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Skip to comments.Cuomo Declines Opportunity to Back Hillary Clinton
Posted on 12/10/2012 5:07:58 PM PST by Olog-hai
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a potential candidate for president in 2016, offered a non-committal response as to whether he backs Hillary Clinton for president.
(Cuomo:) Thats a long way away. We just elected a president.
Theres no doubt that shes incredibly popular, shes got incredible support.
Shes going to have to make her decision.
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I don't understand how Hillary could be popular when she has soiled hands from the Benghazi murders and she was asked to resign due to her failure in this area.
Hillary is unfit to be a president. She is a filthy, unkemmpt woman who has such low self esteem that she would appear in public looking dirty and greasy. Clintons are not impoverished so I think she could do a lot better than she does. She is one horrible looking person and she probably also stinks.
I would assume she has no self control or self respect. She doesn't have to be pretty. She does have to be clean and respectful looking.
Corruption, fraud, PR, one world government.
Pundits, politicians and media are trying to coronate Hillary as the presumptive for 2016.
We saw how her last presumptive coronation went.
By 2016 she'll look so run down that even the women libs won't want her fronting for them.
Problem is, her "soiled hands" from the Benghazi episode don`t appear soiled when viewed through the "media" filters. Neither she nor Obama will ever pay any price for that. The only one who ran into headwinds was Romney, who dared to criticize Obama`s handling of the matter.
No matter. She`s still Hillary.. she`s a Clinton, she`s a democrat, and the sheep would crawl over shattered glass to vote for her. The only thing that would change their minds is if they get to vote for Obama for a third term.
If not Obama for a third term his anointed successor, which I doubt will be Hillary.
Now thats funny, and true.
Makes sense to me, the democrat party will nominate Mooshell Obama for the 2016 run for th eWH, the Obama thugs will not give power away to anyone.
Remember you herd it first here.
put five years on Hillary and she will be using a walker to get around...
you can't shine bull sh!&...
By 2016 shell look so run down that even the women libs wont want her fronting for them.
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Look for a 'Weekend at Bernie's' type campaign, using mannequins and body doubles.
STILL an improvement over MOOCHELLE
Concerning the sub-prime, financial disaster of 2007, HUD director Cuomo is about as big a criminal as Slick Willy. He should be doing a lot of hard time and not running for president.
Cuomo can't commit to Hillary since he's going to run.
Yep.. he might go the Argentina route and anoint Moochelle. Oh joy.
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Petaurus norfolcensis
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Language: English
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|Petaurus norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792)
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Winter, J., Lunney, D., Denny, M., Burnett, S. & Menkhorst, P.
|Johnson, C.N. & Hawkins, C.
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Squirrel Glider occurs in a broad band from Cape York Peninsula (Queensland) to central Victoria, extending to the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range between southern Queensland and central New South Wales. It is also possibly present in Bordertown, South Australia where it was last recorded in 1990 (van der Ree and Suckling 2008). It occurs from sea level up to at least 1,200 m asl.
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Native:Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
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|It is patchily distributed, and can be locally common or scarce.
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|This species is associated with dry open forest and woodland, tall coastal forest and Banksia woodland in the north-east of its distribution, and ironbark-lemon-scented gum-forest red gum association in north Queensland (Maxwell et al. 1996). They are also in rainforest in south-east Queensland and urban environments such as suburban Brisbane.
|Major Threat(s):
|There is steady attrition of quality and extent of habitat remnants due to removal of timber both for sawn products and firewood. There is also a lack of suitable hollows in most habitat remnants on the inland slopes and regeneration of trees and shrubs is hindered by grazing by stock, rabbits, macropods, and inappropriate fire regimes. Coastal developments and clearance of forest remnants in New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland also adversely affect this species (van der Ree and Suckling 2008).
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|Recommended actions (Maxwell et al. 1996) include: develop national recovery plan and establish recovery team. The Plan should incorporate the Victoria Flora and Fauna Guarantee Action Statement, which should be published and implemented. It should also examine what amendments are needed to current forest management practices to enhance Squirrel Glider habitat; monitor persistence and abundance throughout range, particularly at peripheral and isolated sites. This is especially urgent for inland populations in New South Wales and Queensland, where range also needs to be documented more accurately; reassess the evidence of presence in coastal forests of southern New South Wales. Conduct further, carefully-targeted, surveys if necessary; use biochemical taxonomic techniques to examine the possible differences between coastal and inland populations; conduct further research into the ecological requirements of the species and the impacts of habitat alterations, including timber removal, silviculture and grazing; further habitat protection in State forests, parks, and on private property is needed, especially in areas of box-ironbark in northern Victoria and western New South Wales, and areas of grey gum-grey ironbark-spotted gum from near Sydney to the Queensland-New South Wales border.
|Winter, J., Lunney, D., Denny, M., Burnett, S. & Menkhorst, P. 2016. Petaurus norfolcensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16728A21959402. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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Caroline Kennedy and illustrator Jon J Muth speak on Thursday, March 28 at 6pm at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Co-sponsored by the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
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In this new companion to A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy shares a new collection of poems about everything from sports to nature to friendship. From the ordinary to the extraordinary, this diverse anthology is for the young, the old, and everyone in between. Acclaimed illustrator Jon J Muth (Zen Shorts, Stone Soup, Three Questions) will also be speaking at the event.
This event is co-sponsored by the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site. It is located just a few blocks away at 83 Beals Street in Brookline and will be open from 1-5 that day.
With each pre-order of Poems to Learn by Heart, you will receive one free ticket with the option to buy up to 3 additional tickets for $5 each. On salevia Brookline Booksmith or by calling us at (617) 566-6660.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Opus Dei, the elite and powerful organization within the Roman Catholic Church, is suing a Danish publisher for alleged trademark violations involving a card game titled "Opus Dei. Existence After Religion."
Public hearings in the suit began Wednesday, and Opus Dei spokeswoman Joanna Engstedt told The Associated Press that Dema Games, the publisher of the philosophy-themed, strategy-based game, has no right to the use her organization's name, which means "work of God" in Latin.
Dema Games, a small company, obtained a copyright for the full name of the card game in 2009, and claims on its Facebook page that "no one entity can claim sole rights to religious concepts of any kind." The game is the brainchild of a philosophy student, Mark Rees-Andersen, 28, who launched it in January 2009.
Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928 by a Catholic priest and given official Vatican approval by Pope Pius XII in 1950. The group drew worldwide attention when Dan Brown published his best-selling "The Da Vinci Code" novel in 2003, and it portrayed the conservative network of Catholic priests and laity as a sinister and sadistic sect.
The real Opus Dei responded to "The Da Vinci Code" on its website, saying, "It would be irresponsible to form any opinion of Opus Dei based on reading 'The Da Vinci Code.' ' Fearing the novel would raise doubts about basic Christian beliefs, Christian churches, clergy members and Bible scholars also rebutted it. But Brown wasn't sued for those reasons.
In Denmark, Opus Dei is demanding that the game's trademark registration in the country be deleted. It also is seeking 300,000 kroner ($51,500) in financial compensation and closure of the website where the game is on sale, according to Janne Glaesel, defense lawyer for Rees-Andersen and for Dema Games.
"These are far-reaching demands," Glaesel told the AP. "In our view, you cannot get the right to a common concept like Opus Dei, which can be equated with ... other religious concepts like hallelujah."
Opus Dei does not have a representative in Denmark, a predominantly Lutheran country.
Engstedt, the spokesperson for Opus Dei in Scandinavia, said it is the organization's Spanish branch that is suing Dema Games. Opus Dei Spain did not respond to emailed questions, and its Danish lawyers were not immediately available.
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The Supreme Court ruling this week that certain business owners don't have to provide their employees with no-cost access to contraceptives under federal law doesn't affect North Carolina's state law on contraceptives.
The state law, which went into effect in 2000, requires that insurers that provide plans that cover prescription drugs or devices also cover contraceptives.
The Supreme Court, in the case brought by Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, ruled that closely held corporations can be exempt from the Affordable Care Act's mandate to provide employees with no-cost birth control coverage if the company's owner objected on the basis of religion.
This week's ruling and other matters concerning birth control divide Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis in their hotly contested race this year.
Hagan was one of eight co-sponsors of the state contraceptive law in 1999, when she was a state senator. It provided an exemption for religious non-profit employers.
The Supreme Court ruling on Monday made clear that the court was looking only at the requirement of the federal health care law on employers' group health plans to cover contraceptives.
Women who work for the type of corporation covered in the high court's new ruling will still have access to insurance coverage for contraception through the state law, as long as the company they work for doesn't have a self-funded health plan. Those plans, in which companies use their own funds to pay health claims, are covered by a federal law, not state laws. The Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) sets standards for health plans that companies voluntarily set up.
On Monday, when the Supreme Court opinion was handed down, Hagan said she was "extremely disappointed" in it.
"It is shameful that a woman's access to contraception is even up for debate in the year 2014. The choice about whether to use birth control should be between a woman and her doctor, not her boss, and no employer should be allowed to interfere with a woman's access to contraception," she said in a statement.
Tillis praised the ruling, calling it a "strong stand" for the First Amendment freedom of religion. "Although today was a loss for Kay Hagan, Barack Obama, and the Washington bureaucrats who want to run our lives, the American people are the clear winners," he said in a statement.
But on the state law on contraceptives, Tillis "would not favor making any changes," said his spokesman, Daniel Keylin. "He supports an individual's right to obtain contraceptives, contrary to the misrepresentation of his position by his political opponents."
Tillis' campaign clarified some of his views on Wednesday. His spokesmen didn't explain why they hadn't responded earlier to repeated criticism from Hagan's campaign on contraception issues.
Tillis believes that states cannot and should not ban contraceptives, as set out by current case law, said his campaign manager, Jordan Shaw.
During the Republican primary contest, Tillis' position was that states should have the right to ban contraceptives, but wouldn't say whether North Carolina should do it. Shaw now denies the campaign ever said that.
Shaw also said that Tillis would support a "personhood amendment," an initiative in some states that would declare a fertilized human egg to be a legal person under certain conditions. It would have to be consistent with his view that abortion should be legal in cases of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger, and it would have to be in line with his view that women should have access to contraceptives, he said.
The personhood movement, however, holds that embryos should have legal rights. The position could ban abortion in all cases and forms of birth control that prevent fertilized eggs from implanting in the uterus.
Tillis has said that company health plans shouldn't be required by the government to cover contraceptives.
Shaw said that Tillis' views had not changed. The Hagan campaign saw it otherwise.
"Thom Tillis said that states have the authority to ban birth control and that he supports a personhood amendment, and now that he is taking heat for those positions in his Senate bid he has made a cravenly political decision to try and hide that record. North Carolina women won't be fooled," said Hagan campaign spokeswoman Sadie Weiner.
"Kay has a long record of standing up for women's health, but Thom Tillis has limited women's access to preventive care at every step of the way and has no problem letting employers make health care decisions for their female employees," Weiner said.
Tillis and his backers have criticized Hagan for her support for the Affordable Care Act.
But polls show the contraceptive mandate portion of the law is very popular. It means people can receive contraceptives with no out-of-pocket costs. That saved American women about $483 million in 2013, according to a report by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
The state law didn't provide that pocketbook benefit. It said that the same deductibles and co-pay that applied to other drugs and devices also would apply to contraceptives.
Last year, Republicans in the state House proposed a bill that would have allowed private employers to exclude contraception coverage in their health insurance plans. Some Republican lawmakers refused to support it, however, and the provision was dropped.
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Covenant with the Urban Poor
Our country's most valuable resource is its people.
Every Filipino has the right to basic human needs, a decent standard of living, and the equal opportunity to develop his or her potentials to the fullest.
In a modern economy every person must be a productive citizen contributing the best of his or her abilities to the development of the country.
However, poverty denies many Filipinos their basic rights and the opportunities to improve their lives and help in nation building. Bad governance and corruption are the primary causes that subvert development and growth.
As candidates for public office, we pledge to build a just society for all Filipinos. We shall vigorously rid our government of corruption and channel these resources to address the basic needs of our people, especially the poor and marginalized.
We shall also implement sustainable solutions through institutionalized policies to combat poverty and provide basic needs, including housing, health, education and jobs for the poor, rather than the "stop gap" measures and empty political gestures of the past and present.
We commit ourselves to the following goals and principles:
No evictions without decent relocation.
We will end illegal forced evictions. We will not allow any public or private authority to evict families and leave them homeless in the street. The government must provide decent relocation, near-city or in-city, if possible, quality housing, adequate basic services and jobs.
