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Drew Granier made the one list every Minor League Baseball player wants to be on.
Drew Granier made the one list every Minor League Baseball player wants to be on.
Before the start of the 2013 season, majorleaguebaseball.com released the Top 20 prospects in each Major League Baseball team's Minor League organization.
Granier, who was a 32nd round draft choice by the Oakland Athletics in 2011, found his way on Oakland's Top 20 prospects list after a stellar 2012 season pitching for the Burlington Bees of the Single A Midwest League.
While he was at Burlington, Granier led all of Oakland's minor league pitchers in innings pitched (162 2/3) and was ranked second in strikeouts (167) and wins (11).
That success led to Granier, a former Class 5A All-State pitcher at Thibodaux High and Louisiana-Monroe standout, getting an invite to Oakland's mini-camp before spring training where he was evaluated and eventually sent to the Stockton Ports of the Single A Advance California League.
Granier's stay with Stockton only lasted a couple of months as he posted a 6-3 record with a 3.25 earned run average. That success led to Granier's promotion to Oakland's Double A team, the Midland RockHounds, of the Texas League on June 21.
Granier said he isn't surprise by his success, but by making the prospect list, he understands he has the attention of the organization and it is up to him to take advantage of his notoriety.
"I did do well, but I wouldn't say that I was surprised. It was overwhelming to do so well in that first full season and people seeing what you can do. To make that prospects list definitely helps, but it means they want to push you and they have pushed me up a level to see how I handle things," Granier said. "This year did start different for me in getting invited to mini-camp before spring training. I got to go out there three weeks, with the pitchers and catchers, before the rest of the team arrives. It was to work on mechanics and getting our arms in shape so when the season started we were ready to go."
Granier was definitely ready and his performance with Stockton led to him being named to the California League's All-Star game, but it was a game Granier never got to pitch in.
Just days before the all-star game, Granier said he was got the news he was moving up and packed his bags for Midland, Texas.
Granier said he noticed right away the hitters in Double A baseball are more disciplined, and the strike zone is tighter, but with every move up comes adjustments.
In three starts with Midland, Granier has a 2-1 record with a 2.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 18 innings of work.
"The biggest difference (in Double A baseball) is the hitters don't swing a lot out of the strike zone. In Single A, I got a lot of swings and misses out of the zone with my slider. You got to pitch more in the zone and you can get those swings and misses," Granier said. "Some of these guys have been here for years, repeating levels and they really know the zone and the strike zone by the umpires is a little tighter. I've only made a few starts, but I'm sure I will get the hang of it pretty quick."
The Athletics also believe Granier will adjust quickly and placed an estimated time of arrival to the big leagues for the right hander to be during the 2015 season.
On his scouting report on majorleaguebaseball.com, Granier received a 4-out-of-5 overall grade. The scouting report grades pitchers on their fastball, curve ball, slider, change-up and control.
While Granier hasn't blown scouts away with his fastball, it is his control and off-speed pitches that has impressed the scouts on majorleaguebaseball.com.
"If you're looking for wow stuff, or someone to light up the radar gun, look elsewhere. If you want to watch someone who really knows how to pitch, then watch Granier. The Louisiana-Monroe product was terrific in his first full season, finishing second only to Dan Straily in the organization in both ERA and strikeouts. He does it with average stuff across the board and a whole lot of movement. He stays ahead of hitters and works his fastball in and out with ease. He's not afraid to pitch inside, even if he tops out at 90-91 miles per hour. His slider is very effective, especially against right-handed hitters, and he mixes in a curve and a fringy changeup. He mixes his pitches well and can throw all four for strikes. Don't expect the strikeout rate to continue as he moves up and faces more advanced hitters, but don't count out this control specialist," Granier's scouting report on majorleaguebaseball.com reads.
While he is thrilled with his promotion, Granier said he knows he still has work to do if he is to reach is ultimate goal of pitching in the big leagues.
"Right now, I am working on my fastball command. I always thought I had good fastball command, but lately I've been walking a bunch of guys. That isn't like me, and I really don't walk many people," Granier said. "This is a business and guys get drafted every year. This organization likes to draft college seniors, so they don't spend much money, and if you produce they keep you around. If you don't, it isn't like they wasted a lot of money on you. They do give you a fair chance, but there are 19 and 20 year olds that will get a chance before you do, but if you produce, you get a fair shot.
"I'm 24, so they figure they've got to move me along because most of the guys get to the majors by the age of 25 or 26. So they have to move you to see what you can do at different levels. I just want to finish the season strong wherever I'm at and just keep doing what I'm doing and keep improving."


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Here's a link to the ones closing in Chicago.http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0601070108jan07,1,6691250.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Losing TRU up here in Canuckia would be a bigger problem than even a year ago. With Wal-Mart dabbling in the crap/generic toys more and more and refusing to carry SW reliably in Canada, all we're left with is Zellers and TRU. Zellers (ie. K-Mart) isn't normally a strong carrier of Star Wars, but did surprisingly well during ROTS. But with no movie to drive the line, TRU is definitely the primary source for Star Wars now. Without TRU, we'd be in BIG trouble.
Just read a bunch more TRU's are closingDorchester, MA Cambridge, MA Medford, MA
Scott, where'd you hear this? Obviously there are several TRU's in Chicago, but I'm fearful this could be referencing my childhood TRU. My dad used to take me there all the time as a kid, I remember picking up an ROTJ Skiff Lando there, the ARAH Tomax/Xamot set, and finding vintage mini-rigs on clearance in 89. Then going to the high school just down the street, stopping in on my lunch period to play the demo video game stations, sigh.. such a long time ago.
