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Volume 18, Number 6
September 2001
Top Ten Legal Mistakes of Early-Stage Tech Companies
By James J. Greenberger
Mistake No. 10: Creating a "cheap stock" problem. "Cheap stock" problems arise when the Securities and Exchange Commission decides that a company has not properly charged against its earnings the fair market value of stock and option awards previously granted by it to officers and other key persons. To avoid or minimize these problems, carefully evidence the value of stock or option grants at the time they are made and be prepared to explain why that value increased prior to the IPO.
Mistake No. 9: Failing to obtain good title to intellectual property. The patent rights to an invention made by an employee belong to the employee, even if the employee conceived and developed the invention on the employer's time and using the employer's tools and materials. The employee may assign those rights to the employer by a written document supported by consideration.
Under copyright law, title to a work initially belongs to its author. The work-for-hire doctrine may deem the employer to be the author of an employee's work under certain limited circumstances. The creator of the work must be an employee, not an independent contractor. When a work is not a "work made for hire," an employer may obtain ownership of the copyright by an assignment supported by consideration.
Mistake No. 8: Failing to institute a trade secrets protection program. Every technology company should adopt a trade secrets protection policy of procedures and practices to protect confidential information that includes the following provisions:
- Employees are informed of the importance of maintaining the secrecy of trade secrets.
- Confidential information is available on a need-to-know basis.
- Confidentiality agreements are obtained from employees and consultants.
- Papers containing confidential information are locked up at night and all programs containing confidential information are password protected.
- Departing employees must have exit interviews explaining their continuing obligation to protect the company's confidential information and requiring the return of company documents and programs.
Mistake No. 7: Not adopting an appropriate employee stock option plan. Under Internal Revenue Code § 83, an employee is taxed at the time the option is exercised, rather than when it is received. The tax is due and payable whether or not the employee sells the stock received on exercising the option.
If the employee does sell the stock at the time of exercise or at anytime thereafter, the employee is taxed again on the difference between the fair market value of the stock on the date he or she exercised the option and the sale price of the stock.
Qualified incentive stock option plans permit an employee to postpone recognizing income on exercising options until the employee actually sells the underlying stock and, thereby, has the cash to pay the taxes on the appreciation.
Mistake No. 6: Blowing the § 83(b) election. Mistake No. 6 is permitting employees, directors, and constituents of the company who receive awards of restricted stock to miss making an important tax election under Internal Revenue Code § 83(b) that permits recipients of restricted stock awards to elect to be taxed immediately on the receipt of the restricted equity, rather than on the lapse of the restrictions. The taxpayer pays tax on the difference between the fair market value of the stock and the purchase price.Mistake No. 5: Selling securities to unaccredited investors. Regulation D imposes conditions on sales of securities to persons who are "unaccredited investors." An "unaccredited investor" is any individual who is not one of the following:
- A director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer or any general partner of the issuer, or
- A person with a net worth, together with his or her spouse, of more than $1 million, or
- A person who has had income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
In offerings involving more than $1 million of securities, companies must provide unaccredited investors with written information about the company and its proposed sale of securities. Companies can easily make this type of technical securities law violation when selling stock to unaccredited investors, and it can come back to haunt them at the time of the IPO.
Mistake No. 4: Not properly maintaining organizational records. A court may ignore a corporate entity, and permit creditors of the corporation to assert their claims directly against the corporation's stockholders, if the court finds that the corporation lacks substance and acts as a mere alter ego for its stockholders. One factor that courts consider is whether the corporation has observed corporate formalities by maintaining proper corporate records.
A potentially more serious problem is a failure to maintain a careful record of equity ownership. A shareholders agreement can shape expectations and prepare the company for eventual sale. The agreement should specify who elects the board of directors and under what circumstances new third parties can be admitted as equity holders.
Mistake No. 3: Not conducting a timely trademark search. A company may be liable for infringing the trademark of another if
- It uses a domain name or meta-tag that is similar to an existing trademark, and
- The domain name or meta-tag identifies a website that either sells goods that may be confused with those of the trademark owner or interferes with the trademark owner's business.
A company may also be subject to criminal penalties under the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act if it knowingly and improperly registers a domain name that infringes on an existing trademark. The existence of a similar trademark can leave a dot-com company vulnerable to "reverse cybersquatting" attack, whereby the owner of a weak or unenforceable trademark uses the private dispute resolution procedures of a domain name registrar to appropriate the domain name of another.
Mistake No. 2: Incautiously hiring former employees of a competitor. Before hiring an industry veteran, a company should investigate whether that person is subject to a restrictive covenant in favor of a former employer. A court's willingness to enforce a specific covenant may turn on the reasonableness of the covenant's terms and geographic restrictions, the burden of compliance on the former employee, and the cost to the public of enforcing the covenant.
Even if a new hire is not subject to a restrictive covenant, a company's ability to employ that person may be limited by the fact that the person has had access to a competitor's trade secrets. Courts have enjoined companies from hiring former employees of competitors where the court felt that the nature of the employee's new duties would inevitably lead to the disclosure of the former employer's confidences.
Mistake No. 1: Not properly licensing technology patented by others. Patent infringement is of particular concern to early-stage companies because patents give their owners broad legal protection. A patent can protect its owner's right, not just to a particular device, but to the entire process by which that device operates.
When a company discovers that one or more existing patents covers an element of its business, properly licensing those rights is crucial. Licensing less than all of the rights that a company needs to operate its business is a frequent error.
James J. Greenberger is a principal with Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss in Chicago, Illinois.
This article is an abridged and edited version of one that originally appeared on page 8 of Business Law Today, January/February 2001 (10:3).


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Under the hypnotic spell of strobe lights and neon lasers, Chanel Iman seduces in a bold new short by husband-and-wife duo Dusan Reljin and Hilde Pettersen Reljin. Chanel Rising came about after a chance conversation with the part-Korean African-American model, who has graced the cover of Harper's Bazaar, Elleand i-D among others, revealed that pole dancing was her favorite new hobby. Intrigued by her admission, Norwegian photographer Dusan asked if he and his wife could film her in action and capture her personal interest in the exercise craze taking over New York. Having previously shot Iman for ItalianVogue and Victoria's Secret, the duo enlisted a special effects lighting team for the voyeuristic personal portrait. "We wanted all the colors to be very primary, saturated and strong, so that the whole thing would be very powerful," explains Dusan. "Even though she is doing something very exotic and visual, the color schemes that we used make her part of the environment." Recently appearing in Usher's new "Dive" video, Iman has just launched her backpack design for the Runway to Win collection supporting President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

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BOSTON (AP) — Boston hospitals say the number of patients being treated for injuries sustained in the marathon bombing continues to drop, two weeks after the attack that killed three and hurt more than 260.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said Sunday morning that it has six patients with bombing injuries, down from more than 20 immediately following the April 15 attack.
All six are in good or fair condition.
Nine victims are still at Brigham and Women's Hospital, down from 36 after the bombing. Seven are in good condition.
As Massachusetts General Hospital, six bombing victims remain hospitalized Sunday, with one in serious condition. The hospital has treated 31 bombing victims.
In all, 26 hospitals have treated people injured in the bombing.


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May 10, 2009: Linux Journal and Bestcovery Awards, and new "Audacity compact" book
Audacity has been chosen as "Favorite Audio Tool" in Linux Journal's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
Nearly 5,000 individuals voted for their favorite Linux solution in categories ranging from favorite version control system to favorite Linux laptop.
Audacity was also chosen this Spring as Bestcovery's "Best Free Sound Editor".
Bestcovery uses a team of independent experts to "help you discover the best products and services for a wide range of categories all at one convenient site".
"Audacity compact", an English translation of Markus Priemer's German-language "Audacity kompakt" book, is now available.
The book aims to be a "getting started" introduction for new Audacity users, while serving as a reference tool and source of Audacity tips and tricks for all.
Learn more, download a 40-page sample PDF, or purchase using Paypal by clicking here! Every purchase made through our web sites will directly benefit Audacity development.
"Audacity compact" is also available online from major retailers such as Amazon.


