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Barry University was recently cited among the nation's best colleges and universities for student return on investment (ROI) by three major collegiate rankings. Barry was named to the Forbes list of America's Top Colleges and highly-ranked in two ROI-based classifications by AffordableCollegesOnline (AC Online).
For the sixth year, Forbes has partnered with the Washington, D.C.-based Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP) to produce the list of the best 650 undergraduate schools in the U.S. The Forbes list distinguishes itself from others based on output rather than input. It places great importance on ROI: What are students getting out of college?
This is the third consecutive year Barry has been included on the list which uses a variety of sources to calculate the rankings.
To produce the list, the CCAP gathered data from a variety of sources, using 12 factors to calculate rankings, each of which falls into one of five general categories that are weighted differently. The categories include student satisfaction (22.5%), post-graduate success (37.5%), student debt (17.5%), graduation rates (11.25%), and nationally competitive awards (11.25%).
In addition to the Forbes list of America's Top Colleges, Barry was cited in two rankings by AC Online. Barry ranked No. 4 among the "Highest ROI Colleges in Florida," and No. 23 among the "Top 36 Most Affordable Roman Catholic Colleges with High Starting Salaries for Graduates."
AC Online's list of colleges with the highest ROI in Florida ranks the 24 colleges in the state where degrees pay off the most. According to AC Online, students who graduate from these colleges earn more over their lifetimes, on average, than graduates from other Florida institutions.
With its No. 4 ranking, Barry is the highest-rated school in South Florida and the highest-rated religiously-affiliated university on the list. Barry ranked higher than all the public schools in the state with the exception of the University of Florida.
To assemble its list, AC Online analyzed 30 years of salary history compiled in PayScale.com's 2013 College Earnings Reports for 397 universities in Florida. In addition, AC Online examined education and income-related data from the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS), The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and The Carnegie Foundation.
In AC Online's list of colleges with high starting salaries for graduates, the organization analyzed more than 200 Roman Catholic universities in the United States and ranked the 36 that provide students the biggest return on investment in the form of high starting salaries after graduation.
Barry ranked 23rd on the list, with graduates earning an average starting salary of $39,700. Barry is the highest-ranked school in Florida and one of only three Dominican universities named to the list.
To compile the list, AC Online reviewed four-year, fully-accredited, Roman Catholic institutions with average starting salaries for graduates of more than $30,000 per year. AC Online also reviewed mid-career salary averages as well as the overall return on investment for the degree. The list of schools meeting these criteria was compiled by the NCES, IPEDS, the Carnegie Classification, and Payscale.com.


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While ]]>hot flashes]]> are not medically harmful they can be uncomfortable. Some women have hot flashes intense enough to disrupt their daily routines. They can start as a heat spreading through the upper body and face, cause the face to flush, heart rate to increase, and make you sweat. Hot flashes can vary from woman to woman and can be every day or just a few times a week. They can also interfere with your sleep. If the hot flashes are not a major problem, doctors generally recommend ]]>lifestyle changes]]> to help decrease side effects. For more severe hot flashes, medication including ]]>hormone therapy]]> may be recommended. However, there are some concerns about safety of hormone therapy.
Researchers at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University set out to determine the safety and efficacy of a low dose ]]>estradiol]]> spray in treating hot flashes. The study, published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , found that a low-dose spray may reduce hot flash frequency.
About the Study
The ]]>randomized trial]]> followed 454 healthy ]]>postmenopausal]]> women. The women had reported eight or more moderate to severe hot flashes. The women were randomly assigned to one of four groups:
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- Placebo spray
Each spray delivered 90 microliters with 1.53 milligrams of estradiol. The trial ran for 12 weeks. Compared to the placebo group all of the estradiol groups demonstrated a decrease in hot flashes. The groups that had received two or three sprays had significant reduction in severity scores compared with their baseline. There was more than a 50% reduction in hot flash frequency by 74%-85% of the estradiol group compared to only 46% in the placebo group.
How Does This Affect You?
Many women do not need any treatment for hot flashes. If you can manage your hot flashes with lifestyle changes like exercise, avoiding triggers, and relaxation techniques, that is the preferred route. However, if the hot flashes are interfering with your daily routine the estradiol spray may be an option for you. The treatment is meant to be used for a short period of time and the dose is low.
Talk to your doctor about your symptoms and concerns. Discuss treatment options such as lifestyle changes, medication, or alternative treatments. You and your doctor can agree to a plan that works best for you.
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Buster JE, Koltun WD, Pascual ML, Day WW, Peterson C. Low-dose estradiol spray to treat vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology . 2008 Jun;111(6):1343-51.
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August 21. 2013 11:37PM
City crew's sausage appetite sticks Nashua taxpayers with $1,500 tab
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
Nashua aldermen hungry to fix free meal policies
— Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said Wednesday that a former city employee used poor judgment when authorizing nearly $1,500 in food purchases from The Sausage King while working on the downtown sidewalk project.
On Tuesday, the Board of Public Works met in a non-public meeting to discuss concerns by the city treasurer, David Fredette, after recently reviewing financial records for the Main Street renovations.
"He was concerned with what he was seeing. There were charges that concerned him," Lozeau said Wednesday.
Those revelations were brought to the attention of the mayor and the director of Public Works, Lisa Fauteux.
"Basically, what we have, is an employee that used poor judgment. If the person was still with the city, we would probably take action," said Lozeau.
The employee, who Lozeau would not identify, left the city under their own terms and not because of any disciplinary action or anything related to this situation.
Between August and November of 2012, while public works crews were installing a new sidewalk on block one of Main Street directly in front of The Sausage King, nearly $1,500 in meals were purchased with taxpayer money for city workers, according to Lozeau.
Staff are still trying to determine how many meals were purchased during that timeframe, and the treasurer is sifting through receipts, said the mayor.
While the city does have an account that allows food purchases for city employees on occasion, Lozeau said the extent of these purchases would not have been approved by the Public Works director.
"It was nothing illegal, but it happened more often than we would like," she said.
The city employee, who had authorization to approve charges, would write a purchase order for the meals and then authorize payment.
Essentially, Lozeau said an account was opened at the downtown restaurant, and when food was purchased — a few times a month for three or four months — a receipt would be provided to the employee and that worker would authorize it to be paid with city funds.
Although there are legitimate funds available to pay for meals for city employees working on the job, it is primarily used during snowstorms when crews are working extended hours, or when employees are asked to work overtime or cannot leave a work site, the mayor said.
"There are appropriate times and places for this," she said. "This jumped out because it was more often than we would have liked. Now, we have to make sure safeguards are in place to make sure staff authorized payments are clear, and what those limits are. We thought that they were clear, but apparently they were not for at least one individual."
The Board of Public Works commissioners, according to Lozeau, are concerned and unhappy about the situation and are looking for ways to prevent the improper spending.
"There is a balance, and when someone makes a mistake, we have to make sure it doesn't happen again," she added.
Dave Manganello, owner of The Sausage King on Main Street, says he is worried about having his name associated with the issue.
"I don't see this as such a big scandal," he said on Wednesday. "I don't think what they did was a problem. We were the perfect option for them. Some of my tax dollars paid for this."
While the city crews were working outside of his restaurant, Manganello said his business suffered.
"I looked at it as an opportunity to salvage some lost business. Look, the guys have to eat. I would do it again," he said. "I am not taking political sides, but I defend the city. I don't think the city did anything wrong."
He stressed that the workers were not buying anything extravagant, maintaining he doesn't have a meal over $10. In addition, he said, the employees often came in and purchased their own drinks.
"My fear is that my brand being involved in this story will be seen as bad to potential customers, when I don't think what they did was a problem," added Manganello.
Alderman-at-Large Mark Cookson, liaison to the Board of Public Works, said the problem is not a reflection on the restaurant.
"But, this is $1,500 of taxpayer money going to sausages," said Cookson. "I am very disappointed that this would take place. Ever since the beginning of this project, the public works employees have been scrutinized. It is not a good reflection on the work that they have done. I am highly disappointed."
It raises doubt about whether other questionable purchases have been approved by city employees, said Cookson, contending the safeguards in place should be revisited.
"We should be more accountable to the taxpayers, and I think the Board of Public Works should do a review of this, and it sounds like that is already happening," said Cookson.
The unusual purchases were noticed by the city treasurer after a local newspaper filed a Right-to-Know request seeking purchase orders related to the restaurant, said Lozeau.


