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Jurors deliberating in the Alabama State House vote-buying case have broken for the day and will resume deliberations at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Jim Parkman, lawyer for defendant Harri Anne Smith, I-Slocomb, said he wasn't reading much into jurors not having reached a verdict. "There are six defendants and a lot of evidence. It just takes awhile," he said.
Smith, VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor and four others are on trial on accusations that they offered or accepted bribes to vote for a gambling bill in 2010. The bill would have let Alabama residents vote on the legality of electronic bingo machines.
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Posted 5.23.06Alumni Spotlight: Jerry Lewandowski, 2006 Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award Winner
On May 19, Weatherhead alumnus Jerry Lewandowski was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award at the graduation awards reception. Jerry is a 1985 graduate of the Executive MBA program and has been an active member of the Weatherhead Alumni Association.
"I grew up in Maple Heights," Jerry recalled. "I am pretty much a local guy. I was educated in this area." After graduating from Cleveland State University, Jerry began what would be a 25 year career in the healthcare industry in the Amherst and Lorain County area.
While in the healthcare industry, Jerry decided to pursue his MBA. "Since I went to CSU, I thought I'd try that so I signed up for a few courses at night," Jerry remembered. "I was actually halfway through the night program when I was promoted. My new position made attending evening classes impossible so I was looking for an alternative. The Executive MBA program at Weatherhead was the perfect fit."
After retirement, he embarked on his second career as a financial planner.
"In my profession, I meet people who become clients and the longer you know them the broader their questioning becomes," he explained. "I get asked frequently 'where did you get your MBA?' I proudly tell them "at Weatherhead.'"
Volunteerism is an important aspect of Jerry's life. "I have been involved in community service a lot, because I enjoy it," he said. "I support volunteer work and do it because I think it's something worthwhile to do." However, the connections he has made through his volunteer work have also benefited his business. "I don't do any advertising, seminars or trade shows," he commented. "I get all of my clients from referrals, people that I meet through my community involvement."
Jerry is a former member of the Weatherhead Alumni Association Board of Directors, and he currently serves on the Relationship Development Committee. He has also found time to mentor students, attend almost all Weatherhead Alumni events, and help recruit prospective students for the Executive MBA program.
Recruiting new students is one of Jerry's favorite activities. "I always tell students that this is a quality organization here at Weatherhead," he said. "I tell them that they can't go wrong by choosing this school."
"I encourage them to meet as many alums as they can because alums love students," he commented. "I tell them to have fun while they're here and that the grades will take care of themselves. I also stress that after they graduate they shouldn't forget about the school."
"I am just flattered and humbled beyond belief to receive this award," Jerry said. "I know all kinds of people who put in as much time or more time than I do and I am honored to be recognized."

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Laugh if you will, but this is no small thing: the 2012 Leaky Con, held in Chicago earlier this month, reportedly brought in over 3,800 attendees. That's more than OSCON.
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GRAND RAPIDS — On a good day during income-tax season, a Grand Rapids data entry clerk can process as many as 500 paper tax filings. Some days it can be as few as 300.
Under a new agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank, more than 1,000 tax forms can be entered in minutes and sent back to the city, and return checks can be processed more quickly, according to John Schaut, the city's income tax administrator.
The deal, a partnership among Grand Rapids, Lansing and Flint, also marks a city goal as the tax department becomes the first to achieve City Manager Greg Sundstrom's goal to transform city government by reducing costs 10 percent.
"The efficiency is the big thing," Schaut said. "During the tax season, we get trays and trays of mailed paper returns, and it slows everything else down."
The city has approved a one-time $50,000 payment for start-up costs, and the three municipalities expect to get a $550,000 state grant to cover the rest of the initial expense.
JP Morgan Chase will charge the city $2.35 per return processed, and the first year likely will cost about $263,000. Schaut projects that number will decrease annually as more people shift to electronic tax filings that were first offered four years ago.
Currently, 30 percent of individual tax records are e-filed, and that is expected to grow to 65 percent over the next five years.
Schaut said his department will pay about $780,377 for the service over the three-year contract, but the deal will reduce operating costs $310,581 over the same period. One staff position will be eliminated, but that person is likely to be reassigned to other duties, city leaders said.
Sundstrom praised Schaut for brokering the deal and leveraging the three cities' tax return volumes to get a lower rate from the bank.
"Grand Rapids provided the leadership with the other cities, and it's John Schaut that did that," Sundstrom said. "I never would have guessed the income tax department would be the first to hit the transformation goal."
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Cruising Crackdown In California
Sacramento's gay better be careful where they cruise – or stop cruising:
The Police Department has declared war on "cruising," or the practice of seeking anonymous gay trysts in public areas.
The crackdown on cruising comes with the Citrus Heights Police Department's pledge to focus on blight crimes throughout the city.
"Certain things cross a line," said police Commander Mark Boettger. "It affects places where children and families should be able to go without fear or concern of finding a needle or a finding a condom."
At least they're using condoms!
Cops are reportedly monitoring cruising websites to find the meatiest meeting places.
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I think it should be Raabe apologising for wasting the tax payers monies.
Great, can we sue him for spreading pernicious misinformation about gay people?
He really needs to stop digging….
Thankfully the bad publicity he is generating for himself is not going to go down well in official circles, so I dare say we have seen the last of his attempts to influence various UK governments with his bigoted drivel.
Maybe he will find more receptive ears in another county; say, Uganda?
Okay, I may sound a little controversial (and ignorant) here…but what does his opinion have to do with the job he was appointed to do?
Personally to me, the worst position to put someone who has these type of views (or similar) would be in a equalities position. Oh wait…we already have that with Theresa May don't we?
Evan Harris said:
""When it comes to drugs Dr Raabe has no expertise, no research background and no relevant specialist experience and worse still has an ideological position on drug policy that he has declared his intention to force through the Council. That's why he wasn't fit to be an expert adviser, not because of his wrong and offensive views on homosexuality."
I'm sure I can dig up some paper that says putting kids up chimneys is good for them and makes them good well rounded citizens!
That the thing about using old reports and scientific papers they tend to be wrong. But looking at some of the source material for his papers 1988 is fairly recent for him. One source was from 1947 an the bulk from a 1968 paper.
In 1988 Eric Pickles was leader of Bradford city council
"Between 1988 and 1990, he served as leader of the Conservative group on the council. In September 1988 the Conservative Party gained control by using the Conservative mayor's casting vote to become the only inner-city council to be controlled by the Conservatives"
So the creators of section 28 wrote a report saying its all those homosexuals fault!
Why am I not surprised!
@Mike — "Okay, I may sound a little controversial (and ignorant) here…but what does his opinion have to do with the job he was appointed to do?"
I guess the concern is that his opinions aren't reasoned or based on fact.
pfft he's on a loser with that one
, doesn't he need to show that he's not been predjudiced as that would be the reason he got sacked, and he needs to show they were wrong in their judgement of him when it appears their judgement was 100% correct
ah also didnt he lie about his connections with that Christian centre in Manchester? Sorry not lie, i mean failed to mention.. and considering some of the articles he wrote for this centre are homophobic and hence not in line with home office policy would this not invalidate him for the role he tried to take on?
he's trying to be a martyr, but failing to understand that he brought the wrath of the Home Office on himself by his own actions and previous deeds, not that actions were imposed on him at the whims of a predjudiced authority
Let him sue the home office, and lets bring his particpation in the reparative therapies movement out in the open; for public discussion and dissemination . . .
