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Wednesday Pregame
Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 6:21 pm
Tonight's Lineup
Pods, LF; Cintron, 2B; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Dye, RF; AJ, C; Crede, 3B; Mack, CF; Uribe, SS. Garland on the mound.
Injury Updates
Crede is back in the lineup tonight (see above) and will join AJ at Taste of Chicago tomorrow (see press release).
Ozzie thinks it will be another day or two for Tadahito Iguchi. He ran in the outfield today and continues to get better. Ozzie expects him to be back for the weekend.
Dustin Hermanson is beginning his rehab assignment tonight at Class AAA Charlotte.
Punch AJ
Keep voting. Keep the faith. Two years in a row would be a great accomplishment for our fans.
To have some fun with this … the Milwaukee Brewers offered fans 10 reasons to vote for Chris Capuano. We are countering with 12 reasons (because we wanted to have more than the Brewers and because AJ's uniform number is 12) to vote for AJ. The email should go out sometime tonight, overnight or tomorrow with our 12 reasons. We also want fans to contribute. Feel free to submit your best reason to "vote for AJ" on this blog. We will pick one winner (decisions by the judges are final) and the winner will receive four tickets to a future game and an autographed AJ ball.
An example: "National League fans need someone to boo."
Come up with something better …
Grinder Rules
Many of you have asked about our Grinder Rules. I thought they were up on the website, but have learned they are not. Therefore, here you go in a couple of versions:
1 Win. Or die trying.
2 Be MVP, M T W T F S S
3 Bite worse than your bark.
4 Knowing what's coming and hitting what's coming–not the same thing.
5 Every pitch is full count. Every inning, the ninth. Every game, game seven.
6 The best seat in the house is often determined by the best players in the house.
7 Grinder ball requires speed, defense, and discipline. And immigration.
8 Play every game like it's your last.
9 Be realistic, expect miracles.
10 Only one statistic matters: W
11 When jumping on the White Sox bandwagon, do not, I repeat DO NOT, keep your hands and arms inside the wagon at any time.
12 There is only one acceptable reason not to hold onto the ball: Amputation
13 There is only one thing more valuable than ability. The ability to recognize it.
14 It's a mother's right to yell at her boys.
15 Be a highlight reel.
16 Level the playing field. Preferably while the other team's on it.
17 Never be satisfied with what you have achieved. It pales in comparison to what you can achieve.
18 NEVER be late for the National Anthem. No matter what nation you're from.
19 A reputation is not built on what you are going to do.
20 Hot dog vendors don't take credit.
21 Thieves will be punished. Swiftly, harshly and repeatedly.
22 When attending a Chicago White Sox game, don't blink.
23 When all is said and done, make sure you've "done" more than you said.
24 Play like there are no rules.—like gravity for instance.
25 A good outfielder doesn't see the wall. He tastes it.
26 Your hitting should serve as a warning. To low flying aircraft.
27 If the fence won't come to you, go to the fence.
28 Always give fans something they can take away from the game. Like the other team's pride.
29 Play like a star. Never act like one.
30 Good enough, isn't.
31 Never swing at foolish pitches. Unless they're foolishly belt high, right down the middle.
32 Respect respect.
33 The best way to get out of a hole is to dig deeper.
34 For some, it's not a choice. It's genetic.
36 You can't spell "win" without a few "k's".
37 Never walk. Even when you walk.
38 You're either counted on or counted out.
39 Be a man. Play like a boy.
41 Never underestimate the power of power.
43 Step up to the plate even if you're not stepping up to the plate.
44 There is more to baseball than peanuts and cracker jacks.
45 The best defense is a good win.
46 Respect the past, people that are shoeless, and anyone named Joe.
47 Flying does not make you superman. Getting up and making the throw to first for the force out, now that makes you Superman.
49 There are no starting pitchers. Only finishing pitchers.
50 Be head and shoulders and arms and legs and spine and torso above the competition.
53 There are always willing players: Those willing to do whatever it takes to win. And those willing to watch them.
54 If you can't take the heat get out of the batter's box.
55 It's called stepping up to the plate for a reason.
57 There's power in numbers. Like #14, #23, #5, #24, #15, #25…
58 Never throw back a home run ball, even if it from the other team.
61 There is no "I" in team. But there is one in quit.
63 You don't have to be a coach to coach.
65 Do not sit in the leftfield bleachers, home to Scott Podsednik.
66 There is nothing loveable about losing.
69 There's always this year. (Well, and last year.)
71 If at first you succeed, repeat.
73 When bringing the family to a White Sox game know your limits.
74 Believe in magic. Not magic numbers.
75 Heroes aren't made. They're rotated.
76 Pitch. Hit. Win. Repeat.
78 Ixnay on talkin' about the ayoffsplay
88 Make history, history.
89 Taste victory and be hungry forever.
92 Interpretive dance at 101 M.P.H.
95 Be more than a one hit wonder.
96 Expect the unexpected at U.S. Cellular field, home of the White Sox.
98 Batters should fear your fast ball. Not because it can get them out. Because it can knock them out.
99 Intimidation can come in the form of a screaming 99 MPH fastball or a screaming 9 year-old.
162 Crying in baseball is acceptable only if champagne burns your eyes.
174 Hoist the city up on your shoulders. They'll return the favor.
76 Comments
YAY Scott! Thank you so much for the Grinder Rules. They are just so inspirational.
As for the reason my brother and I are punching AJ…
1) He's really a nice guy… once you get to know him…
2) If you were in the Final Vote for the All Star Game, he would totally vote for you!!!!
3) You could probably out run him…
4) His name is really fun to say (and it's easier to pronounce than "Podsednik")
6) 'Cause Mark Buehrle told me to.
My brother thinks that he also has a good grinder rule. He wanted me to post his idea:
Grinder Rule # 72
Text: It's all about the signs
Show A.J.'s pitching SIGNS followed by somebody clocking out, then show fans holding up SIGNS such as "He Gone!"
Best reason to vote for AJ…cuz it will really tick of the other teams =)
Vote for A.J.: they'll never see him coming.
Vote AJ, no one else will.
Vote AJ…he plays the game like you would.
Vote AJ….He can steal first on national TV
Vote AJ (as I have been all night).. you know SOMETHING is bound to happen =)
Vote AJ….It will draw huge ratings from all over
Vote AJ….Your vote is faster then he is
Scott – thanks for the grinder ball rules! Everone's vote for AJ ideas are great! so far my favorite is "no one else will."
Vote for AJ: Because it's fun to hear people try and pronounce his name.
BTW….Nice game, Jon Garland! I had a feeling he was turning things around a couple of weeks ago. Let's keep it going with a nice start by Javy to get everyone on a roll!! Where's that darn broom =)
Here's mine- I may have more tomorrow. . .
Punch AJ: You KNOW you wanna!
Punch AJ: A true grinder belongs in the Steel City
Great game. Here are a couple of suggestions for the "Top 12 Reasons to Vote for AJ":
He can play ball AND can resurrect 80's rock stars.
Bud Selig plans to add a new HBP contest to the All Star festivities.
Vote for AJ: Keep him out of trouble over the All Star Break!
Vote AJ: You'll love him when he's on your team.
PUNCH AJ: Being able to catch is one thing. Being able to catch Buehrle, Freddy, Jose, Garland and Javy day in and day out clearly spells All Star.
Great win tonight…Jon pitched a heck of a game! Great first inning…and Big Bobby- heck of a save! Had my heart beating, but wow those last 3 strikeouts were a beauty!!
Lets get the series tomorrow.
But more importantly- lets make SURE that tomorrow during the game, Gene comes on over the loud speakers to annouce AJ as the 32nd man of the All Star team!
PUNCH AJ: There's two sides to every story. Mark, Freddy, Jose, Jon, Javy and AJ.
PUNCH AJ: Who else can honestly handle Big Bobby in the 9th? (No, really…!)
Punch AJ: Everybody's doing it.
Vote for AJ… But be sure to vote using whichever hand the pitcher for that day throws with.
Vote for AJ… he takes a punch and turns it into a game winning 3-run HR against the same team a month later, he takes a strikeout and turns it into the game winning run in the playoffs, he takes abuse and criticism and turns it into fuel to power the most intense player in the league. You won't find another player, let alone a catcher like that in Pittsburgh if we don't send him there ourselves!
Vote for AJ… or who else will throw a pie in the hero of the game's face?
Punch AJ…Blue Collar Lunch Bucket- takes a Punch..and keeps on winning!
Vote A.J. He's trophy worthy!
Vote A.J. He seems to be a man of faith and a great husband and father, the three MOST IMPORTANT qualifications for a baseball role model.
Vote AJ… because if you want homefield advantage for the fall classic, you need to win the All-Star game, and AJ's teams ALWAYS win!!!…. Seriously though, every team the guy has ever played on has at least gotten to the playoffs… that's pretty remarkable!
