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Offering an outdoor pool and spa centre, Hostel Ananda is set in Osório in the Rio Grande do Sul Region, 28 km from Capão da Canoa. Free WiFi is provided throughout the property and free private parking is available on site. A TV, as well as a computer are offered. Some units have a seating area where you can relax. You will find a kettle in the room. You will find a shared kitchen at the property. You can play billiards at the hostel. Salgado Filho Airport is 88 km away. weiter
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Having graduated a bulk of its scoring from last season's squad, Bridgewater-Raritan had to retool its offense. This year's team has come together and the cohesiveness of the offense was on display yesterday while winning a county title.
Samantha Giordano and Kelly Watson each caged a pair of goals as Bridgewater-Raritan, No. 9 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, defeated Ridge, 7-2, in the Somerset County Tournament final at Mount St. Mary in Watchung.
The county championship is Bridgewater-Raritan's sixth in a row.
"The offense is finally getting the angles and shooting where we want," Bridgewater-Raritan coach Kathie DeBonis said. "Our stick skills are definitely starting to match up with our speed. We do have a lot of speed on the team and now our stick skills are finally getting there to match up with the speed."
B-R started fast and did not let up with a dominant first half. Emily Howarth started the scoring less than seven minutes into the game when she received an insert off a penalty corner from Ally Mastroianni and smacked a shot into the cage to make it 1-0. Watson scored the next two goals off assists from Howarth and Mastroianni and Bridgewater-Raritan led 3-0 with 11 minutes remaining in the opening frame.
Lindsay Alvarez scored on a pass from Howarth and Giordano caged a goal on a feed from Emily Miller and Bridgewater-Raritan led 5-0 at halftime. Passing and speed was key for B-R as many times, players would look up the field to lead a teammate, or center a pass near the cage for a cutting player.
"Our success has a lot to do with our team chemistry and passing," said Giordano, who was named MVP of the game. "We work so hard in practice to use every single person on the team in the passing game. I think it shows during the games."
Ridge was able to get on the board just over five minutes into the second half as Devon Brown caged a goal to make it 5-1. But Leah Watson found the back of the cage on a feed from Giordano less than three minutes later to push the lead back to five. After Cassidy McKenna scored off an assist from Ellexa Thomas for Ridge, Giordano capped the scoring with a slap shot that sent B-R to the championship.
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A Research Agenda in Economic Diagnostics
Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
September 8, 2010
American Economic Association, Ten Years and Beyond: Economists Answer NSF's Call for Long-Term Research Agendas
Very little research is devoted in economics to "economic diagnostics": figuring out which among multiple plausible models actually applies in a particular setting. The profession places a large premium on developing new models that shed light on as yet unexplained phenomena; but no-one gets brownie points for research that informs how appropriate models and remedies can be selected in specific contexts. With better diagnostic tools, perhaps economists would have been more skeptical of applying perfect-information, zero-agency-costs models to the U.S. prior to the financial crisis. Different economies suffer from different constraints, and the appropriate models and remedies depend on the nature of the more binding constraints. Diagnostic research can help us figure out how to apply economics in different settings in an intelligent way.
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HANSVILLE — The families of Sten Emons Johnson and Krysta Brai Bouchard are pleased to announce their engagement.
Sten is the son of Greg and Nicci Johnson of Hansville. He is a 2002 graduate of North Kitsap High School, a 2006 graduate of the University of Washington and is employed by the Allegis Group Services in Kirkland.
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LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder is heading to Italy and Germany next month for a trade mission focused on attracting auto and manufacturing investments.
The Republican governor hopes to "strengthen relationships and attract job-creating business investments in Michigan" on his trip during the first week in April, said spokeswoman Sara Wurfel.
Snyder made a similar trek in March 2012, when he met with automaker Fiat and other manufacturers in Italy as well as German automotive and alternative energy firms.
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Michigan exported more than $2.2 billion worth of merchandise to Germany and Italy last year. Transportation equipment accounted for a third of the export value, according to federal trade statistics.
It's Snyder's seventh international trade mission as governor. He's led three trips to Asia, most recently in September, along with missions to Israel, Canada, Italy and Germany. Lt. Gov. Brian Calley made trips to the Netherlands, Brazil and Mexico in 2013.
Snyder's trip is funded by the Michigan Economic Growth Foundation and the MEDC's corporate funds. The foundation receives voluntary contributions, while MEDC corporate funds come from several streams, mostly from a tax on American Indian casino revenues.
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After a long and high profile search, the title role in Martin Campbell's "Green Lantern" film has reportedly been handed to Ryan Reynolds.
Just one day after The Hollywood Reporter broke that the Green Lantern quest was down to Reynolds, Justin Timberlake and Bradley Cooper (whose potential involvement was first revealed at HitFix), Variety is saying that the role belongs to Reynolds.
The Warner Brothers adaptation of the DC Comic franchise is expected to begin production in January, working from a script by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Michael Green.
DC Comics first introduced the ring-powered Green Lantern as the alter ego for engineer Alan Scott in 1940 and the character has gone through many subsequent incarnations including test pilot Hal Jordan, the focus of the Berlanti/Guggenheim/Green script.
It's been a pretty good summer for Reynolds, who has seemingly been on the cusp of high-level stardom for a number of years. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has taken in more than $360 million worldwide and launched development on a stand-alone "Deadpool" feature based on Reynolds' character. Relative to its budget, the romantic-comedy "The Proposal" has been an even bigger hit, passing $100-million domestic.
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With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, we will take a quick look back at the past 14 years and see how the weather has varied across Northern Michigan on this holiday. As seen below, the Thanksgiving Holiday can bring a variety of weather to Northern Michigan. Here is how the past 14 years have ranked at several locations with respect to their warmest average temperature on Thanksgiving day.
*Note: Thanksgiving day falls on the 4th Thursday of every November.
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As you can see the weather can vary from one extreme to the other. Last year, Northern Michigan experienced a fairly seasonable Thanksgiving with temperatures holding fairly steady around the freezing mark.
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Baby comes shortly after mom was sent home from Harrison
Trenidy Hedrick doesn't think that her son should have been born in the passenger seat of a three-door Saturn while a state trooper stood by on the side of State Route 3 near the Newberry Hill exit in Silverdale.
Hedrick is sitting on a hospital bed in room 9 of the maternity ward at Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale on Tuesday afternoon. She's wearing jeans and a striped shirt while holding her beautiful baby boy in her arms. Hedrick's boyfriend is asleep on a nearby couch.
Hedrick's son, James Joseph, was born at 3:20 a.m. on Monday, and weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and measured 19 inches long. James came into this world shortly after Hedrick and her friend, Alaina Stivenson, who was driving Hedrick back to Harrison after she was discharged the night before, were pulled over by a state trooper for speeding.
Hedrick first went to the hospital at about 11 p.m. Sunday night. She had been experiencing contractions every two to five minutes apart for about an hour.
When she got to the hospital, she says she was checked and was dilated four centimeters. An hour or so later, she says a doctor came in and didn't measure her again, but gave her a shot and sent her home. The plan was for her to come back the next day to be induced.
At home at around 1 a.m., she began having "really bad contractions," she said.
"I felt like something was really wrong. I was having really bad pains and when I got up off the couch, there was water everywhere."
They got into Stivenson's car at about 2:45 a.m. and headed back to Silverdale as fast as they could. The baby was born at 3:20 a.m.