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January 18. 2013 10:50PM
School funding threatened in NH cities
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
CONCORD - Some lawmakers want to delay full implementation of the school funding formula approved two years ago so 77 communities will not see a drop in their state education aid this year.
The state's two largest cities, Manchester and Nashua, could lose several hundred thousand dollars in state aid unless lawmakers take action, as will Keene and Lebanon.
A public hearing on
Senate Bill 40
, which would delay implementation of the 2011 law, is Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. in Room 103 in the State House in Concord.
The bill would essentially provide the same amount of state aid to all New Hampshire school districts as they received the past two years.
Communities were given stabilization grants beginning in 2012 to ensure they received the same amount of state aid as they received in 2011. While the stabilization grants are to remain the same into the future, the balance of state aid to each community would go up or down beginning in 2013 depending on a number of factors including enrollment and the statewide property tax rate.
However, the Department of Education, which determines what communities receive for state adequacy grants, interpreted the law to mean communities would receive the same state aid for 2013 as 2012.
When the error was discovered and state aid adjusted, 77 communities saw their state aid drop by a total of $3.42 million.
A note on the Department of Education's website reads "Based on a close analysis of the adequacy statute passed in 2011, we have concluded that an adjustment needs to be made to this year's adequacy payments (FY 2013). Several times in the last six months the DOE reported estimated figures for this year, based on the mistaken understanding that the hold harmless provision covered both years of this biennium. However this is not the case for FY 2013."
The problem is that communities approved their school budgets for this school year in the spring of 2012 based on the assumption state aid would be the same as the year before.
The bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Molly Kelly, D-Keene, said the bill does not increase spending for state aid, but essentially says "we'll hold communities harmless for 2013" because that is what they believed would happen.
Without the adjustments, Nashua would receive $342,606 less in state aid; Lebanon, $316,175 less; Londonderry, $307,286 less; Manchester, $193,223 less; Keene, $167,660 less; Newfound Area School District towns $137,755 less; Raymond $135,591 less; and Greenland, $116,858 less.
The remaining 69 communities would receive lesser amounts of state aid without the adjustment.
The Senate Finance Committee will have to decide what recommendation it will make on the bill, before it goes to the full Senate for action.
If the Senate passes the bill, it will go to the House for another public hearing and vote.


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Hassan rejects beer tax proposalBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 16. 2013 12:32PM
CONCORD - Gov. Maggie Hassan today rejected a proposal to boost the beer tax from 30 to 40 cents a gallon, but said she is willing to listen to proposals for additional revenue for the state's transportation infrastructure.
Speaking to reporters after the Executive Council meeting, Hassan said, "I want to let the people of New Hampshire know I oppose increasing the beer tax and I will veto it if it gets to my desk."
She said the discussion should be about jobs and the economy and not about increasing the beer tax.
A state representative has introduced a bill to increase the beer tax by 10 cents per gallon, which would produce about $4 million. The increase is opposed by local and national brewers as well as wholesalers who pay the tax.
Hassan was non-committal on proposed legislation from House Public Works Committee Chair David Campbell, D-Nashua, that would increase the gasoline tax by four cents for three years and auto registrations by $5 a year for three years to fund rehabilitating the state's highways and bridges.
"Obviously we need to meet the infrastructure needs in our state," Hassan said, noting it is her administration's priority along with completing the Interstate 93 expansion from Salem to Manchester.
She said there are a number of efforts being discussed and is waiting for consensus on all the proposals.
But she said New Hampshire has to develop its own way of dealing with its infrastructure challenge.
Massachusetts Deval Patrick was expected to unveil a massive program to improve his state's infrastructure and education today.


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Dan Lee saw a crime in progress and helped deputies track woman down
Kern County Sheriff's deputies arrested a woman after a passer-by interrupted a theft in progress in Taft Heights and chased her for a short distance Friday afternoon.
The suspect, tentatively identified as Rebecca McReynolds, 29, is charged with theft and possession of stolen property.
The witness, Dan Lee, said he saw the suspect at a neighbor's house on the 600 block of B Street and knew she had no business there.
"I saw her coming out of there carrying stuff," Lee said.
He works for the West Kern Water District and used his radio to have other employees call law enforcement.
Lee confronted her and she ran, trying to hide between two houses a short distance away near A and Harding Streets.
Barking dogs gave her away and she fled again, throwing a small trash bag at Lee.
I told her 'Don't run because the Sheriff's coming, but she took off again," Lee said.
The woman fled to the east down A Street and on to Parkview School.
Deputies arrived and set up a perimeter and the suspect was taken into custody on the playground.
The incident took place at about 1:30 p.m. but the school was vacant because of Christmas vacation.
Sheriff's Sgt. Martin Downs said the suspect had stolen mail in her possession when she was taken into custody.
She will be charged through Kern County Superior Court and the United States Postal Service will also be notified, Downs said.
The seargent praised Lee for helping stop a crime in progress but cautioned against taking actions that could put someone in danger.
"I can't say enough about his power of observation and looking out for his neighbors and the neighborhood," Downs said Friday. "He knew (the suspect) was up to no good and instead of looking the other way he got involved."
But downs said getting in a confrontation with a suspect can be very dangerous.
"We don't encourage anyone to take the law into their own hands," he said.
McReynolds is being held in the Kern County Sheriff's central receiving facility and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 2.