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Waldo Hancock Bridge Authorizing LegislationItem 13794 info
Maine State Archives
An Act to Provide for Building a Bridge Across the Penobscot River, at or Near to be Known as the Waldo-Hancock Bridge. Public Law, Chapter 126, approved April 13, 1929.
The Act includes provisions for four people, plus the State Highway Commission, to serve as directors with the authority to plan and manage the project, and to acquire property. It also authorized tolls to be collected until the bridge expenses were met.
To see all four pages of the document, click on "view a full transcription."
Waldo Hancock Bridge dedication, June 9, 1932Item 13929 info
Maine State Archives
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge was dedicated on June 9, 1932.
This clipping and the next three are from Governor William Tudor Gardiner's scrapbook in the collection of the Maine State Archives. This Bangor Daily News clipping is dated June 13, 1932.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge Dedication, June 9, 1932Item 13930 info
Maine State Archives
Dedication clipping from Governor William Tudor Gardiner's scrapbook, Portland Sunday Telegram June 12, 1932
Waldo-Hancock Bridge Dedication June 9, 1932Item 13931 info
Maine State Archives
Dedication clipping from Governor William Tudor Gardiner's scrapbook in the collection of the Maine State Archives, Portland Press Herald June 10, 1932.
Waldo Hancock Bridge Prize AnnouncedItem 13928 info
Maine State Archives
Dedication clipping, Kennebec Journal June 10, 1932.
The bridge was designed by Robinson and Steinman of New York who also supervised the construction. Although the Maine State Legislature appropriated $1.2 million for bridge construction, the bridge was built for $850,000.
In 1932 the bridge was awarded First Prize for the Most Beautiful Bridge constructed in the United States in 1931 by a committee of architects and engineers appointed by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge, 1936Item 13927 info
Maine State Archives
During the 1930s-50s, photographer George French captured the scenic bridge span on film for the Department of Economic Development.
1936 Photograph of Waldo-Hancock BridgeItem 13920 info
Maine State Archives
George French photograph, taken from the approach to the bridge from the west side in Penobscot.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge, ca. 1948Item 13924 info
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George French photograph.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge, ca. 1949Item 13925 info
Maine State Archives
George French photograph. Fort Knox can be seen on the right hand side of the photograph.
Memorandum of Examination of Waldo-Hancock Bridge January 15, 1959Item 13797 info
Maine State Archives
This Memorandum of Examination of the Waldo-Hancock Bridge from January 15, 1959 was written by Ray A. Tentmel, the Bridge Maintenance Engineer. It discusses the damage to the cable wrapping, the condition of the superstructure and vandalism to the bridge.
Intermediate Construction Inspection Report, November 9, 1961Item 13790 info
Maine State Archives
The inspection was completed in 1961 by R.W. Hove, Division Bridge Engineer for the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads.
This two-page report includes sections on Progress, Work Completed and Overruns and Underruns.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge repairs, 1960Item 13792 info
Maine State Archives
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge underwent substantial repairs from 1959 to 1961. The next four photographs are from that project.
This photograph is a close-up view of the roadbed under repair, with exposed reinforcing iron bars (rebar).
Waldo-Hancock Bridge roadbed work, 1960Item 13791 info
Maine State Archives
This photograph shows the roadbed under repair with the workers in the foreground. The superstructure is still visible.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge Repairs by Maine Department of Transportation, 1960Item 13775 info
Maine State Archives
This photograph during those extensive repairs shows the exposed roadbed with workers in the background.
Waldo-Hancock Bridge work, 1960Item 13779 info
Maine State Archives
This photograph is a view toward Prospect from the bridge, showing the road surface and apparently the adjacent bridge footing. There are automobiles in the background.


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I am twenty-seven years old and I have been suffering a chronic nervous disease for six years. I was unable to work and my father was the one who has been taking care of buying the medicines, which are very expensive. I looked for work but I could not find anything except working as a security guard at night, from 6 PM to 6 AM, so that I could help in buying the medicines. I consulted my doctor and he advised me to take the medicine during the day in three doses instead of at night, because it causes sleepiness. This year I want to fast the month of Ramadan, so I am asking you to please advise me of the best way and is fasting obligatory for me?
We ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to grant you a speedy recovery.
It is permissible for the one who is sick to not fast during the day in Ramadan, then when Allah heals him, he must make up the days when he did not fast, because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number (of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up) from other days. Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you"
[al-Baqarah 2:185].
First of all you should try to look for work during the day that is compatible with your illness, as you have to take the medicine at night. By doing that you will combine both interests. If you cannot find any work except at night, and you are not able to take the medicine then because it makes you sleepy, there is nothing wrong with you working at night and taking the medicine during the day, and this will be an excuse for you not to fast.
If it is possible for you to leave the job, even if that is during the month of Ramadan, and then resume after Ramadan, that is better, so long as it will not result in negative consequences for you, such as being dismissed from your job. See the answer to question no. 65871
Al-'Allaamah al-Haytami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible not to do it (i.e., fasting) in the case of work such as harvesting or building for himself or for someone else, voluntarily or in return for payment, if it is not possible to work at night and if fasting could affect his ability to earn a living that he cannot do without. In that case, it appears that he may break the fast, but only as much as is necessary.
End quote from Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj, 3/430
In other words, it is permissible to break the fast for the one whose ability to earn al iving that he cannot do without will be affected. But his breaking of the fast should only be as much as is necessary. Based on that, there is no sin on you for breaking the fast if you are not able to leave your job, even if that is only for Ramadan.
If there is a hope of recovery from this sickness, then you have to make up the missed fasts when you are able to do so.
If the sickness will remain with you, according to the doctor's opinions, then you do not have to make up the fasts, but you have to feed one poor person for each day you do not fast.
And Allah knows best.


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I thought that Michelle Obama had become less prominent on the campaign trail, but on Friday she spoke at a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana. C-SPAN broadcst the speech last night. It seemed to go on forever, but the seeming length was proportional to the pain inflicted by listening to it.
By contrast with Barack Obama, Michelle Obama doesn't know the words and won't learn the music of American politics. She therefore does not wear well. While she preaches the gospel according to Barack, she wears resentment and bitterness on her sleeve. In her Fort Wayne speech she expanded on the condescending political sociology that Barack Obama preached at his closed-door fundraiser with the San Francisco Democrats.
Given the modesty of her and her husband's family backgrounds, Mrs. Obama denied that she or her husband could be elitists. Yet her political sociology is the mother's milk of those such as the San Francisco Democrats to whom Barack Obama preached. Apparently Mrs. Obama believes that only those born to wealth are capable of looking down their noses at their fellow citizens. In her case the proposition is self-refuting.
Barack wasn't born with "silver spoons" in his mouth, she said. And nobody knows the trouble they've seen. The burden of paying for her undergraduate education at Princeton and her law school education at Harvard remains a motif of her stump speech. No one is granted a chance to ask her if she thought about attending the University of Illinois, or if she's grateful for any of the financial assistance that facilitated her and her husband's attendance at the finest institutions of higher learning in the United States.
Mrs. Obama omitted her admonition to the Los Angeles disciples of Barack from her current iteration of the gospel she preached in Indiana:
Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.
As long as Senator Obama won't require us to listen to the missus, I might be willing to settle for the compulsory mental readjustments.