"He had co-authored documents for a Christian health organisation which called homosexuality "destructive" and said it was associated with disease and drug use."
Typical bigots instead of trying to understand the reason, they lay blame. That's just like people who say gays should not have children because they will be ridiculed in school and society. Maybe if these so called humans would realize that it is their bigotry that causes the hurt and needless shame then the problem would be addressed.
Take a look at how the Christian Institute are continuing to up hold that the GP is a victim in this affiar, and that homosexuals are promoting paedophilia . . .
that's right . . . more outer orbit hysteria from the CI
The DailyMail are appearing to be supporting this GP as a victim of political correctness.
More invidiously, the paper appears to be offering tacit support to the view that; a quarter of homosexuals are paedophilies . . .
Yeah coz apparently most common folk get sacked when they have been found to have lied on a CV or in an interview, unless of course your a Christian. Then it gives you the right to be above all that and then to make yourself a victim of it.
Get Real Mr Raabe!
Rightly let go, he is proving to be such an ever increasing embarrassment to the Government.
"The Home Office said he was asked in interviews for the post whether there was anything about his professional or personal history that could cause embarrassment to the government or the advisory panel and did not mention the work."
Andy C said.. "…doesn't he need to show that he's not been predjudiced as that would be the reason he got sacked,"
Well, he was not actually sacked, because he was not actually employed.
He was appointed as an unpaid advisor on a drugs panel, and then the appointment was cancelled as he was deemed not suitable.
So this issue does not come under Employment law at all, a fact hat the good doctor has no doubt discovered after seeking legal opinion.
So now he is trying another tack, the idea that perhaps he can sue the Home Office.
But it's hard to see what grounds he has for doing so, and the fact that none are mentioned would seem to suggest that he knows full well he is once more talking bollocks.
So my guess is that this is just another pathetic attempt to keep the issue in the public eye, in the forlorn hope that it will somehow aid his cause.
if all these Christians keep wasting money on legal cases, the churches will go bankrupt.
if the church does go bankrupt then that's a win-win situation, the church is already bankrupt morally anyway
"Take a look at how the Christian Institute are continuing to up hold that the GP is a victim in this affair……….."
– JohnK
Have you ever noticed how these "Christian" web sites, and this one is not the only guilty one, never have a public forum or "right to reply" section.
Curious, but not really surprising.
They probably just send all of their twisted missionaries off to sites like Pink News et al.
Any Takers.
Pastor John, Hank etc….
A myth-maker and snake-oil peddlar. I wouldn't have let him be a vet, let alone a doctor.
@Dr Robin Guthrie
I agree it is curious how these sites refrain from the inclusion of public forum, unless you count the CI's face book presence and comments section.
A group of us last year joined the CI presence on face book, and engaged in debate on issues of sexuality and equality.
Curiously, we were all systematically removed from thier site.
"The real issue is that there was a campaign to get rid of me. I suspect it's a group of people that are for a more liberal drug policy and perhaps want to legalise drugs."
Apparently this is his long, droning codeword for "gay". Seeing as how he accused gays of being drug-infested pedophiles, it seems he is sticking to his guns here.
Now the real question is, PinkNews, who are the campaigners that agree with Dr. Raabe here?
Your last sentence was so utterly vague. I would like to have a source or know, so that I may know who agrees with this crackpot.
Let him sue. If he wins, we protest. In the meantime, we can't do much about it. But as he is finding it difficult to substantiate anything he says, I doubt that will happen.
…..so 67 to 80% of paedophiles are hetrosexual, a government report from 1988 has shockingly revealed. This was inadvertantly revealed by an xtian drugs adviser sacked from the government for failing to reveal controversial earlier work..
Yuri want apology from Raabe for saying bad thing. Yuri want sue if Raabe no say sorry.
I must admit, I do have some sympathy for him. When Raabe was appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs, it was clear that the Home Office were really struggling to find people with any sort of medical qualification who supported the government's policy on making cannabis a class B drug again. Once they'd found a GP that supported this, I suspect they either made a point of not digging too deeply to find out what other views he had, or, perhaps more likely, they chose to ignore them.
So, yes, I dislike his opinions, and it was probably for the better that he was removed from the ACMD. But it was the government's fault they got into this position and if Raabe ends up getting compensation from of the government, perhaps that'll teach the government to actually pay attention to who they hire.
1988? Is that the most recent report he could find? Time to retrain Mr Raabe, me says, and prepare him to go back to his minions and spread the good news…
I hope the so-called "Christian" Institute take up his cause. Because they will lose and it will cost them thousands in legal expenses, ha, ha! 'Doctor' indeed! A doctor-in-trouble if you ask me.
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"He'll be tired, that's for sure," Murray said of Novak Djokovic, who faces Nadal tonight for the Australian Open title.
Murray forced the defending champion to play five grueling sets in the semifinals, pushing the match into the wee hours.
But that won't be enough for Rafa to end his six-match losing streak to Djokovic.
Roger Federer pushed the new World No. 1 to the brink over five sets in the U.S. Open semifinals last fall, and even without an extra day off afterward, Djokovic dominated Nadal in the final.
Nole will be fit and ready to go for the final in Melbourne, too, despite his occasional woozy appearance between points during the semifinal with Murray. Let's hope Rafa doesn't try to win by forcing that semifinal fatigue back into Djokovic's legs and lungs. That won't work. Nadal no longer can outplay and outlast the Djoker.
He's going to have to outwit him.
Still there after that sad "Survivor" reference? OK, good.
As I was saying, Rafa will have to pull a tactical surprise to have a realistic shot at winning. Think serve-and-volleyer Arthur Ashe transforming himself into a puff-baller in the 1975 Wimbledon final -- or rally king Guillermo Vilas suddenly becoming a net rusher in the 1977 U.S. Open final. (Jimmy Connors, the loser in both of those matches, did not adjust quickly to unexpected game plans.)
Let's remember, Djokovic's dominance over the Spaniard isn't just a 2011 phenomenon. Novak has won nine of their past 11 meetings. Rafa's 2010 U.S. Open win over the Serb is beginning to look like an aberration, as if Novak lost that match simply to set down a clean marker for his future biographer to separate Part One ("The Apprentice") from Part Two ("The Years of Triumph").
So what can Nadal do to win the 2012 Australian Open title? Good freakin' question.
Think back to the 2009 Madrid semifinals. This might have been the real turning point in the Nadal-Djokovic rivalry, not the 2011 Indian Wells final. "I was lacking in that match, for sure," Nadal has said of the Madrid semi.
No, he wasn't. He played great tennis -- fantastic tennis. Perhaps the best he's ever played.
That was the problem. He won, but just barely -- 3-6, 7-6, 7-6. He was the World No. 1 and on a surface (clay) where he'd been unbeatable for years. He won, but he felt like he lost. He cited his "personal problems" and his "knees" as excuses for his performance. (See video below.)
Nadal won that day in Madrid the same way he had always won matches. He put it succinctly himself: "I fight for every point."