Why would they want to close the Woodbury MN store??? Haven't been there in awhile, but they always "seemed" busy..
I have so many "exclusive stuff leaked out the back door" stories about that place. I witnessed a guy paying a stockboy $20 to get stuff early (Silver R2, Silver Clone) and my complaints and letters to the manager/regional manager basically went unanswered.
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Not to mention summer home envy! Sköna Hem did a lovely article with photos of interior designer Katarina Grundströmer's summerhouse. The wood-fired hot tub caught our eye as an amazing place to relax and enjoy the view.
The small 1940's house has undergone much renovation and gained a bit of square footage since it was acquired by Katarina Grundströmer and her family in 2002. It originally only had water in the summer and an outhouse in the garden. They've taken down/added walls and loft space. Much of the furniture was designed by Grundströmer or inherited. The hot tub was custom built in the area for them. See more photos and attempt a rough Google Translate over at Sköna Hem!
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More changes at Fox Business Network as Eric Bolling replaces Dave Ramsey at 8 p.m.
Two and a half years into its run, Fox Business Network is looking to bolster its schedule with the launch of several new shows in key time slots. The latest move came Tuesday, when FBN announced that former CNBC contributor Eric Bolling will be taking over the 8 p.m. hour now anchored by syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey.
"Money Rocks with Eric Bolling," which premieres June 21, is being billed by FBN as an "upbeat and irreverent take on stories that intersect among business, politics, sports and celebrity." Bolling, a former Wall Street trader who was a panelist on CNBC's "Fast Money" until joining FBN in 2008, last cohosted the network's 5 p.m. show "Happy Hour." It was bumped for "The Willis Report," a consumer-oriented program anchored by former CNN personal-finance editor Gerri Willis that debuted Monday.
"Eric's ability to boil down complex financial issues to expose their real-world implications makes him the ideal choice to strengthen FBN's prime-time lineup," Fox Business Chief Executive Roger Ailes said in a statement.
Ramsey may continue to make occasional appearances on FBN through the duration of his contract, which expires this year.
The network also confirmed reports that it is launching a new weekend show hosted by Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge. "Freedom Watch," which will premiere Saturday at 10 a.m., appears crafted to appeal to adherents of the "tea party" movement with its focus on "economic liberties and consumer rights as outlined by the United States Constitution." Among the scheduled guests Saturday: Sarah Palin and Rand Paul, a U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky.
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MLSSoccer.com's popular 24 under 24 feature has returned for another year. The first batch of rankings were released today and FC Dallas' Fabian Castillo came in at No. 22. Click to read the full write up, but here's a taste of the analysis:
Castillo has gone from an FC Dallas hopeful last year to an established talent in MLS in 2012, as his blistering pace continues to be too much to handle for most opponents. His ability to turn that speed into goals has improved this year (three goals in August), although his finishing still needs work. With the return of influential playmaker David Ferreira, Castillo could be set to take another step forward.


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In Reply to: Forever and a day posted by Victoria S Dennis on September 02, 2005
: : : : Why do people want to say "Forever and a day"? Forever is already eternal, and why "and a day"?
: : : Just a wild guess here, but probably because they want to express something to such a degree that it would be one day more than eternity.
: : : "I will love you forever and a day" to express the endless degree of one's love.
: : : "He is so slow, it will take him forever and a day" to express the degree of how slow he is.
: : That extra day is added for emphasis. You might object on the same grounds to sentencing a defendant to several consecutive life terms, but it happens.
: agree that the extra day is just for emphasis. But the phrase "a year and a day" crops up a lot in old English law, where leases and apprenticeships were made for "a year and a day", I think that "and a day" may have been added to avoid any suggestion that the lease or whatever came to an end in 364 days rather than 365. (Have we any legal historians on this board who could confirm?) The phrase is also used in traditional stories (as where an enchantment or whatever lasts for "a year and a day"). So I'm sure that's where the idea of "forever and a day" came from.
The question of real interest to me is: can a person who asks this question understand the answer? That is to say, "forever is already eternal..." is quite literally true, and clinical, and bloodless, and well, prosaic. "Forever and a day" is a poetic expression that a prosaic person can't grasp; it's not functionally part of the engineering of the sentence. It's an extra cogwheel nailed onto the exterior of the steam engine. Dull would he be of soul who could reject such a tiny flight of fancy. Perhaps more satisfying to the prosaic would be "I will love you until August 17th at 10 am."


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BONHAM, TX -- Lake Bonham's new and improved campgrounds are now officially open. The improvements cost Bonham between $150,000 to $200,000 dollars. Last year the city council unanimously approved the upgrades and after months of eagerly waiting campers can now enjoy the new sites.
For half a century Lake Bonham has served as a getaway for families across the country. Mark Mglaun and Blake Edwards have been setting up camp at the lake for several years and plan to continue.
"I mean look around. I mean it's just a beautiful view right here off this point from these campsites," Mglaun said.
"The kids enjoy it. They meet new friends out here and its just a real nice park," Edwards said.
Friday the 31 new campsites opened to the public and both the Mglauns and Edwards can't wait to take advantage of them.
"We're very excited about it. When we came in on Monday night we saw the new pads being poured and we're ready to get over there and try the new campsites," Edwards said.
Bonham Mayor Roy Floyd says the new campgrounds are equipped with concrete pads, water hookups and pedestals that supply light and electricity -- including 20, 30, and 50 amp service.
"We needed to make these improvements because a lot of people wanted to camp out here but the electrical service just wasn't up to date," Floyd said.
