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Friday, April 25, 2008
No. 15 Erskine Uses Long Ball to Defeat Tornados on Friday Afternoon
Brevard, N.C.
– The Brevard College men's baseball team dropped game one of their final three-game weekend series on Friday afternoon, as No. 15 Erskine used the long ball to defeat the Tornados 7-2.
Erskine took an early 2-0 lead by way of a two-run homerun of the bat of second-baseman Chas Anthony in the first inning of play.
BC got one run back in the bottom half of the first, as catcher Josh Miller singled to center field to score Brice Warner from second and put the score at 2-1.
However, the long ball came back to haunt the Tornados again in the top of the third, as right-fielder Bryan Fogle sent a towering shot over the left-center field fence for a three-run homerun, pushing the Flying Fleet ahead by four at 5-1.
Erskine added two more runs in the top of the fourth inning, highlighted by a Keith Hill RBI single to put the visitors on top 7-1.
The Tornados pushed across a run in the bottom of the sixth on a Mitch Hefner sacrifice fly to right field, but it wasn't enough as BC fell at home 7-2.
Erskine right-hander Mike Moore (10-1) picked up the win, as he went the distance allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits while striking out nine over the nine inning contest.
BC junior right-hander Spencer Linn (1-8) was handed the loss, as he gave up seven runs on nine hits while striking out seven Erskine hitters over eight innings of work.
Miller led BC at the plate, as the sophomore was 3-4 with an RBI, while Hefner was 1-3 with a double and an RBI. The other two BC hits came off the bat of Brice Warner and Linn, as each was 1-4 for the game.
For the Flying Fleet, Fogle was 3-4 with a homerun, three RBIs and one run scored, while Anthony was 2-4 with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs scored.
The Tornados (10-36) will wrap up their 2008 season tomorrow afternoon, as BC will host No.15 Erskine College in a double-header. The first game is slated for a 12 p.m. start time.


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Bruce Industrial Company
4049 New Castle Ave.
New Castle, Delaware 19720
United States
Stokes Equipment
2410 Swede Rd.
Horsham, Pennsylvania 18929
United States
Abal Material Handling
1401 Plantation Road
Roanoke, Virginia 24012
United States
Salem Tools
1602 Midland Rd
Salem, Virginia 24153
United States
Grace Material Handling
50 Division Avenue
Building 3 Unit 66
Gillette, New Jersey 07933
United States
RAHWAY, New Jersey 07065
United States
Penn Tool Co
1776 Springfield Ave
Maplewood, New Jersey 07040
United States
United Technology Trade Corp
244 5th Ave, # K236
New York, New York 10001
United States
U.S. Materials Handling Corp.
723 Azon Road
Johnson City, New York 13790
United States
Stac Material Handling
12170 Reserve Lane
Cleveland, Ohio 44026
United States
Robertson Equipment Company
10950 Pearl Road
Suite A-2
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
United States
Production Tool Supply
10801 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44130
United States
Summers Hardware & Supply Co.
400 Buffalo Street
Johnson City, Tennessee 37601
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Burke Industrial Supply Inc.
240 Dixie Boulevard
Morganton, North Carolina 28655
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Taylor Material Handling & Conveyor
2242 Tedrow Rd
Toledo, Ohio 43614
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Advanced Handling Systems
4861 Duck Creek Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45227
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Production Tool Supply
8655 E. Eight Mile Road
Warren, Michigan 48089-4030
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Indoff Material Handling
121 Apple Grove Dr.
Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
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Morton Co.
9 Walker Road
Westwood, Massachusetts 02090
United States
American Material Handling
1711 Highwood East
Pontiac, Michigan 43340
United States
Deluxe Systems Inc.
50 Strafello Dr.
Avon, Massachusetts 02322
United States
72 Quincy St.
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
United States
Production Tool Supply
3509 Wayland Drive
Jackson, Michigan 49202
United States
Russell Supply Corp.
9 Gregory Drive
So. Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States
Materials Handling Equipment
7433 US 30 East
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46803
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Bastian Material Handling
12300 Plantside Drive
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
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Ergonomic Solutions LLC
1939 goldsmith lane
suite #158
louisville, Kentucky 40218
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Cardinal Intergrated Systems
1055 Grade Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40213
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Action Material Handling
1350 S. 15th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40210
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Production Tool Supply
4782 44th St. SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512
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Material Handling Sales
20 Downeast Dr.
Yarmouth, Maine 04096
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Mid-South Handling
1109 Lovers Lane
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
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Lafayette Materials Management
635 Erie Street
Lafayette, Indiana 47904
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Hayes Trading Co
2320 Sans Souci
Aurora, Illinois
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Hassel Material Handling Co.
2450 W. Silver Spring
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209
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3353 South Cove Trace
Birmingham, Alabama 35216
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Grant L. Nelson Company
3100 N. Knoxville Avenue
Suite 219
Peoria, Illinois 61603
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Wisconsin Equipment & Systems
123 N. Oakland Avenue
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54303
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Mohler Material Handling
4514 McDonnell Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63134
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Indoff, Inc.
