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Eagles Release Daryl Worley Following Arrest
The Eagles are parting ways with recently-acquired cornerback Daryl Worley. He was released following his arrest in Philadelphia on Sunday morning. Worley was found passed out inside a vehicle blocking a highway and needed to be tased after allegedly becoming combative toward police. A gun was found at the scene of the incident which occured near the Eagles' team facility.
Worley was acquired from the Panthers in a deal that sent wideout Torrey Smith to Carolina.
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TRENT WOODS � Trent Woods Commissioner Chip Hughes kicked off the regular May board meeting here by raising his hand for a new commission seat.
TRENT WOODS � Trent Woods Commissioner Chip Hughes kicked off the regular May board meeting here by raising his hand for a new commission seat.
Hughes was appointed May 2 by Gov. Pat McCrory to the North Carolina Crime Commission, and N.C. District 10 Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne came to Craven to administer the oath of office.
�I�m tickled to death to be appointed and anxious to be very involved in making North Carolina a safer place to live and raise our children,� Hughes said after being notified. �I am honored and grateful for the opportunity the governor has given me.�
Hughes is a former state trooper who now is the sales director for a public safety technology company. He has announced that he is running for Craven County sheriff in 2014.
Accepting the post means that Hughes must resign his Craven County ABC Board seat. Hughes also previously served on the Coastal Carolina Regional Airport Authority.
Hughes attended the University of Maryland and is a member of Twin Rivers YMCA Board of Directors and Temple Baptist Church.
Mayor Chuck Tyson also administered an oath of office Thursday to new Trent Woods finance officer Abra Cullen, who replaced recently retired longtime finance officer Glenda Bynum.
The board briefly addressed a request to clarify its permitted office and institutional zone uses because of some mixed signals about uses in a strip office complex in the 3100 block of Trent Road.
Members accepted a several page brief from the town�s attorney and deferred consideration of more specific definitions until they have had time to read and consider its contents.
The board did assure those asking about their intent with respect to office and institutional zones that they do not plan to close any business using the buildings now and do not plan to eliminate daycare operations in the municipality.
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EDMONTON - Alberta's left-leaning voters don't often get much attention given the right-wing's traditional dominance of provincial politics, but there are number of them wrestling with an unusual dilemma as they head to polling stations Monday.
Should they vote for the right-leaning Progressive Conservatives in order to prevent the further-right Wildrose party, ahead in the polls, from winning government?
NDP and Liberal supporters in past elections, particularly in urban areas such as Edmonton, have debated whether to get behind each other's candidates to unite against the Tories. But with the prospect that four-decade Tory dynasty could fall to the Wildrose, grassroots campaigns have emerged urging lefties to hold their noses and vote Progressive Conservative in order to keep the Wildrose out.
An Internet video called "I can't believe I'm voting PC," which features actors portraying NDP or Liberal supporters saying they'll vote Tory this time around, has gone viral. Meanwhile, a satirical meme is making the rounds on the Internet featuring a photo of actor Keanu Reeves, star of The Matrix movies, pondering whether the Progressive Conservatives invented Wildrose in order to get Liberals to vote for them.
University of Calgary political scientist Doreen Barrie says strategic voting has always been an issue for left-of-centre voters, but it's better organized this time around. She says it's likely due to frustration with the first-past-the-post electoral system and the skewed legislatures it produces.
Progressive Conservatives, she explains, have only achieved an average of 55 per cent popular support in provincial races over the last 40 years, and that support has never gone higher than 63 per cent. Yet opposition parties typically only win a handful of seats.
Barrie says there's no way to predict what kind of effect strategic voting will have on Monday, saying she's not aware of any studies on it.
"If the vote for the other parties collapses and the vote for the Conservatives goes up, then I think you can gauge from that it has been successful," Barrie says.
Strategic voting is not without its risks.
In the 2011 federal election, NDP supporter Dale Ladouceur says she voted for a Liberal because she believed the candidate had a better chance of defeating the incumbent Conservative MP. But when the results rolled in, the incumbent still won and the NDP candidate Ladouceur favoured actually polled better than the Liberal she voted for.
"You must vote with your heart," says Ladouceur. "I remember walking out of the polling station feeling kind of dirty. 'I said I'll never do that again.'"
Not surprisingly, leaders of the Liberals and the NDP are pleading with their supporters to reject strategic voting.
Liberal Leader Raj Sherman and NDP Leader Brian Mason both say strategic voting would produce a right-wing government with a right-wing opposition.