He will need to do that tonight, but it's no longer enough. Djokovic's serve and fitness are significantly better than they were in 2009 or even 2010. Nadal won't be able to outlast Nole. And if he can't keep the ball deep -- a problem for him in past matches against Djokovic -- he'll suffer a quick, desultory loss.
So can he do something to surprise Djokovic? Something to disrupt the Serb's rhythm and force him to blindly guess what's coming next?
That's a tall order. Because he played in the Davis Cup final in December, Rafa didn't really get an off-season. He hasn't had time to work on anything new. He's been struggling with injuries.
Still, it is possible for Nadal to win.
Late in the U.S. Open final last fall, Rafa tinkered with some disruptive techniques, like hitting loopy, helium-balloon shots. It was too little and too late (and too passive, to boot), but it showed that he's come to terms with the fact that he no longer can beat Djokovic by playing "the Nadal way." This sometimes makes Rafa sound defeatist when talking about the match up, but it means he's thinking, planning ... fighting.


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If Angus T. Jones thinks his current sitcom is soul-corrosive "filth," what must he think of his former "Two and a Half Men" uncle's new show, "Anger Management"?
Apparently Charlie Sheen is willing to take the risk of finding out, offering Jones safe harbor on the FX program if the teen actor leaves his show over a controversy that erupted this week.
"My former nephew is welcome at the Goodson Anger Management home anytime," Sheen told ABC News, referencing his character, therapist Charles Goodson.
Sheen, who was fired from "Two and a Half Men" after a drug-fueled rash of bizarre incidents, is using the latest brouhaha as a chance to renew his trash-talking campaign against the show's creator, Chuck Lorre. He's blaming the producer for pushing the teen into a "Hale-Bopp-like meltdown." "It is radically clear to me that the show is cursed," he says.
On Tuesday, Jones, 19, apologized for offending his colleagues, but didn't back down from his remarks about the show's content clashing with his newfound faith. The video in which his remarks appeared was produced by his new spiritual mentor, Christopher Hudson, whose fiery YouTube videos include doomsday views and thoughts on showbiz. (Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna are "in league with Lucifer," he says.)
Members of Jones' new church in Pacoima, Calif., told the New York Daily News he started attending services late last spring. On Wednesday night, about 40 congregants prayed for the actor.
"Lord, we do ask a special prayer for Angus and his father and family," Pastor Royal Harrison said. "Lord, you know what they're going through. God, we know that you are there with him, even right now."
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French actor Gerard Depardieu has been briefly detained by police for allegedly driving drunk on his motorcycle.
Sipa news agency quotes police as saying the 63-year-old actor was brought in Thursday afternoon by Paris police after falling off his motorcycle.
The burly actor, who has appeared in more than 150 films, allegedly failed a sobriety test and was taken to a police station. Police then escorted him home, but he'll have to appear in court, Sipa reported.
It was one of several encounters with the law for Depardieu. He grabbed headlines when he urinated in the aisle of a plane before takeoff on a Paris to Dublin flight. He was removed from the aircraft.
Depardieu was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in 1990 film "Cyrano de Bergerac."
'That '70s Show' star arrested in North Carolina
"That '70s Show" star Lisa Robin Kelly is free on bond after being arrested for assault.
Police in the Charlotte, N.C., suburb of Mooresville arrested the 42-year-old Kelly and 61-year-old husband Robert Joseph Gilliam after responding to a disturbance at their home Monday. Both are free on bond.
Gilliam is charged with misdemeanor assault on a female. Kelly is charged with misdemeanor assault. They were taken to the Iredell County Detention Center and released on $500 bond apiece. They have a court date of Jan. 25. It's not known if either has an attorney.
Kelly portrayed Laurie Forman, sister of Topher Grace's lead character Eric, on the FOX series, which ended in 2006. She also appeared on the TV shows "Murphy Brown" and "Married ... With Children."
Shatner to attend USS Enterprise retirement event
Captain James T. Kirk will be on hand when the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise is officially retired.
A publicist for William Shatner tells the Daily Press that the actor will attend the ship's inactivation ceremony Saturday at Naval Station Norfolk. Shatner is scheduled to perform Friday in Newport News.
Shatner played Kirk at the helm of the starship Enterprise in the "Star Trek" television series and several movies.
The world's first-nuclear powered aircraft carrier returned to Norfolk from its final deployment earlier this month. Saturday's inactivation will be its last public ceremony.
Superheroes, Bond, hobbits vie for visual effects Oscar
James Bond, Snow White and a whole lot of hobbits and superheroes are in the running for the visual-effects prize at the Academy Awards.
The superhero blockbusters "The Avengers," "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Amazing Spider-Man" are among 10 films that made the cut for visual-effects nominations for the Oscars on Feb. 24.
The other seven contenders announced Thursday include the Bond adventure "Skyfall," "Snow White and the Huntsman," "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," "Cloud Atlas," "John Carter," "Life of Pi" and "Prometheus."
Members of the academy's visual-effects branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of the films on Jan. 3, and then pick five nominees for the Oscars. Nominations for the 85th Oscars will be announced Jan. 10.
Spanish poet wins Cervantes literature prize
Spanish poet and essayist Jose Manuel Caballero Bonald has won the 2012 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.
Education Minister Jose Ignacio Wert said Thursday the 86-year-old was chosen for the contribution his life-long work has made to enriching Spanish-language literature. The $167,000 prize generally alternates between Spanish and Latin American writers. Last year, it went to Chilean poet Nicanor Parra.
First handed out in 1976, previous winners include Carlos Fuentes of Mexico, and Nobel prize winners Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Spain's late Camilo Jose Cela.
Today's birthdays: Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. is 94. Actor Robert Guillaume is 85. Country singer-record company executive Jimmy Bowen is 75. Director Ridley Scott is 75. Bassist Roger Glover of Deep Purple is 67. Actress Margaret Whitton is 62. Singer-actor Mandy Patinkin is 60. Guitarist Shuggie Otis is 59. Country singer Jeannie Kendall of The Kendalls is 58. Singer Billy Idol is 57. Guitarist John Ashton of Psychedelic Furs is 55. Comedian Colin Mochrie ("Whose Line Is It Anyway?") is 55. Rapper Jalil of Whodini is 49. Actor-director Ben Stiller is 47. Actress Sandra Oh is 42. Country singer Mindy McCready is 37. Singer Clay Aiken is 34. Actress Elisha Cuthbert ("24") is 30. Actress Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory") is 27.
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The Michigan basketball fans enjoyed beating up on Michigan State on Sunday about as much as the Michigan State fans reveled in the annihilation of the Michigan football team last November.
This rivalry couldn't be any better than it is right now. No other schools in America have a football/basketball feud like this. It's the best two-sport war in America. I love it.
I think Michigan fans are starting to put the Spartans at the top of their list of teams to beat in any sport.
I sense more passion now from Michigan fans in beating MSU than I do for the old-school rival in Ohio.
You know every Spartans fan despises everything about Michigan. I think that started the day they were born. It's so cool to see Michigan fans wanting to beat their in-state rival, and it's only going to get better.
MSU football coach Mark Dantonio, former U-M star Mike Hart, the realignment of Big Ten football divisions, MSU basketball coach Tom Izzo and U-M basketball coach John Beilein changed this rivalry for good.