11816 Lackland Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63146
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Kodiak Equipment
1603 Engle Creek Road
Barnhart, Missouri 63012
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Productive Tool Products
1075 Headquarters Park
Fenton, Missouri 63026
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Fastenal Company
2001 Theurer Blvd.
Winona, Minnesota 55987
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Briggs Equipment, Inc.
2470 East I-65 Service Road North
Mobile, Alabama 36617
United States
5500 Patterson Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72209
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Siggins Company
512 East 12th Avenue
N. Kansas, Missouri 64116
United States
Flexion Caster & Material Handling
1100 Edwards Ave.
Harahan, Louisiana 70123
United States
Nelson Equipment
9708 St. Vincent Ave.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
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Casters of Oklahoma, Inc.
11740 East 11th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128
United States
6000 NW 2nd #400
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73127
United States
Dillon Material Handling
3907 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75226
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Hisco, Inc.
6650 Concord Park Dr.
Houston, Texas 77040
United States
A & K Equipment
8670 Monticello Lane No.
Linton, Minnesota 58552
United States
Material Handling Solutions
2305 Blalock Drive
Austin, Texas 78758
United States
Blackhawk Industrial
6830 N. Broadway
Unit I
Denver, Colorado 80221
United States
Convey Roll, S.A. de C.V.
Campeche No. 2319-B
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 88270
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Av. Alfonso Reyes No. 2823
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 64410
Mesa Equipment & Supply Company
7100 2nd Street NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109
United States
American Interior Systems
1974 East Falcon View Dr.
Sandy, Utah 84092
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Allied Handling Products
2687 South Cole Road
Boise, Idaho 83709
United States
Indoff Material Handling
9216 Spruce Mountain Way
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
United States
Machine Tools Supply
3505 Cadillac Ave. #K-2
Costa Mesa, California 92626
United States
F.E. Bennett Company
739 NE Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97232
United States
Material Flow & Conveyor Systems Inc.
21150 Butteville Rd NE
Donald, Oregon 97020
United States
Mitchell Handling Systems
P.O. Box 1438
Novi, Michigan 48376
United States
Apex Packaging & Industrial Supply, Inc.
2308 Meridian Street
Huntsville, Alabama 35811
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Hagerstown Ind. Supply Co. LLC
13701 Maugansville Road
Maugansville, Maryland 21767
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LONG BEACH — Work on a shore-to-ship power retrofit project by an electrical contractor that has drawn fire from unions and city officials will have to wait a little while longer.
The Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission on Monday delayed executing a $25.2 million contract with the San Diego-based Helix Electric Inc., after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11 raised concerns over whether the San Diego firm met a specific California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) requirement.
The issue was whether Helix had listed a sub-contractor for high-voltage splicing.
Randolph Finch, attorney for Helix, told the board that this was "a witch hunt by the IBEW to preclude Long Beach from moving forward" with the project, adding that the company has personnel that were more than qualified to meet the two-year minimum experience requirement laid out by Cal/OSHA.
The port received the union's letter of concern Friday, followed by a response from Helix. The commission postponed the decision to review the concern.
Finalizing the contract has been a slow process.
Two months ago the port delayed a decision on the Helix contract while staff reviewed complaints of safety concerns, poor employee treatment and shoddy work on a project the company handled at Pier T.
At last week's commission meeting, a crowd of union members and City Council officials showed up to protest granting the new contract. However, the commission tentatively approved awarding the contract and affirming that Helix was a responsible bidder.
The retrofit project would create facilities to allow ships to plug in to dockside electrical power and avoid running their engines and generating pollution.
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RIVERSIDE - More than 80,000 meals to the needy were put on hold Monday after thieves stole the tires from six of eight trucks belonging to the largest food bank serving the Inland Empire.
Tracylyn Sharrit, director of marketing for Second Harvest Food Bank, which serves San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, said it was "sickening" that the thefts would happen on Martin Luther King Day.
"For us to take this hit ... is just unheard of," Sharrit said.
Sharrit said 19 tires were stolen. They are valued at around $500 each.
At nearly $10,000 in damage, Sharrit said that amounts to 80,000 meals.
"What they're stealing is our ability to deliver," Sharrit said.
By Monday afternoon, Sharrit heard from a Walmart representative offering to cut a $10,000 check to Second Harvest.
Her reaction of joy was the opposite of the anger she felt upon hearing the tires were stolen.
A worker notified her of the loss at around 6:30 a.m. on Monday.
Signs of the damage were readily apparent. Thieves cut the valve stems, deflated the tires, then used soap and water to slip them off the rims.
In doing so, they rendered most of the food supplier's fleet useless.
Investigators with the Riverside Police Department said they have no suspects or witnesses.
"It's unfortunately one of those things," said police Lt. Chad Milby. "Maybe we might get lucky.
Second Harvest serves food to about 400,000 people every month. Because of the theft, the organization's fleet couldn't get to corporate food donors throughout Southern California.
