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Feds intervene in 8 lawsuits against HMA, including local case
The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened in eight False Claims Act lawsuits against Health Management Associates Inc., including one focusing on two Lancaster County hospitals.
The government also has joined in the allegations in one of these lawsuits that Gary Newsome, HMA's former CEO, "directed HMA's corporate practice of pressuring emergency department physicians and hospital administrators to raise inpatient admission rates, regardless of medical necessity," a news release says.
HMA, based in Florida, currently operates 71 hospitals in 15 states, including three local facilities: Carlisle Regional Medical Center, Lancaster Regional Medical Center and Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center. Its shareholders recently voted in favor of being acquired by Tennessee-based Community Health Associates Inc., which currently owns, leases or operates 135 hospitals in 29 states, including one local facility, Memorial Hospital in York. The transaction is expected to be completed this month.
The lawsuits allege that HMA's corporate officers, at the direction of Newsome, exerted significant pressure on doctors in the emergency department to admit patients who could have been placed in observation, treated as outpatients or discharged, and that this resulted in the submission of inflated or false claims to federal health care programs. One lawsuit also alleges that patients were improperly admitted for scheduled surgical procedures that should have been done on an outpatient basis. The complaints further allege that HMA paid kickbacks, either in the form of bonuses or awarded contracts, to physician groups staffing HMA emergency rooms to induce the physicians to admit patients unnecessarily.
In addition, the lawsuits allege that HMA paid kickbacks to other physician groups to induce referrals. For example, HMA allegedly provided improper remuneration, both through the provision of free office space and staffing and through direct payments, to Primary Care Associates, a physician practice group in Port Charlotte, Fla., in exchange for referrals to two HMA hospitals in Florida. HMA is also accused of paying kickbacks to physicians in Lancaster, Pa., by paying inflated prices for physician-owned assets, providing sham medical directorship contracts and selling assets to physicians for below fair market value.
"The Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that health care providers who attempt to misuse federal health care programs for their own profit are held accountable," said Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Division Stuart F. Delery. "Schemes such as this one can contribute significantly to the rising cost of delivering health care and create needless patient risk."
The eight lawsuits are pending in the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, Middle District of Georgia, Northern District of Illinois, Western District of North Carolina, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and District of South Carolina.
Since January 2009, the Justice Department has recovered a total of more than $17 billion through False Claims Act cases, with more than $12.2 billion of that amount recovered in cases involving fraud against federal health care programs.
CHS and HMA are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols CYH and HMA.


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In 1980, Frank Sinatra performed a two-week engagement at Carnegie Hall, which at the time, set a record for the venue by selling out each show in just one day. See these performances on Sinatra at Carnegie Hall Sunday at 7 p.m., Thursday at 7 p.m., and Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
David Foster joins Andrea Bocelli for a new Christmas concert of holiday classics as they share the stage to present an elegant collection of seasonal favorites on Great Performances, Sunday at 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday.
Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time whose songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. See Leonard Cohen Live in London at 10:30 p.m. Sunday and Thursday to experience his overwhelmingly emotional crooning for yourself.
American families create unforgettable memories 7 p.m. Monday on National Parks: America's Best Idea, passing on a love of the parks to the next generation.
Love Me Tender – The Love Songs of Elvis tells the warm story of the tender side of the King of Rock and Roll 10 p.m. Monday.
See what happens when London cab drivers begin to learn "the Knowledge," the ability of the brain to interface with mechanical and electronic instruments on Brain Fitness Frontiers 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Live features rare, one-of-a-kind performances from the induction ceremonies of the Rock Hall of Fame at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Grammy-winning rock legend John Fogerty will star on the Emmy Award-winning live music series, Live by Request—the only television program where viewers actually create the artist's set list and have the chance to personally talk to their music idol at 10 p.m. Tuesday and 7 p.m. Saturday.
Ed Sullivan's Rock and Roll Classics –The 60's presents classic full-length music performances – no plate spinners or dancing elephants – that evoke the spirit of that decade's youth movement 7 p.m. Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 9 p.m. Saturday.
The Three Tenors return to public television with a holiday special, Three Tenors Christmas, featuring popular Christmas songs as well as beloved carols and sacred songs this Wednesday at 9 p.m.
A one-hour concert featuring Austin-based, internationally celebrated choral ensemble, Conspirare who produce world-class choral and orchestral performances that combine outstanding vocal artistry and innovative programming 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert.
In 1978, acclaimed musician Jeff Wayne composed and produced the best-selling concept album The Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. See his spectacular mix of music, theatre, multimedia and visual arts on War of the Worlds Live at 11 p.m. Friday.
Get a vivid and intimate look at how seven diverse cultures celebrate Christmas. From England to Norway, Burgundy to Bavaria, and Rome to the top of the Swiss Alps, Rick Steves' European Christmas lets you experience traditional European Christmas like never before at 11 p.m. Saturday.

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How much content got axed out of LA Noire before its release? Apparently, quite a bit. Team Bondi co-founder Brendan McNamara recently spoke to PSM3 about the game, and talked about the two desks that didn't make the game: bunko and burglary. But why didn't this content get finished? "We were never going to fit it on one Blu-ray."
In spite of its beleaguered development, LA Noire won both critical and financial acclaim. While its relationship with Rockstar is on shaky ground, there are many left longing for more. (The final DLC case for LA Noire released a few weeks ago.)
"We had eleven full cases for [Burglary], which we wrote and did the design for to a certain extent - we even did the art for them too," McNamara noted. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time and space to make the additional two desks possible. "I think there might have been a better arc if we did do that - you get more of a chance to introduce different things - but in terms of the overall experience I think we did pretty well."


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2.2-magnitude temblor strikes near Quitman
This article was published December 28, 2012 at 8:27 a.m.
A magnitude-2.2 earthquake shook Thursday afternoon about 7 miles northwest of Quitman, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday.
The temblor, which struck a little before 3:45 p.m. about 49 miles north of Little Rock, was shallow, about half a mile beneath the surface, the survey said.
There were no reports of damage.
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Mary Lou Baucom
Mary Lou (Boyett) Baucom, age 88, of Sweetwater, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 14,2013 at Garden of Memories with Pastor Juanelle Jordan officiating. Burial will follow. Arrangements are under the direction of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.Family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2013 at the funeral home.Mary Lou was born on July 27, 1924 in Sweetwater to Ira H. and Ida L. (Barry) Boyett. She worked for Ludlum's for many years before retiring.She is survived by three sons, Stephen Baucom and wife Penny of Nolan, Forrest Baucom of Sweetwater and Phillip Baucom of Rainier, Oregon; grandchildren, Heather Sanderson and husband James of Blackwell, Stepheny Hardy and husband Shawn of Blackwell and Jori Trench and husband Floyd of Mertzon; great-grandchildren, Douglas Hardy, Drew Hardy, Halee Sanderson, Emilee Sanderson, Lilee Sanderson and Shaylyn Trench. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ira H. and Ida L. Boyett; husband, Thomas Baucom; daughter, Andrea Baucom; and grandson, Thomas Baucom. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Nursing Scholarship Fund, 200 East Arizona Avenue, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.


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For the first time, many low-income patients seeking free care at hospitals will face deductibles and copayments similar to those charged to insured patients, under proposed rules released yesterday that are designed to push more Massachusetts residents to get health insurance.
In addition, the state will no longer reimburse hospitals and community health centers for care they provide if the patients are eligible for insurance through the state Medicaid program, state-subsidized Commonwealth Care, or affordable coverage through their work. Hospital officials said that they would not turn away patients needing urgent care, but that they probably would be more aggressive in billing those patients.
The new provisions were required under the state law that mandates that all adults obtain insurance coverage this year, if the state deems it affordable for them. The state is drawing on funds previously used for free care to pay for insurance subsidies and is counting on weaning as many people as possible from free care.
The number of people using the pool already has dropped 20 percent this year compared with last year, according to state officials, in large part because 155,000 people now have insurance through the state's near-universal coverage initiative. But hundreds of thousands of patients are still using the pool.
The state allocated $605 million for free care this year, but the fiscal 2008 budget Governor Deval Patrick approved yesterday includes only $354 million for the pool's successor, the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.