"We were in Gorst and he was crowning so I was going like 90 mph to get her to the hospital," Stivenson said.
At that point, Hedrick was trying her best to not have the baby before getting to the hospital.
"She's like, 'Don't push. Don't push,'" Hedrick recalls Stivenson telling her. "But, I wanted to push really bad. It felt better to push."
Shortly after passing the Newberry Hill Road exit, Stivenson was pulled over by a state trooper. Stivenson was amazed that the trooper wouldn't escort her and Hedrick to the hospital.
"He just stood there and didn't help delivering the baby at all," Stivenson said. "He's like, 'I don't know what to do' and I said, 'You think I know what I'm doing? I'm not a doctor.' The head of the baby was out so I pulled (Hedrick's) clothes off and caught the baby."
Hedrick is grateful for her friend's help.
"She said, 'push,'" Hedrick said. "I pushed three times and he was out."
Stivenson said the baby was cold and a blanket the trooper gave her was scratchy so she wrapped him up in her coat. Stivenson said Hedrick did a great job and she's proud of her.
Like Stivenson, Hedrick was also less than impressed by the trooper.
"He stood there not knowing what to do," she said. "I said, 'If you're not going to help me, then at least call an ambulance.' He looked kind of mad that I yelled at him, but I was in a lot of pain. After the baby was out, he called an ambulance."
Trooper Russ Winger, a regional spokesman for the state patrol, said an aid car was called right away by radio before the baby was born.
"It's certainly not prudent to let someone continue (driving) if the birth is that imminent," Winger said. "It's usually safer for aid to respond than to let someone continue, especially when they are driving like that. As far as I know, he made the right call on it and it was within minutes of making the stop that the baby came along."
Winger said Wednesday afternoon that he had not spoken with the trooper directly, but stood by his decisions.
"We did what we could and it all came out OK," Winger said. "I don't know what other moves that trooper could have made ... He'll get second-guessed no matter what he did. But he made the right decision in making the aid call. From what I gather, there wasn't really any time to do anything else."
Hedrick also isn't pleased that she was discharged and sent home Sunday night, only to have to come right back to the hospital.
"What that says to me is they weren't looking out for (the baby's) best interests and his health," Hedrick said. "That's what it said to me."
Dr. M.H. Anderson, chief medical officer at Harrison Medical Center, said in a written statement that Hedrick was observed by a board-certified obstetrician and observed by medical staff for two hours "and was determined not to be in active labor and left Harrison not in active labor."
Anderson continued, "Medical staff at Harrison followed proper procedure with Ms. Hedrick and discharged her because she was not in active labor. There's no way to predict the onset of active labor. After delivering the baby, both mother and baby were transported by ambulance to Harrison for evaluation. Both mother and baby are doing fine."
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Neighbors, NAACP take note of Bay City home displaying Nazi, Confederate flags
As kids play in a recently renovated city park a block away, two flags typically associated with racism have been rotating through the front window of a Bay City home.
The two-story home on the 800-block of Ninth St., prominently featured a swastika-emblazoned Nazi flag on Saturday, June 1. As of Monday, June 3, the red, black and white flag was gone, with the stars-and-bars banner associated with the Confederate States of America in its place.
Bay City woman gets up to a decade in prison for sex with underage boys
Sexually assaulting her boyfriend's underage brothers has cost a Bay City woman up to a decade in prison.
Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran on Monday, June 3, sentenced Alyssa D. Jones, 21, to 50 months to 10 years in prison. The judge gave Jones credit for 157 days already served.
Jury convicts Saginaw man of 13 counts in connection with driving car through crowd of people after Bay City Fireworks Festival
After hours of deliberating, a Bay County jury has convicted a Saginaw man with two felonies and 11 misdemeanors for driving a car through a crowd of people after the 2012 Bay City Fireworks Festival.
Police share details of Bay City gas station armed robbery with possible suspect in custody downstate
With a suspect in custody downstate, police in Bay City have shared details of a recent gas station armed robbery.
Around 4:30 a.m. on Friday, May 31, a man wearing a mask entered the BP gas station at 322 Garfield Road. He brandished a long gun and demanded cash from the register, said Public Safety Lt. Mark Turner.
Political do-over: Bay City Commission reverses pay reduction vote
The Bay City Commission walked back a measure that would have reduced the salaries of commissioners and the mayor by $1,000 each.
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Alabama A&M was victorious in a truly spectacular 63-62 contest Saturday night.
The Maroon & White stared the game off hot, going on an early 7-2 run during the first four minutes of play. By the first media timeout, the Bulldogs led the visitors 12-4. Shooting a perfect 5-5 from the floor aided the A&M breakout.
The home team established an early defensive presence forcing a turnover, getting two blocks and holding TSU to just 11 percent from the field on 1-9 shooting. Nine minutes into the game, the lead extended to 11 points at 22-11. A&M was playing terrific team basketball, as great ball movement yielded assists on each of the eight made baskets.
The next four minutes of action, saw the visitors close the 10-point gap to within three. By the end of the period, the Maroon & White extended their lead to eight at 36-28. The Bulldogs dominated multiple facets of the game in the first period. A&M out tallied the Tigers in rebounds (19-13), assists (13-4), points in the paint (14-10), and bench points (12- 4).
A.J. Capers led the way offensively for the Maroon & White with seven points, while Nicolas West led the rebounding efforts with a game high seven. Aaric Murray led the visitors in both points and boards with 11 and five. The energy displayed by both teams in the second period of play was outstanding. Both teams came out of the break ready to take the game over.
The crowd in the T.M Elmore Gymnasium was electric and highly involved in the action. The visitors from Houston, Texas crawled their way back into the game by intensifying their pursuit of rebounds.
With seven minutes remaining, TSU had 21 rebounds while A&M grabbed 29. TSU was able to tie the game at 57 with 6:07 left on the game clock. A&M again extended their lead to five before the visitors came back to tie the game at 62 with just 3.8 seconds left.
A&M secured the victory in amazing fashion as Jeremy Crutcher raced down the court and was fouled on a last second three-point attempt. Crutcher hit the middle of three free throws to give A&M a one-point lead, leaving the Tigers with just .4 seconds after a called timeout to try to win the game.
This victory is the first for the Bulldogs over Texas Southern in the Willie Hayes era. The 63-62 win improves the Bulldogs to 7-11 overall and 6-4 in SWAC this season. Leading the Maroon & White in victory was Nicolas West with 12 points, and eight rebounds. Aaric Murray led the Tigers with game highs in both points (27) and rebounds (9).
A&M will return to the hardwood, Monday night versus the Panthers of Prairie View A&M University. Action will begin at 8:05 p.m. on February 3, and will be aired "Live" on ESPNU.


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Welcome to the Franklin County Auditor's web page. The Franklin County Auditor's position is an elected, four-year term held by Tammy Vemmer. Tammy began her first term as County Auditor on January 1, 2011. Prior to being elected to this position, she served as deputy auditor for eight years. Tammy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a minor in Business Administration from Central Methodist College. She is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association.