Punch A.J.: Catcher supreme, balls won't bruise his spirit, he'll take you to the limit and give support indeed!
Vote for AJ… He can excite a crowd in more ways than one.
(Back to voting…) :o)
Vote AJ…Because when he plays, the Sox are 53 and 19
I've been watching AJ for a loooooooooooooooong time and I could defenitely think of a few good ones…such as punch aj: no one catches a ball or throws a batt quite like him…but here is the best I could come up with
Punch AJ: How will the other teams know what they're doing wrong?
Or you could say…
Punch AJ: Barret did.
Just for the record, I didn't mean anything offensive by that. I love AJ and have since he was here in MN. And you know I love the guy when I'm here supporting him and not voting for my own Twins player, Liriano. SO KEEP VOTING FOR AJ!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok. I had a few ideas for the AJ 'Vote' slogan.
1. Vote for AJ. Even if only because every time you press that "Vote Again" button, Barrett's ****** punch to the face flashes in your mind.
2. Vote for AJ. Because whether it's that big, beautiful, game-winning homer in the top of the ninth or the oft-disputed but still infamous and incredible strikeout in the bottom, this guy will find a way to put one more tally into that all-important WIN column.
3. Vote for AJ. Because he is likely the one person on this earth who can render one Mr. Ozzie Guillen utterly speechless. And we all know what a trying task that is.
4. Vote for AJ. Because at the end of the day, after being punched and provoked day in and day out, he still manages to be the bigger man, taking things in stride and making them into more productive things. He'll take that strikeout and turn it into the biggest at bat of his life. And after the game when he's being pressed and prodded for answers on his heroics of the day, he'll find a way to take the spotlight off of him and onto the rest of the team. Because after all the trash talk and jibes from everyone else in the baseball world, he can still come in with a smile on his face and be the life of the dugout even if there's not much to celebrate about that particular day. He'll personify everything White Sox baseball is about, simply by being AJ and rolling with those punches and going in there team first. Because really, once you've got him on your team, you'll 'not like him a little less', and you'll finally be able to understand that the real AJ isn't the one the press has made him out to be, but is instead the one guy you really want in your clubhouse. The purest Grinder in the game, and the one guy you won't want to give back once the festivities at PNC come to a close.
Vote AJ…To keep him off the links and give the coaches a chance at winning next time
Vote AJ…Give him the chance to make friends and stop getting beaned
Vote AJ: With him catching the AL pitchers will finally get their chance to throw at him.
Vot AJ: Having another White Sox on the team will make the East Coast very unhappy.
Vote AJ: No catcher will stand in his way.
Vote AJ: The all star team needs a wrestling champion!
Vote AJ: It's fun to watch Zambrano throw a fit from the mound.
Vote AJ: It's hard for the NL pitchers to throw strikes when they are too busy tring to hit him.
Ok…last one…
Vote AJ…Force AL fans who hate him to have to cheer for him for at least one day
I lied…very last one🙂
Vote AJ…Because my clicking finger is getting tired and I need someone to take over for awhile
OMG!!! I'm addicted!!!
Vote AJ…It'll really **** off everyone who loses to him
Scott–Great blog. How about this one–
Punch AJ–Who else with a mullet hits .326?
Vote A.J. because he's the "grinder" that rules!!!
i'm too busy voting AJ to come up with a good vote AJ slogan…hey, maybe i just did.
WOW!! What a truly beautiful thing. It takes AJ to really make this blog roll. If that isn't love and respect for a guy, what is. So nice to see so many first time bloggers. Ok..off to tally a few more before a nice ride to Milwaukee for the day!! Time's awasting….VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!! Go Sox!
Vote A.J.: because it's really fun when he turns your team's loss turns into a win in the ninth.
Vote AJ: The best way for the AL to clean up is with the best agitator in the league!
Punch AJ: because who else will mock Zambrano at the ASG
I agree with Dawn. I'm a huge AJ fan, and have never felt alone in that category… ESPECIALLY now! Reading the blog this morning makes me realize how much the rest of this city (and beyond) has embraced him.
Just heard the word: AJ's in first but only slightly. Don't stop now. Keep voting!
Vote AJ Why because who else gets hits like he does Singles doubles homers Hit by pitcher Hit by 3rd baseman Bodyslam and hit by catcher Right Hook Give him a chance to get hit by a Allstar Go Sox
Vote A.J.: Don't stop believin'!
Vote for AJ because: Every Rose has it's thorn.
On the center field big screen you could show AJ highlight's while the Poison song "Every rose has it's thorn" plays.
Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn
PUNCH AJ: 'cause SEVEN will be HEAVEN!
PUNCH AJ:Cause he's the BEST and could GRIN and BARR-ET for the team's win.
Vote AJ: Admit it, you secretly like the smirking.
Punch AJ: You won't be suspended.
Punch AJ: a true grinder- does whatever it takes to win, gives 110 percent at all times, and ALREADY an all-star- plus we have the same initials… my name is Amy Jo..
Punch AJ; because you can't punch Crede.
Punch AJ: He "rolls with the punches" and all the bean balls and just keeps on giving his best- and his best IS the best!!
THANK YOU for the full Grinder Rules. I've been looking everywhere for a plaque with the full set of rules, as it would be a great gift for the many Sox fans in my life. Any plans to do something like that?
K, my mom just came up with these 2….
Punch AJ: Do it for a man who is always willing to take one for the team.
Punch AJ: They need one good swinger
C'mon people!! If a Twins fan can be here supporting the Sox and AJ, then d*** it, you can get on and vote a few times!!! KEEP VOTING!!!!!!!!!
Well, we could just let Barret do it, but we would HATE to let him "hurt his back" again.
Punch AJ: The national league is out of shape.
Punch AJ: Takes a "slaying" and keeps on playing- make that ATTEMPTED slaying! bk to voting!!!!!
Punch AJ: The NL pitchers need a workout.
Punch AJ- Irritants can do fantastic things…just ask an oyster.
Punch AJ because he once stole first base in the playoffs
Punch AJ because fans hate the way he plays until he's playing for thier team🙂
Punch AJ because of all the little things he has done over the last year plus to help bring a World Series Championship to Chicago. Not to detract from others great performances, but seriously without AJ behind the plate we are all talking about what could have been last year instead of purchasing world series ring raffle tickets this year
Punch AJ because Barrett's punch didnt even leave a red mark on his face
Punch AJ because lets face it if he loses his day job he won't be making any money as the back up singer for Journey….Dont Stop believin Aj Good Luck Chicago Loves what you have done for our team and the city
Vote for AJ –He supplys free air, where else can you get a free air conditioning unit as he catches your third strike.
Vote AJ: Every closers nightmare.
Vote AJ: Do you really want to loose to a bunch of Minnesotans.
Vote AJ: Others may take swings with their fists but AJ takes his with his bat.
vote for AJ: Who else can catch a Contreras forkball and a Jenks curveball.
Punch AJ: So MLB can fine the City of Chicago for inciting a riot
Vote for AJ: I don't think the media can survive 4 days without him.
Punch AJ: Cause the black eye he leaves is in the form of R-B-I
Punch AJ: So that Ozzie's sensitivity teacher can go with him to Pittsburgh
When will we know?!?!
It was great to see AJ and Crede at the Taste today but I do have a complaint. Apparently I underestimated the attendence and even though I got in line at 10:30 there were quite a few people in front of me. The guys didn't start signing until 11:45 instead of 11:30. That 15 minutes cost me as they cut the line off about 25 people in front of me becuase it was 1PM. It would have been nice to not be penalized by the late start. While the people in front and behind me (that wanted their jeans and shoes autographed) didn't care I was a little miffed that I took a day off and sat in line for 2 1/2 hours for nothing. I couldn't get either signature in Pittsburgh last week either so I'm not just some casual bandwagon fan.


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I was shopping in BJ's recently and walked by a sampling booth with this older women preparing bite-size pieces of brownies for tasting. She sat down in her chair and spotted me as I took her photograph. She flashed an ear-to-ear smile that, like a magnet, drew me to her. "Hello," she said. "Would you like to try a brownie?" I did, and we got to talking.
Shirley Italiano is 80 years old and still working.
Service with a smile is what people get when they stop by Italiano's product-sampling booth. She says that she has no plans to retire. She wouldn't know what to do with herself and would miss meeting and talking to people - the thing she loves most about her job. Italiano worked most of her life in the food service industry as a waitress where her gift of gab and an infectious smile made her a favorite among her customers.
It was this encounter that was the impetus for this photo essay. I wanted to photograph others who were working well beyond retirement age and find out if it was out of financial necessity or a desire to keep busy.
The consensus for this particular generation of retirees, that I've come across so far, is a desire to continue to work and not a need to work.