Second Harvest distributes food through more than 400 nonprofit groups, including the Salvation Army. Sharrit said for every dollar donated, the agency can supply eight meals to the hungry.
Melissa Munoz, a food coordinator with The Way World Outreach in San Bernardino, said her church uses Second Harvest every week.
"Last year we picked up a half a million pounds," Munoz said. "We get the bulk of our food here."
Sharrit said 25 million pounds of food are delivered out of the Jefferson Street warehouse every year.
While investigators look for the thieves and insurance agents file their reports, Sharrit said Second Harvest will use much-needed reserves to pay for the loss and get the trucks running as soon as possible.
She expected to have the tires replaced late Monday.
"The bigger issues is, who steals from a food bank?" she said. "I can't imagine what they were thinking."
Those interested in donating to Second Harvest may call 951-359-4757 or visit online at secondharvest.us.
Anyone with information about the theft may contact Riverside Police Department at 951-787-7911.
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WATCH: Linkin Park Celebrates 'The Hunting Party' with iHeartRadio Album Release Party
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Linkin Park celebrated the release of their new album The Hunting Party with an iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 18th.
The band's brand new album -- their sixth -- dropped June 17th, one day before the show. Though some fans believe Linkin Park's new album to be something of a "prequel" to their debut Hybrid Theory, guitarist Brad Delson explains, "It's not a return to a style or sound; it's a return to an ethos and inspiration - one that predates us coming together as a band. It's the result of a hunger for music that we're not hearing anyone doing."
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Watch videos from the iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Linkin Park below and make sure to let your friends know what you think by sharing and tweeting with #iHeartLinkinPark!
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Courtrooms are intimidating. They become more so, experts said Wednesday, when judges, jurors and attorneys look nothing like the person on trial.
Of the tens of thousands of defendants that make their way through Utah's courtrooms every year, the majority are ethnic and racial minorities.
But only 5 percent of Utah's district court judges identify themselves as something other than white.
This, judges and attorneys said, is a problem.
The latest in an ongoing conversation about the fairness of Utah's judicial system, a panel of judges and attorneys spoke to University of Utah students in honor of Law Day to address the question of equality: Does the state's judicial system live up to its promise of equality for all under the law?
"I think there's a consensus in this country that equality should be the goal, that everyone deserves equal treatment," Utah Court of Appeals Judge William Thorne said. "But to achieve that equality we have a long way to go."
The issue of socioeconomic inequality in Utah's courtrooms has come under scrutiny recently as a judicial task force begins to examine the state's patchwork system for providing attorneys to poor accused of crimes.
Utah is one of only two states in the country that provides neither funding nor oversight to counties charged with organizing and implementing a system for defending poor people in criminal court a guarantee made by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling 50 years ago.
But the poor aren't the only ones experiencing inequality in Utah's courtrooms, panelists said.
The panel discussed the infrequent appointment of minority judges, criminalization of crimes that disproportionately affect minority populations and juries not made up of a defendant's peers, as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
"The first line of our constitution is 'We the people,' " said Salt Lake legal defender Jesse Nix, president of the Utah Minority Bar Association. "But the way my clients see it it's 'Them the people.' The judge is white, the prosecutor is white, the public defender is white. No one on the other side looks like them."
When it comes to judges, panelists said, the bench should attempt to mirror that of the population it serves.
More than 21 percent of Utahns are racial or ethnic minorities and 50 percent are women, according to 2012 statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. But on the bench in the state's Supreme Court, court of appeals, district and juvenile court only 9 percent of judges are minorities and 24 percent are women.
Last year, 3rd District Judge Su J. Chon became the first minority to earn a spot on the bench under Gov. Gary Herbert.
Minority judges like Thorne and 3rd District Judge Vernice Trease, who identify as American Indian and Asian, respectively, said their ethnicity may not affect their ruling, but it does affect how their rulings are received.
"I find that people can take a verdict against them if they felt that they were heard and the system was fair," Thorne said. "But it has to look fair so people have confidence that the system works."
"The right ruling is the right ruling no matter who's making it," Trease added. "But to a defendant, the appearance of fairness is huge."
Diversity, the panel said, goes beyond racial difference. Gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and background all contribute to how a person sees the world, and therefore how a person may be judged in a court of law, said Grace Acosta, a private civil attorney.
Because of these ever-expanding categories, Nix said, there will always be majority and minority groups in and beyond courtrooms but a society should be judged by how it treats its most disenfranchised.
"Nearly four times as many American Indian and five times as many black children are removed from their homes than white children," Nix said. "These are problems of poverty, substance abuse. We need to focus on getting the parents the help they need rather than incarcerating them. Children belong with their parents, not with the state."
The panel discussion was hosted by the Hinckley Institute of Politics.
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Everyone is going to have at least one ancestor who was given money, food or clothing from the poor rate funds or they may have been forced (no one went there voluntarily I am sure) to enter the workhouse.