"We did not want the trust fund to look more attractive to people than insurance," said Dr. JudyAnn Bigby , state secretary of Health and Human Services, as she explained the rules the administration issued yesterday .
Rather, she said, the rules are designed to make sure free care serves as a safety net for people without access to insurance, those whose insurance is inadequate, and those who face extraordinary medical expenses. The rules are subject to a public hearing, scheduled for Aug. 22, and may be revised before they are imposed on Oct. 1.
The proposals drew support from advocates and healthcare providers, but also concern that the new copayments would deter some people from seeking care and could leave hospitals with extra debt if patients get care but are unable to pay for it.
"We think the regulations are a great step forward and will ensure that most folks who can't find affordable coverage . . . will maintain access to critical life-saving services," said John McDonough, executive director of the advocacy group Health Care for All . "But we are concerned that for an individual making between $15,000 and $20,000, there will be a new deductible that accumulates on a monthly basis whether or not they actually use any medical services. That means that someone could get services in January, then go back in December and face a bill of about $385 before they could get served."
The proposed deductible is $35 a month for people earning between 150 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level -- roughly $15,000 to $20,000. Other copayments include $5 for office visits in a hospital and $50 for emergency room visits that don't result in an inpatient admission. These payments apply to patients between 100 percent and 200 percent of the poverty level. There are no copayments or deductibles for children or for care at community health centers, other than a $3 charge for each prescription filled.
Patients earning between 200 percent and 400 percent of the poverty level would face a larger deductible, based on their income.
State officials said they would try to ensure that the new rules do not cause major disruption. "We will be implementing this in a measured and phased way, so it doesn't create a hardship," said Sarah Iselin , state commissioner of healthcare finance and policy, whose office oversees free care.
Joe Kirkpatrick, vice president of the Massachusetts Hospital Association , said, "Patients should expect more rigorous collection and enforcement efforts" from hospitals if the new rules are imposed. Hospital officials also want the state to help medical facilities foot the bill, he said, if patients do not pay deductibles or if uninsured patients with access to insurance nonetheless seek emergency care at hospitals.
"We're not going to turn people away," said Ellen Murphy Meehan , a spokeswoman for the Alliance of Safety Net Hospitals . "But we believe there's a shared burden of responsibility."
Under the proposed rules, the state would pay for a broad range of medically-necessary care for the uninsured. In addition, the state would expand the amount it pays for people facing medical bills that pose an extreme hardship.
Jon Kingsdale , executive director of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector , said the rules probably would drive more people to get insurance. "It's like the second shoe dropping on health reform," he said.
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In 1969, homosexual acts are held to be illegal in every state but Illinois. But on June 28, 1969, something changes in the gay community. When the New York City police raid a Mafia-run gay bar, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, patrons refuse to be led into paddy wagons, setting off a violent three-day uprising that launches the gay-rights movement. Filmmakers talk with people who were there and feature archival footage in this chronicle of change. G
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Aug. 1, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil--The Pan American Games concluded on Sunday and four of Yale's eight participants claimed medals at the quadrennial regional championships. Swimmer Alex Righi '09 took home a pair of medals as a member of American relay squads. Righi swam in the preliminaries of the gold medal-winning 4x100 meter medley relay and won a silver with the 4x100 meter freestyle relay team. Yale also won a pair of silver medals in squash. Julian Illingworth '06 won the silver in men's singles competition, while Michelle Quibell '06 took a silver in the women's team event. Andrew Liverman '02 won a silver medal in the men's lightweight double scull.
Righi swam in the preliminaries of both relays. His split of 49.76 seconds in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay was the fourth-fastest split of the preliminaries, but two other Americans had faster times, so Righi did not swim in the finals. Brazil won the gold in the event. In the medley relay, Righi swam the freestyle anchor leg, posting a split of 49.96, the fastest freestyle leg of the prelims. In a 50-meter freestyle time trial, Righi posted a lifetime-best time of 22.98, meeting the qualifying standard for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Illingworth defeated Rodrigo Pezzota of Argentina in the round of 16 and Canada's Shahier Razik in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he rallied from a two-games-to-one deficit to beat Colombia's Miguel A. Rodriguez, 9-7, 4-9, 8-10, 9-1, 9-6. Already guaranteed of a medal, Illingworth lost to Mexico's Eric Galvez 9-0, 9-4, 9-7 in the final. He avenged the loss to Galvez with a four-game victory over the Mexican in the team competition. The Americans went 1-1 in pool play in the team event, beating El Salvador 2-1 and losing to Mexico 2-1. In the quarterfinals, Brazil eliminated the U.S. with a 2-1 win.
Quibell lost in the quarterfinals of the singles competition to teammate Natalie Granger, the eventual gold medalist. They were joined by Latasha Khan in the team event. In pool play, the Americans posted 3-0 victories over Colombia and El Salvador. Quibell swept Colombia's Silvia Angulo 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, and beat El Salvador's Mariana Pontalti 9-5, 9-1, 9-6. In the semifinals, the United States beat Mexico 3-0. Quibell again won in straight sets, beating Nayelli Hernandez 9-6, 9-2, 9-2. The Americans lost the gold medal match to Canada 2-1, and Quibell was beaten 3-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-5 by Carolyn Russell.
James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball, was one of the assistants for the American squad. After losing its first two games, the U.S. team, featuring such players as Georgetown's Roy Hibbert, Michigan State's Drew Neitzel and Indiana's D.J. White, rebounded to finish fifth. The Americans had a 3-2 record, losing to Panama and bronze-medalist Uruguay, and posting victories over Argentina, the Virgin Islands and Panama.
Softball captain Aracelis Torres '08 played for her native Puerto Rico. Rain washed out the first two days of scheduled play, so each team played three round-robin games instead of the originally-scheduled seven. Puerto Rico was in group B with Canada, Venezuela and Argentina, but went 0-3 in pool play. Torres had a base hit in Puerto Rico's 1-0 loss to Brazil in the consolation round.
Three Bulldogs represented the Virgin Islands in Rio. Sophomore sailor Thomas Barrows finished eighth in the laser event with 52 points. His best individual performance in the eight races was a fifth-place finish in race three.
Senior Morgan Locke swam in five events for the Virgin Islands, while his brother Kieran '06 was entered in four. Morgan finished 16th in both the 200 and 400-meter individual medleys. Kieran was 16th in the 200 meter backstroke. The brothers were both members of all three Virgin Islands relay squads. The 4x100 meter medley relay team reached the finals, finishing seventh in a time of 3:59.59. Kieran's leadoff backstroke leg was timed in 59.49 seconds, while Morgan clocked a 58.39 butterfly on the third leg. Kieran turned in a split of 53.17 and Morgan a 53.70 on the second and third legs of the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, which finished ninth in 3:35.06.
Liverman and his doubles partner, Rich Montgomery, finished four seconds behind gold medal-winning Cuba. They will also represent the United States at the 2007 World Championships in Munich.
The Pan American Games are the regional championships of North and South America and the Caribbean, held every four years in the year before the Olympics. The 2011 edition will be in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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More than a year later, Aaron Johnson still remembers the thump. On Nov. 17, 2011, Johnson was playing for Columbus against the Bruins at TD Garden.
Johnson entered a corner. So did Milan Lucic. You can guess what happened next.
"I took a bad hit from Lucic," Johnson recalled. "I think it was in the first period. That one kind of got me in the game."
Johnson is now on the other end. The ex-Blue Jacket is pushing for the No. 7 blue line job with the Bruins. Johnson now can think of Lucic as a teammate instead of an inbound freight train.
One of the more significant questions for the Bruins is how quickly Lucic and linemates David Krejci and Nathan Horton can gain traction in the 48-game season.
Management and the coaching staff can project, within reason, how the three other lines will perform. Patrice Bergeron's threesome will be a two-way threat. Chris Kelly and his wingmen will provide scoring depth and be defensively responsible. The fourth line will skate hard, bang, and give teammates a jolt.
The variances in Krejci's line, however, swing more wildly.