Work gives us something to do. It's a way to stay active and socialize. To be productive and feel needed. And the extra cash earned doesn't hurt either.
According to a recent Gallup Poll (April, 2013) three in four U.S. workers plan to work past retirement age. Slightly more say they will do this by choice rather than necessity.
The pole goes on to conclude the following:
"Retirement" once connoted a lifestyle free from the demands of work, but also reliance on personal savings and Social Security. Both of those impressions may change if Americans carry through on their intent to continue working, at least part time, after reaching retirement age. While this could be a disappointment to some retirees, it could have benefits both socially and health-wise for Americans, if staying in the workforce keeps seniors more physically and mentally active than they would be otherwise. It would clearly help them financially, particularly if the alternative is dependency on inadequate retirement savings seniors and an uncertain Social Security system. This, in turn, could benefit the economy, with seniors contributing experienced labor as well as earning income that fuels consumer spending and, therefore, the economy as a whole.
I don't know about you but I plan on working until I just can't do it anymore, whether I need to or not. As long as I can trip the shutter on my camera I will continue to do what I love to do...document life around me.
They say a body in motion stays in motion.
Shirley Italiano, in her twilight years, works at her booth while flashing a smile that makes it hard for anyone walking by to not stop.
Who knows? You might have to pick up some milk to go with that package of brownies.

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BMI View : Proposals submitted by the ARPM to the Russian state will reward local drugmakers and offer those with local manufacturing capacity better contract terms in supplying the Russian state. Issues around the quality and efficacy of Russian made drugs may lead to further appeals by patient groups to overturn these decisions, especially if patient safety is compromised. We view protectionist measures as being negative for the development of the industry in Russia and combined with an incoherent policy towards foreign drugmakers, potentially damaging to foreign investment in Russia's pharmaceutical sector.
The Association of Russian Pharmaceutical Producers (ARPM) has submitted a proposal to the Russian government on introducing a system of preferences for Russian pharmaceutical companies that threatens to introduce significant barriers to foreign drugmakers hoping to enter contracts to supply medicines to the Russian state. As part of the Pharma 2020 programme, the Russian government intends to reduce the country's dependence on imported medicines and boost the market share of local companies.
The ARPM's proposals offer tiered preferences for medicines, depending on the level of manufacturing carried out in Russia. Drugmakers that package imported drugs in Russia will be paid 15% above the listed contract price from the government than non-local importers. Drugmakers that import active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulate them in Russia will receive 30% higher than listed contract prices and those who perform the full spectrum of drug manufacturing will receive a 40% bonus on top of listed prices. The ARPM also proposed that Russian drugmakers supplying medicines produced locally should be offered 3 year contracts by the Russian state, as opposed to the current annual tendering process. Other proposals include offering an accelerated review process for approving Russian made drugs into the Registry of Medicines and the Vital and Essential Drugs (VED) List.
The ARPM has also suggested that Russian producers should be offered tax breaks, customs exemptions and reimbursement for VAT and custom duties. While these proposals have been submitted and not made into active legislation yet, an upcoming meeting between ARPM representatives and state officials in September may see further announcements on policy guidance, and potentially result in an Order being signed off by the Russian state.
Protectionist proposals do raise major concerns amongst patient groups in Russia who are concerned as to the extent that local manufacturers can manufacture and supply high quality medicines in large volumes. Patient groups have already reacted negatively to earlier proposals that would prevent importers or foreign drugmakers from entering state contracts if two2 or more Russian companies manufactured the same medicine. They have highlighted the inconsistent quality and availability of Russian medicines compared to imported counterparts. According to official data, only 10% of Russian drugmakers are Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant, despite a law being passed that required all drugmakers to be compliant by January 1 st 2014. As a result, patient groups and medical professionals have insisted that the priority of the state should be patient care and not protecting the domestic industry, at least until Russian drugs achieve a level of quality and efficacy comparable to imported counterparts.
We expect that patented drugs will not be impacted by these proposals; generic drugmakers, however, will definitely be at a comparative disadvantage, especially if they do not have local manufacturing capacity. While there has been a flurry of drugmakers breaking ground on greenfield sites in Russia, the Russian state's incoherent and ambivalent policy towards attracting foreign drugmakers and protecting its local industry will hamper future investment in the country.
|Long Term Prospects Still Attractive
|Pharmaceutical Sales, 2008-2022f
Nevertheless, Russia's pharmaceutical market will continue to be one of the most attractive in the Emerging Europe region, primarily due to its sheer market size, growing economy and increasing government investment in healthcare. We expect Russian pharmaceutical sales to grow by 11% in rouble terms and 9.3 % in US dollar terms to RUB765bn (US$24.29bn) in 2013. Over the long term, we forecast a ten year compound-annual growth rate of 8.6% in US dollar terms and 8.1% in rouble terms to a value of RUB1.51tn (US$50.5bn). Key growth drivers include the planned introduction of national drug insurance, an ageing population and rising incomes.


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Detroit Country Day used an aggressive defense and a high-powered offense to get past Ann Arbor Pioneer, 85-56, Tuesday in MLive.com's Metro Detroit Game of the Week.
Country Day (3-0) started off slow, but scored 32 points in the second quarter to build a 47-28 halftime lead. Pioneer (0-1) could never quite get back into the game.
Country Day's balanced scoring attack was led by Edmond Sumner, who scored 16 points. Deshawn Lewis scored 15 points off the bench, and Austin Price added 14 points.
Pioneer was led by William Kirchen and Jibreel Hussein, who scored 11 points each. Tevis Robinson added 10.


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Flooding from a surge that Tropical Storm Lee pushed north through Barataria Bay has several local officials renewing complaints that the Army Corps of Engineers wrongly delayed or abandoned plans to improve levees in their communities that would have prevented the flooding.
While directing efforts to pump water out of the Myrtle Grove area on Monday, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser angrily denounced the corps' failure to rebuild the non-federal hurricane levee as directed by Congress in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The water had pushed from Barataria Bay over a low "back" hurricane levee.
"When it was authorized by Congress to be taken into the federal system (of levees), it was supposed to protect us from a 50-year storm," Nungesser said, which would have been higher than needed to fight Lee's surge. "It was slated to be raised to a height of eight to 10 feet, but the corps upped the standard for levees and (Brig. Gen. Michael) Walsh is now saying there's not enough money to finish it.
"He wants to build what he's got money for, then turn the levee and connect it to the Mississippi River levee," Nungesser said. "That's absurd. Congress authorized this levee to protect our evacuation route out of the parish and for Gen. Walsh to unilaterally make that decision is un-American."
Walsh is commander of the corps' Mississippi Valley Division, which oversees the corps' New Orleans district office and other districts along the river. A spokesman for Col. Ed Fleming, commander of the New Orleans district, said Fleming and other corps officials were unavailable for comment on Monday.
In the past, corps officials have said the negotiations over the levee were complicated by state officials failing to sign a partnership agreement committing to sharing the costs. They've also said the increased cost of meeting new standards for levee design and building materials left the original reconstruction proposal more expensive than the amount Congress authorized.
Late Monday Plaquemines Parish workers were still trying to decide whether to dig two cuts in the hurricane levee near Myrtle Grove to allow floodwaters to drain.
While Lee's winds had swung around from the southeast to the northwest, and were pushing water back out of Barataria Bay into the Gulf of Mexico, water on the bay side of the levee was still a foot above ground level.
Officials hoped it will drop to normal by Tuesday morning clearing the way for the cuts at Myrtle Grove and just south of the Plaquemines Sheriff's Pistol Range, which are the lowest spots on the levee, Nungesser said.
If the efforts succeed, officials can close a detour that directed traffic around a flooded road by sending vehicles along the top of a separate river levee.
Parish and state workers tried to use temporary pumps to move water out of the flooded area for much of Monday hoping to avoid cutting the hurricane levee. By 4 p.m., it wasn't enough to forego the levee cutting, a parish spokesman said.
Meanwhile Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner, exhausted from days of fighting rising water, used a 5 a.m. Monday interview on The Takeaway, a radio show sponsored by WNYC Radio in New York and Public Radio International, to complain that he was hoodwinked into dropping his objections to construction of the $1.5 billion West Closure Complex several years ago by Col. Al Lee, who was New Orleans District commander at the time.
Kerner said Lee promised him the proposed Donaldsonville to the Gulf levee project would include a ring levee that would protect the Jean Lafitte area from surges created by a 100-year hurricane -- and from the water pumped south toward his town by the world's largest pumps, which are part of the closure structure. But the ring levee has dropped from the plan.
This weekend surge pushing north from Barataria Bay by a storm much smaller than the 100-year standard flooded 50 homes in Jean Lafitte, Crown Point and neighboring communities, Kerner said. Winds shifting to the north on Monday were beginning to push the floodwaters back toward the Gulf of Mexico. The two public schools in the town, Fisher Middle-High School and Leo Kerner Elementary, will be closed today because of impassible roads.