Daisy Bush and her husband own The Java Joint and the Boom Boom Baitroom at Lake Bonham's campgrounds. Bush says she is excited about all the business the new sites will bring in.
"We will attract and we have attracted a different crowd to Bonham since we've been here. I've noticed that once people come in and look around its something that they weren't expecting," Bush said.
Those who are already enjoying what Lake Bonham has to offer say they cannot wait to see what else is in store for their favorite camping spot.
"I can't wait to see this next side to be completed. I think it's going to bring a whole lot of new campers out here," Edwards said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died. He was 79. Bob Steiner, an assistant to Buss, confirmed Monday that Buss had died in Los Angeles.
Further details were not available. Buss transformed the Lakers into Southern California's most beloved sports franchise and a worldwide extension of Hollywood glamour after buying the club in 1979.
Buss acquired, nurtured and befriended a staggering array of talent during his Hall of Fame tenure, starting with his first draft pick, Magic Johnson. With Buss' leadership and lavish spending, the Lakers won five championships during the 1980s Showtime dynasty and added five more in an 11-year span of Kobe Bryant's career.
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Allen Lessels on Motor Sports: It'll be a Sprint to the finish
July 13. 2013 11:03PM
LOUDON -- Tony Stewart, NASCAR's Sprint Cup champion in 2011, offered up a bit of calendar advice on Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
His basic message: It ain't over when it's only half over.
"I wouldn't be putting anybody's name on the trophy yet," Stewart said. "It's way, way, way too early for that."
He's right, of course.
The 2103 Sprint Cup race just looks a little like it's over with Jimmie Johnson putting a licking on the rest of the field and doing a decent job of dominating the first half of the season.
To be sure, Johnson has his work cut out for him in this afternoon's Camping World RV Sales 301 at NHMS. He's starting 43rd in the race after his qualifying time was thrown out.
Johnson's car was the second fastest to pole sitter Brad Keselowski in qualifying on Friday afternoon, but his time was disallowed when the front end of the Lowe's Chevrolet measured too low during post-qualifying inspection.
But the car still has plenty of speed and chances are Johnson, as long as he can avoid trouble around him, will roar through the pack and be a factor before the day is done.
He almost always is.
Johnson won his record fifth straight Cup championship in 2010 and has gone two years watching first Stewart and then Keselowski last year, win titles. He's itching to get back on top and win a sixth crown overall.
He and Matt Kenseth have each won four of the 18 races this year and last week Johnson completed his season sweep of the events at Daytona with a win in the Coke Zero 400.
Johnson's lead - he's up 49 points on Clint Bowyer - is such that he could wake up this morning and decide to take Sunday afternoon off from work and spend it cruising Lake Winnipesaukee in a speedboat and still leave town with the points lead tonight.
But, as Stewart points out, there's a long, long way to go in a total season that hit the halfway mark last week.
There's much less time to go before the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins and that creates the race within the race today.
A few of the pile of drivers trying to squeeze their way into the 12-car Chase field said it's not panic time as far as getting into the championship race.
There are, though, limited slots and lots of contenders.
"It's tighter than it's ever been," said Jamie McMurray. "If you can finish in the top 10 in the races leading up to the Chase, you're pretty much guaranteed to be in."
Coming up with the consistency to reel off those top 10s is the problem.
McMurray sits in 17th place today and is one of five drivers within 15 points of Kasey Kahne, who holds down the 12th spot going into the race.
Keselowski is in 13th, two points behind Kahne, and Jeff Gordon is just one point behind him. Joey Logano is in 15th, four points behind Gordon. Ryan Newman is one point behind Logano.
Keselowski and his Penske Racing teammate Logano said it's more urgency than panic at the moment.
"I think there's a big difference between the two," Keselowski said. "If we do our part, we don't need any help. We don't even need any luck. ... We're eager to get going. We feel like we can do it, but I don't feel a sense of panic. There are still two months of racing to get in the Chase."
The Cup series is off next weekend and then there are seven races in seven weeks at Indianapolis, Pocono Raceway, Watkins Glen, Michigan, Bristol, Tenn., Atlanta and Richmond International Raceway in Virginia before the Chase field is set late on Saturday, Sept. 7.
"We've got fast race cars," said Keselowski, who has been fast in recent weeks but has struggling to get results and hopes to jumpstart a stretch run from the pole today. "If we can get over this little hump that we're fighting through right now, there's no reason to think both cars can't make the Chase."
Logano agrees.
He had a string of six straight finishes of 11th or better snapped last week at Daytona after his right front tire blew. He crashed and ended up finishing 40th in the race.
"The big thing is, we can't let that kill the momentum of what we had going on," Logano said. "I don't feel like we're in panic mode now. No, we've got to make this Chase. ... We're not in panic mode yet."Stress the yet.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY – Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, released the following statement today following U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley's decision to block enforcement of a New York City law aimed at pregnancy care centers.
"Once again, the First Amendment has prevailed for pro-lifers," Father Pavone said. "Moreover, it is again clear that the abortion industry in America is simply afraid of the pro-life movement's ability to provide effective alternatives.
"Building on today's decision, we will continue to promote the work of pregnancy centers and their right to speak of their work in the way they choose, not in words imposed on them by the government."
Local Law 17 was set to take effect tomorrow. The law would have required pregnancy centers to post signs and provide specifically worded information on their services.
The judge's decision may be read at http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=116
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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As an undergraduate majoring in marketing and international business, Boston native Mike Devine quickly realized that Barry University's campus was the best classroom when it came to learning about diversity.
