provides more information on this practice, known as revving.


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Glendale official: 'We'll put our best foot forward' to get Cards campPosted: Updated:
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- For 25 years, the Arizona Cardinals have flown north to Flagstaff for their summer training camp. This year, and for the next 15 years, they could be staying home at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
While the team has not made a decision yet, negotiations are under way and the Glendale City Council is slated to hold an informational meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Dave McAlindin, Glendale's assistant director of economic development, called "Good Morning! Arizona" to chat with 3TV's Javier Soto and Kaley O'Kelley Tuesday.
"The team plays here during the regular season. It makes some sense to have them play here during training camp," he said. "It seems to be a trend in the NFL of late. About half the teams now are training on their home field."
With the ongoing Coyotes issue still fresh in people's minds, many wonder if and how Glendale can afford to host Cardinals training camp.
"It has to make economic sense," McAlindin said. "If it doesn't make sense, we're not going to do it."
If the Cardinals do opt to move training camp, it would happen this summer.
The agreement on the table with Glendale is a 15-year deal. No other information has been made public at this point.
"We don't see it as being competitive," McAlindin said. "Rather, we'll put our best foot forward. Flag will put their best foot forward. And the Cardinals will make an announcement."
The contract NAU had with the team expired last year, but Flagstaff, naturally, would like to keep the camp -- and the $10 million it generates each year.
"Northern Arizona University, in partnership with Flagstaff, made an extraordinary offer and worked diligently to negotiate with the team," NAU President John Haeger said on the NAU news website last week. "We expect to receive official notice from the team at any time."
"We are committed to offering the same high level of service to the Cardinals and their fans and being a part of one of the team's longest-standing traditions since it moved to Arizona," he continued. "If the team announces it will not return, the university will immediately begin planning other uses for our facilities that assure both revenue for the community and support for our academic mission."
Prescott would also like to be the summer home of the Arizona Cardinals. City officials there officials proposed hosting the training camp at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University until a sports complex could be built.
Regardless of where the team goes for training camp, team president Michael Bidwill says fans will enjoy the same access they've always had.
"The whole idea behind training camp is both a football activity where we are getting players ready for the season, but it is also a fan activity where we want to bring fans in," he said in a Jan. 31 interview.
It's not clear when the Cardinals will make an announcement.
Click the video above to watch the entire interview with McAlindin.


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Fresh from being honored by a business group as one of New England's five outstanding young men, Giles E. Mosher Jr. explained in an interview how he expanded the loan portfolio at Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust, where he was a senior vice president.
Adding a personal touch to what often are formal, financial transactions, he made thousands of phone calls and visited scores of businesses.
"I've knocked on a lot of doors and I think I found the pulse," he told the Globe in September 1966. "I think I gained a certain respect by going out and asking if we could help with a loan. Nobody enjoys asking for one. I'd go out and say, 'I'd like the opportunity to lend you some money.'"
Rarely did his approach have a longer lasting impact than when he became the key banker who helped Boston College, his alma mater, resolve its financial challenges in the early 1970s.
Mr. Mosher, who was vice chairman emeritus of Bank of America and formerly chief executive of BayBank, died of heart failure Tuesday in his Wellesley home. He was 80 and kept a home in West Falmouth that he made sure was large enough to accommodate his large family and many friends.
"At the time of our greatest vulnerability, he was our chief banker," said the Rev. J. Donald Monan, chancellor of Boston College.
Monan had just become BC's president in 1972 and the institution was coping with what he called "an unbalanced balance sheet" when Mr. Mosher stepped in to help.
"I think without Giles's understanding and support, Boston College would have had a very different future," Monan said.
Though Mr. Mosher climbed the corporate ladder into bigger corporations as the banks he worked for merged with others, he remained at heart a community banker.
"He really understood the importance of relationships," said Jack Connors, a founder of the Boston advertising firm Hill Holliday.
"He wasn't a guy who saw lending money as a transaction," said Connors, former chairman of the board at Boston College, where Mr. Mosher was a trustee for more than 40 years. "He saw it as part of a relationship that could go on for years. He was a first-class banker and a first-class human being."
Chad Gifford, chairman emeritus Bank of America, recalled that when he led Bank of Boston during its mid-1990s merger with BayBank, Mr. Mosher smoothed the transition as the workforces combined.
"I never heard anybody say anything negative about this guy," Gifford said. "He was so genuine in a world in which sometimes being genuine is a vanishing commodity. When you were with him, you'd just go up and smile because you knew you were with a person who was real and was good."
Giles Edmund Mosher Jr. grew up in West Newton, the younger of two siblings, and graduated from Newton High School.
At Boston College, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Early on, Mr. Mosher considered becoming a stockbroker, but "it appeared too confining," he told the Globe in 1966.
Beginning as a teller-trainee, he rose quickly through the ranks of Newton-Waltham Bank, becoming chairman of its board and president in about 15 years. He continued in his leadership roles after it merged with BayBank.
It was while working an earlier, less prestigious job, though, that he got to know Thelma Doyle, who had grown up not far from him in West Newton.
They didn't meet until she was working part time at Newton-Waltham Bank during her senior year of high school. Often, she was sent to a nearby drug store to buy sodas for coworkers.
"So every afternoon I ended up at the drug store," she recalled, "and guess who was behind the counter? While I was waiting for him to get what I needed, we would get a conversation going."
They married in September 1956 and had six children.
Along with his work in banking and as a BC trustee, Mr. Mosher served on several boards, including the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Board of Trustees for St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. He also was a member of Brae Burn Country Club in Newton and the Clover Club of Boston.
"He worked too hard," his wife said. "He wore a lot of hats."
