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This interview was originally broadcast on Fresh Air on July 18, 2008.
A new revival of the hit musical Annie is now in previews on Broadway, scheduled to open Thursday. In the new production, the canine co-star Sandy is played by "Sunny," who has an understudy named "Casey." Bill Berloni trained them both — and, like the original Sandy in the original Broadway show, those dogs, too, were rescue dogs, found in animal shelters.
Among the other dogs Berloni has trained are the chihuahua and bulldog in the Broadway adaptation of Legally Blonde, and the lamb in the revival of Gypsy that starred Bernadette Peters. He also trained the first dog to dance with the New York City Ballet. He's been in doggie showbiz for 30 years, and has written a memoir called Broadway Tails. He also is a behavior consultant to the Humane Society of New York.
Berloni spoke with guest host David Bianculli about his job rescuing animals and turning them into stars.
Interview Highlights
On how he got his first animal training gig
"When I graduated from high school, I wanted to be an actor, and I lived near a very famous summer stock theater called the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. And they're known for reviving American musicals and introducing new musicals. And I volunteered there as a young kid to build scenery for free to be around real actors, professional actors.
"And my second season there as a set-building apprentice, they were doing a new show. And I remember being called into the producer's office, and he offered me a chance to be in Actor's Equity, which is the actors union, and a part on stage, and I was bowled over. I thought he recognized my acting abilities by the way I'd moved scenery for two years.
"And the second part of the equation in my euphoria was — 'All you have to do is find and train a dog for us for the new show.' And I left his office accepting the offer, and it took me like a day or two to realize what I had agreed to. The new show was Annie, and they couldn't afford a professional dog trainer, and everybody on the paid staff had threatened to quit if they had to do it. So he was looking for a sucker. So I was that wide-eyed kid who'd said, 'Sure, I could try anything.' "
On casting the first Sandy
"Someone said, 'Oh, well, they have cheap dogs at the dog pound.' Well, being 19 years old, I'd never been to a dog pound. So I took the truck and a Polaroid camera and went casting. And I remember being profoundly moved. I had had dogs growing up. I was a dog lover — and [was] profoundly moved by the situation of these animals in cages who, many of which were slated to be euthanized. And, well, I did find the original Sandy the day before he was going to be put to sleep, and I paid $7 for him. And I trained him as I trained my other pets."
On his first attempts at training
"I knew they loved the people they worked with and lived with. So I thought if I can make the theater his home and the actors his family, he might do what we asked him to. And that positive-reinforcement method of training was somewhat revolutionary. It was the first time that a dog had played a character on stage."
On how he went from the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., to Broadway
"Annie opened at the Goodspeed and bombed. It ... got terrible reviews. The producers said to me: 'What are you going to do with the dog?' I said, 'Well, I'm moving to New York City. If I'm going to be a starving actor, I might as well have a starving dog.' And I enrolled at NYU, and in the fall of 1976, Mike Nichols' office called, the famous director.
"He said, 'We're producing Annie for Broadway with the original company. Would you be interested?' And I said, 'A chance to work with Mike Nichols? Of course I'll be a dog trainer,' and went into rehearsal. We opened at the Kennedy Center, and in April of 1977, at the age of 20, Annie became a hit, and I became a famous animal trainer."
On the original Sandy's retirement from the stage
"After the dogs are done with their shows, whether they last one night or seven years, they're mine forever. And he went into semi-retirement and, you know, did appearances around the country. And then as he became older and frailer, you know, I took care of him until he passed away in his sleep.
"And it was just so moving to me, you know. He died when he was 16 years old, and what I thought was somewhat of a trivial addition to the entertainment field, they did an obituary for him in The New York Times with his picture, and it wasn't a joke. It was very serious, you know, because one of the things we'd do, and we continue to do, is raise awareness for the plight of homeless animals. And Sandy became that poster child.
"You know, he was really the first dog to ... become famous and say that he was from an animal shelter and not bred from a line of Lassies or, you know, Benjis or something like that. So I was quite moved that the entertainment industry got it."
On growing up with pets
"I had an unusual situation. My dad was a horticulturist for a municipality in Connecticut. So we lived on a farm that had greenhouses. I was an only child, and although we came from a big Italian family, my mom stayed home and took care of me, and I had a collie, a cat and a rabbit.
"And we were in an isolated area in Connecticut, a rural area, so there were no kids around. So until I went to kindergarten, I was — those were my companions. And when I did get to kindergarten, I was horribly shy. I didn't know how to interact with other kids because I'd grown up with these animals.
"And so somewhere in that developmental phase, I must have learned how to communicate nonverbally with other creatures, which ultimately would come to serve me in my career. And so, you know, it took me awhile to — I was always shy, and I was drawn to the stage because I could be a part of the drama club, you know, and be the only boy with, like, 10 or 12 girls, and it was a good deal. I wasn't big enough to be a football player. But I could be on stage, and people could listen to me, and I didn't have to talk to people. So my development, both in being raised with these animals on a farm, I think, led to my career."
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. A new revival of the hit musical "Annie" is in previews on Broadway and scheduled to open next week. The canine co-star of the revival, playing the role of Sandy, is trained by today's guest, Bill Berloni, who also trained the original Sandy.
In the new production, Sandy is played be Berloni's dog Sunny(ph). If Sunny needs a day off, then his understudy Casey(ph) is ready to take over. Like the original Sandy in the first Broadway production, Sunny and Casey are both rescue dogs, found in animal shelters.
Among the other animals Bill Berloni has trained are the Chihuahua and bulldog in the Broadway adaptation of "Legally Blonde" and the lamb in the revival of "Gypsy" that starred Bernadette Peters. He also trained the first dog to dance with the New York City Ballet. He's been in doggie showbiz for 30 years and has written a memoir called "Broadway Tails," spelled T-A-I-L-S. A new edition was published in September.
He also is a behavior consultant to the Humane Society of New York, and in 2011 the Tonys presented him with a special honor for his work as an animal trainer. I spoke with Bill Berloni in 2008.
Bill Berloni, welcome to FRESH AIR. According to your book, the original Sandy got run over two weeks before opening night and went on. I mean, it's one of the best trooper stories I've ever heard, and I was wondering if you embellished that at all.
BILL BERLONI: Actually, I did - you know, I was actually kinder to the situation. I mean, because it was purely accidental. Just so our listeners know, you know, in that summer, we used to build scenery in a big barn, literally a big barn. And Sandy would come to the set with us every - or to the shop with us every day and he would hang out, and then he would come to the theater with us every night while we were doing other shows.
And as the opening night got closer, they started laying down the scenery they had built on the floor to paint it. And I was off doing something else in another part of the shop, and he stepped on a piece of scenery that was wet, and so, you know, the painter said: Well, we've got to move him to out back.
So they took him, and they tied him to a tree out back where there was some shade. But he decided to go under one of the delivery trucks to lay in the sand. And the delivery person came to take the truck, not thinking to look for the dog, and heard this squeal and accidentally ran him over.
The accident dislocated his leg, and the vet we took him to thought it would take a month for him to heal, and he had to be rested. You know, and, of course, the producer was noticeably upset. You know, he was like: Now what are we going to do? We've got to find another dog. You know, if this dog doesn't make it to opening night, I'm firing everybody who was involved. And so all of a sudden my colleagues' jobs were at risk, and, you know, we would never force an animal to perform.
And as Sandy was so enamored by what his life had become that he would get agitated when he didn't come to the shop, or when he didn't come to the theater as we were looking for other dogs. And then, you know, the director, Martin Charnin, saw the bandages on his leg and said: Let's use it. It's great. He'll - you know...
