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CRESTVIEW � Financial pressure from the state forced the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners to raise ad valorem taxes, Commissioner Wayne Harris says.
CRESTVIEW � Financial pressure from the state forced the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners to raise ad valorem taxes, Commissioner Wayne Harris says.
The 17 cents per $1,000 increase helps address $38.5 million in unfunded mandates that the state has imposed on the county for the past three years, Harris said on Thursday.
"We cut as much as we possibly could," he said. "If we didn't have to spend the $38.5 million, we'd probably lower the taxes. Raising taxes wouldn't even have been under consideration."
County chief financial officer Gary Stanford cited the following state unfunded mandates as being particularly burdensome to Okaloosa County:
�Retirement contributions for county employees, which the Florida Legislature periodically changes
�Detention services for the Department of Juvenile Justice: "The cost of the operating and support services for those services is 'shared,' as they say, with counties," Stanford said. "We pay millions of dollars for those detention services."
�Federally mandated state Medicaid contributions, the cost of which Florida passes directly to counties
�The state-implemented Healthcare Responsibility Act: "It basically requires local governments to pay for indigent healthcare cost for county residents, regardless of where the service is provided in the state," Stanford said.
The state has a process for balancing its own budget, Harris said.
"This is the process," he said, making a sweeping motion across the table with his hands. "They sweep it from Tallahassee to local government and let us take the heat."
While counties are forced to make unpopular cuts in services or unwanted tax increases to finance these and other state mandates, the state appears to have balanced its budget, Harris said.
"What we do is cut 134 staff positions, cut purchases, we cut down spending," Harris said. "When they (the state) cut, they just dump it on the counties. It looks great for them."


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A handful of Delta Goodrem fans were treated to a private concert by the Australian songstress last night.
The 28-year-old is in Auckland for four days this week to promote her new album Child of the Universe, and record a performance for the New Zealand's Got Talent semifinals which will screen this Sunday.
"It'll be fun," she said before her show, hosted by her record company at The Langham Auckland hotel. "I'm very happy that they're having me."
Goodrem is no stranger to a TV studio, having found early fame playing the role of aspiring singer Nina Tucker on popular Australian soap Neighbours at 17, and appearing as a mentor and judge on the Australian version of The Voice earlier this year, but she's better known for her record-breaking pop songs, and her fourth album has been much anticipated.
It's been five years since she released her last album, Delta, but it's been a busy time for Goodrem.
She's been touring, setting up home in LA, singing with Michael Bolton and Andrea Bocelli, and dealing with her well publicised break-up with long-time partner Brian McFadden of Westlife.
"I've grown up in public, and I embrace it and I wouldn't change it for the world," she said.
"But there are moments in between records where I say, 'Okay, I need to stop now, and I need to go and be a woman of the world for a while, go and explore and travel'."
The first single on her new album, Sitting On Top Of The World, is an upbeat number, but the album has a serious side too.
"It's about going through the trials and tribulations of life," she said.
"I went through a break-up, and I went through falling in love again, I went through discoveries about life and death. There's a lot on there. So I think I've always been quite honest in my songs and I always will be."

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Summer intensive studies at Parsons Paris allows you to experience this vibrant city from an insider's perspective by exploring the many facets of art, design, fashion and photography firsthand throughout Paris. The program is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and develop their skills in a rigorous and stimulating academic environment.
Classes will be held at Parsons Paris, a short walk from the Louvre, Opéra Garnier, and Gaîté Lyrique media arts center. Many classes will also meet in locations throughout the city, ranging from art and design exhibition settings to architectural landmarks and parks, with coursework complemented by excursions and day trips.
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A Man Named Kim?!?
In 1901, Nobel Prize winning English author, Rudyard Kipling's book, Kim, was published. 57 years later, Claudia Elizabeth Williams was reading that book while pregnant with her third child. The story tells of an orphan Indian/English child named Kim – and refers to the meaning of his name as 'Friend of the World.' She chose to name her son, Kim.
Some years and countless "What? Kim is a girl's name" comments later...this is what you get...a Man Named Kim
As a child, I wanted to be an actor when I grew up. Raised in Myrtle Beach, SC and working in the family business of motel management, I honed my dream by spending much of my early years "acting" as if I were not surrounded by sand fleas, eager tourists, and aging beach bums.
After leaving Myrtle Beach to pursue a BA in religious studies at Wofford College and a Master of Divinity Degree at Southeastern Seminary, this man named Kim Williams spent 15 years as a pastor. I left the pulpit in 1999 (long story....so long I wrote a book about it) and discovered a passion for sales, which I often describe as "the art of helping people get what they want, in spite of themselves"—which, if you think about it, isn't that big of a career leap.
I can claim the label of former adjunct faculty member at Queens University and Central Piedmont Community College and I've been a guest lecturer at Wofford College (Go Terriers!), Wake Forest University, Forsyth Technical Community College and Elon University.
My other labels include: husband, author, father, grandfather, recovering person and serial dog owner – In short, I believe that who we are begins with what we believe and what we believe is created by what we do every day.
Let me begin by saying I had the privilege of standing in the pulpit on a weekly basis for more than 15 years. That privilege was a great gift. People would allow me to stand before them and talk about the most significant thing in their lives. It was always an honor to preach and I am ever aware of the painful loss of that privilege - even though that defrocking was exactly what I needed.
This book grew out of what I discovered in my 'fall' from the pulpit. It occurred to me that there might just be a few things I wish I'd said from the pulpit - here they are. You will be challenged to hear some things in different ways, in ways that might even make you steaming, righteous mad. Sound fun?
"Fresh Insight, Humor and Inspiration..."
"This is the "un-preaching" book that moves beyond Sunday sermons into thoughtful but witty bite sized "YES!" moments. Yes, you'll think "Why doesn't MY pastor talk about this?" and that's the point - most don't...
"This book is different, and quite often delightful. Who could fail to sport at least a wry smile at the writer's then-four-year-old nephew as he offers his very own spin on saying grace: "God is grape, God is good. Let us spank him for our food"?...
Read more reviews of Wishful Preaching on Amazon!
Luncheon Talks - Need an interesting speaker for your association or networking group luncheon? Kim Williams offers engaging topics in 30 and 45 minute formats. Non-profit 'free' rates apply.
Civic Groups - The simple solution to your next meeting speaker. Need to know about Sales, Internet Marketing, Social Media or hear a story of how a former pastor ends up in the secular business world?
Sales/Marketing Meetings - Years of failure and success in sales and sales management have equipped Kim Williams with more humor and knowledge than one man can contain. Kim dishes out rapid paced, useful and helpful tactics! Want some?
Kim the Preacher - 15 years of ordained ministry while thinking, speaking and teaching about God makes for a menagerie of colorful, inspiring and often irreverent stories. Kim Williams knows what they keep behind the pulpit is isn't afraid to share it!