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BACK in November, Saints hit the giddy heights of third place in the Premier League.
For a brief moment, fans were able to dream.
Could this really be the season when Saints pieced together a sustained bid for a Champions League place?
Sadly not, as it's turned out.
The dream has long gone, and the weekend defeat to Liverpool further underlined how much Saints need to improve if they are to one day challenge the country's very best.
Though still a very impressive ninth – as I have said before, virtually the highest place they can realistically be – the stats tell their own story.
As of today, Saints are closer to the relegation places than they are to the top four.
Fifteen points clear of the drop zone, and 18 points adrift of fourth placed Manchester City - and the latter have two games in hand.
Saints have obviously made some strides forward this season – they are only two points off equalling their 2012/13 points haul and still have ten games left to play.
But last year there was some big talk from the likes of Pochettino and goalkeeper Artur Boruc of challenging for the Champions League.
Saints splashed out over £30m last summer, and have seen an improvement.
They will need to spend even more this summer if they want to make the stellar leap into the top four.
Saints, it might surprise some people to learn, are the seventh highest scorers in the Premier League this season.
They have bagged 38 goals from 28 games, which is actually one less than they had managed at the same stage of last season.
But they need a lot more goals to become a major force.
Chelsea and Arsenal both have 52 goals so far, while Liverpool and Manchester City have a staggering 73 and 69 respectively.
It is intriguing to see the table printed on this page.
It shows each Premier League club's record against the clubs currently in the top flight's top ten.
Saints have managed just a solitary victory in 13 games against the clubs they would like to be competing for a European place alongside.
That was the 1-0 win at Liverpool last September.
Only two clubs have scored fewer goals against the top ten this season than Saints.
That single-goal success at Anfield, meanwhile, was one of just two clean sheets in those 13 games.
So does Pochettino also need to further strengthen his back four this summer, in addition to bringing in more potent goal threats?
These are the sort of questions that need to be asked now, as attention is already starting to turn to 2014/15 already.
Saints' record against teams in the bottom half of the table is good, and if you want to avoid being sucked into a relegation battle then you need to beat the lowly sides.
But Pochettino's ambitions are considerably higher than staying out of the bottom three.
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12/11/2012 8:16amPolice are checking surveillance video for clues in a late-night robbery at the Sconecutter on State Street.
Tips for selling your old computer
12/11/2012 8:34amAs we get closer to Christmas, a lot of people who plan to buy a new computer may consider selling their old one. What do they need to do before selling it?
Nevada pipeline protesters urge Herbert not to sign deal
12/11/2012 9:27amFearing Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's signature is imminent on a controversial water sharing agreement with Nevada, critics opposed to its provisions delivered a letter to his office Tuesday detailing their objections.
Pediatricians encourage reading for patients as young as 6 months old
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New archery hunting permits available for teens
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Occurrences, but no infestation, of bedbugs at some libraries
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Credit card skimmer discovered at North Logan gas station
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10 cars damaged as fire sweeps through carport
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Teen hit while driving dirt bike through subdivision
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Chris Brown, of BuffaloBills.com, reports undrafted free-agent QBs Cullen Harper (Clemson), Daniel Polk (Midwestern State) and Gary Rogers (Washington State), RBs Rashad Cummings (North Greenville), Maurice Wells (Ohio State) and Mike Davis (South Carolina), WRs Jon Davis (Azusa Pacific), De'Cody Fagg (Florida State), Bradon Godfrey (Utah) and Alonzo Phillips (Florida International), OLs Joe Longacre (Arizona) and Nick Marshman (Virginia Tech), DLs Ataefiok Etukeren (Georgetown) and Daman Suggs (Georgia Southern), LBs Derek Burrell (Kent State), Soloman Elimimian (Hawaii) and Joe Mortensen (Kansas), CBs Dante Dunn (Wayne State) and Erik Robinson (Hawaii) as well as S Tyrrell Herbert (Toledo) and S Rob Wilson (Miami University of Ohio) will participate in the Buffalo Bills' minicamp on a tryout basis. Also, unrestricted free-agent RB Justise Hairston (Colts), TEs Cody Boyd (Steelers) and TE Nate Lawrie (Bengals), OL Ryan Considine (Packers), DE Jermaine McGhee (Chiefs), CB Kyle Ward (Packers) and P Richmond McGee (Eagles) will participate on a tryout basis.
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Ky. Sen. Rand Paul to NH GOP: Let's look like AmericaBy DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 20. 2013 10:19PM
CONCORD — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul urged fellow Republicans at a New Hampshire GOP fundraiser Monday night to become a more diversified party, and also sharply criticized the Obama administration for threats to civil liberties.
The Kentucky senator was the featured speaker at the New Hampshire Republican Party's "Liberty Dinner," which also featured national GOP Chairman Reince Priebus.
Both met with reporters before the event and said more facts need to unfold in the investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups before deciding what kind of punishment is appropriate.
"I think we need to figure out the truth of what happened before we go anywhere else," Paul told reporters.
He took a much stronger stance in his 30-minute speech to more than 500 Republican supporters.
"Somebody's got to be fired, if not go to prison," Paul said, drawing one of many rounds of applause.
He also said the GOP needs to improve from within if it hopes to reclaim the White House. "We need to grow bigger. If you want to be the party of white people, we're winning all the white votes," he said. "We're a diverse nation. We're going to win when we look like America."
Priebus, who spoke before Paul, also touched on the IRS scandal and the Justice Department's
seizure of telephone records from the Associated Press.
"Now we have government gone wild," Priebus said. "Some people wonder why we're for limited, accountable government. I think recent events should remove any doubt why these principles are so important to the Republican Party."
Paul addressed the issue before his speech, saying the government had crossed the line by taking the records without obtaining a warrant.
"I think there should be a very high bar for going after records of the media," Paul said. "I'm a strong believer that the First Amendment does extend some privileges to the media that we want to keep because the media helps to get news out of people who are opposed to government policy. I think if we stifle that it's essentially akin to stifling dissent."
New Hampshire Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Horn thanked Paul for a $10,000 donation he made to the state GOP.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte drew applause when she was recognized during opening remarks; the mention of Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen set off several "boos."
One topic Paul had no interest in discussing was whether New Hampshire should approve casino gambling.
"It's a state issue, really," Paul said. "I'm a big believer in federalism and I think New Hampshire should get to decide that."


