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Posted: 23 May 2008 at 8:48am
State approves plan to hunt hundreds of wolves
Fish and Game Commission decision launches new era in wolf management
by JASON KAUFFMAN
As many as 428 wild gray wolves will be allowed to die in Idaho this year under a plan approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission in Jerome on Thursday.
That's 100 more than originally proposed by staff biologists with the Department of Fish and Game prior to this week's much-anticipated meeting. Both tallies—the level proposed by Fish and Game staff and the higher number approved by the politically appointed commissioners—would represent all reported wolf deaths in the state this year. It will include deaths from natural causes, accidents, wolf predation-control actions and hunter kills.
Speaking after the commissioners' consideration of proposed rules for what may be the first-ever managed wolf hunt in the state later this fall, Fish and Game director Cal Groen noted the significance of the decision.
"It's time to take a collective sigh," Groen said. "This is history."
Wolves living in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon and northern Utah were officially removed from protection under the federal Endangered Species Act on March 28. The delisting transferred management duties from the federal government to wildlife management agencies in the six states.
Groen said that despite the high number of wolves that could die under the approved plan, state wildlife managers will still manage the predator at levels higher than the federal government originally agreed was an acceptable level for recovery in the northern Rockies prior to their reintroduction in Idaho and Yellowstone National Park in 1995-96. The original plan stated that wolves would be delisted in the region when they achieved a minimum of 30 breeding pairs and at least 300 wolves split between the states of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming for three consecutive years. That threshold was achieved in 2002.
As of this spring, Idaho has more than 1,000 wolves statewide, Fish and Game estimates.
Idaho's wolf management plan calls for managing wolves at a population level of 500-700 wolves for the first five years following delisting. The plan envisions using hunting as one of the primary tools to control the population.
Even if the 428 figure is reached, the state will have far more than the federal government originally proposed, Groen said.
"We're saying we are going to be at least five times above (federal) government recovery levels," he said.
But still hanging over the entire discussion of wolf management in Idaho and the other states is a lawsuit filed by 12 conservation groups in April that seeks to overturn the delisting decision. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy is set to consider the lawsuit during a May 29 hearing in Missoula, Mont.
Groen contended that overturning the delisting would be detrimental to Idaho as well as future endangered species recovery.
Also Thursday, Fish and Game commissioners set the statewide season for wolf hunting this fall should conservationists fail to overturn the Northern Rockies delisting. In this first year, hunters will be able to pursue wolves from Sept. 15 to Dec. 31. From Sept. 15 until Oct.1, only Idaho's backcountry areas in the Frank Church-River of No Return and Selway Bitterroot wilderness areas will be open to wolf hunting. Hunters will be able to use any weapon during that time.
From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, all of Idaho will be open to wolf hunting and hunters will be able to use any weapon.
According to Fish and Game, achieving the quota would result in an estimated population of 500-700 wolves at the end of 2008.
Though some commissioners indicated they'd like to see a longer season, in the end they chose to take what they deemed a more "cautious" approach. However, during their upcoming November meeting, the commission will consider whether to extend the season depending on how it's progressing.
"It seems like a good compromise," said Cameron Wheeler of Ririe, the commissioner representing the Upper Snake Region in eastern Idaho.
A provision of the proposed hunting rules Fish and Game commissioners approved states that once the statewide quota is reached, all hunting will cease. Similarly, once pre-set quotas in individual wolf hunting zones is reached, hunting in those zones will stop.
Under the rules, holders of Idaho hunting licenses and wolf tags would be allowed to harvest one wolf. The cost of a resident Idaho wolf tag will be $10.50.
Under the previously established mortality quotas for each management zone, as many as 50 wolves would be allowed to die this year in north-central Idaho's Lolo wolf zone, which covers Big Game units 11 and 12. In the Southern Mountains wolf region, which covers all of the Wood River Valley and extends east through the Pioneers, White Knob, Lost River and Lemhi ranges to the Montana border, Fish and Game originally set a mortality figure of 34 wolves for 2008.
But because the commissioners upped the statewide mortality amount, the additional 100 deaths will be spread out among all the state's wolf zones.
Fish and Game will establish a hotline for hunters to call in to find out if the wolf quota has been met in the wolf zones and statewide. Hunters will be required to report the taking of a wolf within 72 hours after it's been harvested. Fish and Game will require that external evidence of sex be left attached to the animal's hide until the mandatory check requirement has been satisfied. Though hunters will not be required to retrieve meat from a harvested wolf, they will have to present the animal's hide and skull to a Fish and Game regional office within 10 days of the kill.
Under the proposed rules, wolves will not be allowed to be harvested by trapping or through the use of bait, electronic calling or dogs. While radio-collared wolves will be allowed to be shot, Fish and Game is asking hunters to avoid harvesting them so it can continue to monitor them.
In the end, Groen asked for the trust of everyone as Idaho wildlife managers embark on this new path of managing wolves. He said wolves join a list of 11 other big game species Idaho managers must keep watch over.
"I think our staff are very good managers," he said.
Copyright Š 2008 Express Publishing Inc. The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and others in this week's issue.
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Idaho's wolf management plan gets biologists' support
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BOISE, Idaho — Wolf advocates say turning management over to the states will lead to a slaughter of wolves and a dramatically lower wolf population than today.
Wolf opponents say wolf numbers have grown so high the population will never quit growing and will decimate big game herds.
But what does science tell us about the future of wolves in Idaho? Two wolf biologists with the best of credentials — David Mech and Doug Smith — have two different views of how wolf management will proceed in the Northern Rockies. Yet both say Idaho's approach to the issue is sound.
Mech, senior research scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey and a University of Minnesota adjunct professor, is regarded as the pre-eminent wolf biologist in the United States, if not the world.
His study of wolf-moose relationships on Isle Royale, an island in Lake Superior, redefined science's understanding of predator-prey relationships.
He has argued for decades that for wolves to be recovered in the lower 48 states, they need to be controlled, hunted and legally killed when they continually kill livestock.
They are very prolific and actually become more productive in the face of rising mortality.
Once their numbers become large, such as the current 1,500 wolves that live in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, their population will continue to grow as long as it can expand and it has a healthy food source.
"They may never go down," Mech said. "I don't know any way you'll get them down legally." Smith is the chief wolf researcher in Yellowstone National Park. He has studied Yellowstone's wolves since they were reintroduced in 1995. A former student and colleague of Mech, he disagrees that the growth of the wolf population cannot be halted or reversed.
"They stopped population growth in Wyoming through legal killing outside Yellowstone Park," Smith said.
The situation is different in the West than in the Midwest and the Arctic, where Mech has most of his experience, Smith said.
"Wolves are a lot more vulnerable here than they are there," Smith said. "They all have to come down to valley bottoms here, and everybody knows it." Despite his differences with Mech, Smith said he is in philosophical agreement with the stated philosophy of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Its managers say they want to focus on reducing wolf conflicts and allowing them to thrive where they aren't causing problems.