"At Barry, I learned a lot first-hand about diversity," Devine said. "There were a lot of people from the Caribbean and all over the world. It was the first time I stepped out of Boston and began interacting with other cultures … At Barry, you kind of live that."
Today, nearly two decades after graduating from Barry, Devine continues to put what he learned at Barry into practice as the executive vice president of Zimmerman Advertising, the nation's 14th-largest ad agency, which is based out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"Studying international business in an international city helped me a lot, and it's still something I practice every day," said Devine, who graduated from Barry in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in international business and marketing.
As executive vice president of Zimmerman Advertising, Devine is responsible for running and managing the agency's account with AutoNation, the largest automotive retailer in the United States – an account he has worked on since he first started working for Zimmerman Advertising nearly 15 years ago.
Devine started his career with Zimmerman Advertising in 2000 as an account executive. Since then, he's climbed the ranks at Zimmerman Advertising, also working as an account supervisor, an account director and as vice president and managing director before being promoted to executive vice president in 2013.
"It's been a very positive experience," Devine said. "It's really enriched my life – both professionally and personally. It allows me to provide for my family and life in South Florida comfortably."
Devine credits his time at Barry and in its marketing and international business programs with teaching him to understand different cultures and generations – a skill he said that is helpful in managing employees from different backgrounds, as well as managing relationships with various clients and building plans for clients based on different audiences.
"We're all about improving our clients' business," Devine said. "It's about us putting together plans and helping our clients to succeed."
For more information about Barry's undergraduate program in international business, visit: http://www.barry.edu/business-undergraduate/undergraduate-programs/international-business.html
For more information about Barry's undergraduate marketing program, visit: http://www.barry.edu/business-undergraduate/undergraduate-programs/marketing.html


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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim president on Sunday made a rare visit to the Coptic pope ahead of this week's Orthodox Christmas celebrations, underlining efforts by the military-backed government to project an image of inclusion ahead of a crucial referendum later this month.
The highly symbolic visit to Pope Tawadros II at the papal seat at Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral by Adly Mansour was the first such visit since socialist leader Gamal Abdel-Nasser attended the cathedral's consecration ceremony more than 40 years ago.
Mansour's visit underlined the secular outlook of the military-installed government and signals a dramatic departure from the sectarian rhetoric of some of the more radical allies of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi during his one year in power and the tension and distrust that defined their relations with Christians.
St. Mark's Cathedral was attacked by a mob in April last year, an event that heightened Christians' concern over Morsi's rule and laid bare their vulnerability. Morsi quickly condemned the violence, saying attacking the cathedral was like attacking him personally. But, in an unprecedented direct criticism, Pope Tawadros accused him of failing to protect the cathedral. It was the first ever attack on the papal seat of the Egyptian Orthodox church.
Morsi, who had consistently maintained that he was president for all Egyptians, was ousted by a popularly backed coup on July 3 and is now on trial on charges that carry the death sentence.
"The visit will send a signal that things are very different from Morsi's days," said Egypt expert Michael W. Hanna of the New York-based Century Foundation. "It's a different style and is likely to have a positive impact on the Copts," said Hanna, who contends that this month's vote could witness a change in the traditionally low turnout by Christian voters.
A draft constitution Egyptians will vote on later this month in a nationwide referendum enshrines equality between all Egyptians and instructs the next parliament to legislate a new law that will facilitate the construction and upkeep of churches. The post-Morsi administration hopes the draft, a heavily amended version of an Islamist-tilted charter adopted under Morsi in 2012, will receive a comfortable "yes" majority in the Jan. 14-15 referendum to enshrine the legitimacy of the regime and allow it to move confidently to the next step of its political transition plan: presidential and parliamentary elections.
Egypt's Christians account for some 10 percent of the nation's 90 million people. Mostly members of the Orthodox church, one of Christendom's oldest, they long have complained of discrimination by the nation's Muslim majority.
They have heavily invested in the anti-Morsi movement in the hope of gaining equal rights with their Muslim compatriots after his removal.
A large Christian turnout in this month's referendum will be vastly helpful in gaining the comfortable "yes" vote, especially in parts of southern Egypt where Christians comprise as much as 35 percent of the population and Islamists loyal to Morsi wield vast influence. Mansour's Sunday visit may not have been designed to canvass Christian "yes" votes, but it will go a long way in comforting members of the minority about their future.
"The visit is an expression of the appreciation by the Egyptian state of its Christian citizens who have offered a great deal while standing side by side with their Muslim brethren for the nation's glory," said presidential spokesman Ehab Badawi.
Morsi, a longtime leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, complained in a public speech just days before his ouster that leaders of the church came to see him wearing insincere smiles, and accused them of being unnecessarily afraid of Islamist rule. Morsi's Islamist allies adopted sectarian rhetoric and charged that Christians were key instigators of street protests against Morsi's rule.
For his part, Pope Tawadros rejecting the 2012 constitution adopted that, in his view, was discriminatory and compromised the human rights of Egyptians. The Coptic pontiff, enthroned in late 2012, has publicly endorsed the coup.
In August, Morsi supporters destroyed, looted or burned dozens of churches and church-linked facilities across Egypt. Christian homes and businesses also were attacked. The wave of anti-Christian violence followed the breakup of two sit-in protests by Morsi supporters by security forces in an operation that killed hundreds. Some Christians complain that security forces had expected the attacks but failed to take measures to prevent them or to defend them and that work has yet to begin on the reconstruction of the destroyed churches nearly five months after the attacks.