Such a ring levee also is included as an option in the corps' longer-term Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Study, which recommends that the state, local officials and public select from a number of alternatives to determine how best to protect coastal communities from major hurricane surge events over the next 30 years.
It's also included in the state's 2007 master plan for coastal protection and restoration.
But the Donaldsonville project already is authorized by Congress, which means that if the plans included the ring levees, they could be built within the next few years.
Kerner said he didn't learn of the change in strategy until three months ago, when he blew up at a corps hearing on plans for the new levee in Lafourche Parish.
"They told us, 'Well, the cost-benefit ratio for protecting the Lafitte-Barataria complex is too low,'" he said, meaning the money saved by protecting the area didn't match the $240 million cost of the ring levee.
"But the deal all along was that if we backed off our objection to the floodgate and the alignment of the levees east and west of the Harvey Canal, they'd still give us credit for the entire West Bank" in the analysis of the Donaldsonville to the Gulf levee, Kerner said.
"If we'd known that, we would have fought any improvements for the West Bank levee system without us included in it," he said.
Adding to his anger, Kerner said, is that he and Jefferson Parish officials have attempted for 10 years to apply for a permit to build the ring levee on their own only to hear they needed to spend years completing expensive environmental assessments and cost-benefit analyses.
"And then they spend a billion and a half dollars or more to improve this levee system only 10 minutes from us and they didn't do an environmental assessment or a cost-benefit analysis," he said. He said corps officials have not responded to a months-old request for those documents under the federal Freedom of Information Act.
The corps used a truncated environmental assessment process for the post-Katrina levee improvements that was approved by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Congress approved construction of the improvements without requiring a cost-benefits analysis needed for most other levee and water projects.
Jefferson Parish President John Young said the parish supports the ring levee proposal and he will accompany Kerner to meet with the state's Congressional delegation next week about the corps decision.
Again, corps officials were unavailable on Monday to comment on Kerner's concerns.


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"I've been feeling better every day. I'm less sore," he said. "I'm going to be fine."
Once he's able to return, it'll be the Red Sox lineup that will be fine. With Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia in the lineup together for the first time this season, once Ortiz gets back it should get interesting.
"Of course I want to be on the field," Ortiz said. "There are things you can't really control. I'm a little frustrated, I'm not going to lie to you, especially having some guys come back."
He's required to wear a walking cast for the next 10 days, but Ortiz admitted that the doctors gave him clearance to take some swings in the cage, beginning Friday.
He suffered the injury during Monday's 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox and had a MRI taken on Tuesday. With the help of his agent, Ortiz wanted a second opinion, so he flew to Miami on Wednesday to meet with the Miami Heat team doctor because, as Ortiz explained, his injury is common among NBA players.
"The doctor there totally agreed with the doctors here, so everybody's on the same page," Ortiz said.
Even though he wants to be in the lineup, the rest could also benefit him.
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WARREN — Two Trumbull County Jail corrections officers were promoted to sergeant last week under a new testing and assessment system among the rank and file.
The move for Robert Eckenrod and Craig Tomko, who earned their stripes, also is paving the way for a more tiered structure inside the walls of the lockup, according to Sheriff's Office jail officials.
The first-of-its-kind promotions come at a time when corrections officers recently decided to switch unions and during a week when news cameras were focused on the jail during a five-hour hostage alert. Three inmates captured a corrections officer using a shank made out of plastic spoons and locked themselves inside a high-security pod.
Sheriff Tom Altiere said the new system of promotions removes any appearance of political patronage paybacks.
He said the last round of union negotiations allowed for the new system.
Altiere's jail administrator, Eric Shay, explained that 12 corrections officers took the test for the positions and five passed the test given by a jail inspector from Solon. Interviews and assessments were conducted by a panel of jail administrators brought in from Lake, Wayne and Mahoning counties.
"They used hypothetical examples of problem-solving, and our COs had to come up with the best answers," Shay said.
Assistant Warden Dan Lester said that with the creation of a new rank inside the jail, it allows for more supervision.
"But these promotions fill two vacancies, give us six sergeants, and now we have field supervisors on all shifts. Our sergeants will patrol the jail with COs and not necessarily be behind desks," Lester said.
The rank and file among the corrections officers recently voted out their representation by the United Auto Workers, which served as the union of choice for the past couple of years.
Between March 25 and April 7, 44 eligible voting corrections officers out of a total of 65 voted in the Ohio Patrolman's Benevolent Association by a tally of 27-17.
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The reopening was modest, with only about 100 machines in operation and only about 26 of the laid-off workers back on the job.
Still, the reopening -- the first since a flurry of raids and other legal actions resulted in the shutdown of all non-Indian electronic bingo casinos last year -- saw hundreds of people make their way to the faded green one-time dog track to play bingo. Once there, most were greeted with long lines of people waiting to play one of the 100 machines. For, some the lines were frustrating.
"I'm too old to wait this long," said Robert Blackman, who had waited in line for more than an hour before leaving. "I'll come back when they get some more (machines), but I'm going home to watch TV. That don't cost me nothing and there ain't no wait at my house," he said with a laugh.
Jean Hannah, who drove with a friend from her home in Tuscaloosa County's Brookwood to be at Greenetrack when it opened Friday, was one of the customers able to snag a machine.
"I had fun. I always do," said Hannah, who lost $20 playing bingo Friday.
Instead of the large, slot-like electronic bingo machines long in use in the state, Hannah and other Greenetrack customers were greeted with touch-screen computer monitors set up on the third floor. Before they could play, they had to stand in line to buy a personal identification number, which they then had to input into the machines to play.
Hannah said that, although the new machines look different from the old machines, the games she played on them were the same as on the old machines.
"They don't have as many games as the old machines, but the four or five I saw I've played before and they play the same way as they did on the old machines," Hannah said.
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Greenetrack President Nat Winn said he hopes eventually to have about 800 of the new machines up and running and all 300 workers back on the job.
Winn stressed that the new machines are legal under Alabama law and said that, before he had them installed, they were inspected by the Greene County sheriff and district attorney.
"Our machines are legal, but if the attorney general wants to come inspect them, he's welcome," Winn said.
Attorney General Luther Strange's office issued a short statement Friday after Greenetrack began operating electronic bingo.
"We have previously met with attorneys from Greenetrack, and they are aware of the state's legal position against slot machines and the Supreme Court of Alabama's definition of the game of bingo. This issue will be handled like any other law enforcement matter, and we do not comment on law enforcement strategy," read the statement from the AG's office.
Former Gov. Bob Riley contended that the old machines used at Greenetrack -- and at all casinos and gambling halls across the state -- were slot machines, illegal under Alabama law. Frustrated with then-Attorney General's Troy King's view that the machines were legal, Riley appointed a task force that eventually, under the command of former Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson, succeeded in shutting down all non-Indian electronic bingo operations in the state through a combination of raids and court orders.
New Gov. Robert Bentley dissolved that task force and said Strange would enforce gambling laws.
Mattie Brown just shook her head in disgust Friday, recalling what she said was Riley's attack on gambling.
"It hurt a lot of people and has denied a lot of people something they enjoyed doing," said Brown, who on Friday won just more than $50 playing bingo. "Bingo don't hurt nobody and it provided the only real good jobs in Greene County, so I'm real happy to see it come back. ... I just hope they leave it alone."
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The senior safety was awarded the jersey as part of the Michigan Football Legends series before Saturday's game against Northwestern. It honors the Wistert brothers -- Francis, Albert and Alvin -- who each wore the number at Michigan, each played tackle and each were consensus All-Americans.
Kovacs is a senior captain and fourth-year starter. He entered the Northwestern game with 315 career tackles, 14th in school history.
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7.8 Photographic conservation
Susie Clark, Photographic Conservator. Brochure published by the National Preservation Office, the British Library, London, n.d.
Photographs are housed in libraries and archives all over the world, but photographic conservation is still a relatively new subject, particularly in the area of chemical treatment. It is usually possible to prolong the life of a photograph simply by good handling and housekeeping practices and by providing suitable storage conditions.
This leaflet provides guidelines on handling, storage and basic housekeeping techniques.
Ideally, a photograph should not be handled at all! Obviously this would defeat the purpose of an archive as a useful resource, but it is still possible to keep damage to a minimum with careful handling procedures.
* Always use clean hands for examining photographs, and preferably wear lintless cotton gloves to avoid leaving finger-prints and stains on photographs.
* Always work on a clean surface area. If necessary, cover the surface with cheap, plain paper such as unprinted newsprint, which can be changed as soon as it becomes dirty.
* Use two hands to hold the photograph and, if possible, support it with a piece of stiff card, especially if the photograph is fragile or brittle. Avoid touching the emulsion surface.