Networking Leader - No matter if you are a salesperson looking for new business or a professional just looking to grow your network, knowing how to network online and offline is critical to your success. With thousands of online connections and hundreds of professionals in his community network, Kim can share a wealth of success tips for Social Media and Face-to-Face networking.


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In the 4th quarter of the Jets win over the Cardinals this past Sunday, Bell got his first opportunity to do something with the ball in his hands when quarterback Greg McElroy swung a pass to him. Making the catch, Bell saw that the outside of the field was bottled up and tried to cut into the middle of the field where he found "the teeth of their defense." Bell fumbled the ball and the Cardinals would get a field goal to cut the game to 7-6, a score line that would prove to be the game's final outcome.
After hearing about ball security all this week, a big thing around the Jets facility right now, the Jets running back knows he has some ground to make up.
"It felt good to be out there, playing offense, playing running but what I walked from that game was holding onto the football. I could have cost the team the game, I'm lucky," Bell told The Jets Blog. "Now I need to earn their trust and show that I can hold onto the ball no matter what, that holding onto the ball is the most important thing to me."
Bell was signed by the Jets in mid-November and made one previous appearance in their win at St. Louis but contributed only on special teams. The numbers are on his side that he will bounce back from the fumble: In his three previous years in Chicago, Bell fumbled just three times and lost just one of those fumbles.
He's a speedy back with good feet and a bit of shiftiness to him, plus he brings along the aforementioned added bonus of being a contributor on special teams. He doesn't want to be "just" a special teams guy though so last week's opportunity to get a look in the backfield was a great opportunity for him.
But now in light of the fumble, Bell must adjust that thinking.
"In Chicago I was primarily a special teams guy. I didn't get to touch the field unless there was injury but going out there on Sunday, working at it on offense was great," Bell said.
"Obviously now, I need to go out there and earn or maybe re-earn the trust of the coaches, of the coaching staff that I can do the job and not lose the ball. That they can trust me."
Prior to signing with the Jets, Bell had tryouts in Green Bay and Houston. He was scheduled to work out with the Giants the day after his tryout with the Jets but was immediately offered a contract by his new team.
Kristian R. Dyer is a Jets beat reporter for Metro New York and contributes to The Jets Blog. Follow him at @KristianRDyer for Jets breaking news and info from Florham Park.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Hosanna Lutheran Church & Little Palms School
Hosanna Lutheran Church and Little Palms School are two missions of the same ministry in Mesa, Arizona. Little Palms is a preschool growing into a grade school and currently uses colorful children's palm prints in its logo. Hosanna is a growing congregation of the LC-MS and uses palm leaves in its logo. We want to tie these two ministries together with one united logo for advertising and signage on the church itself. We are a Christian mission outreach seeking to draw people in to the Christian faith, celebrating the coming of the King (which is what the word Hosanna is all about) and celebrating our faith. Little Palms School is a major mission for us as we educate, care for, and nurture children in many ways.
People of all ages in the Mesa, Arizona area, Christians looking for a new church home, non-Chrisitans we are reaching out to and trying to draw in to the life and activities of the church and the Christian faith, and especially young families looking for Christian preschool and grade school services for their children. These people love to celebrate their Christian faith and this growing ministry.
We want to develop a logo that promotes both Hosanna Lutheran Church and Little Palms School united in one mission together as both are a part of the same church. We would like to see a Christian cross and perhaps a palm leaf incorporated in the design. The current logo for Little Palms School also used colorful hand palm prints of children as well. That's optional in this new combined logo but color and celebration is a great thing. The name "Hosanna" comes from a Judeo/Christian song of celebration when palm leaves were waved before the coming of the King, and ultimately, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. We might like to have the initials "LC-MS" show up very subtley, could be small in the logo some place. But those initials are optional if they are more distracting than we'd like. Those initials show that we are a part of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The primary goal is a logo to comunicate unity in mission between church and school, and joyful celebration of our Christian faith.
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The Mafia Is Moving Into Green Energy
Green Energy Chronicles
John's newest update on graft, corruption and waste in the energy sector.
The Mafia Is Moving Into Renewable Energy
Traditionally the mafia controls operations in gambling, prostitution, protection, extortion, and loan-sharking, yet recent evidence shows that they might actually be adding renewable energy to that list.
Italian police have recently discovered links between the Sicilian crime families known as the Cosa Nostra, and wind and solar power companies in the area. Law enforcement officers have taken around a dozen crime bosses off to jail, along with corrupt officials and company executives; they have also seized around 30 percent of Sicily's wind farms, and have frozen more than $2 billion worth of assets.
Back in 2010 a similar police operation saw the seizure of over 40 companies, land, buildings, factories, bank accounts, stocks, cars, and yachts from the Sicilian business man Vito Nicastri, also known as the 'Lord of the Wind' due to his investments in wind farms and solar panel factories.
It is likely that the Mafia has been attracted to renewable energy for several reasons; Sicily is a sunny, windy island that offers great alternative energy opportunities; much like Germany and Spain, Italy has been awarding generous subsidies to try and encourage the development of renewable energy projects; and also, the renewable energy industry offers a legitimate business which is likely to be around for many years and can provide a good front for the family.
Other renewable energy projects in Sardinia and Apulia are also being investigated for their connection to known crime families.
White House will NOT propose a carbon tax
Jack Lew, the White House nominee for Treasury secretary, says President Obama's second-term vow to confront climate change will not lead to proposals to tax carbon dioxide emissions.
"The administration has not proposed a carbon tax, nor is it planning to do so," Lew said in written responses to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, which will vote on Lew's nomination Tuesday.
Carbon taxes or fees are generating new interest among climate advocates and some liberal lawmakers, especially amid debates about how to curb the deficit and overhaul the tax code. Lew's answer is the latest of several Obama administration pledges not to propose a carbon tax. "We would never propose a carbon tax, and have no intention of proposing one," White House press secretary Jay Carney said in mid-November.
Geopolitics In Clean Tech - Kroll Fraud Report
Meanwhile, local regulatory frameworks can also create significant risks for investors. In Italy, risk arises from lengthy and bureaucratic regulatory and authorization procedures, as well as from divergent clean technology policies at the national, regional, and local levels. These all create delays in obtaining licenses and putting plants into operation. This has led in the south of the country, where solar and wind plants are concentrated, to the rise of intermediaries who claim to be able to obtain all the necessary authorizations for investors and to sell them what are essentially turnkey projects. Clearly, this heightens the risk to investors of becoming involved in corruption or even of infiltration by organized crime. Several factors make the renewable energy sector particularly attractive to organized crime.
[Note: this is a MUST READ paper.]
In this paper we use the dataset on criminal activity constructed by Gennaioli C. and Onorato M. for their project on organized crime joint with Perotti R. and Tabellini G. We are grateful to them for sharing the data.
Changes may buoy Cape Wind project
Governor Deval Patrick's administration proposed several changes to state environmental-protection laws yesterday that could help speed construction of offshore wind-power farms, including the controversy-plagued Cape Wind project that Patrick strongly backs.