In a separate development, a Cairo court on Sunday convicted prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, his sister Mona, and 10 others for their part in a 2012 attack against the election headquarters of former presidential candidate, Ahmed Shafiq, also the last prime minister to serve under autocrat Hosni Mubarak. All 12 defendants received a suspended 12-month prison sentence.
Shafiq's election headquarters was torched in May 2012, in the run-up to the runoff vote between him and Morsi. Shafiq has since withdrawn the charges against the activists, but the Morsi-appointed chief prosecutor at the time referred the case to a criminal court last year.
The two siblings were leading figures in the protest movement that forced Mubarak to step down in 2011. Both have vigorously campaigned against military trials for civilians under the rule of the generals who took over from Mubarak. They supported the removal of Morsi but strongly disapprove of the military's return to politics and the harsh crackdown by authorities on the Brotherhood.
Abdel-Fattah, who was not present in Sunday's hearing, is in police custody over separate charges that he broke a recently adopted law that places stringent conditions on street protests.
Sunday's ruling follows last month's conviction and sentencing of three other prominent activists for breaking the same law. They were sentenced to three years in prison, but they are appealing the verdict.
Relations between the military-backed authorities and icons of the 2011 uprising have soured, with the activists accusing the pro-military media of trying to cast that revolution as a foreign-backed plot. They also charge that the military-installed government is allowing Mubarak-era figures to make a comeback to public life and shirking its responsibility to seek retribution for the families of hundreds of protesters killed during the 2011 protests and after.
Associated Press writer Maggie Hyde contributed to this report.


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Cheers! To the NH Liquor Commission
July 24. 2013 10:28AM
Revenue from New Hampshire's state-run liquor stores jumped by $38.9 million (6.9 percent) in fiscal year 2013, which ended in June. For perspective, that sum is more than the state spent last year on the Justice Department, the Department of Cultural Resources and the Secretary of State's office combined. The best part? The Liquor & Wine Outlet expansion that led to this new revenue is not finished.
The state's liquor stores brought in a record $603.5 million in the last fiscal year. Of that, $145.7 million in profit went to the general fund. That equals the state's take from the communications tax, real estate transfer tax and court fines and fees. That is how important liquor sales are to the New Hampshire state budget.
The state's reliance on liquor and wine sales is why former Liquor Commission Chairman Mark Bodi sought to transform the Liquor Commission's culture from bureaucratic to entrepreneurial. In just the last two years, the commission renovated or relocated outlets in Concord, Gilford, Hampstead, Lebanon, Lincoln, Manchester, Merrimack, Nashua, North Hampton, Peterborough, Plaistow, Portsmouth, and West Chesterfield. New marketing programs attracted more people, particularly out-of-staters, to the more customer-friendly stores. Revenue exploded.
When new, bigger stores open in Bedford, Manchester, Milford and on I-93, the state will rake in millions more.
The Liquor Commission's success (Chairman Joe Mollica is capably implementing Bodi's vision) is great for New Hampshire. It not only boosts the economy by drawing tourists, but it reduces the pressure to raise taxes. We will happily raise a glass to that.


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BWW TV: Sneak Peek of Julie Andrews' THE GREAT AMERICAN MOUSICAL at Goodspeed Musicals!
The Great American Mousical, a smart and funny celebration of life in the theatre, is currently running through December 9, 2012. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released show highlights below.
Below the bright lights of Broadway, in the depths of the historic Sovereign Theatre, an acting troupe of mice rehearse their new musical. When the theatre is threatened by demolition and their diva Adelaide disappears, it will take all paws on deck to fulfill the time-honored tradition: the show must go on! Filled with singing, dancing, and show biz lore, The Great American Mousical is a sharp and witty tribute to life in the theatre and celebrates the two most glorious words in the English language: musical comedy!
Under the direction of theatre icon Julie Andrews, The Great American Mousical features a fantastically funny new score with Music by Zina Goldrich and Lyrics by Marcy Heisler , a savvy Book by Tony nominee Hunter Bell and Choreography by Tony winner Christopher Gattelli. Sets and Costumes will be designed by Oscar, Emmy and Tony-Award winner Tony Walton. Lighting Design will be by renowned Broadway and West End designer Richard Pilbrow. Sound Design will be by Jay Hilton.


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John Koontz at the University of Colorado
My specialty is the Siouan languages, especially Omaha-Ponca, a Dhegiha (LAY-gee-ha or THEY-gee-ha)** language, spoken by the Omaha and Ponca peoples. Mostly I have worked with the texts collected by the industrious James O. Dorsey in the 1870s-1890s. In 1985 I also worked directly with two Omaha men: first Clifford Wolf, Sr., and later Coolidge Stabler. Sadly this was only briefly - for about a month, all told. Both are of these gentlemen are now deceased. Others have kindly answered questions from time to time. I would like to particularly mention the late Wilson Wolf.
Subsequent to that I was an associate at the now defunct SILP ( Study of Indigenous Languages Program), originally known as the Center for the Study of the Native Languages of the Plains and Southwest (CeSNaLPS) - or the Plains Center for short.
I have helped in several CeSNaLPS and pre-CeSNaLPS projects of the University of Colorado Department of Linguistics, including the Comparative Siouan Dictionary (Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, Robert L. Rankin, David S. Rood, John E. Koontz, Jule Gomez de Garcia), the Atsina Dictionary (Allan R. Taylor et al.), the Lakota Dictionary Project (David S. Rood, Eli James, Liang Tao), the Osage Documentation Project (Carolyn Quintero, David S. Rood, Robert L. Rankin, John E. Koontz), the Kiowa Documentation Project (Laurel Watkins et al.), and the Siouan Archives Update (David S. Rood and John E. Koontz).