The records that these interactions with the parish officials and the workhouse generated are a goldmine for family history and I am sure you will be surprised what you will find when you start to use these documents.
Click on the links below to start learning more about the the poor law & workhouse.


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The Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture
Process for Development
Recent trends clearly demonstrate that local economies depend greatly upon the creative and intellectual capital of their citizenry. To position itself economically, Minneapolis relies strongly upon its artistic and cultural resources, which generate an estimated $269 million annually.
Over the last ten years, the City of Minneapolis has invested tens of millions of dollars into an arts community that is rapidly growing and changing, yet the City has no strategic plan for the arts and culture. City decisions regarding support for these activities are addressed one project at a time and are managed by several City entities. The City of Minneapolis needs a plan for arts and culture that both focuses decision-making at the City level and supports the diverse artistic interests and talents within our community.
The purpose of the Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture is to develop a ten-year strategic plan that defines the role of the City of Minneapolis in supporting the arts and culture, and the role of the arts and culture in accomplishing the City's broader goals. The plan will result in a clear set of future priorities that are supported through policy and a range of City resources.
A consultant was chosen to help lead and create the Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture. The consultant worked with City staff, a Coordinating Committee and an Advisory Committee. This process began in winter 2003. The process cost approximately $165,000 and was funded through both City and outside sources.
Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture 2008 Progress Report
Minneapolis Plan for Arts and Culture (June 2005)
- Arts and Culture Plan Advisory Committee
- Background Research
- Comparable Cities Report
- Key Interviews Report
- Interviewees
- Public Intercept Survey
- Public Meeting Report
- Public Meeting with Communities of Color
- Public Art Goals
- City of Minneapolis Goals
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Kevin is the Senior Curator of Mammals at Museum Victoria. He reports on his recent expedition to the mountains of Sulawesi, Indonesia in this series of blog posts.
Last Sunday was the birthday of Alfred Russel Wallace who, along with Darwin, co-founded the theory of natural selection. As Ursula reported, Wallace's expedition through the Malay Archipelago (modern-day Indonesia) also prompted him to develop the field of biogeography and to define the zoogeographical regions of our planet; that is, where groups of animals are found and why.
Wallace's world map showing the zoogeographical regions in different colours. Image: A.R. WallaceSource: Copyright expired. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
Biogeography proposes that the species native to a particular region are determined by geographic processes such as vicariance (isolation) and dispersal (colonisation). Natural selection then drives species to evolve traits suited to survival and reproduction in their environments available in their geographic context. Biogeography and natural selection combined often result in species from different regions converging on similar morphological solutions to similar selective pressures.
Consider the mammals of Australia, which are the product of millions of years of natural selection acting on a set of species determined by biogeography. Australia, along with New Guinea, comprises the continental shelf of Sahul that today, as well as in Wallace's time, is separated by the Indonesian archipelago from the Asian continental shelf, Sunda. During low sea levels of the Pleistocene (the last 2 million years), Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands were one continuous landmass as were Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo on the Asian side. Between them was Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands and the Lesser Sunda islands (Nusa Tenggara) all separated by deep ocean channels. This region at the interchange between Asia and Australia is referred to as Wallacea.
Map of Sunda and Sahul and the Wallace Line, the Lydekker Line and the Weber Line.Image: Maximilian DörrbeckerSource: Used under CC BY-SA 3.0 from Wikimedia Commons.
85 million years ago Australia was connected to Antarctica and via Antarctica to South America. When a meteorite crashed into the Yucatan peninsula of North America 65 million years ago annihilating the dinosaurs (except a few feathered and crocodilian ones), Australia was already starting to drift away from Antarctica. For 40 million years Australia drifted in isolation and only about 10 million years ago began to collide with Asia. The mammals that made this journey survive today as the marsupials and monotremes that are unique to Australia and New Guinea. The marsupials have evolved to fill many ecological roles with adaptations similar to placental mammals on other continents, a process driven by natural selection leading to convergent evolution.
An example of convergent evolution. The Thylacine (left) and the Red Wolf (right) occupy similar roles in the ecosystem and have similar dog-like characteristics, even though they belong to entirely different groups of animals.Image: Left: Heath Warwick | Right: ucumariSource: Left: Museum Victoria | Right: Used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 from ucumari.
The native terrestrial mammals of Australia, however, are not just the result of isolation but are also descended from a select group of intrepid colonisers from Asia. These are the native bats and rats that account for nearly half of the mammal species of Australia. The rats are remarkable because they are the only non-flying, terrestrial mammals to colonize Australia before humans and they did it twice; once 5 million years ago (Rowe et al, 2008) and again 1 million years ago (Rowe et al, 2011). Both colonisers clearly came from Asian sources but the details of how they crossed multiple ocean channels and archipelagos are still unclear. In part this is hindered by our limited understanding of rat diversity from Wallacea, a condition that I and my colleagues endeavour to correct with our recent expeditions to Sulawesi.
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The use of consultants by physician groups, such as IPAs, is nothing new. In 1996, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission issued their revised Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care, outlining how such doctor networks should conduct contract negotiations.