* Remove envelopes from negatives and not vice versa. If a photograph appears stuck in its container, do not attempt to remove it.
* Do not stack up loose prints and glass plate negatives - nothing should be placed on top of photographs.
* Do not attempt to flatten rolled or curled prints - this job is best left to the conservator.
* Support a photographic album with a book cradle, to protect its structure and with book snakes to hold the album open at the relevant page.
* Do not allow food and drink in the vicinity of valuable pictures. Sooner or later, an accident will happen. Prohibit smoking, too. Even short-term exposure to nicotine can cause staining.
* Avoid the use of ink, especially felt-tip pens. If photographs become at all damp, the ink may travel through to the image side, and the caption may eventually become illegible, as well as damaging the original. Use a soft pencil.
* Do not use adhesive tapes, staples, pins, metal paper clips and rubber bands.
* Supervise anyone who handles photographs, particularly new members of staff.
* Examine photographs in light which has been ultra-violet filtered.
* Wherever possible, give your client a copy print rather than the original material, to reduce damage to the original. Many photographic libraries and some archives already supply copy prints for reproduction as part of their service. Advise clients on sensible handling procedures to avoid constantly returning to the original negative to make new prints.
housekeeping the importance of good housekeeping is often overlooked, but it is one of the simplest and cheapest aspects of preservation.
* Keep the archive research and storage areas clean. Apart from the surface dirt, which can build up on archival objects, dust will also cause scratches and blemishes on films and prints.
* Check temperature and relative humidity regularly. Also check for signs of deterioration such as mould and insect or rodent attack. Damaged prints should be removed and stored separately to await conservation.
* Avoid storing archives in basements - they are prone to flooding.
* Never place photographs near a heat source, such as hot pipes, or hang them above a radiator. Do not place or store photographs in direct sunlight.
* Keep photographs out of freshly painted rooms and away from freshly painted objects for at least 2 weeks and preferably 4 weeks. Fresh paints may emit peroxides which can cause damage to photographs.
* Keep copying machines away from the collections. Ozone, produced by electrostatic copy machines, is very damaging.
* Do not allow photographs or their containers to come into contact with household cleaners containing ammonia or chlorine.
storage Many of the problems visible in photographic archives are a result of poor storage. Photographs are complex objects and poor storage can cause many stresses on the different components of a photograph
housing One common cause of deterioration in photographs is the housing in which they are enclosed. Unfortunately, many of the original enclosures for photographs were far from ideal. However, good quality conservation storage materials are now available in both paper/board and plastic.
Paper Should:
1. have a high alpha-cellulose content (above 87%)
2. have a pH of 6.5-7.5.
3. have an undetectable, reducible sulphur content.
4. be free of lignin, pH buffers, metal particles, acid, peroxides and harmful sizing agents.
Silversafe photostore paper is made from 100% cotton fibre and is particularly suitable for photographic storage. It was developed in response to the concern of photographic conservators about traditional storage papers.
Plastic enclosures should be made from polyester such as 'Melinex' or 'Mylar,' uncoated polyethylene or uncoated cellulose triacetate. Plastics should be free of plasticiser, added to make them flexible, and the surface should not be glazed or coated. Chlorinated sheeting, namely polyvinyl chloride (PVC), should not be used. A variety of enclosures are available for storage and many firms will supply them custom-designed for special collections. Glass negatives are best stored vertically in neutral paper enclosures and then in boxes, preferably made from acid-free board, which will provide an extra buffer against acidic pollutants in the environment. Both black and white and colour film negatives, and transparencies, are best stored in polyester sleeves in photographic storage boxes, or in a hanging file system in metal cabinets.
Most prints, black and white or colour, are best stored in polyester sleeves with photographic conservation board as a support, if necessary. They should then be placed in conservation boxes or files. The exceptions are prints with delicate surfaces, such as flaking emulsion, or lifting pigments, which should be seen by a photographic conservator.
Early photographic albums are often in poor condition and will benefit from being wrapped in photographic conservation paper and being placed in an acid-free box.
Polyvinyl chloride plastics, glassine envelopes, mechanical wood pulp papers, Kraft papers and old photographic product boxes (although the latter may be of archival interest in themselves) are all unsuitable for photographic storage.
All filing cabinets should be made of metal with baked enamel finish. While old wood may be safe, new wood must be avoided, especially if it has been bleached or freshly painted.
an extra warning
Cellulose nitrate film, which was produced mainly between 1889 and 1939, (although some production continued until 1950), can be very dangerous. Any nitrate film in a collection should be isolated and removed to a cool, dry, well-ventilated area until it can be copied. Cellulose nitrate film is highly inflammable and may spontaneously ignite in certain conditions. The greatest risk is with large amounts of old, densely packed film. In this instance the ignition temperature may be as low as 48EC. and the film should not be placed near an external heat source. Once cellulose nitrate begins to burn, it produces gaseous products which catalyse further decomposition and affect surrounding materials. It can also continue to burn under water or carbon dioxide. Highly toxic fumes, as well as smoke and heat, are produced very quickly. It is also worth noting that if the archive buildings or contents are insured, the policy may prohibit the storage of cellulose nitrate film.
There are a number of environmental factors affecting the preservation of photographs: temperature, relative humidity, air purity and light.
Generally, photographic materials gain added protection by storage at low temperatures. The rate of most chemical reactions doubles if the temperature is raised by 10EC. Conversely, lowering the storage temperature considerably reduces the rate of deterioration. Cycling of temperature is particularly destructive because it causes expansion and contraction which occurs differentially in each layer of the photograph, giving rise to various kinds of physical damage. Daily cycling of more than 4EC should be avoided and the temperature should not rise above 21EC at any time. A storage temperature of 10-15EC is best for materials other than colour photographs and film. Colour materials require a much lower temperature, ideally 2EC. This may be practical for valuable material which is infrequently used. However, where constant access is needed, the temperature should still be maintained at the minimum needed for human comfort. Rapid changes in temperature should be avoided as condensation can occur when materials are taken from cold storage and placed in a warm, humid room.
relative humidity
Relative humidity is probably the most important environmental factor in photographic conservation. It is closely related to temperature. Low humidity may cause problems such as flaking and peeling emulsions, but most problems occur with high humidity. This may promote deterioration such as foxing of paper, mould growth and adhesion of the gelatin layers of adjacent photographs. Again, cycling is particularly damaging. A constant level of 35-40% is recommended for a collection of mixed photographic materials. Humidity levels should never rise above 65% as mould will begin to grow.
air pollution/purity
A number of chemicals present in the atmosphere are capable of oxidising image silver. These include peroxides, ozone, sulphur-containing compounds (such as sulphur oxides and hydrogen sulphide) and nitrogen oxide, all of which are present to some extent in the environment. Suggested maximum limits for gaseous pollutants are not more than 1µgm-3 for sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, while ozone should be reduced to trace levels (25µgm-3). Unfortunately, this can only be achieved by an air-conditioning system.
light and display
Resin-coated prints are not particularly light stable, but archivally processed silver gelatin prints are essentially stable at low light levels. However, long- term display should be avoided where possible for salted paper, albumen prints and various non-silver pigment prints. Colour materials are particularly vulnerable to light in the presence of oxygen and moisture. The ultra-violet light spectrum is the most damaging to photographic materials in general.
Obviously colour transparencies suffer particularly from light damage due to a relatively high level of exposure. To prolong the life of transparencies, projection should be kept to a minimum. Some transparencies have been shown to fade noticeably after 20 minutes exposure to a projector lamp. The type of transparency used should be carefully chosen. Some will retain their original colours longer under projection, whereas others will last longer in dark storage. Master copies should be of the latter category.
In storage and display areas, lights should be fitted with UV filters. Polymethyl methacrylate ("Perspex") rather than glass, provides a better protection against UV light where prints are to be displayed. A light level of 100 lux is the maximum recommended display level. The materials used for mounting display prints should conform to the same standards as storage materials.
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Vacation w/o baby and pumping
-fresh expressed milk only lasts for 48 hours so does that mean the milk I pump the first 3 days will have to be dumped I guess?? (I will be in a hotel room with no excess to a freezer and wouldn't know how to get it home still frozen anyways)
-would a mini fridge keep fresh milk fresh for 48 hours or do they not get as cold as a regular fridge.
-I know when traveling with kids you can bring liquids but I won't have the baby with me when I'm trying to get milk home on the flight. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm traveling AA.
Please share your thoughts and experiences. Thanks :)
Airlines SHOULD let you on board with the expressed milk. However, there are MANY agents who don't know the proper rules. I would call the airline (or actually the airport, as well) and get the rules from a higer up, in writing so if/when you get any trouble from the agent you will have back up. Also, I dont know that dry ice would be permitted...perhaps if you weren't bringing it in a carry on. I would want to keep my breastmilk on me, though. How long is the flight and drive to/from the airports? You could probably take a cooler with ice and freshen up the ice at the airport if need be. Again, just call the airline/airport to check their rules.