I currently manage the Siouan List for the discussion of Siouan languages and linguistics. You can search the archives of the list (not indexed by web indexers). Archiving and public access to the list are provided courtesy of the Linguist List.
There is an annual joint meeting of Siouanists and Caddoanists - the Siouan and Caddoan Conference (SACC) (acronyms may vary) - held mostly in the early summer, and traditionally constrained to take place within the territories in which the Siouan and Caddoan languages are or were spoken - a pretty big territory, so not much of a constraint. The historical contact for SACC has been David Rood The first conference was organized in 1981 by David Rood and Tom Sorci.
Policy on Answering Questions
I don't mind answering questions on Siouan languages, including things like "What's the word for [your choice]?", or "Is there a word for [your choice]?", but if what you really need is a good reference work of some kind, and I know it exists, you might get a bibliographical citation instead. The kind of questions I like best are one like, "Where can I find out about [some language, preferably Siouan]?" or "Does [some language, preferably Siouan] have [some linguistic feature]?" I should warn you that I am a bit backed up on questions of this nature, much as I like them. Facilis descensus Averno!
Some stipulations: I have found that I prefer not to supply translations of phrases like 'Hello!', 'Goodbye!', 'I love you!', 'Thank you!', 'Workers of the world unite!', and so forth, for compilations of such phrases. (These are all actual examples.) The problem is that it's sometimes difficult to come up with good general translations of such pleasantries in Siouan languages, and it gets tiresome explaining the problems. It's not want of pleasantness on the part of the speakers of the languages, of course, just cultural differences on what formulas are needed and how much contextual variation there may be in the formulas that exist. I have finally gotten around to a FAQ entry on this. If you believe your question to have some particular merit, by all means ask it. I just don't guarantee a response.
Another stipulation is that I won't handle questions about words in dreams or glossolalia. I'm skeptical about the reality of such things. I suspect matches will be random, partial, and scattered across languages. There are simply too many Native American languages (~ 1000?), with too many words in them, and I know only a little bit about a one or two Siouan languages. By way of an exception, I am willing to consider any one word of, say, three syllables or more, that has (a) velar fricatives, (b) ejective stops, (c) glottalized fricatives, (d) contrasting aspirated and unaspirated stops, and/or (e) nasal vowels.
I provide generic answers on various frequently asked questions, like how to name a child and how to name the family dog. These operations can involve moral, practical and esthetic problems that are not immediately obvious, so some of my answers may not seem all that helpful.
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No. 1 Manchester Central takes 2-OT battle with MemorialBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 10. 2014 10:19PM
DURHAM — One second the fans were heading for the Lundholm Gymnasium exits. A second later they were scrambling back to their seats.
The top-seeded Manchester Central boys' basketball team and 12th-seeded Manchester Memorial battled through two overtimes Monday before Central prevailed 99-91 in the Division I semifinals at the University of New Hampshire.
Memorial trailed by 10 with 3:30 to play, but forced overtime when Kabongo Ngalakulondi made a 3-pointer with three seconds to play to make it an 80-80 contest at the end of regulation. Memorial's Nick Philibert nailed another 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in OT to force another four-minute overtime, where the Little Green outscored the Crusaders 11-3.
"We just wanted to win by one," Central coach Doc Wheeler said. "We didn't do a great job to close it, and Memorial made some key plays at key times. They have some very good athletes and they made plays. You have to give your opponent credit. They played great."
Central (21-0) will play third-seeded Merrimack (19-2) in Saturday's Division I championship game, which will be played at UNH's Lundholm Gym (noon).
Merrimack advanced by beating second-seeded Trinity of Manchester 58-48 in Monday night's first semifinal. Central beat Merrimack 62-59 in Manchester during the regular season.
Central's Joey Martin led all scorers with 36 points. He made eight 3-pointers, six of which came in the third quarter when Central turned a 40-31 halftime deficit into a 60-55 lead entering the fourth. Martin also had a team-high 12 rebounds.
"He was unbelievable," Wheeler said. "His best game."
Jon Martin, Joey's older brother, finished with 27 points, Brett Hanson tossed in 19 and Tyler Kelley had 14. Hanson fouled out with 59.1 seconds remaining and Central leading 76-72.
For the longest time it looked like Memorial guard Trevon Maughn was going to lead Memorial (12-13) to an upset. Maughn scored 30 points on 11-of-17 shooting before he picked up his fifth foul with 6:22 to play and Central leading 64-57. Maughn made six 3-pointers.
Memorial shot 65.4 percent from the field in the first half, when it made 17 of 26 shots (six 3-pointers).
Central will be seeking its first Division I championship since 2006. Merrimack beat Central 65-56 in the 2012 Division I championship game.
"We're happy to be coming back to UNH," Wheeler said. "We have another huge challenge ahead of us."


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UCLA 27, Oregon St. 19
Richard Brehaut threw for a touchdown and ran for another and
struggling UCLA came to life on the road with a 27-19 victory over
winless Oregon State in the Pac-12 opener for both teams on
Brehaut, who was named starter for the game after Kevin Prince
struggled in last week's loss to Texas at the Rose Bowl, completed
seven of 11 passes for 146 yards for the Bruins (2-2, 1-0
The loss spoiled redshirt freshman Sean Mannion's debut as
starter for the Beavers, who fall to 0-3 for the first time since
1996. Mannion completed 24 of 40 passes for 287 yards and a
touchdown, but he was also intercepted and had a costly fumble for
a UCLA score.