Still, she added, family always came first, and "one of the most important things about him was his faith. He's a very, very strong Catholic and believes in God and all the help that he's gotten from the guy upstairs. And he was always willing to help anyone who was willing to help themselves."
In addition to his wife, Mr. Mosher leaves five daughters, Mary Beth Grimm and Caitlyn Ellis, both of Wellesley, Susan of Newton, Michelle Cibotti of Canton, and Alison Birmingham of Dover; a son, Giles III of Dover; and eight grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Saturday in St. John the Evangelist Church in Wellesley.
"I'd say his affection for Boston College and banking was only exceeded by his love of his family," Connors said. "If you went into his home, you would see literally hundreds of photographs of his children at various stages of their lives."
Mr. Mosher's daughter Susan said that despite his many work responsibilities, "he was involved in all of our lives and went way out of his way to make sure we had great experiences."
Among the most important experiences were regular pilgrimages to the family's West Falmouth house, Susan said.
"At any given weekend he might have 20 of us in the house," she said. "He was never happier than when he had his family around him."Bryan Marquard can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I recently read an inspiring post over on The Urban Country's blog, about the author's exploits in commuting to the airport via cargo bike.
Long story short, he left the house at 6:40pm, covered about 17 miles (in about 2 hours), and made it through security for a 9:35 scheduled departure.
I'm not sure if I'm more jealous of his ability to ride a bike to the airport, or of the fact that his airport security is rational enough to permit arriving at the airport only an hour before flight time.
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Never Wait.
You are so right Lori. Whether it's your bucket list, a medical exam, writing a letter, calling a friend, do it now. My son-in-law is living well and healthy with his second kidney transplant. He has family members lining up for the next one if ever needed. I would gladly give him another, but my past cancer won't permit me to do that. - - - There is a program that even if you are not a match, you can donate a kidney to the program and your relative will move to the top of the transplant list because of your gift to another beneficiary - - - - Bless you and keep you Lori, for the gift you gave.
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(8) ruth housman, March 10, 2010 12:50 PM
what holds us back
I think there is a powerful message in this story about giving. I can also say, taking the "other stance" that it could very well happen, that a person holds back from doing a trip, or whatever mitzva is available, and that this too, results in a kind of miracle that leads them to say, WOW, thank God I didn't go or do this. Life is a mystery and we do never know. So I am saying the advice of course is beautiful, to follow one's heart, but sometimes there is this feeling, No, and that too, we must respect and ponder because there just might come a reason that held us back, such as someone suddenly needing us to be right where we are. I have learned in life, that there is a story, my very own story, and that by following my heart, I cannot make a mistake. So there are so many ways of following one's heart, but the yardstick, has to be LOVE.
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The Case for Black With a Capital Bmore
Basic Black: Justice, Reparations, and Reconciliation
February 8, 2013:
The Scottsboro Boys, The Central Park Five, Shawn Drumgold…in all of these cases, the accused were found guilty, only to be exonerated years later, sometimes decades later. This week on Basic Black, a conversation on searching for truth, justice delayed, and a judicial balm for wounded communities.
Our panel this week:
- Callie Crossley, host and moderator, Boston Public Radio, WGBH
- Kim McLarin, assistant professor of writing, literature and publishing, Emerson College
- Phillip Martin, senior reporter, 89.7 WGBH Radio
- Peniel Joseph, professor of history, Tufts University
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Agents of SHIELD
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S.H.I.E.L.D. your eyes if you don't want to be spoiled, because we've got some cool info about Joss Whedon's forthcoming project.
TVLine has obtained casting details regarding the ABC pilot, which is helmed by the Avengers writer/director and based on a peacekeeping group that appeared in both the summer blockbuster and various Marvel comics.
The live-action pilot's title is an acronym for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, a covert organization run by Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury in the movie.
Buffy creator Whedon is tentatively set to direct the pilot; he's also slated to write the series with his brother Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.
RELATED | The CW Sets Airdate for Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Among those fighting the good fight:
SKYE | This late-20s woman sounds like a dream: fun, smart, caring and confident – with an ability to get the upper hand by using her wit and charm.
AGENT GRANT WARD | Quite the physical specimen and "cool under fire," he sometimes botches interpersonal relations. He's a quiet one with a bit of a temper, but he's the kind of guy that grows on you.
AGENT ALTHEA RICE | Also known as "The Calvary," this hard-core soldier has crazy skills when it comes to weapons and being a pilot. But her experiences have left her very quiet and a little damaged.
AGENT LEO FITZ and AGENT JEMMA SIMMONS | These two came through training together and still choose to spend most of their time in each other's company. Their sibling-like relationship is reinforced by their shared nerd tendencies – she deals with biology and chemistry, he's a whiz at the technical side of weaponry.
Source: TVLine.com
Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D.
Spoiler anzeigen| It's early yet, as this Marvel-ous pilot continues with casting, but four words out of ABC president Paul Lee's mouth are perhaps all you need to hear. "It's very Joss Whedon," Lee told TVLine at the Saban Free Clinic Gala (at which he was honored). As such, "We're optimistic, because Joss is a genius and we love the idea and we love what we've seen," Lee added. "But it's early days, and it's a long way to go between now and a successful series. But we are very excited about it.
S.H.I.E.L.D - Casting News - Chloe Bennet joins Pilot Cast
ABC has gone to Nashville to round out the cast of Joss Whedon's S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot.
Chloe Bennet has been tapped to join the cast of ABC's Marvel TV adaptation, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Da bin ich echt auf die Umsetzung gespannt."A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.LLAP""Don't you dare think there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you."