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Serving as the County's Chief Budget Officer
Preparing and overseeing all County budgets
Compiling information for the yearly outside audit of the County
Processing approximately 7,000 purchase requisitions and purchase orders yearly
Auditing daily receipts and deposits from various departments
Auditing monthly reports from various departments
Completing quarterly reports to the State of Missouri
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David Myers, Paul Peterson and colleagues at Mathematica Policy Research and the Harvard Program on Education Policy and Governance issued this lengthy study the day before the U.S. Supreme Court heard the Cleveland voucher case. It reviews three year's of evidence from a large, privately funded voucher program in New York City. The "bottom line" is interesting but ambiguous. Taken as a whole, low-income children who attended private schools with the assistance of these scholarships did not academically surpass the control-group children who remained in the public schools. However, when the results are separately analyzed for black youngsters (44 percent of those in the sample studied here), the researchers found statistically-significant academic achievement gains, amounting to about 9 additional points on combined reading-math tests for those who spent all three years in the private schools. The Hispanic youngsters in the program, however, showed no effect. This finding parallels those reported earlier from similar programs in Washington, D.C. and Dayton, Ohio: they make a measurable difference for African-American youngsters but not for others who are just as poor. Why? Nobody is sure, though theories abound. The New York report also reviews data on many other aspects of the school experience (e.g. parental satisfaction, discipline, homework). On almost all such indicators, the scholarship students in private schools fare better than their public-school counterparts. You can get your own copy in PDF form by surfing to http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/Press%20Releases/nycchoicerel.htm and following the directions.


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Ben Stoper, a Cleveland Indians grounds crew member, carefully puts the red into the Indians logo behind home plate at Progressive Field on March 31. 2014, just 4 days before the opening baseball game between the Indians and the Minnesota Twins. With several days of rain yet to come this week, the logo had to go in on Monday to make sure it is ready for the opener. Behind are grounds crew members Travis Barnhill and Joe Sanders. (Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer)
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The heat wave that plagued New Jersey for more than a week will end, but at a cost to weekend beach-goers and shore businesses.
A cold front will move through the region Saturday, bringing a break from the 90-degree-plus high temperatures and triple-digit heat indices, but potentially severe showers and thunderstorms are forecast to come with it.
While Saturday could start out hot and sunny, a line of strong storms will knock daytime temperatures back into the 80s, where they will stay Sunday as the rain risk diminishes.
Excessive Heat Warnings and Air Quality Alerts issued by the National Weather Service for Monmouth County and surrounding areas will continue through Saturday morning.
Water temperatures will warm to near 80 degrees, a departure from the cooler temperatures felt earlier this summer along the shore.
Though sustained wins offshore will top 20 knots, seas are forecast to be relatively calm.
No major construction projects will be active in the county through the weekend, but motorists should be aware of delays on the Garden State Parkway caused by the Bare Naked Ladies concert at the PNC Arts Center Saturday.


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Monday's game between the Cubs and Brewers will be the first to use Major League Baseball's expanded instant-replay review system, which allows managers the right to challenge at least one call. The game, which is being played in Maryvale, can be seen on MLB.TV.
Cubs manager Rick Renteria won't have a flag in his pocket to throw on the field if he wants to challenge a call.
"I think the protocol will be if you want to challenge, you have to go out and talk to the umpire and either invoke it or he may ask me to invoke it depending on how long you stand out there conversing with him," Renteria said.
Renteria said the umpires will try to resolve the disagreement first.
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GRAND RAPIDS — Today's lesson: T-shirt fatigue.
Grand Valley State University students hoped to raise a ton of money for Grand Rapids Public Schools, sell a bunch of T-shirts and beat rival Saginaw Valley State University in an annual fundraising competition. The Lakers, however, went 0 for 3.
The Student Senate collected $12,500 in the weeklong event, but will send only $3,000 to the designated charity — the Grand Rapids Student Advancement Foundation — after spending $9,500 on 2,500 T-shirts and other expenses.
Adding to the ouch, Saginaw Valley students collected $40,088 for their charity, the Salvation Army, boasting the largest margin of victory in the eight-year competition.
"I guess people were just T-shirted out," Senate President Jarrett Martus said. "They've always been a big seller."
In addition to the $10 shirts, the Senate raised money by asking students to add to their food purchases when they swiped their dining cards and conducting a Guitar Hero video game contest.
Martus said the football game tied into the fundraising competition usually is earlier in the season, when passions are running high and students have not yet filled their closets with shirts from other events.
"Students just seem to be tighter with their money this year," he said. "I'm sure the economy is part of it. But a lot of students don't budget well, either, and their accounts are running low."
It also didn't help that the football game was played on the road, and that only one corporate sponsor — Campus View Apartments — helped defray the costs.
The Senate usually orders 3,000 shirts for the competition, and this year scaled back by 500. But Martus said boxes went unsold. The design was based on the old Nintendo video game Duck Hunt, only with the Saginaw Valley Cardinals mascot as the intended target.
Student leaders said they're counting the event as a learning experience — and taking a close look at the competition to see how it was so successful for Saginaw Valley. SVSU now has won five of the eight challenges.
"Saginaw Valley had a lot of involvement from its community, and that's something were going to try and improve upon next year," said Natalie Cleary, the Senates vice president for public relations.
Grand Rapids Public Schools spokesman John Helmholdt said the district is happy with the $3,000, which the foundation will use for arts and physical wellness programs.
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At 7 a.m., Olga was centered over the waters west of Puerto Rico, about 45 miles east of Cabo Engano in the Dominican Republic. It was moving toward the west at 15 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Immediate and mid-term outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for chronic total occlusions
Aims To evaluate the outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation for the treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO).
Methods and results We identified 122 patients who underwent revascularization in CTO lesions with SES from April 2002 to April 2004 (SES group). A control group was composed of 259 consecutive patients with CTO lesions treated with bare metal stents (BMS) in the 24 months immediately before the introduction of SES (BMS group). At 6-month follow-up, the cumulative rate of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) was 16.4% in the SES group and 35.1% in the BMS group (P<0.001). The incidence of restenosis was 9.2% in the SES group and 33.3% in the BMS group (P<0.001). The need for revascularization in the SES group was significantly lower, both target lesion revascularization (7.4 vs. 26.3%, P<0.001) and target vessel revascularization (9.0 vs. 29.0%, P<0.001). BMS implantation (HR: 2.97; 95% CI: 1.80–4.89; P<0.001), lesion length (>20 mm) (HR: 2.02; 95% CI: 1.37–2.99; P=0.0004), and baseline reference vessel diameter (>2.8 mm) (HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.42–0.92; P=0.02) were identified as predictors of MACE during 6-month follow-up.
Conclusion Compared with BMS, SES implantation in CTO lesions appears to be effective in reducing the incidence of restenosis and the need for revascularization at 6 months.
- Stents
- Occlusion
- Angioplasty
- Revascularization
- Restenosis
See page 1049 for the editorial comment on this article (doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi243)
Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. With recent advances in technology, and increased operator experience, the initial success rate of opening occlusions is high, but the long-term results of bare metal stent (BMS) are disappointing because of a high restenosis rate.1–8 The introduction of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) (CypherTM, Cordis, Johnson & Johnson Company, Warren, NJ, USA) has shown promising results in selected lesions.9,10 Recently, paclitaxel-eluting stent (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, MA, USA) implantation in CTO lesions appears to be associated with favourable outcomes.11 However, few data is available about SES implantation in CTO lesions.12 Thus, the aim of this report is to evaluate the clinical and angiographic outcomes of SES in CTO lesions.