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How (and Why) to Co-opt Those Cops on Wall Street
Posted on Oct 6, 2011
By Joe Conason
The young (and not-so-young) protesters who came to Occupy Wall Street—and have stayed despite mass arrests—deserve thanks from the "99 percent" of Americans they claim to represent.
Without articulating a clear set of demands, they have nevertheless voiced the frustration felt by millions of ordinary people who have lost homes, jobs, income and security in the post-crash economy and see little help coming from government offices or corporate suites. Soon, however, someone will have to decide whether Occupy Wall Street eventually concludes in mere symbolic success, which would be little more than glorified failure, or evolves into a powerful political current that can rival the tea party.
If the pivotal moment of this protest continues to be a video of a high-ranking police officer brutally "macing" innocent women, then it is unlikely to grow far from its anarcho-bohemian roots. There are simply too many Americans who will never side with "hippies" against cops, no matter how wrong the cops may be. But if the sympathetic statements from labor leaders of the past few days turn into supportive action—and if teachers, bus drivers, firefighters, nurses and, yes, police officers show up to demand change—then this could be the beginning of something very, very big.
Don't scoff too quickly: Last winter, hundreds of off-duty law enforcement officers from around Wisconsin repeatedly joined the statehouse sit-in against Gov. Scott Walker's attack on labor, even though their own unions were exempt from his proposed law—and even as their fellow officers were standing guard over the protesters.
In those circumstances, the cops were just as capable of understanding the stakes behind the protest as any other workers, or the students who supported them. A policeman who had retired from the Madison Police Department after 20 years on the force explained to USA Today that "we all see this as union busting and wage suppression. This is a long-term, downward spiral of wages for working families."
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Such progressive insights probably don't fit the anarchist stereotype of the cop, whose enmity is cherished as a token of the alienated lifestyle. But not all of those who have flocked to Zuccotti Park and the other protest sites that have sprung up around the country are committed to political irrelevance as proof of authenticity. Many, perhaps even a majority, might be intrigued by an opportunity to provoke something more significant than a cloud of tear gas or a court summons.
The protesters have serious grievances, from mass youth unemployment to burdensome student loans that cannot begin to be paid off if there are no decent jobs.
What would happen if they began to articulate the connections between their own problems and the assault on the living standards of public employees and unionized workers? How would the angry middle class respond if the "kids" made common cause with those downwardly mobile working families—demanding debt relief for everyone, a special prosecutor for the financial crooks and higher taxes on those who have profited from the crisis? Why shouldn't the students (and former students) stand with teachers against cuts in education and for rebuilding public schools and colleges? Even those who understandably disdain partisan politics, with its endemic money corruption, could swiftly change the direction of the national debate.
It is encouraging that many young activists came down to Wall Street from Wisconsin, where they have conducted themselves with impeccable style and effectiveness. Four decades ago, the goons in Richard Nixon's White House egged on construction workers in downtown Manhattan to beat up anti-war students, who had allowed themselves to be portrayed as enemies of working-class soldiers and cops. Repeating that same mistake now would be tragic for everyone—except the 1 percent.
Joe Conason is the editor in chief of NationalMemo.com.
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By Bill Jones, October 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm Link to this comment
"A policeman who had retired from the Madison Police Department after 20 years on the force explained to USA Today that "we all see this as union busting and wage suppression."
This piece of parasitic filth retired after working for 20 of his likely 80 odd years is a part of the solution?
By Ian, October 9, 2011 at 4:10 am Link to this comment
It made me laugh that there is an advert for get your american green card here on a page filled with all that is wrong with a damaged crumbling country.
By ash, October 6, 2011 at 10:48 pm Link to this comment
The OWSers have released a document containing a clear set of what they are fighting against. Keith Olberman read it on air, and it is available online.
It is easy to think that their occupation has done little. But look at the country, I live in Idaho and we have OccupyBoi (boise). There are occupations all over. Even in canada.
The only power we have is to draw attention to the inequity in our society, and we have to do it for months.
The people in charge will continue to do as they have done because it makes them money. Once the money starts to go, they will be forced to come up with other options.
Also, Anon has announced that on the 10th they will "erase the NYSE from the internet"
So keep an eye out for things to come. America deserves this.
By seeman, October 6, 2011 at 7:47 pm Link to this comment
The protesters are America's only hope, period. Who else? The 1% who wrecked the place?
By Norman Trabulsy Jr, October 6, 2011 at 4:49 pm Link to this comment
Why is the State allowed to use violence, but not us? Change cannot come about while the oppressors use asymmetrical warfare. The 1% hire the cops to protect whom? I think All options must remain on the table. Cops that use violence to attack peaceful protesters need to be dealt with at the moment, in any fashion necessary.


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A list of student-submitted discussion questions for Vertebrate Reproduction.
Covers methods of evolution other than natural selection, effects of invasive species and ecosystems. Looks at changes in the cane toad population since their invasion of Australia.
Looks at the relationship between horseshoe crab spawning and Red Knots' annual migration. Investigates how horseshoe crabs affect Red Knot survival, reasons for declines in horseshoe crabs and seasonal patterns of behavior.
Covers artificial selection and domestication of animals by looking at conservation efforts to revive populations of the only truly wild, as opposed to feral, horse population remaining.
These flashcards help you study important terms and vocabulary from Vertebrate Reproduction.


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I do not agree with training children, other than to let them read about and ask questions about the field.
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We have had at least three cases where home owners have sworn that activity is paranormal, when it turns out that children were the likely culprits. What I always find amusing is that parents will often say, "My children would never do "x" (i.e., leave prints on mirrors, spray lotion on the wall, etc.) -- phenomena that is attributed to ghostly behavior. One household also swore that they had legitimate EVPs of the ghost screaming. Observations of the children showed that they didn't listen to their parents, ran screaming constantly in the yard, and that all of the phenomena seemed to happen in the kids' room.
I have also witnessed parents who listen to the ghost stories reported by their children and actually feed into these stories. The parents often do not mean to do this, but children can sense when the parent is concerned or upset over something, and can respond accordingly. Do note that children respond well to the additional attention. The more the parents feed into the ghost lore, the more the children seem to manifest it. We have had a couple of cases where the paranormal phenomena is reported as so extreme that it does not fit with our investigation, sensitives' impressions, or historical research. The parents, oddly, are the ones who often become more upset over the ghost. It is a strange cycle of suggestion feeding suggestion.
I do not really work with or know young children, and am rarely asked about ghostly phenomena. A few times, on ghost tours, children have asked me if I think ghosts are real and I have had to very carefully answer the question. I usually say that science has yet to prove that ghosts exist and that I am currently studying to see if they do. If they ask me about evil ghosts, I do say that there are far fewer evil ghosts out there. Often, it seems that children have these ideas fed to them by TV, and I do try to encourage them to study other sources than TV, which is produced for the purpose of entertainment.
Brandy, SPIRITS of St. Petersburg


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|FBI breaks up credit card scam
CLEVELAND — The FBI says it has cracked a million-dollar credit-card fraud scheme targeting Ohio stores and run by phone by a New Jersey prison inmate.
The FBI announced the arrests today of Dimorio McDowell, a Trenton man serving time at the federal prison in Fort Dix, and seven Cleveland men. All are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
The alleged ring targeted credit cards issued by chain stores including Lowe's, Home Depot, Macy's and Sears. The men allegedly wrangled personal information from credit card customer service departments and used the information to become authorized users of cards issued to others.
The investigation involved communities across northeast Ohio, including many with with a strong retail presence, including Strongsville, Beachwood and Richmond Heights.
In 2005, a federal judge in Atlanta sentenced McDowell to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection to a sweeping credit-card scheme. He was ordered to pay $268,000 restitution.
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Thomas Drummond: 'Let it be Done'
Editor's Note: Today is the fifth installment of a six-part series on Thomas Drummond, who led a short but fascinating life as a senator, newspaper editor and Civil War hero. He is buried in the Methodist Cemetery on Newell Avenue, St. Clairsville. The authors are Edmund A. Sargus, a federal judge, and his son, Edmund C. Sargus, a writer in Tampa, Fla. Both are from St. Clairsville and have co-authored a book on the life of Thomas Drummond.
As 1865 began, the Civil War entered into a fifth long year. Like so many others, Drummond's life had been upended by what must have seemed an endless conflict. For most of their marriage, Thomas and Kate Drummond were hundreds of miles apart. Only during his time as a recruiter in 1864 were the two able to live together.