Dantonio made the Michigan game the focal point of the Spartans football schedule the day he was hired.
Hart's "little brother" comments turned into nuclear fuel that still inspires the MSU football nation to be better than Michigan. If two plays go the other way, Dantonio would be 7-0 against the Wolverines rather than 5-2.
On the field and off the field, he wants to beat Michigan. Big Ten division, conference and Rose Bowl champs in 2013 proves MSU football is in a much better place than Michigan football. I think that increases the passion Michigan fans have for this rivalry.
The schools being in the same division has given more meaning to the football matchup. Michigan fans are tired of losing to MSU in football.
The carryover of emotion to the basketball court jumps out at you like never before. The intensity on the floor and the noise from those crowds in East Lansing and Ann Arbor are deafening when these two teams hook up.
Let's give the Michigan players and coaching staff some love for turning the hoops rivalry around.
Michigan hoops was left for dead after the Ed Martin scandal. Along came the new coach from West Virginia who was the perfect fit in Ann Arbor.
Beilein is 6-2 in his past eight games against Izzo.
The facilities in Ann Arbor are as good as any in college basketball. The instate recruiting battle also is special. Beilein rebuilt Michigan basketball. He deserves more credit but will never take it.
I love this rivalry more than ever before.
— Bill Simonson is host of "The Huge Show," a sports talk radio show broadcast statewide.


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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) - If you thought the Glensheen Mansion was beautiful, wait until you see it decked out for the holidays. You can do so with the mansion's new self–guided holiday tour.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A second Bush administration gun-trafficking investigation has surfaced using the same controversial tactic for which congressional Republicans have been criticizing the Obama administration.
The tactic, called "gun walking," is already under investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general and by congressional Republicans, who have criticized the administration of Democratic President Barack Obama for letting it happen in an operation called "Fast and Furious".
Emails obtained by The Associated Press show how in a 2007 investigation in Phoenix, agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — depending on Mexican authorities to follow up — let guns "walk" across the border in an effort to identify higher-ups in gun networks. Justice Department policy has long required that illicit arms shipments be intercepted whenever possible.
The 2007 probe operated out of the same ATF office that more recently ran the flawed Operation Fast and Furious. Both probes resulted in weapons disappearing across the border into Mexico, according to the emails. The 2007 probe was relatively small — involving over 200 weapons, just a dozen of which ended up in Mexico as a result of gun-walking. Fast and Furious involved over 2,000 weapons, some 1,400 of which have not been recovered and an unknown number of which wound up in Mexico.
Earlier this month, it was disclosed that the gun-walking tactic didn't begin under Obama, but was also used in 2006 under his predecessor, George W. Bush. The probe, Operation Wide Receiver, was carried out by ATF's Tucson, Ariz., office and resulted in hundreds of guns being transferred to suspected arms traffickers.
The older gun-walking cases now coming to light from the Bush administration illustrate how ATF — particularly its Phoenix field division, encompassing Tucson, Ariz., as well as Phoenix — has struggled for years to counter criticism that its normal seize-and-arrest tactics never caught any trafficking kingpins and were little more than a minor irritant that didn't keep U.S. guns out of the hands of Mexican gangs.
Even those cases against low-level straw buyers are problematic for the ATF. There is no federal firearms trafficking law, making it difficult to prosecute cases. So law enforcement agencies resort to a wide variety of laws that do not carry stringent penalties — particularly for straw buyers.
Documents and emails relating to the 2007 case were produced or made available months ago to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, though the Republicans on the panel have said little about them. In the congressional investigation, committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has focused on the questions of what Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, knew about Fast and Furious, and when he knew it.
The 2007 probe began when an ATF agent identified several suspects from Mexico who bought weapons from a gun shop in Phoenix over a span of several months.
According to the emails obtained by AP, the probe ran into trouble after agents saw the same suspects buy additional weapons from the same store and followed the suspects south toward the border at Nogales, Ariz., on Sept. 27, 2007. ATF officials notified the government of Mexico to be on the lookout. ATF agents saw the vehicle the suspects were driving reach the Mexican side of the border, but 20 minutes later, Mexican law enforcement authorities informed ATF that they did not see the vehicle.
The emails from the 2007 probe show there was concern that ATF in Arizona had engaged in a tactic that resulted in the guns disappearing inside Mexico.
"Have we discussed the strategy with the US Attorney's Office re letting the guns walk?" headquarters official William Hoover asked in an Oct. 4, 2007 email to William Newell, then ATF's special agent in charge of the Phoenix field division.
"Do we have this approval in writing?" asked Hoover. "Have we discussed and thought thru the consequences of same? Are we tracking south of the border? Same re US Attorney's Office. Did we find out why they missed the hand-off of the vehicle?"
At the time, Hoover was assistant director for the office of field operations. He was ATF's deputy director from May 2009 to September 2011 and is now special agent in charge of ATF's Washington, D.C., field division.
"Would like your opinion on a verbal approval from the US Attorney in Phoenix re the firearms walking," Hoover emailed ATF's senior legal counsel for field operations on Oct. 5, 2007. "This is a major investigation with huge political implications and great potential if all goes well. We must also be very prepared if it doesn't go well."
The lawyer, Anne Marie Paskalis, wrote back: "Sure. We will work this out. Perhaps a conference call ... to discuss what if any assurances they have received from USAO that this investigation is operating within the law and doj (Department of Justice) guidelines."
On Oct. 5, Hoover wrote Carson Carroll, then ATF's assistant director for enforcement programs and services at agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., saying "I do not want any firearms to go South until further notice. I expect a full briefing paper on my desk Tuesday morning from SAC Newell with every question answered. I will not allow this case to go forward until we have written documentation from the US Attorney's office re full and complete buy in. I do not want anyone briefed on this case until I approve the information. This includes anyone in Mexico."
On Oct. 6, Newell, the Phoenix SAC, wrote Carroll: "I think we both understand the extremely positive potential for a case such as this but at this point I'm so frustrated with this whole mess I'm shutting the case down and any further attempts to do something similar. We're done trying to pursue new and innovative initiatives — it's not worth the hassle."
Newell, as the special agent in charge of the Phoenix division, was at the center of Operation Fast and Furious. He has acknowledged that mistakes were made in the agency's handling of the operation, and has been reassigned to a Washington headquarters job.


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Ubuntu Defaults To Intel Kernel Mode-Setting
Canonical's X.Org guy, Bryce Harrington, has announced the switch to using Intel kernel mode-setting by default beginning with the new Linux 2.6.30 kernel update that was just committed to the Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" repository. Cheers! For those unfamiliar with what Intel kernel mode-setting means or would like more information, check out the mailing list announcement…
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I must concede: Sometimes I worry Canonical is trying to do too much too soon with Ubuntu. From mobile devices all the way to enterprise servers and cloud computing, founder Mark Shuttleworth has big aspirations for Ubuntu. There are times when I think Canonical is stretched too thin on multiple fronts. But just when I get really worried, the company makes a major move that impresses me. A case in point: Open source expert Matt Asay has joined Canonical as chief operating officer. It's a big move for Canonical, Ubuntu and Asay. Here's why.