Mech agrees.
"I think that's a good approach," Mech said. "We've been advocating that for years.
"There are places where wolves can't live with humans, there are places wolves should be, and places in between."
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(c) 2008, The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho).
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As Salamu Alaikum Brother Abuaisha,
Brother what is your point?,can the nature be reshaped for the needs of us,do we have the right to invade their living areas then saying ohh there are so much wolves living and we must kill them for our safety...
It seems like the things happened to American Indians and Iraqis....wa salaam...
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The Wolves are re-listed as Endangered Species and protected again.
Judge Returns Gray Wolves to Endangered Listhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/us/19wolves.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Longtime Boy Scout leader Webb Athay has started a new boys' youth group that focuses on outdoor adventure, community service, leadership and biblical interpretation.
Longtime Boy Scout leader Webb Athay has started a new boys' youth group that focuses on outdoor adventure, community service, leadership and biblical interpretation.
Athay, who recently resigned from his leadership role with Boy Scouts of America, has begun a chapter of Trail Life USA in Lexington. He said it is the first chartered group of this kind in North Carolina. The national organization of Trail Life USA was founded in 2013 in reaction to policy changes in the Boy Scouts of America that ended the ban on its members based on sexual orientation Jan. 1.
Athay said he did started the group because of the changes in the Boy Scouts' membership policy, but it is not a major component of the program.
"Our focus is to have an outdoor program that boys can enjoy," Athay said. "We do have a set of core values, and we do not deviate from those core values, but that is not a key point of the program at all. A group of men created Trail Life when the BSA changed their membership standards, and we decided we could neither condone or endorse their new membership policy."
Rodney Carpenter, executive director for the Old North State Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, which includes Davidson County, said he understands people have to make decisions based on their personal beliefs.
"Faith is a very personal decision," Carpenter said. "Our policy acknowledges same-sex attractions, but we don't automatically kick them out over it. We still feel sexual activity of any kind is inappropriate for this age of kids. We have had some people who were not happy with the changes, and we have had some on the other side who were also unhappy."
Carpenter said although this particular issue has gained national attention, it is not the only issues they have had.
"We have had some folks leave the organization over this, but some leave every year for other reasons," Carpenter said. "Our membership goes up and down pretty consistently. Webb has done a lot for Lexington, and we wish him well. We are supportive of any group that is stressing character in our youth."
Athay said the changes relating to openly gay members is not the only issues he has had with his former organization.
"I decided to find a program that would honor the legacy and raise the standards," Athay said. "There have been a lot of changes that have been hard for me to accept over the years. They took a lot of the outdoor skills out of the program, and it was more based on explaining and teaching than hands-on experiences."
He said the outdoors component is the major difference in the two programs.
"It is a faith-based, outdoor, character, adventure and leadership program," Athay said. "We stress being outdoors doing something and character development. All of our skills are more in-depth and geared toward the outdoors."
Although Trail Life USA only allows male members, females are allowed in certain leadership roles. Athay said the organization encourages family participation in all of its activities. He mentioned the leaders in his group are considering starting the American Heritage Girl program, which is the female equivalent to the Trail Life USA program.
Athay said he has a very diversified group that includes several ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. The group participates in community projects, such as helping an elderly couple clean up their yard. They hope to continue with their educational trips, including kayaking at the Outer Banks, visiting the Washington monuments and learning to operate a sailboat.
An official proclamation signed by Lexington Mayor Newell Clark was read during the Lexington City Council meeting Monday declaring this week is Trail Life USA Week in Lexington. In the proclamation, the group was described as an outdoor adventure, character and leadership program for youths that encourages the ability of its members to do things for themselves. Also in the proclamation, the group was commended for its mission to guide men to honor their faith, lead with integrity, serve others and experience outdoor adventure.
City Manager Alan Carson said the proclamation is something the city does for most groups wishing to have a week dedicated to their organization.
"They were not asking us to endorse them as a group," Carson said. "We were just asked to have a week to recognize them. If the Boy Scouts come in here, which we have done for many years, we would be glad to do that as well."
Athay said his only goal for this program is to help boys grow into responsible and active men who will be an asset to their community.
"I want a bunch of kids to grow up to be godly husbands, fathers and citizens," Athay said. "It makes me feel good to see former Scouts who are grown now and serving their community and country. That is what it is about."
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X-Photographer Gathot Subroto explores Indonesia with the X-E3
Learnt photography by himself since Junior High School with Fujica M-1 at least 1985, then he bought SLR Camera with brand Sea Gull when studying in Senior High School, 1987 and continued with college in STAN (Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara) in 1990 until 1993. Join with college newspaper, Majalah Purnawarman.
First time interested in photography after graduated Senior High School, when he learnt how to process black / white film from Mr. Purnomo, a specialist for express photo service in Wonosari Bus Station, Gunung Kidul – Central of Java. When he studied in STAN, he learnt photography by read a book from Pr. Dr. R.M. Soelarko, Foto Indonesia Magazine (which only printed 3 edition) and Fotomedia Magazine (which published without routine schedule). But the book he really likes was MAT KODAK by Ed Zoelevardi. With his interest of photography, he few times studied in College Journalistic Workshop in Jakarta.
In 1993, joined with Fotomedia Photography Club after buy used camera, Nikon 801s and Sigma Lens 27-70 f2.8 APO. In this club, he has formal photography learning and joined monthly routine meeting with other member and workshop. Some of these meeting are Basic Lighting conducted by Iwan Zahar, Model Photo and Studio by Ferry Ardianto, etc.
In 1996, he made photo club in Economic Faculty at University of Indonesia, Extension Program and have several time conducted photo exhibition.
Active in Digital Era after buy Nikon D100 in 2003, and active in many photography forum such as Fotografer.Net (FN), ayofoto.com, forum kamera, artphotomania.com, jakartaphotoclub.com and many other forum until now.
Photography Club he joined until now are : DOF (owned by Fotobond), HSB-Solo, id-Photographer, JPC, PAF, KFS Semarang (Semarang Photography Community), KOPDAR Sidoarjo (Sidoarjo Photography Community) and many other.
From May until August 2010, has been chosen to join with Special Class Photojournalism in Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jakarta.
The activity right now beside work as employee in state holder company becomes photography teacher in some Photo Course. He is also offered to be a mentor in many Photography Course and Workshop, Mentoring for Photo Hunting, and also building his website : www.gathotsubroto.com to share the photo, and become online stock photo for many purpose. He also design a studio in his house for studio photography for Bintaro and Serpong photography enthusiast and become a class for Private Weekend Private Photography Course.