What is new — and it's something that health plans should be aware of — is that Uncle Sam has lately shown more inclination to enforce antitrust law. For instance, recently, the Federal Trade Commission brought enforcement actions against some physician IPAs, alleging that the networks have been violating the antitrust laws in their contract negotiations with HMOs.
In May 2002, two Denver-area physician groups agreed to settle with the FTC over charges that the organizations and their members entered into agreements to fix fees and to refuse to deal with payers except on collectively agreed-upon terms. The complaints also alleged that deficient contract offers were not even relayed to the doctors and that the physician leaders and the messenger — often a consultant, but not always — advised members to terminate or threaten termination of their individual health plan agreements in an effort to pressure plans to offer new contracts with higher fees.
Simply put, it is illegal for physicians to get together and threaten to terminate their agreement with health plans as a way of getting more pay.
Proposed settlement
Also, in August 2002, the FTC announced a proposed settlement involving eight Denver-area obstetrical and gynecological groups, along with their nonphysician agent. The FTC charged that the consultant, termed a "messenger" in the applicable federal law, refused to tell the physicians about contract terms if the consultant considered those terms deficient; the physicians collectively demanded and received more advantageous fees and other terms than each of the physicians could have obtained individually; the consultant and managers of the physician groups convinced the physicians to terminate their relationships with other IPAs to enhance their bargaining strength; and the consultant advised the physicians to terminate, or threaten to terminate, their pre-existing individual contract with payers, thereby pressuring payers to offer new contracts with higher prices.
Just what can physician groups do?
These examples show what physician groups may not do in contract negotiations. But what can they do? When the Department of Justice and FTC issued their revised Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care in 1996, they essentially outlined how the government should analyze certain health care antitrust issues. Statement 8, regarding physician network joint ventures, and Statement 9, concerning networks that include multispecialty providers, are crucial in analyzing the antitrust implications of physician networks.
Statement 9 provides that networks that are not substantially integrated can use a "messenger model" arrangement to facilitate their individual contract negotiations with health plans and avoid price fixing. Statement 9 provides valuable guidance on the permitted actions of third party messengers, or consultants, in contract negotiations with health plans. Statement 9 provides that:
- The messenger, not otherwise affiliated with the network, may obtain from each participating physician a fee schedule or conversion factor that represents the minimum payment that the participating physician will accept from a payer.
- The messenger is authorized to contract on the participating physicians' behalf with payers offering prices at this level or higher.
- The messenger may convey to the participating physician price offers that do not meet the authorized fee amount.
- For a specified period of time, the messenger also may be authorized to bind the participating physician to any contract offers with prices equal to, or better than, those in a contract that the participating physician has already approved.
- The messenger may also aggregate the information of various participants and develop a schedule that can be presented to a payer that shows the percentages of participating physicians in the network who have authorized contracts at various levels.
Importantly, the messenger may neither negotiate pricing terms with a payer nor share pricing information with the participating physician.
In February 2002, the FTC issued a favorable advisory opinion to MedSouth, an IPA located in Denver.
Under MedSouth's proposed program, the IPA would seek to negotiate price and other contract terms with payers on behalf of its physician members and would use a consultant to develop fee proposals for use in contract negotiations.
The consultant would not disclose competitively sensitive information received from network physicians to other physicians in the network. Importantly, the IPA would be a nonexclusive network that would not preclude physicians from participating in other physician contracting organizations or from contracting with payers individually.
Additionally, the physician members would not share pricing information with one another and would be prohibited from agreeing to collectively contract only through MedSouth. Finally, MedSouth would not state or suggest to payers that unless the payer reaches agreement with the IPA, its physicians would not participate in the payer's plan.
The FTC concluded that it would not challenge implementation of the program if the physician members were, in fact, willing to deal individually on competitive terms with payers who did not wish to contract with the IPA and the number of physicians participating in the group would be reduced, as described by MedSouth.
Valuable insight
The recent enforcement actions provide valuable insight into the type of conduct that physician networks and their messengers may attempt to engage in when negotiating provider agreements with health plans. Accordingly, when negotiating agreements with physician networks, health plans should be aware that the following conduct on the part of physician networks has been viewed by the FTC and DOJ as anticompetitive:
- Having a fee schedule for the network or price ranges that a health plan must meet in order to contract with the network.
- Negotiating price or price-related terms with health plans.
- Allowing the messenger to unilaterally accept or reject contract offers based on price or price-related terms or to fail to relay offers to the participating physicians.
- Restricting the participating physicians' ability to negotiate or contract individually with health plans.
- Inducing participating physicians to terminate or threaten to terminate their existing agreements with health plans.
- Implementing a system under which the participating physicians mutually agree to standing offers that will be submitted to health plans or to offers that will be accepted by the participants.
Health plans can level the playing field by talking with physician networks and their messengers about the antitrust implications of engaging in such conduct.