Asay arrives at a critical time in Canonical's history. The company is transitioning the CEO role from Mark Shuttleworth to Jane Silber. A major product launch (Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx) seek to push Canonical much deeper in the business market, from mobile devices to cloud computing. And Canonical continues to launch and build new new services like Landesk and Ubuntu One.
So why do I worry? When I speak with Canonical insiders, I sometimes sense the enormity of the challenges they're facing. Different product groups are working toward different goals. Somebody has to coordinate all those efforts. That's where Silber and Asay enter the picture.
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Last week, I wrote about Ron Potts, the Portland doctor and pianist, who made it to the finals of the amateur division of the Seattle International Piano Festival.
The finals took place last weekend and Ron wrote this morning:
"Great experience for me and an absolute delight to
be included among some really outstanding performers in all
categories. The judges (all quite experienced in this work) spoke
unanimously about the extremely high caliber of all contestants,
especially pointing out the amateurs. Had a great time hearing some
familiar as well as many unfamiliar works (ever hear the Carl Vines
piano sonata, or the solo piano version of Bolcom Serpent's Kiss?).
Came away without a jury prize, but did garner the Audience Favorite
Choice award and many positive comments. Will soon receive the judge's
remarks by mail and eagerly look forward to those.
"Very happy I did this, met some huge talents and very gracious and
helpful hosts. Master class with Peter Mack was a real treat and
although my Ravel Toccata wasn't up to true performance standards
(mine or anyone else's), it give him a rich foundation for an
entertaining and informative session for all."
Thanks to Harold Gray for letting us know that Ron Potts, a former ER physician, is a finalist in the amateur division of the
Potts is a heck of nice guy, thoughtful, mild-spoken and one of those doctors who not only loves music, but loves to play it, too. His steady hand helped guide Portland Baroque Orchestra through a particularly tumultuous period 10 years ago.
Potts, 66, no longer works in the ER, but he continues to play the piano quite a bit -- house concerts, mainly, on his Steinway high on a hill in his Mosier house. On Saturday, he takes it up a notch when he competes as one of six finalists in Seattle. Potts told me yesterday that in the ER, he had just minutes to gain his patients' trust and approval. As an amateur pianist, he feels the same way about his audiences.
Potts needs the impetus of performing to focus his life-long love of the piano, he says. "Without that incentive, I get sloppy. I find it so satisfying -- controlling one's emotions in front of an audience, putting your stamp on it. It's gotten to be really thrilling."
Potts will play two pieces in Seattle, the freshet of notes known as the Prelude to Claude Debussy's charming suite "Pour le Piano" and the gentle Minuet from Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin." The Minuet isn't the kind of piece that dazzles. Instead, it requires an easy flow and subtle shading and contains delicate ornaments, all of which Potts hopes will get the judges' attention.
To make it to the finals, Potts had to submit a 20-minute recording and he chose a 1994 performance he did of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 109. Not so easy.
"He's very, very talented," says his piano teacher, Susan Chan of Portland State University. "He always has an open mind, willing to try new ideas, and he'll let you know right away if something works."
Like any talented student, he can incorporate new ideas quickly, she adds.
Amateur piano contests have grown in popularity in recent years, notably in New York, Berlin and the Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, which is held every four years in Fort Worth. The Cliburn even held a YouTube contest. One of the requirements of amateur competitions is that entrants must make their primary livelihood outside of music. The quality of playing can vary widely, but top contestants can be very good.
"It's wonderful that he's doing this," Chan says. "It's a major motivation for him."
Born and raised in Salem, Potts spent much of his medical career thinking about how people connect. "People see the world differently through another person's interpretation of it," he says.
Music works the same way.


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St. Louis, MO (WBNG Binghamton) Cornell junior Kyle Dake became the first wrestler in NCAA history to win a national title 3 consecutive years at 3 different weight classes.
Dake took down Iowa's Derek St. John to win the title at 157 pounds.
Also, Binghamton University wrestler Donnie Vinson captured 3rd place at 147 pounds and won a total of 7 matches at this year's championship, the highest among all wrestlers there.


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The Woodlands, TX - The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce's Annual Business Summit on Healthcare presented by Sam Houston State University will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center.
Free health screenings, educational information and resources within the area will be provided by a variety of exhibitors and open to the community from 7:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Reservations are required for the Conference which begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes a variety of speakers addressing topics such as:
The Keynote Speaker, Omar Reid, Human Resources Director for the City of Houston will conclude the day presenting statistics on "How the City of Houston saved $40 Million in two years".
"Our conference theme this year is Healthy Bottom Line and our goal is to provide businesses and our community members with updates on the ever changing healthcare world and address challenges and solutions that impact the business owner and consumer alike. We are thrilled to have Mr. Reid as our Keynote Speaker this year touching on matters that affect our area," said Ashley Byers, Director of Special Events for The Chamber.
Omar C. Reid, Human Resources Director for the City of Houston, is responsible for the financial and administrative activities of the department. Reid provides guidance and initiates policies for all city departments. His focus and objectives in HR is to continue as a strategic partner with other City departments in managing the City's workforce of over 22,000 employees. Additional areas of responsibility are HRIS, risk management (safety and worker's compensation), citywide corporate training, benefits administration, finance and strategic design, employee and labor relations, salary and compensation, workforce and strategic planning. Reid has initiated several major initiatives that significantly improved the services provided to the city's workforce. With a strategic focus on process improvement and enhanced client services, Reid has:
Reid earned his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from University of Houston – Downtown and his MBA Degree from Texas Southern University. He has over twenty-nine years of human resources and specialized leadership /management experience; his expertise in leadership, team-building, problem solving, and communications have been demonstrated by his successful involvement in both business projects and community activities.
The City of Houston has received many awards/recognition as a result of the efforts of Reid and the HR team. His efforts have provided models for other organizations to emulate. He has been invited to speak or visit with leadership teams and organizations across the country. Listed among his accomplishments, Reid is a published author of The Traffic of Life: Characteristics of Effective Leadership.
Reid has a 'people come first' personal philosophy and lives by his three keys to success which are, 'Trust, Communication & Perception is Reality'. He and his wife, Janice, have a daughter, Brianna, who follows the examples of hard work in education and sports that is exhibited by both her parents.
The funds raised from the Business Summit on Healthcare help benefit various programs that the Chamber hosts such as Economic Development, Mobility, Healthcare and Education that promote the growth of South Montgomery County, its residents and businesses.
A full list of sponsors for this event can be found at www.woodlandschamber.org
For more information contact Ashley Byers, Director of Special events at email@example.com 281-363-8110.
Omar C. Reid, Human Resources Director for the City of Houston
2014 Business Summit on Healthcare Keynote Speaker


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Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC offers a variety of diagnostic tests for the evaluation of uterine fibroids.
Procedures can be performed to determine the presence, size, and location of uterine fibroids and include:
Diagnostic testing provides information needed to decide on appropriate treatment options, and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.
An enlarged uterus and fibroids may be confirmed during a clinical pelvic exam, but some myomas that cause symptoms may go undetected during the pelvic examination.