Sherman issued a news release over the weekend claiming that even if the Tories under Alison Redford win, the margin of victory will be small. He says the PC party will likely then shift right in an effort to regain the votes it lost to Wildrose.
"People may think they're voting for Redford, but she'll be way past her best-before date the moment the polls close," Sherman says in the release. "If she doesn't resign right away, her days will definitely be numbered."
Redford isn't personally asking for redirected votes, but has said she can work with the NDP and Liberals in the legislature.
Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, meanwhile, says strategic voting would mean the Progressive Conservatives would form government again.
A website called ChangeAlberta.ca rejects voting Tory to block Wildrose, and lists progressive candidates with the best chances of defeating conservatives, be they PC or Wildrose.
"Abandoning the centre-left parties at the polls now will not stop the PCs or the Wildrose from implementing damaging legislation on health care, education, and the environment," the site states.
Barrie says the over-representation of right-wing parties in Alberta's legislature is part of the reason for Alberta's dismal voter turnout in provincial elections. Just under 41 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls last time. She adds that Conservatives also typically stay home because they believe that victory for them is a done deal.
"It's a very poor way of reflecting voter preferences, our electoral system. And people judge the province by the size of the Conservative majority in the legislature," she says.
It's likely to be different this time, she says, with such an unpredictable outcome.
Barrie adds that supporters of left-of-centre parties might want to consider the effect their votes might have if Monday's vote produces a minority government.
"If people from the non-Conservative parties did vote strategically and get seats, if it's a minority government, then they would have some clout."
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The Imagine Walk & Family Fun Day for Autism, presented by The Autism Project, is set to take place Sunday, April 28, at Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick.
Known for events and activities tailored to individuals on the autism spectrum, this 11th annual walk has become a favorite for families across Rhode Island who are supporting a child with autism or those who want to support the efforts of The Autism Project.
"Over the years we have perfected our walk and offering of activities, games and attractions that are fun for and sensitive to the needs of individuals with ASD and their families," said Joanne Quinn, executive director of The Autism Project. "The atmosphere of shared experience and understanding allows all concerned a supportive environment to have fun and connect with other families."
This popular 2K walk-a-thon is one of the largest events of its kind in Southern New England. Proceeds in 2011 were nearly $175,000, put toward supporting local programs designed exclusively for children and young adults with autism.
The day features a variety of free activities, including bounce houses, pony rides, a reptile show, arts, crafts and face painting. The UPS Store of RI and Southeastern Massachusetts sponsor the event.
The Autism Project is non-profit organization dedicated to the education of children with autism in public schools offering educational consultation services, professional and family training workshops, social groups for children and teens, summer camp, professional conferences and support groups for parents and caregivers.


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Rule 2. Scope
(A) Except as noted elsewhere in Rule 2, these rules shall apply to every member of the Bar of Arkansas, including all levels of the State and Federal Judiciary, and all attorneys who may be suspended during any reporting period due to nonpayment of license fee or action by the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct. When used in the course of these rules, the word attorney shall include judges.
(B) Exemptions: Any attorney or Judge who attains age 70 or completes 40 years of licensure as an Arkansas lawyer, during any given reporting period, is exempt from all requirements of the Arkansas Rules for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (hereinafter referred to as CLE) for that reporting period as well as all subsequent reporting periods.
(C) Non Resident Attorneys:
(1) Attorneys who are members of the Bar of Arkansas, but reside outside this State, are required to meet the minimum continuing legal education requirements of their resident state. Such attorneys shall complete annual certification forms to that effect. These forms will be filed with the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board on or before the October 31 which succeeds the reporting period in question. Such certifications shall be subject to verification through the agency which administers the continuing legal education program for such resident state. In the event an attorney is a member of the Bar of Arkansas, yet resides in a state or foreign jurisdiction where there is no continuing legal education requirement, such attorneys shall be annually required to file with the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board a certification form confirming that fact. This form shall be filed on or before the October 31 which succeeds the reporting period in question. Further, in the event an attorney returns to the practice of law in the State of Arkansas from a state where there has been no continuing legal education requirement that attorney shall be required, by the end of the first reporting period after the attorney's return, to acquire thirty-six (36) hours of accredited continuing legal education.
