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Energy efficiency G means doing more with less—so we maintain (or exceed) performance while saving both energy and money. Energy efficiency can help meet the country's growing demand for energy just as well as oil, gas, coal or uranium can. It is the fastest, cleanest and most economical energy resource we have.
Due to many niche applications for efficient technologies, energy efficiency is a complicated topic without a one-size-fits-all solution; however, various technologies and policies can support the efficient use of energy throughout our daily lives and the economy as a whole.
The wide range of technological opportunities include lighting, building design and performance, vehicle miles per gallon, and industrial processes. In terms of energy policy, efficiency is often referred to as the low-hanging fruit. In addition, opportunities already exist that are cash flow positive to meet emissions reduction targets. If applied widely, energy efficiency has the potential to displace the need for conventional energy including existing or new power plants.
Experts predict a 5 to 15 percent reduction in electricity demand by 2020 through energy efficiency. Coupled with demand response to manage electricity use, an additional reduction of 7.5 to 15 percent in peak demand could be achieved. Efficiency also complements goals set out in various "roadmap" reports that detail how to reduce emissions or reach renewable energy targets by certain dates (most dates fall between 2030 and 2050). As early as 1989, the concept of "negawatts", a measure of energy savings, was being used to describe a new path of energy policy through efficiency. The legacy of the negawatt concept is still uncertain, but may be most fully realized in the implementation of smart meter infrastructure.
A major opportunity for efficiency is in the design of new buildings. Over the last decade, the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system, the Building Performance Institute and Energy Star for new homes, have all helped to set the bar for incorporating efficiency in building design. Other groups are attempting to raise the bar higher towards buildings with zero net emissions.
Fortunately, technology has kept pace with meeting these certification requirements and goals. For example, a 2011 Innovation Awards winner in the environment category is heat-reflecting windows—the treated glass lets in light without putting a strain on air conditioning.
Consumers now have a variety of energy efficient products and appliances to choose from. The Energy Star labeling program, created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE G ), helps consumers find products that can save energy and money. Products earn the label by meeting EPA's product specifications including: saving significant energy without hampering performance; saving money through energy savings on a more efficient (though often more expensive) model; and being subjected to tests that measure and verify energy consumption and performance.
In addition to the Energy Star program, the EPA and the DOE have programs in place for verification of vehicle performance in miles per gallon, available at www.fueleconomy.gov. Manufacturers of vehicles conduct tests to establish vehicle efficiency under a variety of conditions. The vehicle's manufacturer reports the results of the tests to the EPA, which audits 10-15 percent of the vehicles submitted. The EPA then creates a label for the vehicle that lets consumers know the vehicle's efficiency.
The commercial sector has many opportunities for using energy more efficiently. Nineteen percent of the energy consumed in the United States is by the commercial sector, with half of that energy devoted to heating and lighting. Improving operations and maintenance of buildings provides prospects for efficiency and financial savings. For example, after energy efficiency improvements, the University of Michigan decreased their energy demand by 26 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, and in the process saved $3.6 million.
As energy efficiency improves there is the potential for the rebound effect to occur. First described by economist William Stanley Jevons in the 19th century, the rebound effect is the response to efficiencies of use of a resource that lead to greater use of that resource. For instance, if you have a new car that gets better gas mileage than your previous car, you may be tempted to drive the car more, however, if you drive your new, efficient car a little more, your overall gas use may still be below what your previous car used, resulting in a net savings. Due to the complexity of behavioral and economic factors, the extent of the rebound effect with energy efficiency is unclear.
Energy efficiency also provides an opportunity to save water. The energy-water nexus demonstrates that it takes a significant amount of water to create energy and it takes a significant amount of energy to treat and move water. Since conventional power generation is highly dependent on water for cooling purposes, using energy more efficiently therefore reduces impacts on water resources.
With endless possibilities for projects, the future of energy efficiency looks promising. Technological breakthroughs have increased efficiency and performance for everything from household items to industrial processes. Increasing energy costs have increased demand for energy efficient products. Often the energy efficiency improvements have been coupled with water efficiency improvements, as demonstrated in high efficiency clothes washers. Improvements in LED lighting have greatly increased the use, aesthetics and application of that technology. Overall, expect more applications of energy efficiency as program, policy and technological barriers are broken down.


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SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Wolf depredation complaints in Idaho have decreased gradually since the state's wolf hunting seasons started in 2009.
But the ability of Idaho Wildlife Services, the federal agency that solves human-animal conflicts in Idaho, to fund its wolf control efforts has decreased much more quickly.
During Idaho Farm Bureau Federation's 74th annual meeting Dec. 5, members approved a proposal that seeks a solution to the agency's funding reductions.
Wildlife Services conducted 129 livestock depredation investigations related to wolf complaints in fiscal year 2013, a 38 percent decrease from 2012.
According to the USDA agency, confirmed or probable wolf kills of cattle in Idaho totaled 77 in 2013 and sheep depredations totaled 565.
The total number of confirmed or probable wolf depredations in 2013 decreased 26 percent from 2011. Verified cattle losses decreased 44 percent from 2011 and verified sheep losses increased 7 percent from 2012, largely as a result of one incident in east Idaho where 176 sheep were killed.
Idaho's minimum estimated wolf population peaked at 856 in 2009 but since Idaho held its first hunting season that year, that number has gradually decreased to 683.
As the wolf population increased in Idaho after wolves were introduced here in 1995, livestock depredations increased steadily.
"It's slowly working its way down again," said WS State Director Todd Grimm. "Hunting season has absolutely made a difference."
But Idaho Wildlife Services' funding has been reduced by almost $750,000 since 2010, most of that a result of federal cuts. That has reduced the agency's total budget to $2.1 million and significantly hampered its ability to control wolves.
IFBF members passed a proposal that would raise the state brand renewal fee by $25. Brands in Idaho are renewed every five years and the fee is currently $100. The increase would raise about $100,000 a year to help fund Wildlife Services' animal damage control efforts.
Sheep growers have agreed to increase their wool assessment fee by 2 cents per pound, which would raise $25,000.
A group representing Idaho sportsmen said it would match any increase livestock producers agreed to and Gov. Butch Otter will seek $200,000 to $250,000 from the state's general fund.
"We need $400,000; I think we'll be closer to $500,000 when all is said and done," said Blackfoot rancher Chris Dalley.
Wildlife Services officials said the money could be used to place wolf trouble-shooters at strategic sites across the state, ready to respond to conflicts as they arise.
Fifty-seven individual Idaho producers suffered confirmed livestock depredations in 2013 and 316 have had verified wolf depredations since 1995.
Idaho Wildlife Services has conducted 1,671 wolf depredation investigations on livestock since 1995 and there have been 1,064 confirmed wolf kills of livestock and 221 probable kills.
Based on total livestock depredations by all Idaho predators since 1995, Grimm said, wolves are 170 times more likely to depredate cattle than black bears or coyotes.

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Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930
Date published:February 2014
What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent and given meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions. Using case studies of Norwegian Mission Society members the author argues that missionary masculinity was the result of a complex dialogue between the ideals of male 'self-making' associated with the late nineteenth century and the Christian ideal of self-denial.


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CANNES, France (AP) — For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."
"He said to me, 'I got an idea. Let's surprise them with you,'" Dern recalled of learning from Payne that he had the part. Payne, he says, continued: "'You haven't done this. You haven't done anything like this. Let's have fun. Let's knock their socks off.'"