Kate raised Drummond's daughter, Catherine, from his first marriage. After the death of their infant son, James Drummond, Jr., in 1860, Kate and Thomas had a son, Henry, born in 1862. In January of 1865, Kate was pregnant with a second son, whom they would name Thomas.
But the war again intervened. As spring approached, the Union Army, now pressing the Confederacy on numerous fronts, readied for a massive, and hopefully final, assault to end the long, bloody war. Once again, the 5th U. S. Cavalry would play a crucial role.
With Drummond on recruiting duty, in August of 1864, the 5th Cavalry joined General Phil Sheridan in driving a Confederate force under General Jubal Early from the Shenandoah Valley. Victory came at a high cost in casualties to the 5th. The regiment regrouped in winter camp, then rode to City Point, Virginia to participate in the siege of Richmond and Petersburg.
Drummond rejoined the 5th in late January, 1865. In a tribute to his service and abilities, he was placed in command of the entire regiment. As an indication of the 5th's reputation, three of the ten companies in the regiment were assigned to General Grant's staff, providing protection and armed messaging. Drummond commanded the remaining seven companies, numbering seven hundred cavalrymen, who were assigned the Union Cavalry Corps, under General Sheridan.
From late June of 1864 until March of 1865, the huge Army of the Potomac maintained the Union position on the eastern outskirts of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. Over 120,000 Union troops had forced their way south in the Overland Campaign that had begun in May of 1864. By late June of 1864, the two opposing armies faced off in a complex system of trenches and embankments.
After four hard years of war, given improvements in riflery and artillery, each side realized that a dug-in, defensive position could only be taken at an unacceptable cost in casualties.
Grant planned a spring offensive in 1865 that involved a sweep around Lee's right wing, southwest of Petersburg. If moderately successful, the maneuver would cut off the Confederate Army from the South Side Railroad, the last railroad supplying Lee's Army. If spectacularly successful, the Confederate Army would be "turned," which at the time meant enveloped and surrounded.
In either event, Grant intended to draw a large Confederate force out of the trenches, where they would lose the benefit of the defense. Grant trusted Sheridan's experienced and aggressive troops, which included a brigade led by General Custer as well as the 5th Cavalry, now under Drummond.
In a driving rain, on March 29, 1865, twelve thousand cavalry under Sheridan moved around the right side of the massive Confederate defenses. The mounted troops were to be followed by an additional twenty-eight thousand infantry. Their immediate goal was to overtake the South Side Railroad at Five Forks, Virginia.
On March 31, 1865, advance cavalry units arrived just south of Five Forks at a small town known as Dinwiddie Court House. The small force was met by a large contingency of Confederate cavalry commanded by General William H. F.Lee, the second son of Robert E. Lee. Soon, a second force of Confederate infantry arrived under the command of General George Pickett, the ill-fated commander at Gettysburg.
The Union force was driven back toward Dinwiddie Court House. As Union infantry approached, the Confederate forces withdrew at night to Five Forks.
The next day, troops on both sides understood that the integrity of the entire Confederate defensive perimeter was at stake.
On the morning of April 1, 1865, Sheridan intended to launch a coordinated cavalry and infantry assault on Five Forks. Temperamentally impatient, he fumed while the much slower infantry failed to arrive at the agreed time. By one o'clock, he deployed his cavalry in battle formation of twelve thousand cavalry, stretching across several miles, with Drummond commanding a half mile of mounted troops on the line's far right.
Without infantry support, Sheridan ordered an attack in mid-afternoon. The first assault brought Union troops to the crest of hastily erected Confederate defenses.
Ultimately, the Confederates repulsed both the first and second assaults.
At approximately 4 p.m., a third assault overran the Confederate positions. As the Confederates retreated, they were driven into the just arriving Union infantry.
The Battle of Five Forks heralded the end of the horrible conflict. Over 9,200 Confederate troops were killed, captured or wounded. The South Side Railroad was now in Union hands. The Confederate defenses had been turned; their last rail supply line was now in Union hands. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia began a full scale retreat.
But at Five Forks, as the final Union assault crushed the rebel lines and victory all but assured, a shot rang out and Drummond fell from his horse.
Let it be done.


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Louisiana's anglers will likely get to target red snapper this fall, but the season won't be as long as previously promised.
That's what Randy Pausina, assistant secretary for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, told the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at its monthly meeting Thursday.
"I personally feel (federal fish managers) are going to massage the numbers to give us a season, but what are they going to give us? It's not going to be 21 days. It may be seven or 16. We don't know," Pausina said.
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council had voted at a July meeting in New Orleans to set a fall federal season of 21 days. The change was within the permitted conservation framework because federal officials had reported finding an additional closet of fish after the closure of the federal season in June.
However, since that time, the feds discovered that anglers harvested more fish during the summer season than was previously estimated.
"When the Wave 3 data came out, the numbers were extremely high for Alabama and Florida," Pausina told the commission. "That not only ate up the quota but also the closet for the fall season."
Both the department and the commission have been critical of the federal government's management of the red-snapper fishery. This year, the state went non-compliant with federal regulations and established a weekend-only season in state waters that is scheduled to end on Sept. 29.
To keep track of fish caught during that season, the department developed a real-time monitoring program designed to get better information about how many red snapper are caught and how big they are.
So far, as part of the program, the state has weight-measured 1,770 red snapper. By comparison, the feds have weight-measured only 83 Louisiana red snapper this year, according to information the department provided to the commission.
Department saltwater finfish biologist Harry Blanchet told the commission that Louisiana's more-accurate counting protocol demonstrates that state anglers caught significantly fewer red snapper than the federal government says they did.
According to National Marine Fisheries Service data, Louisiana anglers have harvested 629,000 pounds of red snapper so far this year, but Louisiana's formula shows state anglers have taken only 445,000 pounds of red snapper.
Department biologists estimate Louisiana anglers will take 501,000 pounds of red snapper by the end of the state season, which is substantially below federal estimates.
"The key here is we're leaving fish on the table. If we use their program, we're leaving fish on the table," Pausina told the commission. "We knew we could do this from the get-go, and that's what they were afraid of. These numbers are not a little different; they're a lot different. It speaks volumes."
Pausina said Louisiana's new counting methodology has turned heads among fisheries managers across the Gulf Coast.
"Every meeting I go to, everything we read, all (fish managers) are talking about is Louisiana and how we're counting fish," he said. "Even if they don't like us, they say, 'We don't like them, but they're doing the right thing.'"
Louisiana is pushing hard to wrest control of red-snapper management from the federal government. Pausina said he had hoped to have regional management in place before the start of the 2014 season, but there's been a significant hang-up.
"We've been trying to hash out differences among the states. The gorilla in the room is allocation. Every state feels it needs a bigger piece of the pie," he said. "Right now, we're in a standoff with Florida. They say their (fishing) effort is off the charts, and they want a bigger piece of the allocation.
"I feel Louisiana is not getting its fair share, but I would be willing to bite the bullet to get regional management."
The National Marine Fisheries Service is supposed to announce the details for the fall season next week.
Todd Masson can be reached at email@example.com or 504.232.3054.
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|June 6, 2006
|UPDATE: The Senate rejected the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (S. 147) by defeating a cloture motion 56-41 (Roll Call vote 165). Sixty votes were needed to agree to cloture and proceed to a final vote on the bill.
Say No To Race-Based Governments
Tell Your Senators to Vote No on the Akaka Bill!
It is round two of the Senate's ploy to pass S. 3064, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2006. This bill creates a Hawaiian race-based government by establishing a Native Hawaiian "tribe" that can accept or reject any part of the Constitution as it sees fit. Urgent action is needed.
If passed, there is no turning back. This bill will create a sovereign entity which could negotiate treaties with other nations, establish its own theocracy, and ignore the Bill of Rights! The Senate must reject this racist bill.
The Senate will vote this week!
Call your Senators and tell them to vote NO to S. 3064, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act.
Capitol Switchboard: (202)-224-3121
Target Senators: Allen (VA), Brownback (KS), Chafee (RI), Cochran (MS), Collins (ME), Domenici (NM), Graham (SC), Grassley (IA), Hatch (UT), Nelson (NE), Snowe (ME), Specter (PA), Warner (VA)


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Standard & Poor's has downgraded the debt rating of the United States below AAA status for the first time since it began in 1917.
Through the Great Depression, a slew of recessions and wars, the United States maintained its AAA rating. Make no mistake: The economic malaise we are facing is significant. However, I do not believe that is the reason for the downgrade. Instead, at this difficult juncture in our nation's history, we are facing a historic lack of leadership. Divisiveness and discord rule the day. Our leaders are incapable or unwilling to rise above rhetoric and dogma.
Leaders are people with followers who exercise their predilection and power to influence the debate. They are capable of bridging difference. There is an old proverb that says, "The fish stinks from the head." President Obama's strange silence and lack of specifics during the debt ceiling debate was disappointing and in the aftermath of the downgrade his speech spooked the markets. The following is a discussion of salient leadership principles to guide decisions in difficult times.