(2) Nonetheless, an Arkansas licensed attorney or judge who resides: in a state which does not require continuing legal education; in a foreign jurisdiction; or, in a state which requires continuing legal education but is not licensed in that state and is therefore prohibited from participating in the continuing legal education program of that state, may remain current as regards Arkansas CLE requirements. Such attorneys may do so by meeting the twelve (12) hour requirement as set out in Rule 3.(A). The Secretary shall obtain from such attorneys appropriate documentation to confirm compliance with the Arkansas CLE program. In the event attorneys are in compliance with Rule 3(A) during the reporting period preceding their return to the practice of law in Arkansas, they shall not be subject to the thirty-six (36) hour requirement mentioned in paragraph 2.(C)(1) above. In the event an attorney has elected to remain current, yet fails to acquire 12 hours of approved CLE during any reporting period, that attorney shall be subject to the sanctions of Rule 6. 2.(D)
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(1) At anytime during a reporting period, an attorney on active status, with the exception of sitting judges, may take inactive status for the purpose of those rules. Such status may be secured by filing a petition in accord with Section 25 A.(7) of the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law (Procedures) or its successor provision. By taking inactive status, the attorney shall be exempt from the minimum educational requirements of rule 3 for that reporting period and subsequent reporting periods.
(2) An attorney may return to active practice by petition filed as set forth in Section 23 of the Procedures or its successor provision.
(3) Such attorneys shall be required to obtain thirty-six (36) hours of qualified continuing legal education between the date of return to active status (which is the date the reinstatement fee is received by the Board) and the end of the next succeeding reporting period.
(E) Readmission/Reinstatement
(1) An attorney who is re-admitted to the Bar of Arkansas following voluntary resignation, voluntary surrender in lieu of discipline, or order of disbarment shall be required by the end of the next year's reporting period following the attorney's readmission to acquire thirty-six (36) hours of accredited continuing legal education, with at least three (3) of the required hours being in ethics.
(2) This thirty-six (36) hour requirement shall also apply to any attorney who is reinstated by the Board of Law Examiners following non-payment of license fees for a period of more than three (3) years and to attorneys whose license has been suspended by the Committee on Professional Conduct for a period of at least three (3) years.
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Employer Failed to Stop Supervisor's Sexual Demands, Retaliated Against Workers Who Spoke Out, Federal Agency Charged
SEATTLE - National Food Corporation, a major supplier of eggs to the Pacific Northwestern and Midwestern United States and East Asia with headquarters in Everett, Wash., will pay $650,000 to five workers and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC's suit charged that a supervisor at National Food's egg farm in Lind, Wash., repeatedly demanded sexual favors from a female laborer, who worked alone in a henhouse, in order to keep her job. Taking advantage of her isolated workplace, the supervisor would physically grab the barn worker and demand sex from her on a weekly basis, from 2003 to 2010. The EEOC also alleged that when her co-workers raised complaints about sexual harassment to company management, they were fired or forced out of their jobs.
"For almost seven years, I tried to just survive these demands from my boss, because I needed to support my mother and my daughter," said the worker. "I hope my case will help other workers to speak out against sexual harassment. It's important to know that that you have a right to say no to sexual demands even from a supervisor, and that the law protects you when you protest harassment."
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. National Food Corp., CV-12-00550-TOR.) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, after an investigation conducted by EEOC investigator Richard Hernandez, and first attempting to reach voluntary settlement out of court. The workers were also represented by private counsel from Columbia Legal Services and MacDonald Hogue & Bayless.
"This lawsuit is another in an unfortunate pattern of employers taking advantage of female agricultural workers who often work in isolation and are unaware of their rights," said David Lopez, general counsel of the EEOC. "It is one of the EEOC's national priorities to combat discrimination against vulnerable workers, and we hope that this settlement sends a message to other employers that they need to be vigilant to prevent sexual harassment and other abuse."
Under the consent decree resolving this lawsuit, National Food has also agreed to issue EEO policies in English and Spanish to employees throughout Eastern Washington and South Dakota; institute changes to ensure that its complaint procedures are accessible; and train its management and to hold supervisors accountable for any discrimination, harassment or retaliation under their watch. In addition, National Foods will report harassment complaints to the EEOC for four years, and will not rehire the alleged harasser in any capacity.
"All workers have the right to a workplace free of harassment," said EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo, whose office has jurisdiction over Washington State. "We are glad that National Foods worked with the Commission to reach this resolution without going through lengthy and costly litigation. The settlement will provide significant relief for individuals EEOC believes were victims of egregious harassment and retaliation. The changes in company practices and the discharge of the harasser will hopefully create a safe place for employees."