Study population
Demographic and procedural data regarding all patients undergoing angioplasty in our centre were prospectively entered into a dedicated database. All patients treated with SES in CTO lesions between April 2002 and April 2004 were identified (SES group). A control group was composed of patients who underwent percutaneous treatment in CTO lesions with BMS in the 24 months immediately prior to the introduction of SES (BMS group).
A CTO lesion was defined as an obstruction of a coronary artery with thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 0 with an estimated duration of at least 3 months. The duration of the occlusion was determined by the interval from the last episode of acute coronary syndrome consistent with the location of the occlusion or proved by previous angiography.8,13 Restenotic lesion, CTO lesions located in saphenous vein grafts, and the lesions treated with TaxusTM (Boston Scientific Corp.) were excluded from the present study.
During the study period, a total of 598 patients with CTO lesions were treated in our centre. Of these patients, 502 (83.9%) patients had successful recanalization and underwent stent implantation. After excluding 36 patients treated with Taxus and 85 patients treated with BMS during the period of April 2002 to April 2004, the remaining 122 patients were treated with SES and 259 patients were treated with BMS, and they represented the study population of the present study.
Procedures and post-intervention medications
All patients were pre-treated with aspirin and either ticlopidine or clopidogrel. A 300 mg loading dose of clopidogrel before the index procedure was administered if patients were not pre-treated. The most common approach to recanalize a CTO lesion was the usage of a 1.5 mm over-the-wire balloon combined with a guide wire from Asahi Intecc (Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd, Seto, Japan) including Intermediate, Miracle 3, and Conquest. When there were good contra-lateral collaterals, dual injection technique was employed (16.7% of the patients). During the procedure, patients received intravenous unfractionated heparin (100 IU/kg) to maintain activated clotting time between 250 and 300 s. A decision to use a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor was always made following guide wire successfully crossing the occlude lesion. All stents were implanted with high deployment pressure (>12 atm). The following BMS were used: BX Velocity (Cordis/Johnson & Johnson) in 81 (28.3%) lesions, Diamond-Flex (Phytis, Dreieich, Germany) in 46 (16.1%), Sorin Carbon (Sorin Biomedica, Saluggia, Italy) in 33 (11.5%), Multi-Link Tetra (Guidant Corp., Santa Clara, CA, USA) in 27 (9.5%), AVE S670 and S7 (Medtronic AVE, Minneapolis, MN, USA) in 25 (8.7%), Multi-Link Penta (Guidant Corp., Santa Clara, CA, USA) in 20 (7.0%), Biodiv Ysio SV (Biocompatibles, Galway, Ireland) in 13 (4.6%), NIR stent (Medinol, Jerusalem, Israel) in 6 (2.1%), and other stents (BeStent, Jomed stents, AMG stents) in 35 (12.2%).
Biochemical markers (CK and CK-MB) of acute myocardial infarction (MI) were routinely measured after the procedure in all patients. All patients were on maintenance aspirin therapy, and clopidogrel or ticlopidine was administered for at least 3 months following SES implantation and 1 month following BMS implantation.
Clinical definitions and follow-up
Clinical follow-up was performed by telephone contact or office visit at 1 and 6 months after the index procedure. Angiographic follow-up was scheduled for between 6 and 8 months post-procedure unless clinically indicated at an earlier time.
Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were defined as cardiac death, MI, and target vessel revascularization (TVR), either percutaneous or surgical. All deaths were considered cardiac unless otherwise documented. A non-Q-wave MI was defined as CK-MB enzyme elevation three or more times the upper limit of the normal value; when, in addition to enzyme elevation, there were new pathological Q-waves in the electrocardiogram, the event was defined as a Q-wave MI. Target lesion revascularization (TLR) was defined as a repeat intervention with a stenosis ≥50% within the stent or in the 5 mm distal or proximal segments adjacent to the stent. TVR was defined as repeat revascularization within the treated vessel. Stent thrombosis was defined as an acute coronary syndrome with angiographic documentation of either vessel occlusion or thrombus within or adjacent to a previously successfully stented vessel or, in the absence of angiographic confirmation, either acute MI in the distribution of the treated vessel or death not clearly attributable to other causes.14–16 In order not to miss late thrombotic events, the follow-up time period for thrombosis was extended beyond 1 month until the end of clinical follow-up.
Quantitative coronary angiographic (QCA) analysis
Coronary angiograms were analysed using validated edge detection system (CMS, version 5.2, MEDIS, The Netherlands). On the pre-intervention angiogram, reference vessel diameter (RVD) and lesion length were measured. The occlusion length was measured from beginning of bridging collaterals filling to distal vessel reconstitution, from proximal occlusion to distal retrograde filling from contra-lateral collaterals through dual injection technique, or from the length of the lesion visible after the guide wire crossing. Minimal lumen diameter (MLD), RVD, and per cent diameter stenosis (DS%) at post-procedure and at follow-up were measured, respectively. Late lumen loss was defined as the difference between the MLD immediately after the procedure and at follow-up.17 Angiographic restenosis was defined as DS≥50% by QCA within a previously stented vessel segment (stent and 5 mm proximal and distal) at the follow-up angiography. Focal restenosis was defined as a restenotic lesion ≤10 mm in length. Diffuse restenosis was defined as a restenotic lesion >10 mm in length.18
Statistical analysis
Continuous variables with normal distribution were presented as mean±standard deviation (SD). Continuous variable with non-normal distribution (the duration of CTO) was presented as a median with interquartile ranges. Categorical variables were presented as frequencies (%). Differences between groups in normal and non-normal distributed variables were assessed with the independent sample t-test or the Mann–Whitney U-test, respectively. Categorical variables were compared with χ2 statistics. To avoid the inflation of the type I error due to multiple testing, the primary objective of the study was the comparison of SES relative to BMS, employing cumulative 6 months MACE as primary endpoint. All others comparisons and outcomes were considered as secondary study objectives.
Baseline lesion and procedural characteristics and QCA continuous data were analysed by means of mixed linear models with 'Stent Type' as fixed effect and using 'Patient Indicators' as random terms in order to take into account clustered data (more lesions within the same subject), whereas a logistic regression with generalized estimating equations and compound symmetry variance–covariance matrix was employed for binary categorical data. Survival free of MACE was estimated with the Kaplan–Meier method, and the differences between curves were evaluated by the log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to identify the independent predictors of MACE at 6 months follow-up. According to the hypothesis of this study, the literature data19–21 and the rule of thumb 'number of events/number of covariates>10', the following predictors were entered into the multivariable model: stent type, multivessel disease, diabetes, lesion length, and baseline RVD. The results are presented as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confident interval (CI). A P-value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant, and all reported P-values are two-sided. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 11.5 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Baseline clinical characteristics
Baseline clinical characteristic are shown in Table 1. Compared with the BMS group, the patients of the SES group had higher prevalence of established risk factors of coronary heart disease and had a trend towards higher per cent of diabetes and multivessel diseases. Mean duration of occlusion could be determined in 101 (82.8%) patients of the SES group and in 205 (79.2%) patients of the BMS group.
|SES group (n=122 patients)
|BMS group (n=259 patients)
|Age, years
|Male [n (%)]
|107 (87.7)
|226 (87.3)
|Smoker [n (%)]
|62 (50.8)
|95 (36.7)
|Family history of CAD [n (%)]
|42 (34.4)
|65 (25.1)
|Hypercholesterolaemia [n (%)]
|77 (63.1)
|111 (42.9)
|Hypertension [n (%)]
|61 (50.0)
|111 (42.9)
|Diabetes mellitus [n (%)]
|34 (27.9)
|49 (18.9)
|Prior MI [n (%)]
|67 (54.9)
|164 (63.3)
|Prior CABG [n (%)]
|15 (12.3)
|19 (7.3)
|Unstable angina [n (%)]
|23 (18.9)
|41 (15.8)
|Multivessel coronary disease [n (%)]
|96 (78.7)
|180 (69.5)
|Duration of occlusion (months)a
|7.0 (3.1–29.0)
|6.2 (3.4–13.0)
|GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors [n (%)]
|40 (32.8)
|66 (25.5)
Values are presented as numbers (%) or mean±standard deviation. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; CAD, coronary artery disease; GP, glycoprotein; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.
aMedian (interquartile range).