After the Bruins scored to make it 27-19 with 6:15 to go, the
Beavers drove down field but were stopped at the UCLA 22-yard line
when they tried to go for it on fourth-and-eight.
UCLA vacillated between quarterbacks in their first three games,
but coach Rick Neuheisel named Brehaut the starter for game after
Prince threw three interceptions in the 49-20 loss to the then-No.
23 Longhorns last week.
Because of the Bruins' slow start, Neuheisel was facing
increasing questions about his job security at his alma mater.
The Beavers have had their own trouble, a stunning overtime loss
at home to Sacramento State in the opener before a 35-0 blanking by
Wisconsin. During last week's bye, coach Mike Riley decided to make
a change at quarterback, replacing junior Ryan Katz with
The Beavers also saw the return Saturday of flanker James
Rodgers and tight end Joe Halahuni, who had not played this season
because of injuries.
Rodgers, who has had two surgeries on his left knee, was
formally cleared to play by doctors earlier this week. He was
greeted by a standing ovation when he started, and had a 31-yard
reception on the Beavers' first series.
Oregon State went up 3-0 on Trevor Romaine's 25-yard field goal,
but Brehaut answered for UCLA with a 69-yard pass to Josh Smith
that put the Bruins in position for his 22-yard touchdown pass to
Taylor Embree.
Brehaut ran five yards for another score to put UCLA up
Mannion's fumble on the Beavers' own 4-yard line led to Jordan
James' touchdown run for UCLA. But Oregon State narrowed it to
21-10 before the half on Jordan Poyer's 85-yard punt return. It was
the second-longest such return In Oregon State history. Dwayne
Owens had a 97-yard punt return for OSU against UCLA in 1992.
Romaine opened the second half with a 30-yard field goal for the
Beavers, and the momentum looked to shift in Oregon State's favor
after Andrew Seumalo blocked a UCLA field goal attempt.
Mannion's 45-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Bishop pulled Oregon
State within 21-19, but the two-point conversion pass was
The Bruins got more breathing room on Anthony Barr's 1-yard
scoring dive for the final margin with 6:15 left. Seumalo blocked
the extra point, but the Beavers were unsuccessful on their final
Rodgers was ranked sixth in the nation with an average of 176.75
all-purpose yards last season when he was hurt five games into the
season at Arizona. The Beavers asked for and received a fifth year
of eligibility for him.
He was played sparingly, finishing with five catches for 76
Halahuni, who had six touchdown catches last season, had surgery
this spring on his left shoulder. He had five receptions for 26
Derrick Coleman had 20 carries for 100 yards for the Bruins.


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A few months back, I was developing a little Flash widget as a tangent to my main project, and I needed an asynchronous PNG encoder. I found several, but none of them were quite what I wanted. Some were pretty good, but synchronous only. Most of the asynchronous ones did the final compression step all at once at the end, with a call to ByteArray's deflate() method, which meant they weren't really asynchronous -- there'd be a noticeable pause while the compression took place.
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2 involved in standoff have string of aliases, arrestsBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 16. 2014 12:33AM
SEABROOK — A man and woman facing charges in several other communities for a host of crimes were each ordered held on $110,000 cash bail Wednesday after they allegedly broke into a neighbor's apartment in Hampton Falls and barricaded themselves inside during an eight-hour standoff with police.
Daren Gragg, 37, and Melissa Amato, 31, were arraigned in Seabrook Circuit Court via video conference from the Rockingham County jail on one count of felony burglary and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest or detention.
The pair was arrested Tuesday night after a standoff that began when police showed up at their apartment at 24 Lafayette Road, Apt. 7 in Hampton Falls and attempted to question them after they allegedly fled from Amesbury, Mass., police earlier in the day.
During their arraignment, prosecutor Mandie Werner sought high cash bail for the two because they've had a history of failing to appear in court. In addition to past convictions for crimes that include first-degree assault and theft, Gragg is currently facing several other unrelated charges. Werner said they include impersonating a police officer in Derry, Londonderry and Manchester, and several charges of obtaining a controlled drug using a false name in Derry and Keene.
Amato faces charges that include allegedly forging prescriptions in Hudson and has an active arrest warrant in Derry for obtaining a controlled drug using a false name.
"I don't even know about a lot of those charges," Amato said after Werner listed other charges she's facing.
The pair is also suspected of breaking into at least 10 vehicles in several towns, including Hampton, Portsmouth, Salem, and Seabrook, Werner said. She said many of the stolen items were found in the pair's apartment after their latest run-in with police began Tuesday morning in Amesbury, Mass. According to a police affidavit by Hampton Falls Lt. Thomas Boynton, Amesbury police approached the two, who were in a rental car with New Jersey plates. Police believed the two were in possession of stolen property. While police attempted to identify them, Boynton said they fled in the vehicle.
Werner said at some point, the two ditched the rental car and got a ride back to their Hampton Falls apartment.
Amesbury police asked Hampton Falls police to respond to the residence. When Detective Joseph Lister arrived, he found a man and woman later identified as Gragg and Amato exiting a car and entering 24 Lafayette Road, Apt. 7, the affidavit said.
He knocked on the door several times, but no one opened it.
"At this time we believe that the couple had broken into unit 8 with the intent to resist detention or arrest, committing the crime of burglary," the affidavit said.
Landlord Paul LePere told police that he believed the two had firearms. Police found a loaded crossbow outside the residence; that was disarmed and secured. Inside the apartment, Werner said police didn't find a gun but did locate ammunition for a .45-caliber firearm and loaded magazines. Gragg is not allowed to possess firearms, Werner said.