"Abuse of power should not occur in the workplace, whether in a white-collar office or on an isolated farm," said Michael Baldonado, director of the EEOC's San Francisco District Office. "The steps that National Food has agreed to should send a clear message that sexual harassment and retaliation will not be tolerated."
This case fits within two of the six national priorities identified by the Commission's Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP): protecting vulnerable workers who may be less familiar with their rights under equal employment laws, and addressing workplace harassment through systemic enforcement and targeted outreach.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Additional information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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United upgrades: Sometimes a great deal, sometimes utterly absurd
On a recent trip to Portland, Ore., I flew United, and the inevitable offer to upgrade popped up. For $39, I could use the Premier Line security entrance, sit in an Economy Plus seat, get Mileage Plus bonus miles, and use the checked baggage allowance, which normally would have cost $25 for my first checked bag.
Now, I usually look at checking bags as being slightly less painful than surgery without anesthesia, but I had about a hundred newspapers to haul for a conference, and I knew I'd have a lot of stuff to haul back, so I figured this could work on both legs. And I thought it would be good to review the process anyway. So I said yes.
It was like entering Disney World in terms of a flying experience. First, there's a special United kiosk for those Premier folks with online boarding passes to send through your checked bag. The whole process took exactly three minutes — after scanning my boarding pass, a very polite gentleman called my name, took my bag and told me to have a nice flight. The kiosk is set up right next to the escalator that leads right to the Premier security line, another nice touch.


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Greetings Queen fans!
It's been a long time....
I see some of the old crew are still here. Kes - I'm not surprised. FairyDandy - hey man! LesterBurnham still around?
I'm still listening to Queen, not so much perhaps as I used to, but really digging the NOTW release. Some awesome demos on there.
I've been having a Pink Floyd binge lately, but Queen was always my first love and always be special to me. I just don't have time to sit on forums all day anymore.
Still, it's great to see it's all still happening. I've still got over 100GB of stuff in my collection ha ha But i was never a hard core collector like Kes and some of the others.
Cheers brothers & sisters


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Fabric Lust
I am in the midst of organizing the endless sea of home, travel and fashion magazines that are scattered throughout my office, showroom and home. Some are my daughers', some my assistants' and some my own, and each contain a treasure trove of material and inspiration I can't bear to part with. I guess you could say that I am a bit of a design hoarder.
I came across the back cover of this month's House Beautiful which features a beautiful fabric from the Thom Filicia collection for Kravet, which is a glorious take on the so right now Ikat craze. I love the pairing with the geometric prints, contemporary nicknacks and especially the fabric ottoman in lieu of a traditional coffee table. Such a cool space! How do you feel about it? Here are some more great fabrics from this cool collection. So glad to be back in the blogging business after our malware snafu! I missed posting and reading my fellow Material Girl's posts 🙂


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Can you believe it's the LAST Stella Says Sketch Challenge of 2012???
Well, so everyone has time to craft with all those new crafty supplies they got for Christmas, I'll zip my yap and get to showin' ya the sketch for today! =)
Ready, Set, SKETCH!!!
And for a wee bit of inspiration in the remaining hours of 2012, here are a few projects for some of our talented designers AND our December Bugaboo Biggest Fan! =)
Julie E - Bugaboo December Biggest Fan
Stephanie Landon Guest Designer featuring Frame it - Stella - if your happy
Sammibug featuring Snowman Star
Ready to join us for the LAST Stella Says Sketch challenge of the year????
What about if I tell you - if you play along with Stella for Sketch 127 - you have the chance to WIN BIG Bugaboo Prizes....What a way to kick off the NEW YEAR!!!
The rules are simple: Create a Sketch project and post a link to it on Bugaboo Stamps' challenge blog, Catch the Bug, by 1/13/13 at 6:00 AM EST to be entered a random drawing for three digi prize packs –ten (10) (using Bugaboo only) seven (7) or four (4), using any image!
New projects only no backlinking please!
Happy Craftin' and Happy ALMOST 2013!!


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Most people nowadays are too busy to keep a journal or monitor what they're eating or how much exercise they're getting. Keeping track of all this stuff isn't really necessary to having a healthy life, although it can help because you can make lifestyle changes based on your daily records. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of work to jot down all that stuff. But fortunately, there's something called the Larklife Wristband that can do all that for you.