Angiographic and procedural characteristics
Angiographic and procedural characteristics are shown in Table 2. Of note, the stent length was longer in the SES group than in the BMS group (41.6±19.5 vs. 21.7±9.2 mm, P<0.001). The ratio of stent length to lesion length was 1.79±1.48 in the SES group and 1.16±0.53 in the BMS group (P<0.001).
|SES group (n=144 lesions)
|BMS group (n=286 lesions)
|Lesions characteristics
|Target vessel, n (%)
|148 (33.3)
|195 (33.2)
|140 (27.8)
|179 (27.6)
|156 (38.9)
|112 (39.2)
|Occlusion morphology
|109 (75.7)
|217 (75.9)
|135 (24.3)
|169 (24.1)
|Collateral circulation
|189 (61.8)
|183 (64.0)
|Procedural characteristics
|Number of stents per lesion (n)
|Mean diameter of finally balloon (mm)
|Mean length of stent (mm)
|Stent length/lesion length
|Mean maximal of deployed pressure (atm)
Values are presented as numbers (%) or mean±standard deviation. LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; RCA, right coronary artery.
QCA analysis is shown in Table 3. Angiographic follow-up was available in 101 (82.8%) patients in the SES group (with 119 lesions) and 208 (80.3%) patients in the BMS group (with 228 lesions). Mean time to angiographic follow-up was 6.8±3.0 months in the SES group and 7.2±2.4 months in the BMS group (P=0.21). Compared with the BMS group, late lumen loss of the SES group was significantly lower (0.28±0.56 vs. 1.04±0.87 mm, P<0.001). In-segment stent restenosis occurred less frequently in the SES group (9.2 vs. 33.3%, P<0.001). Among 11 restenotic lesions in the SES group, eight (72.7%) of them were focal restenosis (six located within the stent, two at the margin of the stent) and three were re-occlusion. The pattern of restenosis in the BMS group was composed of 34 (44.7%) focal restenosis (29 located within the stent, five at the margin of the stent), 27 (35.5%) diffuse restenosis, and 15 re-occlusion.
|SES group
|BMS group
|n=144 lesions
|n=286 lesions
|RVD (mm)
|Mean lesion length (mm)
|RVD (mm)
|MLD (mm)
|Six-month follow-up
|n=119 lesions
|n=228 lesions
|RVD (mm)
|MLD (mm)
|2.39± 0.88
|Mean lesion length (mm)
|Late lumen loss (mm)
|Restenosis rate [n (%)]
|11 (9.2)
|76 (33.3)
|Re-occlusion at follow-up [n (%)]
|3 (2.5)
|15 (6.6)
Values are presented as numbers (%) or mean±standard deviation.
In-hospital results and clinical follow-up outcomes
In-hospital results and clinical follow-up outcomes are shown in Table 4. Clinical follow-up at 6 months was available in all patients. The cumulative rate of MACE at 6 months was 16.4% in the SES group and 35.1% in the BMS group (P<0.001). There were no statistical differences in the incidence of death and MI between the two groups. Three patients in the SES group died during follow-up. One patient died 3.5 months after the index procedure because of vascular complications after surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Another patient died at 6.5 months; a prior angiogram showed the target vessel re-occluded without evidence of thrombosis. The last patient died of renal failure. There were three cardiac deaths in the BMS group. One patient was documented stent thrombosis. Compared with the BMS group, the rates of TLR and TVR were significantly lower in the SES group (TLR: 7.4 vs. 26.3%, P<0.001; TVR: 9.0 vs. 29.0%, P<0.001). MACE-free survival was 83.6% in the SES group and 64.9% in the BMS group (P<0.001) (Figure 1). By Cox regression analysis, BMS implantation (HR: 2.97; 95% CI: 1.80–4.89; P<0.001), lesion length (>20 mm) (HR: 2.02; 95% CI: 1.37–2.99; P=0.0004), and baseline RVD (>2.8 mm) (HR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.42–0.92; P=0.02) were identified as predictors of MACE during 6-month follow-up.
|SES group (n=122 patients)
|BMS group (n=259 patients)
|In-hospital [n (%)]
|Cardiac death
|Non-cardiac death
|Q-wave MI
|Non-Q-wave MI
|9 (7.4)
|17 (6.6)
|In-hospital MACE
|9 (7.4)
|17 (6.6)
|Stent thrombosis
|Six-month follow-up [n (%)]
|3 (2.5)
|3 (1.2)
|Cardiac death
|1 (0.8)
|3 (1.2)
|Non-cardiac death
|2 (1.6)
|10 (8.2)
|20 (7.7)
|Q-wave MI
|1 (0.8)
|2 (0.8)
|Non-Q-wave MI
|9 (7.4)
|18 (6.9)
|9 (7.4)
|68 (26.3)
|11 (9.0)
|75 (29.0)
|Cumulative 6-month MACE
|20 (16.4)
|91 (35.1)
|Stent thrombosis
|1 (0.4)
Values are presented as numbers (%).
The main findings of this report are that SES implantation in CTO lesions appears safe and reduces the incidence of restenosis with a lower rate of revascularization at 6 months when compared with BMS.
The remarkable improvement in the treatment of CTO lesions began with the introduction of stenting. Several randomized studies proved clear benefits in reducing restenosis and the need for revascularization when stent was compared with balloon angioplasty in this lesion subset. However, the incidence of restenosis following BMS implantation remains as high as 57.3%.1–8 The logical extension of the benefit of SES already demonstrated in the treatment of non-occlusive lesions is to broaden their application to treatment of CTO lesions.9
The present report has shown significant improvement with SES implantation in CTO lesions compared with the historical data.1–8 It is worth emphasizing that the favourable outcomes of SES vs. BMS were observed despite the more unfavourable characteristics present in the SES group. In our report, the SES group had a higher incidence of diabetes (27.9 vs. 18.9%), multivessel disease (78.7 vs. 69.5%), and longer lesion length (26.5 vs. 22.3 mm). At follow-up, the late lumen loss was remarkably lower in the SES group than in the BMS group (0.28±0.56 vs. 1.04±0.87 mm, P<0.001), resulting in lower incidence of in-segment restenosis (9.2 vs. 33.3%, P<0.001). Despite these findings, the late lumen loss in our report appears larger than that observed in non-occlusive native coronaries9,10 and also larger than the one presented in a recently published report which evaluated SES implantation in CTO lesions.12 It is not clear whether the higher late lumen loss observed in our report, compared with that reported in randomized studies dealing with non-occlusive lesions, is due to specific features of CTO lesions or depends on the longer lesions and stents. An increase in late lumen loss was observed in studies dealing with non-occlusive lesions when the stent and lesion length increased.9,22 A similar explanation can be applied to a prior report dealing with SES implanted on CTO lesions, in which mean lesion length was 11.3 mm and mean stent length was 23.89 mm.12
A unique finding in our report is the large ratio of stent length to lesion length (1.79 vs. 1.16, P<0.001). This finding can be attributed to an attempt by the operator to fully cover the lesion when implanting one SES. In the era of BMS, longer stented segment length is an independent predictor of restenosis and adverse events.23,24 However, the subgroup analysis of the SIRIUS study (Sirolimus-Eluting Balloon-Expandable Stents in the Treatment of Patients with de novo Natives Coronary Artery Lesions study) showed that incomplete lesion coverage with SES was one of the reasons of restenosis.9 In the present report, most of the restenotic lesions in the SES group were focal (72.7%). This observation is concordant with the findings in prior studies.9,25 Among these focal restenotic lesions, 75% were located in the body of the stent. This observation is different from the finding of the SIRIUS study in which most of the restenotic lesions were located near the stents margins or at the site of a gap between two stents.9 Following the previously mentioned observations, it has become our practice to fully cover the entire baseline lesion.