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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Annual Cookbooklette Giveaway + Cookie Recipe!
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No access to spice has regular users complaining, police sayBy AMANDA BELAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 17. 2014 10:53PM
MANCHESTER — The number of people in Manchester who have overdosed on synthetic marijuana continued to rise over the weekend.
Sgt. Christopher Goodnow said as of 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, another person had overdosed in the previous 24 hours. This brings the total number of reported overdoses in the city to 48 since last Monday — although police said some overdoses could have gone unreported.
Sgt. Brian N. O'Keefe said officers have told him that regular spice users are complaining because they cannot buy the product anywhere in the city. Some are "dope sick," or experiencing withdrawal symptoms, he said Sunday in an email.
The products were being sold in about 50 convenience stores throughout the city. On Wednesday, the business licenses of three convenience stores were revoked.
According to Goodnow, of the city stores checked by police, the products are no longer being sold or made available to customers. The three stores forced to close are challenging the license revocations.
Last Thursday, Gov. Maggie Hassan declared a state of emergency for New Hampshire in response to overdoses in Manchester and Concord.
A sweet-tasting version of spice called "Smacked!" has been linked to a number of the overdoses. The products are marketed as incense and typically sell for $10 a package. Coated in psychoactive compounds that mimic THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, the products are consumed or smoked.
Spice products became illegal in New Hampshire in August 2012. However, they have continued to be sold because the chemical composition of the product is continuously changed by manufacturers to make its sale legal.


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January 15. 2014 6:08PM
NH House votes to inhale: Gives initial OK to legalizing small amounts of marijuana, but veto promised
By JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
If NH eventually were to legalize pot, will you be a customer?
Total Votes: 3751
CONCORD -- The New Hampshire House Wednesday spent nearly three hours debating and eventually giving initial approval to a marijuana legalization bill that Gov. Maggie Hassan has already promised to veto if it reaches her desk.
The bill would legalize possession of one ounce of marijuana for people 21 and older and lays the groundwork for imposing a state tax on sales and regulations on sales and cultivation.
If it does become law, which is unlikely, New Hampshire would join only Colorado and Washington state in legalizing the substance for recreational use.
The key House roll call was a 170-162 vote in favor of sending the bill to its Ways and Means Committee for review of a proposed 15 percent sales tax on marijuana sales, which advocates said will generate $25 million to $30 million in revenue annually, and for consideration of inherent costs.
That panel will eventually send the bill back to the House for another debate, and if it passes again, it would then be sent to the state Senate, where passage is uncertain at best.
But even if it clears that hurdle, it would then face Hassan's veto pen. She reiterated her opposition to the bill last week.
Hassan last year signed a bill allowing the medical use of marijuana, but said she opposed any further decriminalization.
In a series of bizarre votes, the House initially voted to kill the bill by the narrowest of margins, 170-168. But it then voted 173-165 to reconsider that vote, allowing debate to continue.
The next key vote was a 170-168 against killing it -- a reversal of the initial vote -- and finally, after nearly three hours, the bill passed, 170-162.
Under the bill, an ounce or less of marijuana would be sold for recreational use through a licensed retailer. The state would impose a sales tax on marijuana purchases, at the rate of 15 percent.
It would be up to the state Department of Revenue Administration to come up with rules governing the collection of tax revenues.
A poll last fall conducted by the University of New Hampshire for WMUR television showed that 60 percent of Granite Staters favored the idea of legalizing small amounts of marijuana, while only 36 percent were opposed.
But law enforcement officials have long opposed the idea.
The bill was introduced last year, but then retained and sent to the House Criminal Justice Committee for review during the summer and fall. When it emerged in November, however, the committee opposed it on an 11-7 vote, recommending that it be killed.
Committee opponents said the bill is bad public policy, harmful to public health and safety, and will be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce and regulate.
Backers on the committee is a potential revenue source "whose time has come."
Leading support for the bill on the House floor Wednesday was prime sponsor Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, R-Manchester, who said that with marijuana use having been widespread for many years, "The reefer madness of the past is a bygone thing."
Vaillancourt said that if marijuana is legalized, "most people will use less.
"If we legalize marijuana, we take it out of the hands of the black market," Vaillancourt said. "Since it will be legally available over the counter, no one will need to purchase it from dealers on the street. Thus, street dealers will, by and large, go out of business."
But Rep. William Butynski, D-Hinsdale, a retired substance abuse expert said, marijuana use "has been known" to lower IQs in young people by as many as six points.
And, he said, according to state figures, "People under the influence of marijuana are twice as likely to become involved in motor vehicle accidents as those who are not using marijuana."
Common sense, he said, means that more availability will lead to more access and more use.
Rep. Ruth Gage, D-Goffstown, favoring legalization, called for "honest education and regulation" rather than "criminalizing adults."
Rep. Shawn Jasper, R-Hudson, said that unlike alcohol laws, the current bill does not address at what point someone who smokes marijuana is too impaired to drive.
"How does this impact our driving while intoxicated or our driving under the influence laws?" he asked.
"With alcohol, there is a (legal) limit to which you can drink alcohol before you are impaired," Jasper said. There is no corresponding limit for marijuana mentioned in the bill, he said.
"How do we protect our people on the roads from people who are now legally ingesting a legal product and are now going out on those roads?" asked Jasper.
"Is this House going to say, 'We'll worry about that later?' That is not responsible," Jasper said. "It puts us on dangerous ground."
After the vote, Matt Simon of the Marijuana Policy Project said, "House members made history today, and they are clearly on the right side of it. Marijuana prohibition has been an enormously expensive failure. Most Americans, including 60 percent of New Hampshire residents, agree that it is time to adopt a more sensible policy."