We will not tolerate a situation where wage earners have to stay in the city to work while the other members of the family stay in distant relocation centers. This separation weakens and often fractures family life. We will not institutionalize such situations by building sites in the city where they will live apart from their families. As the work force in the cities, the poor, up to the extent possible, should be given the opportunity to stay in the cities.
We will strengthen efforts to achieve balance and equitable urban-rural development and established sustainable livelihood activities in relocation areas to proactively address the problems of in-migration and informal housing.
Provide support for area upgrading and in-city resettlement.
We will shift the emphasis in our housing program to area upgrading and in-city resettlement through the Community Mortgage Program (CMP). We will accelerate CMP and promote its localization (LCMP).
We will strive to proclaim land in favor of as many poor families as possible anchored on the Comprehensive Land Use Plans of their local governments and in consultation with their beneficiary families.
We will order a review of all Presidential Proclamations to determine the status of their implementation. We will not revoke any Presidential Proclamation without thorough study and adequate consultation.
Provide basic services that benefit poor communities.
Over the six years of our term, we will significantly increase the health and education allocations in our national budget. This will bring us closer to the level of spending of our neighboring countries. We will extend health insurance coverage to all urban poor people, put an end to shifting in public schools and provide full set of quality textbooks for our public school children.
We will work with the private sector, utility cooperatives and the donor community to provide access to water and electricity for all urban poor communities. We will encourage our public utilities and government-owned and controlled corporations to incorporate these goals as an integral part of their corporate social responsibility.
Housing budget.
Our desire is to have a government which will provide adequate housing for every Filipino and protect their housing rights.
To this end, we are committed to support and replicate successful housing programs to cover the estimated housing need by providing sufficient funds through the use of the Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act (CISFA) and other financing sources.
We will also work with the Local Government Units and the private sector, especially those in the financial sector, in coming up with new, innovative and sustainable housing and financial products that will provide access to housing to the marginalized and poor of our country.
We will strengthen government's partnership with non-government organizations and support people's initiative to provide the poor with housing.
We will create large-scale public works programs that can generate substantial number of jobs for poor men and women. At the onset of our term, we will emphasize labor-intensive public works programs that can generate significant numbers of jobs for our poor people and give them access to at least the minimum amounts of money, food and dignity needed for their daily survival and well-being. We will help those in the informal sector to avail of relevant incentives, services and benefits, such as access to social security and other forms of assistance.
Recognizing that the primary and most important resource of our country is its people, we will emphasize the creation of jobs that empower the work force, jobs that build capacity and create opportunities for the poor and marginalized. This requires advance training and preparation for appropriate skills needed for modern economy. This also presumes sound elementary and high school education. We promise to focus on generating jobs that will encourage entrepreneurship including-pro poor tourism. We will create an environment that is conducive to growth, competitiveness and full-employment.
Increased cooperation with local government units.
We will work with Local Government Units for the full implementation of the provisions of the UDHA and to empower them to address the housing needs of their constituents through existing provisions in the UDHA such as the provision of land for socialized housing and the inventory of informal settlers within their respective jurisdictions.
To encourage Local Government Units to take the lead in addressing housing needs, we will provide incentives to LGUs like co-financing schemes, technical assistance and other support services so that they could take an active role in socialized housing.
We will institutionalize and strengthen participatory shelter planning at the local level and identify other fund sources to support housing programs particularly for informal settlers at the local level.
I will make every effort possible to begin sustainable and uninterrupted peace negotiations in Mindanao. We will not give up this peace-making effort. We will respond to the needs of dislocated/displaced people in Mindanao due to continued conflict between Christian and Muslim brothers.
Post-Ondoy Rehabilitation Program.
We recognize that most people living in risk prone areas are forced by circumstances to live in these areas because government has failed to give them viable alternatives. This is the basic premise of the Post-Ondoy Rehabilitation Program.
We will appoint capable persons to plan and implement intensive post-Ondoy rehabilitation projects. We will explore new approaches that address both the housing and livelihood needs of affected families. We will review Executive Order 854 in consultation with the affected communities and look for appropriate solutions for the families living in Manggahan Floodway and Lupang Arenda. We will ensure that local and international public and private efforts are closely coordinated.
The appointment of reform-minded persons is essential to the attainment of the objective of HUDCC to institute reforms and steer this office and other shelter agencies to become more responsive, efficient and effective agencies in the delivery of housing services to poor families. Cabinet positions and portfolios including the Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries would be distributed among the three major islands (Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) without sacrificing competence and trustworthiness criteria.
We will appoint a person with a track record and demonstrated capacity in delivering social housing as HUDCC Chairperson. We will appoint NGO and PO representatives in the boards of the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) and in the council of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. We will also appoint an NGO representative with observer status to the board of the National Housing Authority (NHA). We will also appoint an NHA General Manager, the SHFC President and Chairman of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor in consultation with civil society groups.
Participation and stakeholdership.
We will emphasize the role of stakeholders in finding solutions to the problems that they face. In fact, the process that we will go through to provide the details of this plan we have presented today will be consultative and transparent.
All these goals with the urban poor will be part of our development agenda and platform to build an inclusive urban society.
[Archived from the official campaign web site of President Benigno S. "Noynoy" Aquino III]


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October will be the first anniversary for the establishment of the Patriot Connectors.
October will be the first anniversary for the establishment of the Patriot Connectors.
The group was formed by Cathy Casella, Jean Gilbert and Voni Strasser. The ladies felt they wanted to have an informal, unstructured, open forum for all citizens; no officers, no dues and no obligations.
The idea of the group has been to inform, exchange ideas and become more pro-active for America. The group meets at the Wallenpaupack High School Library on the second Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m.
David Madeira will be the guest speaker for October. He is a fascinating, dynamic, very informed speaker passionate for the country he loves…America.
From his unique experiences as a successful doctor, health care industry leader, entrepreneur, candidate and political consultant, to having spent much of his life on stage as a singer, actor and inspirational speaker, Madeira combines his broad experiences in life with his quick-witted extemporaneous style and the natural ability to make complex concepts understandable.