When they're on, Lucic, Krejci, and Horton can be as dominant as any offensive threesome. In 2010-11, they were three of the Bruins' four leading scorers. Lucic (30-32—62) and Krejci (13-49—62) tied for the team title. Horton punched in 26 goals and had 27 assists.
Krejci can rival former junior teammate Claude Giroux as a clever playmaker. Lucic and Horton can combine brawn and finesse. They can steal your lunch money on the playground, then score straight A's in the classroom.
"He's a big body, but not only that, he can skate for his size and he can certainly shoot the puck," coach Claude Julien said of Horton. "That's certainly going to help.
"Looch is the same way. If he can use his size and strength to his advantage, that's not a line that too many teams like playing against when they see those two guys coming. They've got to create that situation for us and put a little bit of a scare in other teams when they're on the ice."
On Feb. 27, 2011, Horton dropped Edmonton's Theo Peckham in a fight with a straight right. Later in the game, Lucic and Jim Vandermeer had a five-bell scrap.
That three-man mix of muscle and offensive acumen — the Kings had a similar blend in Dustin Penner, Mike Richards, and Jeff Carter — is a rare commodity in the NHL.
"Tough to defend," Johnson said. "They have a lot of skill on that line and physicality. Two hard components to play against. If they can keep that chemistry, I think they'll have a great year."
The line's potential ceiling, however, is framed against a possibly frightening floor. Horton hasn't played since Jan. 22, 2012 when he sustained a concussion. Saturday's season opener against the New York Rangers will take place nearly one full calendar year since Horton's last game.
Horton has been sharp in camp. The right wing has skated with power and grace. His shot is heavy and on target.
Horton saw something close to game action Tuesday night in the Bruins' scrimmage against Providence at TD Garden. He skated well and initiated contact in the Bruins' 7-5 loss.
"It felt really good to be out there," Horton said. "It's different than anything else. I've been doing scrimmages, a little shinny, practices. It's way different being on the ice in a game situation. It feels so good to be back. I have no worries, no nothing. I just feel myself. Just trying to push as hard as I can, move my feet, and try to get back as soon as possible."
Horton says he's no longer thinking about his head. But it's impossible to project how he will adjust to NHL game pace when surly defensemen come knocking.
Lucic might also require a re-entry period. He didn't play during the lockout. Julien acknowledged that bigger players sometimes can take more time to find their game legs.
If Lucic and Horton both struggle early, the line could be more of a liability than an asset.
It might be unfair to expect instant offense because of the inactivity of Lucic and Horton. But the Bruins need the trio to click for their identity of four-line depth to grab hold.
"Unfortunately, a lot will depend on them, too, as far as our success as a hockey club," said Julien. "It's unfortunate, but they're one of our top lines.
"David is the one that's played. Milan hasn't played in this first half of the year. Nathan hasn't played in over a year. Unfortunately, we have to rely on those guys hopefully to find their game quickly.
"All I can say is that every day in practice, they're looking better and better. I'm seeing that chemistry come back. They seem to know where each other are. They seem to be able to find each other. That was something I was going to keep my eye on. Hopefully get that line back on track."
The Bruins learned for stretches of the last two seasons how Horton balances their lineup. With Horton in place, Rich Peverley has played on the third line with Kelly.
Last season, after Horton played in his final game, the Bruins never found an appropriate replacement. When Peverley played in Horton's spot, neither that line nor the third threesome was as sharp. Tyler Seguin didn't have chemistry with Lucic and Krejci.
If healthy, Horton will be motivated. The right wing will be an unrestricted free agent at year's end.
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Providence scored six goals on Tuukka Rask on 24 shots in Tuesday night's scrimmage. Max Sauve led Providence with two goals and an assist. Anton Khudobin played for Providence and allowed five goals on 33 shots. "A lot of goals scored that we would have liked to have back on both sides," Julien said. "We all know our goaltenders struggled tonight. That doesn't make them any less good than what we think they're going to be. We're going to keep working with those guys." . . . Chris Bourque, Brad Marchand, Krejci, Dennis Seidenberg, and Peverley scored for the Bruins. "I thought the tempo of our game wasn't bad," Julien said. "It was more the execution and the decision-making that really hurt us a lot. We weren't moving the puck as quickly as I'd like to see. We're a team that really has to grind teams out to have success." . . . Adam McQuaid fought Bobby Robins in the third period. McQuaid didn't like a hit that Lane MacDermid threw. Robins came to his teammate's defense and popped McQuaid with several solid shots. Julien said McQuaid was fine.Fluto Shinzawa can be reached at email@example.com.


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Come learn the basics of digital photo editing. At this hands-on class, we will teach you how to resize and crop your photos, reduce red-eye and how to upload your photos to the Internet in order to share them with family and friends. We will also cover how to make your photos into a slideshow and/or movie. Sign-up begins Wednesday, February 20 at the adult reference desk.


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The MFAH presents more than 100 masterworks from one of the world's most renowned collections of European painting. Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado comes to Houston on exclusive U.S. loan as part of a new initiative by the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid to broaden access to its holdings.
The exhibition tells the story of the evolution of painting in Spain from the 16th through 19th centuries and explores how artists reflected the sweeping changes in society, culture, politics, and religion that contributed to the development of a modern Spanish identity. Masterpieces by the leading painters of the day from each of the four centuries are included, with works by Francisco de Goya, El Greco, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Diego Velázquez. Artists who worked for the royal court and directly influenced the development of painting in Spain are also well represented, with superb paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Titian. Portrait of Spain opens at the MFAH following the premiere at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, the first stop on this two-venue tour.


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Experiences on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) planning process from the Lower Tana in Kenya have been used in developing an IWRM plan for Chicualacuala district in Mozambique. The IWRM planning process was conducted in the two administrative areas namely Mapai and Eduardo Mondlane with funding from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and facilitated by IUCN-ESARO and Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) - Lower Tana Sub-catchment.
During the meetings, participants identified the problems related to water and the environment; analyzed each problem and identified activities to address them. In addition, they developed the implementation timeframe, success indicators and the budget. These will be compiled into one plan for the district.
This transnational collaboration demonstrates the far reaching impact of the experiences and learning being developed through the Global Water Initiative (GWI) and IUCN Water and Nature Initiative (WANI) projects in the Lower Tana Sub-Catchment. The Chicualacuala District which is near the border with Zimbabwe has similar climatic conditions to the Lower Tana Sub Catchment. The Government of Mozambique identified Chicualacuala as a priority district requiring urgent attention in water and natural resources management in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to water and environment.
WANI has worked with over 80 partner organizations across the world to demonstrate water management that supports healthy rivers and communities. Its main funding is from the Government of Netherlands (DGIS) which has enabled extensive leveraging from multiple donors. The Global Water Initiative (GWI) is implementing a strategy in Eastern Africa which is empowering poor people to manage water in arid and semi-arid lands. GWI in Kenya includes CARE Kenya, Catholic Releif Services, Action Against Hunger and most recently collaboration with IUCN.
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Young Texans Gather to Explore Causes and Solutions for Low Civic Engagement
When: 7-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 2
Where: KLRU's Studio 6A, 2504-B Whitis Ave. (map)
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The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, KLRU and KUT News 90.5 are hosting an interactive dialogue among young Texans — those who are engaged and those who aren't — about the causes of low civic participation in Central Texas and how to boost it. "Why Bother? Voices of a New Generation" will explore:
- Why some young people are passionate community volunteers but disengaged voters,
- Why others are opting out of a presidential election that offers radically different visions for the future of the country
- What it will take to magnify the influence of the largest potential voting bloc in America in the political process.
Featured panelists include: Jeanne Goka, principal of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders; Paulina Sosa, University of Texas student and ONE Campaign Austin leader; Ann Beeson, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life; and other young leaders and community members.
This episode will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, on KLRU and KUT 90.5, and again on KLRU at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7. KUT News is producing a series of reports on the crisis of civic engagement, which will air leading up to and following the Oct. 2 forum. Listen to the stories at KUT.org
Sponsored by the Strauss Institute for Civic Life, KLRU and KUT, this event is part of "Why Bother? Engaging Texans in Democracy Today," a news and public dialogue series intended to get people talking about why Texas has one of the lowest rates of civic engagement in the world, and what we can do about it.