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UNH, Verizon ready to team up for successful regionalBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 24. 2013 12:54AM
Senior Thomas Fortney, who had scored a grand total of two goals all season, got the call to take the late-game faceoff in the North Dakota end of the ice.
Less than six seconds - 5.7 to be precise - remained in the University of New Hampshire's 2009 NCAA Northeast Regional game against the Fighting Sioux and the Wildcats were down a goal and down to their last chance at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
Fortney won the draw back and defenseman Kevin Kapstad made a nice play to keep the puck in the zone and slid it across to Mike Sislo. Sislo's shot missed the net and came out the other side, Jerry Pollastrone back-handed a pretty pass toward the front of the net and Fortney whacked at the puck and knocked it in.
The official time on the goal: 19:59.9. The clock read .1. One tenth of a second remained in the game.
"It doesn't get any better than that," said UNH director of athletics Marty Scarano.
"You can't be any closer," said coach Dick Umile last week when recalling the most dramatic goal in school history. "And then to come out and win it in overtime. You can't write that up in a script. It was crazy. Awesome."
Fortney tied the game with North Dakota at 5-5. Just 45 seconds into overtime Peter LeBlanc scored the game-winner to make sure his team took advantage of Fortney's heroics and send the Wildcats on to the Regional finals.
The next day UNH lost a 2-1 heartbreaker when Boston University scored a power play goal with 15 seconds left in regulation. The Terriers went on to win the national championship.
The Wildcats lost their first game in the regionals in Manchester in both 2004 and 2007.
They struck back in 2009 and forged an NCAA Shining Moment.
They will try to collect a couple more when the Northeast Regional returns to the Verizon next weekend.
Pairings and matchups for the NCAA Division I ice hockey tournament will be announced in a Selection Show tonight at 9 on ESPNU.
On Friday and Saturday at the Verizon, UNH will host the Regionals for the fifth time. And for the fifth time the Wildcats - because they qualified for the tournament on the strength of their 19-11-7 overall season - will play in their own Regional.
The deal is this: If a host team qualifies, it is guaranteed a spot in the Regional it is hosting. There is no advantage as far as getting into the tournament just because a school is hosting.
The Verizon opened in the fall of 2001 and UNH played host to its first regional in March of 2004.
"When we started down this road a decade ago, we aspired to be an athletics department that had a national reach," Scarano said. "It was important to that endeavor to extend ourselves with the NCAA. Having a regional is the gold standard, if we could achieve that, which we did."
Scarano credits his staff, and general manager Tim Bechert and his SMG staff at the Verizon, for continually putting on successful regionals.
Michigan and UNH played in front of a sellout crowd of 10,104 in the first regional in 2004 and Manchester, while not matching that number in subsequent years, consistently is one of the best attended Regionals.
As of last week, more tickets had been sold for the regional at the Verizon than for his year's other regionals in Providence, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio, said UNH deputy director of athletics Steve Metcalf. .
"We'd like to sell out," Metcalf said. "But 8,000 would be a good goal. It depends on the teams you get in your region."
The top rated Hockey East team, either UMass-Lowell or Boston College, will likely be in Manchester. Perhaps Notre Dame, which joins Hockey East next season, will be in the mix, too, Scarano said.
Passing the "Red Test" gave Scarano, early on, an inkling that things might work out with Manchester and NCAAs.
Gordon "Red" Berenson, the longtime coach at Michigan, brought his Wolverines to the first regional in Manchester in 2004.
"It was one of the great moments in Manchester," Scarano said with a laugh. "Michigan came in and Red can sometimes be a little difficult to deal with. He takes a provocative view at Regionals, let's say. As he was leaving Manchester, he said, 'This was one of the best GD regional sites ever."
Boston College coach Jerry York and many others who have come through since echo the sentiment and cite everything from how the athletes are treated to the proximity of the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport to the hotels to the top-notch food served to NCAA guests, officials and the media, Scarano said.
UNH and the Verizon and Manchester will try to build on their reputation for regionals next weekend.
On the ice, the Wildcats will try to take things a step further.
UNH lost in its first game in the Regionals in 2004 and in 2007. The Wildcats knocked off North Dakota in the memorable first game in 2009. In 2011, as the No. 4 seed, they ousted No. 1 Miami, 3-1, in their opener.
Not once in four tries have the Wildcats advanced out of Manchester to the Frozen Four.
They'll try net weekend to win a couple of games and move on to their first Frozen Four - this year's edition will be held in Pittsburgh on April 11-13 - since they lost to Minnesota in the championship game in Buffalo in 2003.
Senior forward Austin Block thinks the Wildcats, who had a much better first half of the season than second, have a couple of things going for them.
"We went from being the top dog to being an underdog," he said. "That's not a bad thing. And having home ice, that's a huge advantage for us. ... We've been close a few years while we've been here to getting to the Frozen Four. I think it's time to get there for once."
The Northeast Regional opens with games at 4:30 and 8 p.m. on Friday. The regional final is Saturday at 6:30.


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February 01. 2013 6:06PM
Homeless man held on $500k cash after standoff in Middleton Thursday
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
Armed hostage standoff ends peacefully in Middleton
ROCHESTER – A homeless man who allegedly stole an AK-47 from his brother, kidnapped a nearby woman and held off police for three hours in Middleton on Thursday will be held on $500,000 cash bail.
Richard Penney, 35, who previously lived in Middleton, was charged with five felonies – including robbery, two counts of theft by unauthorized taking, kidnapping and criminal threatening with a deadly weapon - following the incident which occurred along Lakeshore Drive.
After a three-hour standoff, Penney let the woman go unharmed before surrendering to police. He was held overnight in Strafford County Jail in Dover.
During a video arraignment Friday, Judge Daniel Cappiello entered no plea for the felony charges and agreed to set bail at $500,000 cash bail, based on the recommendations of Assistant County Attorney Matt Zahn.
"We all deserve to be safe in our homes," Zahn said.
After walking to his brother's home on Elaine Drive in Middleton, Penney allegedly took a .32 caliber Berretta pistol and a .22 caliber derringer Model DM-22. He then threatened to allegedly "blow his brains out" with the loaded Berretta if his brother – Robert – did not hand over an AK-47 rifle, according to court records.
After Penney left, his brother called police around 2:10 p.m. to report that Penney had allegedly taken the weapons and multiple loaded magazines.
Penney then walked to 82 Lakeshore Drive and allegedly forced his way inside the home by threatening a woman – Heather Ducharme – with the loaded AK-47. He then held Ducharme in her home while holding police at bay outside, according to court records.
Zahn said while Penney has no criminal record, his alleged actions were a threat to all, including himself.
"The nature of these charges is – in a word – terrifying," Zahn said, adding before Penney allegedly loaded and had rounds chambered in all of the weapons during the incident.
Middleton Police Chief Randy Sobel previously said investigators are determining whether Penney and the woman had any sort of relationship before the incident.
"At times he (Penney) would tell Ducharme that he did not want to hurt her and at other times he stated that he was going to kill them both," according to the affidavit.
Middleton police responded and quickly called for mutual aid to help secure the area.
As a result, members of Farmington, Milton, New Durham and Wolfeboro police, deputies from the Strafford County Sheriff's Department and State Police – including members of the Major Crime Unit and the Tactical Unit – all responded to the scene.
Additionally, police notified school officials in Farmington – where Middleton students attend classes. As a result, the schools were put in a "soft lock down" as a precaution. Students were returned home following the incident, according to Sobel.
On Thursday, N.H. State Police Col. Robert Quinn praised the efforts of police who helped secure the scene, safeguard the community and begin negotiations. He added this gave State Police time to respond and help resolve the issue without incident.
If Penney is able to make bail, Cappiello ordered that he would have to undergo a mental health evaluation, possess no dangerous weapons, avoid alcohol or drugs, sign an extradition agreement, be monitored by Strafford County Community Corrections Program and have no contact with his brother and the woman.
Because there are felony charges, Penney is scheduled to appear for a probable cause hearing Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. in 7th Circuit Court in Rochester.