It's a splash-resistant (and, by association, sweat-resistant) band that works with an app to monitor your food consumption, sleep habits, and daily activity patterns. It's also got a neat 'Refresh' feature that times productivity breaks for you and gives you productivity coaching to help you make the most of your day.
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text: What is it about science-fiction and horror movies that unleashes the cinematic cheese? From hilarious atomic monsters to UFOs dangling from strings, the history of genre films is riddled with patently absurd imagery. With Piranha 3D chewing its way into theaters Friday, the flesh-ripping–fish franchise — which got its start in the '70s at the hands of schlock-shock producer Roger Corman — aims for a bloodletting upgrade by showcasing the carnage in three-dimensional splendor. Director Alexander Aja's modern-day reboot brings to mind a welter of predecessors that made melodramatic mincemeat from mutant DNA, flimsy rocket science, stiff acting and hilariously un-special "special effects." To assemble this round-up of sci-fi's cheesiest hits, Wired.com recruited Pyschotronic Film Society founder Mike Flores, a specialist in B movies. Also weighing in are the movie-mocking madmen from Mystery Science Theater 3000 spinoff RiffTrax. (For more cinematic high-larity, RiffTrax's Mike Nelson and company are staging RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness, which will be broadcast live by satellite to 500 theaters at 8 p.m. Eastern Thursday, tape-delayed at 8 p.m. Pacific.) Above: Piranha After Roger Corman saw Jaws smash box-office records in 1975, he produced the original Piranha, his own cheapo aquatic horror story. Keep reading for a run-down of sci-flicks so bad they're good. Or something.The Creeping Terror RiffTrax member Mike Nelson describes 1964's The Creeping Terror as "a very, very cheap movie. The director couldn't afford the traditional 'dialogue' seen in many other movies, so he just shot it without dialogue and added narration in post-production. The creature? A carpet sample. I'm not kidding. It's a large section of carpet, probably pulled out of a dumpster behind a bowling alley."Killer Shrews Mike Nelson recaps the perverse appeal of this 1963 mutant epic: "The guy who played Sheriff Rosco P. 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Why this is not already a Happy Madison remake starring Rob Schneider is one of life's most puzzling mysteries."Cloverfield Kevin Murphy has his own pet name for the monster in 2008 monster movie Cloverfield. "I call him Clovie cause it just fits, like Toxie from Toxic Avenger," Murphy says. "He might be the lamest CG monster not to appear on a sci-fi movie, but keep in mind he's systematically killing every douchebag in Manhattan. This is why I love him so."The Brain That Wouldn't Die B-movie expert Michael Flores likes the fact that the antihero of this 1962 flick haunts strip clubs to find body parts as transplants for his dead-but-still-yapping wife. "Science marches on!" Flores says. "The wife is a decapitated head nagging you from the tray on the table her head rests on. 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"There were times when fish were grabbing me, and so they put people with green gloves on underneath the water and had them grab at my ankles," she told New York Magazine. "They were actually really grabbing me." As for the action sequences, Szohr recalls, "There's a scene where I'm in a boat that's sinking, and I have to fight these piranhas off with a frying pan. A couple of stunt guys shot water guns at me so I knew where to aim with the pan."Galaxy of Terror Galaxy of Terror's descriptor — "Hell has been relocated," courtesy of schlockmeister Roger Corman — ranks as one of the better B-movie tag lines of all time. The movie, also known as Planet of Horrors and the more scholarly sounding MindWarp: An Infinity of Terror, gives production-design credit to Avatar director James Cameron for his low-budget spaceship effects. Robert Englund makes a pre–Freddy Kreuger appearance. The plot? 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Republicans should take no offense at Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan establishing her own revenue estimating panel.
Frankly, it is not a bad idea unless ... as House Republican Leader Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, noted, it is historically the Legislature's responsibility.
"We appreciate the governor's initiative in creating this panel, but estimating revenue has traditionally been the purview of the Legislature. We will not cede our legislative responsibility to develop reasonable and sound revenue estimates."
Although, we must add that Gov. Lynch regularly ran his own set of numbers to which Republicans objected.
The but and unless of Hassan establishing what is being called a consensus revenue estimating panel is whether it further divides budget negotiations or serves as a peace maker.
As it stands, the House and Senate are free to interpret revenue numbers as they please and often disagree to a greater or less degree. Then, as noted above, in steps the governor to agree, challenge or play the role of Solomon.
We suspect that one of the motivations driving Gov. Hassan's decision to form the panel is to offer more convincing clout when she winds up disagreeing with legislatively generated budgets by either the Democrats or Republicans (the latter being more likely).