Though the part, reticent and cantankerous, isn't the typical socks-knocking kind of stuff, Dern's unadorned portrait has been one of the most hailed performances at the Cannes Film Festival, where the black-and-white "Nebraska" premiered to warm reviews Thursday. For Dern, whose days as a leading man were largely in the 1970s, working with Payne on "Nebraska" was deeply meaningful.
"All during your career, you look for a certain kind of security from the people you're working with, people that believe you're talented, that you can do what you can do," says the 76-year-old Dern, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in 1978's "Coming Home." ''I've been overrated sometimes and I've been underrated, probably more than I've been overrated."
Dern is an eager storyteller, and during an interview Friday, his conversation took detour upon detour, ranging from the directions of Alfred Hitchcock to how best to cheat at boarding school. His co-star in "Nebraska," the former "Saturday Night Live" player Will Forte, calls him, with understatement, "a bit of a talker."
In the film, Dern stars as Woody Grant, a retired, alcoholic veteran showing signs of senility. When he receives a mass mailing promising him a $1 million award, he sets out down the road from his Montana home to collect it in person in Nebraska. His son (Forte) placates him by driving him, including a stop his father's old hometown: "The guy needs something to live for," says the son.
It's a sweet but unsentimental tale of a son giving his father a sense of decency late in life. It will be released in November by Paramount Pictures amid the fall award season.
Dern calls Woody "a monument to the people like that, that still exist in this country — a guy that's not going to leave, that's not going to get out." Dern risked, he says, "trying not to act."
"I said: 'I'll give you whatever you want. I won't give you what other directors want, because it's sparse,'" says Dern. "It's not a career-making role. I never smile. I never laugh. He never really gets angry except once. But there's no self-pity with Woody."
This is the second time a Dern has starred in a film by Payne. His 1996 feature debut, the abortion debate satire "Citizen Ruth," starred Laura Dern, Bruce's daughter. The actress lobbied Payne to cast her father.
"Both Derns will do anything you ask them to do," Payne told reporters. The director said he was as much drawn to Dern by his talent as by "who the man is."
"I like actors who can be ornery but heartbreaking at the same time," Payne said.
Dern, an avid lifetime runner, compared Payne's interest to him as coming on the 24th mile to the marathon of his career.
"I'll love him forever for that, for seeing in me that I could pull this off," Dern says of Payne. "He's different folks."
When Forte, early in the production, told Dern that he was having trouble adjusting to dramatic acting and establishing their relationship, Dern gave him some advice.
"I put my hand on his arm and I said, 'Just look at me every time in the movie and realize you may be working with a guy who's never going to make another movie,'" Dern says. "He got big tears in his eyes and said, 'Are you serious?' I said, 'No, it's all bull----. But you don't know that and I don't know that because if this fails, I'm done. They'll never let me play another lead in a movie.'"
The two spent weeks together in the close confines of a Subaru, says Forte: "I could just listen to him forever. He has the best stories. We became very close."
"I've been in some pretty good movies," says Dern. "This is the best movie I've been in. I hope it's as good a work as I've done."
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Rank: Professor
Director, Clinical Protocols & Data Management Share Facility
Director, Breast Cancer Program
Hematology & Oncology
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I returned to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) from Colombia in 2000 in order to pursue translational research with an emphasis on early clinical trials linked to laboratory observations in Breast Cancer and Lymphomas. Fortunately, upon my return I was able to continue working with my lifetime mentor, Dr. Albert F. LoBuglio, and received a K12 Individual Mentored Career Development Award sponsored by NCI, which provided me a major impetus to establishing my career as a clinical investigator with strong laboratory components to my research efforts. Additionally, I completed the K30 Clinical Research Training Program, a two-year course sponsored by the NCI that gave me the tools necessary to understand translational research. Over the past 10 years I have been the Director of the Clinical Protocols and Data Management Shared facility of the UAB CCC, I developed the first DSMP of the UAB CCC, I have led a large number of clinical trials (Investigator Initiated and Industry trials including studies holding INDs) with emphasis on early pilot, phase I and II studies, I have participated actively in the development and implementation of different projects through the Breast SPORE, and in my leadership role I led the team of investigators that developed the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Promise Grant which has 4 different projects (6.4 million dollars over 5 years). Over the last 8 years I have been the Principal Investigator of two translational research projects which have the potential to change and/or improve the standard of care management in breast cancer (Dual Pathway Target Inhibition in Breast cancer: ER and VEGF and Targeting Death Receptors for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer).
1990-1991 Instructor, Physical Diagnosis Course, Department of Medicine, UAB
1991-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
1992-1995 Director of Clinical Oncology, Colombian NCI, Bogotá, Colombia
1992-2000 Founding Member and Co-Director, Colombian Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Colombian NCI/Marly Clinic, Bogotá, Colombia
1992-2000 Director, Division of Hem/Onc, Javeriana University Cancer Center, Bogotá, Colombia
1998-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc, Javeriana University School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
2000-2001 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc; UAB
2000-2006 Associate Scientist, UAB CCC
2000-Present Director, Protocol/Data Management Shared Facility, UAB CCC
2000-2004 Co-Chairman, Clinical Trials Review Committee, UAB CCC.
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc; UAB
2004-2010 Associate Scientist, Minority and Health Disparities Research Center, UAB
2010-Present Scientist, Minority and Health Disparities Research Center, UAB
2004-2005 Chairman, Clinical Trials Review Committee, UAB CCC
2005-Present Co-Chairman, Clinical Trials Review Committee, UAB CCC
2005-Present Chairman, Clinical Trials Monitoring Committee, UAB CCC
2006-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc; UAB
2006-Present Scientist, UAB CCC
2010-Present Program Co-Leader, Experimental Therapeutics, UAB CCC
2010-Present Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hem/Onc; UAB
2012-Present The O'Neal-Sokol Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama Endowed Professorship, UAB
C. AWARDS and HONORS
(1) Best Abstract in Clinical Research, Colombian Society of Hematology and Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Colombia, 1993; (2) Best Abstract in Clinical Cancer Research, Colombian Cancer Society Annual meeting, Colombia, 1997; (3) Henri Horoszowski Memorial Prize for the Best Orthopedic Presentation, International Society of Hemophilia, 1998; (4) Outstanding Teacher, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Fellowship Training Program, 2003-2004; (5) Judge for the Oncology Competition; Southern Society for Clinical Investigation Oncology Young Investigator's Forum New Orleans, Louisiana; 2007; (6) Appointed as one of the Best Doctors in Alabama, 2007, 2008, 2009; (7) Elected to the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation, 2007; (8) Susan G. Komen for the Cure – 2008 Komen Promise Grant #1; 2008 Scientific Peer Review Meeting; Scientist Reviewer, Washington, March 2008; (9) Distinguished Board Member 2009 – The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama; (10) The Albert F. LoBuglio Distinguished Faculty Award 2009 (bestowed to a faculty member who has made distinguished contributions to the research activities of the Cancer Center); (11) Appointed as one of the Best Doctors in America and America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 2010; (12) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program on Era of Hope Scholars in Breast Cancer 2010; Scientific Peer Review Meeting; Scientist Reviewer, Washington, April 2010.