A pelvic ultrasound is frequently performed to confirm and identify abnormalities. Additional information can also be obtained during a pelvic ultrasound by filling the uterus with fluid. This procedure is called or sonohysterogram or saline enhanced sonography. Hysteroscopy is a procedure that allows the doctor to look directly inside the uterus and see fibroids located in the uterine cavity. With hysteroscopy, a slender instrument called a hysteroscope, is inserted through the cervix into the uterus. Sometimes, especially with very large fibroids, more testing is necessary. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) can provide enhanced images of the uterus, showing the location of the fibroids and surrounding organs.
The Fibroid Treatment Center at Magee combines the expertise of board-certified gynecologists and interventional radiologists with extensive experience in this minimally invasive procedure. These specialists offer consultation services for women seeking information treatment options for uterine fibroids.
For more information, please call the program coordinator at the Magee Fibroid Treatment Center: 412-641-4435.
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Cloquet, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) --- Cloquet and Hibbing were the lowest seeds to reach the Section 7AA softball final four, but those are the two teams that remain in the hunt for the section championship.
Cloquet first beat Proctor 11-8 and then took down Hibbing 6-2 to advance as the unbeaten team to the title round, that after beating four-time defending section champion Hermantown 2-1 in the quarterfinals.
Hibbing, meanwhile, beat Virginia 4-1 before falling to Cloquet and then defeated Proctor 21-8 to advance to the championship in the double-elimination format.
The Bluejackets will need to beat Cloquet twice on May 31 in order to claim the section crown, while the Lumberjacks will only require one win to earn a trip to the Class AA state tournament.
Below are listed all results from Tuesday in the Section 7AA bracket, which enters a double-elimination format for the final four teams.
Cloquet def. Proctor 11-8
Hibbing def. Virginia 4-1
Cloquet def. Hibbing 6-2
Proctor def. Virginia 8-3
Hibbing def. Proctor 21-8
The championship game will be played at 4:00 p.m. on May 31 in Cloquet, with a second game immediately following if necessary. A full Section 7AA softball bracket can be viewed at the
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STAPLETON, Ala. -- The couple's 10 children were all home.
Despite that, the house was relatively quiet Friday morning except for the thumps and chatter of active youngsters upstairs. Natalie and Chris Lewis sat down in their living room.
"It feels so good to have them here finally," said Natalie Lewis, who returned to Stapleton late Thursday night after spending more than two grueling weeks in earthquake-devastated Haiti.
In that time, she played a key role in delivering 41 Haitian orphans to their adoptive parents in the U.S. Of those, 16 went to Baldwin County homes. Four of them went home with Natalie and her husband.
A homemade banner stretched across the wall above the living room couch reading "Welcome Home Girls!" The couple's other six children, three of whom are boys adopted from Haiti last year, had made the banner while their mom was in Haiti.
For most of this week, Natalie Lewis and the four Haitian girls -- ranging from 3 to 11 years old -- camped out at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti with no reliable source of food or water. They were part of the larger group of 41 orphans and their caregivers.
"The embassy gave everybody one MRE and one bottle of water a day, but after we were there a couple days our group didn't even get that," she said. "We had to buy what we could off the street, and the prices went up every day. A loaf of bread was going for $34."
The group was getting nervous after the third day at the embassy, with emergency supplies and cash dwindling, she said.
Lewis' journey began Jan. 19, when she and five other Gulf Coast residents left for Haiti to deliver money to the Grace Children Adoption Home in Port-de-Paix, which is run by the couple's friends, Keith and Cindy Lashbrook.
She serves as the U.S. adoption coordinator for the home, but she and her husband also had been working for years to adopt four girls living at the institution. The other adults on the trip were also in the process of adopting children from the Lashbrooks' operation.
The trip was hastily put together after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a policy of "humanitarian parole" for Haitian orphans. The policy allows the children to go to families who were already in the process of adopting them.
The group soon arrived with $17,000 in cash raised by Globe International, a Pensacola-based Christian ministry. They bought food, water and fuel for the Lashbrooks and the children. The adoption home had run out of all three.
After more than a week of frustration, the group finally got attention from immigration officials in Washington. They were told that their adoption paperwork and travel visas were approved, and they made the 12-hour journey by bus to the U.S. Embassy in the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
As they waited to be placed on a military flight back to the United States, and as some confusion about their visas was sorted out, the children played in a grassy courtyard at the embassy. Haiti is a badly deforested country, and it was the first time 3-year-old Anna Belle Lewis had ever seen grass.
"She crawled up on my shoulders. She was scared to touch it," Natalie Lewis said.
The first five children arrived in Miami on Saturday, and Lewis touched down on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane with 11 on Tuesday night. The remaining 25 children arrived Wednesday, Lewis said.
On Friday, the four girls -- Jasmina, 11, Jorana, 10, Lydia, 5, and Anna Belle -- played with their six siblings. One of them was Joshua Lewis, 16, who lived in Haiti until November of last year. He speaks Creole as well as English and helps the parents translate.
"I'm very happy to have them here. It's been hard, waiting for them all this time," Joshua said.


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there is a six page article in a german magazine that was done by roberto at keste's .he goes into sauce and dough which is made by hand. there is also a pdf on the web site with a recipe http://www.beef.de/sites/default/files/upload/pdf/pizza.pdf
Essen, thanks for the translation!I don't have many regrets in life, but my only nagging regret is that I did not learn another language when I was younger. Always good to see another person who did it.Outside of some wine and beer related regions, manufacturers, vineyards, etc, I don't know a lick of German....although I do know a lot of the alcoholic items made there tend to be very good. --K
Always good to see another person who did it.
Kelly,I speak fluent Latin. It comes in especially handy for soliloquies. As for Roberto and his pizza, all I can say is: Roberto facit optimam pizza Neapolitan Spero autem quod benefacit Keste a altus competitive Cith Novi Eboraci forum pizza.Peter
It's funny that you mention Latin, and even more impressive that you're fluent in it,
Mike,I was just having a little bit of fun. I used the Google translator, which happens to have Latin as one of the languages. Peter


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SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 91-year-old South Brunswick man who has jumped out of a plane on his birthday the past two years might reluctantly stay on the sidelines this year.
Aaron Rosloff skydived on each of his past two birthdays, raising more than $6,000 for the township's food pantry along the way. The World War II veteran broke his ankle during last year's jump and was determined to get in a plane for the third straight year until family and friends cleverly found a way that to keep him grounded.
This year, a local synagogue that Rosloff attends kicked off a fundraiser they're calling "Stop Aaron." This time they'll donate money to the pantry for Rosloff not throw himself out of an aircraft, according to a report on SouthBrunswick.Patch.com.
If the fundraiser hits the $3,000 mark by his birthday on July 3, Rosloff has agreed not to make the jump. He'll also kick in $1,000 of his own.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Deborah Keyworth hates the thought that her childrens' last image of their grandfather will be of his bruised body.
"When you looked at him, you knew he was beaten," she said. "He couldn't move his jaw or swallow."
Her 84-year-old father, Andrew Robinson Ball -- a World War II veteran who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease -- died Tuesday at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans after being assaulted by another Alzheimer's patient three days earlier.
Grand Rapids police are investigating the death as a homicide. A medical examiner determined Ball died from medical complications due to blunt force trauma.
Relatives said he developed pneumonia.