The Department of Environmental Protection formally unveiled several changes to the state's Chapter 91 waterways protection laws, which could take effect as soon as April after a public comment period that ends Jan. 17. One major change would be to declare cables conveying power from offshore renewable-energy projects - including wind farms and hydroelectric generating units - to be water-dependent. That designation would get those projects speedier, more favorable consideration by department regulators, who are required by Chapter 91 to apply heavier scrutiny to nonwater-dependent projects in protected waterfront and river areas.
"The governor has made it an environmental priority to increase renewable energy, and the most important piece of these changes would make the regulations consistent with the administration's support for renewable energy, by allowing renewable energy from offshore to connect to the grid onshore," said Ed Coletta, a department spokesman.
Besides the 130-turbine Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, other proposals the changes could help include construction mogul Jay Cashman's plan for a 120-turbine wind farm in Buzzards Bay off Dartmouth and Fairhaven, and the Hull Municipal Light Department's proposed wind farm.
The announcement was made a month after Patrick's administration supported House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi's inclusion of a measure in the House's green-energy bill. The measure exempts Cape Wind and the Cashman project from regulatory hurdles in the state's Ocean Sanctuaries Act, which limits or bans development in most coastal waters.
Though former governor Mitt Romney relentlessly opposed Cape Wind, Patrick and his energy and environmental affairs secretary, Ian A. Bowles, have called the project crucial to meeting state goals for renewable energy and helping to market Massachusetts worldwide as being friendly to renewable energy companies.
Mark Rodgers, a Cape Wind Associates spokesman, said yesterday that his company had not yet seen the proposed changes but said they sounded like "a step in the right direction from our viewpoint." The current designation of offshore wind farms as nonwater-dependent projects, Rodgers said, "doesn't make it impossible, but it adds another layer, and it never struck us as a policy that makes sense."
Rodgers said offshore wind farms are clearly water-dependent because it is their location in the open ocean - where winds are much steadier and stronger than on land - that makes them feasible for generating electricity.
Officials from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, which has been battling Cape Wind for six years, and the Conservation Law Foundation, an environmental group backing Cape Wind, declined to comment.
Last month, Cape Wind angered its foes by asking the state Energy Facilities Siting Board to use its unique authority to approve the project by preempting eight different state and local permits - including the DEP waterways permit. This move came after the Cape Cod Commission voted against approving transmission lines connecting Cape Wind to the regional power grid in Yarmouth.
More on House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi
More on Deval Patrick winning the greenest governor award
More on Massachusetts green failures
First Wind SEC filing change questioned
Business experts say that energy company First Wind was within its rights to amend an SEC filing last week to declare that it did not, as the company had previously stated in an earlier filing, award Public Utilities Commission Chairman Kurt Adams an ownership interest while he was on the state payroll, a possible violation of state law.
But one expert says that the amendment, which came after the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting published details of the grant to Adams, could itself raise questions with SEC regulators.
"The SEC is fairly liberal in permitting parties to amend their disclosure document," says securities law expert Manning G. Warren III, of the Louis S. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. But the amended filing, says Warren, "suggests that the company is acknowledging a rather significant error in terms of granting him those restricted stocks while he was a public servant."
First Wind is in the process of filing disclosure documents – called an "S1" — with the SEC prior to a public offering of stock to raise money for the company.
Senator Angus King wind project called into question
Report Refers to project as part of a pattern of "dysfunction, negligence and mismanagement."
Just a day after Angus King announced he was divesting his stake in his wind energy company, a Congressional Oversight Committee has called into question the basis for a $102 million loan guarantee granted to King's Record Hill Wind project.
The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform yesterday released an extensive report on questionable funding for projects authorized through the U.S. Department of Energy. The report, titled "The Department of Energy's Disastrous Management of Loan Guarantee Programs", reveals that the Record Hill project received a loan guarantee based on "questionable reasoning" by King's company.
Angus King relationship map. Note: This does not include (strangely) his relationship with his wind efforts or Jay Cashman at Patriot Renewables. There will more on that in upcoming articles.
Complaint Filed With the Department Of Justice Under the Sherman Antitrust Act By Concerned Citizens From The States of New York, Vermont, Maryland, and California (filed April 25, 2007)
Nature of Complaint
This is an Antitrust Complaint alleging that an International Cartel is engaged in Market Allocation, Price Fixing and Bid Rigging in Windfarm Developments in New York and Vermont, as well as other states across the nation. This Complaint was submitted by 94concerned citizens via email to the U.S. Department of Justice, Anti-Trust Division onApril 25, 2007.
Summary of Complaint
A number of foreign companies, along with at least one domestic firm, have conspired to eliminate competition in the newly emerging domestic wind energy industry. Through a maze of ad hoc LLC's, partnerships, affiliations, cross-ownerships, strategic alliances,memoranda of understanding, joint ventures, and associations these entities have allocated the market geographically and effectively prohibited any manner of competition for highly profitable business ventures. The end result of this collusion is that thousands of landowners and hundreds of municipalities have been denied substantial monetary gains that would otherwise be available in a free and competitive market. Due to a plethora of subsidies, incentives, and tax breaks the wind energy developments are highly profitable and virtually all of the earnings are funneled abroad to the foreign owners and investors.
Michael Mukasey pushed to change bribery law
If you represent U.S. businesses and want to scale back an anti-corruption law, what do you do? Hire the nation's former top law enforcement official.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has recruited former Attorney General Michael Mukasey to press its case for reining in an American law that bans bribery overseas — and for softening the Obama administration's aggressive enforcement of it. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a crime for U.S. companies to pay bribes or offer any "thing of value" to a foreign official to advance the corporation's interest.
Many advocates for business say enforcement of that law has been too strict, injuring America's ability to win in a global economy. They also cite lengthy investigations and hefty legal fees over transactions that wouldn't qualify as traditional bribes, such as giving money to non-government officials, buying dinner for business contacts or even paying for their taxi rides.
Enter Mukasey, a former federal judge whom President George W. Bush brought in to clean up a scandal-tarnished Justice Department in 2007. After leaving the Justice Department, Mukasey returned to New York, joined the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton and began taking on corporate clients, including the Chamber and News Corp.
"The law itself has a couple of problems with it," Mukasey told POLITICO. He said the business community mainly wants the wording clarified. "In some countries, enterprises are state-owned, so everybody's a foreign official. You take somebody out to dinner that's intended to get you a competitive benefit and, boom: You get an investigation."
Xtreme restructures executive team in anticipation of growth
To handle continued growth, Kyle-based energy storage company Xtreme Power Inc. is restructuring its top leadership, with its co-founder and CEO moving to a strategic planning role.
The company — which makes energy storage and power management systems for utilities, wind farms and manufacturing companies — saw revenues double in 2011 and expects to see similar growth in the coming year, said Carlos Coe, who will step aside as CEO to become chairman of the board and oversee the company's global growth. Alan Gotcher will be promoted from chief technology officer to president and CEO.