Regardless the driving force, we see no reason yet for a political tizzy in Concord. But ask us again if the budget process gets deadlocked at the eleventh hour and we may see things differently (a hint for Gov. Hassan).


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AUGUSTA — A national environmental group that has been fighting the proposed East-West Highway across Maine is calling it one of the worst transportation projects in the United States.
The Sierra Club report, "Smart Choices, Less Traffic: 50 Best and Worst Transportation Projects," cites the $2 billion, 220-mile, four-lane freight truck highway's serious negative impacts on air and water quality and wildlife habitat.
The project is being championed by Peter Vigue, the chief executive of the Cianbro Corp. construction firm, as a way to create a Canadian trade route through the state and increase economic development in rural Maine.
The Legislature has allocated $300,000 for a feasibility study of the privately-funded highway.
But environmental groups, and many residents, are opposing the plan.
"The proposed East-West freight truck highway would permanently destroy Maine's central landscape, threatening local communities, landowner private property rights, forests, air and water quality, and potentially leaving Maine taxpayers on the hook for this risky project," said Karen Woodsum, representative of Sierra Club's Maine Woods campaign.
The report notes that similar highway proposals have been studied and rejected numerous times in the past, and that the privately funded highway connecting the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick through forested regions in Maine would serve large industry and trucking interests at the expense of Maine communities.
Sierra Club Maine is advocating that the state consider revitalizing the existing freight rail line which parallels the proposed highway route.
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(MOGADISHU, Somalia) -- A local journalist was gunned down in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, becoming the sixth journalist killed so far this year and putting the east African nation on track to have its deadliest year ever for media workers.
Ahmed Addow Anshur, who worked at a local radio station, was murdered by four armed assailants on motorcycles near a market midday Wednesday, according to the National Union for Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). NUSOJ said the attackers escaped the scene and the motive for the killing is not yet known.
Anshur's death marks the sixth killing of a local journalist in Somalia since the new year and the second this month, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In a statement, the NUSOJ said the targeting of journalists is part of a concerted effort to "undermine the media freedom and freedom of expression," but the organization's Secretary General, Mohammed Ibrahim, said it's often difficult to tell who is actually be behind the attacks.
Somalia has been rocked by violence for the past two decades as the transitional government battles militant Islamists, including the al Qaeda-allied terrorist organization al-Shabaab, for control of the country. Al-Shabaab, which includes in its ranks several American-born fighters such as the rapping jihadist Omar Hammami, occasionally claims responsibility or is blamed for the killings, but other times -- such as in Anshur's case -- the journalists are gunned down in areas controlled by the government.
There are also a variety of violent criminal gangs to consider, Ibrahim said, not to mention journalists who are simply caught in the crossfire.
"[The journalists] know that it's risky, it's deadly, but they respect their profession," said Ibrahim, a veteran Somali journalist who is the first recipient of the Galloway Family Foundation Fellowship for International Investigative Reporting at the ABC News Brian Ross Investigative Unit. "They report to the outside world the situation on the ground. It is a great bravery."
Before coming to the U.S., Ibrahim contributed reporting from Somalia to the New York Times and worked closely with Pulitzer prize-winning Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman.
The United Nations special representative to Somalia condemned Anshur's murder in a statement today and said journalism in the war-torn nation is "essential to a free and functioning society."
"It is well known that Somali journalists have the most difficult working conditions in the world," the U.N. representative, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, said. "But that does not make it any easier to accept when one is brutally killed. Ahmed Addow Anshur was targeted in cold blood for carrying out his doing his job as a professional journalist..."
In all, the CPJ counts 41 journalists that have been killed in Somalia since 1992 and has named the country the most dangerous on the continent for media workers. The deadliest year to date was 2009, in which nine journalists were killed.
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The Angels played two exhibition games during their 1961 spring training at Indio against the PCL San Diego Padres.
On the way to Arizona, I stopped in Indio to find South Jackson Field. On February 5, I wrote that the Angels played two spring training games in Indio during their first spring training in 1961. The games were against the PCL San Diego Padres.
It's likely the field doesn't look much like it did 47 years ago, but the photo will give you a rough idea of the modest conditions for those exhibition games.
If today's Angels were to barnstorm all over the Inland Empire during spring training, playing in towns like Indio, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario, they'd have to call out the riot squad to keep the crowd manageable. Back then, when the Inland Empire was sparsely populated and the Angels were definitely second-fiddle to the established Dodgers, their presence was probably considered a novelty and not much else.