Keyworth, who is actually Ball's step-daughter but considers herself a daughter, said she was told by staff at the veteran's home that Ball was involved in an altercation with another patient.
She said she learned more after talking with police.
"My dad did not go and provoke someone. He simply walked into the wrong room," she said.
Ball and Keyworth's mother, 87-year-old Elaine Ball, moved to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans about a year ago after living in the East Lansing area for most of their lives.
Andrew Ball had Alzheimer's Disease and his wife has dementia, according to Keyworth.
She said he sometimes wandered on the floor where his room was located, as did others on the same floor. She believed several others assigned to the floor also had Alzheimer's.
Keyworth said staff at the veteran's home called her at 5 a.m. Saturday to get permission to take Ball to the hospital.
"From the conversation, I did not realize the extent of his injuries," she said.
He was treated at the hospital, then allowed to return to the Home for Veterans on Monroe Avenue NE. Keyworth said her son and other relatives visited him before he died Tuesday.
Keyworth questioned whether her father and others received proper supervision at the home. Ball had been hit "a couple of times before," she said, but nothing like what happened Saturday.
She said her father served in World War II and, according to what he told her son in earlier years, helped pull other soldiers from the water at the Normandy beach.
He did not talk much about the war to others and Keyworth said she just learned details of his service. He later served in Korea.
Ball married Keyworth's mother 37 years ago and "he became a dad to me," Keyworth said. Over the years, he made a living as a purchasing agent for different companies.
Relatives described him as a wonderful person who, despite the Alzheimer's, was in fair health.
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TRURO – The province's handling of the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition (NSPE) should be a "red flag" to other municipalities about potential provincial meddling in municipal business, Colchester County Mayor Bob Taylor says.
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"I know when I went home last night it was a tough time," Taylor said, during Thursday night's council session, regarding a Wednesday night meeting between the NSPE commission board and Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell.
"The way this was handled, I was certainly disappointed."
The minister informed the commission members they no longer have any decision-making powers and that he is replacing the NSPE board with a smaller interim board of his own making.
The province has called in an NSPE loan held by the Nova Scotia Farm Loan Board, has taken over ownership of the facility and is preparing to conduct a forensic financial audit of its affairs.
Taylor said he was planning to attend a Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities meeting on Friday during which he would be warning fellow municipalities about what he considers to be provincial meddling.
"I am going to have that on the agenda. In my opinion, this was a municipal affair that was interfered with," he said. "And I am going to tell the UNSM that this is a red flag, maybe … if this government is going to start this kind of stuff, interfering with municipal business."
Coun. Christine Blair, however, warned against getting into a dispute with the province, especially since the majority Liberal government is only four months into its term and there will be other issues that the municipality will want to discuss with the province.
But Deputy Mayor Bill Masters also expressed concern about the way the situation was handled, given that council previously had a formal agreement in place with the NSPE commission to take over ownership of the facility in exchange for paying off the $422,000 debt to the Farm Loan Board.
"Well, I hope that they work a lot differently than they did on this one, because this was clearly a municipal issue," he said. "I know we went into this for the right reasons."
Taylor also questioned the need for the province to conduct the type of extensive financial audit it is planning.
Had the county been successful in its bid to acquire the deed to the NSPE property, council's plan was to commission an audit for the years of 2012 and 2013, because the NSPE had provided audited financial statements up to the end of 2011.
"This is not what I'm hearing the minister say," the mayor told council. "It looks like (he is) kind of on a witch hunt," he said of Colwell's intent to trace the financial history back further to try to find out just how the NSPE's balance sheet went off the rails.
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center - Houston, Texas
Turned Away by 2 Hospitals, VA Saves Young Veteran's Life
December 7, 2010
Army Veteran Thaddeus Collins talks with Danny Chu, M.D., associate chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery during a follow-up appointment. The state-of-the-art infrastructure and team approach coupled with the surgical expertise at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center enables its staff to achieve good outcomes while performing high risk cases that other medical centers turn down.
HOUSTON - Army Veteran Thaddeus Collins had his first heart attack three months ago. At 42 years old, he underwent an emergency coronary catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure using a thin, flexible tube that accesses the heart, at a local Houston hospital. Tests showed he had severe coronary artery disease stopping blood and oxygen from getting to his heart and blocked carotid arteries stopping oxygen from getting to his brain. Cardiac surgical specialists told him he would never survive surgery and prescribed medication
Two months later, he ran out of medication and went to another Houston hospital with symptoms of heart failure and chest pain. There, cardiac surgeons also turned him down for surgery because of the high risk for death and again treated him with medication.
"I was tired, depressed, and had just accepted I would not see my 8-month-old and 8-year-old daughters grow up," said Collins. "People told me I should go to the VA because they have the best cardiac department in Houston so I thought, 'What do I have to lose?'"
"Mr. Collins came to our Emergency Room complaining of sharp chest pains," said Danny Chu, M.D., associate chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). "We repeated the coronary artery catheterization and found diffusely diseased small coronary targets along with severely depressed cardiac function."
"Mr. Collins came to our Emergency Room complaining of sharp chest pains," said Danny Chu, M.D., associate chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). "We repeated the coronary artery catheterization and found diffusely diseased small coronary targets along with severely depressed cardiac function."
Chu and his multidisciplinary team evaluated Collins for a possible coronary artery bypass surgery procedure. With coronary bypass surgery, surgeons use healthy blood vessels taken from the patient's arm, leg, chest, or abdomen and connect it to other arteries in the heart so blood can go around the diseased or blocked area.
"I had a lot of confidence in Dr. Chu and his team; otherwise, I would have walked out the door," said Collins. "He took the time and explained every test, procedure, and result so I could understand everything. He has a great deal of compassion; that also reassured me."
"Mr. Collins was extremely high risk because of the poor condition of his heart. He was also at risk for stroke due to his bilateral occluded carotid arteries," said Faisal Bakaeen, M.D., chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the MEDVAMC and an associate professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM).
Collins' only other possible surgical option was a heart transplant which has limited survival beyond 10 years plus life-long immunosuppressive therapy. The alternative, coronary artery bypass surgery, has a 10-year survival rate of more than 80 percent.
"It was difficult for me to put Mr. Collins on the wait list for a heart transplant because he is so young and most patients die before a suitable heart becomes available," said Chu, who is also an assistant professor of surgery at BCM. "After much discussion with the patient, we performed successful quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery with the assistance of our surgical team experts."
Collins recovered quickly from the surgery and was discharged seven days later without complications and free of all chest pain.
"I am so very glad the VA in Houston is here. I owe everything to Dr. Chu and all my doctors and nurses; they saved my life," said Collins. "Today, I am living my life and can plan for a future with my children."
"It is really the state-of-the-art infrastructure and team approach coupled with the surgical expertise at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center that allows us to perform such high risk cardiac cases," said David H. Berger, M.D., M.H.C.M., Operative Care Line executive at the MEDVAMC and a professor of surgery at BCM. "This unique environment enables us to achieve good outcomes while performing high risk cases that other medical centers turn down."