"This allows me to take a step out of the day-to-day (operations) and focus entirely on the growth mode of the company." Much of that growth is expected overseas, particularly in China, which is installing "an amazing amount of wind power every year," and officials need assistance moving that energy onto their power grids, Coe said.
No cause no answers 7 months after fire at wind farm
It was a first of it's kind technology - that went up in smoke. Seven months after they started spinning, the Kahuku wind mills stopped because of a fire. The fact that they're sitting idle is having an ripple effect that reaches your electric bill.
For seven months they were spinning in the wind."First seven months of operation it put about 52k megawatts of energy into the system," said Hawaiian Electric Company spokesperson Darren Pai. A productive project - capable of powering 7,800 homes. But these last seven months have been a different story.
Since August, the 12 turbines at Kahuku are at a standstill after a fire inside the facility's battery storage system shut the wind farm down. Turns out it was the third blaze to break-out inside the building.
"And those we did an extensive investigation and determined the cause of those that was related to the capacitors in the converters," said Wren Wescoatt of First Wind. "We took several steps to remedy that and the new investigation looked into that as one of the possibilities but hasn't yet determined what the cause of the final fire was."
Carbon taxes will lead to heavy GDP losses
Warning that a carbon tax of $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions could cause a GDP loss of more than $600 billion, the Economic Survey says the way forward for domestic environment financing must come from a mix of market mechanisms, fiscal instruments and regulatory interventions.
Citing the results of preliminary modelling studies by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the Survey argues that "relying solely on carbon taxes and subsidy may not be the most viable policy option." It also discusses the establishment of a National Green Fund to finance environmental protection, but only mentions international sources to fill the coffers of the Fund.
The models projected four different carbon tax scenarios for a 20-year period between 2010-11 and 2030-31. At the most extreme end of the spectrum, an economy-wide tax on carbon emissions at the rate of $80 per tonne would lead to an undiscounted cumulative GDP loss of more than $4 trillion. But even a modest revenue-neutral $10 per tonne tax would lead to losses of $632 billion at 2005 prices, said the studies.
Bills target renewable energy standards in 3 states
For example, an ALEC task force member who chairs the Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee wants "a meaningful review" of the state's efficiency and renewable standards.
State Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, outlined in a Feb. 1 memo a list of questions that he plans to seek answers to in a series of legislative hearings this spring.
Among them: whether to freeze the state's efficiency standard, whether to revise the "cost cap" financial-burden threshold for exempting utilities, and whether to establish a "more accurate and transparent" way of comparing costs of electricity sources.
The legislator's final question reveals the scope of what's on the table in his view: what should be done about existing contracts "in the event that the current EE/RPS benchmarks are significantly altered or abolished"?
Carbon tax to start in 2015 (Africa)
A carbon tax will come into effect from 2015, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on Wednesday." Government proposes to price carbon by way of a carbon tax, at the rate of R120 per ton of CO2 equivalent, from January 1, 2015," he told MPs.
Tabling his 2013 Budget in the National Assembly, he said the impact of this would be softened by a tax-free exemption threshold of 60 percent, "with additional allowances for emissions intensive and trade-exposed industries."
According to proposals in the 2013 Budget Review, the basic tax-free threshold of 60 percent will apply during the first phase of the implementation of carbon tax - from 2015 to 2020. The document says also under consideration is a "gradual phasing out" of the electricity levy as the carbon tax is phased in.
Arcelor-Mittal Africa slides after carbon tax announcement
As the continent's top greenhouse gas emitter, South Africa is looking to curb emissions, although it also plans some exemptions to protect industry, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said during his 2013 budget speech.
ArcelorMittal South Africa, a unit of the world's biggest steelmaker and one of the biggest polluters in the country, finished down 6.1 percent at 28.83 rand following the speech, becoming the biggest percentage decliner on Johannesburg's All-share index.
Apex buys rights to wind farm project
Property intended for a wind farm south of the Hoopeston area has again changed hands.Development of the Hoopeston Wind farm has been ongoing since 2008. The most recent coordinator, GDF SUEZ Energy North America Inc in Houston, Texas, took over in 2011 when it purchased the previous wind farm developer, International Power.
Now, a representative of Apex Wind Energy Inc. confirmed Friday afternoon that the company has taken over the project. Company Communications Manage Dahvi Wilson indicated in an e-mail that Apex acquired the Hoopeston Wind farm from GDF SUEZ in February.
Apex Wind Energy, Inc. is an independent renewable energy company based in Charlottesville, Va. Since its founding in 2009, Apex has completed 10 acquisitions and has project sites in 20 states, including Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Maersk Line and Apex partnership
Jim Trousdale relationship map
Minnesota Attorney General sues wind power developer for fraud
Marv and Marlys Jensen just wanted to supplement their income with a little energy-and-money producing wind turbine on their farm in rural Kensington, Minn. But they ended up taking out loans to pay more than $245,000 to an Excelsior-based company called Renewable Energy SD for a 160-foot wind tower that currently produces nothing.
Their first wind turbine, delivered in August 2010, didn't work, and they were told they had to trade it in and buy a second, more expensive one, they said. That one was supposed to be delivered in January 2012.
A year later, they're still waiting.
"What I got is a $200,000 deer stand," said Marv Jensen, 72.
Swanson sued Renewable Energy SD on Friday in Hennepin County District Court, charging that it bilked 15 farm couples out of hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece. The company, which was formed in 2009 by Shawn Dooling, used federal stimulus money that was supposed to help the country out of the recession to entice farmers to buy the turbines, the suit alleges.
And instead of paying back the Jensens and similarly unhappy customers, the company appears to have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury supercars, the complaint said.
Those cars include a 2009 Lamborghini worth $297,700, two 2011 Bentleys worth about $180,000 each, a 2010 Ferrari worth $219,000 and two 2011 Audis, worth $183,700 and $72,900, according to the complaint.
Dooling lives in a house in Shorewood on Lake Minnetonka with an assessed value of $1.6 million, according to Hennepin County records.
Visitors to Frederik W. Mowinckel's Victorian house in the London neighbourhood of Chelsea are treated to an exotic winter sight: a 15ft-high banana plant flourishing on an outdoor terrace. And perhaps more exotic than the plant itself is the coating on the wall behind it: a white paint that has been created to mimic perfectly the self-cleaning surface layer of the lotus leaf, and to reflect maximum daylight. The banana plant isn't the only beneficiary, says Mowinckel. The paint never loses shine, reflecting light back into the house and cutting down on the need for artificial lighting.
Although the building dates from 1850, Norwegian-born Mowinckel has redesigned it as a model of how to eco-proof a traditional family home in the middle of a major city. And yet inside, except for a touch-screen panel on a front wall, the building bears no obvious traces of its conversion.
