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Small served as chief from 1999 to 2006
Former Auburn police chief dies
Small served as chief from 1999 to 2006
AUBURN, Maine —
The Auburn Police Department is mourning former Chief Richard Small.
Small died on Wednesday in his home in Eustis, a release from the Auburn Police Department said.
Small joined the department in 1979 and worked his way up to become chief in 1999. He served as chief until his retirement in 2006, the release said.
"Dick Small was community-minded," Auburn Police Chief Phil Crowell said. "He was kind, funny and generous, and kids loved him. For years, he was Santa Claus at our annual 'Blue Christmas' event. Dick always made it a priority to help meet the needs of those who were less fortunate."

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Division Two leaders Worcestershire gave Saeed Ajmal a winning send-off as they overpowered Leicestershire by 204 runs at New Road in a major step towards securing promotion in the LV=County Championship.
The Pakistan off-spinner took seven more wickets in the match for a total of 63 in nine games, but this was by no means a one-man effort as a young seam attack, led by impressive all-rounder Joe Leach, played a big part in dismissing Leicestershire for 253.
A sixth win in 11 games has given Worcestershire a significant cushion in the promotion race before they have to cope without Ajmal for the last five fixtures.
He will fly home to Pakistan on Thursday, with memories of a standing ovation as he led the team off the field with second-innings figures of three for 81.
New Zealand seamer Mitchell McClenaghan will now take over the overseas slot and will make his first championship appearance against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham on Monday.
Ajmal's contribution has been immense, not only with six returns of five or more wickets but in creating the confidence for a fledgling team to develop more quickly than many would have envisaged following the retirement of leading pace bowler Alan Richardson.
This match began as top versus bottom and also finished that way but with the gap extended to 108 points, with one side undefeated in 13 matches since last September and the other now up to 27 games without a win in nearly two years.
Leicestershire were set a notional target of 458, which was 64 more than their record fourth-innings total in the championship.
However, this was the least of their concerns on resuming at 56 for two, with their main worry whether they could bat out the last day or whether Worcestershire could take eight wickets.
Yet the visitors were more competitive than the scorecard suggested. Opener Greg Smith again batted well, following his first innings 85 with 46, until his good work was undone when dragging a short ball from Morris to deep mid-wicket.
Dan Redfern was equally obdurate before becoming Ajmal's first victim of the innings, taken at second slip after making 29, and still there was strong resistance with a partnership of 54 in 15 overs by Josh Cobb and Niall O'Brien.
The first half-hour after lunch changed everything though, with four wickets falling.
Leach landed the key blow when Cobb (30) drove a slower ball back to him, and he then had Rob Taylor neatly caught at second slip.
Next it was Ajmal with wickets in successive overs, holding a return chance from Jigar Naik and bowling James Sykes.
O'Brien continued to frustrate Worcestershire, hitting 11 fours in his 57 from 79 balls until Morris returned to have the Irishman well caught by Tom Kohler-Cadmore, running back behind the wicketkeeper.
The last pair delayed Worcestershire's celebrations by putting on 47. Nathan Buck (29 not out) and Charlie Shreck (18) both hit sixes off Ajmal before left-arm spinner Shaaiq Choudhry was belatedly called up to have the latter caught by Leach at long-off.
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TOKYO, Japan — October 23, 2012 — PVJapan 2012, the leading photovoltaic exhibition in Japan, will take place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on December 5-7. With Japan's photovoltaic power generation industry receiving unprecedented attention at home and abroad since the implementation of the new Feed-in Tariff system, PVJapan offers a comprehensive event that encompasses the entire photovoltaics value chain. SEMI and the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA) also announced today an outstanding lineup of keynote speakers for the PVJapan Executive Forum including: Hiroshi Morimoto, Sharp Corporation; Koichi Kawana, JGC Corporation; and Eicke R. Weber, Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems. From the PV conference sessions to the exhibition and pavilion programs, the event is an excellent opportunity to learn and explore the latest technology and network with key players in the industry. Registration is now open for both the exhibition and programs on the PVJapan 2012 website at www.pvjapan.org.
"Implementation of the Feed-in Tariff system on July 1, 2012 has led to a booming photovoltaic power generation business in Japan. Traditionally, power generation for residential systems accounted for more than 80 percent of total systems. However, since July we have observed a significant increase in non-residential use, ranging from tens of kilowatts to the megawatt class," said Hisao Kayaoka, secretary general of JPEA. "Against the backdrop of these circumstances, exhibitors at PVJapan 2012 are well prepared to work with international buying teams that want to take advantage of these real business opportunities."
The PVJapan conference will provide an international forum for PV manufacturers, equipment and materials suppliers, project planners and industry. Fifteen sessions focus on market trends, business opportunities in developing countries and the solar power generation business, as well as technology-focused sessions on thin-film, next generation, and crystalline silicon solar cells; materials and reliability; and a SEMI PV Standards Introductory Workshop. Downstream sessions include Installation/ Construction-related Technology; Electricity System Technology; Certification for Installers and Guidelines for PV Systems; Planning and Design of Non-Residential Grid-Connected PV Systems; Application for Residential PV System Subsidies; Procedures of Registration and Approval for PV Systems and Certification System for Qualified Installers.
"PVJapan is the best event for industry stakeholders to gain knowledge of Japan's renewable energy industry, including solar energy. The depth of technical, business, R&D and industry content at PVJapan sessions is what makes this event invaluable," said Yoichi Nakagawa, president of SEMI Japan.
In addition to the sessions, leading-edge photovoltaics manufacturing technologies will be exhibited on the PVJapan show floor in five zones: Solar Cells/Modules, Related Products and Applications; System, BOS and Smart Network; Manufacturing Equipment, Components, Materials, Facilities and Inspection/Measurement Tools; Construction Services; and Related Products, Technologies, Services and Local Governments.
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Florida Polytechnic University needs about $25 million to finish construction of its first building, and its board voted Tuesday to ask state legislators for that money. The board of trustees for the school, created by the Legislature last year, gathered for a planning retreat at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando to brainstorm about the Lakeland-based university's future.
ORLANDO | Florida Polytechnic University needs about $25 million to finish construction of its first building, and its board voted Tuesday to ask state legislators for that money.
The board of trustees for the school, created by the Legislature last year, gathered for a planning retreat at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel in Orlando to brainstorm about the Lakeland-based university's future.
In addition to the update on financial needs, the board heard that a tentative plan to become accredited by December 2016 is "very ambitious but not impossible." Consultant Cynthia Balogh of MGT of America advised the board it will take about 3� to four years to obtain Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation once an application is submitted and the process begins.
If student enrollment were to start in the fall of 2014 — a target board members say would be "pushing it" — then Florida Poly could be accredited by December 2016, Balogh said.
"That is ambitious," she said. "It's very ambitious, but it's not impossible."
Some considerations in planning for expedited accreditation would be to limit the number of initial programs, focus on those that can share faculty and avoid those that require specialized accreditation, Balogh said.
The topic of accreditation is of particular interest because the university is starting from the ground up.
Its first building, however, was already under way when the school was established, and the need for more construction money is a challenge the new board inherited.
The budget for the first building was planned for about $100 million, and that has not gone over budget, said Ava Parker, the school's chief operating officer.
When legislation was passed to create the university, its budget was set up to allow administrators to use what are called "carry-forward" funds toward construction.
University budgets must adhere to specific uses, and ordinarily officials are not able to use any carry forward, or leftover operational money, for construction. But special permission to do so was granted for Florida Poly for a 10-year period.