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Ich bin echt gespannt auf die Serie! Hier ein paar Behind the Scenes Kleinigkeiten:
Maurissa Tancharoen, S.H.I.E.L.D co-writer/executive producer, hat auf ihrem Twitter Account ein paar Bilder vom Set gepostet
Der offizielle Twitter Account von S.H.I.E.L.D ist twitter.com/ABC_SHIELD
Marvel hat auf Youtube eine kleine Playlist mit Videos vom Set
S.H.I.E.L.D title changed again?
By the look of things online, ABC just can't quite decide what to name its new Joss Whedon quasi-superhero action show.
First the title was S.H.I.E.L.D. And everybody was okay with that.
Then ABC revealed a new pilot title to advertisers via its ad sales website a couple weeks ago: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We heard that the change was due to a potential legal conflict with FX's former cop series The Shield. But adding the Marvel studio name struck some (okay, us too) as kind of unnecessarily corporate-y. In any case, ABC would not confirm the new title nor the reason for the apparent change.
Now ABC has quietly changed the show's official Facebook page from S.H.I.E.L.D. to … Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ah-ha! More confirmation it's now Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Yet the switch had some fans wondering if the studio branding was now going bye-bye. But no, we're hearing "Marvel's" will likely remain a part of the title regardless of what the social networking page says (and that, once again, the title may still change). So it's all probably, as Whedon might say, much ado about nothing.
Source: EW
S.H.I.E.L.D. - Joss Whedon Interview
With less than three weeks to go until ABC unveils its 2013-14 TV line-up at its May 14 Upfront presentation, questions still surround Joss Whedon's pilot about the agents of Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D. — which internally at the network is currently dubbed Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Question No. 1: Why the ongoing name change? "I think it had to do with legal things," Whedon told TVLine at Wednesday night's Iron Man 3 premiere event in Los Angeles. Alluding to a similarly named series that put FX on the map, he quipped: "Ask Michael Chiklis, because I think it's his fault."
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Agents of SHIELD - Logo Poster
Agents of SHIELD - First Promo to air during OUAT Finale
We're excited to announce that you can get your first look at Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the epic season finale of Once Upon a Time this SUNDAY 8|7c on ABC.
Source: ABC
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD - First Promo
Agents of SHIELD - Short Promo and Screencaps
Agents of SHIELD - Possibly set for either Thursday 8 PM or Tuesday 8 PM slot
Word is that ABC intends to air Agents of SHIELD in the Fall in an 8 PM slot which will be either Thursday @ 8 PM or Tuesday @ 8 PM, ABC's schedule is still not set in stone so take this with a grain of salt.
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How is Agent Coulson alive in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? — Matt
Spoiler anzeigenNATALIE: "He's a Skrull," Clark Gregg jokes. (Don't worry, he's not really a Skrull!) But Gregg promises the reveal will be realistic and won't undermine the integrity of The Avengers. In my very humble comic-book-nerd opinion, I would put money on Coulson being a Life Model Decoy. (#CoulsonLivesLMD. Tweet it now before everyone does come September.)
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XML::Rabbit::Trait::XPath - Base role for other xpath traits
version 0.4.1
package XML::Rabbit::Trait::XPathSomething; use Moose::Role; with 'XML::Rabbit::Trait::XPath'; sub _build_default { my ($self) = @_; return sub { my ($parent) = @_; ... }; } Moose::Util::meta_attribute_alias('XPathSomething'); no Moose::Role; 1;
This module provides base methods for other xpath traits.
See XML::Rabbit for a more complete example.
A string or a coderef that generates a string that is the XPath query used to find the wanted value. Read Only.
Each trait that composes this trait will need to define a method name
_build_default. The _build_default method is called as a method on the generated attribute class. It should return a code reference that will be run in the content of the parent class (i.e. the class that defined the attribute).
Below you can see an example from the XPathValue trait:
sub _build_default { my ($self) = @_; return sub { my ($parent) = @_; my $node = $self->_find_node( $parent, $self->_resolve_xpath_query( $parent ), ); return blessed($node) ? $node->to_literal . "" : ""; }; }
Robin Smidsrød <firstname.lastname@example.com>
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Robin Smidsrød.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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01 October 2007 03:45
Kooka - Scan and OCR Suite for KDE
Kooka screenshots This is the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) result page. It shows the success of the ocr process on the original source image and opens a small editor window below to correct misses.
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Kooka - Scan and OCR Suite for KDE
Kooka is a raster image scan program for KDE OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
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Kombucha Brooklyn Kit | Agrarian
Brew your own kombucha, an ancient fermented tea-based drink prepared with a culture known as SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) that delivers a potent dose of probiotics and other healthful nutrients. This energizing, detoxifying beverage is easy to make at home with our kit from the experts at Kombucha Brooklyn. Our kit is the first ever for making flavored kombucha and includes equipment and ingredients for brewing three batches with mango flavoring.
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It's a jungle out there
For some reason, some of the best savings sites boast four-legged mascots right now. Cutesy-ness aside, join these free services and you can save like a wild thing:
Why a hippo? We don't know. But this loan-shopping site helps you to compare mortgage rates at banks across the country—and uses crowd-sourcing so you can decide which offer is best, and which institution is most reliable.
You can also post questions—or answers to other people's questions. We liked the wiiiiiide range of lenders you can scope out, and the newsy stuff in the Herd blog.
| MailChimp
If you're a small biz owner currently using a pricey email service, swing over to MailChimp, one of the most inexpensive and efficient ways to market your product, build your subscriber list or let the world in on your newsletter. It's free up to 500 subscribers—and then super cheap (we know, we use it).
| SmartyPig
You know the pig, you love the pig. Now the pig loves you back—with 2.15% interest on savings accounts, effective May 19, 2010.
Although you may know it as a free saving service (with a goal-setting component), the advantage of this little porker is that you can contribute to other people's accounts, and they can add to yours. You may also qualify for store discounts, when you're ready to buy that Bose system you've always wanted.