"My wife Louise didn't want something that looked like an eco-house – she wanted a beautiful house," says Mowinckel, director of Turquoise International, a specialist merchant bank that supports clean energy companies in the early stages of their development. He ushers me into a series of elegant interiors where off-white walls provide backdrops for 19th-century Norwegian paintings and objects made by local designers on the nearby King's Road. "Louise did the aesthetics," he says. "I did the technical bits, behind the walls."
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In his first address as Secretary of State, John Kerry said we must safeguard "the most sacred trust" we owe to our children and grandchildren: "an environment not ravaged by rising seas, deadly superstorms, devastating droughts, and the other hallmarks of a dramatically changing climate."
But hyperbole is getting stale even for a politician. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and British Meteorological Office now recognize that average global temperatures haven't budged in almost 17 years. Little evidence suggests that sea level rise, storms, droughts or other weather and climate events or trends display any statistically significant difference from what Earth and mankind have experienced over the last 100-plus years. So Mr. Kerry's dire warnings are on thin polar ice...
By far the worst climate crisis, however, is eco-imperialism perpetrated against African and other poor nations.
When their country was building a new power plant that would burn natural gas that previously was wasted through "flaring," President Obama told Ghanaians they should use their "bountiful" wind, solar, geothermal and biofuels energy, instead of fossil fuels that "threaten" global warming...
Blaming carbon dioxide emissions and rising seas is always easier than manning up and shouldering the blame for Bloombergsian failures. Citing IPCC computer forecasts of nastier storms and flooded coastlines likewise gives insurers a convenient excuse for hiking insurance rates.
When the conversation next turns to climate change, discussing the real climate crisis – and the true meaning of environmental justice – could open a few eyes.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- California's mini-mashers bashed their way into the Little League World Series championship on Saturday night.
Andy Rios hit a grand slam in Chula Vista's nine-run first inning and the Cali sluggers routed San Antonio, Texas, 12-2 to advance to Sunday's final against Chinese Taipei.
"USA!, USA!" the frantic California fans chanted after their team won the U.S. bracket.
Chula Vista will try to extend the United States' four-year winning streak in the World Series title game. Chinese Taipei advanced with a 9-4 victory over Mexico.
Luke Ramirez and Bulla Graft also hit consecutive homers in the first, and Graft added a two-run drive to center in the third. California has 19 homers in five World Series games.
Rios got Chula Vista off to a fast start with a terrific play at shortstop in the top of the first, leaping to his right to stab Travis Daves' liner before starting a double play.
Ramirez also was impressive on the mound, throwing one-hit ball in a game that was shortened to 3½ innings because of the 10-run rule. After fanning Troy Montemayor for the final out, the imposing 6-foot Ramirez pumped his arms, then pointed skyward and let out a big yell.
The 13-year-old slugger has turned into a star in Pennsylvania, with fans chanting "Luuuuke!" each time he steps to the plate. They were still hooting and hollering his name 15 minutes after the game was over, with the rest of the stadium mostly empty.
"I can't explain the feeling," Ramirez said. "We've been together since we were like 7 or 8. We're all brothers out there so it's great to share this."
It will be the first appearance for a California team in the World Series final since 2004, when Thousand Oaks lost to Curacao.
Texas lost for the first time this year. It was held scoreless until the fourth, when Jacob Ramos had an RBI double and another run scored on a passed ball.
Manager Mike Shull wasn't worried about how his team would handle the loss.
"I'm sure they're over it now," he said. "I'd be willing to bet they're up in the [recreation] room now waiting for Chula Vista to beat them in pingpong."


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Chef Marcus Samuelsson dines, dances and dishes with the Ethiopian community in D.C.
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November 13, 2002
Contact: GSA Public Affairs, 202-501-1231
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced that it has exercised an additional one-year contract option with MCI WorldCom Communications Inc. (MCIW). As part of GSA's FTS2001 contract, MCIW, a WorldCom Inc. (WorldCom) subsidiary will continue to provide contract services necessary for the government to satisfy its telecommunications needs, including mission-critical requirements. Awarded on January 11, 1999, the initial contract term of four years has been renewed to cover the period of January 11, 2003, through January 10, 2004. Also today, GSA suspended former WorldCom officials Scott D. Sullivan and David F. Myers from conducting business with the federal government.
In deciding to exercise the contract option, GSA indicated that MCIW's performance has been consistent with the terms of the contract even after the announcements early this year of WorldCom's financial difficulties and its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. GSA is working closely with the Department of Justice, which is representing the government's interests in Bankruptcy Court to insure that FTS contract interests are being taken into account and are not impaired.
MCIW currently provides telecommunications services to some of the larger organizations in the federal government, including the Departments of Defense, Interior, Commerce (including the U.S. Weather Service hotline), Health and Human Services and Transportation. The contract also includes service to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Social Security Administration (including its hotline number) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
GSA's decision to suspend former WorldCom Chief Financial Officer Sullivan and former Controller Myers is based on adequate evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Mr. Sullivan has been indicted on seven criminal counts, including securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and filing false statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and those charges are pending. Mr. Myers pled guilty to securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and filing false statements with the SEC. Under federal law, an indictment or a guilty plea for such offenses is adequate evidence of misconduct to support suspension of these individuals from future government business.
The names of the two individuals suspended are included in the List of Parties Excluded From Federal Procurement and Non Procurement Programs, which contains the names of entities and individuals debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible by any agency of the Federal Government. The suspensions, which will remain in effect for the duration of legal proceedings, are effective throughout the executive branch of the Federal Government and apply to all new business with the Federal government.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property management agency created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services. GSA, comprised of 14,000 associates, provides services and solutions for the office operations of over 1 million federal workers located in 8,300 government -owned and leased buildings in 1,600 U.S. communities.


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Moscow, Russia, 29 July 2010, World Tiger Day—the Russian government has introduced measures to protect the Korean pine, a key species found in Amur tiger habitat in the Russian Far East. Around 400 Amur tigers survive in the native Korean pine forests of the Russian Far East and north-east China, where the pine nuts are an essential food source for tiger prey species.
Moscow, Russia, 29 July 2010, World Tiger Day—the Russian government has introduced measures to protect the Korean pine, a key species found in Amur tiger habitat in the Russian Far East.
Rising global demand for Korean pine has led to a massive increase in logging, much of it carried out illegally, in Russia's remaining temperate forests.
To help regulate the logging, Russia has listed the Korean pine in Appendix III of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
The listing means exports of Korean pine timber from Russia will need CITES permits, which will make it harder for the illegal timber trade to carry on.
"TRAFFIC and WWF-Russia warmly welcome the measures to regulate the trade in Korean pine timber, which is good news for the local people whose livelihoods depend on the trade in Korean pine nuts and for Amur tigers which live where these trees grow," said Alexey Vaisman, Senior Programme Officer with TRAFFIC Europe-Russia.
"The new measures will need to be backed up with appropriate enforcement action," added Vaisman.
Analysis of export data show the commercial trade in Korean pine timber rising over the last decade, in spite the global economic downturn which has reduced trade in most timber species.