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Report: Selena Gomez & Justin Bieber take in 'LOVE' in Las Vegas
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On-again-off-again pop crushes Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez seem to be on again - at least this weekend. Ahead of their scheduled performances at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand, the two were spotted taking in the sights and sounds of Sin City, attending the Cirque du Soleil performance of "LOVE" at the Mirage hotel and casino on Saturday night.
A source tells E! News Justin and Selena "got close and comfortable in their seats while snacking on peanut M&Ms and Mike and Ikes candy." Bieber was reportedly wearing a low hat and sunglasses during the show.
Reports about the couple ending their two-year courtship first surfaced in January, though they have been seen spending time together on many occasions since then. Last month, Selena met up with Justin on a few dates on his tour in Norway and Sweden.
Selena also recently dished on a new song, which she says is about Bieber. The track is called "Love Will Remember" and is expected to turn up on her next album Stars Dance later this year.
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The Fourth of July Barbecue at the Park
Spending July 4 chilling in the park with coolers, Frisbees and iPads (well, it is 2012 after all)? NICE. Since it's you and your best buds, you could go with your weekend uniform of a Hanes white v-neck and those artfully-shredded cutoffs, but since you will be in public on a national holiday, why not take the opportunity to show your holiday spirit with a little red, white and blue-inspired cuteness that's just slightly more put-together?
Think fun separates and shoes you can play in, and be sure to include something cozy to pull over your shoulders should it get cooler when the sun goes down (gotta be ready for the fireworks– holla!).


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Part-Time Studies - Applicants with Post-Secondary Education
If you have attended another university or a college in the past, we must take your academic standing into consideration. However, we will also consider the length of time you have been away from your previous studies.
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McKissick Museum to unveil Smyrl exhibit
"Southern Satire: The Illustrated World of Jak Smyrl" will be on display at the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum from Aug. 8 to Jan. 23.
A special reception and talk about the exhibition will be held Aug. 27 from 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Smyrl (1923 – 2007) was a staff artist and illustrator for The State and the Columbia Record newspapers from 1949 – 86. His quirky and original cartoons, neither jarring nor biting, were known for their light-hearted depictions of Southern life.
"Jak's cartoons always elicit a chuckle and a smile," said Robert Ariail, former editorial cartoonist for The State. "In fact, on many of his caricature maps, the legend reads, 'One inch equals one smile.'"
"Southern Satire" features more than 50 works by the artist and a series of whimsical maps highlighting some of South Carolina's most distinct historical locations. Accompanying many of the illustrations are newspaper articles for which Smyrl created his popular illustrations. Most important to the University of South Carolina, Smyrl created the first image of the Fighting Gamecock.
"It was as if ink ran through his veins," said Jason Shaiman, chief curator of exhibitions.
"Drawing from his own experiences of growing up on a farm, attending college and serving in World War II and his general love for the Palmetto State, Smyrl was able to create humor from most every situation," Shaiman said. "Through his 37 years as a commercial artist, he offered his readership a recognizable perspective on Southern life. As a South Carolinian himself, he connected with his readers on a personal level, understanding the cultural, historical and political issues relevant to the Palmetto State."
"Southern Satire" is made possible through support from The State and the Camden Chronicle-Independent newspapers and the S.C. Humanities Council.
McKissick Museum is located on the university's historic Horseshoe. Parking is available in the university parking garage at the corner of Pendleton and Bull streets. All McKissick exhibits are free and open to the public. The museum is open from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays and holidays.
For more information, contact Ja-Nae Epps at 803-777-2876, or visit the Web site at http://www/cas.sc.edu/mcks


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Orioles Name Minor League Staff
Ron Johnson returns for his second season as the manager at Triple-A Norfolk after guiding the Tides to a 74-70 mark in his first season in the Orioles organization in 2012. Johnson now has a 1,335-1,332 record in 19 seasons as a minor league manager. MIKE GRIFFIN will serve as pitching coach for the sixth consecutive season in the organization and fourth straight season in Norfolk. DENNY WALLING will serve as hitting coach for the Tides for the second consecutive season. Former major leaguer Jose Hernandez will serve as field coach for Norfolk after serving as field coach for Frederick in 2012, Delmarva in 2011 and the Gulf Coast Orioles in 2010.MARK SHIRES enters his 14th year as an athletic trainer in the Orioles' system and his seventh year at Norfolk. RYO NAITO will return for his third season as the Tides' strength and conditioning coach. GARY KENDALL will return for his third season as manager at Double-A Bowie. 2013 will be Kendall's 14th season in the organization and 10th season as a manager. Entering his eighth year in the Orioles organization (six with Frederick and one with Delmarva), BLAINE BEATTY will serve as pitching coach for the Baysox. Einar Diaz, entering his sixth year with the Orioles, will serve as hitting coach for the Baysox after spending 2012 as the field coach at Delmarva. Aaron Scott, in his 11th season in the organization, will serve as Bowie's athletic trainer for the third consecutive year. Strength and conditioning coach PAT ARMSTRONG returns for his third year in the organization and second year at Bowie. Former Orioles third baseman Ryan Minor will take over as manager at Frederick afterthree years as manager at Delmarva. 