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Mixed mint and used collection of over 880 almost all different stamps and 4 souvenir sheets, 1850s to 1980s period issues, all mounted in a Fine condition Scott National album containing light picked over pre-printed and collector printed pages. An additional selection of over 500 duplicated postage stamps/souvenir sheets/revenues and postal stationery cut squares are housed in an 8 page stockbook. Expect a good number of faults in mainly the earlies but also noted a good number of sound, useful and VF quality sets and singles throughout. Huge total catalogue value but the estimate is based on a fair market evaluation of both the quality and quantity of the material being offered. A worthy acquisition for the US collector looking for a worthwhile weekend project, with possible upside in undiscovered varieties. Estimate


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Coming Soon – For the Time-challenged Woodworker
About 12 years ago we conducted a survey asking woodworkers what their "wish lists" included, and in what order their replies ranked. There were the expected answers: free wood, a complete Powermatic shop and, of course, a barn-sized shop. But the number-one answer was more time in the shop. I don't think the intervening years have made time more available, so it's no surprise that woodworkers gravitate toward projects that will give them the best return on their valuable time.
We aim to please, so we put our heads together and put together a book of 40 projects that are doable within a weekend of work. "The Weekend Woodworker's Project Collection" has bookcases, storage, accessories, mirrors and more. All the projects are good-looking , and they don't require a lot of wood, so you'll save a few bucks as well. The book won't be available until the end of October, (but you can pre-order today for only $15.63), so we've put together a Flickr presentation to give you a taste of what's inside.
If you're short on time but still want to make some dust, then this collection will give you plenty of options.
Sounds like an interesting book that I might have to add to my collection.
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Assisted Living
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Affording long term care, too much income but no assets. What can we do?
My otherwise healthy mom is 74 with MCI. Her mom died at 92 of AD. How can we afford memory care for 20 years...
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The Commission adopted a five-year strategy for promoting equality between women and men in Europe. The strategy aims in particular to make better use of women's potential, thereby contributing to the EU's overall economic and social goals.
It translates the principles set out in the European Commission's Women's Charter into specific measures, ranging from getting more women into company boardrooms to tackling gender-based violence. Meanwhile, a new Eurobarometer survey shows 87% of Europeans support EU action to tackle domestic violence. One out of four knows someone who has been a victim of such violence.
The gender equality strategy spells out a series of actions based around five priorities: the economy and labour market; equal pay; equality in senior positions; tackling gender violence; and promoting equality beyond the EU. They include:
The Commission will also set up a yearly top-level Gender Equality Dialogue involving the European Parliament, the Council presidencies, European social partners and civil society to assess progress in implementing the strategy.


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Senate approves mining reform bill
Republicans defeat Democratic alternative
Senate approves mining reform bill
Republicans defeat Democratic alternative
MADISON, Wis. —
The state Senate has approved a Republican bill that would dramatically overhaul Wisconsin's mining regulations.
The measure is designed to ease the regulatory path for Gogebic Taconite's plans for a huge iron mine in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior.
The GOP contends the mine would create hundreds of jobs. Minority Democrats counter the bill would relax environmental protections and open the door to pollution that would devastate the pristine region.
The Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill 17-16 Wednesday after nearly nine hours of debate. The state Assembly is expected to take the bill up next week.
Republicans control that house as well. Approval there would send the measure on to Gov. Scott Walker for his signature.


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(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed on Wednesday dozens of new initiatives for the state, including new casinos and other measures aimed at helping upstate areas regain their financial footing after decades of economic decline.
Cuomo, in his annual State of the State address, proposed locating up to three casinos upstate to increase tourism and provide some local property tax relief and education funds for struggling cities.
New York legislators agreed last year to legalize public casinos, saying they would amend the state constitution to expand gambling outside Native American resorts. They must still finalize the legislation.
Cuomo also said the state, with a population of nearly 20 million, would launch new marketing plans that include duty-free stores for New York-made products and a national white-water rafting competition.
Cuomo floated several ideas for supporting fledgling businesses, including the creation of a $50 million venture capital fund. He also proposed 10 high-tech incubator "hot spots" in which start-up companies would not have to pay business, property or sales taxes.
The plans were just a few of the dozens put forward by Cuomo in what he said was the most aggressive agenda he has proposed since taking office in January 2011. But he did not indicate in his speech how any of the proposed programs would be funded.
Speaking for more than an hour, Cuomo said he would focus on upgrading the state's fuel delivery system, subways, and other infrastructure to prevent multibillion-dollar damage from severe weather events like Superstorm Sandy, which slammed into the region on October 29.
He also proposed specific new restrictions on firearms in the wake of deadly shooting rampages in late 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, and Webster, New York.
And he said the state's minimum wage should rise to $8.75 an hour from the current $7.25.
"We have daunting challenges," he said. "But these challenges also pose exciting opportunities."
Several of New York's local governments have faced severe financial struggles after the recession, including Nassau and Suffolk counties, both on Long Island to the east of New York City.
But several cities in the northern and western parts of the state, including Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, have been losing jobs for many years.
On Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Niagara Falls to Baa1 from A2, warning that it could cut the credit rating further if the city loses a legal dispute with the Seneca Nation over gambling revenue.
Cuomo proposed creating a program that would advise local governments on how to restructure their finances.
The program would be run jointly by private consultants, the state's budget division, the attorney general and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, whose program to monitor municipal fiscal distress went into effect this year.
He also said the state should consider spending $1 billion to create or preserve 14,000 units of affordable housing over the next five years.
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - A woman on trial for capital murder in Arizona testified on Tuesday that she attended her lover's memorial service days after she killed him, writing in a remembrance book that he was "beautiful inside and out."
Jodi Arias, 32, could face the death penalty if convicted of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander, whose body was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home in June 2008. He was shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and had his throat slit.
Arias, in frequently explicit testimony about her relationship with Alexander, has admitted to killing him but said it was in self defense after he attacked her when she dropped his camera while taking pictures of him in the shower. The prosecution has said she killed him in a jealous rage.
In a combative third day of cross examination, prosecutor Juan Martinez confronted Arias with positive comments she wrote about Alexander at a memorial service days after the killing, in which she described him as "beautiful on the inside and out."
"You also write, 'You always told me that I have never stopped believing in you, and I know that you always believed in me,' right?" Martinez asked of the remarks which were seemingly at odds with Arias' assertions that Alexander was abusive.
"Yes I did," Arias replied.
"Even though, according to you, he would get this mean look on his face and come charging after you down the hallway, you still believed in him, right?" Arias agreed that she did, after he rephrased the question.
Seeking to point out further inconsistencies in her testimony, Martinez questioned Arias about a text message she had sent Alexander less than two months before she killed him, in which she called him "a rock, a light and an inspiration," and noted that she "loved him dearly."