The new measures will benefit the legal pine nut trade in the region which WWF and TRAFFIC have been promoting as a means of providing legal and sustainable income.
"We hope the listing in CITES will finally help break the system of illegal logging of Korean pines and help the survival of trade in alternative, sustainable forestry products from the region," said Evgeny Lepeshkin, Forestry Projects Co-ordinator with the Amur branch of WWF Russia.
The recently introduced measures come in the midst of a particularly active year for tiger conservation.
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Miami Marlins' Logan Morrison taking cautious route
On Logan Morrison's right knee is a crisscross of scars left by a surgeon's knife, with one noticeably fresher in appearance than the other. The latest operation, a "complete repair" of his patellar tendon, was performed four months ago. If all goes well, Morrison will return to the Marlins' lineup next season as their first baseman.
But, if not....well, Morrison doesn't care to think about that.
"There's always that, 'Am I ever going to be the same?' in the back of my mind, so it's a little scary," Morrison acknowledged. "I'll do everything I can to help it out, bust my [butt], and if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen."
This much is certain: after forcing the issue and trying to bounce back too quickly from surgery last season, thereby compounding the damage to his delicate right knee, Morrison is taking a more cautious approach this time around. Morrison does not plan to run or even swing a bat until sometime in February, and says it's possible he might not be ready to go Opening Day.
As the young participants in Saturday's "Camp for a Cure" in Delray Beach — his annual baseball benefit for the American Lung Association — warmed up with running drills, Morrison was only able to offer encouragement. He walked at a careful pace, though without any kind of a limp.
He is pacing himself.
"As far as knowing exactly when I'll be ready, I don't think anybody knows," he said.
Morrison said the surgery this time was more involved that the one last November when he underwent a "debridement" in which, by his own words, "they cut something off that was hanging off and set it back up."
This time, Morrison said, surgeons "cut it open bigger, drilled to the knee cap, and tied it back at the top, what was left of the tendon." It was a more complex procedure, but Morrison has been told other athletes, including Arizona Cardinals running back Ryan Williams, have successfully returned from the same surgery.
Already, even though he hasn't tested it too much, Morrison said he can feel a difference.
"I'm optimistic in the fact that it doesn't hurt like it did last year," he said. "There's no pain like last year. There is no aching like last year. I don't think I was ever 85 percent last year."
Morrison played in pain last season and batted just .230, but finally shut it down in late July when the injury worsened. He underwent the latest procedure in September, a month before the Marlins dumped salary by trading five players to Toronto.
That decision angered Giancarlo Stanton, who openly expressed his displeasure. But Morrison, who has never been shy about expressing his feelings in the past, remained quiet.
That prompted a call from team owner Jeffrey Loria, who thanked him for keeping his feelings to himself.
"I hit .230 last year. What was I going to say?" Morrison explained. "You can't control it, so why worry about it? I still have a job to do and it doesn't change my job description. I have to play, so it really doesn't matter what I think."
Morrison said he has spoken a few times with Stanton and understands why he was unhappy with the moves.
"I think when you're told one thing and something else is done, it doesn't make anybody happy," Morrison said. "It's understandable. But I think he'll be fine and he realizes he has a job to do. He'll be fine."
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ex)On May 29th there was a heavy rain but the sun came out the next day. Driving back from the village, I stopped the car because a small woodchuck was traveling along the road, its belly almost flat to the gravel. I got out, took off my sweater, threw it over the woodchuck and wrapped him in it, then put him on the floor of the car while I drove home. I guessed the rain had washed out his burrow. If I hadnt come along he would have eventually died of starvation. Rescuing him, I felt as large as Fate.
If you capitalise use, you are giving it some form of divine power- the force that controls us, rather than simply what happens to us. The woodchuck was in serious trouble, so the person who rescued it was like a divine force- the saviour of the animal that could so easily have died.


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It's been snowing quite a lot the last few days in Bozeman, so I've had few opportunities to go back outside and sketch. I finished this spread yesterday, though it was still pretty chilly. Part of this was done standing, as there were no close benches and I forgot my camp chair.
Later, while I was sitting on a bench drawing the Masonic Temple portion, a lady sat next to me to smoke. That was strike one, but then she had to go out of her way to make sure I knew my drawing ability was a gift from God and that I should be grateful for being able to do what I do. Strikes two and three. I responded, politely, that I tell my students drawing is a skillset that can be acquired, like any other, through hours of practice. (Otherwise, why even teach?) I didn't bother going into Malcolm Gladwell or the 10,000 hour rule. Sufficed to say, she disagreed, and wanted me to know how blessed I was.
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(CBS News) The president of Rutgers University says officials are now reviewing practice video from all the school's teams. The move comes in the wake of the Rutgers basketball scandal involving inflammatory video of basketball coach Mike Rice. The goal is to make sure other coaches aren't mistreating players.
Rutgers announced yesterday it will commission an independent investigation to look into the "inappropriate behavior" in the men's basketball program.
Video of Rice abusing players is not the highlight reel Rutgers University wants its basketball program to be known by. But for now, it is. The compilation of outbursts by Rice, taken from hours of practices, has embarrassed and angered faculty and students alike.
"Horrible words were used," a person said at a town hall held by Rutgers University President Robert Barchi on Monday. "And I don't know what that has to be used in an athletic arena."
Another at the same event said, "In order for you to take a moral step and lead by example - why don't you pay the next basketball coach half of what you pay now."
Addressing the controversy wasn't the original purpose for a town hall held by Barchi, but it quickly became the main topic of the event.
"Let's focus on what we're doing going forward and about how strongly I feel about this," Barchi said.
When the practice video went viral, Rice was suspended and eventually fired. Three other staff members resigned, including Athletic Director Tim Pernetti. In a settlement with the university, both Rice and Pernetti will get to keep over $1 million in salaries each, and perks, including a car allowance and school-issued iPad.
The video also shows Rice berating players with abusive language, including homophobic slurs. That is especially shocking to many given the 2010 suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi after his intimate encounter with another man was streamed over the Internet.
One woman asked the university president at the town hall, "What plan do you have as part of your strategic planning to deal with the change in the climate and culture?"
Barchi said, "I will not tolerate that sort of behavior on this campus."
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hired Barchi last September to reorganize the state's higher education system. On Monday, Christie reiterated his support for the university president, but minced no words in his opinion of Rice: "What parent would let this animal back into their living room to try to recruit their son, after this video?"
Barchi admits he was told about concerns over Rice's behavior as far back as November, but chose not to view the tape. That was right at the time Rutgers accepted an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference -- a move that means tens of millions of dollars in increased revenues.
Asked if one reason the university may have delayed its response to the situation, CBS News correspondent Don Dahler said, "It could be. It's suspicious because the university actually commissioned an outside investigation by a law firm at that time in November to look into whether or not this was a fireable offense. The determination in the 52-page report was that, yes, it was, but still, they suspended Rice, instead of firing him and that was right when the Big Ten announcement was coming out."