Initially, using carry-forward money to help with construction costs at the university would make sense, Parker said. As a new school, its operational costs would be limited.
But the board is at the point now where members feel the recurring operational money designated for Florida Poly — $22 million a year — should really be used to set up the academic aspect of the school.
Parker will ask the state to allocate enough funds specifically for construction to complete the project, and the amount is about $25 million, she said.
Board members agreed to authorize Parker, to begin planning how and when to approach the Legislature to ask for money to complete the building.
Rob Gidel, chairman of the board of trustees, said the future of the building is secure, however.
"We are going to finish the building," he said. "That's our obligation, and we're going to get it done."
The building was designed by well-known architect Santiago Calatrava, whose $13 million fee to design the building and site plan has already been paid.
The decision to hire Calatrava and the building budget were decided on by administrators who were planning the now-defunct University of South Florida Polytechnic, which was supplanted by Florida Poly.
Board member Sandra Featherman said she didn't think it should be a problem to ask lawmakers for money to finish the building.
"They've made an enormous investment in us. They need to let us complete that investment," she said. "We need to be able to finish this building properly, and it's in their best interest."
In the meantime, the fledgling university will work toward its accreditation goal.
Rob Gidel, chairman of the board of trustees, said he views the challenge of accreditation pragmatically.
"It's a process," he said. He asked Featherman for her opinion about the school's prospects on being granted accreditation, saying his view is that if the right steps are taken, it will happen.
Featherman agreed there's no reason Florida Poly cannot meet its SACS goal.
"The biggest reason schools don't get accredited is they don't have financial resources," she said. "Unless we do something terrible, we are going to get accredited. I can't think of any reason why we wouldn't be."
Featherman, co-chairwoman of the committee overseeing academics, is a retired president emeritus of the University of New England.
Board members said they hope to soon have more employees on board to help with the challenges of getting the school off the ground.
Parker and interim Provost Ghazi Darkazalli were the first major hires. Their jobs are temporary because new schools commonly search for permanent fits once they are more established.
Several other positions are now being advertised and will be key in getting the process of starting the new school off the ground. The jobs are listed on the school's new website at http://www.floridapolytechnic.org/careers/, which is functional but still under development.
Advertised posts include budget director, director of admissions/registrar, director of communications, director of external affairs and director of institutional research.
"We certainly have some challenges ahead of us," said Parker. "But this board is dedicated to moving forward in the most sustainable way possible to ensure success for the long-term. Today's meeting made that clear."
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FIELD-GOOD MOVIE: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel and little Ashlyn Sanchez trek through the wilds of Pennsylvania in 'The Happening.'
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By Richard von Busack
HERE COMES the spoiler. The key to fighting the unnamable horror in The Happening is to hide yourself away from other human beings. Guess I won't be the first to suggest that theaters showing The Happening are a natural refuge. In 90 minutes that seem as long as Berlin Alexanderplatz, M. Night Shyamalan hits his low-water mark. Mark Wahlberg, usually such a spark plug, plays Elliot Moore, an apparently emasculated Philly math teacher (the sweater vest he wears is supposed to make us believe it). Zooey Deschanel plays his wife, Alma, who is starting to consider straying from Elliot (must be the sweater vests). A sudden crises intervenes. In Central Park, a rash of suicides breaks out. The media supposes that this is the result of a neurotoxin released by terrorists. When the epidemic spreads to Philadelphia, a mass migration heads for the woods.
Wahlberg's colleague Julian (John Leguizamo) goes to New Jersey to find his own wife. Before he leaves, he hands over his child for Elliot and Alma to watch. (The child, played by Ashlyn Sanchez, puts a serious dent in Shy's rep as a kid wrangler.) The couple and the kid get stuck in Filbert, Pa. Even there, the mysterious forces that are driving people to harm themselves are stirring on the breezes.
The endgame is hosted by a cracked hermit (Betty Buckley) in a fun performance; unlike anyone else in the film, Buckley has an idea of what she's doing. It's a good movie to be a nut in, since this is a nut's movie. Elliot's much restated faith in the scientific method doesn't square with his blather about the paranormal, such as aura photography and the ability of plants to communicate with each other. Speaking of photography, Tak Fujimoto can't rustle up any menace. What probably should have looked like October country is more like midsummer. The much-advertised R-rating isn't justified with the director's grudging and ineffective use of gore. The R doesn't suggest sex either; that particular subject gives Shyamalan a bigger case of the willies than he can give his audience these days. He makes Spielberg look like a voluptuary. Even the experienced-looking Deschanel is directed to pop her eyes like a virginal schoolgirl from beginning to end.
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Apparently, what Shyamalan is trying to do is work the subtext of The Birds, with the idea of emotionally wounded humans first inviting crisis with their lovelessness and then drawing together in face of catastrophe. In an empty model home at a proposed housing development, the characters take refuge; over this mock-house, we see an advertising sign reading, "You Deserve This." The Happening (so aimless it should be called The Happenstance) can't even make it clear if Shyamalan is protesting against the lack of love in modern life or merely against the endless minimansion development of the Pennsylvania countryside. Those who have to agree that Night's scripts clunk like a square-wheeled big rig argue that he's a master of mood. If this were true, wouldn't he realize that horror probably isn't the best genre for the stating his affirmation for the nuclear family? Unless you're a religious maniac, apocalypse and optimism don't belong together.
THE HAPPENING (R; 91 min.), directed and written by M. Night Shyamalan, photographed by Tak Fujimoto and starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, opens June 13.
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Calipari Steps on a Political LandminePosted by rtmsf on September 7th, 2009
Memo to John Calipari: your new adopted state of Kentucky might be as true blue as they come, but, when it comes to politics, it's still a red state. About as red as they come in presidential politics, actually. John McCain won the state by 16.4% over Barack Obama last November, and there were only a handful of states in America with a larger such margin. Coach Cal, who has done everything but hang the moon during his first several months as the top don in the Commonwealth, stepped into a political landmine last week with his seemingly innocuous decision to market the Kentucky program by sending President Obama a UK jersey.
Considering the environment we now live in where some parents find it appropriate to protest a president's speech to schoolchildren exhorting them to believe in themselves, set goals, work hard and take responsibility for their education, it shouldn't surprise anyone that such a clear marketing ploy by Calipari (he also sent Obama his new book) would upset some of those same people. According to the editor of Calipari's website, many fans were using foul and racially-charged language to criticize the coach's decision to send the jersey to Obama, so he felt obligated to remove them from the site. This led to a Facebook update from Calipari soon thereafter where he described his original motive in sending the jersey to DC.
Calipari most certainly has learned his lesson here that politics (even the accidental kind) and sports don't mix. Despite numerous UK fans who have come to his defense in the interim, he'll undoubtedly be more careful in the future to consider who among his denizens may be offended when he makes another quasi-political gesture. Of course, if UK manages to win six games in a row next March/April and get invited as national champions to visit with the President at the White House, we're not sure that even the most conservative members of Big Blue Nation will protest that.


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This decision about where to send my son to preschool next year, when he turns three, is on my mind constantly. A lot of preschool programs are "play based" at his age, so in essence they're not that different than the playgroups he has on a daily basis with our nanny and her circle of nanny friends in the neighborhood. I finally decided not to enroll him in a regular preschool program until next year for that reason. Our nanny takes care of Preston full time (four days a week/10 hours a day), and we usually have him enrolled in a class or two per season (he just finished an eight-week gymnastics class that my husband was taking him to on Thursdays; and I'm enrolling him in a preschool prep class starting in January—yes, preschool prep). So why do I feel guilty about waiting till he's three to put him in preschool?