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Awarded re-designation for Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services in 2008, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center serves as the primary health care provider for more than 120,000 veterans in southeast Texas. Veterans from around the country are referred to the MEDVAMC for specialized diagnostic care, radiation therapy, surgery, and medical treatment including cardiovascular surgery, gastrointestinal endoscopy, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, and treatment of spinal cord injury and diseases. The MEDVAMC is home to a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic; Network Polytrauma Center; an award-winning Cardiac and General Surgery Program; Liver Transplant Center; VA Epilepsy and Cancer Centers of Excellence; VA Substance Abuse Disorder Quality Enhancement Research Initiative; Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence; VA Rehabilitation Research of Excellence focusing on mild to moderate traumatic brain injury; Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center; and one of the VA's six Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers. Including the outpatient clinics in Beaumont, Conroe, Galveston, Houston, Lufkin, and Richmond, MEDVAMC outpatient clinics logged more than one million outpatient visits in fiscal year 2010. For the latest news releases and information about the MEDVAMC, visit www.houston.va.gov.


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Besides being a delicious addition to your diet, blueberries have been linked to numerous health benefits. And the good news is that it doesn't seem to matter whether you consume fresh, frozen or even dried blueberries.
Of course, it's easiest to eat blueberries out of hand or sprinkled over yogurt or cereal (just 40 calories per half cup serving), but they also make an excellent addition to cooked dishes, and not just the usual desserts and bake goods. Blueberries can have a savory side, too.
Consider adding fresh or dried blueberries to your stuffing next time you roast a chicken or turkey. They even make a surprising addition to a meatloaf or burger, especially when blended with savory ingredients such as onions and Dijon mustard.
The technique for cooking the pork calls for dredging the medallions in seasoned Wondra flour because it creates a beautiful golden crust. But in a pinch, use regular all-purpose flour instead.
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For the ketchup:
2 ½ cups blueberries
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup finely chopped sweet onion
Ð cup white balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
¼ teaspoon salt
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¼ cup Wondra flour
¾ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ pounds pork tenderloin
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
To make the blueberry-balsamic ketchup, in a medium saucepan over medium-high, combine the blueberries, brown sugar, onion, vinegar, ginger and salt. Heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar has dissolved. Adjust the heat so the blueberry mixture is vigorously simmering and cook, stirring occasionally, until the blueberries have popped, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
To make the pork, in a shallow wide, shallow bowl, whisk together flour, thyme, pepper and salt. Slice the pork tenderloin on the diagonal into 1-inch thick medallions.
In a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high, heat the oil.
Working in batches, dredge the pork medallions through the flour mixture then place them in the hot skillet. Cook the pork until golden-brown and no longer pink at the center, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Serve the pork medallions immediately, topped with the blueberry-balsamic ketchup.
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I think this picture embodies what is wrong about modern shelf decor. Sure, it looks gorgeous. It looks pleasant and organized. It has coordinated colors. But where are all the books? It's a bookshelf! There are more vases than books on it. It's a vaseshelf. Is this all the books these catalog-dwellers own? They must be very involved in their jobs/hobbies/kindles.
My EXPEDIT (www.ikea.com) is groaning under the weight of every cube filled, some with two layers, and on the very top, a row of cookbooks held up with bookends and more cookbooks.
So many books! You can never have too many, right? Our book collection is the sum of my husband's fascination with Russia, Canada, philosophy, Philip Roth, Vladimir Nabokov, and Proust and my obsession with books about commodities, horse-racing, epidemic disease, and the works of Milan Kundera, Anita Shreve, Ha Jin, along with both of our inability to get rid of classics, art books, and literary criticism.
I have moved this collection personally once, packed it three times, and attempted to curtail its growth many times. I had movers complain about the number of boxes marked "books" (also subcategorized, if you must know, alphabetically for fiction or topic for non-fiction) like I was trying to kill them with my book-hoarding. It's not SO bad. It was like 50, 2-cubic-foot boxes the last move. Sure, it's a lot, but I know people with more. I guess they have houses. And don't move very often. Sigh.
What troubles me, is that there is a little third person in this apartment who is pulling in the books at an alarming pace, not met by either of her parent's acquisitions or offset by their willingness to part with "History of Ukraine." And her books take up ridiculous amounts of space on her very own EXPEDIT, since many of them are made of cardboard and only have one line of text per page. Ridiculous.
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Alice G. "Sally" Deal, 87, was found alive with minor injuries, deputies said this morning.
Waterloo, NY – The Seneca County's Sheriff's Office is looking for an elderly woman who disappeared from her home on Shannon Drive about 10 p.m. Monday.
Alice G. "Sally" Deal, 87, suffers from dementia and is believed to be on foot.
She is described as being white, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 115 pounds. She may be wearing a house coat, adult diapers and be barefoot, deputies said.
Deputies aren't sure what Deal was wearing because her husband woke up and found her missing, said Lt. Charles Maleski.
Deputies are asking residents to check their vehicles, outbuildings and property.
They have established a command post on Shannon Drive and are being assisted in the ground search by the Waterloo police, New York State Police and the Waterloo Fire Department.
The state police helicopter equipped with radar was also called out.
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I thought I'd share some early screenshots of a personal project of mine that I recently started, and to see some other people's early reactions. I plan on working on it this year while finishing my last year for a BFA in illustration, and the ultimate goal is to eventually release it as a full game.
The overall game design is to create a multiplayer, third-person shooter that pits two opposing anthropomorphic slug factions against once another. I'm thinking class-based systems with the inclusion of vehicles and a resource-based(such as water and oil supply) structure for gameplay. I would love to incorporate a top-down commander system as well. For now I'm concerned with nailing down the technical work and basic art assets, although some of the ideas that keep popping into my head are things like hand-placed observatory towers that can be upgraded(+fog of war visibility range +mounted weapons for players) and destroyed.
I'm seeking a more hand-painted and vibrant aesthetic feel for the design, with visible brush strokes and exaggerated geometry. I'm primarily interested in choosing something that will be a fun project for me to create, and an environment that will allow me flexibility in my design.
Here's an early slug render where I focused on getting his overall form down first. I plan on detailing him up with some shoulder sleeves, your misc ammo pouches and military gear, and some added texture to the skin before painting. I've been trying to keep in mind that many of these assets will be seen primarily from the back since it its a third-person shooter, and so will make sure there's some equal detail there with a backpack and accessories.
Some scale testing within the UDK with the slug and tank. I loosely based the tank off of a mix between the classic sherman turret, and was inspired for the sides by the Mark V British tank. Some more detailing needs to be added in the back and sides, as well as maybe a few headlights at the front then I'll send her off to be painted, animated, and functioning (which will be one of the first milestones for me )
An early example of how the landscape will be shaping up.
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Fast-food kingpin McDonald's on Wednesday set a target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion in cash to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases by 2016.
The plan, announced by McDonald's CEO Don Thompson during an investor presentation, represents as much as a 20% increase from the amount of cash returned in 2011 through 2013.
"The actions we are taking to enhance long-term shareholder value fit squarely within our proven business model," said chief financial officer Pete Bensen.
In early morning trading, McDonald's shares fell more than 1%, down $1.13 to $101.23.
The company also announced plans to refranchise at least 1,500 restaurants by the end of 2016, primarily in Asia/Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Europe. That's a 50% increase in refranchising activity compared with the prior three-year period, the company said.


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