1992-1997, Board Member, Colombian Research Group in Gastric Carcinoma; 1992-Present, Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Colombian Cancer Society; 1995-2000, Oncology Consultant and Investigator, Bristol Myers Squibb-Colombia; 1995-2000, Principal Investigator, Taxotere in the Treatment of Breast Carcinoma, National Cancer Institute; 1997-1999, Board Member, Colombian Cancer Society; 1998-2001, Board Member of GOL (Latin American Oncology Research Group); 2003-2009, Member, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) (National Level); 2003-2005, Member, Cancer Committee of UAB Health System; 2004-2009, Member, Hodgkin's Lymphoma panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) (National Level); 2005-Present, Founding Member, The Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (National Level); 2006-Present, Member of the DSMB for the Phase II/III trial of Lumiliximab with or without FCR in patients with previously untreated CLL (International Level); 2007-Present, Founding member, Lymphoma Research Consortium (National Level; 2007-Present, Board Member, Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (State Level); 2008-Present, Member, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Working Group – Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (National Level); 2008 – 2010, Member, Operational Efficiency Working Group of the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee, National Cancer Institute (National Level); 2009-Present, Member, Breast Cancer Panel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) (National Level).
E. SOCIETIES (Selected)
American Society of Clinical Oncology, Member
American Society of Hematology, Member
Southern Society of Clinical Investigation, Member
Clinical Interests
Breast Cancer and Lymphomas
Targeted Therapy
Selected Publications
1.Forero A, Meredith RF, Khazaeli MB, Carpenter DM, Shen S, Thornton J, Schlom J, LoBuglio AF: A novel monoclonal antibody design for radioimmunotherapy. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 18:751-759, 2003. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
2.Forero A, Weiden PL, Vose JM, Knox SJ, LoBuglio AF, Hankins J, Goris ML, Picozzi VJ, Axworthy DB, Breitz HB, Sims RB, Ghalie RG, Shen S, Meredith RF: Phase I trial of a novel anti-CD20 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 104:227-236, 2004. (Cover Page, July 1, 2004 Issue). Investigator Initiated Protocol.
3.Forero-Torres A, Shen S, Breitz H, Sims RB, Axworthy DB, Khazaeli MB, Chen KH, Percent I, Besh S, LoBuglio AF, Meredith RF: Pretargeted® radioimmunotherapy (RIT) with a novel anti-TAG-72 fusion protein. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 20:379-390, 2005. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
4.Forero A, Meredith RF, Khazaeli MB, Shen S, Grizzle WE, Carey D, Busby E, LoBuglio AF, Robert F: Phase I study of 90Y-CC49 monoclonal antibody therapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Effect of chelating agents and paclitaxel co-administration. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 20:467-478, 2005. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
5.Triozzi P, Shah J, Wang WQ, Aldrich W, Edberg JC, Su K, Carlisle R, Conry M, LoBuglio AF, Forero A: Anti-GD3 monoclonal antibody effects on lymphocytes and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). Cancer Biother Radiopharm 21; 6: 553-559, 2006. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
6.Forero A, Shah J, Carlisle R, Triozzi P, LoBuglio A, Wang WQ, Fujimori M, Conry M: A phase I study of an anti-GD3 monoclonal antibody, KW-2871, in patients with metastatic melanoma. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 21; 6:561-568, 2006. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
7.Forero-Torres A, Saleh MN: Bendamustine in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the double-agent that came from the Cold War. Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma 8 (1): S13-7, 2007.
8.Shah J, Wang W, Harrough D, Seville W, Meredith R, Shen S, Mueh J, Lister J, Jasthy S, Magas G, Mckay C, Krumdieck R, Tharp M, Winter C, Gregory M, Buchholz W, Awasthi S, Jacobs S, Cheng H, Egner J, LoBuglio AF, Forero A: Retreatment with Yttrium 90 Ibritumomab Tiuxetan in Patients with B-Cell Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Leukemia and Lymphoma 48 (9): 1736-1744, 2007.
9.Meredith RF, Shen S, Forero-Torres A, LoBuglio AF: A method to correct for radioactivity in large vessels that overlap the spine in imaging-based marrow dosimetry of lumbar vertebrae. J Nucl Med 49:279-284, 2008. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
10.Forero-Torres A, Leonard JP, Younes A, Rosenblatt JD, Brice P, Bartlett NL, Bosly A, Pinter-Brown L, Kennedy D, Sievers EL and Gopal AK: A Phase II study of SGN-30 (anti-CD30 mAb) in Hodgkin lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology 146: 171-179, 2009.
11.Advani R, Forero-Torres A, Furman RR, Rosenblatt JD, Younes A, Ren H, Harrop K, Whiting N, Drachman JG: Phase I Study of the Humanized Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody Dacetuzumab in Refractory or Recurrent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 27 (26): 4371-4377, 2009.
12.Shen S, Forero A, Meredith RF, Shah JJ, Knox SJ, Wiseman GA, Usrey ME, LoBuglio AF: Impact of Rituximab Treatment on 90Y-Ibritumomab Dosimetry for Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010; 51 (1): 150-157, 201. Investigator Initiated Protocol.
13.Furman R, Forero A, Shustov A, Drachman J: A Phase I Study of Dacetuzumab (SGN-40, a HumanizedAnti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody) in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2010; 51 (2): 228-235.
14.Forero-Torres A, Shah J, Wood T, Posey J, Carlisle R, Copigneaux C, Luo F, Wojtowicz-Praga S, Percent I, Saleh M. Phase I trial of weekly tigatuzumab, an agonistic humanized monoclonal antibody targeting death receptor 5 (DR5). Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals 2010; 25 (1): 13-19. (Investigator Initiated Protocol).
15.Forero-Torres A, Saleh M, Galleshaw JA, Jones CF, Shah JJ, Percent IJ, Nabell LM, Carpenter JT, Falkson CI, Krontiras H, Urist MM, Bland KI, De Los Santos JF, Meredith R, Caterinicchia V, Bernreuter WK, O'Malley JP, Li Y, LoBuglio AF: A pilot trial of pre-operative (neoadjuvant) letrozole in combination with bevacizumab in post-menopausal women with newly diagnosed estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive breast cancer. In Press 2010, Clinical Breast Cancer 2010; 10(4): 275-280. (Investigator Initiated Protocol).
16.Younes A, Bartlett NL, Leonard JP, Kennedy DA, Lynch CM, Sievers EL, and Forero-Torres A. Brentuximab Vedotin (SGN-35) for Relapsed CD30-Positive Lymphomas. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:1812-1821 (Senior Author).
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A teenager arrested last week with an unloaded assault rifle at a Las Vegas high school has been linked by counterterrorism investigators to another local teen who federal authorities said stockpiled guns and explosives and spoke about staging a mass casualty attack.
Police already were looking for 18-year-old Jake Benton Howell when he arrived at his former school on Dec. 21 with 40 rounds of ammunition and a 7.62mm SKS rifle in the back seat of his car, according to a police report released Thursday.
Authorities had been checking reports that associates and friends of Steven Matthew Fernandes planned an action against the school, Northwest Career and Technical Academy, as revenge for Fernandes being held in federal custody, according to the police report.
Howell's name was on a list that police and school officials compiled of current and former students with whom Fernandes associated at the 1,900-student campus.
Howell, now a student at Utah Valley University, was unarmed when he was confronted by a school police lieutenant. Police said he made no threats and caused no disturbance before his arrest. He told authorities he drove 400 miles from Orem, Utah, to visit favorite former teachers.
"Everything worked right," Clark County School District police Capt. Ken Young said Thursday. "We were looking into the rumors. Things came together and we were able to find a weapon at the school without an incident."
Howell later acknowledged his friendship with Fernandes, who he identified as the founder of a militia group called the 327th Recon Unit of Nevada. But he said he didn't know of any plot against the school.