Some award he had achieved :
1. 2nd Winner for National Wild Animal Photo Competition in 1994
2. Nominated for Rana Citra 1995
3. 1st Winner and Favorite in Pacitan Tourism Photo Competition 2008
4. 4th position for National Wild Animal Photo Competition in 2008
5. 1st Winner for Garuda Indonesia International Photo Contest 2009
6. 1st Winner for Waisak Photo Competition 2009
7. 2nd Winner for National Wild Animal Photo Competition in 2009
8. 3rd for general category and 2nd winner for Yamaha Journalistic Photo Competition, Yogyakarta 2009
9. Bronze Medal, Best Culture, Best Landscape and award for 3 category for Salonfoto Indonesia XXIX Malang
10. Bronze Medal for Salonfoto Indonesia XXX Solo
11. Bronze Medal, and Best Architecture for Salonfoto Indonesia XXXI Batam
12. Bronze Medal for FPSI — ISAP 2010
13. FIAP Honorable Mention — ISAP 2010
14. Best People Gambhara Nias Bangkit, 2011
15. 3rd Winner for Ambonesia Photo Competition 2011
16. 1st Winner for Bumi Resources Photo Contest (Warna Tari Traditional Indonesia), 2011


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text: Favoring industrial materials such as tape, wood, metal, and plastic, Basel-based Daniel Göttin seeks to explore the subjective nature of perception and make his viewers aware of architectural and spatial nuances. Göttin's site-specific "Wall Works" series features geometric shapes constructed with tape; the pieces are reminiscent of Op Art yet are more akin to sculpture or architecture than painting. Through this series and other wall-mounted pieces, Göttin aims to unite art with the surrounding environment. "I am interested in a work that makes the site visible through the artwork, and the site makes the artwork visible at the same time," he has said. Minimalist sculpture and the collages of Kurt Schwitters are influences on Göttin's work.


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Leisure, Sep 2002, 5.99, 338 pp. ISBN: 0843951052 In 1883 while her father visits Egypt, Sinclair Readford leaves Philadelphia to meet her Aunt Matilda �Tilly� Haynes whom she never knew existed. Her aunt's letters to her were hidden for no apparent reason that Sinclair could fathom. Sinclair's plan is to travel to the Montana Territory to introduce herself to her aunt, a successful businesswoman, before returning to her home prior to her fathe...


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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) – A Bloomington man walking his two dogs was injured after falling into a sinkhole.
According to the Bloomington Police Department, the ground between a manhole cover and the sidewalk gave in about 8:45 a.m. Sunday, while the 65-year-old man was out walking with his wife and their two dogs.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the sinkhole was 8 to 9 feet deep.
Police say the man was taken to a local hospital with shoulder and face injuries.
No other ground appeared to be unstable in the area. Police say the cause of the sinkhole is under investigation.


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Volume 78 / Number 6 - July 9 - 15, 2008
West and East Village, Chelsea, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown and Lower East Side, Since 1933
Five years at the Phatory and still having phun
Expanding its mission, an East Village plum ripens
Saul Chernick
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By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
On 9/11 Sally Lelong lost her studio space near the World Trade Center. She found a new place on East 9th Street and eventually turned it into The Phatory. This summer, she celebrates her fifth anniversary of life as both an artist and a dealer.
"I couldn't help myself," she admits on first seeing the boarded up storefront." I decided to open a gallery because it was at street level." A veteran of the East Village, Lelong can rattle off the names of the ghosts both the ones still living and those long gone: "Civilian Warfare… 8BC… Nuyorican Café… A Gathering of the Tribes."
"I'm a denizen since '74. I happened to hear Ginsberg recite "Howl" in 1976 at the Ear Inn. I was wandering in the neighborhood and it was there. That's my version of New York. I was born in Newark so I've always been a train ride away. You just get in the habit of cruising… you spectate. There's always something happening. I've had a life-long love affair with New York."
Lelong is one of that rare breed who has kept her day job (financial aid director for Alvin Ailey and others) and her night and weekend job (the gallery) and her artistic life.
"I have to live on both sides of the fence. I'm really not interested in being a salesman. I think of myself as being a publisher in a graphic format instead of a verbal one. I like art that can communicate ideas and I don't care about the medium. I like to present work that is driven by an underlying idea or concept and how ideas express themselves visually."
Now, Lelong is giving herself some creative space. "I went to SVA and graduated in 1978. The reason why I invited Jill Connor to curate the current show was to give myself some time to do my own work."
No stranger to the gallery, Jill Connor is known to keep abreast of currents and eddies in the current art scene. Serious and somewhat shy, Connor curates art shows, pens catalogue essays and writes criticism for Art US and Contemporary Magazine among others. The current show's title, "Loaded" initially seemed an odd choice until she explained. "I got the title from the fact that charicatura in Italian means loaded portrait or exaggerated portrait."
The psychologically charged black and white drawings of Saul Chernick (who is represented by Max Protech Gallery) recall comic book graphics. The figures have an allegorical, Blake-ian demeanor that builds up as the artist progresses. Though they seem simple, Connor says, "Each drawing takes two to three months. The pictures evolve randomly they're not pre-drawn. Lines lead into lines and when patterns start to form he begins to see what he wants the picture to look like. It's tricky working with black on a white background. There's no room for a mistake."
Taking the comic book genre and mixing in graffiti, Ernesto Concepcion sketches outlines of warring factions over dramatic vistas. "He started unloading these sci-fi, dreamlike conflicts that he sees going on. He's from the Philippines where they've had to fight so much. He thinks of things in terms of tension and conflict and war. He thinks life wouldn't be perfect without war," Connor relates.
"I was looking for cross-over in the drawing technique. I was trying to highlight the character of drawing caricatures. Some pieces [in the animations] like the Steve Brodner piece break it down. He talks about why he took an egg and what he saw in the egg politically. He saw McCain and Bush as two eggs "yoked" together by the war. So he drew portraits on the eggs and then mashed them together. He used hummus for Hammas and peas for peace and mayo for the white majority and then he made another portrait of Bush with egg salad and green peppers. The face sings the 'Candyman' song."
Brodner works with Richard Connor's "Asterisk" project and the sardonic animations are posted on the New Yorker website.
The next show of animation will be on July 18 from 7 to 9. It will include Brent Green who shows at Bellwether and Elise Angler who showed with Cynthia Broan Gallery. John Goras does a PowerPoint anti-war piece. "It's a scathing critique," says the curator. "Soldiers as skeletons are fighting other soldiers. They're already dead and they're still fighting. Goras is criticizing the US tendency to rush to war and to use war as a way to sort out international problems."
Coincidentally, the gallery's stable also has an international flavor, including two Iraqi artists and the Turkish painter, Susan Batu. Explaining her vision, Sally Lelong confides, "I don't want to say it, but I like anthropological moments even though it sounds like artistic gobbledygook. I gravitate toward ideas that provide insights, especially when it articulates ideas that I grasp to understand."
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Installation view from the Musée d'Art Moderne.