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Ever since the iPad launched, Facebook has always said that you don't need a dedicated iPad app and that the Safari web browser is the best way to experience Facebook.
On Monday all that changed. After months of waiting, we now have a dedicated Facebook for iPad app. But should you download it, should you be excited, and will it make it into your daily used apps? We've been playing with the new app to find out.
Facebook for iPad
- Platform
- iPad
- Price
- Free
- Where
- App Store
Fire up the app and you are presented with a full screen experience. The app works in both landscape and portrait, although we've found that the landscape option is more enjoyable to use.
Clicking a button in the top left hand corner reveals a menu and here you get options to quickly access your favourite pages like News Feed, Messages, Nearby, Events, and Friends.
You'll also find your pages listed, groups you are signed up to and apps you've added to your account. Clicking the button on the top left hand corner a second time makes it disappear.
Along that top menu bar are other notification shortcuts that are always present: friend requests, messages, and notifications.
Jumping between all the relevant panes and panels is quick, slick and easy.
The main event of course is the news feed, and here it looks like it does on the web.
New status updates dominate the screen space. Click on an image and it is automatically zoomed up to full screen so you can enjoy it. Videos, likewise, can be played instantly from the news feed and can be shared via AirPlay to your TV if you want to share with the room. Sadly you can't seem to do that with photos, which is a real shame.
Chatting is a very side-line affair unless you head into the messaging pane, at which point you get full screen action. Having it residing in a side panel in the News Feed is handy if you are short of time and are multitasking.
That list is constantly updating with new faces as people sign into Facebook, and all are just a click away ready for you to chat with. An A to Z index runs from the top to the bottom of the screen, letting you jump to your mate called Zeus with little effort.
The Friends pane is where you get to collect your mates as if they were stickers in a album and scrolling through will quickly show you whether your mates are beautiful or not. Tap on one of the faces and you are whisked off to their status page so you can see what's happening. The page shows you their wall while giving you links to their photos and friends.
The photos are displayed like the Photo app for the iPad and if you've got a good connection it works very fast to bring you all that imagery quickly. Like the News stream you can't AirPlay photos here either. A real trick missed.
There are some new features that we haven't seen before. Click on the Nearby option, for example, and you get a large Google maps page with your mates dotted around the world. Seeing the data like this shows you how powerful Facebook is - and will become.
As I write I know that three of my friends are having dinner in the Aladin Restaurant in Shoreditch. Damn them for not inviting me.
Overall the app is impressive and far better than the website ever can be without adopting some serious amounts of HTML5, but there is a catch. The Facebook for iPad app is great for consuming your Facebook feeds, but not great if you want to interact with all the Facebook apps and features to the full.
There is no Skype calling, no Spotify integration, and no games, although apps are listed in the navigation panel. Strangely only the games that have iPad apps are shown and even then clicking on them sends you off to the app rather than loading the app in screen. No Farmville for you then.
If you want to waste another 30 minutes on the sofa looking at your mates' Status updates in the same way that you do with Twitter; the Facebook for iPad app will be up your street. It is by no means perfect, but it is certainly enjoyable enough to use and enjoyable enough to recommend.
As for all those bugs you've no doubt been reading about. We only experienced one issue on first install. Updating from the iPhone app to the iPad app caused the app to completely fail and refuse to open. Deleting the iPhone app and installing the iPad app afresh fixed that problem, and since then we've had no issues with the app.


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After working side by side for more than a decade, Christopher Nolan and Wally Pfister are going their separate ways-- for now, at least. Pfister is embarking on his directorial debut, assembling the cast for the secretive sci-fi project Transcendence, while Nolan is moving on to his first post-Batman project… the secretive sci-fi project Interstellar. We would expect Pfister to have pretty similar taste to Nolan after working together for so long, but as we've been writing about developments on both films, we've found ourselves mixing them up constantly… as in, every single time we write about it.
But there's no need for us to be confused! As we'll show in this five-point guide below, there is absolutely no reason to get Interstellar and Transcendence confused. They're totally different secret sci-fi project starring men who look great in hats! Allow us to guide you below.
Wally Pfister vs. Christopher Nolan
From the moment we first learned about either of the two projects, it was immediately confusing. The word of Pfister's directorial debut, when it broke last fall was all about "Christopher Nolan's cinematographer," especially since he was keeping the details under wraps and left us nothing else to talk about. When Nolan announced in January that he was taking over Interstellar, the details were similarly vague. So two secretive sci-fi movies directed by people who stood behind the camera on The Dark Knight? Got it. No confusion at all.


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Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) January 22, 2013
On January 22, kettlebell exercises trainer Lorna Kleidman comments on a recent article listing four new exercises people should try in 2013.
To help people get some new ideas for 2013, The Vancouver Sun released an article with four trending workouts. The article suggests that people may require additional motivation to stick to a regular exercise schedule. As such, if the work out is more enjoyable, those seeking fitness will be more inclined to stick to their work out.
The first workout the article recommends a ballet/barre workout, which incorporates aspects of ballet dancing. Those who enjoy dance, yoga or Pilates were the most likely candidates to be motivated. While this workout may be aimed towards women, it is still effective for anyone looking to incorporate fun dance techniques into their exercise.
Secondly, the article suggests trying CrossFit. According to the article, CrossFit is a popular workout that includes intense plyometrics and weight lifting for a full-body workout. CrossFit is for anyone with an abundance of athletic ability and stamina due to the intense nature of the class.
Computraining is the next workout suggested by The Vancouver Sun. Computraining, the article reports, is basically a spinning class hooked up to a huge screen that simulates some of the hardest biking courses in the world. The article's final recommendation is yoga. Noted for its popularity, the exercise uses various stretches along with meditation to get a great core workout.
"These are all great workouts, but they left out kettlebell exercises," Kleidman states after reading the article. "If you want to switch up your workout, kettlebells offer a great full-body workout that is fun and easy to do, even if you're out of shape."
Kleidman adds, "Kettlebell exercises really concentrate on working out your core, and the atmosphere of classes will keep you motivated and coming back throughout the year. So many people abandon their resolutions after just a couple of months, why not try something that is fun and you will actually look forward to doing every day?"
Lorna Kleidman is a Three-Time World Champion and World Record holder in kettlebell sport and the most decorated kettlebell athlete in the country. She developed the innovative methods used in KettleX as a way to bring the benefits of the bells to everyone in an easy to use, comprehensive and fun format. Lorna has been teaching individuals and group classes for the past six years.


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LaHood Still Has Questions On 787s
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood needs more information to be convinced that Boeing Co.'s proposed fixes to batteries on its 787 Dreamliner are adequate to enable the jet to resume commercial flights.
"I have made it very clear that I want a thorough review" of the Boeing plan, Mr. LaHood told The Wall Street Journal Wednesday. "I am going to ask a lot of questions" before a final decision is made.