Future public dialogues this fall and next spring will address the impact of changing demographics on civic participation in Central Texas, how to get your voice heard by the Texas Legislature and what it will take to get more citizens involved in Austin city government and planning. For more information about the series and the civic engagement crisis in Central Texas, visit whybothertexas.org.


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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version or * derivative of this code cannot be changed. i.e. this code cannot simply be * copied and put under another distribution licence * [including the GNU Public Licence.] */ /* This has been a quickly hacked 'ideatest.c'. When I add tests for other * RC2 modes, more of the code will be uncommented. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include "../e_os.h" #ifdef OPENSSL_NO_RC2 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("No RC2 support\n"); return(0); } #else #include <openssl/rc2.h> static unsigned char RC2key[4][16]={ {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x01}, {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0x00,0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06,0x07, 0x08,0x09,0x0A,0x0B,0x0C,0x0D,0x0E,0x0F}, }; static unsigned char RC2plain[4][8]={ {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}, {0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF,0xFF}, {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00}, }; static unsigned char RC2cipher[4][8]={ {0x1C,0x19,0x8A,0x83,0x8D,0xF0,0x28,0xB7}, {0x21,0x82,0x9C,0x78,0xA9,0xF9,0xC0,0x74}, {0x13,0xDB,0x35,0x17,0xD3,0x21,0x86,0x9E}, {0x50,0xDC,0x01,0x62,0xBD,0x75,0x7F,0x31}, }; /************/ #ifdef undef unsigned char k[16]={ 0x00,0x01,0x00,0x02,0x00,0x03,0x00,0x04, 0x00,0x05,0x00,0x06,0x00,0x07,0x00,0x08}; unsigned char in[8]={0x00,0x00,0x00,0x01,0x00,0x02,0x00,0x03}; unsigned char c[8]={0x11,0xFB,0xED,0x2B,0x01,0x98,0x6D,0xE5}; unsigned char out[80]; char *text="Hello to all people out there"; static unsigned char cfb_key[16]={ 0xe1,0xf0,0xc3,0xd2,0xa5,0xb4,0x87,0x96, 0x69,0x78,0x4b,0x5a,0x2d,0x3c,0x0f,0x1e, }; static unsigned char cfb_iv[80]={0x34,0x12,0x78,0x56,0xab,0x90,0xef,0xcd}; static unsigned char cfb_buf1[40],cfb_buf2[40],cfb_tmp[8]; #define CFB_TEST_SIZE 24 static unsigned char plain[CFB_TEST_SIZE]= { 0x4e,0x6f,0x77,0x20,0x69,0x73, 0x20,0x74,0x68,0x65,0x20,0x74, 0x69,0x6d,0x65,0x20,0x66,0x6f, 0x72,0x20,0x61,0x6c,0x6c,0x20 }; static unsigned char cfb_cipher64[CFB_TEST_SIZE]={ 0x59,0xD8,0xE2,0x65,0x00,0x58,0x6C,0x3F, 0x2C,0x17,0x25,0xD0,0x1A,0x38,0xB7,0x2A, 0x39,0x61,0x37,0xDC,0x79,0xFB,0x9F,0x45 /* 0xF9,0x78,0x32,0xB5,0x42,0x1A,0x6B,0x38, 0x9A,0x44,0xD6,0x04,0x19,0x43,0xC4,0xD9, 0x3D,0x1E,0xAE,0x47,0xFC,0xCF,0x29,0x0B,*/ }; /*static int cfb64_test(unsigned char *cfb_cipher);*/ static char *pt(unsigned char *p); #endif int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i,n,err=0; RC2_KEY key; unsigned char buf[8],buf2[8]; for (n=0; n<4; n++) { RC2_set_key(&key,16,&(RC2key[n][0]),0 /* or 1024 */); RC2_ecb_encrypt(&(RC2plain[n][0]),buf,&key,RC2_ENCRYPT); if (memcmp(&(RC2cipher[n][0]),buf,8) != 0) { printf("ecb rc2 error encrypting\n"); printf("got :"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",buf[i]); printf("\n"); printf("expected:"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",RC2cipher[n][i]); err=20; printf("\n"); } RC2_ecb_encrypt(buf,buf2,&key,RC2_DECRYPT); if (memcmp(&(RC2plain[n][0]),buf2,8) != 0) { printf("ecb RC2 error decrypting\n"); printf("got :"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",buf[i]); printf("\n"); printf("expected:"); for (i=0; i<8; i++) printf("%02X ",RC2plain[n][i]); printf("\n"); err=3; } } if (err == 0) printf("ecb RC2 ok\n"); #ifdef undef memcpy(iv,k,8); idea_cbc_encrypt((unsigned char *)text,out,strlen(text)+1,&key,iv,1); memcpy(iv,k,8); idea_cbc_encrypt(out,out,8,&dkey,iv,0); idea_cbc_encrypt(&(out[8]),&(out[8]),strlen(text)+1-8,&dkey,iv,0); if (memcmp(text,out,strlen(text)+1) != 0) { printf("cbc idea bad\n"); err=4; } else printf("cbc idea ok\n"); printf("cfb64 idea "); if (cfb64_test(cfb_cipher64)) { printf("bad\n"); err=5; } else printf("ok\n"); #endif EXIT(err); return(err); } #ifdef undef static int cfb64_test(unsigned char *cfb_cipher) { IDEA_KEY_SCHEDULE eks,dks; int err=0,i,n; idea_set_encrypt_key(cfb_key,&eks); idea_set_decrypt_key(&eks,&dks); memcpy(cfb_tmp,cfb_iv,8); n=0; idea_cfb64_encrypt(plain,cfb_buf1,(long)12,&eks, cfb_tmp,&n,IDEA_ENCRYPT); idea_cfb64_encrypt(&(plain[12]),&(cfb_buf1[12]), (long)CFB_TEST_SIZE-12,&eks, cfb_tmp,&n,IDEA_ENCRYPT); if (memcmp(cfb_cipher,cfb_buf1,CFB_TEST_SIZE) != 0) { err=1; printf("idea_cfb64_encrypt encrypt error\n"); for (i=0; i<CFB_TEST_SIZE; i+=8) printf("%s\n",pt(&(cfb_buf1[i]))); } memcpy(cfb_tmp,cfb_iv,8); n=0; idea_cfb64_encrypt(cfb_buf1,cfb_buf2,(long)17,&eks, cfb_tmp,&n,IDEA_DECRYPT); idea_cfb64_encrypt(&(cfb_buf1[17]),&(cfb_buf2[17]), (long)CFB_TEST_SIZE-17,&dks, cfb_tmp,&n,IDEA_DECRYPT); if (memcmp(plain,cfb_buf2,CFB_TEST_SIZE) != 0) { err=1; printf("idea_cfb_encrypt decrypt error\n"); for (i=0; i<24; i+=8) printf("%s\n",pt(&(cfb_buf2[i]))); } return(err); } static char *pt(unsigned char *p) { static char bufs[10][20]; static int bnum=0; char *ret; int i; static char *f="0123456789ABCDEF"; ret= &(bufs[bnum++][0]); bnum%=10; for (i=0; i<8; i++) { ret[i*2]=f[(p[i]>>4)&0xf]; ret[i*2+1]=f[p[i]&0xf]; } ret[16]='\0'; return(ret); } #endif #endif


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TULSA, Okla. -
Jim's victory was his second in two weeks, including an equally dominant score in Denver. This time, he emerged victorious from a field comprised almost entirely of A/Fuelers; of 10 cars in attendance, the only one other than Whiteley's with a blown-alcohol setup belonged to Mark Taliaferro, who only recently made the switch back from injected-nitro.
Whiteley, who set low e.t. here last year with a 5.32, ran .40s and high .30s under tougher conditions this time for a commanding lead in the national standings. "There probably was room to run better," he said, "but we had a lot of stuff backed down. Those were tough, tough conditions. When it's 100 degrees out, the track is only going to take so much."
Whiteley wheeled his J&A Service/YNot Racing dragster to the top spot in qualifying with a 5.38 and ran a best of 5.37 in eliminations, but a 5.44 in the final was more than enough to take out Brandon Pierce, who smoked the tires off the line in Gene Snow's dragster. Whiteley beat David Brounkowski in the opening round and established low e.t. of the meet with a 5.378 in the semifinals against Randy Meyer in a rematch of last year's Tulsa final.
Whiteley shook and smoked the tires off the line, lifted, and tromped back on the throttle for a 6.17 at 241 mph only after noticing that McVey wasn't driving away from her. "I was just starting to push the clutch in, and thought, 'Oh, wait - he's not there,'" she said. "I was kind of caught off guard. We made three test runs before the race, then two qualifying runs, then the first two rounds of eliminations, and it went right down there every time until the final."
Whiteley qualified No. 1 with a 5.66, just a hundredth of a second ahead of early season points leader John Lombardo, who was upset by Lance Van Hauen in the first round, and ran a smooth 5.69 against Texan Bryan Brown in the first round and a soft 5.78 opposite defending Central Region champ Kirk Williams in the semi's.
McVey was consistent through the first two rounds, with a 5.74 against Steve Burck and a 5.73 against Van Hauen, and appeared to have the final in hand until the engine let go. "I've never won a round like that," said Whiteley, who now has been to seven regional finals in the first year and a half of her career and has won all seven. "I've short-shifted my way out of shake before, but it was never like that. The car was in second gear for a long time - I didn't think that shift-light was ever going to come on - and it seemed to take forever for the finish line to get there, too."
Defending event champion Donald Thomas repeated his performance from a year ago taking home the Comp Eliminator trophy to Amarillo, Texas, as he beat out Scott Parks in a great race. Thomas took the early lead and held on at 7.285, 179.14 in his '09 dragster.
A pair of former NHRA Lucas Oil national champions took wins in Super Stock and Super Gas as Larry Stewart and Jimmy Lewis visited the winner's circle. Stewart, the '04 Super Stock Champion, won over Jeff Town in his '10 Challenger at 10.066, 127.45 and Lewis, the '98 champion, won on a hole shot to the quicker Shawn Carter. Lewis was runner-up at the last South Central event in Belle Rose, La.
Jacob Pitt matched up with Gary Emmons in an old school vs. new school pair of racecars with Pitt running 10.653 at 112.73 in his '69 Barracuda to Emmons' loosing efforts at 10.848, 128.47 in his '98 Firebird.
Austin Williams and Charlie Owens each took their second division win of the year as Williams, Burleson, Texas beat Aaron Brown, Ardmore, Okla., in Super Comp and Owens, White Oak, Texas, won with a .010 package over Reggie Baudoin in Super Street. Both Williams and Owens won the Texas Motorplex divisional event back in April.
Other racers taking home wins this weekend were Kohlby Sasich, Bartonville, Texas, over Neal Schaffer, Tyrone, Okla., in the Orteq Top Sportsman Series; Jerry Holt, Collinsville, Okla., beat out Cody Moore also of Collinsville in the Sunset Racecraft Top Dragster class and Ricky Martin, Coweta, Okla., held on to beat Rob Bennett, Lucas, Texas, in the Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson.
South Central Division racers head to Royal Purple Raceway for the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, Sept. 13-15. Next up for Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park is their Osage Casino Midnight Drags and Suburban Chevrolet bracket series Saturday, June 29.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER: Round 1 7) Brandon Lewis, Broken Arrow, Okla., 5.627, 252.14 def. 2) Monroe Guest, Bixby, Okla., 9.586, 98.56 4) Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., 5.596, 259.36 def. 5) Mark Taliaferro, Odessa, Texas, 10.976, 69.76 6) Brandon Pierce, Cypress, Texas, 5.468, 262.13 def. 3) James Thompson, Vernon, Texas, 5.473, 268.17 1) Jim Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., 5.431, 265.53 def. 8) David Brounkowski, Cypress, Texas, 6.045, 236.46 Semifinals Pierce, 5.403, 264.23 def. Lewis, 5.657, 250.46 Whiteley, 5.378, 265.48 def. Meyer, 5.543, 256.26 Final Whiteley, 5.445, 262.44 def. Pierce, 16.602, 63.62 TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR: Round 1 5) Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, '02 Camaro, 5.744, 249.53 def. 9) Ro Yale, Houston, '98 Daytona, 6.846, 205.57 3) Scott McVey, Winnipeg, Manit., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.744, 245.54 def. 6) Steve Burck, Corpus Christi, Texas, '02 Camaro, 5.804, 248.75 7) Lance Van Hauen, Reinbeck, Iowa, '02 Camaro, 5.806, 244.60 def. 2) John Lombardo Jr., Brea, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 9.696, 92.36 1) Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., '10 Mustang, 5.693, 252.43 def. 8) Bryan Brown, Gainesville, Texas, '06 Monte Carlo, 5.937, 233.36 Semifinals McVey, 5.737, 248.61 def. Van Hauen, 10.007, 153.77 Whiteley, 5.785, 246.84 def. Williams, 18.129, 48.33 Final Whiteley, 6.174, 241.28 def. McVey, 7.566, 104.19 COMP ELIMINATOR Donald Thomas, Amarillo, Texas, dragster, C/ED, 7.285, 179.14 def. Scott Parks, Burlingame, Kan., dragster, A/ND, 6.842, 192.44. SUPER STOCK Larry Stewart, Clinton, Miss., '10 Challenger, SS/IA, 10.066, 127.45 def. Jeff Town, Spring Hill, Kan., '87 Somerset, GT/IA, foul. STOCK ELIMINATOR Jacob Pitt, Mansfield, Texas, '69 Barracuda, C/SA, 10.653, 111.73 def. Gary Emmons, Friendswood, Texas, '98 Firebird, C/SA, 10.848, 128.47. SUPER COMP Austin Williams, Burleson, Texas, dragster, 8.912, 157.54 def. Aaron Brown, Ardmore, Okla., dragster, 8.872, 169.36. SUPER GAS Jimmy Lewis, Forney, Texas, '58 Corvette, 9.947, 158.52 def. Shawn Carter, Park Hill, Okla., '05 Cavalier, 9.930, 164.83. SUPER STREET Charlie Owens, White Oak, Texas, '67 Camaro, 10.909, 144.15 def. Reggie Baudoin, Breaux Bridge, La., '82 S-10, 10.867, 142.85. TOP SPORTSMAN Kohlby Sasich, Bartonville, Texas, '00 Firebird, 7.399, 178.57 def. Neal Schaffer, Tyrone, Okla., '89 Firebird, 7.549, 182.18. TOP DRAGSTER Jerry Holt, Collinsville, Okla., dragster, 6.472, 196.67 def. Cody Moore, Collinsville, Okla., dragster, 7.343, 180.69. SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE PRESENTED BY HARLEY DAVIDSON Ricky Martin, Coweta, Okla., '80 Kawasaki, 9.714, 125.44 def. Rob Bennett, Lucas, Texas, '85 Suzuki, 8.290, 152.57.
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Professional Community for Automotive Marketers, Car Dealers, OEM and Suppliers
If there's one thing that can be used as a major differentiator between the yearly NADA convention and the bi-annual Digital Dealer Convention, it's a focus on digital technology. At the NADA convention, nearly every component operating a car dealership is covered from washing the cars to direct mail marketing campaigns. At Digital Dealer, it's all, well, digital.
I was listening to many of the sessions that covered different components of internet marketing when I came across one in particular that struck me. Steve Stauning from Dealers United discussed the concept of private dealers having better opportunities than "mega-dealer groups" such as AutoNation.
The amazing thing was that I wasn't as interested in the internet marketing component as I was regarding the concept that small dealerships, just as "ma and pa" stores in other industries, should be focusing on providing the best possible customer experience.
It isn't that they can't compete in digital marketing, but online everyone is on nearly equal footing. To large dealer groups and independent dealers alike, Facebook costs the same. In search, it's definitely possible to throw money at the marketing, but in organic search where the bulk of clicks occur, there is nearly equal footing as well.
Retargeting, QR codes, social advertising - there are all kinds of shiny balls bouncing around but in the end, it's in dealing directly with customers that the real advantage happens at the small dealerships.
If we focus on providing personalized service in ways that corporate dealers do not, we'll have a better chance of retaining them and building life-long customers rather than just sales. Owners should be coming out and greeting new customers whenever possible. General managers need to be shaking hands.
These are activities that do not occur as often at corporate dealerships and they need to be focused on as much (if not more than) the various components of internet marketing.
Yes, I work for a marketing vendor, but if I were giving advice to a single dealership or small group, it would be to return to the concepts that kept the dealership in business for years. The real key to success is in making everyone who buys a car from you feel special. The fact that I was reminded of this at a Digital Dealer Convention was a wake up call for me.
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JD - great post. It's always good to be reminded that as we go more digital it truly is "back to the basics" of knowing your customers.
JD, itwas great to meet you face to face here at DD12. I like this article because it says what I've been trying to communicate about word-of-mouth being the king of marketing. WOM on digital is marketing on steroids. Thank you!
Great point. It is interesting that the DD Convention triggered this thought from you, but we can buy it. Many great dealerships are great because they are able to focus on the basics without getting lost in the hype. Zig Ziglar said it best, "You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want."
For me, the Digital Dealer Convention is great because of the wide variety of topics that will be covered. Yes, it is important to take care of the customer. It is also important to take care of your digital landscape and your response to all email and phone opportunities to ensure that you have someone walking through your door. It's all in the mix!
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43 U.S. Code § 993 - Sale of lands in Louisiana; preference rights; application for purchase; appraisal; payment for land
The Secretary of the Interior, in his judgment and discretion, is hereby authorized to sell, in the manner hereinafter provided, in this section, any of those lands situated in the State of Louisiana which were originally erroneously meandered and shown upon the official plats as water-covered areas, and which are not lawfully appropriated by a qualified settler or entryman claiming under the public land laws.
Any citizen of the United States who, or whose ancestors in title in good faith under color of title or claiming as a riparian owner, prior to February 19, 1925, placed valuable improvements upon or reduced to cultivation any of the lands subject to the operation of this section, shall have a preferred right to file in the office of the officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, of the United States land office of the district in which the lands are situated, an application to purchase the lands thus improved by them at any time within ninety days from February 19, 1925, if the lands have been surveyed and plats filed in the United States land office; otherwise within ninety days from official notice to such claimant of the filing of such plats. Every such application must be accompanied with satisfactory proof that the applicant is entitled to such preference right and that the lands which he applies to purchase are not in the legal possession of an adverse claimant or in the actual possession of a person or persons who have improved the property and who have attempted to enter same in compliance with the laws and regulations of the United States land office.
Upon the filing of an application to purchase any lands subject to the operation of this section, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, said appraisal to be on the basis of the value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development or improvement thereof for agricultural purposes by the applicant or his predecessor in interest, but inclusive of the stumpage value of any timber cut or removed by the applicant or his predecessor in interest.
An applicant who applies to purchase lands under the provisions of this section, in order to be entitled to receive a patent, must within six months from receipt of notice of appraisal by the Secretary of the Interior pay to the officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate, of the United States land office of the district in which the lands are situated, the appraised price of the lands, and thereupon a patent shall issue to said applicant for such lands as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that such applicant is entitled to purchase under this section. The proceeds derived by the Government from the sale of the lands hereunder shall be covered into the United States Treasury and applied as provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of public lands.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for administering the provisions of this section and determining conflicting claims arising hereunder.
All purchases made and patents issued under the provisions of this section shall be subject to and contain a reservation to the United States of all the coal, oil, gas, and other minerals in the lands so purchased and patented, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174,64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
"Officer, as the Secretary of the Interior may designate" substituted for "register" on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, which abolished all registers of district land offices and transferred functions of register of district land office to Secretary of the Interior. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.
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"Inside Llewyn Davis" Review: Craig's First Take
on 2013-12-23 15:01
Much like the is-it-or-isn't-it-a-true-story style of "Fargo", the Coen brothers again leave us guessing with "Inside Llewyn Davis", and again the answer is it's not and it is. Llewyn is an original creation but some of the pieces have been taken from the life of Greenwich Village folk singer Dave Van Ronk (whose memoir "The Mayor of McDougal Street", a few of his songs, and parts of his life were used in the crafting of the film).
This is a personal and, at times, unbearably devastating piece of work about being a slave to a dream and the misery it can cause. The Coens get a near flawless performance from Oscar Isaac, one of those guys you know you've seen before in other films, it's just hard to remember his characters. He need not worry here; Llewyn and the Coen's usual array of eccentric supporting players stay etched in your memory in what I think is the year's most accomplished piece of work.
Davis (Isaac) was once part of a folk duo which ended tragically and now is trying to make it as a solo artist in the 60's. But aside from gigs at the Gaslight café and doing background vocals for his friend Jim's (Justin Timberlake) goofy songs ("Please, Mr. Kennedy"), he's really just prone to sleeping on the couches of friends. This includes Jim and his girlfriend Jean (Carey Mulligan), the later of whom he has mistakenly impregnated. Mulligan is very funny here as this harsh woman who seems to think the real mistake was letting this loser in her bed in the first place.
The Coens are quick to point out that when you're trying to win a dream, nothing else matters, doing anything else just seems like existing. It's a brass ring that has little to do with money and almost everything to do with respect. It can also be a personal hell, the cold, drab streets Llewyn walks down and the people who just don't get it representing all that life has to offer. Isaac is flawlessly rootable. You can feel the pain and longing on his exhausted, dispirited face as he continually tries in vain to overcome each disappointment. Watching him put all this personal pain in Llewyn's musical performances is a beautiful, soulful thing.
Credit the great T-Bone Burnett (who the Coens last worked with on "Oh Brother Where Art Thou") and Marcus Mumford (of "Mumford and Sons") for the music too, from "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" , "The Death of Queen Jane", an Irish quartet singing "The Auld Triangle", and the song I haven't been able to get out of my head for weeks "Fare Thee Well". What's interesting is that these songs seem to go back through history, recorded by several different artists in different ways. It brings to mind a Llewyn quote in the beginning of the film, "If it was never new and it never gets old, then it's a folk song."
Eccentric characters abound again in this Coens production, from Llewyn's over-the-hill agent (and equally old secretary), to a house guest of Jim and Jean's who's much of a low-key doofus, and the great John Goodman as a constantly high, overly critical jazz musician who gets into a carpooling situation with Llewyn.
But it's sad Llewyn, a hapless individual with nothing in his corner but hope (and a neighbor's cat who comes in and out of the film and starts to feel like an albatross as things proceed further), who is the most richly realized. He stands in contrast to a world where the priority is less about making art and more about doing what sells. The Coen's movie is funny and dramatic, but at its center, Llewyn remains its compelling martyr.


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|YMCA of Harrison County to build new playground, volunteers needed for build day
|Written by George Browning
|Tuesday, 18 June 2013 00:00
On June 21 and 22, with thanks to grants from Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, KaBOOM! and the Harrison County Community Foundation, a new safe playground will be constructed by the YMCA of Harrison County's Fieldhouse.
In order to complete the playground project, at least 25 volunteers are needed to work side by side with YMCA of Harrison County representatives to build the playground model that serves ages two to twelve. We have selected this model so that it serves as many children as possible, compared to playgrounds for age ranges two to five or six to twelve which restrict access to the other ages.
In addition to needing volunteers for the build, a list of tool and supplies are also needed. Items needed to use or borrow include:
? 3 clam shell type post hole diggers
? shovels
? 1 long handle tamper
? rakes
? hammers (sledge and nail)
? 2 large rubber mallets
? levels
? 6 heavy-duty wheelbarrows
? wrenches, ratchets, sockets and drill bits
? a boom truck with rigging or large pneumatic tire forklift capable of lifting 1,500 lbs. 15' in the air
with operator
? skid loader (Bobcat) with a 12", 18" and Auger with operator
? power tools
? deck bracing
? ladders
? 5 gallon buckets
? concrete
After a two-day construction "blitz", the new playground will stand where currently there is no safe place for children to play. The playground build days will take place Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, snacks will be provided to each volunteer. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication will take place on Monday, June 24 at 4 p.m.
"We are very excited to have this new addition on our grounds," said Elizabeth Whittinghill, Youth and
Families Director with the YMCA of Harrison County. "There was really a need for a public playground in this area, and all it took was us standing up and saying, 'Hey, we can do this.' And with the grants we received, we knew we'd be able to build it right."
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Chrono Trigger is widely regarded as one of the best classic Japanese role-playing games ever made, due in no small part to its time-travelling storyline with multiple endings, memorable characters, and epic scope. Since its release on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995, the game has been ported to several other platforms, including the DS, PlayStation, and iPhone OS.
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Chrono Trigger is a Japanese-style role-playing game in which a young man named Crono goes to the Millennial Fair, where his friend Lucca intends to demonstrate her newest scientific invention: a teleporter. Upon his arrival, Crono meets a young girl named Marle, who volunteers to be the first to test Lucca's new device. However, Marle's pendant influence the teleporter's mechanism in a mysterious way, and she is teleported four hundred years into the past. Crono and Lucca quickly recreate the time portal and follow Marle. They find out that her unexpected appearance in the past has created some confusion, and proceed to fix the error. This leads to unforeseen consequences, eventually compelling the heroes to travel to different time periods and change the history of the world.
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DeKALB – It took about a year before Northern Illinois men's basketball coach Mark Montgomery was able to tell Kevin and Keith Gray apart.
It definitely is understandable, as the twin NIU sophomore forwards stand at 6-foot-8 and both are listed at 225 pounds. Now in his second season in DeKalb, Montgomery has figured out some small differences between the two, but it still can be a challenge – especially when both have the same haircut.
"I can tell them apart from their facial structure, as long as I'm seeing the front of their face," Montgomery said. "But from behind, if they don't have a number on, it's hard to tell."
Even if Montgomery has times when he can't tell the difference and gets them mixed up, the Gray brothers certainly understand.
"We just answer by 'Yes, coach,' " Kevin Gray said. "Just go along with it."
Keith Gray remembers when he and his brother were about 6 years old, playing against each other at their home. Growing up in Englewood on Chicago's south side, Kevin Gray remembers watching Derrick Rose play at a park in the neighborhood.
The Gray twins began playing organized basketball on the same team in grammar school, and both were four-year varsity players at Brooks High School, leading the Eagles to a third-place finish at the IHSA Class 3A state tournament as seniors in 2011.
Over the years, both have gotten used to each other on the court. Kevin admits Keith shoots better than he does, but Kevin's more aggressive on the inside. By now, the brothers have figured out the other one's game.
"He knows what I'm going to do; I know what he's going to do," Keith said. "He knows where I'm going to be; I know where he's going to be at."
Keith Gray remembers when he and his brother started getting collegiate looks in their sophomore seasons. By the time the two were seniors, they decided they were going to be a package deal.
However, only a handful of schools wanted both. One was NIU, as Huskies assistant Todd Townsend had recruited both when Ricardo Patton still had the head coaching job.
Townsend stayed on staff when Montgomery was hired, and the Grays decided to stay close to home and come to DeKalb.
This season, Kevin Gray is averaging 4.5 points and 3.7 rebounds a game. Keith averages 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds.
One thing Montgomery sees in both is upside, with their size and length. He saw the same thing when the twins got to NIU, and expects it to materialize in their junior and senior seasons.
Over the summer, Montgomery said Keith and Kevin are planning to stay on campus, utilizing the weight room and putting on bulk, something the coach said will help their games the next two years.
"I think both players can be double-figure scorers. They've reached doubles a few times in their career. They're always going to be leading rebounders because they have a nose for the ball, and they don't mind seeking contact," Montgomery said. "They have some good basketball left in them. It's going to pay dividends when they put on strength."


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McCreery, who will major in communications and PR while at NC State, is not planning to put his career on ice while he attends to his studies and his degree, so don't fret, all you Scotty fans. He's going to engage in quite a juggling act by doing both. He said, "My friends back home call the me the 'real-life Hannah Montana' because I have two lives."
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Posted by contrarian23 on 7/1/2013 11:15:00 PM (view original):please provide evidence of the teams which outperformed their expected number of runs or wins because of the "threat to run."
Just a few points:
1.) Just for the record, I am not 100% an empiricist with regard to baseball, economics, wine or anything else...I fully believe there are elements of life, indeed some of the most precious ones, that cannot be measured, nor should we try to.
2.) That said, baseball does lend itself to measurement more than most endeavors.
3.) The operating principle of any scientific inquiry is that the null hypothesis is "no effect", and the burden of proof is on those who would suggest otherwise. Hence, the position that "speed has no discernible value beyond that which can be measured in the statistics of the game" is the baseline. There may indeed be hypotheses as to why this is not the case, but the burden of proof falls squarely on those who offer those alternative hypotheses.
4.) I can imagine several ways one might attempt to assess the value of speed:
4a) Teams with speed win more than their expected number of games, given the number of runs scored and allowed. I am highly skeptical that this is true, but it would be easy enough to study.
4b) Teams with speed score more runs than would be expected, given their other offensive stats (note that SB/CS would be included in "other offensive stats" so what we are looking for here is evidence that speed shows up in other ways that improve performance, like reaching on error, taking extra bases, etc). This is more plausible than 4a, but we should remember that there may well be countervailing effects (teams with speed possibly run into more outs on the bases, teams with speed take more pitches in order to allow runners to steal thereby missing out on opportunities to hit, etc). Stats Inc (I think it's them, might be someone else) is collecting great data on things like ROE, taking the extra base, etc and has identified players who do this well....their conclusion (I believe, happy to be corrected on this) is the effect is small but measurable. Of course, we then have to ask, is it repeatable from year to year or just random noise, etc. I know James studied 30 years ago the issue by looking at teams with matched sets of stats, but where one team had many more SB (and by inference, team speed) than the other...I believe his finding was that the SB teams scored fewer runs, not more, than the others.
4c) Teams with speed get improvements in their other offensive stats (eg, batters hit for a higher average with a fast runner on the bases, due to the pitch selection effect, the first base hole, pitching from the stretch, etc). This is also plausible, but we have to be careful not to go from observation of individual events to broad conclusions (McGee singled with Coleman on 1st, ergo a fast runner improves the performance of the next hitter) too quickly. For example, the batting average of a hitter is almost always higher when there is a runner on 1st...so the much more likely causal relationship is that on base percentage (getting on first base to begin with) helps the next hitter, rather than speed. Any attempt to study this issue must control for that first, before concluding that any ancillary effect is due to speed. Just going from memory here, so again my apologies if I have this wrong, I recall James at one point also studying the performance of Dwayne Murphy (I think this was in 1982, when Henderson stole 130 bases) and found that Murphy's performance deteriorated when Henderson was on first (either in absolute terms...ie he batted worse with Henderson on 1st than with the bases empty...or in relative terms...his improvement with Henderson on first was smaller than the general improvement all hitters experience with the runner on 1st). Possibly because Murphy was distracted by the runner, or was taking pitches he could have hit in order to allow Henderson to steal, etc. All of which is to say that there are many variables here, and it is not at all obvious that they would lead to a net positive. Again, everyone's favorite example of the value of speed, the 1980s Cardinals, are an interesting case study. The Cards won the pennant in 1985 and 1987, but were putrid in 1986...but their team speed was roughly constant all 3 seasons. If speed led to improvement in 85 and 87, why did it not do so in 1986 (when McGee, Herr, et al were frankly terrible). The seminal characteristic of the 1985 team was not that they were fast, it's that they were very effective at getting on base. Everyone overlooks this.
Just like everyone forgets that after 1987, the teams the Coleman played on were frankly terrible, as a general rule. If his speed was making a contribution to offense beyond the direct value of his stolen bases, it sure tried very hard to hide itself other than in 1985 and 1987.
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County water tap fees for new services will be increasing to $1,400 starting April 1.
This is a $200 increase over the current fees.
During a meeting Thursday night, Ronnie Braden, Lincoln County Board of Public Utilities superintendent, presented a proposal to the board based on an examination of the rising cost of materials.
At last month's meeting, Braden estimated that the cost of materials had risen about 22%. New EPA rules state that water utilities must use brass fittings rather than bronze fittings because of a small amount of lead contained in bronze.
"We're just trying to cover our costs," explained Braden.
Ron Stanly, secretary, made a motion to approve the tap fee increase due to the increased cost of materials, and Wade Williams, board member, seconded the motion.
In other business, Braden produced a copy of the USGS test well report, which recorded the depth to water level, feet below land surface, on Jan. 3 as 11.92-feet. With the recent rains, in just one month the water level since Dec 3 has risen 3.54 feet.
At the end of June 2012, Braden had advised customers to voluntarily conserve water to avoid implementing mandatory water restrictions. At that time, the test well was down to 20.35 feet.
In other discussion last week, Braden mentioned that he looked into the GPS services that G-Squared offers, and they let him look at some GPS software.
"G-Squared will have a price next meeting," said Braden. "We'll have to buy software"
GPS services could be used for mapping meters, valves, road crossings, hydrants, pipes and more starting with the Phase VI water project.
In other action, the board approved a leak adjustment for a resident.


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I've read quite a few long threads on this forum about whether or not you can make C41 films look like E6 and they have gone backwards and forum ad infinitum. I thought it a good idea to challenge the 'yes you can' camp to put there money where there mouth is..
The following article shows normalised scans of all the available large format colour films used to take the same shot.
The challenge is to take the C41 photos and convert them to look like the E6 ones. That's a lot of combinations so I thought I'd make some specific challanges
1) Take the Portra 160, Pro160S and Ektar and make them look like the velvia
The real part of the challenge is to provide the photoshop file that contains the layers used to do so!
These were all scanned on a Howtek 4500 using DPL Pro to set neutral black and white points. If anybody would like straight scans just pm me.
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Florida's Department of Transportation wants to encourage drivers to slow down and pay more attention to crosswalks and pedestrians.
So what does the agency do?
Send a stock car hurling around the track in Daytona at more than 100 miles per hour, of course.
On Saturday, Scott Lagasse Jr. will drive the DOT-sponsored "Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow" No. 19 car in the season opener of NASCAR's XFINITY series.
Taxpayers' tab for such glory? $650,000.
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OUTSTANDING EFFORTS: From left, Dighe, Warshaw and Volandes
Hospitals nationwide face a variety of challenges on a daily basis, including how to enhance the quality of patient care while also reducing costs. The MGH honors staff who have made significant contributions in addressing these concerns with the Bowditch Prize, named in honor of Nathanial Bowditch, a 19th century pioneer of celestial navigation who helped raise support for the construction of the MGH in the 1800s.
Anand Dighe, MD, PhD, director of the Core Laboratory in the MGH Pathology Service, and Angelo Volandes, MD, of the Department of Medicine, were honored with the Bowditch Prize at this year's 12th annual awards ceremony on Feb. 22.
"Over the past five years, Dr. Dighe has led a number of interdepartmental operations improvement initiatives that have had a major impact on the quality and efficiency of care for nearly every patient at the MGH," said David Louis, MD, chief of Pathology, in Dighe's nomination. Louis cited the implementation of an online laboratory order entry system and the introduction of an online laboratory handbook – which significantly reduced common specimen errors and eliminated thousands of phone calls to the laboratory – as just a few of Dighe's many achievements.
Michael Barry, MD, medical director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, nominated Volandes, along with his clinical research group, for their creation of video decision aides that help physicians broach difficult end-of-life decision-making with patients. "In this era of patient-centered care, documentation of code status and preferences for medical care at the end of life are national priorities that the MGH should lead," Barry said. "Dr. Volandes has provided new tools to help clinicians accomplish this goal."
During the awards ceremony, Andrew Warshaw, MD, chairman of the Bowditch Prize Committee and former chief of the MGH Department of Surgery, took time to congratulate all 15 MGHers who were nominated for this prestigious award. "As in years past, we had a very difficult time making a decision," Warshaw said. "All the nominees were outstanding, and every effort important.
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EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Pennsylvania state representative charged with assaulting his wife won't receive special treatment because of the office he holds.
State Rep. Joseph Brennan waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday on assault and drunk-driving charges in connection with an August arrest.
Lehigh County chief of prosecutions Stephen Van Natten declined to say if a plea deal is in the works for Brennan but said the lawmaker won't get preferential treatment. Brennan, a Democrat, dropped out of the Nov. 6 election and will have his term expire at the end of that month.
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2 men fatally shot inside Harris County closed bar
Updated 12:01 pm, Friday, August 23, 2013
Deputies have few leads after two men were found fatally shot late Thursday night inside a bar in east Harris County.
The discovery was made about 10:50 p.m. in the 16400 block of Market near 2nd St., according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies said the men had been shot and were lying on the floor. No guns were found at the scene. The bar was closed for renovation and it was unclear why the men were inside. Deputies said they did not know how long the men had been dead.
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Topic: Is it better to be a man in Hong Kong today?
In the past, women generally enjoyed lower status than men. In terms of occupation, women could only take up low-paid occupations like cleaning and catering as they did not get much opportunity to be educated. In terms of social status, women had little participation in local politics and even had no rights to vote. Gones are the days when women only stayed at home to care for family and had low status. Nowadays, women enjoy higher status financially, politically and socially than before. Therefore, in my opinion, both sexes are equal to a large extent so it is not better to bea man in Hong Kong.
When compared to the past, more and more senior positions and professional occupations are taken up by women and no longer dominated by men. As 12-year free and compulsory education is enforced, both sexes enjoy the ssme right to education. According to the statistics from the government, the proportion of women having attended secondary education and above has surged from 62.9% in 1994 to 72.8% in 2007. It indicates that women nowadays possess higher education level. Hence, a woman with high education background can also become a CEO of listed company or a lawyer. It is completely different from the past when women were discouraged from going to school and could only take part in white-collar jobs.
Meanwhile, women are earning more handsome salaries than ever before. The higher positions they are in, the more they receive. It is becoming increasingly common that between a working couple, the wife earns a higher salary than the husband. In some cases, the wifes are even the breadwinners while the husbands are in charge of family business. In other words, females nowadays are no longer required to stay at home and they are able to develop their careers.
In terms of social status, contemporary women have rosen in status in recent years and almost on par with men. The government is not anymore solely dominated by males but is run by both sexes. For instance, females account for around half of the legislators of the Legislative Council. Also, there are more and more women as police officers. They help to safeguard law and order and deserve true respects.
Another reason is that men tend to have a shorter life expectancy than women. Taking the statistics of 2009, the expected ages of men and women are 79.5 and 85.2 respectively.
Some argue that males are still earning generally higher salaries and possess higher social status than females. In my opinion, they are right to some extent. However, the status of women has raised tremendously in recent years and it is likely that women will soon be on par with men. The advantages of being a man are also no longer here to stay. Therefore, I don't see why it is better to be a man in Hong Kong today because both sexes are equal to a large extent.
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Re: Most infamous "Last words":by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor)
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"You'll never need more than 64K of memory" -- Allegedly, Bill Gates circa 1985 in an interview.
I say allegedly because after searching Google I couldn't actually find the quote cited. I didn't try all that hard admittedly, but according to folklore "The Bill" said that and later ammended that to say "You'll never need more than 640K".
Here I sit with a laptop with 1Gb of memory and quite frequently when I've started Apache, Tomcat, Postgres and a couple of my development tools I notice my disk spinning like crazy, check vmstat and sure enough I'm in swap hell.
The more things change... the more they stay the same.
It vexed me terribly that I couldn't find the quote. So I checked a few more places and discovered what I'd suspected for a while. Apparently the quote is a misattributed quote. On wikiquote I find a page about Bill Gates and under the section called appropriately enough "Misattributions" I find the following quote: "I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time... I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says 640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats like a rumor, repeated again and again."
Still... I remember the day when we thought upgrading from 8K of RAM to 16K of RAM was something really really super.
There it is... you learn something every day...
Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
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