Savers, howzit going? Brag about your savings progress here.


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Forecasting a marginal improvement in India's economy, Morgan Stanley has revised the growth projection for 2014 to 5.2 per cent from 5.1 per cent earlier.
"We did . . . fine-tune India's 2014 growth estimate from 5.1 per cent to 5.2 per cent," Morgan Stanley said in its research report titled Asia Pacific Economics Spring Outlook.
It also lowered retail inflation forecast for 2014 to 7.6 per cent from the earlier 8.2 per cent.
The report said in the recent months policy makers as well as the private sector have made some efforts to improve productivity.
The government, it said, "has started to initiate policy steps to improve the business environment, such as allowing periodic diesel price hikes, setting up the Cabinet Committee of Investment to expedite approvals of large projects,
In the October-December quarter, India's economy grew below expectations at 4.7 per cent on falling output in the manufacturing sector.
Growth in the first nine months (April-December) was 4.6 per cent.
The economy must expand by 5.7 per cent in January-March to achieve estimated GDP expansion of 4.9 per cent in 2013-14.
As per data, in February retail inflation fell to a 25-month low of 8.1 per cent, while wholesale price-based inflation stood at 4.68 per cent -- a 9 month low level.
Referring to external sector, Morgan Stanley said the current account deficit has narrowed substantially from 6.5 per cent in October-December of 2012 to 0.9 per cent of quarter ending December 2013.
"A part of this improvement in the current account deficit reflects the decline in gold imports due to quantitative controls," it said.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:19 pm
Venezuela local elections set for July
By JORGE RUEDAAssociated Press
National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena announced the date for the elections at a news conference. Election officials had earlier mentioned May 26 as a possible date for the local elections.
Lucena said that the date had not previously been set and that the council decided on July to allow adequate time for preparations.
The decision was announced amid uncertainty about President Hugo Chavez's future. He has remained in Cuba for seven weeks after his latest surgery there for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer.
Before the Dec. 11 operation, Chavez announced that he had chosen Vice President Nicolas Maduro to be his designated successor. He called on Venezuelans to vote for Maduro if a new presidential vote were held to replace him. The constitution says that if a president dies or is incapacitated, a new election should be held in 30 days.
Lucena did not say anything about such a scenario. She said time is needed to prepare for municipal elections that are to be "very complex." Candidates will be running for mayoral posts and other local offices.
Most members of the electoral council are widely considered to lean pro-government, and critics have accused the council in the past of setting dates that suit the political aims of Chavez's government.
Luis Vicente Leon, a pollster and analyst, said the reasons behind the later date are fueling speculation but what's clear is that the government seems to need more time to deal with internal matters. He said, however, that any talk of officials possibly making behind-the-scenes preparations for a presidential election remain "pure speculation."


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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Jeff Green netted 36 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 114-108 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Center.
Green hit 5-of-7 from distance and Jared Sullinger tallied 19 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and four blocks to help the Celtics to their first two- game winning streak since mid-December.
"Honestly, I've just been letting go of everything," said Sullinger, who recorded his third straight double-double. "My dad came and told me face-to- face, 'your body language sucks, and it looks like you don't really care.' He told me to get back to my old ways, and ever since I've done that, everything has been clicking for me."
Rajon Rondo flirted with a triple-double in the triumph, finishing with eight points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, while Brandon Bass poured in 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
Thaddeus Young led seven Sixers in double figures with 20 points, while Tony Wroten scored 18 off the bench. Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen each notched double-doubles, with Hawes donating 13 points and 14 rebounds and Allen contributing 10 and 10.
After trailing for most of the first half, Philly went in front at 4:34 of the second quarter on James Anderson's runner. Green then scored six during a 10-0 Boston flurry, and Sullinger's trey from Rondo in the final minute gave the C's a 56-47 halftime edge.
The Celtics threatened to run away with it late in the third quarter, with Green's 3-pointer giving them the largest lead of the night at 83-71. Wroten gave life to the Sixers heading into the fourth with his heave from beyond halfcourt as the buzzer sounded, making it 88-82.
Twice the Sixers got within three on Wroten free throws but Boston had an answer both times. Sullinger's 3-pointer at 8:16 of the fourth had Boston up 99-93, and it never got under four the rest of the way.
"Kind of like the story of the year," said Hawes. "We battle back, but it takes so much energy to get back into games."
Game Notes
Avery Bradley scored 12 of his 14 points in the first quarter for the Celtics. Jerryd Bayless added 11 off the bench ... Evan Turner had 12 points, while Michael Carter-Williams and Anderson scored 11 each for the Sixers ... Philly outscored Boston 58-46 in the paint ... Both teams had 27 assists.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft is updating its Windows software for cellphones to accommodate larger devices and make it easier for motorists to reduce distractions while driving.
Devices with this update will start appearing in the coming weeks, and older phones will be eligible for a free upgrade, too.
Something that may appeal to motorists: a new Driving Mode will automatically silence incoming calls and texts so that you can focus on the road. You also can configure the feature to automatically send out a reply to say that you're driving.
What the Driving Mode won't do, however, is block outgoing calls or texts. And there will be ways to override it.
The new update also will allow for better resolution to accommodate larger phones.


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NEW DURHAM — Elections Tuesday will have little to debate regarding town positions as only one seat on the Board of Selectman is in contention.
There is a bit more competition for school board seats.
Polls will be open at the New Durham Elementary School gymnasium between the hours of 8 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Candidates in New Durham include:
■ David Swenson and Robert Kroepel are competing for the one open seat as Selectman.