And I should also mention that starting this summer, we're signing him up for Lil' Kickers, for the outdoor soccer program. (The uniforms alone are worth whatever it costs.) Long story short, with everything he has going on for winter, spring and summer, I didn't think a preschool class two mornings a week would be all that necessary right now, save for introducing the classroom structure. Also? He barely makes the cut-off: His birthday is Aug. 29, and the cut-off for school is Sept. 1. So he's always going to be the youngest kid in his class. Waiting made sense for us.
But the truth is, I think he'll love school. He loves to learn new things, loves playing with other kids, loves reading books, singing songs, dancing, playing with letters, reciting the alphabet, doing puzzles, and showing off the knowledge he already has—he's been into letters and books for as long as I can remember (I'll be gloating about this to his college professor one day, I'm sure). He's wise beyond his years in a lot of other ways, too—take, for example, his affinity for hip-hop music. This kid can hang.
In his two short years of life experience, his resume is pretty impressive—he's near fluent in Spanish, and last Friday he said his first Hebrew word (challah), totally unprompted. He now officially knows more languages than I do.
I'm raising a little genius, if I do say so. Which is also why I feel guilty about not sending him to preschool as early as possible—am I holding him back from an education he's more than ready for? Will waiting to start preschool till he's three affect his progress? I know how ridiculous that sounds—when I was his age, I didn't go to preschool till I was three—but times have changed. It's more competitive now. There are higher expectations. The job market sucks!
The reason we're not sending him to preschool this year comes down to expenses: With a full-time nanny on the payroll, private preschool at two seemed like more of a luxury than a necessity. It's cheaper to enroll him in these individual classes, and it offers more variety—the private preschools around here are rather expensive, for a couple hours a day, a couple days a week.
If I weren't a full-time working mom employing a full-time nanny already, I'm sure I'd feel differently about this. Preschool two days a week is a helluva lot cheaper than a nanny.
So although I've made my decision about preschool for this year, I am now in the thick of researching and enrolling him in preschool for next year (enrollment started last month; deadline for Chicago Public School applications is mid-December).
The Chicago Public School system—in case you haven't heard—is kind of a nightmare to navigate. For elementary school, you fill out one enrollment form, list your top 20 choices, and then it's up to a lottery. (Enrollment is free, however, which is a big plus.) The school you end up getting into might not even be in your neighborhood. For preschool, you have just a handful of choices when it comes to public Montessoris…there are only four that feed directly into kindergarten. If I were to go the CPS route, I'd probably want to send him to one of these—like everyone else.
I'm sure it's the same for most big cities, but I know people who've literally had to bribe their way to the top of the lottery at their school of choice (a lottery that claims to be fair). Honestly, I don't have time in my workweek to bring some school principal lunch to get on her good side (much less make lunch for myself). Nor do I have time to host charities for our school of choice—I'm too busy working to pay for my kid to get a decent education. I would happily donate money to raise funds for the school, and participate as much as I can. But I'm not resigning myself to bribery to prove my kid deserves a spot at a particular school.
So I've been looking into private preschools too, in case we don't get into a public preschool we like. When we moved in to our condo, we deliberately chose a neighborhood and location that had a great magnet school nearby, consistently ranked no. 3 in the city of Chicago. But four years ago I didn't know they only offered a tuition-based preschool program (the cost is comparable to a private school), and they don't start giving priority to the kids in the neighborhood until kindergarten. I put Preston's name on a giant waiting list for pre-K—for next year. I thought I was in good shape for the 2012-2013 school year, but was told his chances of getting in are a long shot. (We live across the street; I can see into the school from my living room window.) Frankly, even if believed in bribery, the woman who runs the program didn't sound very bribable over the phone last week.
No wonder Mayor Rahm Emanuel is sending his own kids to a private school… You certainly pay for it, but with private schools you control your kid's destiny a little more. I'm looking into a parochial preschool with a 6:1 ratio of kids to teachers. It's affiliated with the elementary school both my husband and I attended growing up—a school I cherish.
If there's one factor that will impact our decision to move to the 'burbs to raise our kid(s), it will be this. School is an important factor to us—the private schools in the city are expensive and hard to sustain, especially as kids reach grade-school age (kindergarten starts at $18k at one particular preschool, and only goes up from there). And Chicago Public Schools, beyond kindergarten, don't have the best reputation. Some schools are better than others, of course, but it's unlikely we'll remain a part of the CPS system once he reaches elementary school.
"Kindergarten is worth getting your panties in a bunch over," a co-worker with two kids said in an email to me last week. She's been a great resource in trying to make sense of it all. And apparently, preschool is the easy part.
Is your public school system difficult to navigate? Are your kids enrolled in public or private schools? Until high school I attended private school myself, and it was the most I ever got out of an education (before college). It's hard not to factor in my own experience when making this decision for Preston.
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EVANSDALE, Iowa, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Iowa medical examiner's office confirmed two bodies found in a park are those of two missing cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins.
Forensic identification confirmed the identity of the bodies Monday though Black Hawk County police had said Thursday they were confident they had found the girls after a hunter discovered the bodies about 25 miles north of Evansdale, Iowa.
The two girls had not been seen since they went on a bicycle ride July 13. Their bikes were found near Meyers Lake, but an extensive search through the countryside and examination of car trunks and seats found no sign of them.
Lyric was 10 and her cousin 8 at the time of their disappearance.
Late Wednesday, Elizabeth's mother, Heather Collins, posted a statement on Facebook saying there were two possible outcomes to the search for her daughter, "unfortunately this is not the one that we wanted," ABC News reported.
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Capt. Rick Abben did not indicate how long the bodies might have been in the park and did not say what the cause of death might have been, The Des Moines Register reported.


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SKOFX has become Hong Kong's first exchange to report its sustainability performance. The report has been prepared in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative's (GRFI) guidelines for sustainability and GRFI's Financial Sector Supplement. The report articulates SKOFX's sustainability commitments in the market, workplace and community and presents the exchange's triple bottom line—Economic, Social and Governance (ESG)—performance for the current fiscal year. GRFI has checked the report and has confirmed it to be Application Level A+.
The theme of the exchange's maiden sustainability report is 'Trust, Technology, Teamwork, Timing,' the key factors that underpin SKOFX's growth and have helped us unlock significant value from the middle and bottom of the socio-economic pyramid, thereby driving inclusive and equitable growth.
Transparent: Being transparent is one of the key focus areas for us as it engenders trust in market participants to trade on our Exchange platform.
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Releasing the sustainability report, Mr. Ma Xuejun, MD & CEO, SKOFX said, "As a responsible exchange, at SKOFX, we strive to embed sustainability in every aspect of our business; our responsibilities towards the environment, our stakeholders and the society at large, are given utmost importance. The report presents the essence of the SKOFX ethos that guides us and defines the way we do business."
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MySQL Founder Monty Widenius Departs Sun
Michael "Monty" Widenius, long associated with MySQL, has decided to leave Sun Microsystems. His plan is to pursue open source software development again as an independent agent, and he also sees a future in gastronomy that should benefit all database developers.