As in all randomized studies dealing with SES or other drug-eluting stents, the benefit in reducing MACE was obtained because of the reduction of restenosis and the need for revascularization.9,22,26 This finding is even more understandable when dealing with a CTO lesion and when the follow-up is limited in time.1,27 In the present report, the rate of MACE at 6 months was reduced by 53.3%, entirely driven by the reduction in the need for repeat revascularization (TLR and TVR reduced by 71.9 and 69.0%, respectively). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups regarding the incidence of MI and death.
Implantation of SES in total occlusions with very long stents could be perceived as a high-risk procedure due to the potential of compromising the side branches, incomplete endothelization, and subsequent stent thrombosis. In the present report, regarding the lesions located in the left anterior descending artery, compromised side branches found in six (12.5%) cases in the SES group and nine (9.5%) cases in the BMS group (P=0.79). This specific setting was associated with the incidence of in-hospital MI, 8.3% in the SES group and 6.3% in the BMS group (P=0.92). One study showed that stent length was associated with the occurrence of intra-procedural stent thrombosis.28 However, in our report, the benefits of SES in reduction of the need for revascularization were obtained without an increase in MI, death, or other events possibly attributable to stent thrombosis.
Using Cox regression analysis, BMS implantation, lesion length (>20 mm), and baseline RVD (>2.8 mm) were identified as predictors of MACE during 6-month follow-up. These results are consistent with the prior studies.9,19,29 Small vessel and long lesion reflects the lesion complexity and the extension of the disease burden at risk for restenosis and re-intervention.
The major limitations of this report are the non-randomized study design, clinical follow-up limited to 7 months, and some imbalance in the risk factors for restenosis. Angiographic follow-up was not performed in all patients and a selection bias cannot be excluded. The fact that angiographic follow-up was similar in both groups (80.3% in BMS group and 82.8% in SES group) may limit this problem. Also, the fact that 85 patients with CTO lesions were treated with BMS between April 2002 and April 2004 cannot be ignored. It may be perceived as another selection bias. The reasons for utilizing BMS in these patients were: (i) a lesion <10 mm in length which was considered to be at low risk of restenosis, (ii) RVD of target vessel >3.5 mm for which there were no appropriately sized SES available. If anything, these patients represent a lower risk cohort for TLR. The fact that the two groups were treated sequentially may also introduce a bias, still we need to recognize that operator experience, which has an impact in successful crossing a CTO, is less likely to affect restenosis. Despite these limitations, this report represents a large cohort of patients treated for CTO lesions utilizing SES with complete clinical follow-up.
SES implantation in CTO lesions appears effective in reducing the incidence of restenosis and the need for further revascularization, without increasing the risk of MI or death when compared with historical data with BMS.
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My kids (four kids ranging in age from 10 to 17) and I attended the 2pm Sunday performance at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. The music was great and there was even some audience participation. The seating in the theatre was tight and it was difficult to see the performance behind the heads of so many... sounds funny, but the kids had to reposition themselves to see several times throughout the performance, as did I. So, I enjoyed the performance, but did not care for the theatre in which it took place.
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first rate professional singers/actors- very impressed- nice rewrite on script for a current update to the story
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Play was excellent the venue was beautiful,but no elevator and many stairs. Will need to get better seat on the ground floor next time.
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thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The singing and high energy was delightful. The only thing that could improve is the sound system. We could not always understand the words of the singers.


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My husband has never had a particularly keen interest in the upkeep and or maintenance of our home. In fact, I have always had a sneaky suspicion that he thought the maintenance of the house was done by fairies who came in the night using their little wands to dust and clean the toilet bowl.
Now that we are the sole occupants of the house he is becoming more aware that things just don't get done around here, someone actually has to do them. And mostly that someone was me.
For years I have envied my friends who would tell me how much their husbands do around the house. I would always bring that news back home to my husband, telling him that so and so's husband does so much around the house and he would always reply, "So what do you feel like for dinner?"
But lately the old dog has learned some new tricks and is doing a few little things, like putting the laundry in the washing machine. He has yet to complete the full laundry trinity, wash, dry, fold/put away, but he does put the clothes in the machine, which is a huge baby step for him. He has also learned how to turn the vacuum on and off, load dishes in the dishwasher and has on several occasion taken the trash out before I told him to do so.
With his new found semi-interest in the upkeep of the house he has now taken it upon himself to advise me on how to do things. In other words, he wants to become the domestic god of our home. This, however, is not going to happen.
I know this because recently I arranged to have some work done on the house. I figured he would go into his normal diatribe of, "Oh, we don't need that done. We should save our money for our old age and let the kids worry about this house when it becomes their burden, blah, blah, blah."
Instead he started to horn in with suggestions while I was talking to the fix it man. It wasn't long before he started to become a personal embarrassment with all of his, "I think that this would look nice," or his, "How about this?"
After the man left I had to deliver the news to him that he wasn't ready or able to take over the reigns of management of our household. Of course, he protested until I put him to the test.
I asked him, "When does spring housecleaning officially began?" "What is the correct drying temperature on the dryer for sweaters and corduroy pants?" "How do you know when a baked potato is done without poking it?"
He looked at me with a perplexed look on his face and then he said, "I don't know the answers to any of those questions." I sat down with a smug look on my face and said, "Of course, you don't grasshopper. It takes years of experience before you will be able to master the running of a household. So for now you must stand back and look and listen as the master shows you the how."
Then I stood up and bowed and just as I thought he bowed back. Then I went into the back room and laughed my head off.
I don't know how long it will take him to find out there are no right or wrong answers to the questions. But I sure would love to be a fly on the wall when he does the asking to someone. Oh, he is such an Agent of Fortune (a male muse) to this here domestic goddess.