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The debt ceiling: Call the President's bluffEDITORIAL
September 27. 2013 12:13AM
After U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz took a nap on Thursday, focus shifted from the fight over Obamacare to the fight over the debt ceiling. The United States hits its borrowing capacity in a few weeks, and if this is not raised the nation will default on its debt. President Obama says he will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling. Republicans should test his resolve.
Those on Obama's side say the United States never had a debt ceiling until 1917, and the political creation should be tossed aside. Fine, as long as we go back to the situation that existed before 1917: Congress had to approve all borrowing.
Advocates of an imperial executive mock the debt ceiling by saying that other developed nations don't have one. They don't have our combination of a federated government and a Bill of Rights, either. In the United States, the people restrain the state, not the other way around. The debt ceiling is a small check on the growth of the state — unless we ignore it, which we should not.
Republicans, though, should be careful to remain focused. The whole point of the debt ceiling is to keep borrowing and spending in check. Using it to press for a laundry list of pet issues unrelated to that goal is unwise. If Republicans use this opportunity to focus the nation's and the President's attention on our unsustainable spending and borrowing, it is a fight they can win and the American people should welcome.


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Graveside services for lifelong Cortez resident Marie Eleanor Roelfs Wilson will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, January 19 Fairview Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church.
Visitation has been set for Friday evening from 4 to 6 p.m. at Ertel Memorial Chapel.
Marie was born to Ruth Willard Blair and Henry Harrison Roelfs on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1927 while the family lived at Lebanon, Colo. She passed away on Monday, January 14, 2013 at Southwest Memorial Hospital at the age of 85.
Marie attended grades 1-8 at Lebanon and high school in Dolores where she graduated in 1945. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State College of Education in 1949 and taught Home Economics for eight years.
On February 11, 1950 Marie married Samuel Glen Wilson. They lived at Yellow Jacket, Colo. for three years before moving to Pleasant View. Three children were born to this union, Wesley Harrison in July 1952, Phyllis Lynn in November 1955 and Brian Glen in March 1962.
Marie and Glen were charter members of the Sylvan Presbyterian Church. After moving to Cortez she attended the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church where she served in many capacities. Marie enjoyed membership in Grange, Farmers Union, Order of Eastern Star and the Rainbelt Ladies Club.
Glen died October 1982 and in August 1984 Marie moved to Cortez, leaving the home Glen and she designed and built in Pleasant View. Marie loved the farm and its many aspects of raising her family there. She was able to adjust to "city life" and a new chapter in her life. Marie enjoyed many hobbies like cooking, canning, gardening, sewing and reading.
Surviving Marie are her children, Wesley Wilson and wife, Chris, Phyllis Wilson, and Brian Wilson and wife, Kaylyn; her grandchildren, Charlie, Kyle, Lindsey, Kelsey, Katelynn, Landan, and Tierney; two great-grandchildren, Natalie and Tyler; numerous nieces and nephews; by three sisters-in-law, Faye Bertrand, Marge Crowley, and Eloise Wilson; and by many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband. Marie was an only child but married into a large family where she was treated as a sister. They also preceded her in death, Earl and Dorothy Wood, Vick and Elsie Chaffin, J.W. Crowley, Paul and Margaret Wilson, Jim and Veda Wilson, Art (Runt) and Esther
Wilson, Everett and Nancy Conrad, Adrian and Nellie Bradfield, Bent Bertrand, and Larry Wilson.
Memorial contributions may be made in Marie Wilson's name to the Montezuma Valley Presbyterian Church.
Services are under the direction of Ertel Funeral Home. For further information or to send condolences, log on to www.ertelfuneralhome.com and click on the obituary section.


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DENVER One handshake brought to an end a bitter year in Colorado politics.
Speaker of the House Frank McNulty banged his gavel one last time to call the House of Representatives to order for 2013 on Wednesday morning.
Last May, McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, wielded the same gavel to kill legislation to create civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, even though supporters had the votes to pass it in the House.
Democrats vowed to put McNulty out of a job, and they targeted vulnerable Republicans such as Ignacios J. Paul Brown.
Durango Democrat Mike McLachlan beat Brown. It was one of five new seats for Democrats plenty to make Denver Rep. Mark Ferrandino Colorados first gay speaker of the House.
A good-natured McNulty congratulated Ferrandino with a handshake Wednesday morning and then took his seat among the Republican rank-and-file.
The handshake also ushered in a much different era in the House, both in style and substance.
Ferrandino sponsored last years ill-fated civil-unions bill, and his husband, Greg Wertsch, sat in the front row to watch him take the reins of power.
Ferrandino had kind words for McNulty and called him his friend.
Some might say weve had our moments, but I know how deeply you care about this state, and I respect the work youve done, Ferrandino said.
The civil-unions bill is sure to pass now, bringing same-sex couples many of the rights similar to marriage.
Ferrandino and Wertsch have a year-old foster-daughter, Lila, who has been toddling around the Capitol the last few weeks.
You get a different perspective on life when youre changing diapers in the speakers office, Ferrandino said.
He began his first speech as the leader of the House by calling for an end to the anti-government rhetoric of the last few years.
When a wildfire roars into Colorado Springs or a madman opens fire in an Aurora theater, our government responds. In those urgent and impossible moments, it is our government in the form of police officers, firefighters and paramedics that is first on the scene, Ferrandino said.
The Legislature will stay focused on jobs bills, he said, but he also acknowledged that this year will bring an emotional debate about guns.
The Second Amendment is sacrosanct. But so is the First. It is our right and the time is right to speak openly and honestly about how we can curb the gun violence that costs our communities far too many sons and daughters, he said, drawing applause from Democrats and silence from Republicans.
The conversation will include mental health and gun control, he said.
Republicans find themselves in a 37-28 minority in the House, and their new leader asked for their voices to be heard this year. Last year, the House passed the budget on a near-unanimous 64-1 vote, said Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs.
Waller focused his remarks on opportunity through education, and he said Democrats and Republicans can find common ground in giving Coloradans the chance to go to good schools and colleges.
Imagine how much better a place this world would be if we spent fewer dollars on prison beds and, in turn, used those dollars for desks in the classroom, Waller said.
Legislators will hear from Gov. John Hickenlooper today for his third State of the State address. They will get to work in earnest next week on their 120-day session.