■ Current Town Clerk Carole Ingham seeking re-election to her position for a three-year term.
■ For the planning board, Scott Drummey is seeking to take the one slot open for a three-year term.
■ Michelle Kendrick is up for the one seat as a three-year term cemetery trustee.
■ Richard McCormack and Angela Manning-Welch are hoping to take the two positions open as three-year term library trustees.
■ Richard Leonard is on the ballot for the one-year library trustee term.
■ Lois E. Parker is seeking the open seat as a three-year trustee of the trust funds.
Also on the ballot are two amendments to the town zoning and land use ordinance permit section.
The first question of Article 2 asks for a yes-or-no vote to allow the planning board to appoint a designee to review and issue a Home Occupation Permit.
The second amendment asks for a yes-or-no vote to alter the definition of Bunk House and Guest Cottages. Defined as a building or portion of a building detached from the principal dwelling unit that provides sleeping quarters for use by family or guests and subject to all requirements of the current town ordinance. The change would add to the definition that what distinguishes the bunk house of guest cottages from an apartment is that they do not contain a cooking stove or utility connections designed for a cooking stove.
Voting for positions related to the Governor Wentworth Regional School District include the following:
■ For the one, two-year term to represent New Durham, are Julianne Cardinal and Ellen Phillps.
■ For Effingham the one, three-year school board term is sought by Diane Drelick.
■ From Ossipee the one candidate for the three-year school board term is Connor Maciver.
■ In contention for the one, three-year term as school board member-at-large are Ernest Brown, Jr., and Andrew Shagoury.
■ The one-year moderator term is sought by Randy Walker.
Also on the school ballot are recommendations for increases related to the districts administrative team and support staff. No increases are recommended for the fiscal year of 2014, but there are recommendations for 2015.


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Inked Girls: DeeDee Johnson
Myself in a sentence: I am a crazy, sexy, cool chick.
Occupation: teacher's asst.
Hometown: Long Island, NY
The design and themes of my tattoos: They all are things that are importance to me or that mean something to me or things that symbolize the person I am and the things I love.
More specifics about my tattoo: All of my tattoo's have a story behind them.
My favorite tattoo and the story behind it: My favorite tattoo would be the r.i.p. portrait of my dog that passed away. I had my Rottweiler for 12 years. She was the one of the best dogs I have ever had. She was like my best friend. She ended up getting really old and developed breast cancer. Against my will, she was put to sleep. I miss and love her so very much to this day. Now I can see her face everyday when I look at my tattoo.
My next tattoo: My next tattoo was one I got with my older sister. We are only a year apart and we look a lot alike. Growing up everyone thought we were twins. So we decided to get matching tats of a butterfly on both our left wrists.


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State agriculture officials say a new laboratory in Springfield will help ensure that export markets remain open to Illinois farmers.
The $344,000 lab provides the tools to quickly determine the genetic traits of seed corn and soybeans. The state's agriculture products inspection chief, Jim Larkin says tests that used to take weeks to complete now will take only a day or two.
Agriculture Department spokesman Jeff Squibb says the tests will help keep biotech crops from being mingled with conventional crops that are intended for export to countries that ban genetically altered grain.
The lab will test samples gathered by state inspectors, but farmers or seed companies also can request a test. Squibb says single-trait tests are $20 each.


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The expansion of the Panama Canal will affect the supply chain of businesses across the country, including those involved in Memphis industrial real estate.
Memphis real estate could benefit from the $5.2 billion expansion of the Panama Canal that will allow bigger container ships through it. The expansion is expected to be complete by mid-2015. (Photo: Courtesy of Danny Chase, Colliers International)
The 48-mile Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean through the Caribbean Sea. The $5.2 billion expansion will allow bigger container ships through the canal, providing a more efficient way of moving a large number of containers.
Ships that now go through the Panama Canal can hold up to 4,400 containers, via 105-foot-wide existing locks. Once the expansion is complete, which is expected by mid-2015, ships carrying as many as 13,200 containers will be able to pass through the Canal due to new locks spanning 160 feet.
Andy Cates, executive vice president brokerage with Colliers International Memphis, recently joined a group of about 25 Colliers brokers for a trip to the Panama Canal. Cates said Memphis will fare well with the expansion, partly because more goods will be coming in through the ports of Mobile, Ala.; Savannah, Ga.; Norfolk, Va.; Charleston, S.C.; and Houston.
"These Gulf State ports are all going to try to come to where the logistics is the best to reach the most people when they unload these ships," Cates said. "Either put it on trains or try to truck it to the next distribution center break point. Truthfully, Memphis is always going to stand up on that. It's been standing up on that as a distribution operation when people are looking just at the United States.
"Now, we're actually looking at it from the standpoint of, if these ships are coming in around the Gulf States, where's the closest major distribution center? Well, it's Atlanta and Memphis, really. We stand to benefit greatly from that."
It takes eight to 10 hours for a ship to cross the Isthmus of Panama through the Canal. Cates said the Canal's expansion is really going to influence how the speed of goods is handled, because if the merchandise is getting to the warehouse faster, it then in turn gets to the consumer faster.
"There's definitely a potential for savings for the tenants to be able to get their products out quicker to the consumer," Cates said. "Memphis is positioned to benefit from capacity utilizations. Having all of the railroads here is really pretty amazing."
Cates said one of the markets that have shown it's ready for this type of capacity utilization is Greer, S.C., where a $25 million distribution terminal is being built to link to the Port of Charleston and Interstate 85. By fall, the inland port operation will take containers shipped by rail and act as a distribution point to trucking and air freight companies.
"More goods will come into Charleston, but it won't stay in the city of Charleston," Cates said. "That inland port will have an opportunity to do all of the trans-loading and stuff there and be much closer to the truck access and get it out of the city of Charleston."