"You've been telling us that in addition to being mean, he physically abused you ... and that he would raise his voice to you. ... Yet once you are free of him, and after the fog has lifted, you are thanking him and telling him what an inspiration he is," Martinez said.
Arias and Alexander met in the fall of 2006 and dated for several months. They split up the following summer, although their sexual relationship continued until his death.
Martinez also sought on Tuesday to paint Arias as having a history of jealousy and a readiness to confront lovers and perceived romantic rivals when she felt slighted.
The court heard how she accessed the email account of a previous boyfriend of whom she had become suspicious. After discovering letters to him from another woman, Arias showed them to him before moving out of their shared accommodation.
Martinez then questioned Arias about an incident in a subsequent relationship in which she drove to meet with a woman she apparently perceived as a rival, after finding a photograph of the woman with her then boyfriend.
"When you feel something is not right ... you are going to confront that person?" Martinez asked, to which Arias replied: "Not necessarily."
The trial is set to continue on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Richard Chang)


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Watch replay: ESA astronaut André Kuipers working with students
As part of the Take Your Classroom into Space initiative, ESA astronaut André Kuipers will talk from orbit today with over 1500 students in Germany, Spain, The Netherlands and the UK. A live webcast of the event will start at about 17:10 CEST (replay now available).
Hundreds of European school students are taking part in ESA's Take Your Classroom into Space programme, in which they perform the same experiments in their classrooms as performed by André on the International Space Station.
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During today's live call, students will have an opportunity to compare their results with André's, testing their predictions and seeing the effects of microgravity first-hand.
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Shares of firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ:SWHC) tumbled as much as 5% on Monday as politicians begin to call for tighter gun control legislation in the wake of last week's massacre that left 28 dead in Connecticut.
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The selloff leaves Smith & Wesson shares down as much as 10.54% since December 13, the day before the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
A growing chorus of political leaders have called for stricter gun laws in the days since, including some pro-gun advocates like conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Monday.
Over the weekend, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein revealed that Senate Democrats plan to reintroduce legislation on a federal assault weapons ban.
Reports indicate that Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster .223 assault rifle in the massacre in Newtown that left 20 children dead.
"The purpose of this bill is to get just what [New York] Mayor Bloomberg said, weapons of war, off the streets of our cities," Feinstein said on "Meet the Press," which airs on Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) NBC.
President Barack Obama in a speech on Sunday evening pledged to use "whatever power this office holds" to prevent more tragedies like the one in Newtown.
"Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage, that the politics are too hard?" Obama said.
It's not yet clear if a push for tighter gun control would even be successful in Congress, where the National Rifle Association holds considerable sway.
Nor is it clear how stricter gun laws would impact short- and long-term sales for Smith & Wesson, which generated $412 million in revenue last year.
Earlier this month Smith & Wesson logged a 48% leap in second-quarter sales to $136 million and management raised its 2013 financial guidance.
Springfield, Mass.-based Smith & Wesson saw its shares drop 3.84% to $8.77 in recent trading on Monday.
But even with the recent slide, Smith & Wesson's stock has surged about 100% year-to-date and 124% over the past 12 months.
Shares of fellow gun maker Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE:RGR) were also under pressure on Monday, dropping 1.25% to $45.00.


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NASHUA - A city man is accused of firing a shotgun three times outside his home early Saturday morning.
Gregory Isabelle, 28, of 13 Shawn Ave., was arrested after police were called just before 1 a.m. for a report of possible gunshots.
Police located Isabelle outside the home and arrested him. They also recovered a shotgun allegedly used in the incident. No one was injured.
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The massive conflagration in a daycare center in Mexico in 2009 that resulted in the deaths of 49 young children was the result of a panoply of safety and building code violations and an inadequate number of supervising adults to lead the children to safety, a study by researchers at UC Davis and Shriners Hospitals for Children has found.
The disastrous fire joins the ranks of other infamous blazes and should stimulate changes that might prevent future disasters from occurring, and particularly impel greater safety efforts at schools and daycare centers, the study authors said.
The study was led by David G. Greenhalgh, professor and chief of the burn division in the Department of Surgery in the UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, Calif. Greenhalgh also is chief of staff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children -- Northern California, Burn Center. The study is published online in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, the journal of the American Burn Association.
"We feel that all fire disasters need to be documented in some manner. If we do not dissect the causes of these tragedies then they are doomed to be repeated," Greenhalgh said. "Many of the characteristics of this fire disaster have been observed previously. The main issue is that prevention efforts need to be followed."
The disaster took place in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, on June 5, 2009, in the ABC Daycare. On the day of the fire, an estimated 148 children and six adult caregivers were inside the building. Ultimately, 49 children aged 3 or younger died during or following the blaze. Children injured in the fire were sent to hospitals throughout Mexico and to two Shriners Hospitals for Children in the United States, in Cincinnati and Sacramento.
The study authors obtained data about the fire and its aftermath from a website established by the government of Mexico to report the results of its investigation of the disaster. Additional data was derived from reports from the Mexican news media and from interviews by the study's authors with patients and individuals present at the fire.
Examining the factors that led to the conflagration, the study notes that ABC Daycare was located in a four-complex structure that shared walls with two other businesses. The daycare shared a wall with a document warehouse that was made of cinderblocks without concrete filling. Only the daycare's walls had drywall, which was supposed to be a two- to three-hour fire retardant wall, but the daycare was out of compliance. The building's roof was made of tin and was lined inside with polyurethane foam. The daycare rooms' ceilings were covered with ceiling tiles and a large polyvinyl chloride "circus tent" in a central area.
The fire was determined to have started in the document warehouse adjacent to the daycare, rapidly traveling to the nursery through the wall they shared. It is likely, the study says, that the circus tent ceiling "rapidly flashed over to create an explosive fire." In addition, fire investigators said that the ceiling tiles also ignited, creating a "rain of fire" that involved many of the rooms near the warehouse, the study says.
Several obstacles impeded rescue attempts. There were three doors into the building, but two were locked with the keys irretrievable. The only open door was through the administrative office. Ultimately, rescuers made holes in the center's walls by driving trucks through them at four locations to free the children trapped inside. Twenty-nine children died at the scene, 28 of inhalation injuries and one of burns.
The Mexican government investigation, published in Spanish on a government website, found profound safety lapses at ABC Daycare. There were no smoke detectors, no fire alarms, no fire extinguishers, no emergency exits, no valid license to operate a daycare center, no municipal inspections, no fire marshal inspections and improper building materials. The study notes that these findings prompted a government inspection of another 1480 daycares throughout Mexico, with similar findings.