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Oak Ridge is tearing the cover off the baseball. Led by senior Matt McDaniel, the Wildcats got their third win of the season — 6-3 in the match-up round against Sevier County late Saturday — and faced District 3-AAA Karns late Tuesday at Hopkins Field.
Oak Ridge is tearing the cover off the baseball. Led by senior Matt McDaniel, the Wildcats got their third win of the season — 6-3 in the match-up round against Sevier County late Saturday — and faced District 3-AAA Karns late Tuesday at Hopkins Field.
McDaniel went 4-for-4 at the plate and belted his fourth home run of the season in the first inning. McDaniel is batting .687 in the first five games on the year but he isn't alone.
Ralph O'Neal, Kyler Jones, Prentice Young and Luke Herbert each went 2-for-3 with an RBI against the Smoky Bears.
The quick turnaround from a tough 12-13 loss to Webb earlier in the day was just what the Diamond 'Cats (3-2) needed. Oak Ridge committed four errors against the Spartans but still came within a run of winning the timed game after McDaniel put his third shot over the left field fence in the sixth.
Against Sevier County, McDaniel put Oak Ridge on the board early with a solo shot in the third to tie the game at 1-1.
With the game tied 2-2 in the fifth, Oak Ridge put together four extra-base hits. With two outs, McDaniel hit a double. O'Neal brought in Reid Elwood, McDaniel's courtesy runner, on a full count to get the lead.
Jones scored O'Neal on a double of his own two pitches later and Young, now hitting .500 on the season, tripled to bring in another run.
Hebert got a single to make it 6-2 before the Smoky Bears could get out of the inning.
Chris Romanoski picked up the win for Oak Ridge. The right-hander went five innings and pitched his way out of jams in the third and fifth innings. Romanoski walked three in the third, loading the bases but got three outs before Sevier County could drive in a run.
He would walk three more in the fifth but only gave up one run before striking out the final batter of the inning.
Romanoski scattered five hits and gave up two earned runs and struck out one in the outing.
O'Neal came on for the save in the sixth, striking out two batters, walking one and allowing an earned run on two hits.
The Wildcats will travel to Kingsport this weekend for a double-header against Dobyns-Bennett and Sullivan South on Saturday at DBHS. The first game against the Indians is at noon. They won't return to Hopkins Field for a contest until next weekend when they host the Kevin Calia Tournament March 29-30.
Robert Holder can be contacted at (865) 220-5508.


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March 05. 2014 4:23PM
Michael C. Whitney: A small gas tax hike would be good for business
No one likes to pay taxes and fees, and as a business advocacy organization you won't often hear us advocating for their increase, but roads and bridges are the lifeblood of New Hampshire's economy. They facilitate the movement of raw materials to and finished products from our manufacturing sector — the largest sector of the state's economy. They further facilitate the movement of the many tourists who visit our state each year and who make tourism the second largest sector of our economy.
Businesses large and small not only benefit, but depend on a well-functioning network of roads and bridges, allowing the movement of not just goods and services, but also of the employees who produce these goods and perform these services. Investing in better roads and bridges is short money and an investment that will offer a very high return, to residents, businesses and the state as a whole.
This network is falling apart before our eyes. The number of red-listed bridges and highway miles rated in poor condition continues to grow faster than our ability to pay to repair them. To say the least, the results of this lack of investment are troubling to the greater Manchester business community and our future economic development prospects. Also troubling is our elected leaders' inability to find a sustainable funding solution to ensure that our state's surface transportation needs are adequately met now and in the future.
That's why the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce is pleased to see real leadership on this issue from state Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, the prime sponsor of Senate Bill 367, which, as amended, would provide a one-time 4-cent increase — the first increase to the road toll (often referred to as the gas "tax") since 1991.
It is acknowledged that Sen. Rausch's proposal, which was passed by the Senate Ways & Means Committee by a 4-1 vote on Tuesday, is only a partial solution, but it is a step in the right direction, and that's why the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously to support Senate Bill 367.
The road toll is currently 18 cents per gallon, where it has remained since the last time it was increased 23 years ago. Back then, the average price for a gallon gas in this state was $1.14. This equated to a gas tax rate of just under 16 percent. This week, however, gas is hovering around $3.39 a gallon in Manchester, making the per-gallon tax rate about 5.3 percent — or two-thirds less than it was in the early 1990s.
Coupled with inflation and more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road, not to mention changing driving habits that are resulting in fewer vehicle miles traveled, the state has less and less revenue with which to adequately maintain our roads and bridges. The money we do have has much less purchasing power than it did in 1991— the price of asphalt increased 460 percent between 1992 and 2012. Increases have also been seen in the prices of gasoline, diesel and road salt, to name a few.
Our state has been able to coast by on unsustainable one-time fixes for a number of years now. But we're about out of options. The New Hampshire Department of Transportation further estimates that roads in need of repair cost each state motorist an average of $330 per vehicle each year. A 4-cent increase in the road toll, by contrast, will see the average motorist pay an extra $16 per vehicle each year. That's what we call short money in the business world. But as noted above, a 4-cent increase is not enough to adequately address the state's surface transportation needs. By amending Senate Bill 367 to remove indexing the amount of road toll to the rate of inflation, the Senate Ways & Means Committee left the responsibility of finding a permanent solution to future legislators. Here's hoping it won't take another 23 years before this critical business issues is addressed again.
Michael C. Whitney is interim president and CEO of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.