Investigators also found a compressed air pellet gun, camouflage backpacks and military-style uniforms, food, water and survival gear in Howell's car. He told investigators he collected the items in anticipation of the collapse of society.
Howell was arrested on five charges of possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds after police seized the gun and ammunition, a 16-inch bayonet and three large survival-style knives from the car. He was being held at the Clark County jail in Las Vegas pending a Jan. 8 court appearance.
Possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds is a gross misdemeanor in Nevada that carries a possible penalty of a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported the link between the two students.
Fernandes, also a former student at the high school, has been in federal custody since his arrest Sept. 13 driving to work at a RadioShack. Police found a loaded shotgun and ammunition in his car and reported seizing five rifles, four handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from his home, along with "The Anarchist's Cookbook" how-to manual for manufacturing explosives.
Federal prosecutors have cited an email in which the 18-year-old Fernandes described himself as the commanding officer of 327th Nevada Militia, an urban survivalist unit with six or seven members. Authorities said he told a confidential FBI informant that he could kill more than the 12 slain in a theater last July in Aurora, Colo., that he would like to use children in a day care center for target practice and that he could attack the Las Vegas Strip.
He was indicted Sept. 25 on federal charges of possession of unregistered firearms, making firearms in violation of the National Firearms Act and transporting explosive materials. He has pleaded not guilty. Trial is scheduled in February.
Fernandes' lawyer, Crystal Eller, didn't immediately respond Thursday to messages. Howell's public defender, Dedree Smart Miles, declined to comment.
Las Vegas police didn't immediately respond to questions about the investigation. Agent Patrick Turner, spokesman for the FBI office in Las Vegas, declined comment.


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The Auburn Tigers held two practices Thursday, dodging the raindrops at the Auburn Athletics Complex practice fields. PGA champion Jason Dufner addressed the team after practice.
"We had a good practice this morning," Coach Gus Malzahn said after the morning workout. "I challenged them, and today they rose to the occasion. I really liked our attitude and liked the way we're flying around. We're learning to practice; that's a big thing."
Malzahn announced that three former walk-ons have been placed on scholarship: defensive back Blake Poole, wide receiver Dimitri Reese and running back Chandler Shakespeare.
Friday, the Tigers hold a single afternoon practice. Auburn's season opener is Saturday, August 31, at Jordan-Hare Stadium versus Washington State in a 6 p.m. Central kickoff.
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Lehman Summer Music Education Program 2014
Special Techniques in Piano for Music Educators
Tue & Thu, July 8 to Aug 5
12:10pm to 3:20pm
Professor Penny Prince
MSP 790-01B (2 graduate credits, 2 hours) -or-
MSP 350-01B (2 undergraduate credits, 2 hours)
Courses meet concurrently.
Course Description
MSP 790-01B/ MSP 350-01B: Special Techniques in Piano
Development of skills in keyboard harmony, transposition, and sight-reading for K-12 music teachers who design and implement performance programming in which they accompany, rehearse, and improvise at the piano.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate mastery of the basic performance skills of sight-reading, playing/arranging and transposing choral and vocal scores, and improvising simple accompaniment styles.
- Plan and perform a basic repertoire for classroom and school-assembly programs.
Registration Information
If you are a current Lehman student, please email Darina Bejtja to obtain departmental permission.
If you are a new or returning student, please submit the Visiting Music Student Application Form to the address on the application, with a check for the appropriate admission fee only. If you are a new student, please also include an official transcript of your degree(s).
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Kerry Dearborn has taught theology at SPU, for Fuller Seminary Extension in Seattle, and at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition to teaching, she enjoys speaking at churches, conferences, and universities across the United States and in the United Kingdom.Dr. Dearborn gave a Staley Lecture at John Brown University; the Clappe-Wesche Lecture Series at George Fox and Western Seminary; and public lectures at Regent College. She has lectured at conferences at Point Loma University, Cambridge University, Regent College, Taylor University, and Abilene Christian College, and with Ivy Jungle.She has also spoken and taught classes at a number of churches, as well as for Young Life's Malibu Discipleship Weekend. She delights in developing relationships with students and in her involvement with regular student Bible study groups.Dr. Dearborn is a member of Seattle's Bethany Presbyterian Church, where she serves on its global outreach committee. She also serves on the boards of the Scholar Leaders International and the Stewardship Foundation, and is an Advisory Board member for Seven.
Drinking from the Wells of New Creation: The Holy Spirit and the Imagination in Reconciliation
Cascade Books, 2014
"Dearborn provides us with the gift of deep insight into the heart of God and the ways of the Spirit to open our eyes, our hearts, our homes, and our lives to God and others. Through profound theological reflection interwoven with compelling stories, this book draws us into God's healing love and new creation."
Baptized Imagination: The Theology of George MacDonald
Ashgate Publishing, 2006
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In December, as 2010 glittered to a close, life among New York City's affluent caste looked remarkably like the go-go good old days before the recession. At the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on December 1, Citigroup executives, apparently unfazed by their role in the financial crisis, clapped heartily as they celebrated the initial public offering of CVOL, a complex new financial product they had cooked up. At Sotheby's, collectors at the Magnificent Jewels auction snapped up more than $49 million worth of gilded baubles (including a 27.2 carat Tiffany diamond necklace that sold for more than $3.6 million), making it Sotheby's highest grossing jewelry sale ever. And at Harry Cipriani, natty-looking power-lunchers waited two deep at the bar for a table, boosting a business that only two years earlier had been troubled enough that management had considered closing off nearly half the restaurant.
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Such are the stories of recession and recovery wafting up from New York's sidewalks these days. On the one side are tales of prosperity and excess, of New York as the poster child for an economic comeback so robust that Manhattan is now the fastest growing local economy in the country. On the other side are privation and struggle.
These disparate realities rarely elbow their way into the same conversation, but they are very much part of the same story, perhaps the story of recession New York. In this story, African-American men lost jobs at four times the clip of their white counterparts; their unemployment rate jumped 9 points, to 17.9 percent, the largest increase of any group during the recession. At the same time, the median salary of managers and professionals leaped 9.5 percent, while nonmanagers and nonprofessionals saw their wages tumble some 4.3 percent. And according to the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, the city's fifty-seven billionaires (including its billionaire in chief, Mayor Michael Bloomberg) increased their collective net worth by $19 billion between 2009 and 2010, while the number of New Yorkers visiting food pantries ballooned by 200,000 during roughly the same period. Call it the trickle-down recovery that has yet to trickle down.


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Barbara Jean (Jorgenson) Nelson, 43, of Gothenburg died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Services were held on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at the Evangelical Free Church of Gothenburg with the Revs. Robert Litzenberger and Rick Rehmert officiating. Burial took place at the Gothenburg Cemetery.
Nelson was born Nov. 28, 1965, at Gothenburg to Gary D. and Janice (Welch) Jorgenson.
She grew up at Rock Island Table north of Gothenburg and attended County Line Country School from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Nelson graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1984, and from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1988.
She was united in marriage to William Nelson in 1990, and later divorced in 2001.
Nelson lived in Gothenburg most of her life. She was employed as the director of Head Start in Gothenburg and the surrounding area. She was a member of the Gothenburg United Way.
She enjoyed going camping with Chris and Kersten, her children, and enjoyed working in her garden with numerous kinds of flowers, according to family members.
?Nelson was preceded in death by: her grandparents, Marvin and Bernice Jorgenson and Harlan and Velda Welch.