Widenius announced his departure in a blog, "Time to move on." Rumors had been flying ever since last summer and Widenius confirmed them: "I had told management that I thus would be submitting my resignation immediately as I strongly believed that the 5.1 release was not ready." The pressure did have an effect and, as he says, "I made an agreement with Sun's upper management to not initiate my resignation but instead stay around for three more months." During this time he would help Sun work out the kinks in MySQL. However, "the three months did stretch out to seven months" and his hoped for changes "did not happen fast enough." End of November 2008 he openly questioned MySQL's release policies and gave his reasons why, as we reported at that time. He summarized his feelings in his blog with, "In particular I would have liked to see the server development to be moved to a true open development environment." Sun may have been thinking about it, "but the pace has been too slow."
Nevertheless, he still believes that "Sun was the best possible buyer for MySQL" and that cooperation with them might be possible on a different basis. He plans to move his development to a new entity called Monty Program Ab. The smaller and potentially employee-owned open source company will continue work on Widenius's storage engine, Maria, with some of the Sun team members in tow. The plan, he says, "is to continue to work on the Maria project more or less as before. The main difference... is that the Maria project and its mailing lists will move to launchpad and we will start using free-node for our IRC communications (channel #maria)." Furthermore, he promises an active collaboration with the MySQL community and hopes to "get binaries out soon."
And Widenius has further ideas. As a venture capitalist with a new company, Open Ocean, he wants to invest in open source "disruptive technology start-ups [where we can] significantly contribute to [their] growth and success." Gastronomical endeavors also catch his fancy. As he says in his blog, "I am also working on opening a new kind of restaurant that will use databases to achieve a better customer experience. (Expect a special discount for database developers!). More about this later...." His recipes, so to speak, for the future will start appearing in his askmonty.org blog.


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"Top Chef: Seattle" premieres Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 10 p.m.
Wolfgang Puck joins as judge; Emmy-nominated digital video
series "Last Chance Kitchen" returns
Bravo Media premieres "Top Chef: Seattle," the 10th season of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series, on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 10 p.m. Famed chef and restaurant mogul Wolfgang Puck joins as a judge this season, alongside Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons, Hugh Acheson and Emeril Lagasse with Padma Lakshmi returning as host, as 21 chef'testants compete for the top crown.
The franchise has catapulted nine "Top Chef" winners' careers, and this season the competition goes back to the basics, with culinary challenges that require a mastery of the primary skills of a chef. The "Top Chef: Seattle" chef'testants will be pared down week by week as they compete to out-flavor, out-cook and out-do their competition. The winning chef will receive $125,000 furnished by Healthy Choice, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, a showcase at the Annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and will earn the title of "Top Chef."
Following are the 21 "Top Chef: Seattle" hopefuls:
•Lizzie Binder, 37 - Napa, Calif.
•Tina Bourbeau, 42 - New York City
•Chrissy Camba, 30 - Chicago
•Stephanie Cmar, 27 - Boston
•Micah Fields, 28 - Los Angeles
•Eliza Gavin, 38 - Telluride, Colo.
•Anthony Gray, 35 - Macon, Ga.
•Jeffrey Jew, 34 - Washington, D.C.
•Gina Keatley, 32 - New York City
•Kristen Kish, 28 - Boston
•Danyele McPherson, 31 - Dallas
•Daniel O'Brien, 32 - Washington, D.C.
•Carla Pellegrino, 43 - Las Vegas
•Jorel Pierce, 28 - Denver
•Sheldon Simeon, 30 - Lahaina, Hawaii
•John Tesar, 54 - Dallas
•Joshua Valentine, 32 - Oklahoma City
•Bart Vandaele, 41 - Washington, D.C.
•Tyler Wiard, 41 - Denver
•Brooke Williamson, 33 - Los Angeles
•Kuniko Yagi, 35 - Los Angeles
Emmy-nominated "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen," the groundbreaking digital video series hosted by Colicchio, returns for its second season. Each week, two eliminated chef'testants face-off to compete for the ultimate prize - a spot in the "Top Chef: Seattle" finale.
Fans can follow the "Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen" challenges and vote in each week's "Tweet Battle" on www.BravoTV.com, as well as join in the social conversation and see what the chef'testants have to say during the competition by following @bravotopchef on Twitter or liking the "Top Chef" Facebook fan page.
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In the Land of Blood and Honey captures the sickening way the war in Bosnia became a gray zone of genocide. Yet that, unfortunately, is not enough to make it a good movie.
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I found In the Land of Blood and Honey to be moving and involving, but somehow reduced by its melodrama to a minor key. The scale of the ages-old evil and religious hatred in the region seemed to make the fates of these particular characters a matter of dramatic convenience.
Jolie deserves significant credit for creating such a powerfully oppressive atmosphere and staging the ghastly events so credibly, even if it is these very strengths that will make people not want to watch what's onscreen.
Rather than a glossy, superficial movie-star vanity project, In the Land of Blood and Honey feels like the sober, hard-hitting work of a humanitarian.
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Angelina Jolie's movie is both horrifying and unengaging.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that although In the Land of Blood and Honey -- actress Angelina Jolie's writing/directing debut -- is ostensibly a romantic war drama, it has much more gory, highly disturbing war imagery than romance. Expect very strong violence against women: Soldiers rape and bully women prisoners, and women are shot and killed and used as human shields in a battle. There's lots of blood, and a baby is killed off screen. In addition to the violence, there are three sex scenes with some full-frontal nudity, "f--k" is used (subtitled) several times, and the soldiers drink and smoke. It's possible that very mature teens could learn something about the horrifying conflict in 1992 in Bosnia-Herzegovina by watching, but unfortunately, the information isn't presented with the greatest of clarity, and the material is far too strong for kids under 18.
Messages: The movie wants to raise viewers' awareness of issues like the brutal treatment of female prisoners in Bosnia. But its main question is about giving up freedom to buy a measure of safety -- a question that it doesn't really answer. It also remains ambiguous or unclear on a number of other issues.
Role models: Presumably the main male character doesn't believe in the war effort, but he's also not brave enough or strong enough to make a stand against it. He tries to use whatever power he has to protect a woman, but his motivation for this and their relationship remains unclear. The main female character is stronger, but her motivations are likewise unclear.
Violence: Soldiers brutally rape women prisoners, more than once. Women are also bullied and beaten regularly. Lots of blood is shown. Women are used as human shields in a battle. An old woman is shot in the head, and a baby is killed (off screen). A character dies a gurgling, bloody death. In other scenes, soldiers are seen shooting and killing, fighting and pummeling. Also explosions and dead bodies.?
Sex: The main characters have three sex scenes that include full-frontal nudity. Women prisoners are seen bathing. In a very upsetting scene, soldiers make old women strip naked (viewers see their behinds) and laugh at them.
Language: "F--k" is used several times (seen in subtitles).
Consumerism: Not an issue
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Soldiers drink and smoke cigarettes to pass the time. The main characters drink most of a bottle of wine with dinner.
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That morning, I stopped on Page 92 and thought "Perfect"! Tomato & Goat Cheese Tarts. As Ina often says, "How good is that"?
The timing was perfect, because I had just spotted our first ripe tomato, outside my kitchen window. What a beauty!
Fortunately, I have recently overcome my unfounded fear of puff pastry. Of course, my only remaining fear is that it's loaded with butter-- and it could find a permanent home on my derriere... but, the flakey pastry is what makes this pastry such a versatile vehicle for sweet or savory treats. I have read how to make your own puff pastry. I think I'll pass on all the work involved!