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Unit 5.6 Mixture Design and
By separating the components of colored markers using chromatography,
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Separating mixtures laboratory
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One of Our New Favorites
By Kathy McFarland
One of our favorite new tomato varieties that we offer this year is the Dester. This large pink beefsteak variety reaches one to one and a half pounds. Its sweet flavor makes it an excellent slicer. The story of how we acquired the seed for the tomato is interesting in itself.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company is located near a large and thriving Amish community that began when the first Amish moved to nearby Seymour, Missouri, in 1968. The Seymour Amish community has grown over the decades and now has two different produce auctions that are open to the public during the growing season. Our employees often visit the Highway C Amish produce auction to purchase vegetables for use in our on-site restaurant or sometimes to purchase plant starts to put into our many gardens.
Baker Creek owner Jere Gettle is always on the look-out for new seed varieties. As I was heading out to the Amish auction one particular Friday, he asked me to look for Dester tomato plants. He had read about a super- tasting Dester variety of tomato and had heard that an Amish lady named Anna may have some for sale at the auction. I inquired about Anna and her Dester tomatoes at the auction but was told that she was not present that day. However, someone apparently told Anna that I was looking for her, because I received a telephone call from her a couple of days later.
She informed me that she did, indeed, have a few dozen of the Dester tomato plants and would perhaps be interested in selling a few of them to Baker Creek. Anna gave me directions to her house, and we agreed upon a time that I would visit her and discuss purchase of the tomato plants. Being fairly familiar with the Amish community, I had no trouble locating her house.
I found Anna to be a charming woman who welcomed me into her home and willingly shared with me information about her tomato plants. (She also shared some of her homemade peanut brittle and gave me a jar of her rhubarb jam to take home!) Back in the the 1970's, she had been living in Geneva, Indiana, and had worked as a house cleaner for Dr. Herbert E. Dester and his wife in Berne, Indiana. During that time, the Desters had shared their favorite tomato seeds with their house cleaner, Anna. The seeds had originally been brought from Germany and were given to Anna in a medicine bottle. She had treasured the seeds, sometimes planting some of them and sometimes saving some, but always keeping the strain going. Anna took them with her when she eventually relocated from Indiana to Seymour, Missouri, in the year 2000.
Anna showed me her well-tended garden in front of her house and the dozens of lush green tomato plants potted in flats on her front porch. After agreeing on a purchase price and paying for the tomato seedlings, I walked away with two dozen Dester tomato plants for the Baker Creek Gardens and one-half dozen for my own personal garden.
Back at Baker Creek, the tomato plants flourished after being planted into the gardens, and they produced abundantly. As a result, we are now able to offer a delicious tomato variety that we love and that is sure to become a favorite of many gardeners.
(Kathy McFarland is a Baker Creek employee and an avid gardener.)
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I enjoyed reading this article. It does raise the question of whether this tomato has any German cousins.
Always interested in your info. and articles.
My mother in law used to have a large pinkish tomato similar to this. We have lost the seed to this tomato. Am interested in getting some seeds or plants. Thanks.


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Well, after the last 3 cookie recipes being flops, I finally had a success! It is about stinkin' time! Since I was feeling a little insecure about my baking, I decided to use a recipe from Carol Fenster's 1,000 Gluten-free Recipes to make these cookies. Carol's recipes have always worked very well for me, so I went back to the tried & true. I was not disappointed! I wish I could share the recipe with you, but it is copyrighted. You can probably get the cookbook from your library & try some of the recipes out if you are unsure of the purchase, but let me tell you that this is one amazing cookbook (no, I am not getting paid to say that). The pizza crust that I raved about here is also one of Carol's recipes. 🙂
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Once the cookies cooled, I whipped up a quick frosting/icing & we got busy.
1-2 cups powdered sugar (depends on how much frosting you want to make)
1/2 – 1 tsp vanilla (again, depends on how much sugar you use; start with less & taste – you can always add more)
1-3 TBSP milk (start with 1 TBSP, stir and add more milk until you get the desired consistency)
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Sept. 16, 2008 -- The FDA today slapped an import alert on generic drugs made at two plants in India run by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. of India.
But the FDA recommends that consumers keep taking their Ranbaxy drugs.
"To date, we have seen no evidence of harm to consumers from drugs produced at these two facilities and have no reason to believe that drugs already in the U.S. from these plants pose a safety problem," Douglas Throckmorton, MD, deputy director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said today at a news conference.
The import alert focuses on manufacturing practices at two Ranbaxy facilities -- one in Dewas, India, and the other in Paonta Sahib, India. The problems, summed up in two FDA warning letters issued today, include inadequate sterile processing operations and inadequate written records of the cleaning and use of major equipment.
Even so, FDA officials say they haven't found any problems with Ranbaxy drugs made at those facilities. Ranbaxy's other drug-making facilities aren't part of the import alert.
Ranbaxy is one of the largest foreign suppliers of generic drugs to the U.S. The FDA's import alert covers more than 30 different genetic drugs. A full list of those drugs is posted on the FDA's web site.
One Ranbaxy drug, ganciclovir oral capsules (an antiviral drug), is exempt from the import alert because Ranbaxy is its sole supplier to the U.S. The FDA is asking Ranbaxy to take extra steps to make sure ganciclovir oral capsules meet the FDA's standards.
The FDA doesn't expect the import alert to result in any drug shortages because except for ganciclovir, there are other drugmakers that can meet the need for those drugs in the U.S., notes Throckmorton.
This is the second time in less than three years that the FDA has issued a warning letter to Ranbaxy. In 2006, the FDA cited Ranbaxy for violations of good manufacturing practices at Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib, India facility.
Ranbaxy Responds
In a statement emailed to WebMD, Ranbaxy says it is "very disappointed" in the FDA's action. Ranbaxy says it "has responded to each concern FDA has raised during the past two years and had thought that progress was being made. We are, however, pleased that FDA's testing and review led the agency to conclude that there is no reason question the safety or effectiveness of Ranbaxy's drugs."
Ranbaxy says it "looks forward to continuing to cooperate with FDA to resolve the remaining issues" at the two Indian plants noted in the import alert. Ranbaxy also confirms that the company's other facilities, three of which are in the U.S., aren't subject to the FDA's warning letters.


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Tractor trailer accident sends 2 to the hospital
VERONA -- A tractor trailer accident on state Route 13 near Verona Beach State Park around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday left two hospitalized.
The truck driver, Erol Kara, 43, of Tonawanda, tried to avoid a rear-end collision when a vehicle in front of him stopped to avoid a deer, state police reported.
Kara slid into the oncoming lane, hitting a Pontiac driven by Karen DeWolf, 63, with passenger Charles DeWolf, 68, of Blossvale.
The DeWolfs reported pain at the scene and were transported to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
Wednesday morning, an administrative supervisor at the hospital reported that Mrs. DeWolf was in good condition, while Mr. DeWolf was in critical condition.