About Vincent Ganivet
Vincent Ganivet integrates everyday objects and raw construction materials into performances and assemblages that intervene into the architecture of the gallery. Working with elementary architectural and geometric forms—the metope, keystone, or circle—his work diverts standard materials from their everyday usage. He has used fireworks to create a mural painting, transformed a domestic water supply into a fountain, and produced monumental curvilinear structures made from concrete masonry that evoke the classical forms of arcades and arches. Ganivet's interventions also function as maquettes through his formal explorations of scale, balance, and volume—which point to both the integrity of standard building materials and their complete fragility.
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Rep. Mark Sanford isn't wet behind the ears, but that's what he's saying to explain how he ended up on the floor of the House of Representatives in shorts, a T-shirt, gym socks and sneakers.
Sanford, a Republican and former South Carolina governor, was out for a run on the National Mall late Wednesday afternoon when his beeper went off as he reached the Washington Monument. Votes on four amendments to a defense spending bill had been moved up ahead of schedule.
A cross-country runner in high school and college, Sanford said Thursday that he broke into a sprint and ran to the U.S. Capitol, a distance of about 1 1/4 miles.
"I was full out back to the Capitol," Sanford told McClatchy. "The good news is they hold votes open longer than they did back in the '90s," during Sanford's first stint in Congress.
Just as he reached a side entrance to the House chamber, the House parliamentarian handed him a blazer to put on over his sweaty shirt, apparently mindful of sartorial rules requiring that men wear jackets on the House floor.
"I stepped on the floor for about half a second and handed in my voting card," Sanford said. "I didn't linger."
House rules, which are enforced by the House speaker, require "a coat and tie for male Members" while they are "in attendance in the House Chamber," according to the most recent guide to House rules and procedures.
Sanford, who tearfully confessed to an extramarital affair at a nationally televised news conference in 2009, acknowledged Thursday that some of his fellow lawmakers gave him grief about his sweaty appearance on the House floor.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a fellow South Carolina Republican, said the incident wasn't a big deal.
"Honestly, it could happen to anybody," Mulvaney said. "I was running on the Mall with (Sen.) Rand Paul once when he got called to votes."
In 2004, during his second year as governor, Sanford caused a stir when he carried two piglets into the chambers of the South Carolina General Assembly, a stunt aimed at dramatizing excessive government spending.
In 1998, Speaker Newt Gingrich had an aide send a spoof letter to the mother of then-Rep. Jack Quinn after the New York Republican appeared on the House floor in gym clothes.
"He can still wear his shorts and tank top when he is doing his daily job down the Mall or his daily basketball game," the aide wrote.
Sanford won a special House election to South Carolina's 1st District in May to replace then-Rep. Tim Scott, who was named by Gov. Nikki Haley to a vacancy created by the resignation of former Sen. Jim DeMint. Sanford defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of Comedy Central TV commentator Stephen Colbert.
On a more serious note Thursday, Sanford explained why he voted for a measure to limit domestic surveillance programs, an amendment that nearly passed.
"If one is wary of federal government, it has to be on all fronts, not just spending, but also the size and scope of government in many different aspects," Sanford said.
He was among just 38 Republicans to vote for a separate amendment by Mulvaney to cut defense spending by $3.5 billion, which the House narrowly approved.
"The financial reality is that government has to be reigned in to be sustainable," Sanford said. "Obviously defense spending is part of the Republican constituency, but I don't think any constituency can be spared given the financial realities we're looking at without either substantially raising taxes or substantially raising our debt load."
David Goldstein of the Washington Bureau contributed to this report


text: Did anyone here play this game? I only have seen the first 9 minutes of it on youtube, but apparently it takes place in 1985, rather than the 1989 storyline of the console versions. This surprised me, as I thought it was just a PSP port of the console versions. From what I saw on youtube, it seems really legit. More importantly, it seems to fit with the canon, which is really good. What's weird is that there is very little information about it, both on this wiki, youtube, IGN, etc. It's depressing, and I was just wondering if anyone here had played it and if they have what they thought about it.Read more >


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
One of the most high-profile capital murder trials in Beaumont's history has ended with a verdict of guilty for Jefferson County Courthouse shooter Bartholomew Granger, but sentencing the murderous "Mr. Hyde" may take longer than expected.
Granger seemed unmoved by the verdict Tuesday, April 30, but eventually shouted at prosecutors and jurors in open court on Wednesday and Thursday.
After the death of her mother at the hands of accused courthouse shooter Bartholomew Granger, Deborah Ray Holst said what she'll miss most about her mother, Minnie Ray Sebolt, was cooking some of the finest holiday meals in all of Southeast Texas.
"This past November, I had to do it alone," she said in an exclusive interview with The Examiner. "I had never done it by myself. Me and her always did it together."
While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us "that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas," we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We're of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.
For this week's New York Times crossword puzzle, pick up a copy of this week's The Examiner on newsstands now.


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SETTING: This play can be performed anywhere.
(Rachel is standing onstage, center. Frances enters, stage right.)
Rachel:Hey, Frances! Can you do me a favor?
Frances:Sure I can. What is it?
Rachel:Can you remind me to give this to Eric? Don't forget. He left it at my house.
Frances:O.K., I won't forget.
(Rachel walks away, stage left. Kenny enters, stage right.)
Frances:Hey! Kenny! Come here a second will you?
(Kenny walks over to Frances.)
Kenny:Yeah? Did you want me?
Frances:Can you remind me to remind Rachel that she has to give something to Eric? It's really important.
Kenny:You bet. I can do that. No problem!
(Frances exits, stage left. Kaleigh enters, stage right.)
Kenny:Yo! Kaleigh! Can you come here?
(Kaleigh walks over to Kenny.)
Kenny:Yeah, can you, like, remind me to remind Frances to remind Rachel that she has to give something to Eric? It's really, really important.
Kaleigh:Sure, no problem.
(Kenny exits, stage left. Eric enters, stage right.)
Kaleigh:Hey Eric! Can you come here for a second?
(Eric walks over to Kaleigh.)
Eric: O.K.
Kaleigh:Well, would you do me the world's biggest favor? Can you remind me to remind Kenny to remind Frances to remind Rachel that she needs to give something to you? It's really, really, really important.
Eric:Sure, no sweat.
(Kaleigh exits, stage left. Rachel enters stage right, carrying a bag.)
Eric:Hey Rachel! Can you come here for a sec?
(Rachel walks over to Eric.)
Eric:Will you do me a huge favor? I need you remind me to remind Kaleigh to remind Kenny to remind Frances to remind you that you need to give something to me. It's really, really, really, really important.
Rachel:Oh! That reminds me...Here this is for you.
(Rachel hands bag to Eric.)
You left these at my house. But it isn't really all that important.
(Eric opens bag to reveal a pair of sweat socks.)
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GRAND RAPIDS — On top of offering a real-world learning environment and instructors who actually work in the fields in which they teach, Davenport has a full-fledged career services department run by a team of job developers who identify current and future job opportunities and work to match Davenport interns and graduates to those positions.
Sue Squire, director of public relations, said Davenport provides career services to students long after their graduation. Any alum can take advantage of any career service at any time during his or her career.
"That might be one of the things that sets us apart," she said. "Davenport's emphasis is not only for graduates to get an initial career position, but also that its graduates advance in their positions. It's just kind of a value-added thing that we do."
Students can learn about various careers, prepare for their transition from college to career, and find out what jobs are available. Career services include career assessment and exploration, career coaching, résumé critiquing, interview preparation, and job search and résumé posting through CareerLink, a nationally acclaimed, free online service known as the Experience eRecruiting Network. CareerLink also posts information about recruiting events and seminars on campus.
Dave Veneklase, executive vice president for human and organizational development, said the university has a staff of 20 full-time people dedicated to career services activities. The team helps prepare students for the challenges of job hunting — and job "landing."
"They work both sides of it," Veneklase said. "They're working with employers to identify employment opportunities and internships for our students. They also work very diligently with our students on writing résumés, developing interviewing skills, developing research skills and finding employment opportunities to prepare students to be successful in the search process."
He said the career services function is a life-long commitment Davenport makes to its students. Davenport serves approximately 13,000 students each year through its main campus and its satellite locations across Michigan and northern Indiana, as well as through Davenport University online.
Veneklase said the bulk of the university's job placement efforts are in Michigan because 90 percent or more of Davenport graduates tend to stay, live and work in Michigan.
"Job placement has always been very strong at Davenport; it's something we have focused on since the very beginning of the university, and it's something we take great pride in," Veneklase remarked.
Davenport actually specializes in developing educational programs geared to the leading employment fields — fields such as business, technology and health care where workers are in high demand, he noted.
Davenport graduates who decide to make a career change at some point can use the university's CareerLink system or access any other career service free of charge.
"If you've been out of the job market for many years, you may need to brush up on your résumé or your interviewing skills," Veneklase said. Additionally, former students may want to refresh their educational skills by taking a course or two, he said.
Cody Pike graduated from Davenport in May and went to work as a staff accountant for Echelbarger Himebaugh Tamm & Co. in Grand Rapids. Pike said he met with career services staff initially to find out what steps he needed to take to secure an internship. The staff also helped him create a résumé and gave him tips on what to do and what not to do in an interview.
"They were just really helpful with the résumé part and gave me an understanding of what I should do," Pike said. "It made me feel comfortable knowing someone was there who could help me through the process rather than just going out on my own and trying to figure it out for myself. If I had any questions, I could just call up anyone in career services and either set up an appointment or get some direction over the phone."
Pike did two internships, one of them at Echelbarger Himebaugh Tamm & Co. He started his internship there in January, and it led to the offer of a job upon his graduation in May. He plans to register for and take the CPA exam within the next year to 18 months.
Pike said he would "definitely" take advantage of Davenport's career services program again, particularly the résumé critiquing service when the time comes to freshen his résumé.


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Brewing Beer at Home: Bottling the Homebrew Beer Sessions
We've brewed the beer, let it ferment, and now we're finally ready to get it into bottles. We're so close to having homebrew we can almost taste it! And in fact, we did sneak a little taste - for purely scientific reasons, of course. Take a look!
1. Fermented Homebrew - This beer has now been fermenting for three weeks - one week in the primary fermenter and two weeks in the secondary. In the last week, we've seen no activity at all (as evidenced by bubbles of CO2 in the airlock), so we can be pretty certain the yeast has finished consuming all the sugars in the beer. It's ready to bottle!
2. Sterilized Bottles - We begged empties off our friends and saved our own so we'd have enough to bottle. Five gallons of beer is more or less equal to two cases of beer. That's a lot of bottles to collect!
3. Sterilized Bottle Caps - Once again, everything needs to be completely sterile so no unwanted bacterias or wild yeasts get into the beer and cause off-flavors.
4. Priming the Beer - Before we can bottle it, we need to give the beer one last dose of sugar, called "priming sugar." This is the yeasts' last supper, and the carbon dioxide the yeast produces will carbonate the beer while it's in the bottle. You can use corn sugar, cane sugar, or dry malt extract for this step. (We went with cane sugar.)
5. Mixing the Beer and the Priming Sugar - You put the simple sugar syrup into a clean (and sanitized!) bucket and then siphon the beer into it. The beer will mix with the syrup as it fills the bucket. We had a surprising amount of bubbles in our beer, almost like it was already carbonated. This worried us a bit, but in the end we just crossed our fingers and moved on!
6. Filling the Bottles - We had a special attachment for the siphon hose with a one-way valve at the opening. We inserted the attachment into the bottle until the valve pressed against the bottom, then the beer would flow out and fill the bottle. We filled the bottles all the way to the top before pulling the attachment out. The displacement from the attachment leaves just enough head room in the bottle.
7. Putting on the Caps - It took a few tries before we were sure the caps were actually secure, but it went pretty fast once we got the hang of it. You put the cap on, position the capper, and then press down on the "wings" until you feel the sides of the cap give way under the pressure.
8. Counting the Bottles - It was extremely satisfying to see the table filled with bottled beer. Our bottled beer!
9. A Preliminary Taste - We kept a little fermented beer out for a taste test. The flavor was fairly sweet with not a lot of hops or depth, but it definitely taste like beer. Flat, room-temperature beer, but beer all the same!
What's Next?
Now we need to let the bottles sit for another two weeks (agony!) while the yeast carbonates the beer. If you've been following along, and if we haven't gotten our dates off by too much, this whole process from brewing to ready-to-drink beer takes 5 weeks. If we needed to, we could have let the fermented beer sit in the carboy for another few weeks before bottling without too much affect on the flavor.
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A long campaign to bring to justice the killers of a Killamarsh teenager – who died on his first holiday alone – has taken a major step forward.
The heartbroken family of 17-year-old Matt Cryer has fought tirelessly for almost six years to see the case brought to trial after Matt died outside a nightclub on the Greek holiday island of Zakynthos.
Now four men have finally appeared in court charged under the Greek criminal code with exposure to harm – which can carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Matt's dad David said: "This is the first time anybody has been charged or appeared in court. They are making progress which is good to see.
"At last they are going to try to do something about Matt's case. It moves things on a little bit.
"It doesn't matter how long it takes, we will keep fighting for him. He deserves a fair trial and that is all we are asking for."
Matt, who grew up in Killamarsh and Frecheville, in Sheffield, with David and mum Jo Froud, died in July 2008.
Greek police wrongly claimed he had choked on his own vomit but a post mortem examination found he died of head injuries.
An inquest ruled the Sheffield Wednesday fan had been unlawfully killed after hearing he was beaten and thrown down a flight of stairs.
His family battled to get the case reopened but faced delays and setbacks.
The four accused include Charalabos Chaikalis, Andreas Rousianos, Anastasios Paraschis and a fourth man – all of whom deny the charges.
Now the Judicial Council in Greece will decide whether there is enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit the accused.
David, of Frecheville, who has organised dozens of events to raise money in his campaign for justice, will this weekend make donations to other good causes thanks to the fundraising.
The 49-year-old said: "It could be another six months before we hear anything – it could be next year by the time something happens."
The four accused are all from Zakynthos and could also face a monetary penalty under the law if convicted.


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Experienced travellers ourselves, we believe that travelling should be enjoyable and affordable. Here at La Dorada we offer quality at a price that will leave even the tightest budgets with extra spending money. Our aim is to provide a comfortable, relaxed and friendly atmosphere in which guests can get to know both Salamanca and each other.
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Consensus Report
Desalination: A National Perspective (2008)Water Science and Technology Board
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Recent advances in technology have made desalination of seawater and groundwater a realistic option for increasing water supplies in some parts of the United States, and desalination will likely have a niche in the nation's future water management portfolio. However, its potential is constrained by a host of financial, social, and environmental factors. Substantial uncertainties remain about the environmental impacts of desalination, which have led to costly permitting delays. The National Research Council, with the support of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, convened a committee to assess the state-of-the-art in desalination technologies, identify implementation challenges, and provide recommendations for action and research. The report concludes that a coordinated, strategic research effort with steady funding is needed to better understand and minimize desalination's environmental impacts - and to find ways to further lower its costs and energy use.
Key Messages
- Conservation and transfers from low- to high-valued uses will usually be less costly than supply augmentation schemes, including desalination.
- For brackish water desalination, the costs of concentrate management can vary enormously from project to project and may rival energy and capital costs as the largest single component of cost.
- Possible environmental impacts of desalination are impingement and entrainment of organisms when seawater is taken in, ecological impacts from disposing of salt concentrates, and increased greenhouse gas emissions from increased energy use, among other concerns. Although limited studies to date suggest that the environmental impacts may be less detrimental than many other types of water supply, site-specific information necessary to make detailed conclusions on environmental impacts is typically lacking.
- Substantial reductions in the financial cost of producing desalinated water will require substantial reductions in either energy costs or capital costs
- The costs of producing desalinated water the cost of removing salts to create freshwater is no longer the primary barrier to implementing desalination technology, because there have been significant reductions in desalination production costs.
- The potential for desalination cannot be definitively determined because it depends on a host of complicated and locally variable economic, social, environmental, and political factors. In the complete absence of these factors, the theoretical potential for desalination is effectively unlimited.
- The private sector appears to fund the majority of desalination research, with total annual spending estimated to be more than twice that of all other surveyed sources of such funding.
- There are small but significant efficiencies that can be made in membrane technologies that will reduce the energy needed to desalinate water and, therefore, offer potentially important process cost reductions.
- There is no integrated and strategic direction to the federal desalination research and development efforts.


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This document describes how to expand a Cisco Intelligent Contact Management (ICM) database to give the database more room for data or log space.
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics:
ICM databases
Cisco Intelligent Contact Management Database Administrator (ICMDBA) utilities
Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) database sizing concepts
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
ICM version 4.6.2 and later
SQL Server version 7.0
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.
There are three types of databases that you might need to expand:
Administrative Workstation (AW)
Historical Database Server (HDS)
All three are expanded in the same way.
ICM provides a utility that you can use to manipulate databases, ICMDBA. ICM version 4.6.2 supports both SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0. ICM versions 5.0 and later support SQL Server 2000. You can also use the Microsoft utility called Enterprise Manager. Either method results in an expanded database.
In SQL Server 6.5, databases are made up of one or more logical devices. In SQL Server 7.0, databases are made up of one or more physical files. Each device or file is assigned a specific role, such as data or log space. When multiple devices or files are used for a single database, they do not have to be in the same location. This is convenient when you expand a database because it allows you to put the new device or file on a different logical and/or physical drive.
When you expand a database, you can either expand an existing device or file, or create a new device or file. Either way, the database has new space available.
When you expand a database, the goal is to give the database more room for either data space or log space. Both can be expanded in the same way.
When you use ICMDBA to expand a database, the utility automatically creates device or file structures as needed.
Note: Shut down services for ICM during the expansion.
Complete these steps in order to run ICMDBA and expand the database:
Run the ICMDBA.EXE command to launch the utility.
Find the machine, instance, and database you want to expand.
Right-click the database, and choose Expand.Figure 1 – Properties
The Expand dialog box opens.
Check either Data or Log under Component in order to choose the type of expansion.Figure 2 – Expand
Choose the location of the expansion drive under Available Drives.
Enter the amount of additional space (MB) in the Expansion Size field.
Click OK.
Choose Server > Start from the menu bar in Figure 1.
While it is easier to use ICMDBA to expand databases, it is necessary to use Enterprise Manager if either of these is true:
You must leave ICM services running.
You are expanding the database dramatically (15 GB or more).
Note: For SQL Server 6.5, a single device should not have more than 16 GB of space. Use multiple devices if you have a database larger than 16 GB. The procedure for multiple devices is similar to the Expand Space with Use of ICMDBA procedure. The only difference is that you repeat the steps for each 15 GB device you need to create. This limitation does not exist for SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server 2000.
Complete these steps in order to expand a device that exists:
Double-click the device, or right-click the device and choose Edit from the pop-up menu in order to modify.Figure 3 – SQL Enterprise Manager
The Edit Database Device dialog box opens.
Increase the size (MB) value to the new size, and click Change Now.
Note: Enterprise Manager limits the size (MB) value to the available drive space, so the value cannot be set to exceed the available drive space.Figure 4 – Edit Database Device
Complete these steps in order to create a new device:
Right-click the Database Devices folder, and choose New Device from the pop-up menu.
The New Database Device dialog box opens.
Assign a Name, Location and Size (MB) for the new device, and click Create Now.Figure 5 – New Database Device
Other than the assign a name and location step, the procedures on how to expand a device and create a device are the same.
The expansion of a device that exists is a very clean expansion because no new devices are created. However, it limits you to the amount of space available on the drive where the device is located. Therefore, you cannot take advantage of space available on another drive. Nevertheless, it can be a good option if drive that exists has plenty of space available.
Complete these steps in order to expand space when you use a device that exists:
Launch the SQL Enterprise Manager.
Expand the server in the Server Manager window.
Note: Register the server, if the server is not already registered.
Expand the Database Devices section.
Find the device you want to expand and right-click the device name.
Choose Edit from the pop-up menu.
Change the size to the new size (for example, from 500 MB to 1000 MB).
Click Change Now.
Now that the device is expanded or a new device is created, expand the database itself. Complete these steps:
Expand the Databases section in the Server Manager window.
Right-click the database to be expanded.
Choose Edit from the pop-up menu.
The Edit Database dialog box opens.Figure 6 – Edit Database
Click Expand.
The Expand Database dialog box opens.Figure 7 – Expand Database
Choose the device you just expanded or created in the appropriate menu (Data Device or Log Device).
Enter the amount of new space you wish to expand for this database in the Size (MB) field.
Note: Most likely, all of the available space is used.
Click Expand Now.
Complete these steps in order to expand a database that exists from the Console Tree:
Navigate to the Databases folder for your server.
Double-click the database, or right-click the database and choose Properties from the pop-up menu in order to modify.Figure 8 – Console Root
The Properties dialog box for the selected database opens.
Click the General tab to increase the size of the data files for the database, or click the Transaction Logs tab to expand the size of the transaction log files for the database.
Adjust the Space Allocated, as needed, and click Apply to commit the changes.Figure 9 – Properties
Note: ICM version 4.6.2 and earlier do NOT support the Automatic File Growth feature of SQL Server 7.0. This feature should be disabled for both data and transaction log files. Uncheck the Automatically grow file check box to disable this feature.
If there is insufficient disk space to expand existing data and transaction log files, a new disk drive can be added to the server, and new data or transaction log files can be created for the selected database on the new disk drive.
Complete these steps in order to create a new data or transaction log file:
Click the appropriate tab in the Properties dialog box.
Click the blank line under the file listings that exist, and enter the File name, Location, and Space Allocated (MB) for the new file.
Click Apply to commit the changes.
Other than the assign a file name and location step, the procedures on how to expand a file and create a new file are the same.
Complete these steps in order to expand space when you use data or a transaction log file that exist:
Launch the SQL Enterprise Manager.
Navigate to the Databases folder for your server in the Console Tree.
Note: Register the server, if the server is not already registered.
Right-click the database you want to expand.
Choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
Click either the General tab to expand a data file, or click the Transaction Log tab to expand a transaction log file.
Adjust the Space Allocated (MB) setting to the new size (for example, from 500 MB to 1000 MB).
Click Apply to commit the changes.


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HAVANA (AP) — Cuban track and field legend Javier Sotomayor has launched a sports bar named for the height of his world record high jump. An Olympic volleyball champion has opened a swanky new Italian restaurant, and salsa star Hugo Morejon has a first-rate automotive repair shop.
Armed with money and name recognition, Cuban athletes and artists who have long enjoyed a far more luxurious lifestyle than their compatriots on the Communist-run island are embracing the new world of private enterprise. In doing so, the celebrities have exposed themselves to more than a little envy from a population already weary of the perks they've long had.
At least a dozen athletes and artists have started private businesses since President Raul Castro began opening Cuba's economy to limited capitalism in 2010, and others have quietly invested in such establishments. Many of the spots have opened in recent months.
At Sport-Bar 2.45, patrons sip icy-cold Cuban beer and eat pizzas while perusing memorabilia from Sotomayor's career, such as a white athletic shoe he used in competition and several of his awards and medals. The bar is named after the height in meters (equivalent to 8 feet, 1/2 inch) of Sotomayor's world record high jump, set in 1993.
The record stands 20 years later, but the 45-year-old Sotomayor has moved on from his past as one of the Communist world's great athletes, and now considers himself a businessman. He opened the bar in the front garden of his home, with his ex-wife as a co-investor, and it is often filled with young Cubans and tourists.
"I feel good about what I am doing now; for me it is a challenge," Sotomayor said. "I had success in competition in the high jump. Now, we will see if the bar reaches these same heights."
Salim Lamrani, a professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris who writes extensively about Cuba, said the embrace of the reforms by such stars sends a strong message to other islanders that change is here to stay.
"These celebrity businesses are powerful publicity for the new policies of the Cuban government," Lamrani said, which "in the future will be increasingly based on the private sector."
At the Van Van Garage, gleaming Fiats, Mercedes and Peugeots overflow into the street outside, and uniform-wearing mechanics use a desktop computer to show clients which parts need repair. The garage, owned by trombone player Hugo Morejon, is a striking departure from most Cuban repair shops, which labor to keep hulking 1950s Chevys on the road using homemade parts fashioned from scrap metal.
Morejon, a member of Cuba's most famous contemporary salsa group, Los Van Van, doesn't need the money. But he says he's always loved cars and opened the shop after the Cuban government legalized some forms of private enterprise in 2010, hiring several young mechanics to handle the workload.
"We work like a cooperative," Morejon explained. "I am the owner but I don't earn any more than them."
He acknowledged his recognizable name helps draw clients, but said more has been needed to make them regulars.
"Musical fame has helped me, but only the first time," said Morejon, who recently returned from a European tour, his suitcases filled with spare auto parts unavailable in Cuba. "After that, one must give quality service or the clients won't return."
Other Cuban stars have joined the party: Singer Kelvis Ochoa has a restaurant, and comic Robertico has opened a cafe. Even former Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, who was fired by Fidel Castro in 1999, has opened a popular restaurant called Chaplin.
Cubans love their music and sports stars, but they also envy their new cars and grand homes, their international travel and the imported goodies they bring back. Musical stars can sign record contracts abroad, but they must pay the state part of their earnings. Even athletes, who earn tiny salaries by global standards, often get perks such as cars and travel stipends that are out of most Cubans' reach.
The perception of artists as part of a jet set elite was captured in the 2011 Cuban comedy "Habana Station," a prince-and-the-pauper tale that compares the son of a poor family and the child of a Cuban musician living a life of relative luxury in a country where the average worker earns $20 a month.
"Most people couldn't even dream of opening a bar like Sotomayor's," said Roberto Blanco, a 29-year-old used books seller. "In fact, most people on a salary don't even have the money to buy a drink or a pizza at these places."
The celebrities shrug off the criticism, saying they are doing what the Communist government wants: investing money at home and creating much-needed jobs.
"I am contributing to my country," said Morejon. "I am giving work to three young men and offering a useful service."
Triple Olympic volleyball champion Mireya Luis has hired five people at her Italian restaurant in Havana's upscale Miramar neighborhood. Chef Orlando Montoya said that with tips he earns many times the $14 a month he got at his last state job.
"I came to ask for a job here when all I had was a pair of tennis shoes," he said. "I work from midday until early in the morning, but now I have six pairs of tennis shoes and a little girl who doesn't want for anything."
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Owners Making News Off the Field
New NFL Buyers Haslam, Khan Facing Scrutiny
A federal investigation into alleged pricing fraud at a national truck-stop chain is posing a new kind of publicity challenge for the National Football League.
Last October, Jimmy Haslam III bought a controlling interest in the Cleveland Browns for $1.05 billion. Last month, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the headquarters of Pilot Flying J, a truck-stop chain that Haslam's family controls, as part of an inquiry into whether the company overcharged customers for fuel, as employees have alleged.
No charges have been filed. Haslam denies any knowledge of wrongdoing and said he is launching an internal investigation.
For years, the ranks of owners of the league's 32 teams have been dominated by families that didn't need to pursue wealth outside of football, either thanks to inheritance, self-made fortunes or profitable gridiron operations.
But as the minimum price for an NFL team has climbed to more than $750 million, purchasing a franchise increasingly requires more than inherited wealth, retirement savings and first-rate marketing and management skills. So the NFL is approving owners who generate large off-the-field earnings.
"You don't get into the NFL to get a financial return," said Shahid Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars since 2011. "More and more you are going to have to have an independent business to support the football habit."
As a newcomer to NFL ownership, Khan is seeing that having a visible NFL role can raise public interest in his business affairs. Since 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has filed more than 20 of notices of violation against his auto-parts empire, Illinois-based Flex-N-Gate. An operator of 23 plants around the country, Flex-N-Gate since 2010 has been fined at least $125,000 for 23 violations at his most- fined plant, in Urbana, Ill.
In an interview last week, Khan said the company's plants have excellent working conditions and that he treats all safety complaints seriously.
"I've been in business since 1978 and regrettably these things come up," said Khan, a native of Pakistan, who immigrated to the U.S. with next to nothing when he was 16. "If you have a problem, you fix it."
The record of OSHA's Flex-N-Gate's violations raised no deal-breaking red flags when the NFL vetted Khan's bid for the Jaguars, according to people with knowledge of the process. League executives decided they were not out of line with industry standards for a company with some 17,000 employees at 52 worldwide plants, the people said.
Other professional-sports leagues have long dealt with off-the-field issues among their owners. But the issue is relatively new to the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has levied major fines and suspensions against players for behavior off the field, wields the same power to punish owners. In regard to players, Goodell allows the legal process to run its course before taking any action. The league declined to comment on off-the-field ownership issues.
NFL officials vetted Haslam when he purchased a minority stake in the Steelers in 2009, but the league and Haslam were unaware of the FBI probe when his bid for the Browns was evaluated last year, Haslam and the NFL said.
Within days of an April 15 FBI raid on Haslam's Knoxville, Tenn.-based company, Goodell met with the owner. While expressing concern about the investigation, Goodell said publicly, "Jimmy is doing everything he's asked. He's cooperating. He wants to make sure that he is doing all of the right things in that regard and he has assured us that he is going to."
Four days after the raid, an FBI request for search warrants revealed details of a 23-month investigation into a whistle-blower's allegations that Pilot Flying J had intentionally withheld what could be millions of dollars in rebates on fuel purchases from its customers.
According to testimony from an anonymous employee, Haslam and Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood allegedly knew about the scheme.
"The Rebate Fraud-related activities have been discussed during sales meetings in Knoxville, Tennessee in which (Pilot President Mark) Hazelwood and Haslam have been present," stated the warrant request from FBI special Agent Robert Root.
Hazelwood didn't return a call seeking comment. Haslam has denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of the fraud. He has ordered his own audit and investigation into the allegations and placed several top executives on administrative leave, declining to say which ones. He has said he will remain in charge of both Pilot Flying J and the Browns.
"Jimmy isn't stepping aside, because his attitude is, never has this company been more in need of leadership at the top," said Aubrey Harwell, lead outside counsel for Pilot Flying J. "We're trying to get to the bottom of this."
He added, "Whenever something like this happens, the company is blemished. If it deals with it in an honorable, responsible way and gets to bottom of what happened, then that blemish over time disappears."
At Khan's Flex-N-Gate, some criticism of working conditions has arisen amid union efforts to organize. The United Auto Workers union already represents employees at several Flex-N-Gate factories, and is campaigning to organize others.
At the 2012 NFL Draft, the UAW demonstrated against Flex-N-Gate working conditions. Last summer 11 workers at the Urbana plant were hospitalized after a truck driver failed to attach a hose correctly and they were exposed to sulfuric acid.
Khan, while declining to address specific complaints, said that any safety issues are dealt with promptly and said he has a strong relationship with the UAW. At three UAW-organized plants in his empire, he said more than 90% of workers voted to ratify a new contract.
Also critical of Khan's plants at times has been OSHA. This year, Flex-N-Gate has been working to resolve OSHA violations and penalties involving operations at its plant in Urbana. The violations stemmed from an inspection last summer that revealed an alleged failure to provide workers handling hydrochloric acid and other dangerous materials with the necessary protection for face, hands and eyes.
The ongoing controversy recently led the University of Illinois to alter plans to give Khan, an Illinois graduate, an honorary doctorate when he speaks at the school's commencement May 12.
He said he had no problem with his alma mater's decision to withhold the honorary doctorate. "Everyone is entitled to their opinions," he said. "Remember, I have a real engineering degree from there anyway."
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Dining in Jackson
The Inn offers Dinner Packages with several local restaurants.
Jackson has an enviable selection of unique restaurants, taverns & bars (all smoke free) and many local inns have dining rooms open to the public. The Inn at Thorn Hill offers a Four Diamond dining experience. Both they and The Wentworth have received Wine Spectator Awards. The White Mountain Cider Company is an excellent choice for 'casual fine dining'. Another restaurant popular with many of our guests is the Red Parka Pub. We have menu books for all Jackson and many North Conway – Conway area restaurants. The innkeepers are always happy to make reservations for you. If you are visiting on a weekend during one of most popular times to visit such as summer, ski season, and foliage, we suggest making dinner reservations prior to arrival.
Thompson House Eatery – 1/4 mile away on the Jackson Loop, (603) 383-9341
The Wentworth – 1/3 mile away in Jackson village, (603) 383-9700
The Inn at Thorn Hill – 1/2 mile away in Jackson, (603) 383-4242
Christmas Farm Inn – in the village of Jackson, (603) 383-4313
White Mountain Cider Company – 3 miles away in Glen, (603) 383-9061
Red Parka Steakhouse and Pub – 2.7 miles away in Glen, (603) 383-4344, does not take reservations
Shannon Door Pub – Jackson – just across Route 16 from the inn (603) 383-4211
Shovel Handle Pub – 3 miles away in Jackson at Black Mountain, (603) 383-8916, often closed Saturday for private functions
Can't wait until dinner? Three great places to grab a bite for lunch or a snack are the J-Town Deli and Country Store or the Backcountry Bakery and Cafe, both on the loop through Jackson village, or White Mountain Cider Company's Deli on Route 302.
Our 'Tête à Tête Casual Cuisine for Two' is an intimate dining experience for two. We offer a seasonal prix fixe menu with a choice of two appetizers, three entrées and two desserts for $59 per person plus 20% gratuity and applicable NH state tax. Dining is available at the Inn five nights a week from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., typically Tuesday through Saturday evenings. We do not offer this dinner on Sunday or Monday. We do ask forty-eight hour advance reservations for dining and pre-selection of entrees. Please contact the inn for the current menu. Prices are subject to change without notice.