I'll be at minor league camp tomorrow for the Quakes/Kernels games. The weather forecast for the afternoon is a 40% chance of scattered thunderstorms. Hopefully the games don't get banged, as the next two days have the Bees and Travs at home, so it'll be my one chance to see the Quakes and Kernels.
(And with Casey Kotchman's freaky bad luck, he'll probably get struck by a bolt of lightning …)
The big news is that John Lackey is down with a triceps strain, and for the first time in his pro career will miss a start. News reports say he's out at least a month.
Media speculation has Nick Adenhart a candidate for the Angels' starting rotation, along with Dustin Moseley, Nick Green and Kasey Olenberger. I really think it's a stretch to consider Nick the favorite, as he's only 21 and yet to pitch above Double-A. He needs more experience. But neither do I think three or four big-league starts will "ruin" him, as some people on fan boards will inevitably claim. It'll just be experience for him to take to Salt Lake.
In my mind, the likely scenario is Dustin Moseley moving into the rotation, which means the chances improve for two out of Jason Bulger, Darren O'Day and Rich Thompson to make the Opening Day bullpen. But Kelvim Escobar and Chris Bootcheck should be back by mid- to late-April, which would push Moseley back to the pen and two of those three back to Salt Lake.
Once again, I give thanks that the Angels GM didn't give in to the instant gratification demands of certain fans and media scribes who wanted the Angels to flush all their depth for a "big bat." If Nick Adenhart and Ervin Santana had been dealt last winter, the Angels' pitching staff would have some major problems and they'd probably have to make another move just for a short-term fix.
Bill Stoneman showed that patience pays off, and so far Tony Reagins is showing the same patience.
Before I go, let's note Matt Brown's performance today. Brownie homered in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game 4-4, then tripled in the bottom of the 10th and scored the winning run on a single by Juan Rivera. Matt tends to get overlooked because Brandon Wood is ahead of him, but he's 4 for 12 with a homer and triple this spring in parent club games.
It should be interesting to see how the Salt Lake infield shakes out to start the season. If Wood is at shortstop, then Brown would be at 3B. But the Angels need to find a home for 3B Freddy Sandoval, and Sean Rodriguez is in the mix too. One should be the 2B, and there don't seem to be any obvious first basemen unless Kendry Morales returns to Triple-A, so maybe Sandoval or Brown play some 1B. Brown also played some 2B in 2007. Sean will probably become a roving agent of chaos to prepare him for the utility role envisioned throughout his career. Michael Collins will probably make a run at the 1B job too along with Matt Pali.
So guys will move around to get them experience, enhancing their opportunity to move up to Anaheim.


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A Reality Check on the Plug-In Revolution
Before I start, let me put some facts on the table, so that we have them in mind when we pay our virtual visit to the Detroit Auto Show, which opens its doors to the public on Saturday.
- There are around 700 million vehicles in the world—600 million cars and light trucks and 100 million commercial vehicles, trucks, and coaches.
- In 2010, 52 million new cars were produced.
- For the past 100 years, the oil-powered internal combustion engine has dominated the market.
- When the oil is burnt, its ancient carbon mixes with oxygen, and produces carbon dioxide. Globally, cars and light trucks account for 10 percent of the CO2 emissions that are causing our climate crisis.
- When the oil is burnt, its ancient carbon mixes with oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, becoming a significant contributor to the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.
- Each car adds some 4-5 tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere a year, unless it's electric and powered by green, renewable electricity.
- The world's ability to continue to provide oil for all these cars is in real doubt. Peak oil is coming, whether we like it or not.
- A bike adds no pollution at all, while making you happier and healthier.
So while accepting that a truly sustainable system of transport would prioritize walking, cycling, transit, rail, ridesharing, and teleworking before it addressed the needs of the car, let's see what this year's Detroit Auto Show has to offer.
This year's Auto Show is an electric celebration. The 49 journalists who did the voting chose the GM Volt—a plug-in hybrid—as the North American Car of the Year, and a runaway winner.
Suddenly, they're all doing it. Nissan has its all-electric Leaf. The Chinese manufacturer BYD is bringing out an electric car in 2012. Chrysler is launching an all-electric version of the Fiat 500 next year. Toyota is extending its Prius line to multiple vehicles and bringing out a Plug-In Prius in 2012. Ford is launching three new plug-ins—the Focus Electric, the C-MAX Energi and the C-MAX Hybrid, to be manufactured at its green-as-it-comes assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan, powered in part by a 500 kW solar energy system.