Dexter Muller, senior vice president of community development at the Greater Memphis Chamber, said his team has been watching the Panama Canal's expansion closely to see how it's going to work out for Memphis. However, some of its impacts are going to be determined by the larger steamship lines and how much of their product might be bound for the central parts of the country.
"If for example they go to the East Coast, then we could get less business," Muller said. "Because a lot of that product is bound for the eastern parts of the United States, east of the Mississippi River, and heavy population centers in the Northeast. So if you were going to go to the Northeast and landed in Norfolk, it wouldn't be as likely that they would come back to Memphis and then go up to New York. They may stop in Atlanta or somewhere else between here and the East Coast."
But Muller said regardless of what takes place in the movement of goods through the U.S., there's going to be a big focus on rail. That seems to bode well for Memphis and Chicago, two railroad centers along the Mississippi River that have been the target of major investments.
Memphis – with five Class I railroads – has direct connections to the Gulf Coast ports, as well as good access to the East Coast ports.
"If you're in Memphis, you have more flexibility on ports that serve our city because we're served by basically every port on the Pacific, the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic," Muller said. "We also have great rail connections to those ports, and we also have interstates that connect us to the trucking route."
Muller said he believes that Memphis is still "in a catbird seat" to be able to benefit from the Canal's expansion, because the projections are a huge amount of container shipping's growth over the next 20 years.
"Everybody's going to get a piece of that pie," he said. "We just think that we're positioned to get a bigger piece than a lot of other communities because of our flexibility and infrastructure."


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Houston County - For Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes, the trip to deliver evidence used to be simple.
"We could take our drug evidence and go 3 blocks down the street the day after we made the drug case. Have an analysis back in a month or so and take our case to the grand jury," said Hughes.
That was before Dothan's forensic lab closed in 2011. Now the trip is a lot longer. The evidence has to be driven to the lab in Montgomery, and it's backed up. This means it's taking much longer for criminals to be prosecuted.
"An individual may sit in the county jail now up to six months before they're actually indicted on the felony charge if we're depending on some type of evidence from forensic sciences to come back. It may be 1-2 years before they come to trial," said Hughes.
Jon Thomas is the only crime scene technician in the area. He works for the Dothan Police Department Forensic Services. He's able to do some of the work like processing fingerprints and crime scene reconstruction. Even officers have field tests for some drugs, but the department still relies on the state.
"Some drugs you can just look at it and tell. If it's a pill you can look in the drug ID bible that it is what it is, but we still have to wait for it to come back from the lab saying that," said Thomas.
Hughes added, "To say true and correct this is cocaine, this is methamphetamine, and this is how much it was. So we're creating a backlog in the county jail right now. Thank God it's not too bad."
Not too bad, yet. While the more dangerous criminals are held with a high bond, others are getting out and becoming repeat offenders before they even get to the courtroom.
Both Hughes and Thomas say things weren't this bad before the Dothan lab was closed. They along with other agencies are pushing for more funding in the Department of Forensic Science and for the satellite offices to reopen.


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Automated External Defibrillator Use by Police Responders
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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a major public health problem. More than 250 000 deaths in the United States are attributed to SCD annually, and recent statistics demonstrate that in 1999, there were 341 780 cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, accounting for 47% of all cardiac-related deaths.1 Despite improvements in emergency systems across the country and advances in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, the proportion of SCDs has increased 12% over the past decade,2 making the development of better therapeutic approaches for of out-of-hospital arrest of primary concern.
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An early step in improving survival after sudden cardiac events was the development of the "chain of survival,"3 defined as early access, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), early defibrillation, and early advanced care. Strong evidence supports this concept. Approximately 85% of victims of cardiac arrest demonstrate ventricular tachyarrhythmias immediately after collapse,4 and a survival rate up to 80% has been reported when CPR and defibrillation are administered within minutes of a witnessed cardiac arrest.5 Furthermore, the majority of survivors of this event are patients who demonstrate ventricular fibrillation on arrival of emergency personnel. Because of this, over the past 2 decades, community-based strategies focusing on early defibrillation have emerged, most recently by employing the automated external defibrillator (AED).
Early evidence that the AED could be incorporated into an emergency response system was demonstrated in Seattle. In a landmark trial,6 provision of AEDs to firefighters resulted in improved survival as compared with CPR alone until the arrival of a paramedic (30% versus 19%, P<0.01). This improvement likely resulted from a decrease in the time to defibrillation of 5.1±3.2 minutes. Other communities have demonstrated similar improvement by tailoring AED deployment in their emergency systems to their particular circumstances,7 but survival from sudden cardiac arrest remains low in some urban areas (2% in Chicago, for example).8
Although reproduction of the Seattle experience has been difficult, most experts accept that early defibrillation with the AED is both advantageous and desirable. Ultimately, the goal of the American Heart Association, as stated in their Public Access Defibrillation initiative,9 is to deploy AEDs widely with the aim of lay public participation. Before full deployment of public access defibrillation becomes a reality, however, the safety and efficacy of the devices in diverse circumstances must be established.
AED Use in Niche Environments
AED efficacy is well documented in certain areas. For example, in casinos, where a significant population of individuals with cardiac risk comes under substantial stress, AED programs in which the security personnel are designated responders have been developed. Such programs can be highly successful, as described by Valenzuela and colleagues,10 with 53% overall survival from ventricular fibrillation to hospital discharge. This result occurred with an average response time (collapse to shock) of 4.4 minutes, as documented by security cameras. Even more impressive, the survival rate was 74% for those receiving shock in <3 minutes.
Another niche in which the AED has proved successful is the commercial aircraft industry, as reported by our group in 2000.11 In the American Airlines experience, in which flight attendants were first responders, the rate of survival to hospital discharge from ventricular fibrillation was 40%. In addition to demonstrating that survival in the air can far exceed that seen in many land-based environments, this series has provided further confidence in the safety of the AED for patients who do not require a shock. In one half of the cases described, the AED served as a monitor for passengers who had not lost consciousness, yet it never recommended nor delivered a shock. Moreover, in the report of the first 200 AED uses aboard American aircraft,11 the device showed 100% sensitivity and specificity in identifying ventricular fibrillation.
AED Use by Police
In the present issue of Circulation, a more widely applicable use of the AED is reported. Myerberg and colleagues12 describe the deployment of AEDs in an urban police department. Beginning in 1999, all police vehicles in Miami-Dade County, Florida, were equipped with AEDs, and police officers received a 4-hour training session. A dual-dispatch response system was developed, in which police and conventional emergency medical services (EMS) were simultaneously deployed to assist cardiac arrest victims. This system resulted in substantial benefit as compared with a historical control that employed only EMS response (observed during the 2 previous years). Response by police averaged about 1.5 minute faster than that of the EMS (6.16 versus 7.56 minutes), and the dual-response system reduced overall first-responder time to just 4.9 minutes (compared with 7.6 minutes from the historical control). This translated to a statistically significant improvement in the percentage of those who survived "shockable" ventricular arrhythmias (17.2% survival rate, compared with a 9% survival rate in the historical control). The improvement in survival from shockable rhythms did not result in an overall improvement in survival, however, because of a high frequency of nonshockable rhythms (61%) from which only 12 of 453 (2.6%) survived.
The report by Myerberg and his coauthors12 is important in that it demonstrates the clear benefit of AED deployment in police responders in a primarily urban area. Although the benefit of AED deployment may seem obvious, objective data to support such programs have been scant. In Amsterdam, police historically have been shown to arrive a median of 5 minutes before standard EMS, which indicates that providing these early responders with AEDs will lay the groundwork for improved survival.13 In the less urban area around Rochester, Minn, simultaneous deployment of police and EMS-based AEDs resulted in 40% survival to hospital discharge in patients with ventricular fibrillation, although no benefit of police-based AEDs over EMS response was demonstrated.14 The survival benefit of early defibrillation was confirmed, however.
Police-based AED use relies on the commitment of the police responders. In the report by Myerberg et al,12 police responded to cardiac arrest in 6.16 minutes, whereas they responded to nonarrest situations in just 4.15 minutes. This begs the question, "What caused the delay in cardiac arrest response?" The authors' explanation (that multiple vehicles are deployed to certain crimes, or that geography of districts and local incidence of arrest vary) misses a major concern—namely, whether police responders may have been uncomfortable with this new responsibility, which thus translated to a delay in response. This concern is supported by the experience in suburban and rural Indiana, as reported by Groh and colleagues.15 That study demonstrated no benefit when AEDs were deployed to the police, a result likely due to the fact that police arrived before EMS in only 6.7% of cases. Perceptions by police of factors limiting response included lack of comfort or confidence in providing medical care (43.8%) and concern over personal liability (25.0%). When the police did arrive first, the data support the findings of Myerberg et al12; time to shock was shortened by an average of 4.9 minutes, and survival from shockable rhythms trended to improvement (15% versus 10% for EMS first responders; P=NS).
Further evidence of early difficulties in deploying a police AED program is provided by the report from suburban communities outside of Pittsburgh.16 As in the Miami experience, police deployment with AEDs occurred simultaneously with EMS. Although police response was good, with police being first on the scene 61% of the time, they applied the AED in only 69% of the cases in which they arrived first. Reasons provided in the article include expected rapid EMS arrival, delayed patient access, prolonged assessment, and failure to take the AED to the patient. Despite this difficulty, the call-to-shock time was reduced 26% compared with a historical control (11.8 to 8.7 minutes), and when the police used the AED to shock ventricular fibrillation, survival increased to 26% (versus 3% for EMS). Overall, survival from ventricular fibrillation was not increased significantly (6% to 14%).
Taking the Miami-Dade experience in context of these other studies, it is evident that there is benefit in survival from shockable cardiac arrest afforded by simultaneous deployment of AED-equipped police. This substantially increases the overall number of AEDs, and in most communities, police cars are usually already on the road at the time of an emergency call. Different communities have specific limitations (such as vertical access, traffic, etc), and because of this, individual system evaluation will be necessary to achieve optimal outcomes. A key factor, as described above, is that there must be a satisfactory commitment by the police force to the concept of and comfort with the process. With adequate police training, education, and acceptance of the AED, significant improvement in response time and overall survival should be expected.
Even with simultaneous deployment by police and EMS teams equipped with AEDs, there are limitations to the rapidity of AED delivery to the arrest victim. The large number of patients with nonshockable rhythms in the study by Myerberg et al12 suggests a substantial delay, and all links in the chain of survival must be improved to further decrease mortality from sudden cardiac arrest.3 For example, it would be of interest to know what proportion of patients received bystander CPR in Miami, an intervention that has shown a 2-fold increase in survival.13 Deficient areas must be identified to effectively educate the public and strengthen the chain of survival. To do that, a uniform format for system reporting, the Utstein template, has been advocated as a way to facilitate comparison among different communities.17
The Miami-Dade experience serves to demonstrate the limitations of an AED program that is dependent on a device being delivered to the site of a cardiac arrest. Time passes between a bystander's discovery of a victim and activation of the emergency response system. Even with immediate recognition, there are further delays in delivering the life-saving shock. The 5-minute response time reported in the study by Myerburg et al must be added to the time for the 9-1-1 activation and dispatch, as well as an additional 1 to 1.5 minutes from the time the rescuer arrives to delivery of the first shock (as was seen, for example, in the casino experience).10 This translates to at least 7 minutes from collapse to shock: too long a time to achieve high levels of survival.