2013 will be Minor's sixth as a coach or manager in the organization. KENNIE STEENSTRA, who served as Frederick's pitching coach in 2009, will return to the Keys after three years in Bowie for his ninth season in the organization. TORRE TYSON will begin his first year in the organization as the hitting coach for the Keys. Tyson spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the New York Yankees' minor league defensive coordinator after four years as a minor league manager. 2013 will be Tyson's 10th season as a coach, manager or instructor in professional baseball. PAT WESLEY begins his 10th full season as an athletic trainer in the Orioles' organization and fifth with Frederick. CHRIS CECERE will serve as strength and conditioning coach for the Keys in his third year in the organization. In his first year in the Orioles organization, long-time major league coach LUIS PUJOLS will manage Class-A Delmarva. Pujols managed for three years in the Tigers and Astros organizations and managed the Detroit Tigers for 155 games on an interim basis in 2002.Also in his first year in the organization, Justin Lord will serve as the pitching coach for the Shorebirds. In his 19th season in the organization, BUTCH DAVIS will serve as hitting coach for the Shorebirds after serving the last seven years as the Orioles' roving outfield and bunting instructor. GREG SVARCZKOPF will serve as the Shorebirds' athletic trainer after three seasons as the strength and conditioning coach for Bowie and last year as an athletic trainer at the Orioles' Florida complex. Former major league catcher MATT MERULLO joins the Orioles organization as the manager for Short-season (A) Aberdeen in 2013.Former Oriole pitcher ALAN MILLS returns to Aberdeen for his second season as pitching coach. In his first year in the organization, Jon Matthews will serve as hitting coach for the IronBirds in 2013.TREK SCHULER begins his 14th season as an athletic trainer in the Orioles organization and his fifth in Aberdeen. ORLANDO GOMEZ will manage the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Orioles in 2013 after three straight years with Frederick. 2013 will be Gomez's ninth season in the organization and seventh as a manager. After managing the GCL Orioles for the past four seasons, RAMON SAMBO will serve as the team's field coach in 2013. MILT MAY returns for his fourth season as hitting coach for the GCL Orioles. Former major leaguer WILSON ALVAREZ will serve as pitching coach for the GCL Orioles in his first year in the organization. Alvarez will serve as pitching coach for the Venezuelan club in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. Elvis Morel will manage the Orioles' entry in the Dominican Summer League and will be assisted by pitching coaches ROBERT PEREZ and Dionis Pascual and hitting coach RAMON CARABALLO. BENNY ADAMES will serve as bench/outfield coach, while RUBEN FRANCISCO will serve as first base/baserunning coach and RAMON LUBO will oversee catchers and coach third base. LUDOVINO ALONZO MARTE will serve as athletic trainer for the DSL club, while JUAN SUAREZ will serve as strength and conditioning coach.. BRIAN GRAHAM enters his sixth season with the Orioles and first as Director of Player Development. RICK PETERSON will return for his second season as Director of Pitching Development and MIKE BOULANGER returns for his second year as Minor League Hitting Coordinator. Orioles Hall of Famer MIKE BORDICK will serve as a Special Assignment Instructor,while DON WERNER (catching) and Matt Martin (infield) will serve as roving instructors. Scott McGregor will spend his 12th year as a coach in the organization and second season as the Sarasota-based Rehabilitation Coordinator. DAVE SCHMIDT, in his 16th season in the organization, will serve as the Florida and Latin America Pitching Administrator for the Orioles,while FELIPE ALOU, JR. returns for his sixth year as Director of the Orioles' Dominican Academy. LEN JOHNSTON enters his 37th season with the Orioles organization, serving as the Administrator for Sarasota Operations. DAVE WALKER will begin his 11th year as Minor League Medical Coordinator and 20th season in the Orioles' farm system. RYAN DRISCOLL returns for his fourth year as Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinatorand JAKE PARKER will enter his fourth season as Minor League Equipment Manager. Affiliate League Manager Pitching Coach Field Coach(es) Trainer Norfolk (AAA) International Ron Johnson Mike Griffin D. Walling/J. Hernandez Mark Shires Bowie (AA) Eastern Gary Kendall Blaine Beatty Einar Diaz Aaron Scott Frederick (A) Carolina Ryan Minor Kennie Steenstra Torre Tyson Pat Wesley Delmarva (A) South Atlantic Luis Pujols Justin Lord Butch Davis G. Svarczkopf Aberdeen (SA) New York-Penn Matt Merullo Alan Mills Jon Matthews Trek Schuler Gulf Coast (R) Gulf Coast Orlando Gomez Wilson Alvarez Milt May/Ramon Sambo Dominican (R) Dominican Elvis Morel R. Perez/D. Pascual Adames/Francisco/Lubo/Caraballo J.Rosario/L. Marte Baltimore Orioles 2013 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Director of Minor League Operations Kent Qualls Director of Player Development Brian Graham Asst. Dir. of Scouting and Player Development Mike Snyder Coordinator of Minor League Administration Maria Arellano Director of Pitching Development Rick Peterson Coordinator, Minor League Hitting Instruction Mike Boulanger Pitching Rehab Coordinator Scott McGregor Florida and Latin America Pitching Administrator Dave Schmidt Director, Dominican Academy Felipe Rojas Alou, Jr. Coordinator, Minor League Strength/Conditioning Ryan Driscoll Coordinator, Minor League Medical Dave Walker Coordinator, Latin American Medical Manny Lopez Administrator, Sarasota Operations Len Johnston Instructor, Minor League Infield Matt Martin Instructor, Minor League Catching Don Werner Special Assignment Instructor Mike Bordick Minor League Equipment Manager Jake Parker Dominican Field Coordinator Miguel Jabalera Dominican Academy Administrator Jorge Perozo Player Development Coordinator Cale Cox
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By Theresa Goffredo Herald Writer
Madison Otto is a 16-year-old with talent and a lot of modesty.