Following the blaze, 12 children were transferred to Shriners Hospitals for Children -- Northern California. The children's hospital stays ranged from one to 86 days. The patients required, on average 3.75 surgeries, with one girl requiring nine highly complex operations. Two children required amputations of fingers, and one from Cincinnati required a thorough-knee amputation. Two children died, one in Cincinnati a day after admission and one in Sacramento after 50 days of treatment.
Seven of the children required readmission for various reasons during the first year after their burns, with nine reconstructive procedures performed during the readmissions. The majority of the procedures were hand or facial reconstructive procedures. Most of the children will require further reconstructive surgery "to optimize their functional and cosmetic outcomes," the study says.
Greenhalgh said that the ABC disaster has all of the characteristics of many previous disasters that have occurred throughout the world -- and a burn conflagration involving very young children is particularly tragic.
"Many of the fire laws that we have in the United States are the result of learning the specifics of previous tragedies. While the public may not understand why there are exit signs, multiple doors opening to the outside and other prevention efforts, laws and regular fire inspections have reduced the number of major burns and deaths tremendously," Greenhalgh said.
"Clearly, these same regulations exist in Mexico but they have not been regularly enforced. We do not wish to criticize the people or government of Mexico but instead, we published our paper to incite changes and prevent such a tragedy from happening again," he said.
Other study authors are Philip Chang, Pirko Maguina, Soman Sen and Tina L. Palmieri of UC Davis and Shriners Hospitals for Children, and Elena Combs of the Shriners Hospitals for Children.


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The Marceline Tigers excelled through a tragic off-season last year to claim a share of first place in the Lewis and Clark Conference. This season, capitalizing on their newfound sense of team, the Tigers have worked super hard in the off-season to prepare for the 2013 campaign.
The Marceline Tigers excelled through a tragic off-season last year to claim a share of first place in the Lewis and Clark Conference. This season, capitalizing on their newfound sense of team, the Tigers have worked super hard in the off-season to prepare for the 2013 campaign.
"We hung together through some tough times and finished strong last season," said Head Coach Paul Thomas.
Coach Thomas is in his third season with the Tigers, holding a 19-12 record at MHS and a 116-92 record overall as a head coach. He is joined this season by Assistant Coaches Kent O'Laughlin, Jeff Wright, Josh Moore, John Kruse and Lee Bradley.
The Tigers are a smash-mouth football team, running primarily out of the Veer. A pair of All-Conference running backs in Blake Belzer and Dakota Lewis lead the charge, with All-Conference utility player Blake Linebaugh at quarterback.
The line for the Black Rage team is anchored by three All-Conference linemen. Jesse Smith earned honors at Tackle, Trey King earned honors at Center. They are all joined by All-Conference Tight End Anthony Steffes.
Last season, the Tigers averaged 230 rushing yards, 65 passing yards and 24 points per game. "We should be better because of the number of returning starters coming back," said Coach Thomas. "Also, we have some kids coming in that should make for some interesting battles on the offensive side of the ball, as well as add some much needed depth as players mature through the season."
Newcomers on offense for the Tigers include: Frankie Herring (WR), Trevor Hamilton (WR), Daniel Corbin (WR) and Daniel Haas (TE).
Defensively, the Tigers highlight Lewis, an All-State Linebacker. They also boast a trio of All-Conference players as well: Belzer (LB), King (DL), and Steffes (DE).
"We lost some key people on the defensive side of the ball," said Coach Thomas. "But we have an All-State Linebacker and some defensive line players that played a lot of snaps that we can build around. If the kids that step in mature fast, we should be a solid and competitive defense."
The Tigers allowed an average of 150 rushing yards, 75 passing yards, and 15 points per game last season. The Black Rage football team will run out of a 4-4 formation on defense.
Top newcomers on defense for Marceline are: Walter Anthony (DL), Bo Hustead (DL), and Jared Best (DB).
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker has challenged the widely respected congressional forecaster on budget issues, the Congressional Budget Office, accusing it of a slanted report on taxing corporate profits, according to documents released on Friday.
A 36-page January CBO report concluded that tens of billions of dollars in new government revenue could be raised over a decade by limiting corporations' ability to defer taxes on foreign profits, a tax change favored by President Barack Obama.
The change, which would raise companies' tax bills, would boost efficiency and raise about $114 billion over 10 years, CBO estimated.
The prediction didn't sit well with Dave Camp, the Republican chairman for the U.S. House of Representatives' tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, who backs moving to a territorial tax system and is working on legislation to overhaul the entire U.S. tax code.
Under the territorial approach companies could bring foreign profits home with little or no corporate income tax imposed on a permanent basis, not just during a temporary, one-year holiday.
In an unusual move, Camp wrote to non-partisan CBO requesting an explanation of the report's methods, calling it "heavily slanted and biased in favor of one particular approach," according to a copy of the letter dated January 24 and released by Camp's office on Friday.
The Michigan lawmaker released his original letter after the CBO released an official response on Friday.
CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said he believes the report presents "key issues fairly and objectively and that its findings are well grounded in economic theory and are consistent with empirical studies in this area."
Still, the CBO director said that "because of the complexity of the subject and the diverse views of experts in the field, we agree that it would have been desirable to seek comments from more outside reviewers."
One of the experts cited by CBO was a former Obama administration official. Another academic has written critically of corporations skirting taxes abroad.
CBO said new revenues generated by the White House's approach would exceed new revenues available under the territorial system, favored by many corporations.
The territorial system, as promoted by corporate lobbyists and Republicans in Congress, would raise $76 billion over a decade, under one estimate cited by the CBO.
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What can you buy for a dollar these days?
Believe it or not you can take your child on a trip to Coffs Harbour, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and many more places in the school holidays for as little as a dollar. CountryLink lists all sorts of vacation ideas and great travel deals for families on its website.
If you are in Sydney or travelling to Sydney, make use of the Family Fare deal when seeing Sydney by public transport. When at least one fare paying adult travels with their children or grandchildren, the first child travels for a child fare and the other children travel free.
On Family Funday Sunday, $2.50 per person will get you all day travel on CityRail, Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries and participating private bus companies. It's available every Sunday, when a minimum of one adult and one child related by family travel together.
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Winder city officials have changed their minds about the process for filling the Ward 2 city council seat vacated by the recent death of longtime councilman Charlie Eberhart.