Kara was uninjured and ticketed for failing to keep right and inadequate tires.
His truck was impounded pending further inspection by the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit.


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Robert O. Swados, a prominent local attorney better known as a founding father who helped bring the Sabres to Buffalo and remained active with the team throughout its first 42 years, has died, team officials and friends confirmed Friday.
Mr. Swados was found dead in his Kenmore assisted-living home Friday morning, after having eaten Thanksgiving dinner with friends Thursday. He was 93.
"He was the elder statesman for the Sabres," said Seymour H. Knox IV, son and nephew of the team's first owners. "He certainly will be remembered for his hard work in helping my dad and uncle bring the Sabres to Buffalo.
"On a day-to-day basis, he was involved in all the decisions, whether it was building the arena or bringing Pat LaFontaine to Buffalo," Knox added. "And he had a lot of insight into what was going on in the league."
Mr. Swados wore a lot of hats in his 93 years. He was a Harvard University Law School graduate, a successful corporate and tax attorney, a co-founder of Buffalo's Studio Arena Theatre, an author, a former New York State probation commissioner, vice chairman and counsel of the Buffalo Sabres, secretary of the National Hockey League's board of governors and the league's special counsel from 1976 to 1993.
At the time of his death, Mr. Swados remained chairman of the Sabres Hall of Fame Committee, a post he has held since the committee's inception in the 1980s. He was inducted into that hall in the 1990s.
"Bob Swados was one of the founding members of the Buffalo Sabres ownership group 42 years ago," Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula said in a statement from the team. "He was an integral part of the Knox brothers' successful acquisition of the franchise and was an important member of the front office for over 30 years. He was still involved with the organization, serving as the president of the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Swados family."
Oddly, it was Mr. Swados' work in trying to bring a Continental League baseball franchise to Buffalo in 1960 that caught the eye of the Knox brothers, Seymour H. III and Northrup, as they tried to land an NHL team in the mid-1960s. Although that effort failed, the Knoxes, with Mr. Swados as their attorney, finally were awarded a team in December 1969.
Starting with the spin of the wheel that brought Gilbert Perreault to Buffalo in 1970, Mr. Swados was a key figure in the history of the Sabres for three decades.
Mr. Swados graduated cum laude from the University of Buffalo in 1938 before earning his law degree cum laude three years later from Harvard Law School. He later served on the front lines with the U.S. Army in the European Theater during World War II.
After being admitted to the bar in 1942, Mr. Swados started his career four years later with what later would become the Cohen Swados law firm, carving out a career that focused on corporate, tax, television and professional sports cases.
His firm, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1997, dissolved four years later. The Phillips Lytle law firm then named Swados "of counsel" in its Buffalo office.
In 2006, Swados wrote a somewhat controversial book, "Counsel in the Crease," which offered strong opinions – largely spirited defenses – of figures including the Knox brothers, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, former Sabres owner John Rigas and former coach/general manager Scotty Bowman.
This was an inside look at the first 35 years of the Sabres, from a man who occupied a perch inside many of the rinks and meeting rooms where Sabres history was created.
"The author is pro-Buffalo, pro-Sabres, pro-Knox group, a man who spills his blue and gold blood all over these pages," a Buffalo News review of the book stated. "He takes the reader into the board rooms, into the locker rooms, into negotiations, everywhere but in the faceoff circles and the corners of the rink."
Swados's opinions, though, weren't popular with everyone. Some top Sabres and NHL officials grumbled about what they claimed were inaccuracies or the author's lack of inside knowledge about some incidents.
But the book included plenty of colorful anecdotes from Sabres history.
Like the one about the Sabres having "stolen" the first game of the Stanley Cup finals, skating into Dallas on June 8, 1999 and surprising the Dallas Stars in overtime. The referee had called a disproportionate number of penalties on the Sabres, at one point sending seven straight Buffalo players to the penalty box.
Swados wrote that when he reached for a congratulatory handshake from top NHL brass afterwards, all he got was stony silence.
"Well, I guess justice triumphed over adversity," Swados quipped to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, according to the book.
Without cracking a smile, Bettman responded like a stern judge: "Adversity justified."
Never shy about sharing his opinions or revealing some inside information, Mr. Swados wasn't popular with everyone, especially during the ownership upheaval involving the Sabres after the Knox brothers sold the team.
"He could be cantankerous, but he was the kind of guy you wanted fighting for you and your team," one longtime friend said Friday.
Among the survivors are his daughter, Elizabeth Swados – a highly successful author, musician, director and composer with multiple Tony Award nominations and Obie Awards – and a good friend, Audre Bunis.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Forest Lawn. A memorial service will be scheduled later.
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ROCKLEDGE, FL - Holmes Regional Medical Center, one of four local hospitals operated by the not-for-profit Brevard-based Health First system, is now offering women a unique, additional layer of medical safety not found in hospitals operated by any other local health system in Brevard.
Starting this month, Holmes Regional Medical Center will be the only hospital in the area to have full-time hospital-based Obstetrician/Gynecologists (OB/GYNs) available 24/7 to handle any OB/GYN emergency, routine procedure, as well as unexpected or early arrivals.
Holmes' new OB/GYN Hospitalist Program is the first of its kind on Florida's Space Coast to ensure that anytime a woman comes into the hospital's ED or is admitted with health issues related to Obstetrics or Gynecology, there will be an OB/GYN specialist onsite to help.
"As all OB/GYNs know, obstetrical patients sometimes require constant re-evaluations of care decisions," says Patricia Donahue RNC, who serves as director of Clinical Nursing at Holmes Regional Medical Center. "If the patient's regular OB/GYN is not available, the Hospitalist is ready and available on the scene to respond with needed interventions. They're also there to answer any questions the patient or family member may have regarding care."
OB/GYN Hospitalists are immediately available onsite, 24 hours a day/seven days a week. In the event that a woman's own physician is not available, an OB/GYN Hospitalist can examine, evaluate the progress of labor, react to Lab abnormalities or anesthesia needs, evaluate worrisome fetal or maternal heart rates, stay on top of any problems that may be evolving, and provide for a safe delivery.
All this can be accomplished during the same period of time that a woman might be waiting for an on-call OB/GYN to arrive.
The OB/GYN Hospitalists at Holmes are experts at difficult deliveries and obstetrical techniques, including turning a baby in the womb to avoid a breech delivery, twin deliveries, pre-term deliveries, face presentations, and breech deliveries.
Holmes and Health First overall have been providing patients with the advantages of Hospitalist programs for several years as part of the Health First Physicians medical group serving at Holmes as well as Health First's other three hospitals - Cape Canaveral Hospital, Palm Bay Hospital, and the new Viera Hospital.
The OB/GYN Hospitalists at Holmes are part of OB Hospitalist Group (OBHG), the single largest dedicated OB/GYN Hospitalist provider of seasoned, hospital-based OB/GYNs.