When asked what scene kids might enjoy most in Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Hansel &Gretel," Madison didn't hesitate to say the one where the witch appears.
That happens not to be the scene that Madison is dancing in.
"It's one of the best scenes, when the witch comes out," Madison said.
Part of the entertainment in that scene is the witch herself, who happens to be former PNB principal dancer Ariana Lallone.
Pacific Northwest Ballet is presenting this family-friendly version of "Hansel &Gretel," to help introduce children to ballet. The ballet is performed as an hourlong matinee and is narrated.
Like PNB's other Family Matinee productions, this ballet features about 60 students from Pacific Northwest Ballet School.
Madison is one of those dancers. She is a junior at Bothell High School and although she has been dancing since she was 3, this will be her first time dancing on stage as a PNB student.
But she's prepared.
Madison has been at the PNB school for a year. Before that, she performed in competitions and recitals and was on the national stage in front of 1,000 people.
For "Hansel &Gretel," Madison is performing as a moonbeam in the dream sequence when Hansel falls asleep after being lost in the woods.
"There's about 20 of us on stage and there are some pretty intricate movements and it's really hard," Madison said in a phone interview.
One tricky part of the dance routine has been that there are trees the dancers have to position themselves behind and move when they need to be moved. During rehearsals, sometimes the trees fall. But Madison said there will be weights on the trees during the real performance so that shouldn't happen.
Based on the classic fairy tale, this ballet tells the story of Hansel and Gretel, two children lost in the forest who get hungry before discovering a house made of sweets. They are welcomed by the owner of the house, a witch, who turns out to be not so sweet.
The production is timed for children and was created by choreographer Bruce Wells, who has created more than 50 ballets for such companies as the Dance Theater of Harlem, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Chicago and Oregon Ballet Theater.
For the past 16 years, Wells has been on the faculty of Pacific Northwest Ballet School and created three children's ballets for the school: "Snow White," "Hansel &Gretel" and "Pinocchio."
Madison said she is looking forward to presenting the show to children.
"All the little kids get to watch us perform, to see what they would get to do when they advance to the higher levels and it's fun for us to be a role model for them," Madison said.
"It's a live enactment of Hansel and Gretel and it will be a fun show for all age groups."
"Hansel &Gretel" has four performances, at noon and 3:30 p.m. Sunday; 10:30 a.m. March 22 and 3:30 p.m. March 23 at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle.
Tickets are $25 to $67 general and $22 to $60 for children 12 and under. Call 206-441-2424 or go to www.pnb.org. Tickets are also sold 90 minutes before each performance if they are still available.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; email@example.com


text: 1. Aaron Rodgers 2. Tom Brady 3. Peyton Manning 4. Drew Brees 5. Eli Manning 6. Ben Roethlisberger 7. Matt Ryan 8. Joe Flacco 9. Matthew Stafford 10. Cam Newton 11. Colin Kaepernick 12. Andrew Luck 13. RG3 14. Tony Romo 15. Russell Wilson 16. Jay Cutler 17. Matt Schaub 18. Philip Rivers 19. Andy Dalton 20. Michael Vick 21. Carson Palmer 22. Josh Freeman 23. Sam Bradford The top 8 are who I consider the clear cut top QBs in the league right now, then from 9-13 I have a lot of the younger guys right in front of Romo. I think an argument could be made that Romo could be squeezed somewhere in that range, but at the same time those guys are just flat out more talented than Tony and I can't convince myself that I'd take him over any of those guys. 3 of them were recent #1 overall picks, another was the 2nd overall pick and the last is Kaepernick, who has as much ability as anyone in the league. They are all young and oozing talent. Even when you look at the group I have in the top 8, 6 of them were 1st Round picks and the other 2 are Brady and Brees (who was the top pick in the 2nd Round). You want big time talent at the QB position, you need to be willing to pay the price. Romo is a great story and a nice guy, but he'll never hold a candle to what those top guys have in arm talent.