?Survivors include: son Christopher Nelson of Gothenburg; daughter Kersten Nelson of Gothenburg; parents, Gary and Janice Jorgenson; brothers—Robert (Jill) Jorgenson and Brad (Lisa) Jorgenson, all of Gothenburg, Brent (Carie) Jorgenson of Omaha and Bryce (Becky) Jorgenson of Potter.
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The parable in 20:1-16 explicitly illustrates the point that the first will be last and the last . . . first (19:30; 20:16); Matthew uses this principle to frame the parable and hence summarize its primary point. The principle appears at the same point in Mark, though Matthew alone includes this parable of laborers in the vineyard.
Jesus may have defended outcasts in this parable. Whether one thinks of Gentiles or of other excluded classes, recognizing the exaltation of the socially, ethnically or morally excluded fits Jesus' emphasis elsewhere (as in 22:1-14; 23:12; Lk 14:11; compare 1 Cor 1:26-31). In Matthew's context the emphasis is probably on disciples who humble themselves and sacrifice much but are amply rewarded, in contrast to those who only pretend to follow without sacrifice (19:21-30; 23:2-12). Jesus speaks of rank in the day of judgment (5:19).
Jesus' hearers could relate to the story he told. Rich landowners (Jas 5:1-5), vineyards (Song 8:11; m. Kil'ayim 4:1-8:1) and hirelings (Jn 10:12) were important features of Galilean life in this period. Other Palestinian texts support the plausibility of various details of the text (such as the way idle workers are hired). Other Jewish teachers also could portray God as the master of one's labor, who would pay the reward of one's work (m. 'Abot 2:14). Many Galileans seem to have owned small homes and worked their own fields or crafts (Goodman 1983:34), but many others were peasants working the estates of a handful of well-to-do absentee landlords (see Horsley and Hanson 1985:59). Sometimes workers hired themselves out to work for others for a period of time up to six years (Klausner 1979:180), but temporary help was cheaper for employers. Harvest required an influx of extra workers-most to harvest, and some to guard crops in the fields and gathered sheaves against thieves and animals. A few lesser-paid donkey drivers, sometimes boys, were often required as well (N. Lewis 1983:122-23). Landowners typically drew from the ranks of the landless-sometimes homeless-poor for such brief and urgent tasks (Goodman 1983:38-39).
A day officially began at sunset, but Jewish people reckoned hours from sunrise at about 6:00 a.m. (Jeremias 1972:136 n. 21); the third hour was thus between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. and the eleventh hour (v. 6) between 4:00 and 5:00. Twelve-hour workdays were customary only during harvest time. In Jesus' story the landowner finds extra workers sitting idle in the marketplace because they have not been hired.
God rewards his servants according to grace. As in verse 8, employers paid wages in the evening (Lev 19:13; Deut 24:14-15; Jeremias 1972:136; Goodman 1983:39). The landowner pays equal wages to all the workers, a full day's work for each. Those who have worked all day lose nothing; justice is served, but mercy is added. Jewish hearers would consider it pious to give wages even to those not expecting it (Test. Job 12:3-4; p. Baba Mesi`a 6:1, 2; compare Jos. Ant. 20.219-20).
Those who treat God's grace as his obligation are evil. Nevertheless, those who have labored all day complain (Mt 20:11; compare Lk 15:2); Jesus' hearers may have been shocked that workers would openly react so negatively to a benevolent landowner from whom they might need future favors. But the landowner puts them in their place, politely shaming them by reminding them that they are objecting not to injustice but to generosity. In verse 15 he is generous (literally "good"; compare 19:17); they are envious (literally, have an "evil eye"-are stingy; see comment on 6:23). In verse 13 he singles out one, perhaps the primary murmurer (Jeremias 1972:137), but whereas the workers have neglected to greet him with the requisite title (20:12; compare Lk 15:29), he offers a polite title, Friend (Mt 20:13)-which Matthew always uses to shame one who has arrogantly presumed on another's grace (22:13; 26:50).
In later rabbinic parables a landowner provides one who labored two hours with pay equal to that of others who labored all day because he accomplished more in his two hours than they had all day; or he pays a hard worker, symbolizing Israel, much extra. By contrast, the image in Jesus' parable is of unmerited grace; the owner realizes that an hour's fraction of a day's wage would not sustain a family (Jeremias 1972:37; France 1985:289). But a parable of grace also challenges those who operate only on a principle of merit, despising the showing of mercy because they feel it unfairly raises others to their own standing (Jeremias 1972:38, comparing Lk 15:25-32).
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Posted on Monday, April 15th, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Put Martin Scorsese up against any filmmaker and the native New Yorker has a fighting shot. Hawkes? Ford? Kubrick? Hitchcock? Spielberg? All legends, but Scorsese is undeniably in the same league. And this weekend marks one of the first full gallery shows specifically dedicated to his films.
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23 Kan. App. 2d 519
No. 73,982
STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. LARRY EUGENE BEECHUM, Appellant.
Once a district court has allowed a defendant to withdraw a plea of no contest, the district court has no authority to reconsider its ruling and order the plea reinstated.
Appeal from Reno District Court; VICTORIA M. KUMOROWSKI, judge. Opinion filed February 21, 1997. Reversed and remanded.
Michael C. Robinson, of Reynolds, Forker, Berkley, Suter, Rose & Dower, of Hutchinson, for appellant.
Alan Hughes, assistant county attorney, Mary Ann Shirley, administrative attorney, of Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for the appellee.
Before ROYSE, P.J., ROGG, S.J., and EDWARD E. BOUKER, District Judge, assigned.
BOUKER, J.: Larry Eugene Beechum pled no contest to robbery and, on May 20, 1994, was sentenced to 57 months' imprisonment. Beechum later requested to withdraw his plea. At the first hearing Beechum called two witnesses who had information tending to exonerate him. Beechum testified that he pled no contest even though he was innocent because his attorney advised him to do so and told him he would probably get probation. The court took the motion under advisement, and, before it ruled, Beechum asked to present the testimony of Kelly Glover. Glover testified that she was present when the victim was robbed, but that Beechum was not present.
On August 10, 1994, the district court granted Beechum's motion, setting aside his conviction and sentence. The court focused on Glover's testimony and the State's failure to impeach or rebut that testimony. The court also found that Beechum had always professed his innocence and had pled no contest under the assumption that he would receive probation rather than a prison sentence. The court found that in order to prevent manifest injustice, Beechum should be allowed to withdraw his plea and have a jury trial.
The same day, the State filed a motion to reconsider, alleging that Glover had told police that Beechum was one of the people who robbed the victim. The court held yet another hearing at which Officer James Rayburn testified that Glover had previously told him Beechum was involved in the robbery.
On September 6, 1994, the district court granted the State's motion to reconsider, noting that when Glover first testified the court was unaware she had previously given a different statement to Officer Rayburn implicating Beechum. The court reinstated Beechum's conviction and sentence for robbery. Beechum timely appeals.
While the State does not contest this court's jurisdiction to hear Beechum's appeal, the first portion of Beechum's brief addresses that issue. First, Beechum cites K.S.A. 22-3210(d), which provides in part: "To correct manifest injustice the court after sentence may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw the plea."