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Well you know summer is full effect when its the 4th of July!! Its such a fun day filled with picnics, icy treats, fireworks, friends and family! We wanted to share some of our favorite picks for a festive Patriotic Party! How much fun are those red, white and blue snow cone holders and red and white twine wrapped around individual pie slice containers...well that's obviously a perfect pairing! Hope you are celebrating the 4th in style! Be safe and have fun, Happy Independence Day to all!
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Previously, the medical community's concern over metal toxicity was in regard to acute industrial exposure, where certain dramatic measures were performed to stimulate elimination of those metals. More recently, there has been concern over lead intoxication in children from sucking or eating lead-based paint, for example, and legislation has been enacted to reduce this possible contamination, though these measures will probably have a greater effect on future generations.
For most of these potentially toxic minerals, there are many common uses and possible contamination sources throughout our society; our concern must be with more widespread and long-term observation of and protection from these dangers. Lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and, more recently, aluminum are the main toxic minerals. Beryllium, bismuth, and bromine must be considered as well. And there are other heavy and radioactive metals that could bring future difficulties.
Most of these minerals were present in our environment only in minute amounts until recent centuries, when the orientation toward industrialization and production brought about our many technological advances. But technology, like medicine, has its side effects. Mining these metals from the earth and using them in society-as leaded gasoline or silver-mercury tooth amalgam, for example-have brought all of us into regular exposure with them-unless, of course, we live in a completely unindustrialized environment, harder and harder to find as we approach the twenty-first century. At present, these toxic metals have polluted our atmosphere, our waters, our soil, and food chain.
We cannot realistically put all the lead and cadmium for example, back into the earth and cover it up. We need to deal with their presence. At best, we can find better ways to evaluate them in our water, our air, our food, and our body; learn more about where we obtain them; and work preventively to avoid excessive exposure. Most of these heavier metals are quite stable and decompose fairly slowly, if at all, so they remain in the environment. Luckily, the human body is able to clear much of the modest amount we pick up by eliminating it through our urine, sweat, and feces. Absorption of these metals is usually pretty low as well. But when our natural means of elimination are reduced or our exposure is increased, we may run into trouble.
The basic way that these heavy metals cause problems is by displacing or replacing related minerals that are required for essential body functions. For example, cadmium can replace zinc, and lead displaces calcium; when this happens, the cadmium or lead is stored in the bones or other tissues and becomes harder to clear, while the important functions of the minerals that are replaced cannot be carried out.


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Should the federal government regulate Brutus, Banana Nut Bread and Cotton Candy the same way it does Camel, Marlboro and Kool? The National Association of Attorneys General says it should because flavored electronic-cigarette products and regular cigarettes both contain nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco.
Should the federal government regulate Brutus, Banana Nut Bread and Cotton Candy the same way it does Camel, Marlboro and Kool?
The National Association of Attorneys General says it should because flavored electronic-cigarette products and regular cigarettes both contain nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and his counterparts in 39 other states and territories sent a letter yesterday to Commissioner Margaret Hamburg of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to begin testing and regulating e-cigarettes, something the agency pledged to do four years ago but has not yet done.
The attorneys general are concerned that there are �no federal age restrictions that would prevent children from obtaining e-cigarettes, nor are there any advertising restrictions.�
The use of e-cigarettes has been increasing rapidly and sales are expected to hit $1.7 billion this year, the attorneys general wrote.
The group wants the federal government to regulate new e-cigarettes as tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act. They said manufacturers are marketing them much like existing tobacco products, using �celebrity endorsements, television advertising, cartoons, fruit flavors, attractive packaging and cheap prices ... to encourage youth consumption of these dangerous products.�
Many e-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes, while others resemble small flashlights. All incorporate a battery-powered device that heats nicotine-infused liquid derived from tobacco plants into a vapor that is inhaled and exhaled like smoke.
Buckeye Vapors, a Grove City company, sells dozens of different flavors for e-cigarettes, including Brutus, eggnog, Winning and Buddha Berry Chill.
The American Cancer Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Heart Association and a dozen other groups sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama asking him to push the FDA to act, given �the enormity of the burden of death and disease caused by tobacco products. ... The FDA must issue a rule to regulate all tobacco products, including cigars, little cigars, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products.�
However, advocates of e-cigarettes say the products are far less harmful than traditional tobacco products and can be useful in helping smokers kick the habit. Researchers at Boston University found that chemicals in the vapor posed few health hazards.
Kurt Leib, who represents Lorillard Inc., a tobacco company, has said previously that his employer backs Ohio legislation to regulate e-cigarettes as a means of �closing this loophole in Ohio and other states as Lorillard strongly believes that electronic cigarettes are for adult recreational use only.�
House Bill 144, which could be up for a vote today in a House committee, was sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Kunze, R-Hilliard, to eliminate sales of e-cigarettes to children. Opponents, however, note that it was crafted by tobacco-industry lobbyists, with the result being the potential for taxing �alternative nicotine products� at a lower rate than regular tobacco products.


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The Miami Heat are bracing to be short-handed again when visiting the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says he does not anticipate that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers and Ray Allen will play against the Bobcats. James has a hamstring strain and Wade, Chalmers and Allen are dealing with ankle issues.
James, Wade and Chalmers were held out of Miami's past two games. Allen was injured when he tripped over a courtside cameraman in Tuesday's loss to the New York Knicks.
All four players will be evaluated again Friday before any final decisions are made on the rotation for Friday.
Miami has the NBA's best record, 58-16. Charlotte, at 18-57, owns the league's worst mark this season.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Pat Perez hasn't gone up against Phil Mickelson since the opening round of the Match Play Championship four years ago.
"I lost,'' Perez said.
He was quick to point out, however, that they won't be going head-to-head this weekend at the Northern Trust Open. Even so, Mickelson appears to be as formidable as Riviera, or any other golf course.
Mickelson holed out a lob wedge from the eighth fairway for eagle on his way to 1-under 70. That turned out to be enough for a one-shot lead over Perez, who played Friday afternoon and kept bogeys off his card for a tournament-best 65.
"I'm not playing him,'' Perez said. "Obviously, he's playing well, and I'm going to have to play awfully well to beat him this weekend. I'm not worried about him. It'll be fun to play with him, but I know that I have to play well out there to beat everybody else, as well.''
At the moment, all eyes are on Mickelson.
He picked up his 40th career title with a memorable Sunday at Pebble Beach, where he rallied from six shots behind on the last day for a bogey-free 64 and a two-shot victory (beating Tiger Woods by 11 shots while paired with him in the final round).
Mickelson was at 6-under 136.
What made his second round impressive was that he didn't hit the ball particularly well, missed par putts inside 4 feet on the ninth and 18th hole, had only two birdie chances from inside 15 feet, and still managed to keep his name atop the leaderboard.
"I probably didn't play the greatest today, but I was able to kind of salvage a good round and had a good break on eight where I holed out from the fairway,'' he said. "That was a nice little bonus.''
The real bonus was his clutch putting.
He made an 18-foot par putt on the 10th hole to start out his second round. After a bunker shot on the par-3 14th hole, he knocked in a 10-foot par putt to keep his momentum. He holed another 10-foot par putt after being in a bunker on No. 3.
Those were just as important as the two signature shots of his second round.
Lefty couldn't get anything right until he got to the 16th, with a tee shot that just ran off the green about 30 feet away. He studied the chip from every angle, and before hitting the shot, leaned over to analyze a section of the green. It was softer, so that became his target with a low pitch that hit the ground quickly and ran to the cup like a putt.
Most players believe he is the best on tour with a wedge in hand, and it was a shot like this that explained why.
"If I flew it another 5 feet, it was going to be firm, so if I flew it 5 more feet and brought it in higher, I thought it would have raced 15 feet by,'' he said.
What eventually kept him in the lead for the third straight round was the wedge on the eighth hole from 110 yards away. Mickelson purposely played the shot some 20 feet left of the flag with side spin. He had been having trouble judging whether his ball would check or release on the greens, and he couldn't afford to go at the flag and be long.
It worked out, anyway. The ball zipped to the right and dropped in for eagle, as Mickelson raised both arms in celebration.
"It worked out perfect,'' he said. "There some shots you need a little bit of luck, where you're just trying to get it close. The chip-in on 18 last night, where it was so quick down that hill, I was just trying to get it close and salvage par. Certainly, I'm just trying to make birdie on 8, and the ball happens to go in.
"I've had a couple of good breaks.''
Perez saved his best shot for the final hole. He hit his tee shot on the 18th and was too far right, the green blocked by the eucalyptus trees. Perez cut a 6-iron, hopeful of finding the green, and it wound up 12 feet away for a birdie he wasn't expecting.
"I didn't hit it like you'd think I would,'' Perez said. "I didn't drive it all that great. I just scrambled well. I put myself in the right places to make par or birdie.''
The group at 4-under 138 included Jimmy Walker (66), Carl Pettersson (70), Jonathan Byrd (70), Marc Leishman (69) and Matt Kuchar (69), who had a solid day without too much excitement until he drilled his tee shot to a back left pin on No. 6 and left himself 5 feet for birdie. Before he could putt, he was stung in the arm by a bee.
"I haven't been stung by a bee in probably 20 years,'' Kuchar said. "I had stopped being scared of bees. The thing got me, and it was really painful. It was not much fun.''
Bubba Watson had a 69 and was in the group another shot back, while world No. 1 Luke Donald had a 72 and was only six shots out of the lead.
Joe Ogilvie delivered the shot of the day, making an ace on the 16th hole with a 7-iron. It was his third hole-in-one on the PGA Tour, and he has yet to win a prize. At least at a tour event, he didn't have to buy drinks.
"There were 10 guys up there that looked like they could drink 1,000 beers,'' he said. "I'm glad I didn't do this at my club.''
He shot 71 and was at even-par 142.
There were 26 players within five shots of the lead, which is not much at Riviera over 18 holes, much less the entire weekend. Even so, it looks different with Mickelson's name at the top, especially the way he won at Pebble Beach and is a two-time winner at Riviera.
Mickelson won't look too much into that, however. After signing autographs, he headed for the Santa Monica airport to fly home to San Diego – he is commuting this week, as usual – and figures the hard work is just now starting.
"I put myself in contention heading into the weekend, which is what my initial goal was,'' Mickelson said. "And so with 36 holes to go, I'm right in the thick of it. I've got to go out and shoot some low scores, because they're out there. But I gave myself an opportunity.''