• Lead from the front. Great leaders passionately accept power and the associated responsibility. They do not avoid, relinquish or delegate power. They direct the action and create results. During this inflection point in our nation's history, leaders with clear policies and strategic vision are essential. The world is different and our leaders must adapt to changing circumstances and induce confidence via cogent strategies and commitment to the people they serve.
In our organizations we look for inspiring leadership from the top. Leaders cannot, and must not, sit idly as underlings fight battles. If you are a leader act like one by framing arguments and taking the lead on seminal issues.
• Quit campaigning. Politicians are constantly running the next campaign and creating reputations they hope will appeal to voters. This often means putting the interests of their constituents and country behind their own aspirations. President Obama and Republican front-runner Mitt Romney avoided much of the debt fray, fearing politically unpopular stands would negatively impact their campaigns.
Remarkably, the debt ceiling vote was delayed so both parties could line up votes in a manner meant to protect key politicians in the next election. Leaders must look beyond their self interests and focus on the greater good. So in other words, stop looking for the promotion and accolades — just get the job done.
• Don't blame others. Leaders take responsibility. Our elected leaders placed blame on each other and S&P for the credit downgrade. I did not hear a single elected official accept any responsibility for the debt crisis. I submit that lack of accountability and responsibility is in large part why our nation's economic woes exist.
In contrast, General Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in Europe, drafted a letter prior to the D-Day invasion in case the operation failed. He stated simply "If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone." The Normandy invasion was the largest seaborne landing in history and involved intricate planning and execution. Clearly, failure would not have been his alone but he was prepared to accept it. Thankfully, the invasion succeeded and the American public did not have to confront its failure.
Juxtaposing Eisenhower's approach and today's so-called "leaders" is profound. People respect leaders who accept blame for setbacks. What the Americans needed to hear was earnest adults taking responsibility and not recriminations and finger pointing. Organizational leaders take responsibility for success and failure.
• Build consensus. The Obama presidency has been a case study in divisiveness. Blame rests on the shoulders of the president and the Republicans who are equally unwilling to compromise. The most effective leaders build consensus and develop commitment by seeking input from others. As a leader, seek input on decisions to build support and trust.
I firmly believe that one can sometimes learn more from poor leaders than from great ones.
If that is true, the current crop of political leaders has afforded us lessons for a lifetime.
Mark Schnurman may be reached at email@example.com or on the web at markschnurman.com.


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The Great Jazz Trio: 'S Wonderful
As everyone probably knows by now, Jones is playing piano magnificently these days. His playing is precise, vigorous, and always imbued with his trademark effervescent swing. Patitucci and DeJohnette don't defer to Jones one iota, nor does he to them; this is a band of equals. That might suggest that DeJohnette's muscle is overpowering and inappropriate to Jones' lighter touch, or that Jones is playing these tunessome of which, "S'Wonderful, or "Sweet Lorraine, for example, he's played countless times in his careerthe same way he always does, no matter who's accompanying him. None of this is true.
The band charges out of the gate so vehemently on the album's title track that the listener is taken aback: it's almost violently swinging, and no one's giving any quarter on the breaks (and the tune, really, is nothing but breaks)whether it's DeJohnette's skidding snare rolls, Patitucci's low-end barrage, or Jones' sparkling right hand runs. You can almost smell the second-hand smoke on Jimmy Forrest's "Night Train it's positively greasy. Jones pounds out blues phrases over Patitucci's walking bass, but DeJohnette's cymbals and snare snake ahead and behind tempo throughout; this is jazz, not R&B.
Paul Desmond's "Take Five might be the best-selling song in the history of jazz, but it's seldom recorded by other musicans. It's interesting, then, to hear this group perform it. Not surprisingly, DeJohnette has no trouble playing a five count; in fact, he absolutely eats the song alive, playing at times more in seven than five and consequently creating a polyrhythmic tension with Patitucci's meaty bass line. Meanwhile, Jones contributes one of his best solos on the sessionhe's rooted in the song's changes, but his offkilter phrasing and use of space create something new in a context we all know by heart. Exquisite.
But that's the magic here: not the power of the musicianship, but the fact that these players can say something new using songs like "Greensleeves, "Moanin', or "The Days of Wine and Roses. Of course, that's really the essence of jazzand Hank Jones is, if nothing else, the quintessential jazzman. Long may he play.
Track Listing: S'Wonderful; Sweet Lorraine; Moanin'; The Days of Wine and Roses; Take Five; I Surrender Dear; Night Train; Lover Come Back to Me; Greensleeves.
Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Jack DeJohnette: drums; John Patitucci: bass


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Mayweather Jr., or someone in his camp, took to Twitter Thursday, March 27, to retweet a photo of the Iowa State freshman guard and teammate Naz Long from last Thursday, March 20.
But it didn't stop there, with Mayweather -- scheduled to fight Marcos Maidana on May 3 in Las Vegas -- tweeting at Morris to tell him he's following the Flint Beecher grad and former Michigan Mr. Basketball on Shots, a mobile application for uploading photos. Mayweather continued, tweeting out to all of his followers: "Check out @MonteMorris11's #selfie on @shots" with a photo of Morris in a vehicle with the Iowa State logo behind him.
Check out @MonteMorris11's #selfie on @shots http://t.co/XXMeZpCEdE pic.twitter.com/MjbqkMpFm0— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 27, 2014
Morris retweeted Mayweather's message, obviously happy for the attention and few added followers.
Third-seed Iowa State plays No. 7 UConn Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York in the Sweet 16.
Aaron McMann covers sports at The Flint Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com; follow him on Twitter @AaronMcMann.


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KENILWORTH — A second person has been charged in connection with a crash on the Garden State Parkway in Kenilworth that killed a teenager last month, authorities said.
Jason Montanez, 20, of East Orange, was arrested at home Wednesday and faces charges related to fleeing the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident and driving with a suspended license, according to officials.
State Police said they tracked down Montanez after his black BMW left the scene of the May 8 accident. He is now being held at Union County Jail on $20,000 bail.
Priscilla Natal, 19, was arrested immediately after the crash on charges including vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated.
She had been heading home from a club with four friends just before 2 a.m. when the accident occurred, police said. Natal was speeding and attempting to pass the black BMW in the right northbound lane when it veered into her lane and the cars collided, said Detective Brian Polite, a State Police spokesman.
Natal's vehicle went off the road and hit a tree, throwing three passengers out of the car.
The impact killed Hernan Sanchez Jr., 18, and injured another passenger who recovered.


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ITA, community comes together | LETTER TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
On the Fourth, we had the opportunity to be in the parade with our two daughters as part of the "Island Time Activities" float. If you didn't see the float, it was a colorful and patriotic combination of a life sized Frog Rock (wearing a stars and stripes top hat) pulling Mount Rainier, surrounded by the waters of Puget Sound and emblazoned with the words, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" — all of this beneath a HUGE American flag.
The float embodied the creative efforts of more than 30 members of Island Time Activities (ITA, an organization that provides learning and social activities for people with developmental disabilities). For over three weeks, ITA members worked shaping and painting cardboard, tissue paper, paper mache and fabric and utilized lots of glitter. At the parade, with one intrepid member playing classical music atop Mount Rainier, 17 other ITA members rode on and walked alongside their own float in the largest community event of the year.
The float, with its celebration of "Independence for All," was a triumph on a personal level for our family. When our daughter Maggie was born 32 years ago, more than one doctor suggested that, in light of her disabilities, we place her in an institution "for her own good." Fortunately, after decades of hard work by families, disability rights advocates, self-advocates, educators and others, I doubt any doctor would make that recommendation today. Now, the aspiration, and very often the expectation, is that people with developmental disabilities live, work and recreate within their communities. However, making this inclusion work on an everyday basis faces significant practical and financial challenges — and many individuals with developmental disabilities rely on at least some assistance from private and public organizations.
Our family is particularly grateful for the support, the friendship and the fun that ITA has provided our daughter Maggie since she completed BHS. For this reason, when her sister Rose, along with several ITA members, embarked on the Fourth of July float, we were all for it.
In closing, we wish to thank the ITA members and their families for their hard work building and decorating the float; we wish to thank the businesses (Winslow Drugs, Paper Products, Winslow Paint and Safeway) and the individuals and families (Biggs, Kotloff, Caughie, Carroll, Claney, Erikson and Cleven) who donated funds and materials to the project; we wish to thank the organizations and citizens who continue working to ensure civil rights for all, regardless of physical and cognitive ability; and finally, we wish to thank the larger community of Bainbridge and North Kitsap for the support, welcome and inclusion it extends to residents with developmental disabilities.
Celebrate Independence!
Bainbridge Island
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