In 2014, Volkswagen is bringing out an all-electric version of Europe's most popular car, the VW Golf blue-e-motion. Top speed 84 mph, 0-60 in 11.8 seconds, driving range of 93 miles, good for 80 percent of commutes to work. The Chevy Volt has back-up fuel, so it can go 375 miles before it needs a refill, eliminating range anxiety. GM will build 25,000 Volts this year, which cost $33,500 after the $7,500 US tax credit. GM hopes that electric vehicles will make up 10 percent of its production by 2020-2025 and is hiring 1,000 new engineers to make it happen.
Everyone is gushing over the new Plug-Ins—they're gorgeous, sexy, brilliant, awesome—take your pick. But let's stop for a reality check. In their 2010 study Drive Green 2020, JD Power and Associates found that total global sales of hybrid and full electric vehicles were expected to reach 20.5 million units by 2020— just 7.3 percent of the 70.9 million passenger cars they expect to be sold that year.
So on the one hand, as Felix Kramer of CalCars put it, "our cup runneth over with plug-in hybrids." But when we set these numbers against the urgency of the global climate emergency and the imminence of peak oil, the progress is nowhere near fast enough.
Optimism can be a great deceiver—and I'm a determined optimist. In China, the government wants to prepare 10 million car parking spots for electric vehicles by 2020, when they think the country's production of electric vehicles could reach 1 million units, or 5 percent of the nation's car market—this in a country where consumers can get an $18,000 incentive (120,000 yuan) to buy an electric car in many cities.
If 7 percent of new vehicles are plug-in electrics by 2020, what does that represent? With China and India on an economic roll, there could easily be 700 million cars on the road by then (if the oil holds out). Of these, just 2.8 percent would be plug-in electrics.
Since cars and light trucks produce some 10 percent of the world's greenhouse gases, this would only create a 0.28 percent reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions—and that's even if we assume that 100 percent of the plug-ins are powered entirely by green electricity.
So for all the excitement, and all the positive stories, these little cars don't amount to a hill of electric beans—a sentiment that Felix Kramer agrees with, and the reason why he has embarked on a new goal: to retrofit tens of millions of cars that are already on the road, turning them into electrics. And don't underestimate the persistent Mr. Kramer, who helped inspire this whole revolution eight years ago.
So what's really needed if we are to turn the Plug-In Revolution into the main event, instead of a colorful but distracting sideshow? Here are ten things that would at least help:
- Understand the climate numbers, and don't be seduced into thinking the problem can be solved by new cars.
- Make the creation of a nation-wide infrastructure for plug-in vehicles a top priority.
- In order to speed up the shift away from carbon polluting transportation, put a price on carbon. There's no escaping it. British Columbia has started the ball rolling with a carbon tax at $20 a tonne of CO2, adding 17 cents to a gallon of gas. To address the climate emergency, the price needs eventually to reach $200 a tonne.
- Give the same $7,500 tax credit you can get for buying a new electric car to electric vehicle conversions.
- Increase vehicle eco-efficiency standards. All new cars and trucks should produce no more than 50 g/km CO2 by 2020 (grams of CO2 per kilometre)—that's 100 miles per gallon. Right now, the US goal is a very low 156 g/km, or 35 mpg.
- Do as Vancouver is doing: require all new single family homes and 20 percent of the parking stalls in new condos to have a charging infrastructure for an electric vehicle.
- Ensure that all government and municipal fleets include a number of plug-in hybrids.
- Allow plug-ins on HOV lanes, and give them free downtown parking. The Rocky Mountain Institute's Project Get Ready has 14 other proposals like this.
- Invest in the research that will drive down battery costs.
- Strengthen the grid to handle demand from plug-ins and promote night-time recharging.
Let's not kid ourselves. This progress is great, considering what has been achieved in eight years. But this is just the starting line. Now our activism needs to swing into full gear to ensure that we get the change that's needed. We need 100 million plug-ins on the world's roads by 2020, not one million.
Note: An earlier edition of this article attributed approx. 5 percent of global GHGs to cars and light trucks. This figure did not account for the impact of black carbon, nitrous oxide, and other factors. The correct figure is 10 percent.
- : Networks of electric charging stations—key to the acceptance and use of electric vehicles—are starting to appear around the world.
- : How Portland plans to become the first world-class bike city in America.