The Supreme Court has held that a defendant has the right to a direct appeal from the trial court's denial of a motion to withdraw a plea pursuant to 22-3210(d). State v. McDaniel, 255 Kan. 756, 760, 877 P.2d 961 (1994). In the instant case, the trial court granted Beechum's motion to withdraw his plea, but subsequently reconsidered that decision and reinstated his conviction and sentence. For jurisdictional purposes, the court's ruling is the equivalent of a denial of a motion to withdraw a plea; therefore, this court has jurisdiction to hear Beechum's appeal.
Next, Beechum argues that the trial court abused its discretion in granting the State's motion to reconsider and in reinstating his conviction and sentence. He contends that once the trial court vacated his conviction it could not reinstate his conviction and sentence without accepting another plea or obtaining a conviction by jury trial.
The State argues that the trial court has the authority to rescind a previous order allowing the withdrawal of a guilty plea. Rather than citing any direct authority for this argument, the State cites various statutes which allow a trial court to modify or rescind a previous order in other situations: K.S.A. 22-3501 grants authority to order a new trial; K.S.A. 22-3210 grants authority to set aside a conviction and permit withdrawal of a plea; and K.S.A. 22-3504(1) grants authority to correct an illegal sentence. The State argues that these statutes show that trial courts have discretion to modify or vacate prior orders and judgments.
The statutes cited by the State only show that a trial court has authority to modify or vacate prior orders and judgments in certain situations. It does not necessarily follow, however, that a trial court has authority to reconsider a prior order allowing a guilty plea to be withdrawn and to reinstate a previously vacated conviction and sentence.
This issue appears to be one of first impression in Kansas. The courts of other jurisdictions have resolved the issue in different ways. At least two courts have held that a trial court may reconsider its order permitting withdrawal of a guilty plea and reinstate that plea. United States v. Farrah, 715 F.2d 1097 (6th Cir. 1983), cert. denied 466 U.S. 971; People v. Wilkens, 139 Mich. App. 778, 362 N.W.2d 862 (1984).
In Farrah, after defendant was sentenced to 1 year's incarceration, he asked to withdraw his plea on the ground that "everybody" told him he would receive only a 4-month sentence. The trial court initially granted defendant's request to withdraw his plea and set aside his sentence. 715 F.2d at 1098. The prosecution later filed a motion to reconsider, which the trial court granted. After a hearing, the trial court concluded that defendant had been fully aware of the possible 1-year prison term. The court then reversed its earlier ruling and reinstated defendant's plea. The court later resentenced defendant. 715 F.2d at 1098.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals initially vacated defendant's conviction and remanded, but upon petition for rehearing, it affirmed defendant's conviction. The Farrah court followed the reasoning of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Jerry, 487 F.2d 600 (3d Cir. 1973). In addressing the same issue, the Jerry court held that although the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure contained no specific provision allowing a court to reconsider or modify a prior order entered through mistake, courts had always had the power to grant relief from erroneous orders. The court relied, at least in part, on Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 57(b), which then provided: "If no procedure is specifically prescribed by rule, the court may proceed in any lawful manner not inconsistent with these rules or with any applicable statute." 715 F.2d at 1099 (citing 487 F.2d at 604).
The Michigan Court of Appeals reached a similar conclusion in Wilkens. In that case, the trial court granted defendant permission to withdraw his pleas before sentencing based upon the mistaken belief that a recent Michigan Supreme Court decision required it to do so. 139 Mich. App. at 785. Upon discovering the error, the prosecution filed a motion to reinstate defendant's pleas, which the court granted. 139 Mich. App. at 783-84.
The Wilkens court affirmed, relying in part upon a Michigan court rule which allowed a trial court to relieve a party from a final judgment or order under certain circumstances. The court also cited the reasoning of Farrah and Jerry in reaching its decision.
The California Court of Appeals reached the opposite conclusion in People v. McGee, 232 Cal. App. 3d 620, 283 Cal. Rptr. 528 (1991), holding that there was nothing in the California statute authorizing guilty pleas which gave the trial court the authority to reconsider its original ruling allowing defendant to withdraw his plea. The court further emphasized that, under the California statute, the defendant, and only the defendant, could enter a plea of guilty and that the statutory language permits no interpretation which would allow the prosecution to move for, or the trial court to grant, reinstatement of the guilty plea. 232 Cal. App. 3d at 623.
We do not find either Farrah or Wilkens persuasive. The Kansas statute applicable to entry of pleas is, for the purpose of this analysis, similar in nature to the California statute discussed in McGee. K.S.A. 22-3210 provides in pertinent part:
"(a) Before or during trial a plea of guilty or nolo contendere may be accepted when:
(1) The defendant or counsel for the defendant enters such plea in open court; and
(2) in felony cases the court has informed the defendant of the consequences of the plea, including the specific sentencing guidelines level of any crime committed on or after July 1, 1993, and of the maximum penalty provided by law which may be imposed upon acceptance of such plea; and
(3) in felony cases the court has addressed the defendant personally and determined that the plea is made voluntarily with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea; and
(4) the court is satisfied that there is a factual basis for the plea.
"(b) In felony cases the defendant must appear and plead personally and a verbatim record of all proceedings at the plea and entry of judgment thereon shall be made."
It is clear that the Kansas statutes permit only the defendant or defendant's counsel to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. It is also clear that, in a felony case, the plea must be made in open court and that the defendant must be addressed personally by the court to determine whether the plea is entered voluntarily and with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea.
In this case, the trial court set aside Beechum's earlier plea of nolo contendere. Beechum was, thereafter, in the same circumstance and had the same rights and protections as a defendant who had never entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. From that point forward only Beechum or his attorney could enter such a plea. There is no provision in our law which allows the prosecution to move for reconsideration of an order allowing defendant to withdraw a guilty or nolo contendere plea. Likewise, there is no authority allowing a trial court to reverse an earlier ruling setting aside a plea of nolo contendere. In reinstating Beechum's nolo contendere plea, the trial court violated the clear provisions of 22-3210.
The presumption of innocence is fundamental to our system of justice and should not be abrogated absent clear and compelling authority. Here, that authority is absent. We find that the trial court exceeded its authority and improperly reinstated the nolo contendere plea over Beechum's objection. We, therefore, reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.


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James Whitaker, a Greenville, S.C. native who has guided college and high school soccer teams to championship seasons, has been named the assistant athletic director and men's soccer coach at Columbia International University. Whitaker joins a growing roster of coaches and athletic administrators at CIU, as the school gears up for its first season of intercollegiate athletics in fall 2012.
Whitaker comes to CIU from Clearwater Christian College in Clearwater, Fla. where he led the men's soccer team to two National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) championships, and was twice named the NCCAA Coach of the Year.
At the high school level, Whitaker coached his alma mater, Hampton Park Christian School in Greenville, S.C. to nine South Carolina Association of Christian Schools (SCACS) championships and was SCACS Coach of the Year nine times.
Whitaker holds both a Bachelor of Science degree in Math Education and a Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., and a Master of Arts in Health and Exercise Science from Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
CIU Athletic Director Kim Abbott says she is glad that Whitaker is coming home to South Carolina.
"We are excited that a coach with experience of building a championship program is going to bring his expertise, knowledge, and leadership back to the Palmetto State and to CIU," Abbott said. "Men's soccer is a perfect fit for CIU and its ministry. Coach Whitaker is also a perfect fit to lead our first men's soccer program."
CIU will also field its first teams in men's and women's cross country, and women's volleyball in fall 2012. CIU will play in Division I of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), which includes North Greenville University, Cedarville University and Taylor University among others.
For more on CIU athletics go to www.ciu.edu/athletics.