Where Do We Go From Here?
The timely arrival of an AED into the hands of a competent operator is the greatest delay in providing defibrillation to victims of SCD. As stated above, however, a high rate of survival cannot be expected because of inherent delays in reaching the patient with an off-site AED. On the other hand, if public access defibrillation were fully developed, with widely available AEDs and operators, the time to shock would be substantially reduced and survival would be increased. Becker et al18 defined locations where AEDs would be of greatest use, such that 276 AEDs would cover 25% of the arrests in Seattle and King County. This deployment at sports arenas, malls, and other high-risk sites becomes the next step to increased survival (and is ongoing), but only with more widespread deployment will we serve the other 75% of arrests occurring in public locations. Such widespread AED deployment would lead to far greater numbers of AEDs placed in the community (another 70 000 devices in Seattle and King County, for example),18 and, of course, will come with a substantial cost, but only in this way will the majority of patients having public cardiac arrests be able to receive the necessary rapid defibrillation (within 3 to 5 minutes of discovery).
Widespread pubic-access defibrillation depends on more than just the provision of on-site AEDs; there must also be qualified and willing operators of the AED. Although the 4-hour American Heart Association courses may represent the "gold standard" in basic resuscitation and AED use, such a prolonged training experience is probably not necessary and may detract from more universal AED training. The modern AED can be operated by a naïve 6th grader, with cardioversion performed in a mock code after just 90 seconds (as compared with paramedics who took 67 seconds).19 We would advocate the development of abbreviated instruction (perhaps omitting CPR, or at least the complex artificial respiration instruction), such that training could easily be accomplished over a lunch break. Perhaps even televised public service announcements would suffice in giving bystanders a sufficient understanding that would allow the operator to follow the written and voice instruction provided with the modern AED.
An example of successful implementation of a public access defibrillation program is the Chicago HeartSave program.20 As part of this program, publicly accessible AEDs were deployed across Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports. The units were well marked and attached to a wall alarm, and their implementation was accompanied by an employee training program, as well as public education and awareness programs (including televised messages throughout the airport). In the initial report, there was a 64% overall survival rate, with more than half of the rescuers being airport travelers without formal AED training.
The concept of public access defibrillation is presently being tested in the Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) trial, where matched communities are randomized to receive AEDs and training or not (with both groups being trained in cardiac arrest awareness, early call to 9-1-1, and CPR). Although the investigators are to be commended for the effort and the results will be valuable, we believe that the need for AED availability is so great that communities that can afford an AED program should undertake such an initiative without delay.
Interventions to Complement AED Use
In addition, further changes are necessary to enhance the chain of survival. Few in our society are trained in CPR, and there is often reluctance to perform CPR because of concerns about infection transmission in mouth-to-mouth ventilations. Furthermore, the method is difficult to perform correctly and requires a 4-hour time commitment for instruction. Recent studies suggest that during the first minutes of CPR, ventilation may not be necessary21 and may even prove detrimental. On the other hand, Cobb et al22 demonstrated that 90 seconds of CPR before administration of a defibrillation shock markedly improved survival in victims who have been down for >4 minutes. Adoption of a simpler method for basic CPR and abbreviated classes would decrease public apprehension and would facilitate more widespread training in basic resuscitation.
Innovative interventions may also have promise. Therapy with hypothermia improves survival in comatose resuscitated victims.23 These and other innovations must be tested prospectively and in sufficient numbers of patients to allow rigorous review and adoption, if indicated. Investigation into such therapies depends on objective clinical investigation and development of situations that allow and even encourage research in the treatment of cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, the environment for such clinical trials has been relatively obstructive in recent years, although there is some cause for encouragement with recent calls for research and support of such studies (including addressing the issue of waiver of informed consent).24
The care of sudden cardiac arrest remains complex and incorporates scientific and social challenges. The Miami-Dade experience represents one important step in a long journey toward optimizing care for the victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
The authors' institution has received grant support from Medtronic and Philips Medical Systems (HeartStream). Dr Page has been a speaker for Medtronic Physio-Control and Philips/HeartStream. He is also a cofounder of HeartShock, LLC.
The opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association.
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As Apple (AAPL) shares swoon by $25, or 4.3%, to $550.85, one sell-side shop was pounding the table this morning. Boutique firm Oracle Investment Research of Fox Island, Washington upgraded the shares from a Buy to Strong Buy, with a $670 price target, writing that "We see supply chain issues easing, demand strong and valuation issues compelling."
The firm sees the shares hitting a decade low in terms of its multiple of operating profit, and makes some observations about the matter of share buybacks versus special dividends:
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Oracle offers a chart of that valuation decline:
The firm's principal, Laurence Balter, had cut his rating on Apple to Hold back over the summer on worries about margin compression. You can see a video of his television appearance regarding that downgrade on the firm's Web site.
In a brief communique this morning via email, Balter tells me regarding this morning's drop that he believes the fall is a consequence of firms increasing margin requirements as a result of the disastrous $1 billion trade back in October in Apple stock that has imperiled Rochdale Securities, leading to wire fraud charges being filed yesterday for one rogue trader there.
Post-scriptum: Balter appeared on Bloomberg this evening to defend his call. You can catch the video of it here.


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Bill Heck, Sue Jean Kim and More to Pour Water by the Spoonful at Second Stage
Second Stage Theatre has announced the cast for its production of Quiara Alegría Hudes' 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Water by the Spoonful, to run December 11-January 8. Davis McCallum will direct.
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