Mayor David Maynard said although the charter makes the city council responsible for filling the seat and makes no provision for a candidate qualifying process in situations like this, he has decided to establish one so that anyone seriously interested in the post can have a fair chance to be considered.
Qualifying will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, through Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Barrow County Voter Registration & Elections Office, 233 E. Broad St., Winder.
For the full story, see the Feb. 20 issue of the Barrow Journal.
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Stocks firmed slightly on Friday after a key U.S. jobs report showed the pace of hiring by employers had eased slightly in December but gave signals of some momentum in the labor market's recovery since the 2007-09 recession.
Data from the Institute for Supply Management showed the vast U.S. services sector in December grew at its fastest clip in 10 months, boosted by a rise in new orders. The market's reaction to both releases was modest.
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New orders received by U.S. factories were flat in November, missing expectations as demand for aircraft sank sharply, although a gauge of business spending plans gave a positive sign for the economy.
Shares of Nasdaq heavyweight Apple Inc fell nearly 2 percent, pressuring the tech-heavy index. Adding to concerns about the iPhone maker's ability to produce more innovative products going forward, rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> is expected to widen its lead over Apple in global smartphone sales this year with 35 percent growth, propped up by a broad product lineup, according to market researcher Strategy Analytics.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.79 points, or 0.06 percent, at 13,399.15. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 1.95 points, or 0.13 percent, at 1,461.32. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 6.50 points, or 0.21 percent, at 3,094.06.
Though the jobs data showed lackluster economic growth was unable to make a dent in the still-high U.S. unemployment rate, it calmed fears about the possibility of the U.S. Federal Reserve ending its highly stimulative monetary policy.
Concerns about the endurance of the Fed's stimulus program prompted investors to pull back from the market Thursday after a two-day rally.
According to the Labor Department, payrolls outside the farming sector grew 155,000 last month, as expected and slightly below the level for November. Gains in employment were distributed broadly throughout the economy, from manufacturing and construction to health care.
Minutes from the Fed's December policy meeting, released Thursday, showed Fed officials were increasingly worried about the risks of asset purchases on financial markets, though they looked set to continue with the open-ended stimulus program for now.
Some policymakers thought asset buying should be slowed or stopped before the end of 2013 while others highlighted the need for further stimulus. The Fed's policy of easy credit has helped push the S&P 500 to a 13.4 percent gain in 2012. Ending that policy would remove an incentive for investors to purchase riskier assets like stocks.
Apple shares were down nearly 2 percent at $532.27 in morning trade. The stock has been on a downward trend over the past few months on concerns about demand for the iPhone 5 and the company's capability to produce more innovation products in the future.
Pharmaceuticals maker Eli Lilly and Co. said on Friday it expects 2013 earnings to increase to $3.75 to $3.90 per share excluding items from $3.30 to $3.40 per share in 2012. The stock rose 2.5 percent to $50.94.
Mosaic Co reported that its quarterly operating profit fell 30 percent as international distributors delayed buying potash and phosphate to avert the price risk associated with the fertilizer producer's negotiations with China and India. The stock rose 1.5 percent to $57.62.
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Should we expect to see "plug-in" hybrid cars anytime soon?
Gasoline-electric hybrids now, like Toyota's popular Prius, don't need to be plugged in — you just fill their tanks with gasoline and the battery is charged by the internal combustion engine and by energy generated from the wheels when braking (a feature known as regenerative braking). The battery then powers the electric motor when it is called into service during idling, backing up, crawling in gridlock, and maintaining speed while cruising and for extra uphill power when needed. The electric motor is essentially a backup engine, whereas the hybrid relies mainly on the gasoline engine.
Plug-in hybrids take the concept further by plugging into a regular electric outlet to enable the vehicle to operate solely on its electric motor for ranges of 40 to 50 miles or more on a single charge. This has profound implications for commuters who need only drive short distances to and from work every day and who may be able to do so solely on electric power. The gasoline engine then becomes the supplemental one for when the car needs to travel farther than the electric engine can take it.
According to researchers at the University of California, Davis, the electricity cost for powering a plug-in hybrid is only about a quarter of the cost of powering a like-sized gasoline vehicle. Other benefits include far fewer fill-ups at gas stations and the convenience of recharging at home.
Toyota, currently the world's largest producer of hybrid vehicles by far, thanks to the success of its Prius, announced that it expects to have a commercially viable plug-in hybrid available to consumers as early as 2010 and that it is now testing prototype versions of plug-in hybrids at two California universities.
Felix Kramer of the California Cars Initiative, a
nonprofit dedicated to promoting plug-ins, calls Toyota's
announcement "stunning and very welcome," and says that these
vehicles will be the cleanest practical cars on the road in a world where
gas stations dot just about every intersection. The promise of such cars,
says CCI on its Web site, is that drivers will have a "cleaner,
cheaper, quieter car for local travel, and the gas tank is always there
should you need to drive longer distances."
U.S. automakers are also jumping onto the plug-in bandwagon. General Motors says that it will have mass-market plug-in hybrids on the road by 2010. Ford has also developed a small fleet of plug-ins but is not yet ready to offer them to the public. Fisker, a U.S. start-up focusing on the creation of high-performance energy-efficient vehicles, plans to sell an $80,000 plug-in hybrid sports car by late 2009. Chrysler's Sprinter van was the first plug-in from a major U.S. manufacturer, but it is only presently available to a limited number of institutions as a fleet vehicle.
Plug-ins have also caught on elsewhere. Chinese carmaker BYD plans to sell a plug-in hybrid sedan in the U.S. within five years, and Volkswagen hopes to have a plug-in hybrid Golf ready to roll by 2010.
For more information: California Cars Initiative, www.calcars.org; BYD, www.byd.com; General Motors, www.gm.com/experience/fuel_economy/news/2008/hybrids/plug_in_vue_011008.jsp; Fisker, jalopnik.com/344419/detroit-auto-show-fisker-karma-luxury-hybrid-only-80000.
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Leeward CC theatre presents 'The School for Scandal'
Scandals abound on stage at The Leeward TheatreLeeward Community College
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The Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College presents the rollicking comedy "The School for Scandal" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and directed by Leeward's own theatre professor Betty Burdick!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's stage comedy "The School for Scandal" made theatrical history in 1777 as the first play to use an onstage prop (a dressing screen) as an important plot device. The plot itself involves the misadventures of young Lady Teazle (VICTORIA DOMINGO), who must not only fend off the jealous accusations of her elderly husband (SHAWN THOMSEN) but also the backbiting "frenemies" who are secretly out to ruin her reputation. Meanwhile, two handsome brothers (DEIVAN DE LOS SANTOS & JUSTIN WOZNOCK)—one virtuous, the other a cad—become inextricably involved in Lady Teazel's travails, with both demonstrating their true nature in the final act of the play.