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A longtime Washington researcher will emphasize the importance of field research during a meeting for Northwest agribusinesses.
R. James Cook, retired USDA Agricultural Research Service plant pathologist and Washington State University emeritus professor of plant pathology and crop and soil sciences, will deliver the keynote address during the Far West Agribusiness Association annual meeting Dec. 9-11 at the Red Lion Hotel at 2525 N. 20th Ave., in Pasco, Wash.
Using his own research on root diseases in wheat, Cook hopes to emphasize the importance of research conducted in the field.
"People like me are retiring and we're not being replaced by people that still do field work," he said. "We're being replaced by bright, well-trained, young men and women, but they all want to work with molecular biology in the laboratory. They do not have the skills that I and others of my generation developed in terms of how to answer research questions in the field."
Cook said agribusinesses will have to pick up the slack on applied research, but he's not certain who will be conducting fundamental research in the field, with backup in the greenhouse.
"A single scientific discovery can change almost everything overnight once it's accepted by farmers and agribusinesses," he said. "A misdiagnosis, widely held within science, agribusiness and farmers, can delay progress interminably."
Cook worked at WSU for 40 years. One of his major discoveries was the green bridge, showing that volunteer plants can hold root pathogens between the harvest of one crop and planting another. In 2011, he received the prestigious international Wolf Prize for Agriculture.
"He still has research under way," association executive director Jim Fitzgerald said of Cook. "He's got a terrific amount of insight. He's able to see ahead of what may be coming about."
The organization holds two conferences about a month apart, covering Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington, with events in central Washington and southern Idaho. The second conference meets Jan. 6-8 in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The agenda for the December meeting includes presentations on fraud prevention and a West Fertilizer Company ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas, in early 2013.
"There's a lot of interest in that incident," Fitzgerald said.
The speakers are former EPA employees who have started their own risk management engineering firm. The association saw an opportunity for a local perspective and the cause and effect of the incident on regulations, Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald said the association aims to help agronomists, applicators and others help their farmer-customers be as successful as possible, maximizing yields, water use and soil efficiency.
"We want them to walk out the door with a notebook full of notes, be terrifically energized and enthused about what they've learned and the people they've met and to feel like they're really prepared for 2014," Fitzgerald said.
Continuing education pesticide credits for California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Utah are available.
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Another View: Why restoring state funding for the University System of New Hampshire makes senseBY MARK W. HUDDLESTON
February 25. 2013 5:38PM
New Hampshire families with students attending our public colleges and universities can be grateful that the governor's two-year budget proposal directs money specifically toward making higher education more affordable for them. After weathering the largest cut in state support for higher education in our nation's history, we are also proud of our response in identifying savings and generating new revenues - and in ways that help New Hampshire students on a path to lifelong opportunity and achievement.
We also take great pride in our partnership with the state, and we are committed to ensuring that every dollar of state funding restored to our budget will be directed to freezing in-state tuition, enhancing student aid to offset fee increases, and providing additional scholarships for our state's neediest and highest-achieving students. And we are especially grateful to the state's business community, alumni, parents and students who have signed on to support these efforts.
Indeed, the budget proposal benefits all of our citizens because it recognizes the vital role of our University System of New Hampshire (USNH) institutions in boosting the state's economy - resulting in more than $2 billion a year in economic activity.
Now, one might wonder why we are so enthusiastic about the budget proposal. After all, it would provide USNH with 10 percent less state support than it had in 2009 (and that's not adjusting for inflation). If the budget were approved, New Hampshire would continue to be last in the nation in per capita support for public higher education, by far.
We are grateful because we know where we've been, and are. In 2011, state support for USNH was cut nearly 50 percent. A decade ago, New Hampshire provided each student more than $4,000 in public support. Today, it is less than $600. Currently, our students graduate with the highest level of student debt in the country. And USNH receives just 6 percent of its budget from the state.
Following the budget cut, we made sweeping changes to operate more efficiently, both within our institutions and, working with the Board of Trustees, at the USNH chancellor's office. We are developing new public-private partnerships that bring innovative technology to the marketplace. We have increased our online course offerings, some of which are rated "best" in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
We are also attracting more international and out-of-state students, who pay more to study with us. And although per student state support has declined, we increased in-state financial aid from $6.6 million in 2003 to $33.2 million in 2013. Finally, we are doing all this while maintaining quality and returning tremendous rewards to New Hampshire for the state's modest investment.
We know from companies like Albany International, which recently brought hundreds of highly skilled jobs to New Hampshire, that public higher education is a deciding factor in locating here. Projections say that by 2018, retirement and job growth will create 2.3 million vacancies across New England. In New Hampshire, employment projections through 2016 indicate positions requiring a bachelor's degree will grow at a rate 70 percent faster than those that do not.
Yet today, nearly half of New Hampshire's college-bound students choose to go to other states, due at least in part to their concerns over declining state support here.
The governor's proposal is an opportunity to reverse that trend. Freezing the total cost of attendance and increasing need- and merit-based aid sends a powerful message to New Hampshire students: We want you to stay here, and to succeed in college. We want you to graduate to find good careers here, too. It also assures their families that that they will be protected from rising college costs for at least two years. In fact, some needy and high-performing students may see their costs go down. We are committed to maintaining our focus on affordability far beyond this biennium as well.
Today, thanks to our fiscal stewardship, we are grateful for a budget proposal that would restore most of what was cut in 2011. As state lawmakers meet in the coming months, we urge them to support the governor's budget for higher education-with its focus on directing support entirely to in-state students - as a wise investment for all of New Hampshire.
Mark W. Huddleston is president of the University of New Hampshire. Jay Kahn is president of Keene State College. Todd J. Leach is president of Granite State College. Sara Jayne Steen is president of Plymouth State University.


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Lousy choices: Medicaid or the exchange
September 25. 2013 5:59PM
The "exchanges" mandated by Obamacare are supposed to be operational by next Tuesday. In New Hampshire, the state cannot even answer questions about whether people who might be eligible for subsidized insurance can be moved onto the exchanges.
New Hampshire lawmakers have not decided whether to expand Medicaid eligibility to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. Republican members of the state commission tasked with studying that issue want to know whether the state can move people who earn from 100 percent to 138 percent of the poverty level into subsidized insurance plans offered on the exchanges rather than put them on Mediaid.
"Recent guidance from CMS (Center for Medicaid Services) is they won't grant a waiver unless there is a choice of qualified health plans," Jennifer Patterson of the state Insurance Department told the commission. That is, these people probably will have to go onto Medicaid if New Hampshire expands eligibility because only one insurer offers plans through the exchange.
Why is that? Note Patterson's phrase "qualified health plans." The federal government mandates that all plans offered on the exchange must provide government-approved coverage that is broad and expensive. But the rates for those plans are set by the government. Only one insurer, New Hampshire's biggest, was willing to play by those terms.
We are days away from the opening of the exchanges, and we have no competition. People are losing their employer-provided coverage, and the only option for many will be to go on Medicaid. What a reform.