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When Reid Gorecki began his quest to make it to baseball's major leagues this year, he probably didn't expect things to end up in Camden, N.J. The city is the home of Campbell's Soup — and Campbell 's Field, where the Camden Riversharks play their games.
And that's where Gorecki now plays, after being traded by the Long Island Ducks. Tuesday night's game was supposed to be one of the last of his season. But the game was canceled owing to rain, and the stadium was quiet.
Gorecki sent me a text saying that he was in nearby Glassboro, where he and other players met up at a former teammate's house. Happy to have a night off, they sprawled on a huge leather couch to watch a ballgame.
Since he had just joined the Camden team, Gorecki didn't know these guys much better than we did.
Asked what it's like to welcome a new guy into the clubhouse, a teammate answers, "Usually it's pretty easy. With Reid it's a little tougher, because he's from New York — kind of a brassy individual, you know what I mean?"
And Gorecki is kind of brassy. He's 6 foot 1 and has the cool confidence of a guy you'd want playing the ballplayer in your baseball movie.
But even the toughest athlete can fall victim to the realities of the business. And a few weeks ago, the Long Island Ducks traded him to Camden for a pitcher. The Ducks not only play near where Reid grew up — they're headed to the playoffs this year in baseball's independent Atlantic League. Reid's new team, Camden, is not.
"I was shocked a little bit," he says of the trade. "I was a little upset — hometown kid. But I guess they felt my value was better to help their team with a solid arm. I got the short stick in the draw, and that's how it goes."
Three years ago, it was going well. That's when Gorecki got his first major league hit, with the Atlanta Braves. But his time in the big leagues was short. This year, Gorecki, 31, decided to give baseball another try. His parents have been putting some pressure on him.
"They're starting to push me in directions," he says. "You know, maybe going into sales. My father wants me to get into selling cars ... you know, Kia."
But Gorecki doesn't see himself at a Kia dealership just yet. He still feels at home on the ball field.
When we met in April, he said that he would "give it one last shot, see what the kid's got."
Now, he says, "The course of the season showed me the roller coaster effect of emotions again," with the ups and downs of trying to be consistent at the plate.
"But at the end of the season I look back, and I thought the season was pretty awesome," Gorecki says. "I'm ready to give it another shot next year. I kind of want to play winter ball. I got the itch back."
In the spring, he talked of possibly becoming a firefighter. But he says that hitting his first home run this season helped him change his mind about that.
Even at the minor league level, baseball is a grind. When asked what makes the long season worth it, Gorecki says, "Going 3 for 4 with a couple RBIs, couple stolen bases; the feel of contact, solid contact; there's not much better feeling. It drives you to the next at-bat."
And then, he says, "You play to step into the batter's box — and have a pitcher scared to throw you a fastball."
"Baseball makes me happy," he adds. "So I'm going to continue to do that, until I can't."
Gorecki wraps up his season this weekend against his old team, the Long Island Ducks. He'll see his friends on the field getting ready for the playoffs. His Camden team's season will be over. Reid says he'll start thinking about how to make money in the offseason. He'll also be thinking about his future, and how long baseball will be a part of it.
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And I'm Steve Inskeep.
For baseball fans, April seemed so very long ago. So much has happened to so many teams. And a lot has happened to Reid Gorecki. We first met him in April in our series following minor league ballplayers.
REID GORECKI: I'm pretty excited to get back on the field and play with these guys, you know. One last shot, see what the kid's got.
DAVID GREENE, BYLINE: That one last shot started with an independent minor league team - the Long Island Ducks. Our colleague David Greene caught up with Reid on a rainy night earlier this week.
When Reid Gorecki began his journey to make it to the major leagues this year, I don't think he expected things to end up here. I'm in Camden, New Jersey. This is the home of Campbell's Soup. And I'm standing at Campbell 's Field. It's the stadium where the Camden Riversharks play.
Reid Gorecki plays for Camden now. He was traded by the Long Island Ducks. And tonight was supposed to be one of the last games of his season, but it is raining, just sheets of rain out on the ball field. The game has been called off, so we're going to go find Reid. He just sent me a text that he's in Glassboro, New Jersey. I don't know what he's doing there, but we're going to go find him.
Turns out after they canceled the game, Reid and some teammates bolted. And like groupies, we followed, 20 miles away to Glassboro, New Jersey. The guys were hanging out at a former teammate's house.
GREENE: What's up, Reid?
GORECKI: You guys - you want to come in?
GREENE: The guys were all sprawled out on a huge leather couch watching a ballgame. Having been traded here, Reid's the new guy.
What's it like welcoming a new guy onto the team? I mean, it must happen so often that it's...
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Usually it's pretty easy. With Reid it's a little tougher, because he's from New York, you know, and he's a kind of a brassy individual. You know what I mean?
GREENE: Reid does look and act like the guy you'd want playing the ballplayer in your baseball movie. A few weeks ago, his story took a turn. The Long Island Ducks traded him to Camden. He was sent packing by his hometown team, just as they were getting ready for the playoffs.
GORECKI: I was shocked a little bit, you know. It was a little awkward. I was a little upset - hometown kid. It was - I got the short stick in the draw, and that's how it goes.
GREENE: Three years ago it was going well. Reid got his first major league hit with the Atlanta Braves. But his time in the big leagues was short. This season, at age 31, he decided to keep trying baseball. His parents have been putting some pressure on him.
GORECKI: My father wants me to get into selling cars. I was like, I don't really know how I feel about selling cars.
GREENE: Why is he...
GORECKI: He said just for the fact that, you know, it's a good base salary and they have every benefit you could possibly imagine - you know, Kia.
GREENE: A Kia dealership is not where he sees himself. Reid still feels at home on the ball field.
When we met in April, you said - when the season was starting - give it one last shot, see what the kid's got.
GORECKI: Did I really? That's a nice little quote right there.
GREENE: I like it.
GORECKI: I mean the course of the season showed me the rollercoaster effect of emotions again, you know, with, you know, not hitting and not being consistent every day. But at the end of the season I look back and I thought the season was pretty awesome. I don't know. I'm ready to give it another shot next year. I kind of want to play winter ball. I got the itch back. And maybe even go down south to Mexico or something in the spring and try my hand down there in the summer league.
GREENE: When we did first talk, you know, you were taking an exam to possibly be a firefighter in New York City. It felt like you were kind of seeing this as a last hurrah. What did you taste this year that makes you want to take another shot?
GORECKI: My first homerun is really what made me feel it again. I was like - I didn't know how long it was going to take. It took me like 80 at-bats to hit my first homerun. But then you get that feel and that feels pretty good. So that kept me going for a little while.
GREENE: And the grind, on a night like this, day after day. I mean when people ask you what makes it worth it, what do you say?
GORECKI: Going three for four with a couple RBIs, couple stolen bases, there's not much better feeling. It drives you to the next at-bat. You keep that feel going, that's when you get hot. That's what you keep playing for. You play to get hot, play to step in the batter's box and have a pitcher scared to throw you a fastball. And baseball makes me happy, so I'm going to continue to do that until I can't.
GREENE: Reid Gorecki. His season ends this weekend and he'll be facing the team that traded him - the Long Island Ducks. So he'll watch his former teammates gearing up for the playoffs. Something he'll try for again next season.
INSKEEP: That's our MORNING EDITION colleague David Greene.
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Robber gets 14 years for Naperville pizzeria holdup
A man who once served pizza will now serve time for robbing his former employer.
Cory Paytes, 23, of Montgomery, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for the Jan. 16, 2012, robbery of a Papa John's pizzeria in Naperville.
Paytes, who used to work at a Papa John's, was masked when he and an accomplice entered the restaurant about 10:15 p.m. and forced two employees to crawl into a freezer at gunpoint, authorities said.
At the time, the men were under police surveillance as part of an investigation into pizza shop robberies in Lisle, Oswego, Plainfield, St. Charles and Yorkville. They were arrested as they ran from the Naperville restaurant with $2,200 and a stolen cellphone. The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun. No one was hurt.
Paytes identified himself as an employee of Papa John's when he appeared in bond court last year, and authorities confirmed he used to work there. He pleaded guilty to armed robbery Thursday at a court appearance before DuPage County Judge George Bakalis, who imposed his sentence.
Co-defendant Travis Gamble, 23, of Oswego, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in November and was sentenced by Bakalis to 12 years.
Authorities said the men confessed to several holdups in the area and faced charges in other jurisdictions.
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The Cyber Secure Institute has done a preliminary analysis of information security recommendations recently published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and, while generally approving, the institute finds fault with some of the recommendations.
"All in all, the NIST recommendations are a major step forward, but they fail to fully seize the opportunity to advance President Obama's cybersecurity agenda," CSI Executive Director Rob Housman said in the report.
This fails to recognize that NIST is not a policy-making or regulatory organization. It makes recommendations and sets standards to fulfill requirements established by the executive and legislative branches. That is why the 800 series of special publications produced to support the Federal Information Security Management Act typically are titled "guidelines" or "recommendations."
But the report does raise the legitimate question of whether recommended baseline security controls should be based on the sensitivity of an individual system. With perimeter defenses becoming increasingly inadequate and barriers between systems becoming more porous, is it possible to rate one system as low impact rather than moderate or high?
NIST collaborated with the military and intelligence communities to produce Revision 3 of SP 800-53, "Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations," the first set of security controls for all government information systems, including national security systems. It is part of a series of documents to help agencies implement FISMA.
"For the first time, and as part of the ongoing initiative to develop a unified information security framework for the federal government and its contractors, NIST has included security controls in its catalog for both national security and non-national security systems," the agency said when releasing the document last month.
A key element of FISMA is risk-based security, the idea that defenses should reflect the level of risk to a system. Systems are rated as high, moderate or low impact depending on the effect a breach of the system would have on the agency's mission or overall security. High-impact systems should be defended against "high-skilled, highly motivated and well-resourced" threats, while systems of lesser importance can be defended against less sophisticated or motivated attacks. This concept makes sense but is becoming more difficult to implement soundly.
As systems become more interconnected with more routes of access and less well-defined perimeters, a low-impact system can become a soft underbelly, making it attractive to sophisticated attackers as a platform to launch an inside attack against more important systems. Ranking risk levels is further complicated by the fact that increasingly sophisticated attacks are being created with different motives. A system containing personally identifiable information could be rated a low or moderate impact because it does not contain sensitive or classified information. But that is exactly the type of information criminal organizations are likely to launch sophisticated attacks against.
It still makes sense to match security controls to the level of risk being addressed. But it is becoming more difficult to assign a meaningful level of risk to individual systems, further complicating the job of information security.
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Concur with Tyler. Defining the system boundaries with proper interconnection planning ensures proper safeguards and intermediaries are in place to protect interconnected systems. The issue is primarily with good system control. Most organizations don't know what information they have, on which systems it is processed and stored and therefore have no way of knowing what is at risk when they interconnect. If the NIST risk managment framework is implemented properly, one will first identify the information, information types, and impact, determine where it is processed, stored and transmitted, and then determine the safeguards needed to appropriately protect it (including the interconnections.) GCN should stick the with people implementing FISMA, not the contractors and salesmen pitching their FISMA solutions.
The article is fairly well written, but based on a "report" ( http://cybersecureinstitute.org/docs/blog/NIST_Recommednation_Analysis.pdf) which truly fails understand the FISMA risk-based security control model or its actual application: 1) High-impact systems are less than 20% of the federal inventory according to the OMB reporting, 2) Interconnections of systems doesn't increase risk if protected and documented as required, 3) The concerns being raised are not related to the Rev3 changes, and more. If GCN is to publish critical assessment of FISMA, let it be based on actual practitioners (such as the July 20 ISC2-based review) rather than platitudes.
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Armed standoff in Claremont ends peacefullyBy MEGHAN PIERCE
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CLAREMONT - An armed standoff with a man whose father was shot in a police confrontation nearly 5 years go ended peacefully Friday afternoon.
Anthony Jarvis, 43, of 10 Provence Avenue is currently being held on a parole detainer at the Sullivan County House of Corrections in in Unity.
Police responded to Jarvis's home at 11:59 a.m. on Friday to assist the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Probation and Parole Department with a Parole Search, Claremont Police Chief Alexander Scott said in a press release Friday evening.
During the search, Jarvis fled into the home and locked the door behind himself.
Inside he made threatening statements about 'doing violence to himself with a firearm,' Scott wrote. 'Based on those statements, officers retreated, established a protective perimeter around the house and called for additional officers to respond to the scene.'
State police, the Sullivan County's Sheriff's Department and additional city police responded to assist.
Neighboring homes were evacuated for safety and a command post was established.
Additionally the State Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team was placed on standby.
Officers on scene were able to make cell phone contact with Jarvis through a family member.
Around 3 p.m. Jarvis agreed to come out of the house peacefully and did so following specific instruction from police.
He was taken into custody without incident.
Jarvis is the son of Anthony Jarvis Sr. who was fatally shot in a confrontation with police in Charlestown in July of 2008 after a state trooper had been injured in a shooting, Scott wrote.
According to the New Hampshire Department of Justice website the state trooper who shot Jarvis fatally shot him after Jarvis shot him in the upper right thigh and then when he was on the floor attempting to find cover Jarvis shot at him again hitting him in the finger and right leg.
In August 2008 the Attorney General's office said it was a justifiable use of deadly force.
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Both offensive units looked about as cold and dreary as the weather in Athens Saturday as the White won a defensive battle in the annual Ohio spring football game. The culmination of Ohio's spring practices saw a lot of aggressive play by the defensive units.
"Defensively, I thought they really hit well today. I think it's an aggressive bunch," said head coach Frank Solich after the scrimmage.
Redshirt freshman Devin Bass stood out with two interceptions, both against returning starting quarterback Tyler Tettleton, as an up and coming corner. Bass is one of many players trying to compete for playing time in a crowded secondary. "I know with (Travis Carrie) and Jamil (Shaw) and Larenzo (Fisher), who all played a lot last year, I have to try to step my game up just so I can play with them too, so I'm just trying to get out here and work hard," said Bass.
Defensive linemen Nick Barber and Tony Davis also played well, racking up a pair of sacks apiece. "I think we did great on all aspects," said Barber about the defensive effort. "We got a good pass rush made some good hits on them, so I'm satisfied with how we did."
Barber was right. It was a physical game for most of the afternoon. The defenses brought the intensity early on and held the two offensive units to just three points in the first half. However, in the second half, both sides were able to get some things going offensively. Running back Beau Blankenship led the way with 76 rushing yards on five carries, and running back Ryan Boykin and tight end Art Jordan scored the only two touchdowns on the day.
But the biggest challenge for Ohio today was finding open receivers and connecting down the field in the passing game. Tettleton finished the day 7-17 for 136 yards and four interceptions, and second stringer Derrius Vick was 12-21 for 85 yards, a touchdown and two picks. "It was frustrating," said Tettleton, who returns as the starting quarterback from last season's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl winning team. "But the who spring, we showed strides and got better. Hopefully today wasn't a setback, but I felt like we had a good spring."
Solich attributed the sloppy passing to a number of factors, including the inexperience in the wide receiving corps. "I've got a concern about our receivers right now and their ability to break off routes, get open, and so we've got to come a ways with our receiving crew," said the coach.
Replacing LaVon Brazill, who is anxiously waiting for next week's NFL Draft, could be an issue for the Bobcats; the Ohio receivers struggled to make plays against a physical and aggressive secondary Saturday. Donte Foster, who reeled in a game-high three receptions, will likely hold the number one spot as the team's leading returning pass catcher. Chase Cochran could also be a major contributor, as the redshirt sophomore hauled in a 58-yard bomb from Tettleton in the first half. Overall, 13 different receivers caught passes in Saturday's game, so Solich has several options to chose from. Ohio does have its second, third and fourth leading rushers returning in Blankenship, Tettleton and Boykin, though. The Bobcats will count on the run game a lot next season to open things up offensively.
While Saturday's game was sloppy at times, Ohio did make a lot of progress during spring practices. "I thought as a team we did pretty well in terms of progressing," said Solich. "I was ready to pull my hair out after the first two weeks, but the third week I think things started to come together a little bit better…I thought individually we had a lot of guys make a lot of progress, and as a unit, you're never quite satisfied with that progress, but we did make some."
Ohio opens its season in a hostile environment on September 1: The Bobcats will travel to Happy Valley to take on Penn State in front of well over 100,000 fans in Blue and White.
"We're gonna need to get some things done over the summer, and we're gonna need to have a real good fall camp," said Solich.


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After a seven-year rest, the Weehawken Veterans of Foreign Wars hall is back in business.
Located at 309 Park Ave., just down the street from the Town Hall and near the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, the facility has reopened with a series of new programs aimed at welcoming veterans and reaching out to the local community.
To reintroduce themselves, the Veterans of Foreign Wars are hosting a flea market on Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tables will span the sidewalk in front of the building as well as the empty lot and the small, enclosed street to the south, which will be blocked off for the event.
"The idea of the flea market was to generate some exposure," explained Chuck Barone, commander of the Weehawken VFW post for the past five years. "We thought it would be nice to do it on an annual basis, just as kind of a gathering in the community, get people to come together. We'll have our tent set up outside and we'll have information about the veterans' organization, the things we do. If anybody wants to join we'll have membership applications."
Those interested in participating can call 201-232-0766. The cost is $20 for a six-by-nine space, a table and a chair. Individual sellers keep all their profits.
"We make money just on the sale of the tables," said Barone. "All our money is generated through donations and fundraisers and that's what we use for these programs in the community."
Helping the Community
"We've always been community oriented as far as sponsoring Little League teams and programs in the schools," continues Barone. "We have a program called Veterans in the Schools where we go into the grammar schools and the high school and we talk about the history of the veteran over the years and what Memorial Day means and what Veterans Day means and why we celebrate these holidays. And the kids enjoy it. They ask a lot of questions about your time in the service."
"There's a lot of young kids coming back from these wars that carry a lot of baggage." – Chuck Barone
"During Sandy, we had some veterans who were in need of some help and we helped them with some money," he said. "That's what we do. We're here to help."
Historic building
Originally erected in 1899 as the Weehawken police station and Town Hall, the building was leased to the VFW for one dollar a year when the town moved to the larger facility up the street.
"This has been our home for 83 years, since this post was founded," said Barone. Unfortunately, time took its toll on the structure, and seven years ago, the VFW was forced to close the building, holding meetings on the fly in the Town Hall or the St. Lawrence Church community center.
"We're grateful to the mayor that he finally had the building rehabbed because it was in such bad shape," he said. "We now share the building. The Weehawken Historical Society is on the third floor and stores their archives up there. The second floor is our meeting hall and banquet hall and we share that with the historical society if they want to have an event and display stuff to the public. It's kind of a community room."
In addition to regular VFW meetings on the third Thursday of every month, the building is open to members on Saturday and Sunday, and on Monday nights for the football season. It is also available for rental.
"That hall upstairs was a major kind of fundraiser for us over the years, and being closed for seven years, we took a big hit," Barone said. "We're trying to generate exposure, trying to generate money so we can get some of these programs revitalized and maybe get into a few more, some scholarship programs in the high school."
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To be a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, one must have served in a combat area or received the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. In an outreach to the community, the Weehawken VFW is hosting their first "Veterans to Veterans Night" on Oct. 11, beginning at 7 p.m.
"You don't have be a member of the post," Barone said. "All you have to do is be a veteran. The idea was to let veterans in the area that are not members of the organization know we're here, we're available if you want to come down and talk or find out what programs are available for you here."
Barone, a Vietnam veteran, is concentrating his attention on younger vets. "There's a lot of young kids coming back from these wars that carry a lot of baggage," he said. "I've met some of them. Some of them are reluctant to talk. Some of them you can see that they want to talk but… it's a funny thing. Veterans will open up to other veterans, you know, to kind of get some of the pressure off their chest, where they're reluctant to do so with their own family. We can help veterans who need help. But they have to know where to come. That's why we're here."