Although it was first produced in 1777, the play would fit right in to "Entertainment Tonight," "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," and "Jersey Shore." Leeward Community College will produce this comedy of plots and counter plots in modern dress. Come see the gossipers and the whisperers gleefully destroy reputations as Lady Teazle -- a young country girl -- tries to join the socialites and slanderers in their damaging fun only to find herself in over her head.
"These people have too much time and money on their hands, and don't know how to live full, rich lives," says Betty Burdick, play director and Leeward CC assistant professor. "They are concerned with how they look and trying to appear better than everybody else by putting everybody else down."
But this won't just be a rehashing of Sheridan's play. Director Burdick has a lot of fresh new ideas: "I want to make Lady Teazle the protagonist because she goes on the longest journey. Most versions focus on the boys (Joseph & Charles), which also works, but is not the emphasis I want. Although Joseph is on stage more than anyone else, he is the antagonist, and a delightful one! Charles and Maria seem like a subplot to me, with Lady Teazle and Sir Peter demonstrating how difficult marriage can be when you are too rigid and don't let the other person know what you are expecting—going for society's version of marriage instead of making your own."
Sly villains, old uncles with plenty of money, mistaken identities, intrigue, and romance make this wicked comedy a roller coaster of fun. Tickets are now on sale.
WHAT: The School for Scandal – Classical Theatre with a modern twist!
WHERE: The Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College
WHEN: November 8,9,15,16, at 8pm; November 10,17, 2013 at 4pm.
BUY TICKETS: Online at http://LCCTheatre.hawaii.edu/ OR by calling 808-455-0380 OR box office will open one hour before show time.
COST: $25 General; $20 Military/Seniors 55+/UH Students, Faculty, Staff; $15 Leeward Community College Students/Children 12 and under.
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As to the choice of internet connection in Estonia, 82% of Estonian households use mobile internet at home, Estonian statisticians have estimated.
Estonian public broadcaster ERR reports, citing Statistics Estonia on Tuesday, 19.september, that the choice of mobile internet in households has gone up four percent compared to the figures of 2016.
The general internet conectivity of Estonian homes, has reached nearly nine out of ten households connected to the internet either by a fixed broadband connection (wired or wireless) or a mobile internet connection.
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Trial Comparing the Effect of a Paravertebral Block on Pain Post Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01371422
Recruitment Status : Terminated (There was no resources to complete the study at this time)
First Posted : June 10, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 9, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Other: Paravertebral Block (PVB) Other: Saline
|Not Applicable
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy/nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) is an effective treatment that offers maximal physical removal of large kidney stones. However, despite the minimally invasive nature of the procedure, postoperative pain still remains a significant concern. General anaesthetic (solution given to put the patient to sleep) for the procedure is routinely given, along with a local anaesthetic injection at the operative site (injection of anaesthetic solution to the incision area to reduce the pain after the procedure) and pain pills to reduce the pain even further after surgery. Paravertebral nerve blockade (PVB) is a technique for inserting anesthetic solution into an area near the vertebrae (bony segments that form the spinal column of humans or backbone), and is an effective method for reducing pain in the post operative period from a variety of surgeries.
The investigators expect that the PVB can decrease side effects from opioids (pain medication) and other analgesics used post-operatively. Opioid side effects include nausea, vomiting, urinary retention, constipation, and drowsiness. Other side effects associated with anaesthetic use include peptic ulcer disease and acute renal failure. The investigators also expect that PVB will result in decreased post-operative pain.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|3 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|Single (Participant)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of a Paravertebral Block on Pain Post Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
|Study Start Date :
|August 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2013
Experimental: A1 (PVB)
PVB technique will be utilized for injection of the anaesthetic under the skin before the procedure.
Other: Paravertebral Block (PVB)
The T10, T11 and T12 paravertebral spaces on the operative side will be identified with ultrasound in all patients (Sonosite MicroMax, 2-5 MHz curvilinear probe).
In the PVB group, a 90mm 22g Tuohy needle will be inserted in-plane with the live ultrasound image over the transverse process at each of these levels and 5 mL of 0.5% ropivacaine will be injected at each level.
Placebo Comparator: A2 (Placebo)
The placebo is an inactive substance that looks identical to the test intervention but contains no active ingredients and will be administered the same as the PVB by a local skin injection, but no advancement of the needle to the paravertebral space will be made to avoid unnecessary risks.
Other: Saline
Ultrasonography and local infiltration of saline will only be performed
- Opioid consumption [ Time Frame: 24 hours post-operative, one week post-operatively ]
- Postoperative pain measured by a visual analogue scale, length of hospital stay, and follow-up for the post operative course for complications [ Time Frame: 1, 6, and 24 hours post-operatively ]The pain scores at each of the specific time will be compared between the PVB and no PVB arms. So we will look for differences in pain between the PVB and no-PVB group at one hour, than separately at 6 hours and than at 24 hours. Differences for each time will be looked at different time (at 1 hr than at 6 hrs than at 24 hours post-op).
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 19 or older, able to give consent
- ASA 1, 2 or 3 patients
- Patients to undergo PCNL
Exclusion Criteria:
- Complex stone with anticipation of requiring >1 access sites
- Prior diagnosis of chronic pain requiring daily opioid analgesia for > 1 month prior to diagnosis of Nephrolithiasis
- Allergy to local anesthetic
- Local infection at site of regional anesthesia
- Back or other MSK deformity that contributes to inaccuracy of paravertebral block placement
- Severe cardiopulmonary disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Anticoagulation
- Patient with language barrier or inability to communicate
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01371422
|Canada, British Columbia
|Stone Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Jim Pattison Pavilion
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|Principal Investigator:
|Ben Chew, MD,MSc,FRCSC
|University of British Columbia
|Responsible Party:
|Ben Chew, MD, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01371422 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 10, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 9, 2018
|Last Verified:
|May 2018
Keywords provided by Ben Chew, MD, University of British Columbia:
Paravertebral nerve blockade
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy/nephrolithotripsy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Calculi
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Calculi
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical