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DOVER - The Dover City Council decided Tuesday night unless the community financially supports a city-wide 4th of July fireworks display, the sounds of cannons and sights of bright colors exploding in the air will be absent from this year's holiday.
For the past three years, licensed fireworks pyrotechnician Rex McDaniel requested $5,300 from city funds and community donations to put on a fireworks show for the city. He has coordinated the city shows for five years.
McDaniel told the council Tuesday, however, he would not be present in Dover the night of July 4 because he would be helping with a show in Little Rock. Although he offered his expertise in planning a show for Dover, along with finding another licensed pyrotechnician to coordinate the show on the 4th, council members were hesitant.
"I have reservations about spending $4,000 for someone I don't know to put on the show," Alderman Chris Loper said.
Each alderman commended McDaniel for his previous shows in Dover and said the shows always produced positive feedback from Dover citizens.
However, Alderman Roger Lee pointed out, "It's tough to sit here and approve $4,000 for a fireworks show, then in the same breath, turn around and raise the water rates."
As listed on the agenda, the council approved an increase in water and sewer rates Tuesday night as well.
Alderman Carl Wetzel suggested the city sell concessions or find a way to raise money to put on the show, and Mayor Alan Bradley suggested the city find another way to celebrate the holiday. Bradley even took an audience poll about the fireworks display, which resulted in only about seven of the 35-40 audience members concerned about the cost. All other audience members were in favor of having the show.
Concerned audience members spoke up and said the needs of the Dover Fire Department should outweigh the need for a fireworks display. Joe Anderson, audience member and school board member, said donations could be accepted at the display for the fire department.
Although aldermen had positive things to say about the display, they ultimately told McDaniel they would not approve any funding for the show Tuesday, but if a sponsor became available, they would re-address the issue at next month's meeting.
In other business, the council voted on all three readings to put two ordinances into effect that would raise the water and sewer rates for those on the Dover system.
As reported in the April 6 edition of The Courier, Lee proposed in the April meeting that the council make changes to the water/sewer bills to match the recommendation of a rate study conducted in December 2006 by the Arkansas Rural Water Association. The study indicated Dover should consider raising its utility rates to make ends meet.
According to the rate study presented in December, Dover's minimum water bill for April was $6.95, with an additional $3 charge per 1,000 gallons used inside city limits. The rate study showed the minimum bill should be $7.45 including 1,000 gallons, with a charge of $3.58 per 1,000 after that.
For sewer, the April minimum bill was $12 for 1,500 gallons, with a charge of about $4 per 1,000 gallons treated after that. The study showed a minimum bill of $10.62, with a $4.88 charge per 1,000 gallons after would be more cost efficient.
Rates were different for users outside the city limits.
Alderman Pat McAlister emphasized the burden would be placed mainly on larger or commercial water consumers instead of those who use little water, such as the elderly or those on fixed incomes.
The council approved most of the study as shown, but left the minimum bill for sewer at $12.
In addition to the proposed rate increase, Loper suggested the council impose an annual automatic rate increase of 5 cents per thousand gallons to its customers to keep up with inflation.


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BUCHANAN, N.Y. (AP) -- New York State Police have charged a second worker at Entergy Corp.'s Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant with stealing material.
They say 40-year-old Christopher Albea of Wappingers Falls stole several thousand pounds of copper worth more than $10,000 and sold it at a scrap yard.
Albea was charged with grand larceny and posted $1,000 bail. His lawyer, Michael Romano of White Plains, says he will conduct an investigation into the matter. Albea is due in court Tuesday.
The arrest came two weeks after another Indian Point worker, Theodore Kozelka, was charged with stealing $50,000 worth of copper cable and scrap from the plant about 50 miles north of New York City.
State Police Major Michael Kopy says they're still working to determine the full scope of what was stolen.

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Paul Weyrich: A Committed Warrior for Human Liberty
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America has lost a great patriot with the passing of Paul Weyrich. He was an individual who understood the miracle of America and believed it was worth investing a major part of his life in protecting and preserving it. So, he became a committed warrior for the principles that had undergirded the United States of America since its Founding and provided opportunity for the millions of individuals who are part of the fabric of our nation. His influence extended far beyond the borders of his country as he became a beacon for those who loved liberty elsewhere in the world, particularly in the old Soviet Union, where people yearned for practical application to move toward human liberty. His leadership had many facets; from media to political action to legislative maneuverings to strategic thinking to mention just a few. He led by example, by mentoring, by teaching, by inspiring and by bringing the power of the people to bear.
I was fortunate to have become acquainted with Paul as a young professional in Washington, D.C. in the mid '70s. He was like a maestro and I was a junior member of his very large orchestra. I watched, listened and learned. It was about more than politics; it was about character and integrity. He believed life was precious, every life. He believed the family was the building block of society so he invested in his. He believed that one's religious faith was the most important personal decision one could make and we all should have the freedom to make such a decision. His faith spoke very forcefully.
Others will have great stories to tell about great political victories that changed the world in which Paul Weyrich was a central figure. So, I will add a personal note that this man, this principled conservative leader who lived the last years of his life in enormous physical pain, was to the end, still a leader who took time to continue mentoring and counseling on matters of importance to the conservative community. We talked of vision, and strategy and discipline and integrity and courage in recent weeks. His wisdom and guidance will continue to guide conservative action for years to come because he invested so much of himself into so many leaders in the cause of freedom. He has now been called home by His Heavenly Father who has undoubtedly greeted him with the words, "Well done, thou Good and Faithful Servant…enter thou into the joy of thy lord." We will miss you but we will not forget the lessons you taught us. May God bless Paul's family and give them a peace that passes all understanding.


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Slumping Plouffe gets chance to rest vs. KC
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
KANSAS CITY -- Third baseman Trevor Plouffe, who went over the railing to make a catch in foul ground in Monday's 13-0 loss, was held out of the Twins' lineup on Tuesday night against the Royals.
Jamey Carroll, who threw a scoreless inning in his first career appearance as a pitcher on Monday, started at third base in Plouffe's absence.
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Plouffe just needed a breather, as he's also mired in a 6-for-54 slump.
"He took that tumble right near the end of the dugout right by us and it was a pretty hard fall, but mentally he's fighting it right now," Gardenhire said. "He's frustrated. You can see it in his swing. I think he was frustrated he was on first base and got picked off. So he just needs a break."
Plouffe said he's fine physically, and was helped by a fan as he went over the railing to make the catch.
"Everything feels good -- to be honest with you, I don't even have a scratch on me," Plouffe said. "I landed on somebody and it kind of stopped me. He was just sitting there. I took a look at the replay on the computer and it looked a lot worse than it actually was."
Shortstop Pedro Florimon was also out of the lineup for a fourth straight day with inflammation in his left wrist, but could return as soon as Wednesday. He took batting practice from both sides of the plate before Tuesday's game in anticipation of his return.
"Hopefully, he'll be in there in the next day or two," assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He's continuing to improve."
Willingham eyeing Friday return against Sox
KANSAS CITY -- Outfielder Josh Willingham, who was originally expected to return to the Twins on Saturday, is now a candidate to return for Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the White Sox.
Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said Willingham is scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 11:30 a.m. CT on Friday, and could play in the second game of the doubleheader at U.S. Cellular Field. Willingham, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on July 3, officially began his rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester on Monday, going 0-for-3 with a walk.
"There's a possibility we could activate him in between games," Antony said. "We just need a shot in the arm. He could be a little bit better of an alternative for us for the second game on Friday. We had four hits last night [in a 13-0 loss to the Royals]. If we can find somebody else who can provide some offense for us, we're open to that, too."
Willingham will be joined by a starting pitcher, as the Twins have yet to announce who will start the second game of the twinbill with rookie Kyle Gibson set to start the first game. Right-hander Liam Hendriks remains the most likely candidate to get called up for the start, but the Twins won't make an official announcement until Wednesday.
The Twins will be able to call up a 26th player because of the doubleheader, but will have to make a corresponding roster move once Willingham is activated from the 15-day disabled list.
De Vries among Twins arms ready for rehabs
KANSAS CITY -- Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony gave updates on several of the club's injured starting pitchers on Tuesday.
Right-hander Cole De Vries, who was set to be a part of Minnesota's rotation to open the year but has battled through a right elbow injury, is set to rehab with Class A Fort Myers. He'll join the team on Wednesday and will start in a doubleheader on Sunday. De Vries posted a 4.11 ERA in 17 appearances with the Twins last year, and tossed three scoreless innings with the Gulf Coast League Twins on Monday.
Right-hander Alex Meyer, who was acquired in the trade that sent Denard Span to the Nationals, is set to make a rehab assignment in the Gulf Coast League. Meyer, ranked as the club's No. 3 overall prospect according to MLB.com, will pitch two innings on Friday. He's been out of action at Double-A New Britain since early June with a right shoulder strain.
Left-hander Pedro Hernandez is also set to join Meyer in the Gulf Coast League and will throw three innings on Friday. Hernandez, who has pitched in nine games for the Twins this year with a 5.54 ERA, has been on the disabled list with a strained left forearm at Triple-A Rochester since early July.
"These guys are now getting back into games so hopefully they're on track to get back with their clubs and get going again," Antony said.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Federal lawsuit: Houston teacher directed student's beating
Updated 5:44 am, Thursday, October 31, 2013
The mother of a pupil at Hilliard Elementary School in Houston has filed a federal lawsuit against former school personnel, alleging that her daughter was "brutally beaten" by classmates at the direction of a teacher.
Filed Oct. 21 by Theresa Michael in U.S. District Court, the suit names as defendants the former North Forest Independent School District, then-principal Victor Nash and teachers Nichole Hines and Katrina Burnside.
The alleged beating occurred May 24, 2010, at the direction of Hines, when the child was in first grade, the lawsuit states. The child required inpatient mental health treatment and is still traumatized, according to the suit.
Michael filed the suit on behalf of her daughter, J.M., who had "overt signs of cognitive issues, including mental retardation," the petition states.
According to the lawsuit, the culture at Hilliard Elementary was known to be abusive and hostile to children with behavior problems, especially those like J.M.
"Specifically, staff had a practice and pattern of using other students in the class to discipline those students who purportedly had misbehaved by beating them up," the petition states. "The mind set was that 'children who don't understand need to be beaten.' Ms. Hines was known to be one of the worst offenders."
HISD inherits the case
The lawsuit notes that since North Forest school district closed July 1 and was absorbed into the Houston Independent School District, defendants could be served through HISD Superintendent Terry Grier.
In response to a list of questions about the case, including the extent to which HISD has become a defendant and whether the three staff members still work at Hilliard, HISD spokesman Jason Spencer replied by email, "We generally don't comment on litigation. I can tell you that every former North Forest school has a new principal."
Hines and Burnside are not listed in Hilliard's online staff directory.


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At age 29, Gisele Bunchen had already worked for 14 years as a model before becoming a mom to newborn Benjamin Rein Brady. Now she's gracing the cover of Vogue's April Shape Issue (shot by Patrick Demarchelier), discussing with Vogue Contributing Editor Joan Juliet Buck what's next in her life and career, in terms of motherhood, mentoring, meditation and modeling.
During the course of her pregnancy and in the aftermath of her home birth, Gisele stayed out of the spotlight.
"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me," she explained. "I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."
And she admitted that she hasn't left her home in Boston in the six weeks since she gave birth.
"Too cold," she emphasized.
She also shared with the high fashion magazine insight about the naming of her son.
"I wanted him to be called River because I wanted something always flowing, immortal," she expounded. "My husband [NFL star Tom Brady] said, 'There's no way we're going to call him River.' But my father's name is Reinoldo, so it's a homage to him. And it's like water."
An athlete her whole life, Gisele explained how she got back into fighting shape since giving birth; mostly, by not letting herself go in the first place. "I did kung fu up until two weeks before Benjamin was born, and yoga three days a week. I think a lot of people get pregnant and decide they can turn into garbage disposals. I was mindful about what I ate, and I gained only 30 pounds.," she revealed.
She also talked about her new organic beauty line, Sejaa ("to be" in Portuguese, with an extra "a" for exhalation), which she developed to alter the self-image of young women. Gisele explained that her efforts at mentoring young Latina and black women in Boston hadn't always worked out the way she planned.
"I thought I was going to be able to save them, guide them. When I got there they were like, 'Who are you?' There were a lot of Latina and black girls," she began. "In Brazil, everyone is a mixture, and no one thinks about it. In America, maybe you have more problems with that. It took me a week or two just to get them to sit down with me and talk. I had my yoga teacher come up from New York to teach them yoga. I wanted to share something, but I ended up realizing that you cannot save anybody. I forced it, and it didn't quite go through."
So how does Gisele stay grounded? Getting away for a month each winter with her husband to their home in Costa Rica helps. Along with plenty of yoga, and a penchant for the writings of Miguel Ruiz ("The Four Agreements"), she keeps her mind clear.
And she appeared to remain grateful and humble as well. As Vogue points out, "Not once in three hours does she mention that she has just given the Red Cross $1.5 million for Haiti."
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Vaccines are safe and not the cause of autism, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academies. The panel based its conclusions on the review of more than 1,000 studies on eight vaccines commonly given to children, including those for chickenpox, meningitis, tetanus, and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR).
The evidence that the MMR vaccine is not to blame for autism is "overwhelming," Ellen Wright Clayton, the chairwoman of the panel, told The New York Times. The study found that vaccines were very safe, with temporary reactions such as swelling at the injection site or fainting being the most common side effects.
Some serious side effects were linked to vaccines, but occurred very rarely. Among them: those who receive the chicken pox vaccine could later come down with pneumonia or meningitis if their immune systems become compromised by diseases such as cancer, and the MMR vaccine occasionally sets off brain inflammation or seizures, Nature reports. Six of the eight vaccines can also cause allergic reactions. The more serious side effects most commonly occur in children who have underlying immune problems.


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Egyptians Are Buying Pizza for Wisconsin Protestors
Looking for a way to show your support for both pizza and the cause of Wisconsin unions, currently engaged in protests against the state's Republican Governor Scott Walker and his anti-union budget bill? Try calling Ian's, a "campus staple" pizza joint in Madison, which has given away thousands of slices of "donated" pizza to protestors, all bought and paid for by people calling in to the restaurant from around the world. No, really, around the world:
The blackboard behind the counter lists the "countries donating" as "Korea, Finland, Egypt, Denmark, Australia, US, Canada, Germany, China, London, Netherlands, Turkey" and has the abbreviations for all 50 states listed below, with donating states circled. As of Sunday afternoon, 38 states had been marked as contributors.
According to their Twitter, Ian's already has as many orders as they can fill tonight—but you might try back tomorrow. We're still trying to find out if there's an equivalent pizza joint you can call in Benghazi, Libya.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' started by john titor, Jan 14, 2010.
Never seemed that much into women.
Did he seem like he was into men?
No Way!!!!!
Well except for Bev, Vash, Kamala, Nella Daren, Anij.
Why are we getting so many of those threads recently?
He rejected Bevs advances, was grumpy with Vash, the Daren chick was more like a platonic friendship and the other 2 we never hear about again. He had a closet relationship with Q.
Then I think that settles it.
Maybe Picard didn't have any successful relationships with women, but that doesn't make him gay.
To be honest, though, I wish we could have seen more of Anij.
The term "hot and bothered" springs to mind.
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
Because if you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes accepted as the truth. Its an "agenda" thing.
Plenty of captains left in the ST universe for the OP to launch threads about. I can't wait until he hits the ST '09 subforum and asks about Robau. The results should be most entertaining.
^ Oy! ^
No. My answer is in no way determined by the fact I am a devout Picard/Crusher 'shipper.
No. Q's attraction to Picard was one-sided.
Yea the idea that Picard is gay is ridiculos!
you think?
In answer to this multitude of "Was XXXXXX gay?" threads, all you need to ask is simply this, does it make the show more understandable or enjoyable if he was?
If yes, then look at Jean Luc that way, if no, then don't.
On 1:28 of this clip from the episode Qpid:
Q to Picard about Vash: "She's found a vulnerability in you... a vulnerability I've been looking for for years. If I had known sooner, I would have appeared as a female."
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He was French so he was obviously gay. I suspect Vash was actually a Transexual. It's very obvious really.
Actually, Data had far fewer relationships with women. He's the gay one. For sure.
I thought he was gay because he had a British accent, which makes one suspiciously close to actually being English, and therefore, gay...
I can vouch for that.
theres a lot of homoerotic subtext in that clip.
Yeah Data and Geordi were definitely gay, Wesley was gay too, they had failed relationships with women and seemed more excited being with each other.
Good points about the British and French being gay. This would make Reed gay. Vash was definately a transexual, she kinda had a manly buckaneering personality.
theres only been two threads
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GRAMMY-winning artist Wynonna was among the performers at the recent GRAMMY Block Party & Membership Celebration hosted by The Recording Academy Nashville Chapter. During the event, Wynonna participated in an interview with GRAMMY.com, discussing the first time she heard her music on the radio, touring, the Nashville music community, and winning a GRAMMY.
"I went to some other realm. I remember it like it was yesterday," said Wynonna about hearing her music on the radio for the first time. "I just sat there, like 'This is a freaking movie. I'm in a movie. This is my life. I'm with my mom. This just can't be happening."
In 1983 Wynonna and mother Naomi Judd issued their debut single as the Judds, forming what would become a successful mother-daughter musical partnership. The duo won five GRAMMYs, including Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals honors for "Mama He's Crazy" in 1984 and "Love Can Build A Bridge" in 1991. From 1984–1989 the duo landed 14 No. 1 singles on Billboard's Country Singles chart.
Wynonna launched a solo career with the eponymous Wynonna in 1992. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Her next two albums, 1993's Tell Me Why and 1996's Revelations, also peaked in the Top 10. The latter album featured "To Be Loved By You," which became Wynonna's fourth No. 1 Country Singles hit as a solo artist. The Judds reunited for a New Year's Eve performance in 1999 — the performance was subsequently released as a double album, The Judds: Reunion Live. Wynonna's most recent studio album is 2003's What The World Needs Now Is Love. In 2005 Wynonna released her memoir, Coming Home To Myself, which landed on The New York Times bestseller list. She is currently in the midst of a U.S. tour, with select dates scheduled through December.


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Knicks had the 2nd easiest schedule and the best front court in the NBA yet we SUCK. Why? Not because of Melo or Stat, but because we have a coach that runs a system that built to run a team of PG's.
Us shooting 3's kills our bigs because it results in NO movement and long rebounds. If you have the best frontcourt in the NBA you need to play inside-out ball. If people blame the players, they're part of the problem or know NOTHING about bball.


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TSMC on 450-mm wafers and lithography
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LONDON Foundry chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. now foresees the start of volume production of ICs on 450-mm diameter wafers in 2018, according to local reports that reference J.K.Wang, TSMC's vice president for operations speaking ahead of the Semicon Taiwan exhibition and conference. The reports said that TSMC believes pilot lines could be running in 2016 or 2017.
TSMC had said early in 2011 that it was working to have a pilot line running 20-nm silicon on 450-mm wafers in 2013-2014 and the first dedicated 450-mm wafer fab in 2015-2016.
Wang said TSMC has completed its planning for 450-mm wafer production and that it would begin volume production on the large wafers in 2018.
Leading chip makers Intel, TSMC and Samsung have each invested in leading lithography equipment maker ASML Holding NV to try and speed up the transition to 450-mm wafers and to have a 450-mm wafer capable extreme ultra-violet lithography machine ready as soon as possible.
Though several development programs are underway, including the G450C program, it is uncertain when all of the necessary tools will be in place to support 450-mm wafers. Wang reportedly said TSMC would complete specification setting for 450-mm tools in 2014 or 2015 and set up pilot lines in 2016 or 2017 prior to volume in 2018.
The Taiwan Economic News reported that Burn Lin, TSMC's vice president of R&D, speaking at the same press conference ahead of Semicon Taiwan, said that TSMC will begin volume production of FinFET transistors at the 20-nm process node and is on the track to deploy a full FinFET process at the 16-nm node. Lin reportedly added that TSMC will use immersion lithography for 16-nm and 10-nm production but that multi e-beam lithography is a candidate for a 10-nm FinFET process.
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First 450-mm fabs to ramp in 2017, says analyst
Taiwan approves TSMC 450-mm fab plan
TSMC to make FinFETs in 450-mm fab
EuroFab450 is an ambitious dream


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The LA Galaxy have yet to start their preparations for the 2014 MLS Regular season, but the Galaxy's opponents for the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League Club Tijuana are in the midst of their Liga MX season.
Tijuana fell on Saturday 2-1 to Liga MX rival Pachuca to 1-1-1 in their first three matches of the season. Xolos host Monarcas Morelia on Friday at Estadio Calliente. Cristian Pellerano placed Xolos out in front six minutes into the match, but two second half goals from Los Tuzos' Emer Valencia and Walter Ayovi proved too much for Tijuana. Americans Herculez Gomez, Edgar Castillo, Joe Benny Corona, and Paul Arriola each made appearances in the defeat.
Meanwhile in other Liga MX news, Galaxy Homegrown forward Jose Villarreal has yet to make his first team debut for Cruz Azul after failing to make the game day roster during their 1-0 victory over Chiapas.
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Let's hope Eric Erickson's dumb comments don't inspire more people using shotguns near Census Bureau employees…Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
The following incident took place in March in Northern Idaho. MyTwoCensus.com believes that this incident should be considered more than a misdemeanor in the eye of the law, as it was directed at a federal employee who was working at the time. CNN commentator Eric Erickson's heinous words mirror this incident in a strange yet shocking way.
H/t to the CDA Press for this:
A St. Maries man was cited for firing his shotgun near a U.S. Census worker who was trying to deliver the man his questionnaire in March.
Richard L. Powell, 54, faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for exhibition of a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor offense.
The census worker alleges he was trying to deliver Powell the population-counting questionnaire on the afternoon of March 3, when Powell told the worker to get off his property at 396 Powell Road near St. Maries, according to the Benewah County Prosecutor's Office.
Powell then went into his residence and returned with a shotgun, and fired the gun in the air, the Benewah County Sheriff's Office said.
The census worker waited a few days before reporting the alleged crime to the sheriff's office, and Powell was cited a week after the alleged incident.
Powell did not return a message left by The Press seeking comment Friday.
His pretrial conference is 9 a.m. April 26 at the Benewah County Courthouse.


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The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee voted Friday to refer its review of 30 bond transactions by Shoffner's office to federal or state law enforcement. A co-chairman of the panel said he didn't know if there was criminal wrongdoing, and wasn't sure which agency would ultimately receive the audit.
"The one thing I'm certain of is there's a lot of smoke and we need to get to the bottom of it to figure out who did what," Rep. Tim Summers, R-Bentonville, told reporters. "It's the public's money and they've got a right to know."
The sale of the bonds early resulted in a net economic loss, with Arkansas losing earnings it would have made had Shoffner's office held on to the bonds, auditors said. The largest net loss, more than $783,000, came from eight transactions with St. Bernard Financial Services, Inc., a Russellville-based company where Shoffner's office has purchased the bulk of its bonds.
Those net losses were partly offset by gains from other firms, the report said.
Shoffner, a Democrat who was re-elected in 2010, told lawmakers that her office relied on advice from brokers and didn't conduct its own analysis before the sales. She told the panel that she planned on changing her office's investment practices and improving documentation.
"We're taking all of the recommendations and we're going forward with new policies and new implementation," Shoffner said. "We look forward to rectifying everything."
Shoffner and the firm said the audit didn't note that the state made money on the bond sales and that the net economic losses reflected earnings the state could have made. Robert Keenan of St. Bernard Financial Services said that whether to sell the bonds was ultimately the treasurer's decision.
"We haven't done anything wrong. There are no losses," Keenan wrote in an email to The Associated Press. "I only wish people could understand the difference between economic loss and actual loss."
Friday's hearing was the second time Shoffner has appeared before the panel this year to answer questions about the bond sales. She testified in September, days after lawmakers issued a subpoena when she didn't appear at the originally scheduled hearing.
Shoffner told reporters Friday she didn't believe investigators would find any wrongdoing by her office.
Lawmakers also questioned why Shoffner's office did so much business with St. Bernard, and whether the sales were made to create new sales and fees for the brokerage firm. Auditors said the office purchased $1.69 billion in bonds from St. Bernard and a related firm between July 2008 and last March, almost double the amount purchased from any other broker.
Keenan said that each sale was made to make a profit for the state and not to generate any sales or fees for his firm.
Summers said that is one of the areas he hopes authorities can investigate.
"It has the appearance that transactions were made to benefit the broker-dealer on it, but there's no way of knowing that without a lot more investigation," Summers said.
Shoffner said she planned on conducting an analysis of her office's investment portfolio to ensure one firm is not given a disproportionate amount of the state's business.
"It will help us level out and it won't be one broker over another," she said.


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Palisades > Polemonium Peak > Climber's Log
Polemonium Peak Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: From U-Notch Date Climbed: August 31, 2005
|Third peak of the day. Traverse to Sill looked inviting...
|Posted Sep 8, 2005 8:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Sill Date Climbed: September 3, 2005
|Almost a bonus peak. The 4th class knife edge isn't that bad if you can get over the exposure.
|Posted Sep 6, 2005 12:58 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Route Climbed: From the U-Notch Date Climbed: August 14, 2005
|Last of the 15 CA 14ers in a full time employed 11 week visit to CA...all daytripped except Starlight Peak...ran into 2 fireman from Napa, whom I initially met on Mount Williamson.
|Posted Aug 15, 2005 3:14 pm
|Route Climbed: from the south side Date Climbed: 08/04
|After a forced bivy from North Pal we tagged this guy on the way to Sill and our base camp.
|Posted Apr 23, 2005 12:09 am
|Route Climbed: traverse from thunderbolt to sill Date Climbed: sept 2004
|Posted Oct 24, 2004 5:05 pm
|Route Climbed: Sill/Polemonium ridge Date Climbed: September 15, 2004
|Climbed the Palisades Glacier, Glacier Notch, NW face of Sill to the Sill/Polemonium ridge. Traversed to the NW peak of Polemonium. Climbed straight across the gap (5.5 with belay), up the class 4 face and knife ridge to the summit. Rappelled down the U-Notch. A nice day!
|Posted Sep 26, 2004 7:12 pm
|Route Climbed: U Notch (W. approach) Date Climbed: 3 Sept. 2004
|Led by Bob Suzuki. TR by Ron Karpel at climber.org.
|Posted Sep 20, 2004 6:21 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from North Palisade Date Climbed: August 9, 2004
|Rappeled to U-Notch, solo'd the rest. Fun last 20-30' below the summit block. After summitting, we continued to follow the Polemonium-Sill ridge for a bit longer (until it became Class 2) and went down the Polemonium glacier, just in time to reach the Potluck Pass with the last light. Six more hours of night hiking continued until we got back to our base camp in Dusy Basin.
Click for the trip report.
|Posted Aug 16, 2004 11:33 am
|Scott M.
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Mt. Sill Date Climbed: August 11, 2004
|Made the quick traverse over from Sill. Descended to the U Notch.This seemed like a pretty easy leg of the traverse to me.
|Posted Aug 13, 2004 5:01 pm
|Route Climbed: V Notch Date Climbed: July 21, 2002
|I climbed Polemonium Pk. from the car and then traversed over to Mt. Sill. The V Notch couloir took 37:42, including a bit of mixed climbing to get across the bergschrund.
|Posted Jun 21, 2004 3:28 pm
|Route Climbed: From U-Notch. Date Climbed: 10/03/99
|Very fun traverse from North Palisade in 45mins.
|Posted Oct 7, 2003 10:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Mount Sill. Date Climbed: 08/05/00 and 08/09/99
|Free-Solo from Sill, usually taking less then 1hr. I went on and did North Pal, and Starlight.
|Posted Oct 7, 2003 10:02 pm
|Route Climbed: From the U-Notch Date Climbed: September 20th, 2003
| Nice summit. I had an excellent view of the class 4 descent on Sill that Dirk and I had downclimbed in the dark earlier in the month. The climb from the U-notch was shorter than the Chimney variation to North Palisade, but it was definitely more difficult!
While descending the west side of the U-notch in the dark wasn't too fun, it was definitely better than returning at another date to climb Polemonium. Thanks for talking me into sneaking one more summit in that day, Dirk. : -)
|Posted Sep 23, 2003 9:04 pm
|Route Climbed: From the U-Notch Date Climbed: 20 September, 2003
|Getting down from N. Pal via rapping down to the U-Notch a little later than hoped (15.38), partner Mark raised the concern that the sun was going down sooner than earlier in the season, & that we still had a long slog back to the tent (down the bowling alley chute, and across Palisade & Dusy Basins {& Thunderbolt Pass :( }.
Being optimistic about the time it would take to summit, & determined to finish the last California 14er on my list without needing to come back, I managed to convince him that it was feasible, and would be really cool to summit Polemonium Peak right then. Before he fully realized that he wanted to join me, I was flying up the southern wall of the U-notch, rope on, but off-belay. The 2nd pitch was fun, & contained the only 5th class on the route (10 ft of ~5.5). After the 2nd pitch, we unroped & completed the fun last 40 or so ft to the summit.
After hanging out for a little bit to take photos & sign the register, we rap'ed back down. *NOTE:* rap' stations are placed such that rope invariably runs over rock & may get into notches- watch out!! Almost got mine stuck twice!! Fun climb on my LAST CALIFORNIA 14ER (at least for the first time)!!!
24 September, 2005: failed attempt via V-notch couloir, with Julian- great weather was offset by a late start (we left Sam Mack Meadows @ 7.35), poor route conditions (up to a ft of snow over the ice in several spots), a difficult first pitch lead, & just general slower climbing than should have been. We lost our way down in the dark on the sparsely-cairned section leading down to the actual trail; after much cutting L on 3rd to easy 5th rock + talus hopping & bush-whacking, I miraculously found the trail again. I returned to camp @ 12.50. Still a great day in a remarkable place!
|Posted Sep 22, 2003 4:13 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Sill Date Climbed: July 2003
|The traverse was a bit tedious at times, but it went quickly. My but the false summit is such a bummer. We knew it was coming, but it still wasn't fun to see it. the coulior wasn't too hard to find and downclimb, and the last 4th class ridge was a real treat. Too bad it's so short, it's so clean and exposed.
We met a couple guys on the summit who had been benighted in the U Notch, and were pretty strung out. When they asked us for the fifth time what are plans were in as many minutes, I became concerned. But they did OK, staggering out under their own steam, refusing any water or food from us. They saw some fairly fresh bloodstreaks coming up from the U Notch, does anyone know of any accidents in early to mid July this last summer?
|Posted Sep 14, 2003 12:53 pm
|Route Climbed: V Notch Date Climbed: August 7, 1993
|My partner Dean was booked for a post monsoon climb of Changtse, so he got me to spend seven days in the Palisades. We climbed six routes in the seven days. He led the shrund which was steep that year, the rest was nice hard alpine ice 50 - 65 degrees.
|Posted May 7, 2003 7:13 pm
|Route Climbed: The V-Notch with Direct Start in 1986
|Bill Oliver and I climbed the V Notch on patchy but hardening ice in September of 1986. We went directly over the shrund which forced me into some strange maneuvers; the last 4 feet were a bit overhanging. I remember hooking the edge with my crampon and pulling on my tools like madman. The Couloir above was nice. Descended the North Glacier of Sill.
|Posted Nov 17, 2002 8:53 pm
|Route Climbed: West Face Date Climbed: 09/21/2001
|This is the best summit in the area. The summit has a back rest! What more can you ask for when enjoying a summit view?
|Posted Oct 29, 2002 12:30 pm
|Route Climbed: U Notch Date Climbed: July 11 2002
|Nice summit and climb up U notch. See trip report for details.
|Posted Oct 6, 2002 6:43 pm
|Route Climbed: Palisade Traverse from Thunderbolt Date Climbed: August 17, 2002
|Polemonium was peak #4 for the day for ScottyS and I, we traversed over Starlight and North Pal from Thunderbolt. What a cool traverse! For us first timers to the traverse, route finding was tedious, but the climbing was way fun.
|Posted Sep 27, 2002 6:20 pm


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ST launches secure MCU series
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. STMicroelectronics said its ST31 series of dual-interface microcontrollers is based on the SC000 processor core licensed from ARM Holdings and is intended for use in contactless operations such as transport cards.
The ST31's low-power consumption helps in contactless applications in which the card circuitry is powered by RF energy from the reader. A single-interface version of the ST31 is also available for contact-only application is also available.
The SC000 combines Cortex-M0 microcontroller features with security features of ARM SecurCore processors. The ST31 chips are compliant with EMVCo and Common Criteria EAL6+ security certifications, are capable of supporting recognized cryptography algorithms such as DES, AES, RSA and ECC.
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The chips are produced in a 90-nm manufacturing process technology with support for EEPROM non-volatile memory. The chips offer from 16-kbyte to 52-kbyte of on-chip EEPROM and 3.4-Mbit/s contactless data rates.
The ST31 series is sampling and scheduled for certification in April 2013, ST said.
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Rag & Bone Ad Campaign Featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Sasha Pivovarova and Lily Aldridge
Check Out Rag & Bone's DIY Ad Campaign Featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Sasha Pivovarova, and Lily Aldridge
>> Instead of hiring a professional photographer to shoot their ad campaign, Marcus Wainwright and David Neville handed Abbey Lee Kershaw, Edita Vilkeviciute, Sasha Pivovarova, and Lily Aldridge a digital camera and asked them to take pictures of themselves in Rag & Bone clothes — with full creative freedom. "We have always been very inspired by the girls who do the show," said Wainwright. "Rather than do what every other brand does and have a high-end photographer take very polished shots, we thought, 'Let's flip it on its head to get the girls to take over.' We wanted it to be very real."
Wainwright and Neville are hoping the guerrilla ad campaign, which included plastering more than 1,000 posters on walls and against deli boards below 14th St. in NYC, will lure fans to their new e-commerce site, which features social networking elements such as a blog and videos. The duo also enlisted Elettra Wiedemann, Details magazine's Eugene Tong, Marie Claire's Taylor Tomasi Hill, V's Jay Massacret, Julia Frakes of Bunny Bisous, and Sean Sullivan of The Impossible Cool to submit their own images for the site, which will be showcased later in a gallery. "It's about real people and real clothes, clothes that we want people to wear and feel good in," said Neville.


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Well, the luck continued yesterday for the Blue and White. With their monumental collapse in the playoffs against the Philadelphia Flyers last season still fresh in the minds of the Boston faithful, the Bruins once again committed a major defensive lapse by surrendering five unanswered goals to the Rangers yesterday and putting the post season further out of reach for the Leafs. Hopefully the hockey gods have the decency to balance out the Leafs' misfortunes eventually because we haven't seen much fall their way since the lockout.
At the end of the day, the Leafs playoff aspirations rely solely on their performance throughout the entire season. While a late stretch created excitement for the city of Toronto, this team must get over the hump and learn to win on a consistent basis without that major, season-killing slump that has had them fighting such a deficit the past few seasons. All Leaf fans can ask for is an honest effort and demand no excuses for mid-season mediocrity. It has been well-documented that the Leafs have put together one of the best records in the NHL since the All Star break. None of that matters if the team is one of the worst through October and November.
With three important games left on the schedule, starting with tonight`s game against Washington, the Leafs will look to finish the year strong to leave no doubts that they finally jumped over the hump. Although the playoffs are still a mathematical possibility, the Buffalo Sabres must lose the rest of their games in regulation while the Leafs need to go three straight in either regulation or overtime. If the Sabres manage to record a point, Toronto will be officially, mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. Hey, stranger things have happened, right? I think?
"At the end of the day, you don't want to be in the situation where you're hoping for other teams to do you favours. In my experience, it never seems to happen. But, at the end of the year, if we're frustrated about anything, it should be some of the losing streaks. That's what should motivate us.â€
– Joffrey Lupul, courtesy of James Mirtle at The Globe and Mail
Leafs Links:
Bruins Blow 3-0 Lead (Not a repost from May 2010)
New York Rangers overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Bruins 5-3 and force the Leafs to have no wiggle room.
SkinnyFish over at Pension Plan Puppets updates the Leafs chances to qualify for the post season.
PPP looks at the significance of the number 11 and how it pertains to Phil Kessel.
Chemmy at The Leafs Nation takes a detailed look at the playoff scenarios and teams ahead of the Leafs in the playoff hunt.
Leafs losing playoff ground, but their hopes remain alive
The Star`s Paul Hunter reports on the Leafs slim chances of making the playoffs.
Resignation setting in for Leafs
The blue and white have run out of games to catch up on the Sabres, Rangers and Hurricanes.
James Reimer has faith in his game
James Mirtle reports on Reimer`s faith and how it helps him with hockey.
Lupul finding a fit with the Leafs
Mirtle with another story, this time on Joffrey Lupul, who has made a seamless transition to Toronto and is thriving with his new teammates.
Another good read on Lupul from Mike Ulmer at MapleLeafs.com, who looks at the winger`s journey back to the NHL.
MacArthur, Leafs Focus On Positives
Jonas Siegel with a story on the Leafs positive outlook, despite being on the verge of missing the post season.
Toronto Maple Leafs`Offense Continues to Improve
Lukas Hardonk at The Hockey Writers thinks the Leafs offense has made significant strides this season.
How Leafs prospect Matt Frattin turned his life around
Another great piece on former fourth round pick Matt Frattin, who has made news on and off the ice throughout his young career.
How To Lose A Playoff Spot In 10 Games
Jeff at Marlies HQ looks at the Marlies drastic letdown over the last 10 games that has pushed them right out of the playoff race.
Other hockey links:
Who is the NHL`s top defenseman?
A roundtable discussion at The Globe and Mail with thoughts on what will be a widely debated question. Who do you think is the league`s best blue liner?
Stars shine if first round of CHL playoffs
A recap of the first round of the CHL playoffs from Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star.
Last Night in Leafs Prospects
The Plymouth Whalers finished off the Kitchener Rangers last night to take the series 4-to-2 and advance to the second round. Jerry D`Amigo recorded five goals, three assists and eight penalty minutes in six games for Kitchener. Jamie Devane`s Whalers squad will move on to face Jesse Blacker and the Owen Sound Attack. The Erie Otters need more out of Greg McKegg, who has only two goals in six games. Puck drop for game seven against the Windsor spitfires is set for tonight.


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Equine Neurologic Disease
The necropsy records of the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) for the years 2011 and 2012 were searched for equine cases having a clinical diagnosis of neurologic disease. The search revealed 38 cases in 2011 and 50 cases in 2012. These represent 2.2% and 3.1%, respectively, of the total equine necropsy cases examined at the UKVDL during the last two years. Although the percentages are small, the accurate diagnosis of equine neurologic disease is important because these cases often result from infection with specific pathogens, some of which are communicable to other horses and might even pose a zoonotic risk to people.
The most common diagnosis by far was a non-infectious condition, cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy, or wobbler syndrome. There were 42 total cases of stenotic myelopathy (21 each year). Thirty-six of the cases (86%) were in male horses and five (12%) were in female horses (in one case the gender was not recorded). The ages of the horses at time of necropsy were skewed to younger animals. Six were juvenile (less than one year old), 20 were yearlings, and 10 were two year olds. Four horses were three years or older (ranging from three to seven years of age). In keeping with the predominate breed in Central Kentucky, 18 of the cases were in Thoroughbreds; however, other breeds were also involved. Five of the cases were Quarter Horses, and there were individual cases in American Saddlebreds, Tennessee Walking Horses, and Standardbreds.
Wobbler syndrome is associated with abnormalities of the cervical vertebrae, which result in compression of the spinal cord in one or more areas leading to neurologic signs. No predominant site of compression in the cases was recorded in this two-year period. Based on the findings at necropsy and microscopic examination of the spinal cord, 13 of the cases had compression at C 3-4 (the junction of the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae), 13 cases had compression at C 4-5, 11 cases at C 5-6, and 12 cases at C 6-7.
The next most commonly diagnosed group of neurologic diseases was encephalomyelitis/myelitis cases. Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) caused by Sarcocystis neurona was the principal disease that was diagnosed. Some 12 cases occurred in 2011 and 18 in 2012. Most involved adult horses ranging in age from a juvenile to a 20-year-old mare. Six yearling horses and several different breeds were represented. The causative agent was visualized in tissue in a small percentage of the cases, while diagnosis in the majority was based on the characteristic microscopic pattern of inflammation and damage in the spinal cord and brain stem, which was typical of EPM. Many of the horses had received treatment for EPM and this likely contributed to the difficulty in demonstrating the agent.
Other causes of encephalitis/myelitis were West Nile virus (WNV, four cases in 2012), one case of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) myeloencephalopathy in 2011, and one encephalitis case of undetermined etiology in 2012. The WNV-associated disease was seen in three adult horses and one yearling. The diagnoses of WNV and EHV-1 were made on the basis of microscopic examination of the brain and spinal cord tissue and a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result.
Inflammation of the membranes covering the brain (meningitis) or the membranes plus the brain tissue (meningoencephalitis) were occasionally diagnosed in horses submitted to the UKVDL. There were five cases in 2011 and 10 cases in 2012. Eight were in adult horses and seven were in foals. The majority were caused by bacteria with eight cases attributed to bacterial infection. Isolates included the genera of Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Klebsiella, and Actinobacillus. Two cases involved fungal infection and five were idiopathic cases (no known cause).
Encephalopathy was diagnosed in three cases in 2011 and six in 2012. Encephalopathy refers to neuronal dysfunction resulting from a variety of causes. Pathologically, there typically is neuronal degeneration with inflammation not being a component. In all cases the encephalopathy was believed to be secondary to another process. The cases included four adult horses, four foals, and one juvenile horse. The adult cases were all secondary to liver disease and were classified as hepatic encephalopathy. The cause in the foals was believed to be encephalopathy secondary to neuronal degeneration as the result of hypoxia at birth.
Over the two-year period, 46 horses were tested for rabies because of antemortem clinical signs but no cases of rabies were diagnosed. There were two cases of cauda equina neuritis (polyneuritis equi), in a yearling and an adult horse. This idiopathic condition results from inflammation of the peripheral nerve roots at the termination of the spinal cord.
In a prior issue of the Equine Disease Quarterly (July 2003, Volume 12, Number 3) that reviewed cases over a three-year period, neurologic diseases (excluding trauma to the central nervous system) comprised 5% of the equine cases, which is slightly more but similar to the current report. As in 2003, when wobbler syndrome accounted for a third of the neurologic cases, it was also the most common diagnosis in the present group. EPM remains the most common infectious/inflammatory condition as was the case in 2003.
CONTACT: Neil Williams, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVP—859/257-8283—email@example.com—Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd's, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.
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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Colorado has recognized Dr. Kelly Miller, a founding member of Pediatric Partners of the Southwest, as an outstanding young professional.
Fifteen professionals, ages 25 to 45, Miller among them, were recognized Oct. 19 at the foundations inaugural Colorados Finest program. The event was held at The Studio Loft in downtown Denver.
The national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has a similar recognition program of long standing.
Its an honor we give for contributions to business, philanthropy and community service, Holly Bishop, the foundations director of development, said Tuesday by telephone from Denver.
They are invaluable to making a difference in their profession, are an asset in their community and positively impact those around them, Bishop said.
Miller is the only honoree from Southwest Colorado and the only medical professional. Others represented finance, communications, industry, business and education.
Each honoree pledged to raise $2,500 for the foundation.
Cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease, produces a mucous that obstructs the lungs and the digestive system. The United States has about 30,000 of the 70,000 people worldwide affected by cystic fibrosis.
Miller was nominated by Jennifer Heinicke, a hospitalist at Mercy Regional Medical Center who has an 8-year-old daughter with cystic fibrosis.
Kelly is an outstanding physician and an outstanding leader, Heinicke said. Shes involved in many community activities, including the Courage Classic.
The Courage Classic, which marked its 23rd outing in July, is a three-day ride of about 155 miles through the mountains around Vail to raise money for The Childrens Hospital in Denver.
Miller is the organizer and team captain of Durango Derailers, a bicycle club that participated this summer for the fifth time in the annual Courage Classic.
Our membership increased from 17 in 2011 to 80 this year, Miller said Tuesday. We raised $58,000 through pledges and reached an agreement (with the organizers) that $41,000 would be available for travel, food and lodging expenses for families from this area who have to travel to The Childrens Hospital.
Families from La Plata, Montezuma and Archuleta counties, and Telluride and Farmington are eligible.
Miller is very deserving of the honor, said Dr. Cecile Fraley, also a founder of Pediatric Partners.
Shes a wonderful physician and an advocate for her patients, Fraley said. She takes special-needs children to heart, and shes involved in community service.


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target=new>Rivals.com, the nation's leader in football recruiting coverage, is bringing 100 of the country's top prospects to participate in the inaugural Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge. The free, invite-only camp for the nation's elite will feature 80 prospects from the 2013 class and 20 prospects from the 2014 class.
Each position group is loaded, including the running backs, today's featured group.
Greg Bryant, Delray Beach (Fla.) American Heritage
Justin Davis, Stockton (Calif.) Lincoln
Leonard Fournette New Orleans (La.) St. Augustine (2014)
Derrick Green, Richmond (Va.) Hermitage
Taquan Mizzell, Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside
Green made a huge jump in the latest release of Rivals100, moving from the No. 64 to the No. 12 overall prospect in the country. The 6-foot, 215-pounder was also named a five-star prospect and the top running back in the country. Timed recently at a sub-4.4 second 40-yard dash, he has an incredible combination of size and speed. He could be really tough for linebackers to cover out of the backfield.
With only five running backs invited to participate, it is hard to call any of them a sleeper. However, the least well-known would be Fournette. Even though he claims more than 90 offers already, he just finished his sophomore year. The 6-foot, 210-pound back has been a known name in the state of Louisiana since he ran for more than 1,700 yards as a freshman and he beat out the likes of Altee Tenpenny, Keith Ford and Ezekiel Elliott for a spot on the Southwest team.
Though only one running back is on each of the four teams, there are five on the camp roster. That is because Mizzell, the nation's No. 43 overall prospect and No. 6 back, will actually play wide receiver at the camp. The 5-foot-10, 182-pound speedster is very good catching the ball out of the backfield and he was simply too good to leave off the camp roster. He should be a very dangerous weapon for his team lining up in the slot.
The Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge will be held June 22-24 in Atlanta. Rivals.com will break down a different position each day this week. Here is the series schedule:
Monday: RBs
Tuesday: WRs/TEs
Wednesday: QBs
Thursday: OL
Friday: DL
Saturday: LBs
Sunday: DBs
Davis is ranked as the No. 41 overall prospect and the No. 5 running back in the country. It's quite unexpected, then, that he is not even the highest-rated player on his own team's commitment list. The USC pledge is joined by the nation's No. 3 back Ty Isaac as a future Trojan. Isaac is from Illinois, so this event will be a chance for analysts who have seen Isaac to see Davis in person. Davis could make a run toward being the highest-ranked USC running back commit.
All four prospects actually playing running back at the event are big backs with Bryant being the "small" guy at 5-foot-11, 197 pounds. A lot of times, bigger backs are not great as receiving threats. If any of them prove to be solid receivers, it could certainly help their stock, knowing they can do more than simply be bruisers at the next level.
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AFLPA flags waiver concern
THE AFL Players Association would ''absolutely condemn'' any club that requested players sign documents separate to their contract, according to chief executive Matt Finnis.
Finnis said he would be surprised and disappointed had Essendon asked its players to sign consent forms or waivers regarding supplements they were provided with and advised to take.
The AFLPA has long held concerns about the growth of football's sports science field, and the diminishing role of club doctors, who are bound to act in their patients' best interests.
''It's difficult to make any assumptions before the investigation plays out, but it's been put to us by media representatives that players have been asked to sign consent forms or waivers, and I would absolutely condemn any such practice,'' Finnis said.
''The legal relationship which governs the employment of a player to a club is set out in the 20-odd page standard playing contract and supported by 100-odd pages of a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
''That is the totality of the legal terms players are employed under, and clubs shouldn't be seeking to vary those in any way at all.
''It would absolutely surprise and disappoint me if clubs were putting those sorts of requests before players.''
Given players were working in such a highly controlled and regulated environment, Finnis said they deserved to trust the professionals advising them what to put in their bodies.
''I think it's too early to speculate on what might happen, but clearly, if the club has issues with its fitness program then that should be turned upside down and be fully examined, as to what the practices of the people in those positions are,'' he said.
''We've got to be mindful of the environment players are working in, because with that environment comes an expectation of trust and confidence in the people who are placed in the positions of power and authority to be providing those directions to players.''
Players were not specifically warned against signing additional documents because their contracts were so detailed their consent should not be needed for anything else, Finnis said. ''I guess because we negotiate such a thorough set of employment instructions between the AFL, the clubs and the players, we have an expectation that players won't be asked to sign extra documents,'' he said.
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.
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Sox have history on side in Game 4's
By Mark Remme / MLB.com
Conversely, this is the third time the Angels find themselves down 1-2 in a playoff series -- the first in a best-of-five format and the first time since losing the AL Championship Series, 4-1, to the Chicago White Sox in 2005.
For Boston, which can clinch a spot in the 2008 ALCS with a win in Monday's Game 4, history suggests a Red Sox advantage between themselves and the Halos in this particular situation. The Sox are 3-2 in Game 4's when owning a 2-1 advantage coming in.
Red Sox history, up 2-1 in series
All the games from this small sample size came in World Series, meaning all took place in a best-of-seven format. Either way, the results are pretty clear: Every time Boston wins a Game 4 to take a 3-1 series advantage, it wins the series. When they lose, the Sox generally do not end the series victorious.
The Angels have never won a series when down 1-2 after three games, going 0-2 in both opportunities and never winning that particular series. If they hope to reverse that trend, the Halos must win Monday and force a decisive Game 5 in Anaheim on Wednesday.
The Red Sox are 10-10 lifetime in the fourth game of a playoff series, 5-5 at home. The Angels are 3-5 all-time in Game 4's, 0-3 on the road.
Angels history, down 1-2 in series
When it comes to cumulative postseason results, the odds clearly lean in Boston's favor as the Red Sox prepare to face the Angels on Monday. In the 13-year ALDS history, teams are 11-5 when taking a 2-1 lead in the series. When combined with the NLDS, that figure grows to a decisive 23-6 advantage.
In postseason history -- combining the Division, Championship and World Series together -- a team leading 2-1 in a series heading to Game 4 own a .703 (116-49) win percentage.
Mark Remme is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" — Pope Francis striking a conciliatory stance toward gays during an extraordinary 82-minute exchange with reporters aboard his plane returning from his first papal trip, to celebrate World Youth Day in Brazil.
"Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children across the country. We're trying to put this spotlight on pimps and those who would exploit." — Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's criminal investigative division in a statement after authorities rescued 105 young people and arrested 150 alleged pimps in a three-day sweep in 76 cities.
"It sounds like we're lucky to have decades of experience ready to come back to the table and make an effort to push forward." — State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki as the Obama administration launched a fresh bid to pull Israel and the Palestinians into substantive negotiations in a an effort to bring peace to the Middle East.


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Yeah, I recently saw $580sqft listed for $2350/month
OMG. That buys like, what, a $450k house? Seriously, that's more than double my mortgage.
Should be easy to find a college intern who needs a 3-month lease
What kind of college intern can afford $2500 a month in rent? Jesus, that's insane.
What'll really bake your noodle is that most of the DC internships (for politicians) are unpaid.
I was going to do it back in 2008, until I realized I had to do it in DC, and it was a full-time "job".


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Beckham backs Active Kids scheme
David Beckham stressed the importance of healthy eating for youngsters as he launched a new supermarket voucher scheme which aims to help children lead more active lifestyles.
The retired football star and Paralympian Ellie Simmonds have got behind Sainsbury's latest Active Kids voucher collection scheme.
The father-of-four encouraged people to take part in the initiative, which sees consumers earn vouchers as they shop. Schools, nurseries, Scout and Guide groups and sports clubs can then redeem the vouchers for a range of cookery and sporting equipment.
"Helping kids understand why being active and eating healthily is really important," said the star.
"There are more ways than ever for schools, groups and clubs to use their Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers - with loads of cooking and exercise equipment available - it's time to get collecting."


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Stephen Allen Talley entered innocent pleas in Perry County District Court to charges in the June 1999 deaths of Christopher Barnes, 25, and his girlfriend Barbara Leggitt, 16.
Talley kept his head down during his brief appearance in the crowded courtroom and his attorney, Dale Adams of Little Rock, entered the pleas. Talley also pleaded innocent Monday to a capital murder charge in the 1999 death of Carson Prince of Little Rock.
Relatives and friends of the victims packed the courtroom for Talley's brief appearance. At least a half-dozen of them wore T-shirts with Leggitt's picture, and many burst into tears and embraced after the pleas were entered.
With tears streaming down her cheeks, Susan Leggitt, Barbara's mother, said, "He took my baby away."
She stood next to her husband, Paul Leggitt, who held his wife up against their truck. Many of the friends and relatives said they were upset about Talley's innocent plea.
"We've been through hell for five years over this," Paul Leggitt said. "Anybody who takes a child like that, three innocent people, is not right in the head. He needs to suffer a lot more."
Talley went to the Perry County Sheriff's Office during the early morning hours of Oct. 20 and confessed to killing Prince, the daughter of former Little Rock mayor Tom Prince, and to the slayings of Barnes and Leggitt.
In his confession, Talley said he killed Barnes with a gunshot to the head so he could sexually attack Leggitt. Her body hasn't been found, but Talley told deputies where to look, and Sheriff Ray Byrd said he was confident that bones at the remote site are those of the teenager. Talley was being held without bond at the Pulaski County jail in Little Rock.
Delbert and Patty Barnes, the grandparents who raised victim Christopher Barnes, said Thursday they were relieved that Talley was in custody but said he needs to be punished.
"We just want to see that justice is done and this person is never let out on the streets again," Patty Barnes said.
The couple said they were frustrated for five years that their grandson's killer hadn't been found.
"We hoped they would find who did it," Patty Barnes said. "But still we were shocked when we found out."
Prosecutors said Talley's case would be moved to circuit court, and Talley is to be arraigned in circuit courts in each county before trial dates are set.
Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Jegley's office is in charge of pursuing both cases; Jegley's district includes both counties. Prosecutors said the order in which the cases are tried will have to be worked out.
For now, Leggitt's family members expressed frustration about Talley's innocent pleas, but hoped that the courts would bring them justice. They said they were doing as well as they could and wanted their daughter to rest in peace.
"She feels no more pain," Paul Leggitt said through tears. "She's up in heaven."
Carson Prince died April 28, 1999, when she lunged from the passenger side of a pickup that was traveling on the Interstate 430 bridge over the Arkansas River. Talley said he'd picked up Prince after her vehicle had broken down and had intended to rape her, but she resisted.
Talley said he hit her in the head with a wrench and pointed a pistol at her when she tried to get out of his truck. He told authorities she fell out when he braked and her head hit a guardrail. He said he sped away assuming she wouldn't survive the fall.


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Since launching in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 2,700 new technology companies across 170 cities, 60 countries, and six continents.
These companies have gone on to do great things, and create over 20,000 new jobs.
Over the past week, Feetz was featured on CNBC; Codemi was featured on Tech in Asia; Better Weekdays was accepted into Capital Innovators' 2014 spring class; and more.
Below is a roundup of recent Founder Institute Graduate in the news.
- Feetz featured on CNBC: For those aching feet, 3-D-printed shoes could be the answer (CNBC): Feetz, a San Diego Graduate, provides custom-made 3-D printed shoes.
- Codemi featured on Tech in Asia: Codemi brings online learning to Indonesia (Tech in Asia): Codemi, a Jakarta Graduate, provides online education in Indonesia through video, audio, and presentations.
- Better Weekdays join Capital Innovators Accelerator program: St. Louis – Meet Capital Innovators 2014 Spring Class (Techli): Better Weekdays, a Chicago Graduate, helps middle market companies attract, hire, and retain top talent.
- 2RedBeans featured on Women of China: Chinese-Americans Seek Love Online (Women of China): 2RedBeans, a Silicon Valley Graduate, is an online dating community for Chinese singles in the U.S. and abroad.
- CipherPoint featured on Business Wire: CipherPoint Executive to Present at AGC Partners' Tenth Annual West Coast Information Security and Technology Growth Conference (Business Wire): CipherPoint, a Denver Graduate, is a leading provider of transparent content security for Microsoft SharePoint.
- Nexercise featured on Appolicious: New Android apps worth downloading (Appolicious): Nexercise, a Washington, D.C. Graduate, is a mobile platform that uses friendly competition and real rewards to motivate busy people to lose weight and stay fit.


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Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Named One of Area's Healthiest Employers
Home » About Us » News » 2013 News » Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Named One of Area's Healthiest Employers
May 23, 2013
Members of the Mercy Hospital's Associate Council Wellness Committee gathered at the WNY Healthiest Employers Luncheon to celebrate their efforts to promote a healthier workplace.
For the third consecutive year, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo has been named one of Western New York's Healthiest Employers by Buffalo's Business First newspaper at an awards ceremony on May 16, 2013.
The annual recognition by Business First honors the "most outstanding health and wellness programs created and implemented by local companies."
Mercy was recognized for the hard-working efforts of the hospital's Associate Council Wellness Committee this past year.
Thanks to this group, new exercise programs, such as Zumba, have been made available for patients and employees at the Associate Wellness Center on the hospital's 8th floor.
Members of the Wellness Committee also continued the hospital's "Smallest Winner Contest" that encourages healthy weight loss goals for employees and a bi-weekly Farmers' Market featuring farm-fresh local vegetables and fruit. The committee promotes team participation in several community walks, runs and biking events throughout the year.
New this year at Mercy, is the hospital's cooking show titled "Cooking Well with Mercy." In these free cooking demonstrations, held in the Mercy Café during lunchtime hours, Mercy Hospital's Chef Christopher Damiani shares proper cooking techniques using fresh and healthy ingredients. The demos are open to all staff and hospital visitors.


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A few days ago, I needed to encode numeric identifiers in a short and url-safe format. Something similar to what url shorteners use (e.g. SlvUp7 in http://bit.ly/SlvUp7). Encoding the ids in base 64 would work if an alternative alphabet is provided for the non url-safe symbols. But since I wanted to have only alpha-numeric characters, I chose to use base 62 instead.
While working on this problem, I had the idea of the coding exercise I'm sharing here: a utility for converting back and forth base 10 numerals to strings of base X equivalent –just like itoa and atoi in C (except that atoi doesn't take a base parameter). In order to make things a bit more interesting, I decided to learn myself some Scala and translate the code to functional style. Both implementations are detailed here and available online under the terms of the Apache version 2 license.
At the end, I didn't resist the temptation to do a C# vs. Scala performance benchmark. I also coded and added a Java implementation to the tests in order to distinguish the performance change due to switching from the CLR to the JVM, and the one introduced by the translation to functional style and to the Scala runtime.


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June 22, 2011
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Thousands of years of history, abundant Native American influences, and a stunning setting in the "Valley of the Sun" have given rise to Phoenix, the 6th-largest city in the U.S. An average of 310 sunny days per year grants Phoenix its reputation as America's sunniest metropolis and encourages visitors to explore the city's spectacular Sonoran Desert scenery.
Downtown Phoenix features stylish hotels, critically acclaimed restaurants and fascinating museums, including the Heard Museum, showcasing the culture and art of Southwest Native Americans. One of the few cities in the country with franchises for all four major professional sports leagues, Phoenix invites hotel guests to take in a game at Chase Field, US Airways Center or Sun Devil Stadium.
Visitors to nearby Scottsdale will find stunning hotels and resorts and upscale shopping at Scottsdale Fashion Square, as well as authentic Southwestern jewelry, blankets and other souvenirs in the Old Town area. Nature enthusiasts can explore the world's most ecologically diverse desert at the Desert Botanical Garden, where more than 50,000 native plants are on display.
To truly grasp the beauty of the area's rugged mountain setting, take in a sunset while visiting South Mountain Park and Preserve, the world's largest municipal park, or play a round at one of the area's more than 200 golf courses.
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Looking at the recruitment of Jarell Martin, it seemed like there was a good chance he'd eventually end up at LSU. However, the five-star prospect did his hometown school a solid Thursday by ending the wait.
Initially, the 6-foot-9 power forward out of Baton Rouge (La.) Madison Prep had been planning to wait until the spring to make a decision. But early this week he changed course, and Thursday made the call to stay home and play for new coach Johnny Jones.
"Jarell is a real quiet kid, and he just came to me this week and said he was ready," Madison head coach Jeff Jones told Rivals.com. "He told me that he didn't see any need to take a bunch of visits and that he was ready to go ahead and get it done."
By making the call for LSU, Martin has likely chosen the place where he's capable of making the most impact.
With his combination of size and athleticism, Martin is a talent who would likely make an immediate impact anywhere in the country. He rebounds extremely well, scores reliably at the rim and can also step out and face the hoop. But for a program in the midst of a makeover, who better than a hometown kid with major game to be the face of the program?
Not only that, Martin is going to be joining talent with which he will blend in well, particularly four-stars Jordan Mickey and Tim Quarterman. Ranked No. 40 in the country, Mickey is a slightly smaller but similar player to Martin. He can defend the three or the four, and he's a super shot blocker. A product of Georgia, Quarterman is a slick and versatile 6-foot-6 guard who can play any position on the perimeter.
"They've been really good with him and it's a good fit," said Jones. "He fits in well with those other guys. He and Jordan can play together and Quarterman can do a little bit of everything."
In addition to the three ranked high schoolers, LSU holds commitments from a pair of three-star junior college big men, Deng Deng and John Odoh. Depending on how other programs finish out their recruiting classes between now and signing day, the Tigers have a class that will rank somewhere in the top five or 10 classes nationally.
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Northeast team wins city Little League title
June 9, 2012 at 1:09 a.m.
Little League coaches don't do what they do for a lucrative contract or national prominence.
They volunteer their time to help kids learn how to play the game of baseball and help their players improve throughout the season.
But, on Saturday gratification came for the coaches of the P&H Goodyear team from the Northeast League and the V.F.W. Southeast Majors when the teams met for the Victoria City Championship.
"I go to work, I've got a family to support, but I'm out here for all these kids too," said P&H head coach Leslie Gonzales.
Hudson Oliver held V.F.W. to one hit and six different P&H batters had a hit to help P&H win the city championship 15-0 at the Victoria Youth Sports Complex.
"At the end of the day, the winner is the one with the highest score, But for me, it's the guy that couldn't hit when he started and he's hitting now; that couldn't catch when he started, but he's catching now." said V.F.W. head coach Jonathon Lopez.
"Win or lose, as long as they learn something, that's what it's all about."
The game ended after the fifth inning because of the mercy rule.
Oliver struck out nine batters and had a perfect game going into the bottom of the fifth. Ryan Espinoza broke up the perfect game with a single to right to lead off the top of the inning.
"He's been a beast all year," Gonzales said. "He's carried this team. There's no I in team, but he's been my ace."
The city championships are held every year and pit teams from the four leagues in a two-day tournament.
Victoria is one of thousands of cities across the country with Little League programs. Like in other cities, Victoria area coaches volunteer their time, skills and knowledge to help young players learn the fundamentals of the game.
This often means juggling family and work obligations with coaching a team. Winning a championship is a way of having a trophy to show off for their hard work.
"It's really gratifying," said P&H assistant coach Donald Salais. "All these kids contributed (to) this great team that we have here and we're glad we won the city championship."
"It's makes me a little teary," added P&H assistant Melvin Rael. "The first day, it looked like it was going to be a little rough, but the kids responded."
Little League baseball doesn't just teach an aspiring major leaguer how to turn a double play or lay down a bunt, it can teach things like teamwork that kids can take into life outside of baseball.
V.F.W. Manager Richard Mendoza said the coaching staff focused on teaching the kids leadership and sportsmanship in addition to the game of baseball.
"You've got a lot of tough kids out there where this is probably their first time learning about that," Mendoza said.
Kaleb Real put P&H up to stay early when he hit a two-run homer to left center field. He finished with five RBIs.
Real, Kane Mendietta, Oliver, Avery Bruns and Garrett Gregory all had multi-hit games.
Victoria Little League City Championship
P&H Goodyear 15, V.F.W. Southeast Majors 0
Highlights: (P&H) Hudson Oliver, 5 IP, 1 H, 9 K, 3 for 3, 3 RBIs, 2 RS; Kane Mendietta, 2 for 2, 3 RS; Kaleb Real, 2 for 2, 5 RBI, 2 RS; Avery Bruns, 2 for 3, 2 RBIs, 2 RS; Garrett Gregory, 2 for 3, 3 RBIs, 2 RS; (V.F.W.) Jacob Martinez, 4 IP, 3 ER, 7 K.


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The San Ramon 7-year old who was driven to tears after the San Jose Sharks traded away his favorite player is an Internet sensation -- and is being closely courted by his still-favorite team.
Vincent Savage was filmed by his mother crying on April 5, after news broke that the Sharks traded away forward Ryane Clowe to the New York Rangers for draft picks.
"I'm so mad about everything the Sharks have done," he says on the video, which has since made the rounds on the Huffington Post and many other Web sites, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
He had the chance to air his grievances in directly to coaches and players this week, according to the newspaper. He and his mother visited the Sharks' locker room following the pre-game skate -- and he had some stiff words for the players remaining on the team.
"I can't believe you haven't won any Stanley Cups," Vincent told Sharks defense man Dan Boyle.
Clowe also chimed in to soothe Vincent's fears -- the player called him from New York and gave him a signed jersey.
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I have an AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz CPU in an ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ motherboard that was completely not capable of running any variant of linux comfortably. The motherboard finally died, though the CPU is still in good condition. Can anyone recommend a good linux compatible motherboard for this CPU that will not take a huge investment in time and tweaking to get it running smoothly?
I would like to run the latest mint. If you have comment, please leave one here or if you desire, email me at [email removed].
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All hospitals in California are now linked to a statewide emergency communication system that will enable them to share information quickly and securely during a disaster, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health, announced today.
"This communications partnership strengthens our ability to share emergency information between California hospitals and the California Department of Public Health," said Horton. "It will help us better prepare for disasters and save lives."
California's 435 general acute care hospitals are enrolled in the California Health Alert Network (CAHAN), the State of California's Web-based information and communications system that is available around the clock for state and local preparedness efforts. CAHAN links health and emergency response partners together to provide:
- Rapid and secure communication among state and local health agencies, hospitals and other emergency response partners;
- Dissemination of information from state authorities about likely or imminent dangers; and
- A secure collaborative environment to develop and share information for emergency preparedness planning and response.
With the addition of three San Bernardino County hospitals — Ballard Rehabilitation Hospital, Mountains Community Hospital and Victor Valley Community Hospital — a two-year project to enroll every California hospital in CAHAN is now complete. Nearly 33,000 emergency response partners participate in CAHAN.
C. Duane Dauner, president of the California Hospital Association, said, "In any disaster, timely communication and information is essential. CAHAN is a vehicle that allows this to happen. California hospitals are pleased to be a part of this cooperative network which will assist hospitals and the State in preparing for and responding to disasters and in other ongoing operations."
CAHAN was used by state authorities to share emergency information during last year's gas explosion in San Bruno, the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 and wildfires in Southern California in 2007 and 2003, as well as for other emergencies and regular dissemination of important emergency preparedness information. CAHAN participants receive alerts and notifications via pager, e-mail, fax and phone.


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The rich, downhome sound of the Josh Fields Band will be showcased from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 2, during the Concerts on the Creek series at Sylva's Bridge Park Pavilion. This free live music series takes place every Friday evening through Labor Day weekend.
The Josh Fields Band, based in Haywood County, is emerging as a top act in Western North Carolina thanks to its ability to blend Southern rock, country and bluegrass into an enjoyable musical experience.
The band, also known for its tight, three-part harmonies, will play a mix of cover songs and original tunes. Many of the original songs will be from its forthcoming album, "Tobacco Road," which will be released in August.
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