BERLONI: And so that's what we did.
BIANCULLI: I don't know if that's cold or warm.
BERLONI: Oh, well, you know, he was able to walk on stage. And there's a behavior in "Annie" where at a certain point, he jumps up and puts his paws on his shoulders and we had - I told Andrea McArdle, who was the original Annie, not to do that cue and give him the hand signal. But at that moment he did it anyways, which was just the look - unconditional love.
BIANCULLI: It must have been very powerful dramatically if people believed the injury.
BERLONI: But nobody in the audience knew about the injury. And - but certainly for all of us in that theater last - you know, that night, it was, like, the power and the loyalty of animals was just, you know, right there in front of us.
And I feel blessed to be in their company every day, you know, because they're creatures with the absence of malice, you know. All they want to do is please. And so it's a wonderful life to have and to see that sort of loyalty and compassion.
BIANCULLI: Was "Annie" the show for which you developed - I don't know whether it's called the Berloni drop or the bologna drop?
BERLONI: Yes. Initially, in "Annie," Annie and Sandy meet, and then they're separated. And halfway through the first act, they wrote in a scene, after the show had become successful, before we went to Broadway, where they wanted him wandering the streets of New York looking for her. And they needed him to sit center stage, look right, look left and then exit.
And dogs have very poor eyesight. They don't see clearly at, you know, 20 feet. And so while Sandy would come to me, he - I couldn't get him to stop center stage, because he would come about 10 feet, five feet to the wings, where he could see me clearly. And then he'd see his hand signal and sit.
So I needed to devise a way to get him to stop center stage. And so, you know, as I clumsily was rehearsing, I noticed that every time I dropped a treat, he would stop what he was doing and pick it up. And so that - aha, the aha moment.
So I thought if I could drop a piece of food, and so we tried treats, and then the tap dancers would step on them and they'd crunch all over the place. And being somewhat young and poor, about the only thing I had in my refrigerator in 1977 was bologna. So we thought, there you go. It'll stick right to the deck and tasty, and so that's somehow how that came up.
BIANCULLI: You've said that the original Sandy acted in "Annie" for seven years. What happened to that original Sandy after, you know, retirement from the stage?
BERLONI: After the dogs are done with their shows, whether they last one night or seven years, they're mine forever. And he went into semi-retirement and, you know, did appearances around the country. And then as he became older and frailer, you know, I took care of him until he passed away in his sleep.
And it was just so moving to me, you know. He died when he was 16 years old, and what I thought was somewhat of a trivial addition to the entertainment field, they did an obituary for him in The New York Times with his picture, and it wasn't a joke. It was very serious, you know, because one of the things we'd do, and we continue to do, is raise awareness for the plight of homeless animals. And Sandy became that poster child.
You know, he was really the first dog to, you know, become famous and say that he was from an animal shelter and not bred from a line of Lassies or, you know, Benjis or something like that. So I was quite moved that the entertainment industry got it.
BIANCULLI: You've trained 30 or 40 different Sandys over the decades, which means I guess you've also trained 30 or 40 Annies, including Andrea McArdle, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alyssa Milano. Which of them took to the dogs and your training the best?
BERLONI: You know, they all were wonderful, and I was blessed in that my first charge at training a dog was working with a dog and a child. And animals love being loved, and so most performers are on stage to be stars or to fulfill their careers. Working with children, you're really working with the essence of innocence.
So to take a child into a studio and say, you know, we're going to play with Sandy so that he gets to love you, and they go OK, and it's real, and it's genuine, and I think it's one of the things that makes "Annie" so popular. When you see the kid onstage with one my dogs, you're really seeing a love affair, you know, not just onstage but offstage.
So the kids have always been great. I love working with kids because even if they're afraid of dogs, in two or three sessions I can let their innocence come through, and they could have a great time. Andrea McArdle will always be special, you know, because she was the one who taught me that. But Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah and I are still friends, and initially she had never had a dog. Her family had cats.
You know, but she was enough of a professional to go OK, I'll try this, and Sarah was just as good with Sandy as Andrea and the other girls were. So working with children I never have a problem with. In fact, I enjoy it the most. Getting adults to forget who they are and what they're doing and enjoy working with the dogs is a little harder.
BIANCULLI: How many dogs do you have at home?
BERLONI: What day is today?
BERLONI: As of today, we have 20, and 15 to 20 seems to be my magic Broadway number. Today we have 20.
BIANCULLI: Twenty? And you have a young daughter, don't you?
BERLONI: Yes.
BIANCULLI: So how does she relate to all of these animals?
BERLONI: I dedicate my - the opening of the book to my wife and my daughter. And, you know, I believe having an animal in a child's life is very important because it teaches them altruism. It teaches them that they're not the center of the universe, that there are other creatures that need care and respect.
And so if I give nothing else to my daughter, she seems to be very well-centered in that. You know, she lives with creatures she has to help, she has to interact with, she has to share her home with, she has to share this world with. And so there are times where, if she becomes forgetful and doesn't pick up her toys or stuff, they get destroyed.
So there are many valuable lessons to be learned by having animals, and certainly, you know, in her 10 years, she's probably seen 10 or 12 creatures that she's lived and loved with passed away, so I mean, many issues we talk about, and so I think she's okay.
BIANCULLI: Bill Berloni, author of the book "Broadway Tails" in our conversation from 2008. More after a break; this is FRESH AIR.
BIANCULLI: Let's get back to my 2008 interview with Bill Berloni, author of "Broadway Tails." He's trained the star and understudy dogs for the role of Sandy in the revival of "Annie," which opens on Broadway next week. Berloni also trained the original Sandy for the first stage production.
Do theater audiences react differently to animals onstage? I mean, is there something about the live aspect of theater that makes it special to them to witness?
BERLONI: Absolutely. I mean, you go to live theater to experience the moment, to experience the energy and the joy of watching live performers. And over the years, you know, I've come to realize that we are most - you know, you walk into a theater, pay your money, and you suspend disbelief. You know that the actors onstage are acting and that it's a made-up story.
But with animals, everyone knows animals don't act. And so people will say to me - they'll go to the edge of their seats because they're waiting for the dog to make a mistake or waiting for it to go out of control. And so what's exciting is, I believe, an audience member comes and sees an animal and go oh my God, it's really happening.
You know, that - the reality to the animal is so real. It's the ultimate acting challenge. You know, it's like watching two lovers onstage do a love scene who in real life we know are husband and wife. You know that it's a real relationship. And so, you know, watching an animal onstage brings the audience to the edge of their seats because they know that you really can't control an animal.
So it brings a heightened reality to the experience, and I think again, watching a little girl sing "Tomorrow" to a dog she loves, you know, is much more exciting, I think in a certain way, you know, than watching two actors trying to do a love scene who, you know, are unattached.
BIANCULLI: In addition to "Annie" and "Legally Blonde: The Musical," in between are a couple of dozen other credits, stage and elsewhere. One that really surprised me, I would have never expected to find your name popping up associated with this, it's that famous Richard Avedon photo of Nastassja Kinski where she's naked except for a giant python wrapped around her body. So where were you, and why were you there?
BERLONI: When "Annie" opened on Broadway, Richard Avedon shot the characters from "Annie" for Vogue magazine. And I was 20 years old and went to the studio, and for whatever reason, he was particularly impressed with this kid who had this dog.
He got my number from the press agent, and he called me and he said: I have this idea for a photo shoot with a snake. Do you train snakes? So I'm thinking: Oh, my goodness. I've got a chance to work with this world-famous photographer. So sure, I train snakes. So what do we have to do?
BERLONI: Well, we just have to drape it on a model. I said okay. And he said how much? And I'm thinking: Do I have to pay him? Until I realized he was asking me how much I would charge him. So back in 1977, I went - I thought of the highest amount of money I could think of, which was $250. He went, okay.
So I called a friend of mine at the ASPCA here in New York, who was the exotic animal consultant, and she knew a snake guy in Brooklyn. So I called the snake guy and he said: Sure, I got a, you know, a boa. And so I said look, I'll split the fee with you. I'll give you $125. We'll work for an hour, you know, easy money. Agreed. So the day of the shoot - I'd never met him.
We arrive at Mr. Avedon's studio, and this guy comes in with a chest, an ice cooler. And he's got sort of long hair and straggly beard and he looks kind of rough around the edges. And, you know, Mr. Avedon comes in with Nastassja, who's a teenager, wrapped in a blanket, and he said, you know, we're going to drape the snake on her.
And so it was a very sort of - certainly out-of-worldly experience for me. And she whispers something in his ear, and he comes over to me and he goes: You know, she doesn't feel comfortable with that gentleman. Do you mind handling the snake? And it was one of those defining moments where I went: Oh my God, I am terrified of snakes.
So do I admit to this world-famous photographer that I'm afraid of snakes, or do I suck it up and do it? And I went, okay. So I go over, and the reason you put reptiles on ice is to lower their body temperature so they become less mobile.
So I pick up the snake, and it is cold, and in my mind slimy, but I pick it up, and I turn and look at the table and there is a naked woman lying on it. Now, I'm 19 and a half years old. I had not seen many naked women in my life.
So there I am with the snake in my hands and a naked woman in front of me, and I didn't know which frightened me more, especially when I had to start draping it over her body near her private parts. I was a mess. But somehow, I got them there, and we stepped back, and he started shooting.
And after about 10 minutes, the snake warmed up and we had to put it back on ice. Well, after 30 minutes, I was a seasoned snake handler. I was, like, all over this thing. And, you know, the next thing I know, this becomes an iconic photograph that has been seen around the world.
BIANCULLI: In "Gypsy," not the current Broadway revival, but the previous one with Bernadette Peters, you used a lamb. How do you train a lamb, and how often do you have to replace lambs?
BERLONI: In "Gypsy," the family, the Hovick family, of which June Hovick and Gypsy were part of - and Mama Rose - loved animals. They were vaudevillians who had all sorts of animals, and so that was written into the script, their love of animals. And how and why a baby lamb was chosen, I'll never know.
BERLONI: But, you know, when Bernadette was leading this revival, she wanted me to work on it because she knew that I would make sure that the animals weren't ever hurt. And whether it's a baby pig or a baby lamb, you know, you get these creatures when they're five to seven days old because they grow so quickly.
And when you're handling any infant creature of that age, you have to be very careful about their stress level, feeding, all that sort of stuff. And how do you train, you know, those animals? Basically, the lamb had to be carried on and be quiet for a lullaby.
BIANCULLI: And (unintelligible) and be sung to.
BERLONI: And be sung to. And from having recently had a baby a few years before, I remembered, you know, when I gave my daughter her bottle, there would be this milk buzz, there would be this euphoric: Ah, my belly's filled with warm milk. I'll just lay here. And I thought, well, maybe that works for lambs, too.
BERLONI: And it's exact - it does. You know, it's amazing what a little warm milk will do for you. So each night before the lamb went on stage, we would give her, you know, her formula, and she'd go onstage sucking her little lips, eyes half open, digesting her milk, and then 10 minutes later she'd be up and awake and ready to play. So her feeding schedules were tied around the performances at the Shubert Theatre every day.
And they would last 21 days. By the time the lambs were 21 days old, we would be into the next lamb. I would go up to a farm in upstate New York, get a baby lamb, bring it back, wash it, diaper it, and we'd switch it out. And we ended up going through, I think, 23 or 24 lambs over the run of "Gypsy."
BIANCULLI: Are lambs always available?
BERLONI: No. That was the other thing. I talked to one of the original stagehands who worked on the Ethel Merman production, and they used to go to the meat market - this was in the 1950s - get baby lambs, use them and then barbecue them after the show was over, when they got too large, which in the '50s was an accepted practice for meat animals.
Certainly, we weren't going to do that on the current production. So - and they only - lambs only have babies once a year, and it's in the spring. So I was not only charged with finding lambs all year round, but what do we do with them afterwards? And I found a - there is a farm, world-famous farm that produces sheep milk cheese.
It's one of the gourmet places. It's in upstate New York, and it's all organic. And they artificially inseminate sheep all year round so that they're continually lactating, and they keep the female sheep and they send the boys to the meat markets.
So we went - I found this place, and they generously loaned me baby lambs because I would bring them back, you know, clean and healthy. So I could say to Bernadette and the theatrical community, if you want to see any of our lambs, go up to the farm, and they're grazing up on some beautiful fields.
BIANCULLI: Throughout your entire career, is there one onstage animal moment that you remember as either the most surprising or the most embarrassing, just that really stands out, or even the most touching?
BERLONI: You know, surprising, embarrassing, two totally different things. I'm so glad as an interviewer you didn't ask me if they went to the bathroom onstage. That's a big one. Embarrassing? A lot of times, you know, the animals will get confused, and when they get confused, they look for dad.
So in the middle of a song, if somebody drops a line or doesn't give them a cue, they will look offstage at me as if to say what do I do now. That usually gets a big laugh.
BERLONI: Probably the most embarrassing - again knock on wood, and I don't want to knock on wood here in the studio - I've never had an animal eliminate onstage. But I tell a story where when "Legally Blonde" premiered in San Francisco, the bulldog character was in one scene, and it got a huge response. So they came back to New York and said Bill, we want to write her into a second scene. Her name is Chloe(ph).
I said OK, so in the second act she returns, you know, with the UPS guy, who's falling in love with one of the characters, and they devise this simple thing where she would run onstage and get her toy, the UPS guy carries a toy on. And bulldogs have sort of sensitive digestive systems.
And our opening night preview in New York, she was so happy to run onstage for her toy, she ran onstage to the characters and vomited.
BERLONI: Which in bulldog language is the ultimate, you know, I am so happy I'm going to chuck my lunch up. You know, and so on the one hand I was like well, at least she's happy. And on the other hand, you know, the performers are like oh great. So, you know, they had to use this toy to clean up the vomit before the production number.
And she never did it again. So that was probably, again, the only time I've ever had an animal throw up on stage but out of sheer joy.
BIANCULLI: Well, Bill Berloni, thanks very much for being here on FRESH AIR.
BERLONI: My pleasure.
BIANCULLI: Bill Berloni, author of the book "Broadway Tails," in our conversation from 2008. The latest example of his animal training can be seen now on Broadway, where the revival of the musical "Annie" is now in previews. It opens next week. Berloni also is the author of "Broadway Tails," about the rescue dogs he trains for showbiz. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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There is a open comment period regarding the design of a new section of the Bay Trail on a new levee area in Alviso. You can learn more about the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan, and leave comments, at http://www.fws.gov/cno/refuges/DonEdwards/DonEdwards.cfm. There are some concerns about how the design will affect cyclists and advocates are seeking feedback from the bike community. How can the trail be designed so that cyclists and wildlife can live side-by-side? Can improved access to the refuge actually help preserve its wildlife?
The comment deadline is July 2. Act soon to have your comments heard!


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Police log for Nov. 22
Police log
Nov. 22
12:20 a.m. Disturbance – party on North Sahara Drive.
2:02 a.m. Domestic-disturbance report on West Argus Avenue.
2:08 a.m. Disturbance fight on North Balsam Street.
8:22 a.m. Warrant arrest and citation on South Sunset Street for driving without a license, using or being under the influence of a controlled substance and petty theft.
8:44 a.m. Theft report on West Wasp Avenue.
8:59 a.m. Harassment report on West Haloid Avenue.
9:03 a.m. Residential-burglary report on North Helena Street.
9:57 a.m. Fraud report on South China Lake Boulevard.
11:03 a.m. Theft report on West California Avenue.
11:08 a.m. Disturbance – subject on North China Lake Boulevard.
Noon Suspect arrest on North Gold Canyon Drive for burglary, conspiracy and petty theft.
12:26 p.m. Injury traffic-collision report at North Gordon Street and West Inyokern Road.
12:53 p.m. Follow up at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital.
1:34 p.m. Disturbance on North Alvord Street.
2:11 p.m. Runaway/out-of-control juvenile on North Sahara Drive.
2:21 p.m. Indecent exposure on East Sand Dune Lane.
2:36 p.m. Arrest on East La Mirage Lane for transporting a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sale and possession of a controlled substance.
3:54 p.m. Disturbance - music on East Ridgecrest Boulevard.
5:09 p.m. Arrest and citation on East Ridgecrest Boulevard for disturbance – loud unreasonable noise.
5:22 p.m. Disturbance – music on West Boston Avenue.
9:14 p.m. Citation on South Richmond Road of unlicensed driver.
Officers made 10 traffic and bicycle stops.


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TUSCALOOSA | A shift in city policy would allow more business owners to satisfy alcohol training requirements, pending a final vote by the City Council. The proposed change, approved Tuesday by the council's Public Safety Committee, would relax the requirement that any alcohol license applicant within the city limits must complete certification through the state's Responsible Vendor Program.
TUSCALOOSA | A shift in city policy would allow more business owners to satisfy alcohol training requirements, pending a final vote by the City Council.
The proposed change, approved Tuesday by the council's Public Safety Committee, would relax the requirement that any alcohol license applicant within the city limits must complete certification through the state's Responsible Vendor Program.
The full City Council is expected to vote on the proposed change next week.
Formed in 1990 by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the Responsible Vendor Program offers training on the Alabama laws that govern the sale or service of alcohol. The program also provides techniques for determining if the customer is of legal age, spells out the civil and criminal penalties associated with violating state laws and offers suggestions for reducing the risk associated with the sale of alcohol, according to the ABC Board website.
Completing the program brings certain rewards for the business, such as protection of the business owner's license should a trained employee sell or serve to an underage patron without the owner's knowledge.
However, the program is not extended to those who have been found guilty of multiple alcohol violations, said Associate City Attorney Jimbo Woodson.
"Not all alcohol vendees are eligible for the Responsible Vendor Program," Woodson said. "Certain violations render them ineligible."
To allow more alcohol vendors access to City Hall-
sanctioned training, the city's University of Alabama Strip Safety Task Force suggested that the rules be changed to allow for other programs to suffice.
Woodson brought the suggestion to the Public Safety Committee, which recommended an ordinance that would allow the Responsible Vendor Program or some other program as approved by the city's Revenue Department to fulfill the training requirement.
New alcohol license applicants will have 60 days to complete the training requirement, while existing license holders must submit proof of such training each year to the Revenue Department, according to the new ordinance.
Failure to do so may not result in the revocation or denial of a license application, but it can be used as evidence in a civil or criminal trial, Woodson said.
"This sets a standard of care for training," Woodson said. "If someone elects not to provide the training and they end up in a lawsuit, then that's a problem for them because we've set that as a standard of care and it could be admissible in a trial.
"We believe their attorneys and their insurance companies and their owners looking at this will see they need to participate in this for their best interest."
Steve McInnis, a member of the University of Alabama Strip Safety Task Force and a retired ABC Board enforcement officer, said the state's Responsible Vendor Program is ideal, but he encourages more training for those in the alcohol dispensing business.
"I personally feel everyone needs to be trained," McInnis said. "There's so much liability and risk inherent in selling alcohol."
His belief extends into his new profession. As the owner of the newly formed Top Shelf Alabama LLC, he formed the company to aid retailers in the sale of alcoholic beverages. This includes applying for an ABC license as well as maintaining the Responsible Vendor Program training.
McInnis said he enforced ABC laws across West Alabama during his career and often saw the same violations occur.
The most common one, he said, was employees improperly checking — or not checking at all — the identification cards provided by potential buyers.
"People who sell alcohol should be trained so they understand the risk involved," McInnis said, "whether it be a convenience store, restaurant, bar on the Strip or whatever."
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Dysphagia happens when there are problems with the swallowing process. Oropharyngeal dysphagia occurs when there are problems with the swallowing process that happen in the mouth and the pharynx. The pharynx is the part of the throat behind the mouth
Oropharyngeal dysphagia may be caused by:
- Neuromuscular disorders such as stroke, Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis, and Huntington chorea
- Neurological damage such as brain or spinal cord injury
- Tumors in the mouth or throat
- Pouches in the pharynx such as Zenker's diverticulum
- Infection such as pharyngitis, tonsillitis, strep throat, or acute epiglottitis
- Enlarged thyroid
- Enlarged tonsil
Risk Factors
Risk factors include:
- Having a neurological condition
- Muscle disease
- Increased age
- Being born prematurely
- Cancer
- Cancer treatment
- Throat and neck infections
Symptoms include:
- Difficulty starting the swallowing process to move food or liquid from the mouth to the pharynx—liquid may be harder to swallow than food
- A sensation that food is stuck in the throat
- Regurgitation
- Drooling, coughing, choking
- Weight loss, malnutrition, and dehydration due to problems with eating and drinking
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests will be done to assess your swallowing function. These may include:
- Swallowing test to observe what happens when you swallow
- Videofluorographic swallowing study (VFSS)
Your throat may need to be viewed. This can be done with:
Your esophageal muscles may be tested. This can be done with an esophageal manometry test.
You and your doctor will work together to find a treatment that is right for you. Treatment will depend on the underlying cause of the condition. You may need to work with a specialist. The specialist can teach you how to improve your swallowing. There are exercises and techniques that you can learn. Your doctor may also recommend that you make changes to your diet. For example, you may need to eat food and liquid of a certain kind of consistency.
You can reduce your risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia by getting proper treatment for any related conditions.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
- Update Date: 05/21/2014 -


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Tony Sandifer crushed a walk-off double into the right field corner to help Crowder escape Labette Community College 4-3, and cap a sweep of the Cardinal in a doubleheader on Sunday at Roughrider Field.
Tony Sandifer crushed a walk-off double into the right field corner to help Crowder escape Labette Community College 4-3, and cap a sweep of the Cardinal in a doubleheader on Sunday at Roughrider Field.
Sandifer's smash was an opposite field shot off of Labette reliever Devin Konarik to drive in Cody Althouse in the eighth inning during the nightcap of Sunday's two-game set. The Roughriders had a much smoother ride in the first game as they cruised to a 9-3 win.
In 15 innings of baseball, the Roughriders dominated all but two of them. A shaky fifth inning in the opener led to three Cardinal runs, and a wobbly sixth in the second game led to three more.
Let's reset.
After scoring single runs in the first and third innings, the Roughriders led 2-0 entering the sixth inning of the second game when things unraveled. David Wright and Cody Frederickson each ripped doubles in the inning for the Cardinal before Justin Burgess poked a single to left to score Frederickson and John Cahill to put them in front, 3-2.
But the Roughriders responded in the sixth and drew it even when Josh Johnston singled to lead off the inning, went to third on an Althouse single and scored on an RBI single by Sandifer to make it 3-3.
Following a scoreless seventh, the Cardinal went on to load the bases with two outs in the eighth on two walks and a single, but Crowder closer Andrew Schwaab coaxed a grounder to escape the jam. Althouse then led off the eighth with a single, went to second on Lucas Feddersen's sacrifice bunt, and scored on Sandifer's poke.
Schwaab earned the victory while working 2 1/3 innings where he allowed two hits, three walks and struck out four. He backed up starting pitcher Jon Woodcock, who struck out nine and walked two while scattering four hits over 5 2/3 sparkling innings.
Their performance in the second game capped a solid day for the Roughriders' offense as they struck four three runs in the first and five more in the fourth in the opener. Aiding their attack were six Cardinal errors, but credit Crowder's offense for making them pay.
After reaching on a fielding error in the top of the first inning, Feddersen went to second on an errant pickoff throw before scoring on a double by Matt Burgess to make it 1-0. Ty White later reached on a two-base error to score Burgess with two outs, stole third and raced home with the third run of the game when catcher Dalton Powell's throw to third sailed into left field.
The Roughriders helped themselves in the fourth, when Althouse, Sandifer, Johnston and Ryan Lazo each drove in runs with hits. C.J. Webster also drove in a run on a sacrifice fly, while Feddersen also added a hit in the inning.
Their starter in that one, Preston Tarkington, didn't need much help as he punched out seven batters on two walks and three hits in 4 2/3 innings on the hill. He allowed only one earned run in the fracas, while Robert Smith, Ryan Smith and Cody Jackson combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings the remainder of the way. Jackson, meanwhile, worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh by striking out the side looking.
"Today we got really good pitching," Crowder coach Travis Lallemand said. "Our offense, we put ourselves in good situations with quality at-bats to get an opportunity to score runs, and then the middle of the lineup bats did what they're supposed to do, drive in runs."
Sandifer finished with three hits, three RBI and scored a run in the second game, while Althouse collected four hits and scored a pair of runs. Sam May collected a pair of hits in the game, while Burgess and Chris Scroggins had a hit apiece.
Johnston and Lazo both picked up a pair of hits in the first game, while Althouse, Sandifer, Feddersen, Burgess, White and Scroggins all had hits in the opener.
The Roughriders are back in action on Wednesday with a nine-inning affair slated at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan. a 2 p.m., before returning home at 2 p.m. Thursday.


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The EMS Cats cross country team hosted their invitational last week.
The EMS Cats cross country team hosted their invitational last week.
"This was the best race day for the season. The conditions were great with southerly winds and temperature in the mid 80s. There were over 350 runners in all races combined," said EMS head coach Les Limon.
EMS had seven runners medal and 17 out of 21 runners running their personal best.
"Christian Price had his best race (knocking off 26 seconds), he claims it was because he lost his shoe and ran barefooted," said Limon.
The 7th grade boys won their division with Ezekiel Kemboi, Jarin Koehler, Seth Flurry, and Adam Haines making up the team with Christian Price.
Grace Myers and Cale Carson continue to run well in their races and were the only 8th graders medaling.
"If we continue to practice as we have been, we will be ready for the League Meet which will be October 14th," said Limon.
8th grade girls
Grace Myers—9.50 (3) , McKenna Stewart—11.32, BreAnna Simmons—11.56, Heather Doan—12.22
8th grade boys:
Cale Carson—9.17 (11), Mason Paye—10.54, Tyler Luehrs—10.58, Garret Motter—11.22, Dylan Brown—12.11
7th grade girls
Cassidy Hamilton—6.52, Ashalegha Wehry—7.58, Augie Holmes—8.33
7th grade boys
Christian Price—5.41 (2), Ezekiel Kemboi—5.46 (5), Jarin Koehler—5.46 (5), Seth Flurry—6.03 (16), Adam Haines—6.03 (17), Trey Myers—6.16, Tristen Rogers—6.32, Nicholas Heilman—6.56, Dwa-vi Deslouches—7.24


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Tapentadol is a narcotic analgesic that acts in the central nervous system to relieve severe pain including pain caused by nerve damage from diabetes. If tapentadol is used for a long time, it may become habit-forming (causing mental or physical dependence). Physical dependence may lead to side effects when you stop taking the medicine.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of tapentadol in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of tapentadol in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have constipation and age-related lung, liver, or kidney problems, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving tapentadol.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following is usually not recommended, but may be unavoidable in some cases. If used together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use this medicine, or give you special instructions about the use of food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doctor ordered. To do so may increase the chance of side effects and the chances of abuse.
This medicine should come with a Medication Guide. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
You may take this medicine with or without food.
Swallow the extended-release tablet whole, one tablet at a time, with enough water. Do not crush, break, dissolve, or chew it.
Measure the oral liquid with the marked dosing syringe that comes with the package. Your dose needs to be measured and given accurately to avoid an overdose.
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
If you miss a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Keep the oral liquid bottle upright after opening.
Dispose any unneeded tablets or oral liquid by flushing them down the toilet.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits, especially for the first few days you take tapentadol. This is necessary to allow dose adjustments and to check for any unwanted effects.
This medicine may cause a serious allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and requires immediate medical attention. Call your doctor right away if you have a rash, itching, trouble breathing, trouble swallowing, or any swelling of your hands, face, or mouth while you are using this medicine.
Do not use this medicine if you have used an MAO inhibitor (MAOI) such as isocarboxazid, phenelzine, selegiline, tranylcypromine, Eldepryl®, Marplan®, Nardil®, or Parnate® within the past 14 days.
Do not use more of this medicine or take it more often than your doctor tells you to. This can be life-threatening. Symptoms of an overdose include difficult, fast or slow, irregular, shallow, or troubled breathing, pale or blue lips, fingernails, or skin, or shortness of breath. Call your doctor right away if you notice these symptoms.
This medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that can make you drowsy or less alert). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for allergies or colds, sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine, other prescription pain medicine or narcotics, medicine for seizures or barbiturates, muscle relaxants, or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Check with your doctor before taking any of the medicines listed above while you are using this medicine.
This medicine may cause some people to become dizzy, lightheaded, faint, drowsy, or less alert than they are normally. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or not alert. Getting up slowly from a lying or sitting position may also help.
This medicine may cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome when taken with certain medicines. Check with your doctor first before you take any other medicines. Call your doctor right away if you have a fever, confusion, restlessness, loss of coordination, or diarrhea.
If you have been using this medicine regularly for several weeks or longer, do not change your dose or suddenly stop taking this medicine without first checking with your doctor. Your doctor may want you to gradually reduce the amount you are using before stopping it completely. This may help reduce the possibility of withdrawal symptoms, such as abdominal or stomach cramps, anxiety, fever, nausea, runny nose, sweating, tremors, or trouble with sleeping.
Using narcotics for a long time can cause severe constipation. To prevent this, your doctor may direct you to take laxatives, drink a lot of fluids, or increase the amount of fiber in your diet. Be sure to follow the directions carefully, because continuing constipation can lead to more serious problems.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant may cause serious unwanted effects in your newborn baby. Tell your doctor right away if you think you are pregnant or if you plan to become pregnant while using this medicine.
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: March 01, 2017
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/tapentadol-oral-route/description/drg-20072580
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Practice 7: Continuous Deployment
Continuous deployment extends the practice of continuous integration. With continuous deployment, when your integration is successful in one sandbox, your changes are automatically promoted to the next sandbox, and integration is automatically started there. This automatic promotion continues until the point where any changes must be verified by a person, typically at the transition point between development and operations.
Continuous deployment enables development teams to reduce the time between a new feature being identified and being deployed into production. It enables the business to be more responsive. However, continuous deployment increases operational risk by increasing the potential for defects to be introduced into production when development teams aren't sufficiently disciplined. Successful continuous deployment in an enterprise environment requires all the practices described earlier.
Practice 8: Production Support
In enterprise environments, most application development teams are working on new releases of a solution that already exists in production. Not only will they be working on the new release, they will also have the responsibility of addressing serious production problems. The development team will often be referred to as "level three support" for the application because they will be the third (and last) team to be involved with fixing critical production problems. Although the need to do level three production support is common, with the exception of Kanban and Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD), many agile methods only address this effort in passing. An important side effect of this practice is that it gives developers an appreciation of the kinds of things that occur in production, providing them with learning opportunities to improve the way that they design solutions in the first place.
Practice 9: Application Monitoring
As the name suggests, this is the operational practice of monitoring running solutions and applications once they are in production. Technology infrastructure platforms such as operating systems, application servers, and communication services often provide monitoring capabilities that can be leveraged by monitoring tools (such as Microsoft Management Console, IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and jManage). However, for monitoring application-specific functionality, such as what user interface (UI) features are being used by given types of users, instrumentation that is compliant with your organization's monitoring infrastructure will need to be built into the applications. Development teams need to be aware of this operational requirement or, better yet, have access to a framework that makes it straightforward to provide such instrumentation.
Practice 10: Automated Dashboards
The practice of using automated dashboards is business intelligence (BI) for IT. There are two aspects to this, development intelligence and operational intelligence. Development intelligence requires the use of development tools that are instrumented to generate metrics; for example, your configuration management (CM) tools already record who checked in what and when they did it. Continuous integration tools could similarly record when a build occurred, how many tests ran, how long the tests ran, whether the build was successful, how many tests we successful, and so on. This sort of raw data can then be analyzed and displayed in automated dashboards. Operational intelligence is an aspect of application monitoring discussed previously. With automated dashboards, an organization's overall metrics overhead can be dramatically reduced (although not completely eliminated because not everything can be automated). Automated dashboards provide real-time insight to an organization's governance teams.
DevOps Is Really About Culture
After describing these critical practices which support DevOps, I feel the need to emphasize that the primary critical success factor is to build a collaborative and respectful culture across your entire IT organization. My experience is that people, and the way that they work together, are the primary determinant of success when it comes to adopting an effective DevOps strategy. Unfortunately, it is considerably more difficult to bring about cultural change in an organization than it is to adopt a handful of new practices. More on this in future articles.
Additional Information
What Exactly is DevOps? explores why DevOps is important for developers.
Getting DevOps Right: The Lay of the Land describes some of the challenges associated with adopting DevOps strategies.
Disciplined Agile Change Management discusses change management options.
Disciplined Agile Delivery features more information about the DAD process framework.
Scott Ambler is a long-time contributor to Dr. Dobb's and is the co-author of Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise. You can follow him on Twitter.


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Kancamagus HighwayMay 23. 2013 2:53PM
Route 112
Lincoln - Conway, NH
Stretching from the Pemigewasset River at Lincoln 34-1/2 miles to the town of Conway, this scenic byway climbs to nearly 3,000 feet as it crosses the flank of Mount Kancamagus, featuring many scenic vistas and campgrounds.
The original route was started in 1837, but it wasn't until 1959 that is was opened and paving completed in 1964. Since 1968, the road has been opened year round except in the most dangerous winter weather. It was dedicated as a National Scenic Byway in 1989.
There are numerous day hikes accessible from the highway, including a hike to the breathtaking Sabbaday Falls that can be done in less than an hour.


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Project Talent looking for follow up information 53 years later
Fifty-three years after the Project Talent study was first administered, researchers are seeking the classes 1960-63 from Macomb Senior High School to discover what became of their lives, according to an institute's release.
In 1960, Project Talent assessed the aptitudes and abilities, hopes and expectations of 440,000 high school students from across the U.S. The study was conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the U.S. Office of Education.
"The Project Talent generation is very important in the history of this country," says Sabine Horner, Project Talent's director of Outreach and Communications. "They came of age during an era of great upheaval and they transformed the United States as we knew it. Project Talent is an opportunity to share their perspectives and experiences in a meaningful way that can benefit future generations."
Large studies allow researchers to make connections between early life experiences and later life outcomes. A new follow-up study is expected to tell how family and educational background impacted the life course, up to and including the retirement process.
Researchers can also learn why certain people stay healthier and happier and are more able to enjoy their later life.
Members of the classes of 1960-63 from Macomb Senior High School are asked to contact Project Talent to register their interest and provide details of where they can be contacted to receive further information. Researchers are also looking for any information that can be provided on the whereabouts of other classmates.
Participants can call the project on 1-866-770-6077 or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Nancy D LewisFormer Adjunct, Alumni, Former Staff, Class of 1998
Our friend and colleague, Nancy Lewis passed away on October 23, 2010.
As our tech staff guru, teacher and student at ITP, Nancy was an important member of our community for 15 years. When everyone else was freaking out, Nancy always brought a sense of calm to the problem. Instead of panicking she applied her keen intelligence to zero in on obscure bugs. Her church work and love of children's books, in particular a children's guide to programming, gave her the perspective to keep us all anchored on the human side of technology. Her Halloween/Christmas earring collection could span those seasons without repeat, and kept us all entertained.
She was born in Rochester, N.Y., on Oct. 12, 1956, to Dr. and Mrs. David H. Lewis of Penhook at Smith Mountain Lake, VA and formerly of Martinsville, VA. She graduated from Martinsville High School in 1977, where she was a member of the marching band, sang in musicals and was elected to the National Honor Society. She received a bachelor's degree from William & Mary and two master's degrees from New York University. She had been employed at Voter News Service, IBM and the Sci Fi Channel before coming to NYU.
Nancy had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease for the last few years. Surviving, in addition to her parents, is a brother, D. Andrew Lewis of Springfield, VA.


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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters chiseled a hole through bricks early Tuesday to rescue a man who had gotten himself stuck inside a 20-inch wide chimney space at a Washington home that had been converted to apartments.
The young man was not hurt and was not suspected of a crime, but it's unclear why he apparently climbed into the unused chimney, Tacoma Battalion Chief Dyre Fudge said.
"Stories range from 'hide and seek" to 'repairing the ceiling. Nobody was able to get the straight story," Fudge said.
"I'm in my 35th year, and it's something different every day. You can't make it up," he said.
Firefighters were called about 1:30 a.m. to help the young man who was wedged at the second-floor level of the three-story house. A technical team trained in confined-space rescues was called in to rip through a wall and use power equipment to cut a hole in the chimney.
Firefighters lowered a rope to the man to hold him in place until he was able to step out about a half-hour later.
"He was never very panicking and had no real respiratory distress," Fudge said.
There were other people living in the house, but no one seemed to know why the man apparently climbed into the chimney at the third-floor level and slid down like Santa Claus.
"No real clue," Fudge said. "Just one of those stupid pet tricks, maybe."