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From: "Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS)" <email@example.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] Safety belts. Was: 60th Birthday To: email@example.com Message-ID: <email@example.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> What belts do people recommend? There seems to be a wide range of prices. Safety "belt" is kind of a generic term plus it doesn't really describe what you need. These days just about everyone is using a fall arrest harness with a positioning lanyard (the one that hooks to the waist D-rings and holds you in work position) and a fall arrest lanyard that attaches to the D-ring between the shoulder blades. Using this ensemble let's you be attached to the tower 100% of the time for maximum protection. Fall arrest harnesses can run from about $90 (www.championradio.com) to a couple of hundred bucks for a Klein or similar professional grade. Like Bill, K4XS, I highly recommend an adjustable lanyard - one size DOESN'T fit all. But for low cost it's hard to beat a 4-foot rope one for $39.00. BTW OSHA rules only allow fall arrest harnesses anymore no safety belts. As a non-professional you can use whatever you want but the trend is towards more protection and if you're like me, you're more safety conscious now than when you were younger. Cheers, Steve K7LXC Champion Radio Products & TOWER TECH - Professional tower services for commercial and amateur Cell: 206-890-4188 _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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• Passing HB 13 is the right thing to do for Montana's communities, local economies, and our hard-working, dedicated state and university employees.
• Montana's state and higher education employees live and work in communities all across Montana, providing services that help Montana's citizens and businesses thrive. Their work contributes directly to Montana's economy and jobs.
• State & higher education employees are people such as:
• They boost local economies. They are taxpayers. They spend their paychecks in their local communities, buying local goods and services. They make a big difference to local businesses.
• They are community volunteers. They teach Sunday school, coach Little League, volunteer for Big Brothers and Sisters, and more.
• Their base pay has been frozen for four years. They voluntarily agreed to the first two-year freeze in the 2009 legislature, because they knew times were hard. By so doing, they helped Montana recover from the Great Recession. Montana's economy is now improving rapidly.
In 2011, the state legislature chose not to act on the state pay plan, thus freezing salaries for two more years.
• It's time to do the right thing. The money is available in the state budget.
• Private-sector salaries in Montana have increased by 8% on average since 2008, while state employee salaries have remained frozen.
• The average Montana state employee earns about 14.5% less than their counterparts in Montana and the four surrounding states as of November 2012,
• State employee turnover is now over 13%. The cost of turnover to taxpayers is estimated to be 1 and 1 ½ times the employee's annual salary. That estimate does not include the resulting loss in service or the increased liability of an untrained workforce.
• State employees are taking second jobs in record numbers to make ends meet.
• The pay increase in HB 13 will allow state and higher ed employees to contribute more to their local economies. The pay plan's 5% increase will have a major positive economic impact on the many Montana communities where they live and work.
• State and higher education employees are worth it. They are a bargain and a good investment.
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Section 1 provides 5% across-the-board pay raises for all executive branch employees in July 2013 and again in July 2014. Section 2 provides a 10% increase in the state's share towards each employee's health plan. This change will occur in January 2014 and again in January 2015, except for university system employees whose benefit year begins in July.
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Shame on the New York State Assembly and Senate for failing to address the state's $315 million deficit at a special session called Monday by Gov. David Paterson. Shame on the governor, too, if his only reason for calling the session, in his words, was to "clear my conscience."
It cost New York taxpayers at least $50,000 to ease Paterson's conscience and haul all those do-nothing lawmakers back to their ornate legislative chambers to slap each others' backs, declare what fine guys and gals they are, then shuttle back home.
Oh, they did manage to reconfirm the same old leaders who have helped bring New York state to its knees. Shame on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, and Sen. Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, for going along with this charade.
In addition to addressing the financial shortfall — which Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says is closer to $1 billion than $315 million — lawmakers could have acted on a plan to deal with New York City's troubled Off-Track Betting Corp., and erased a wasteful law requiring one year's notice before closing any state facility. But they didn't.
Nor did they take up a procedural bill that would have allowed Syracuse to create its long-awaited airport authority.
Lawmakers couldn't even agree to allocate $607 million in federal school aid to prevent more teacher layoffs.
On Monday, the lame-duck governor sounded just as plaintive and feckless as he has during his wheel-spinning tenure. "I just thought it was my responsibility to at least present to the Legislature the opportunity to reduce the debt and give the next governor and the next Legislature a level playing field," said Paterson.
The governor should have learned this lesson long ago: Never expect the Legislature meet even your most modest expectations. You'll be disappointed every time.


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Roe will be at Griffin Bay Bookstore, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2-4 p.m., to chat about island history and the book.
A summer resident of Blakely Island, Roe is a recipient of numerous awards from the National Press Association and Society of American Travel Writers. Her latest work concentrates on the last 50-75 years of island history, based in part on interviews with more than 100 islanders. For info, 378-5511.
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Congratulations to Hooker DeJong Architects & Engineers on 75 years of success. The Oct. 7 Chronicle article did a great job highlighting Hooker DeJong's business success in Muskegon and beyond.
It is important to also acknowledge the company's generous support for many nonprofit organizations and causes in our community, from the arts to human services.
Thank you, Hooker DeJong, for all the ways you help make the Muskegon area great place to live and work!
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Oklahoma's bats put the Sooners one win away from their second
national championship with a 4-1 win over Alabama in Game 1 of the
Women's College World Series.
"I told the players, 'we've been here before,'" Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said. "I asked the players for examples, and they said 'Florida, Georgia, Stanford last year.' We came back all three times and won those series."
Game 2 of the best-of-three series is tonight at 7.
Oklahoma (54-8) pounded Crimson Tide pitcher Jackie Traina (40-3) for 11 hits, her second highest total allowed this season. But the Sooners scored their four runs on two sacrifice flies, a sacrifice bunt and a fielder's choice.
"Wasn't doing as well as I would have liked," Traina said. "They're a great ball club. I wasn't putting the ball where I needed to put it. But tomorrow's a new day. I have to recoup, flush it."
Meanwhile, Sooners ace Keilani Ricketts (37-7) gave up five hits and struck out 10, the25th 10-plus strikeout game of her career.
"This team is so confident right now. You can just feel it," Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. "It's a pleasure to be around them. Never been so calm, cool and confident and thinking straight in such a big arena."
The Crimson Tide (58-8) took the lead 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth. Traina led off with a single to left field, Cassie Reilly-Boccia was hit by a pitch and both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Kendall Dawson drove in Traina with a sacrifice fly to right.
The Sooners answered with two runs in the top of the fifth totake a 2-1 lead but left the bases loaded for the second consecutive inning.
Lauren Chamberlain drew a leadoff walk and went to third on a single by Ricketts, who went to second on a throw to third. Jessica Shults tied the game 1-1with a sacrifice fly to centerfield. Ricketts moved to third on a single by Katie Norris and scored when Brianna Turang reached on a fielder's choice to give the Sooners the lead 2-1.
Oklahoma provided insurance runs in the sixth, aided by two errors by Alabama second baseman Danae Hays. The miscues allowed Destinee Martinez and Ricketts to reach first and third. Martinez scored on a Shults single. Pinch-runner Callie Parsons scored on a Norris sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.
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Oklahoma's bats put the Sooners one win away from their second
national championship with a 4-1 win over Alabama in Game 1 of the
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY – Drivers who headed out during Monday's snowstorm in Woodbridge and South Brunswick were involved in 100 accidents during the course of the day, according to police in both townships, who released the numbers this morning.
No serious injuries were reported in any of the crashes.
"We urge people to take it slow, take your time," said Woodbridge police Capt. Roy Hoppock, whose township experienced 52 crashes during the storm.
In South Brunswick, police responded to 48 traffic accidents.
Most, if not all, of the accidents were the result of the weather, police said.
"Many of the incidents involved vehicles traveling too fast for the conditions and sliding off roadways," said Lt. Jim Ryan of the South Brunswick Police Department.
Hoppock said some of the drivers were newly licensed and not skilled at driving on slippery roads.
"Know what your car can and cannot do before driving in snow," Hoppock said.
Police today are renewing their message for safe driving as another storm – this one bringing dangerous ice – was forecast for late tonight and early Wednesday.


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I have found that creating an 8-bit buffer that has a sampling rate of 11025Hz and a size of 11025 bytes does not loop once a second, but rather a tiny bit less. I think this is due to th 11025 just being an approximation. Could anyone post the true sampling rate for 11025Hz, 22050Hz and 44100Hz.


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My apologies to the men who might read this. Perhaps you might want to just move along…but then again if you have ever once in your life said you just don't get women…well. at least you can't say I didn't warn you.
A couple of years ago during one of those annual lady-parts exam I
over-shared unloaded to my practitioner a long list of physical complaints that I had. It was then that I heard for the first time the word menopause rather than peri-menopause. But, but I am only in my forties, I sputtered. My Mommy Dearest was dealing with this in her fifties. I was still a young(ish) woman. Some of my patients mothers are the same age as me for pity's sake…not that I was planning on having a baby. But lab work showed that along with other symptoms that I was complaining about I was definitely transitioning into menopause. The good news (?) was that this transition takes time…months…even years.
Ain't it great being a girl?!
Thankfully my practitioner was all about helping me in managing and even alleviating some of the more annoying symptoms. Hurray for lifestyle adjustments and hormone therapy! I know my family has been thankful for them.
Then this year during my annual exam, the doc asks me when was my last menstrual period.
Um….last summer…?
She is surprised that I can't remember. Shouldn't I be keeping track of these things? Well, yes. I should. But then again there is no worry of getting pregnant or tracking my fertility. I guess I wasn't keeping track. I remember having to buy tampons sometime last summer and needing them sometime then…like before Holly and Ben's flash mob wedding and after BlogHer…
We women do keep track of things like periods this way.
Don't judge. It works.
My practitioner takes in this information and being the mathematical wizard that she is tells me that I am thisclose to the end.
The end?
The end. She reminds me that menopause is the permanent end of menstruation and fertility, defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period. With less than two months to go, she tells me that it looks like I am winding down to the end of that phase in my life.
Well good then! I'm just ready for this phase, this peri-menopause stage to be over and done with. Oh, and the thought that I am definitely done buying feminine hygiene products for myself is pretty cool too.
Then today I received my gift from Mother Nature…
Damn you, Mother Nature and your stupid gift wrapped up in a pretty pink bow! Damn you to Hell!


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Allo 2.0 update brings app shortcuts, GIF keyboard support, and several new features
It's the first major update for Google's new messaging service, and it brings a lot that probably should have been there at launch.
It's the first major update for Google's new messaging service, and it brings a lot that probably should have been there at launch.
You may have a better chance buying the phone directly from Verizon if you're willing to live with a locked bootloader.
Besides the usual high-end components, LG's new V20 offers great audio, lots of photo options, a second screen, a replaceable battery and Android Nougat.
So Apple finally deigned to provide us with an iPhone 7 Plus review unit. The phone itself (plus the first reviews) came out six weeks ago so the interest in what we have to say will have waned somewhat by now. In fact, who's even going to bother reading this? Let's see?
It's unlikely that the phone has a major defect given how long it's been on the market, but these latest incidents compound what's already been a major headache for Samsung.
The company is offering Note7 buyers in Korea discounts on the S7 line and a cheaper upgrade to an S8 or Note8.
When it comes to ease of repair, Google's first in-house smartphone is much easier to deal with than its predecessor.
Most people perceive Japan as being at the cutting edge of technology. It comes as a surprise then to many visitors that the WiFi coverage is patchy and getting a full prepaid mobile service is nigh on impossible. Even just sorting out mobile data packages can be remarkably complicated.
The new Pixel brand replaces the Nexus line and things have become as premium as you can get.
Google's new digital assistant – called Google Assistant – has upped the level of A.I. available to regular phone users thanks to the new Google Pixel phone and the Allo chat app. It assistant offers more than just voice recognition – it understands the context of what you're saying. We suspect that the developers have also had some fun baking in some tongue-in-cheek responses.
Keep continues to grow into a more comprehensive service for keeping track of all those random thoughts and ideas.
Windows 10 Insider preview build 14951 adds a slew of Camera app tweaks, new Windows Ink tools, and more.
It's iPhone time again and whether you're a fan or not the whole tech industry gets a lift and the general, less-techie populace gets a lesson on the latest technology.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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{ blazer- Gap, top- LOFT, skirt- F21 (very old), shoes- Sam Edelman, purse- Ann Taylor (on sale in-store), bracelet- LOFT, watch- Michele, shades- Ray-Ban, nails- Essie 'Shop Til' I Drop' }
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Shades of grey.
{ blouse- LOFT (old), jacket- from Italy, jeans- William Rast (similar), sunnies- Chloe, watch- Michele, bracelet- LOFT, rings- Stella&Dot (similar style & cute stackables), nails- H&M Miss Stone Grey (old but similar here, and here) }
This post is for my best friend who jetted off to Spain for the year. She helped me take some photos in the middle of a Texas rainstorm. Thanks, eaeae. Love you and so excited for your new life of teaching and traveling.
This post is for my best friend who jetted off to Spain for the year. She helped me take some photos in the middle of a Texas rainstorm. Thanks, eaeae. Love you and so excited for your new life of teaching and traveling.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Summer color.
{ top- F21(old), shorts- LOFT, shoes-Target, watch- La Mer Collections (loving this one too), bracelets- Stella & Dot(both), ring- Banana Republic, Aggie ring, bag- Louis Vuitton (lovely graduation present), sunglasses- Ray Ban }
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
{ top- LOFT, pants- LOFT (similar style), shoes- Zara, clutch- from Italy, bracelets- LOFT, watch- Burberry (old), rings- Stella & Dot, Aggie ring }
The printed pant trend can be rather tricky. I was pretty apprehensive about this look for awhile. I jumped on the bandwagon once I found these pants on the sale rack. I love them because they are not too crazy, but they definitely make a statement. When trying daring trends, I think it is best to keep it more classic (and inexpensive).
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Back on track.
{ dress- LOFT (no longer online, but on sale in stores), blazer- Zara, bag- Marc by Marc Jacobs, shoes- Ellen Tracy via Marshalls (similar style), watch- Michele (face & band), bracelets- David Yurman, Banana Republic, rings- Stella & Dot, Aggie ring, sunglasses- Ray Ban }
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
{ dress, jacket, scarf- LOFT, wedges- Mia, purse- Furla, bracelets- LOFT, BR, ring- Aggie ring, Gap outlet, necklace- gift(old) }
This is my very belated Easter Sunday outfit. A big 'thank you' to my mother for helping me snap some shots.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Saturday Day Out.
LOFT stone ring & Banana Republic stackable
Loft bracelets with an old giraffe bangle from Stein Mart.
LOFT jacket(old) and tank.
Mia wedges & 7FAM Jiselle
An overload of photos from Saint Arnold's Brewery in Houston with best friends.
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