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We are excited and honored to extend to you this opportunity to participate in our Postgraduate Medical Education Program for American Osteopathic post-graduate students. We, the Board of Trustees, the Medical Staff, and the employees, believe that continuing your education here at Northside Hospital would be a vital, meaningful part of your medical training.
Started in 1999, Northside Hospital's Postgraduate Medical Education Program is affiliated with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.Our dynamic clinical teaching faculty and staff are eager to share with you their knowledge and experience. Northside Hospital's teaching staff are a combination of both Doctors of Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine. The "hands on" approach to teaching and learning in our Postgraduate Medical Education Program will provide you with priceless opportunities to participate in patient care and management.
We are proud of our hospital's achievements, the quality of care and the many important services and educational programs we provide to the people of our community. It is our hope that you soon will become a part of our exceptional team of medical professionals here at Northside Hospital and Heart Institute in St. Petersburg-the jewel of Florida's spectacular West Coast. We look forward to working with you in your endeavors to achieve your medical career goals.
Facility Overview
Northside Hospital is a 288-bed, acute care facility and complete cardiac center, located in mid Pinellas County, just minutes from Florida's most beautiful gulf beaches.
- Accreditation by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and is approved for 38 Internal Medicine Residency positions and 6 Cardiology Fellows.
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-Institutional Accreditation as of July 1, 2015. ACGME Initial Accreditation as of July 1, 2016 for our Internal Medicine Residency Program.
- A teaching faculty of 130 physicians (both DO and MD) who are available to provide the candidate one of the best learning experiences in the Osteopathic Profession.
Program Goals
- To prepare you for life as an osteopathic physician: philosophical; osteopathic manipulative therapy; and osteopathic principles.
- To teach you the art of as well as the science of the practice of osteopathic medicine.
- To help you assimilate and apply the knowledge and skills that you have acquired over the past four years.
- To emphasize the effectiveness of the osteopathic concept both in hospital and in ambulatory settings in regard to the approach to healing and caring of the sick, the maimed, and the incurable who seek our help and counsel.
- To clarify the importance of mutual cooperation and professionalism with our fellow physicians and hospital staff.
- To begin to work with various health care providers in the community and to understand how each of the following factors interact with each other: insurance companies; managed care business; and various federal, state and county health care agencies.
- To open up new areas of interest in primary and subspecialty care that will lead you to pursue an appropriate residency training program.


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Monday, February 17, 2014
My Olympic Love of Carrots
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I totally understand the carrot love! Oftentimes when I'm chopping carrots for a salad, I snag a bite or two and am blown away by the wonderful earthy flavor. Then I pull David to me and say, "You have to try this carrot!" I know that they're a very standard vegetable, but because they're often served shaved and dried out or in baby carrot form people don't realize how good a fresh-from-ground carrot can be. All of your carrot pics are super cute!!ReplyDelete
Love the Olympic carrots! I get a big bag of them every fortnight in my veg box, which is a fantastic thing :)ReplyDelete
These are the best. Car(rot)toons. Ever. <3ReplyDelete
Lately I've been letting Grey pick a vegetable we'll have with dinner. He always picks either raw carrots or cooked broccoli! Which is okay because both things are awesome.ReplyDelete
You are definitely acquiring a gold in the Carrot-lympics
lately, I've been cutting thicker carrots into fries and baking them in olive oil and sea salt at 450 until crispy. we cannot get enough of them, and went through 25lbs of carrots in less than a month!ReplyDelete
I love your olympic carrots :D you've reminded me that it's time for more carrot fries, thank you!
Speed carroting! I like the look of concentration on their face. These are great.ReplyDelete
You crack me up! Love it.ReplyDelete
I have been buying pounds of carrots at the FM. We juice them, cook with them, add them to salads, and just reach into the bag and eat them again and again!
I may have to try skiing on them... if only there was snow.
Your carrotry is much appreciated! Thank you for sharing the ROOT of your obsession with us :DReplyDelete
Ha ha – carrot capers! I've thrown a couple of surprise parties, and the hardest thing for me is to not laugh. No matter what anyone says before the party, I laugh and laugh. I have to keep thinking of funny things to say so the laughing seems more 'normal'. You always have the best food at your parties!ReplyDelete
your doodles are adorable!ReplyDelete


text: With the resurgence of vinyl and turntables as a thriving part of the audiophile community it is the goal of WBF to bring fresh ideas to the forum. Most of us know David Karmeli (ddk) from internet audio forums as his name has become almost legendary in analog. There is no doubt that David possesses more knowledge than most people in turntables in general but so also has he owned or still owns most reference and beyond turntables, including most tonearms. His collection of cartridges both old and new has become almost urban myth until you have a chance to meet the man and hear his countless sound systems all built around Reference Turntables and a step beyond. Please welcome David to this dignified position as he helps us to understand these five Reference Turntables and realize that they are "A step beyond". David will enlighten us about these turntables as well as give instructions on cartridge and tonearm choice and simple set up.


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IN TRANSIT: To make room for a new doctor's clinic, Gothenburg Memorial Hospital officials have given a gazebo to the City of Gothenburg which will be placed at the public swimming pool. City administrator Bruce Clymer said the city crew plans to pour a concrete pad south of the pool rest rooms where the gazebo will become part of a fenced-in deck area. The gazebo had been on hospital grounds, east of the GMH's long-term care wing, which will be demolished next month to make room for a new clinic. The gazebo is pictured in the parking lot of the swimming pool.


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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy.
Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for the longest such undertaking. The 5.5-mile ribbon symbolically tied together some of the hardest-hit towns by Sandy, and bested the previous record-holder by about a mile, according to Mike Janela, an adjudicator for Guinness, who was present for the event.
"This is an incredible day for New Jersey," said Christie, who spoke even as front-end loaders carried poles and planks onto the sand for the still-not-quite-finished boardwalk. "Seven months ago I saw the devastation on this boardwalk. I knew that if we all worked hard we could get this done."
The event was part of a no-holds-barred rollout of summer in this famous resort town made infamous by the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore," which filmed here until wrapping up last year. Cast members joined Christie in urging tourists to return this summer.
"This is known as a happy place," said Paul "Pauly D" Del Vecchio. "Right after the storm, it was the exact opposite: dead, silent. To see this place being rebuilt makes me happy."
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, of "Jersey Shore," said crowds will be back this summer.
"You just come here to have a good time," she said. "It's a great place. You come here with your friends. Everybody's here, it's getting rebuilt; it's just amazing."
Her cast-mate Deena Cortese urged tourists to patronize Seaside Heights as it recovers.
"It's kind of like a family on the boardwalk here," she said. "Everybody needs to come this summer, especially for them."
The message of the day was that New Jersey is ready for summer fun. In fact, they even hired fun. — the rock band whose anthem "We Are Young" captures the spirit of this blue-collar oceanfront playground that was devastated by the Oct. 29 storm and has been furiously rebuilding ever since. The band played a free concert on the beach.
Christie, who has been racing up and down the shore opening boardwalks and talking up shore tourism all week as the summer kickoff approached, appeared on the "Today" show Friday morning, giving him a national pulpit to preach his message of recovery from a storm that caused $38 billion in damages in his state, and harmed or wrecked 360,000 homes or apartment units.
"Anybody who lives in New Jersey, the Jersey shore is in your heart," he said. "This means everything to our state."
Seaside Heights is where the storm swept a roller coaster into the ocean, making for one of Sandy's iconic images. The roller coaster was taken away this month, but Casino Pier, the seaside amusement park where it used to sit, plans to have 18 rides open this summer.
Similar ribbon-cuttings were carried out at numerous other shore towns as well on Friday, and Christie visited Point Pleasant Beach later in the day, when he was drenched by a rainstorm while walking the boardwalk.
The governor said about 80 percent of the shore will look as it did last summer, and acknowledged more work needs to be done to fully recover. He is to tour parts of the storm-hit shore next Tuesday with President Obama.
Tourism is a nearly $40 billion industry in New Jersey, and shore towns are counting on a good summer to help them recoup major losses they incurred after the storm. A storm that parked itself over the shore and was expected to bring rain through Sunday morning didn't exactly help.
But Kevin Stewart, owner of JR's Ocean Bar & Grill on the boardwalk, led a Champagne toast with his bar employees right after Christie cut the ribbon.
"Here's to a great summer!" he said as they clinked plastic cups that would normally be filled with beer.
JR's only put up its new sign at 5:30 a.m. Friday, about 90 minutes before Christie arrived for his broadcast. The business was devastated by Sandy, with 6 feet of water in it that left behind 5 feet of sand. It lost all its inventory and signs, which cost about $300,000 to replace.
But Stewart said he is optimistic about this summer at the shore.
"If we get good weather, the people will still come here," he said. "Ninety percent or better of this town is rebuilt and ready to go. At the end of the day, this just might work."
Mark Romanowski, a bartender at JR's, said the "Jersey Strong" slogan that has adorned T-shirts, bumper stickers and sweatshirts for fundraising efforts since the storm is not a cliche.
"It really is the mentality we have here," he said. "People in Jersey, we may have our differences but the one common denominator is we have each other's backs."
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Jerry Decker, 71 - June 02, 2012
Jerry Brent Decker, 71, formerly of Gothenburg, died Saturday, June 2, 2012.
A memorial service celebrating his life will take place on Friday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at the Banner Methodist Church, 43997 Banner Rd., Gothenburg, with the Rev. Janie Freeman officiating. A reception will follow at the church.
Decker was born Jan. 17, 1941, at Richmond, CA, to Spencer Stewart Decker, Sr. and Earline Mae (Tilson) Decker.
He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1958. He and his brother, Spence, participated in football, basketball, track and baseball during their high school years.
Decker also attended Kearney State College for two years, and served with the Army National Guard.
He moved to California and became a hairdresser and owned Jerry and Co. Hair Designs in San Leandro, CA.
On April 16, 1966, he married Helen Jewel. He retired in 1998 to take care of his wife. After the couple moved to El Dorado, AR, he worked at the Lions Club Golf Course where he made many great friends, according to family members.
Decker was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church where he served as an usher, office volunteer, a football referee for the Children's Christian Formation on Wednesday afternoons, and assisted with the youth (EYC) meetings.
He was a reading tutor with El Dorado Connections and a volunteer with Hope Landing. He was also a member of the Silver Kickers from Champagnolle Landing.
?Decker loved life, his family and friends as well as golf, hiking, line dancing, and most of all, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, said family members.
He was proceeded in death by: his wife, Helen; his parents, Spencer Decker, Sr. and Earline Silveria; stepmother, Judith Decker; stepfather, Miland Silveria; brother, Spencer Decker, Jr.; a nephew, Jay Decker; niece, Pam Dreher.
Survivors include: his sister, Dixie (Rod) Dreher of Elwood; a sister-in-law, Janean Decker of Houston, TX ; nephews—Ted Decker, Gary (Gayle) McKenzie and Tom (Angel) Dreher; nieces—Kris (Reiny) Grasmick, Sheri (Dave) Giesbrecht, Susan
(Sam) Hock, Karol Nelson, Anne (Ron) Schmidt and Lynell (Muriel) Decker Martins; 16 great-nieces and nephews and three great-great-nieces and nephews; special friend, Jessie Butterfield and her family; the Class of 1958 and many other family members.
A memorial has been established at Banner Methodist Church or the donor's choice.
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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California enjoys the safest of safe seats. Still, the last-minute money keeps rolling in.
The same is true with Reps. Devin Nunes and Reps. Kevin McCarthy, both California Republicans. Realistically, the three lawmakers are all-but guaranteed victory next Tuesday. Politically, though, each has strong incentive to keep fundraising right through Election Day.
So that's what they're doing. In recent days, Federal Election Commission records show, many tens of thousands of dollars have come into the campaign coffers of California lawmakers who are coasting to reelection. On Oct. 23, for instance, the Planned Parenthood Political Action Committee poured $5,000 into Feinstein's campaign treasury, which already enjoyed a 26-1 cash-on-hand advantage over Republican challenger Elizabeth Emken.
In turn, the secure incumbents can deploy these abundant last-minute contributions to help their colleagues, build their influence, repay loans and fortify themselves against future challenges. The beneficiaries of this surplus money that's sloshing around include those in truly competitive campaigns, like the Northern San Joaquin Valley race pitting Democrat Jose Hernandez against Republican Rep. Jeff Denham.
"If the incumbent is safe, their respective party committees (and candidates) are probably pounding on them for money," said Michael Fraioli, a Democratic political consultant, and Modesto native.
Running in the newly redrawn 10th Congressional District, spanning Stanislaus County and part of San Joaquin County, Hernandez and Denham have both drawn steady last-minute donations from lawmakers who can afford to be generous.
Between Oct. 26 and Oct. 29, 11 apparently secure House Republicans, including former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, gave Denham's campaign a total of $19,500.
During the same period, nine apparently secure House Democrats gave Hernandez a total of $9,000.
Incumbents may give money directly from their own campaign treasuries, or from so-called "leadership PACs" whose names only sometimes give a clue as to their patron. The Bachman committee that gave $2,500 to the Denham campaign on Oct. 29, for instance, bears the name, Many Individual Conservatives Helping Elect Leaders Everywhere.
Far less obvious were the political action committees with names like Eureka, New Pioneers and the Southern California Fund, which in recent days have put money into the Valley race
Unlike Denham, whose race against the former astronaut Hernandez has drawn considerable national attention, Nunes, McCarthy and other California incumbents are attracting eleventh hour funds without having to break a campaign sweat.
Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of California, whose newly redrawn district includes Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties, has collected more than $20,000 since Oct. 24, even with a 25-1 cash advantage over Democrat Jack Uppal. Nunes raised $24,500 between Oct. 26 and Oct. 29, though he already had a 40-1 edge in cash over Democrat Otto Lee.
McCarthy, the House majority whip whose new district stretches north into Tulare County, collected $8,750 during the same period, even as he enjoyed a 400-1 cash advantage over Terry Phillips, his sole challenger and a self-described independent.
"It's part of the job," Nunes Chief of Staff Johnny Amaral said of the last-minute fundraising. "We never stop campaigning. It's kind of 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Echoing a bipartisan view of the motivation behind safe incumbent fundraising, Amaral explained that "we do everything in our power to help like-minded politicians get elected to Congress." Earlier this month, McCarthy wrote a $200,000 check to the National Republican Congressional Committee from his surplus funds
Lawmakers sometimes don't even have to lift a finger to collect these last-minute dollars. Instead, other political professionals and pragmatists intent on cultivating and sustaining Capitol Hill relationships will simply write a check without being asked.
"Safe incumbents probably aren't sitting on the phone dialing for dollars right now," Fraioli said. "Typically, you'll be getting (PAC) people saying, 'We have this much money left. Where are we going to spend it?'"