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The second coming of the Smyrna/Clayton Relay For Life is just a few weeks away, and the fundraiser is proving to be bigger and better than the inaugural event in 2012.
Relay For Life is an overnight event that raises awareness while raising money for the American Cancer Society. The fundraiser is Friday, May 17 at the Smyrna High School track. Registration opens at 4:30 p.m. with opening ceremonies starting at 7 p.m. Closing ceremonies will be at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 18.
Program organizer Staci Lewis said there are 39 teams currently registered; the goal was to have 25 teams. There are 329 participants in this year's Relay For Life event.
The group's goal this year is to raise $36,000 and they're already at $33,653.
"We would love to exceed that goal," Lewis said. "We can continue to fundraise until August 31, but we would love to hit $36,000 by May 17."
This year's theme is carnival. The scheduled activities for the night include the usual survivor lap and luminaria ceremony. The event also includes a relay funny car race, a dessert contest, an adult obstacle course, and more. Bring the kids with you too as there will be all sorts of activities for them including face painting, crafts and a scavenger hunt. There will be vendors donating a portion of their sales to Relay, music by SNS Entertainment, and a Zumba demonstration.
"We encourage everyone to come out and see what Relay is about," Lewis said.
Lewis said the response from the Smyrna and Clayton communities has been overwhelming.
"We feel like our event will be even better this year with some experience under our belts," Lewis said. "Our community has lost too many people recently and this has rallied the Smyrna/Clayton communities. Local businesses have also been amazing with their support."
There's still time for people to join teams or volunteer to help. Interested individuals can register at the event. Participants can register as an individual or join another team. Lewis, who is the captain of the North Smyrna Elementary team, said the team would love to have residents as a team member even if they're not associated with the school.
Survivors are also encouraged to register and come out, Lewis said. There is no fee for a survivor to register.
"We would love to have them come out and participate in the survivor lap and reception," Lewis said. "Join us to celebrate, remember and fight back."
Moreover, Lewis said the group always needs extra hands for setting up beforehand and breaking down after the fact. Set up will start at about 12 p.m. on May 17.
"Students can earn community service hours if they come out and help," Lewis said.
There have been several new groups to join the event this year, including the Town of Smyrna's "The Muskrateers." Team Captain Valerie Heritage said the town started out helping out with the logistics of the event and it snowballed from there.
"The Smyrna/Clayton area has a huge community more or less devoted to this," Heritage said. "We're just trying to make it that much better."
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian was wrapping up an 11-day stay in a San Diego-area hospital after suffering artery blockages and having a pacemaker installed.
The 82-year-old coach's son, Danny Tarkanian, told The Associated Press his father was set to leave Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla on Wednesday. He planned to return to his San Diego-area condominium, a part-time home where he receives in-house nursing care.
"He's doing well and we're glad to get him back home," said the younger Tarkanian.
In addition to the pacemaker, the former coach had some stents put in, his son said.
The stay marked the latest in a spate of hospitalizations in recent years for Tarkanian.
He suffered a heart attack on March 20, 2012, during a doctor's visit, and spent time in the hospital last November, according to his son.
Tarkanian is to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 8. He took three schools to the NCAA tournament but is best known for his teams at UNLV that made four Final Four appearances and won it all in 1990.
Tarkanian won 784 games in his career, 509 of them at UNLV. The Runnin' Rebels won at least 20 games every year but one in his 19 years at UNLV, including the national championship in 1990.
During his career, Tarkanian was frequently at odds with the NCAA and was the subject of several investigations by the NCAA.
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This is an integrated software application development system to develop, test, debug, and deploy applications across multiple operating systems — there is compatibility with Apple iOS, Android, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8.
Intel insists that it "cares" about HTML5 because it believes it is important to help experienced and new developers transition to the cross-platform HTML5 approach so that they can deploy their apps and games on nearly all modern computing platforms.
The firm says that its reasons for HTML5 focus include the motivation to provide HTML5 developers with the opportunity scale their apps to reach more users faster. "Essentially, by leveraging the Intel HTML5 Development Environment, app-builders can develop once and potentially reach billions of devices and consumers," says the firm.
The Intel HTML5 Development Environment includes the "App Dev Center". This includes a free packaging service that lets developers build HTML5 and PhoneGap apps for iOS, Android, Amazon, Nook, Facebook, and other app stores.
Also here is the Intel XDK cross platform development kit. "With the Intel XDK, developers really can "write it once, deploy to many". Build for iOS Tablets, iOS smartphones, Android tablets, Android smartphones, Google Play Store, Amazon App Store, Mozilla App Store, Facebook App Center, and the Google Chrome store," says the firm.
Features also encompass the Intel App Framework (formerly jqMobi). The firm describes this as the definitive JS Library for HTML5 application development. Programmers will be able to use the App Framework and App UI Library as a jQuery-compatible framework for UX (user experience) needs.
The App Game Interfaces in the new software environment are designed to augment the canvas object with multi-channel sound, accelerated physics, and accelerated canvas to provide more realistic modeling and smoother gameplay; i.e., more like native capabilities and performance with HTML5.
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'War on women?': Shaheen shows her extremismEDITORIAL
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THE U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would ban most abortions 20 weeks after conception. For that, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen accused Republicans of waging a "war on women." If that is true, then would it not also be fair to say that Jeanne Shaheen, vocal champion of abortion, is waging a war on babies?
The Democrats' never-ending campaign to portray any restriction on abortion as a "war on women" is as tiresome as it is untrue and ineffective. Just look at the polling data.
Though Americans have been fairly evenly split on the topic of abortion for years, more Americans describe themselves as pro-life (48 percent) than pro-choice (45 percent) nowadays (Gallup poll, May 10). More tellingly, far more Americans support some restrictions on abortion than support no restrictions.
Per Gallup's May poll, 58 percent of Americans say abortion should be illegal in most or all situations vs. 39 percent who say it should be legal in most or all situations. The breakdown is not gender-specific. Twenty percent of both men and women say abortion should be illegal in all circumstances, while 38 percent of men and 37 percent of women say it should be legal "only in a few circumstances."
The percentage of women who say abortion should be legal "only in a few circumstances" (37) or "in all circumstances" (20) is greater than the percentage who say it should be legal "under any circumstances" (28) or "under most circumstances" (12). If supporting restrictions on abortion amounts to waging a "war on women," then it is a war being waged by a majority of women upon a minority of them.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, which compiles data on abortion and abortion laws, 41 states place restrictions on abortion after a certain point in the pregnancy. That's 81 percent of the states. Are they all waging a war on women?The House ban (which included exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother) started at 20 weeks because there is evidence that 20 weeks is when babies in the womb can begin to feel pain. Many doctors believe babies cannot feel pain until 24 weeks, which is the beginning of the third trimester. Eighty percent of Americans support banning abortion in the third trimester. Are they engaging in a war on women, too, or does the war begin with any restriction on or before 23 weeks, six days? Placing legal restrictions on abortion for the purpose of saving babies is not anti-woman. It's pro-baby. Most Americans get that. Jeanne Shaheen does not. So really, who is the extremist?


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Commodities revenue of the 10 largest banks slumped 245 last year, the first contraction since at least 2008, according to Coalition, a London-based analytics company.
The total fell to $6 billion from $8 billion in 2011, Coalition said in a report today. Their investment banking revenue rose 10% to $159 billion, the first gain in three years, Coalition estimates.
"Low volatility and reduced client activity led to a 24% drop in revenues," Coalition said in the report. "Performance was also subdued by ongoing concerns about increased regulation and capital sensitivity, pushing banks to re-evaluate their commodities strategies."
Banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley face higher capital requirements and tightening regulation that restrict commodities trading.
Barclays Plc shut its speculative agriculture trading and said this week its commodities unit will focus on "core banking, financing and risk management." Its commodities trading staff shrank by a third last year and risk exposure to commodities was cut in half, according to the bank.
The 10 companies covered by Coaltion are Bank of America Corp., Barclays, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and UBS AG. Spokespeople for nine of them declined to comment on the report's findings. Bank of America was unable to immediately respond to a request for comment from Bloomberg.
Fixed income, currencies and commodities earnings rose 21% last year, Coalition said. The banks don't break out commodities revenue from the total.
Goldman Sachs's net revenue in commodities were "significantly lower" in the fourth quarter, it said Jan. 16. Morgan Stanley's revenues were "de minimus," the bank said Jan. 18.
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Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is a clear liquid. This compound represents the ester of ethanol, known as pure alcohol, and acetic acid. This colorless liquid has a noticeable sweet smell, one typically described as a fruity aroma. Ethyl acetate is a solvent, meaning it is a substance that is used to dissolve another substance. This compound is slightly soluble in water and soluble in other solvents, such as alcohol, acetone, and chloroform.
As a solvent, ethyl acetate has many uses across industries. It is a common ingredient in lacquers, varnishes, and thinners that coat surfaces. In pharmaceuticals, ethyl acetate is an ingredient in extractants that concentrate and purify antibiotics. It also is used to create flexible packaging, such as polyester films and aluminum foil. Ethyl acetate can also be found as an ingredient in a variety of products, including adhesives, cleaning fluids, inks, artificial leather, and photographic film. It is used in electronics, including video and audio tapes, as a cleaning solvent. The demand for ethyl acetate is expected to grow and expand across industries as well. Paints, foils, and electronics are a few of the industries that continue to embrace ethyl acetate for its properties as a solvent.
Ethyl acetate is an appealing solvent across industries for a number of reasons. It is relatively inexpensive to produce. The ingredient has low toxicity as well. Further, ethyl acetate has a pleasant aroma.
The Food and Drug Administration has deemed ethyl acetate safe to use as a synthetic flavoring substance and adjuvant, placing it on its Generally Recognized As Safe list. Moreover, the FDA has approved it to be used as a secondary food additive as a solvent. Thus, ethyl alcohol also has a place in the food industry, primarily serving as an artificial flavor for confections, ice cream, and cakes. Ethyl acetate's use as a solvent in food focuses on creating decaffeinated coffee. In a process that can take up to 10 hours, coffee beans are rinsed with an ethyl acetate solution to remove caffeine from them. It is also a common ester in wines, helping give wines a fruity flavor. Too much ethyl acetate can diminish the quality of the wine, although a small amount of the ingredient can give wine a distinct flavor.
In the beauty and personal care industries, ethyl acetate is also used for its properties as a solvent. It can most commonly be found in nail polish removers; as a solvent, ethyl acetate can effectively thin and remove nail polish. Thus, ethyl acetate is an important ingredient in nail care, and nail polish removers in salons worldwide often include this important and effective ingredient.
Ethyl acetate is also used in perfumes for several purposes. First, it can contribute to the perfume's aroma thanks to its sweet, fruity smell. In addition, ethyl acetate can evaporate on the skin, which allows the perfume's fragrance to stay on the skin without any unappealing residue. Ethyl acetate is also a common ingredient in mascara and tooth-whitening products.
In addition to being included on the FDA's GRAS list, ethyl alcohol was also assessed by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel. This panel determined that ethyl alcohol is safe to use in cosmetic products. The ingredient was most recently reviewed and approved by the CIR Expert Panel in 2006.
In addition to FDA and CIR Expert Panel approval, ethyl acetate has low toxicity as indicated by a number of research studies. When reactions do exist, they are typically minor issues, such as eye or skin irritation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that exposure to high concentrations (400 ppm or higher) of ethyl acetate can result in upper respiratory tract irritation as well. However, such high concentrations are not used in beauty products. Discontinuing use of the ethyl-acetate-based product can typically eliminate any negative side effects. The majority of users will not experience a reaction when using a beauty or personal care product containing ethyl acetate, thus explaining its FDA and CIR Expert Panel approval
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7:21 a.m. Truant on South Silver Ridge Street.
7:33 a.m. Citation on North Cisco Street for land trespass.
8:23 a.m. Disturbance on school grounds at James Monroe Middle School.
9:06 a.m. Follow up on North Florence Street.
9:37 a.m. Deceased-person report on North Norma Street.
9:50 a.m. Domestic-disturbance report on North Cisco Street.
9:56 a.m. Runaway/out-of-control juvenile at Pierce Elementary School.
11:47 a.m. Speed contest on North Chelsea Avenue.
12:11 p.m. Verbal-threats report on West Wilson Avenue.
12:30 p.m. Warrant arrest on South China Lake Boulevard for providing false identification to a peace officer, possession of a controlled substance for sale and possession of controlled-substance paraphernalia.
12:33 p.m. Domestic-disturbance on West Boston Avenue.
12:45 p.m. Fraud report on South Norma Street.
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1:39 p.m. Violation-of-court-order report on West California Avenue.
2:11 p.m. Hit-and-run report on West Heritage Drive.
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But Moritz students are not locked away pouring over the art of written persuasion; there are plenty of opportunities for students to practice oral advocacy. The Moot Court Competition is a favorite, but Moritz also offers many trial-focused options. For example, competing in the Colley Trial Practice Competition provided me with my first opportunity to put on a trial from beginning to end. Clinics allow students to try actual cases and represent real clients. And a broad range of trial practice classes taught by local judges and former litigators provide opportunities to learn from accomplished attorneys."
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In addition to the full-time faculty, practicing judges and lawyers also teach many of the
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During the first semester of their second year, all students participate in the Moot Court Program by taking Appellate Advocacy. In Appellate Advocacy I, students write an appellate brief on a case under the supervision of Professor Mary Beth Beazley and practicing attorneys. Students then argue their case before panels of judges, which may include faculty members, practicing attorneys, and third-year students.
Second- and third-year students also have an opportunity to gain experience in a variety of lawyering skills by competing in the various intramural and interscholastic lawyering skills competitions administered by Director of the Moot Court and Lawyering Skills Program Elizabeth Sherowski, who is assisted by the student-managed Moot Court and Lawyering Skills Governing Board.
Following completion of the mandatory Appellate Advocacy Course, further participation in lawyering skills offerings is voluntary. Appellate Advocacy II in the second semester of second year consists of an intramural moot court competition (also known as the Herman Competition), in which students write appellate briefs and face off against opposing counsel (fellow Herman competitors) in lively oral arguments before judicial panels.
Those who distinguish themselves in the Herman Competition go on to compete during their third year in national moot court, or "travelling" teams. The Moritz College of Law currently fields teams in about 20 different competitions, including prestigious events in general appellate advocacy, criminal procedure, evidence, labor and employment, civil rights, international law, representation in mediation, and many others. Because Moritz is committed to helping students gain hands-on experience, the number and variety of moot court opportunities is greater than those at many other schools.
In addition to practice in appellate advocacy (briefs and oral arguments), the Moritz Moot Court program also oversees intramural and interscholastic events for secondand third-year students in legal negotiation, representation in mediation, and in trial advocacy. The intramural trial competition, known as the Colley Competition, offers a chance to represent a side in a full mock trial, conducted before a judge at a nearby courthouse. An additional opportunity exists to serve on the National Trial Team, which each year travels to a different law school to compete.
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