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 1, 2012) - The Fraser Institute today published its annual rankings of Ontario secondary schools, showing which schools across the province are improving, or falling behind, in terms of academics.
"For parents who want to find out how their child's school is doing compared to others in their community, the Fraser Institute school report card is the No. 1 source," said Michael Thomas, Fraser Institute associate director of school performance studies.
The Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools 2012 rates 718 public, Catholic, and francophone secondary schools across the province based on seven key indicators using data from the annual provincewide tests of literacy and math administered by the Ontario government's Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
The report card displays individual school results for the past five years, showing whether schools have improved or fallen behind over time. It also includes key information about each school's make up, including parents' average income, the percentage of ESL students, and the percentage of special needs students. Results of the report card are available in an interactive and searchable format or as a free PDF at www.compareschoolrankings.org.
According to the report, 15 of the 20 fastest-improving secondary schools in Ontario have average parental incomes below the provincial average. At one of these schools, special needs students make up more than half of the student population; at another, ESL students account for 48 per cent of total student enrollment. The complete list follows.
"Academic excellence is possible in every school, regardless of the personal and family circumstances of its student population. Without provincewide testing and the Fraser Institute report card, measuring academic improvement and identifying success stories like these would be impossible," Thomas said.
The report card also points out that 26.6 per cent of secondary school exams written in 2011 scored below the provincial standard, compared to 30.1 per cent in 2007.
"This is a solid five-year improvement, but more than one in four of the provincewide tests written by Ontario secondary students still fail to meet the provincial standard. Ontario schools can do better," Thomas said.
"The Fraser Institute's school report card is the only source for long-term, provincewide school performance data that helps parents monitor the performance of their child's school and helps educators identify key areas for improvement in their classrooms."
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Central tops Bassick for 1st win
BRIDGEPORT -- For nearly two decades the Bassick-Central gridiron rivalry has been one in name only.
Since Dave Cadelina took over the Hilltoppers 16 years ago, they've dominated the yearly encounter between the schools.
That didn't exactly change Thursday afternoon at Kennedy Stadium with Central posting a 38-24 victory, but there were signs it could change sooner rather than later.
"That's the best Bassick team I've seen," Cadelina said. "I'm afraid of next year's game. They're only getting better."
It was the first win this season for Central, as it welcomed back senior quarterback Xavier Hardison and sophomore back Mykel Morris into the starting lineup.
Bassick, which lost last week on a controversial last-second field goal at Fairfield Warde, remained winless under second-year head coach Derrick Lewis, yet showed no ill effects or carryover from that defeat.
"I told them all this week, they crossed over from playing football to being football players last week," Lewis said.
On the Lions' second play from scrimmage, following a 22-play Hilltoppers' drive that stalled on the 17-yard line, junior quarterback Vochan Fowler found Tyreik Lewis deep down the seam for an 88-yard touchdown and a quick 8-0 lead.
"This was the first time since we've taken over the program that we've jumped out of the gate and dictated the pace," Lewis said. "We talk about baby steps, and we have to continue with that, but hopefully they turn into leaps and bounds."
Central (1-4) answered in the second quarter with bruising fullback Andrew Louis' (22 carries, 129 yards) first of two touchdown runs, this from two yards out to tie the score.
Bassick responded immediately with Jihad Whitaker returning the ensuing kickoff 82 yardsto put the Lions back up 16-8.
The Hilltoppers proceeded to march 93 yards and tie it just before the half on Morris' five-yard sweep around the right side.
In the first half Central ran 49 plays to Bassick's 13 to outgain the Lions 253-112.
As the game wore on Central eventually ground down the Lions, turning a pair of second-half fumbles -- one recovered by Louis, one forced by Morris -- into 16 points, including a 34-yard touchdown pass from Hardison to Morris and a five-yard run by Hardison himself. Fowler added a third quarter touchdown run to keep Bassick (0-5) in hailing distance, but it wasn't enough.
"Refuse to lose, that was our motto," said Hardison, who passed for 149 yards after sitting out last week's game with a concussion.
Central played the game with heavy hearts as Cadelina revealed that the 25-year-old homicide victim found in Bridgeport's North End on Wednesday was a former Hilltopper player.
"Right before the game I told the kids how precious this thing called life is, let alone football," Cadelina said. "We can kill each other on the field, but when we go off it, we're all student-athletes who want the best for each other."
And after the final whistle Lewis, a minister at Bridgeport's Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, called both teams together for a joint postgame prayer.
"The fact of the matter, there's a lot going on in the city," Lewis said. "My job isn't just to be a football coach, but to be a mentor. I'm a minister in the city. We have kids from both sides of the town at our church. These kids aren't enemies. It's not a North End vs. West End thing or any of that bullcrap. It's about playing this great game."
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B--Tyreik Gilbert 88 pass Vochan Fowler (Fowler run)
C--Andrew Louis 2 run (Xavier Hardison run)
B--Jihad Whitaker 82 kickoff return (Fowler run)
C--Mykel Morris 5 run (Hardison run)
C--Morris 34 pass Hardison (Keyshaun Thomas run)
B--Fowler 9 run (Julian Fyffe run)
C--Hardison 5 run (Lous run)
C--Louis 4 run (run failed)
Records: Bassick 0-5; Central 1-4