I decided to modify the recipe, a bit. I had leftover brie, from the skewered figs, brie and prosciutto tapas I had made the day before. I have goat cheese, but I decided that the brie would do nicely. For extra color, I decided I wanted to add a little bit of bell pepper. I had a lovely yellow bell pepper, so I got to work.
www.puffpastry.com to watch videos and find all kinds of recipes. I've watched Ina use it dozens of times, so I feel confident. Just remove it from the freezer, cover it with a wet paper towel and wait about 30 minutes.
In the meantime--
Get your onions going, by slicing the onions thinly. You can use a mandoline, but I've had enough practice with my chef's knife to do this. Use about 3 tablespoons olive oil. I like to start cooking the onions a bit, before adding in fresh garlic--I don't want burned garlic! It takes about 15-20 minutes for the onions to become tender so you have time to move on to the next step...
NOTE: I only made "half" the recipe, and it was a perfect amount for us.
Generously flour your surface, and the rolling pin. I just wanted to even out the puff pastry sheet and make it a tad bit thinner. Here's where I diverted from Ina's instructions-- I'm a spend thrift, at times. Why would I want to cut out round pastry and throw away the rest? Instead, I decided to make one large square tart and then cut it. I am using a cake lifter, made by Wilton (I bought mine at "Michael's) for less than $10.00. It's designed to help move layer cakes, without breaking them. I found it works perfectly for transferring puff pastry. You'll definitely want to use parchment paper. I think it works better than my Silpat Mat-- giving the puff pastry a better "brown".
You'll want to score the edge of the pastry. If you've not worked with puff pastry before-- the purpose of doing this is so that the edge will puff up higher than the tart. Does that make sense? Good!
With a fork, I poked holes on the puff pastry, except for the edge. For the rest of my prep work, I cut up the remaining brie, shaved some Parmesan cheese (I never buy that stuff in the green can...never!) and then I found some Feta Cheese in the back of the fridge.
The onions were ready for the next step-- 3 Tablespoons of white wine and chopped fresh thyme, a little kosher salt & pepper. Mmmm....
I decided to give the yellow bell pepper a quick saute in some olive oil-- just to tenderize them a little bit (this step is not in Ina's recipe...it's mine... all mine!)
Now, let's assemble it:
Once the onions were ready, I preheated the oven to 425F. I layered the brie and then evenly layered the caramelized onions.
Next, I layered the sliced tomato (which was so sweet tasting) and brushed them will a little olive and seasoned with a little kosher salt & fresh cracked pepper. I added the bell pepper. Last, I added some feta cheese and the parmesan cheese.
Into the oven, the tart goes, for about 20 minutes-- until golden brown.
Wow! This turned out beautifully and smelled so good. That's exactly when Craig came home from his "after work hike"-- he enjoys doing that on Fridays, when summer daylight hours allow that. That gives me time to get dinner ready. If you're an Ina Garten fan, you'll know what I mean when I say that my husband is Ina's "Jeffrey". Not that they look alike! I just enjoy surprising him with something homemade and new to try-- and he appreciates it.
There's one more twist that I added to this recipe. My son works at a Mom & Pop Grocery store. They carry a great selection of gourmet items with better customer service. I spotted this product from Modena, Italy. It's a Balsamic Glaze!
Craig changed into his comfortable clothes, and then he popped the bottle of chilled Prosecco while I cutting fresh basil from the garden, julienned it and garnished the tart-- and then quickly shot photos to show all of you. My son wasn't home, so it was just the two of us. Me? I was grieving/celebrating my last day of summer vacation.
Happy Hour Begins with a cold glass of bubbly...
This is delicious! It takes about 30 minutes of inactive time and about 20 minutes of hands on time to make this happen. It's so worth it! Served with a salad, this would make a complete light meal-- or cut the tart into smaller sizes. This would make perfect h'ors doevres. I served it "warm".
I think Ina would approve of my efforts to make her recipe. This looks so impressive, and it's a versatile and easy recipe to make. I hope you try this for your own Happy Hour. We all deserve one, don't we?
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Celtics fans' reaction mixed over departing Doc RiversBy HOWARD BLUME
Los Angeles Times
June 24. 2013 6:22PM
With the Los Angeles Clippers closing in on a deal to hire Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, fans in the Boston area expressed surprise, disappointment and some anger Sunday night, along with resignation about the seeming inevitable.On the Fish Pier at the Boston waterfront, the staff was shutting down for the day at No Name Restaurant, which is to fresh fried clams what Fort Knox is to gold.
'It's sad to see Doc Rivers go,' manager Jimmy Klidaras told The Times. 'We'll miss him a lot. And they need a good coach.'Klidaras had recognized Rivers on the street a couple of times.
'He's a gentleman,' Klidaris said. 'He's a down-to-earth guy. He talks to you. Whatever he chooses to do, I'll respect him.'
Boston, always a hot sports town, was literally steaming over the weekend, with temperatures reaching near 90 degrees accompanied by sticky humidity. And the lead sports story was actually a news story. A pack of reporters maintained a vigil outside the upscale North Attleborough home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez as investigators probed the death of an acquaintance whose bullet-riddled body was found nearby.In a similar true-crime vein, the trial of accused mobster Whitey Bulger resumed Monday. In other local sports news, the Red Sox are licking their wounds from a tough weekend series against Detroit. And, of course, the Bruins were trying to stay alive in the Stanley Cup Final.But with Sunday being an off day for the B's and Blackhawks and reports spreading that the Clippers and Celtics had reached an agreement on a deal to send Rivers to L.A., the hot sports topic was the departure of the man simply known as 'Doc.'Comcast SportsNet brought on longtime Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan, who was clearly troubled. Ryan noted that when Rivers signed his most recent Celtics contract, he seemed to understand that the job eventually would include rebuilding an aging team.Rivers, it seemed, had 'fidelity to the idea of being a Celtic,' Ryan told the local television audience. But 'something changed.'
'It doesn't make him look good. The timing isn't good,' said Ryan, who also offered a prediction: 'I think when he returns next year as the Clippers coach, it will be a mixed reception.'A mixed reception would be an upgrade from what was expressed by the cook/manager at Bill and Bob's Famous Roast Beef in Revere, north of downtown Boston.
'Get out of here,' the man said, as if to Rivers, as he piled rare roast beef on an onion roll with more vigor than usual. 'They give him $21 million for three years, and he doesn't want to stay.'He was referring to the time and compensation remaining on Rivers' contract. The cook declined to give his name because he was speaking without the restaurant owner's permission.
'We don't care anymore for basketball,' he added, speaking for his crew. 'We follow hockey. We like the Bruins.'The server was more measured in his comments to The Times.
'He was a good coach,' said the much younger man, who, taking a cue from his boss, also declined to give his name. 'He won a championship, but it's the players, not the coach.'The youth cited the just-crowned Miami Heat as evidence. 'Miami doesn't have a great coach. They have players.'
Sam Forrest, 16, of Lynnfield, Mass., said letting Rivers go 'is probably not the best idea.'He also didn't like the much-rumored companion transaction, which would involve the Celtics trading perennial but aging all-star Kevin Garnett for Clipper center DeAndre Jordan. In exchange for releasing Rivers from his contract, the Celtics are widely expected to receive a future first-round Clippers draft pick.'I'd be disappointed,' Forrest said of losing Garnett. 'K.G. is one of the best players.'
'He's past his prime,' countered his friend Max Robert, a Garnett fan who nevertheless added, 'I'd rather have DeAndre.''We've become spoiled by sports success,' weighed in Sam's father, Gordon, who had taken the boys out for a sandwich.
He added: 'Boston fans - we tend to cling to our aging sports figures. We remember the fact that Rivers brought us a championship a few years ago. Loyalties run deep to the point that it's somewhat illogical. The Celtics came up short last year and this year. They're not going to win the championship as currently configured. A lot of people don't think that changing the coach necessarily is the right answer, but it's a place to start.'


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Grants to States to Improve Management of Drug and Violence Prevention Programs
CFDA Number: 84.184R
Program Type: Discretionary Grants
This program awarded grants to develop, expand, or enhance the capacity of SEAs and local education agencies (LEAs), and other state agencies and community-based entities (CBOs), to collect, analyze, and use data to improve the management of drug-abuse- and violence-prevention programs administered in the states.
Grant funds had to be used to develop, enhance, or expand, the capacity of states, and other entities that receive SDFSCA state grants (# 84.186A) and governors' grants (# 84.186B, also under topical heading "Safe and Drug-Free Schools)) program funds, to collect, analyze, and use data to improve the management of drug-abuseand violence-prevention programs. At a minimum, applicants had to propose projects that provided this expanded capacity to the SEA, the state agency administering the governor's funding under the SDFSCA state grants program, and LEAs and CBOs that receive SDFSCA state grants program funding.


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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A government spokesman says Senegal's national police director has been removed from his post amid allegations he was involved in drug trafficking.
Abdou Latif Coulibaly said President Macky Sall made the decision to relieve Abdoulaye Niang of his duties Thursday so the police director could defend himself against the allegations. Niang served as head of the anti-drug office until last year, and a report prepared by his replacement said that during his time in that position he became implicated in an international drug trafficking ring involving Senegalese and Nigerian dealers.
Niang has not responded publicly to the allegations, but Coulibaly said a government inquiry had found no evidence against him.
West Africa is a transit point for Latin American cocaine bound for Europe, but Senegal has had few drug seizures.


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Bevin to speak in Spencer on Thursday
U.S. Senate candidate Matt Bevin, Republican, will speak in Spencer County on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Kentucky Farm Bureau building, at 695 Taylorsville Road, next to Dairy Queen.
Bevin, 46, lives in Louisville, and will accept questions after he speaks. The event is sponsored by the Spencer County Tea Party. For more information, call Carol at 502-618-1940.
Upcoming Spencer County Public Library events
Cobras to sponsor kickball tournament
The Spencer County Cobras basketball team is sponsoring a kickball tournament fundraiser.
The tournament is open to adult co-ed teams and the entry fee is $100 per team.
The event will be Saturday at Ray Jewell Memorial Park with times to be announced.
For more information, contact Brian Spencer at 502-376-9850.
Mount Eden Saddle Club hosts end of season show
The Mount Eden Saddle Club will host an end of season show on Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Mount Eden Ruritan grounds/show ring.
Saturday, the Taylorville Lake Conservation Association hosted its 14th annual Taylorsville Lake Clean Sweep.
This year, 238 volunteers came out and cleaned around the lake and Salt River.
How often has the doorbell rung or a child interrupted you while you were cooking, causing you to forget about the chicken you left sizzling on the stove — until smoke filled the house?
If this scenario or a similar one sounds familiar to you, you may want to think about it a little more because it's likely that you, a friend or family member has run the risk of having a dangerous fire, Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Chief Nathan Nation said.
Patrons of the Spencer County Senior Center enjoy the festivities at a luau hosted Sept. 19. Participants liked the theme and the tasty potluck lunch.
SCHS annual chili supper
The Spencer County High School annual chili supper will be Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The cost is $8, which includes a hotdog, chili, drink and dessert.
Dine in and carry out options are available.
All proceeds benefit the class of 2014 project graduation.
Country ham breakfast
Taylorsville Masonic Lodge #210 will have an all-you-can-eat country ham breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday. The breakfast is $7 per person. Carry-out is available. Everyone is welcome.
The following events are coming up at the Spencer County Public Library:
• Sassy Readers on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. This month the group is reading "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere," by ZZ Packer.
• Cornbread Mafia author James Higdon will make an appearance at the library Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. People can revisit the 70s and 80s in Washington County with Higdon, who will be signing books and speaking about his works.
Luke Rock, 6, made a football out of mud while watching Saturday's Spencer County Stallions football games. Rain left the fields a little damp and muddy and Luke took advantage of the prime conditions to turn the mud into an athletic work of art.
SCES to host fall festival Friday
Spencer County Elementary School is hosting its annual Fall Festival on Friday and the community is invited.
The event will include dinner, games, an auction, a country store and there will be craft and informational booths.
If you have a craft item you would like to sell or would like information on setting up a booth, please contact Ashley Phillips for more information by calling 477-6950 ext. 2913 or by email at email@example.com.
The Spencer County Boys Basketball team is hosting a bass tournament Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Taylorsville Lake, off the Possum Ridge Boat Ramp at the state park.
The entry fee is $60, which includes the big fish pot.
There is a five fish limit, black bass only. One to two people per boat. Fish must be at least 15 inches in length. There is a dead fish penalty of one pound per dead fish. Artificial bait only, no trolling. Participants must wear life jackets while the main motor is running
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Man accused of knocking NC police chief unconscious
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police chief to the point of unconsciousness on Thursday.
Jason Roy Brazell, 31, was arrested after an incident involving Cameron Police Chief Gary McDonald, Moore County deputies said.
McDonald was inspecting a car that was stopped in a side ditch when one of the car's occupants assaulted him, Moore County deputies said. The chief lost consciousness, and the assault suspect fled the scene, deputies said.
Brazell was arrested on Friday and charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting a public officer. He was held in jail under a $10,000 secured bond pending a Dec. 6 court appearance.


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Left to right, senior nursing students Lindsay Tomlin, Juliann Tompkins, Candace Concord and Casey Bulow sign a banner during the second annual College of Nursing Unity Day. Pirate nursing buttons were a popular item during the event, which was held to create unity between students, faculty and staff and facilitate a positive and encouraging climate within the college. Photo by Cliff Hollis.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 20, 2009) — East Carolina University's College of Nursing students, faculty and staff got to know each other a little better on Nov. 19 during the second annual Unity Day.
Organized by leadership students in Dr. Kathleen Simpson's class, one of the event icebreakers asked participants to get signatures on an ECU Bingo card with 16 squares ranging from "find a first semester nursing student" to "find someone wearing turquoise jewelry."
Scavenging for signatures, as well as enjoying cake and a slide show from the early days of the college, brought everyone together.
"This is a really special day," said Dean Sylvia Brown, who was surprised with a flower bouquet in honor of her permanent appointment as dean on Oct. 1. "We are a big college with a down-home feel. Events such as this help us continue that tradition."
In kicking off the event, Brown said it's evident that faculty, staff and students care for each other and make a dynamic team.
"No matter what age we are, mentors are important to us," she said.
She challenged everyone to be a leader, an encourager rather than discourager and to take care of each other.
Guest speaker Gale Adcock, a 1978 alumna, adjunct faculty member and director of corporate health services for SAS in Cary, spoke about how students shape the college and the qualities that nursing students share: humility, confidence, energy, resilience, empathy and compassion, authenticity, honesty, courage, trust and joy.
"You're the magic," Adcock said. "You get to decide what happens next. That's the shared experience I wish for you."
As part of the day's activities, students signed a banner including what Pirate nursing means to them, from changing lives to learning to become a great nurse.
Senior Candace Concord of Fayetteville said she enjoyed the event. "It's a good opportunity for everyone to come together," she said.
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BERLIN (AP) — Many in Germany haven't always had an easy relationship with the conservative-minded Pope Benedict XVI, but most on Monday praised their countryman's courage in deciding to step down from his position amid failing health.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, a Protestant, said that the 85-year-old pope's decision that he was no longer fit enough to continue in the job "earns my very highest respect."
"In our time of ever-lengthening life, many people will be able to understand how the pope as well has to deal with the burdens of aging," she told reporters in Berlin.
The pope's elder brother, 89-year-old Georg Ratzinger, told the dpa news agency at his home in Regensburg that his brother had been advised by his doctor not to take any more trans-Atlantic trips and was having increasing difficulty walking.
"His age is weighing on him," Ratzinger said of the pontiff. "At this age my brother wants more rest."
He said he had known for months of the pope's decision. Others, however, were caught off guard.
Two old acquaintances of Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, from his time at Germany's University of Tuebingen, said they first thought the news was a joke.
"I didn't expect it, but it was something I wouldn't have put past him," Max Seckler, a retired theology professor who worked with Ratzinger at Tuebingen in the 1960s, said in a telephone interview. "He was in many aspects of his papacy very innovative and unconventional."
Seckler highlighted Benedict's ability to form "a real friendship" with Jewish leaders and said that "he invigorated dialogue with Islam in a credible manner."
He also highlighted the pontiff's "patience" in seeking reconciliation with the ultraconservative Society of St. Pius X. That's an issue that drew criticism in Germany, and even a public demand for clarification from Merkel, when he removed the excommunication of a traditionalist British bishop who had denied the Holocaust.
"He tried to present faith positively — his writings as pope served that — and he tried to foster reconciliation toward the right," said Dietmar Mieth, a professor emeritus of theology at Tuebingen who first met Ratzinger in the 1960s. "But otherwise, he reacted reservedly to changes or reforms, and in ecumenism there were rather symbolic actions than concessions of substance."
Hans Kueng, a theologian who was an early colleague and friend of Ratzinger but later fell afoul of the Vatican for challenging church doctrine and became a vocal critic, told news agency dpa that he respected Benedict's decision — "but it has to be hoped that Ratzinger will not exert influence on the election of his successor."
He asserted that, given that Benedict has named many conservative cardinals, it would be hard to find someone "who could lead the church out of its many-layered crisis."
Unlike Polish-born predecessor John Paul II, Benedict hasn't enjoyed undivided admiration in his country, which is roughly evenly split between Catholics and Protestants and where many didn't appreciate his conservative approach. The day after he was elected in 2005, best-selling newspaper Bild's front page screamed "We are the Pope!," but the left-leaning Tageszeitung countered with the headline "Oh, my God!"
"The papacy of Pope Benedict XVI was a missed opportunity," said Volker Beck, an openly gay lawmaker with the opposition Greens. "Under him, the church in some cases fell back behind the innovations of the Second Vatican Council," the 1962-65 meetings that brought the Catholic Church into the modern world.
Still, the pope commanded pride in Germany — particularly in his native Bavaria, where Gov. Horst Seehofer said: "Germany and Bavaria have an infinite amount to thank him for."
Even Germany's leading soccer authority weighed in — Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach.
"It's a pity for the Catholic church," Beckenbauer wrote on Twitter. "He was the best pope for me, which I experienced. I appreciate him very much."
David Rising contributed to this story.


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Andrew Luck's calm under fire during his rookie season with the Indianapolis Colts has been talked about largely because of what he's doing with his arm. His footwork has been no less impressive.
Luck ranks 10th among all NFL rookies (including running backs) with 159 yards on 34 carries -- five of those for touchdowns. The quarterback's decision-making about when to take off with the ball has been impressive. Half of those runs have generated first downs.
Luck's comfort on the move is endearing to the Colts, but he has taken some shots along the way. The NFL has fined four players for illegal hits on the rookie, something of which Colts interim coach Bruce Arians is hyper-aware.
"His athleticism puts himself in harm's way a lot," Arians told Mike Chappell of The Indianapolis Star. "You've got to be able to protect yourself out there and get rid of the football at times and other times just be tough enough to handle it. I'm not going to change a bit the way he plays or approaches the game because other guys get concussions."
Luck's ability to extend plays is akin to what makes Ben Roethlisberger so dangerous with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're not the same guy, but Big Ben has rescued the Steelers' offense from countless jams by knowing when to take off with the football. Before Arians coached Luck, he guided Roethlisberger to two Super Bowl titles.
That might have something to do with the freedom Arians has handed Luck. More than a few have noticed the similarities between the offense the Steelers ran during Big Ben's early years and what the Colts are asking Luck to do today. The rookie has embraced it.
"Part of playing the position is extending the play," Luck said, "and I've always felt comfortable throwing on the run. Even at a young age in high school, I was always begging the coaches, 'Make one of the first passes a bootleg.' I like getting into a rhythm that way."
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The sun is ramping up toward solar maximum -- the white-hot peak of activity in an 11-year cycle -- and NASA has been snapping images of the phenomenon every 12 seconds for three years.
The space agency put together a three-minute video showing images taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory since spring 2010. As the Los Angeles Times' Deborah Netburn reported last month, the NASA video stitches together two SDO images per day over the three-year period.
Alex Young, a heliophysicist at Goddard Space Flight Center, narrates the video to point up some of the sun's best-of moments in that time frame. The video shows the whirling, boiling mass of gases that is our nearest star. It also shows a partial eclipse by the moon, the largest flare of this solar cycle and the every-100-years Transit of Venus.
Young told The Times on Friday that, from a historical point of view, this is scientists' moment in the sun: "Combining all the extremely detailed data that we have ... scientists now have the most complete view of the sun in history."
The SDO has provided virtually uninterrupted multi-wavelength views of the star by way of three instruments, he said.
According to Goddard, the observatory has regularly captured solar flares and coronal mass ejections in action. This space weather may hurl radiation and solar material toward the Earth, where it can cause radio blackouts and, in extreme cases, disrupt power. It can also interfere with satellites in space.
"SDO's glimpses into the violent dance on the sun help scientists understand what causes these giant explosions -- with the hopes of some day improving our ability to predict this space weather," an online posting from the space center said.
Images provided by the SDO have been stable, according to the center, despite the fact that the craft orbits the Earth at 6,876 mph and the Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 mph.
Young said that as scientists "combine all these amazing data with data from upcoming missions such as IRIS, we move one step closer to piecing together the puzzle that is the sun. Understanding the solar cycle is one of these pieces."
The scientist said that all of the SDO images were exciting to him as a heliophysicist, but that his personal favorite was the Transit of Venus. The transit was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, when Venus moved between the sun and the Earth and viewers saw a tiny dot floating across the surface of the sun over several hours.
"I was able to observe that rare event both with SDO and in person from the top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, while I was on my honeymoon," he said
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Others at risk
In addition to baby boomers, other people are also at increased risk for hepatitis C. They include:
•Anyone who received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992.
•Anyone who used intravenous drugs, even once.
•Anyone who received a piercing or tattoo using unsterile equipment.
•Anyone who has HIV.
•Anyone who works in health care and has been exposed to infected blood.
•Anyone who was born to a woman with a hepatitis C infection.
•Anyone who has had unprotected sex with multiple partners.
Protect yourself from hepatitis C infection by taking the following precautions:
•Avoid using intravenous drugs or sharing needles.
•If you get tattoos or body piercings, ensure the environment and tools are clean and sterile.
•Avoid unprotected sex with multiple partners or with any partner whose health status is uncertain.
Know your ABCs
Hepatitis A, B and C are all contagious viruses that can cause liver disease. Here's how they differ:
Hepatitis A
How is it spread? By either direct contact with an infected person's feces or by indirect fecal contamination of food or water.
How long does it last? Infection can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe illness lasting several months.
Is it curable? Yes. Patients usually improve without treatment and the virus is not chronic.
Is a vaccine available? Yes.
Hepatitis B
How is it spread? By contact with an infected person's blood or body fluids. It may also be passed from mother to child during birth.
How long does it last? Infection can range in severity from a short, mild illness to a serious, lifelong illness.
Is it curable? No, the virus remains in your body.
Is a vaccine available? Yes.
Hepatitis C
How is it spread? By contact with an infected person's blood. It may also be passed from mother to child during birth.
How long does it last? Without treatment, it can progress in severity over decades and cause severe liver damage, liver failure or liver cancer.
Is it curable? Yes, in some cases.
Is a vaccine available? No. — J.B.
5 million
Approximate number of Americans who have hepatitis C.
Number of U.S. deaths per year at least partly caused by hepatitis C.
of American boomers who do not consider themselves at risk for the disease.
The baby boomer generation is associated with a number of notable events, including the advent of the Beatles, the civil rights movement and the first moon landing. Now, medical experts are adding hepatitis C infections to that list.
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended that everyone born from 1945 through 1965 have a one-time screening for hepatitis C virus, a serious liver disease that is spread through direct contact with infected blood. Chronic hepatitis C can lead to serious and life-threatening liver problems and is the leading cause of liver damage, cirrhosis or scarring of the liver tissue, liver failure or liver cancer. It is the most common reason for liver transplants, and responsible for about 15,000 deaths annually in the U.S.
According to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), 82 percent of the nearly 5 million Americans with hepatitis C are baby boomers. Moreover, 75 percent of those infected are unaware that they have the virus.
Why is the prevalence so high among baby boomers?
"The epidemic really took place in the United States during the 1960s and '70s. The population born between 1945 and 1965 was receiving untested blood transfusions, going to Vietnam, using IV drugs, having multiple sex partners and they were inadvertently infected with hepatitis C," explained Dr. Paul Pockros, head of gastroenterology/hematology at Scripps Clinic. "The number of new infections started to decline in the 1990s, when blood began to be tested."
Though medical experts have long known that baby boomers are more likely to have hepatitis C, the conventional screening tactics have not been effective.
"The current screening method of asking patients if they've ever used IV drugs or had a blood transfusion wasn't working," said Pockros, noting that many primary care physicians weren't asking the questions or testing those patients who should have been tested. "So we knew roughly 75 to 80 percent of the infected population was not being screened."
The new blanket screening guidelines resulted from several factors. It is much more cost-effective to proactively screen all patients and treat those who are infected than to treat them for serious liver disease later; treatment for liver disease patients can cost between $60,000 to $100,000 per year. Additionally, researchers previously believed that only 20 percent of infected baby boomers would develop cirrhosis of the liver. However, because many boomers have been infected for decades and liver damage from hepatitis C worsens over time, that number is now proving to be much higher.
Compared with the current method of screening, age-based screening could identify more than 800,000 additional cases of chronic hepatitis C and, when followed by treatment, could reduce total deaths by 121,000.
Hepatitis C is often referred to as a "silent killer" because it frequently goes undetected, progressing without symptoms for decades until the liver is severely damaged. Up to 70 percent of newly infected patients have no symptoms; others may have very mild, general symptoms such as fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, dark urine or jaundice. Because many patients with these vague symptoms are unlikely to seek medical care, they don't know they are at risk for chronic liver disease. Moreover, they may spread the virus to others for decades after contracting it.
That's why screening is so important, especially for baby boomers and others at increased risk. Through a simple blood test, your doctor can determine whether you have the hepatitis C virus, measure the amount of virus in your blood, and establish treatment options. If you test positive, your doctor also may recommend a liver biopsy to evaluate the extent of any liver damage and make further treatment decisions.
While biopsy is still the standard to determine the extent of damage and make treatment decisions, it may not be necessary in the future.
"We're doing liver biopsy because therapy is less than ideal right now and we're deciding who needs to be treated and who doesn't," Pockros said. "As therapy improves we'll stop doing biopsies altogether and just treat everybody."
Approximately 15 percent to 25 percent of persons diagnosed with hepatitis C clear the virus from their bodies without treatment.
"These are the people who actually self-cure because they have a genetic predisposition to clear the virus with their robust immune response," said Dr. Robert Gish, chief of hematology at UC San Diego Health System. "This is the main factor in whether it becomes chronic. If you have HIV, or have had an organ transplant, or are immune-suppressed, the risk for chronicity is much higher."
The majority of hepatitis C patients who need treatment are treated with antiviral medications that work to clear the virus from the body. Often, patients take a combination of medications for up to 48 weeks. However, some of these medications, such as interferon injections, can cause depression and flu-like symptoms such as fatigue, fever and headache. Should these side effects become intolerable, treatment may be stopped. Patients who can't tolerate treatment must make very healthy lifestyle decisions, such as avoiding alcohol, marijuana and drugs that can harm the liver, Gish said.
Moreover, even after a person is treated for hepatitis C, they can become reinfected. There are at least six different genotypes or genetic forms of the virus, and more than 50 subtypes. The virus can mutate and replicate very quickly, which may explain how it becomes chronic. This makes both treatment and the development of a vaccine very challenging.
"Hepatitis C is curable in the sense that the virus can be eliminated from the body completely in some patients with the right treatment. Not everybody right now is getting cured," Gish said. "The good news is, with the new drugs coming out, therapy will be changed from injectable therapy with a lot of pills to pills only, and instead of 48 weeks of treatment for most patients, the duration might drop as low as 12 weeks quite soon. The cure rate will go much, much higher in the next five years."
Gish expects the next phase of new drug treatment to reach the market in late 2014 or early 2015.
"There are currently 40 to 50 drugs in development, and as therapies improve we are going to be able to cure the majority of patients without interferon-based therapy," Pockros said. "We'll likely treat everybody, because you'd rather not be infected than be infected. So it will become much more compelling to identify this population now than in prior years."
Mary S., who asked that her last name not be published for privacy reasons, is currently undergoing hepatitis C treatment. Diagnosed by her primary care doctor after routine blood tests indicated that her liver enzymes were elevated, Mary believes she contracted the virus from a past roommate who worked in health care and was exposed to a great deal of blood.
Mary is now completing a 12-month treatment regimen of oral antivirals and interferon injections. Though she has experienced a number of side effects including flu symptoms, rash, fatigue, thinning hair and anemia, she says they're "not that bad." The 56-year-old has continued to work throughout her treatment and recently ran a 5K.
Mary stresses the importance of testing, and wants to eliminate the stigma associated with the virus. "Anyone can have hepatitis C. You can get it from helping a kid with a scraped knee," she says. "Absolutely get tested. I lost somebody very close who did not know they had it and didn't have treatment. It was horrible, and it doesn't have to end that way."Copyright © 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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