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Former Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder has joined Miami-based radio station WQAM (560-AM) on a full-time basis.
Crowder, 29, replaces Steve Goldstein as Adam Kuperstein's co-host weekdays from 1-3 p.m.
According to WQAM, Goldstein left the station to pursue other opportunities. Goldstein, however, tweeted that he was let go.
Goldstein, the play-by-play announcer of the Florida Panthers, recently began a weekly TV show called "Sports Bang" that airs Saturdays at 11 a.m. on CBS 4 in Miami.
Crowder retired from the NFL before the 2011 season after getting released by the Dolphins.
Crowder, the Dolphins' third-round pick out of the University of Florida in 2005, is the son of former Dolphins defensive lineman Randy Crowder.
During his six seasons with the Dolphins, Crowder tallied 469 tackles (343 solo), but he only produced 2.5 sacks and one interception.
Crowder, known for his trash-talking on the field, is best remembered by New England Patriots fans for getting into a fight with former left tackle Matt Light during a game in 2008, one that led to a memorable hair-pulling incident, shouting match and ejection.
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For Release: Monday, March 24, 2014
Certain Property Owners in Long Lake to Receive Letter
as Part of the Process to Resolve Township 40 Title Claims
Owners Will Have 90 Days to Inform DEC If They Want to Be Part of the Settlement
More than 200 property owners in the Town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, will receive letters asking if they want to resolve title issues to their properties as part of the Township 40 settlement, the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. The letters include a notarized statement form that must be returned to DEC within 90 days by any landowner who wants to be included in the settlement.
New York State voters approved a constitutional amendment last November that allows owners of the disputed properties to notify DEC whether they want their land parcel to be included in the Township 40 settlement. The State will release claims on properties whose owners "opt in" to the settlement. Those owners will have to sign a notarized statement, included with the letter, and will then be required to make a payment to the Town of Long Lake within one year.
"The passage of the Township 40 constitutional amendment was an important step to resolve land disputes dating back more than 100 years," DEC Commissioner Joe Martens said. "Property owners receiving this letter will have the chance to settle the land claims or they may choose not to be part of the settlement. We encourage people to review the letter, along with the additional information, so they can make an informed choice."
In Raquette Lake, there are 216 properties, including homes, businesses and public buildings, with unclear titles to land totaling more than 1,000 acres. Under the approved constitutional amendment and implementing legislation that took effect January 1, 2014, owners of the disputed parcels can make a payment to the Town of Long Lake to obtain clear title to their property. The payments will be used to purchase lands that will be added to the State Forest Preserve.
The letter explains the process, asks if the property owner wants to be part of the settlement, and includes forms to either 'opt-in' or 'opt-out' of the settlement. If the form is not returned to DEC within 90 days of its receipt, the owner's parcel will automatically be "opted-out" of the settlement and referred to the Attorney General. The settlement requires the Attorney General to file legal action to determine who has title to "opted-out" properties.
A list of frequently asked questions about the settlement and settlement process is included with the letter. DEC has also set up an e-mailbox at email@example.com so people can submit Township 40 related questions; or they can contact Rob Morrell at DEC at (518) 402-9442.


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