Police said the pair remained barricaded inside the apartment until they agreed to surrender around 6:45 p.m.
Amato tried to argue for lower bail, insisting that she would show up for her court dates despite her past failures to appear.
"I think as long as I'd be around my family, I'd be alright," she told Judge Sharon DeVries.
But when DeVries asked about her contact with family, Amato said she hadn't seen her family members in about two years.
"It's highly unlikely you're going to show up for any hearing date I give you," DeVries said.
Before his arraignment, Gragg objected to the media photographing and videotaping the proceedings. He said he wanted to talk to his public defender about the case first."I'd like to find out all that before the media can distort things the way they do," he told the judge, who did allow cameras in the courtroom.
Both are due back in court for a probable cause hearing on Jan. 29.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Al Jefferson scored 18 points and Randy Foye added 17 on five 3-pointers to lift the Utah Jazz over the Los Angeles Lakers, 95-86 on Wednesday night.
Mo Williams added 16 points on 8 of 13 shooting for Utah (2-3).
Kobe Bryant entered the game shooting nearly 60 percent but started 3 of 10 and finished 7 of 17 for 29 points as the Lakers fell to 1-4.
Dwight Howard added 19 points for the Lakers and Metta World Peace had 15.
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STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement about recent developments in legal actions taken against the Obamacare HHS mandate.
"It has been another interesting week in regard to the lawsuits filed against this unjust mandate," Father Pavone said, "and we are standing in solidarity with all who, like ourselves, have filed such lawsuits."
On Nov. 27, judges dismissed lawsuits filed by the Catholic dioceses of Pittsburgh and Nashville, and several Catholic organizations within each diocese. But the following day, an appeals court in St. Louis issued an order blocking enforcement of the mandate for O'Brien Industrial Holdings, which is owned by Catholic businessman Frank O'Brien. Earlier today, the Christian-owned company Hobby Lobby announced its intention to appeal a ruling that refused the same injunctive relief for that company.
Priests for Life filed suit against the mandate in February – the fourth of 40 actions to be filed – and has been in violation of the mandate since it took effect Aug. 1.
"Our lawsuit is moving forward and we will appeal it as far as we need to in order to win," Father Pavone said. "This mandate will be found unconstitutional. Religious freedom extends way beyond the pews."
Father Pavone issued an invitation for all American citizens to express their solidarity with Priests for Life by signing the "Citizens' Amicus Brief" at www.priestsforlife.org/hhsmandate/amicus-brief.aspx."


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Minor Cycle* (Short-term trend lasting days to a few weeks) Positive
Intermediate Cycle* (Medium trend lasting weeks to several months) Positive
Major Cycle* (Long-term trend lasting several months to years) Positive
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Yes, all of the major indexes rallied to new highs and their best levels since March 2009 last week. Even the venerable Dow Jones Transportation Average hit a new high to re-confirm Dow Theory. Even futures contracts for the S&P 500, Dow 30, NASDAQ Composite, and Russell 2000 also rallied to new highs.
Also on the bright side of the ledger, recent optimism by our Most Actives Advance/Decline Line (MAAD) was vindicated after the indicator rallied to a new high September 4. MAAD made its most recent short-term high last Wednesday before backing off marginally Thursday and Friday. And while the Daily MAAD Ratio became extremely "Overbought" on September 11 at 2.70, the indicator had faded back to 1.66 last Friday and was apparently engaging in some internal corrective action, despite higher market prices. The Weekly MAAD Ratio was moderately "Overbought" at 1.44.
Market Overview – What We Know:
- All major indexes rallied to new highs last week with the biggest gain coming in the Value Line index, up 1.58%. Cumulative Volume (CV) confirmed strength in S&P 500, Dow 30, and NASDAQ Composite cash indexes, but not in S&P and NASDAQ Emini futures, or in Dow 30 futures.
- Market volume rose nearly 21% on week with a 64% surge last Friday on a sharp down day.
- Short-term trend remains positive. S&P 500 must sell below lower edge of 10-Day Price Channel (1673.16 through Monday) to suggest new negative. Intermediate Cycle turns lower with weakness below lower edge of 10-week Price Channel (1654.26 through September 27).
- Our short-term volatility indicator (VBVI) was last at 91%, up nearly 12 percentage points on week and toward level that has, historically, coincided with other near-term tops. Indicator was at 22% at June 24 short-term low and toward 14% at recent low. Weekly VBVI remains positive.
- Daily MAAD rallied to new high last Wednesday before fading last two sessions of week. Weekly MAAD hit new high and best level since March 2009 last week. On week, 17 issues were positive, 2 were negative, and 1 was unchanged. Daily MAAD Ratio was moderately "Overbought" at 1.66 with Weekly Ratio moderately overheated at 1.44.
- CPFL hit new short to intermediate-term low September 16 and continues to languish. Indicator was last just below long-term uptrend line stretching back to October 2011. Indicator is "Oversold" on both Daily and Weekly cycles.
There are areas of concern, however. Short-term Trading Oscillators are now historically "Overbought" on all cycles including Minor, Intermediate, and Major. Short-term Momentum, that peaked last Thursday, has moved back into a zone of vulnerability after failing to confirm the new highs in the S&P 500. If short-term Momentum continues to fail on the upside, it would be the first such failure since the Intermediate Cycle low put in place last November 16. Since that low there have been six short-term rallies. On the Intermediate Cycle, Momentum peaked the week ending May 24 with no new highs since then to suggest the upward impetus of the market, despite new price highs, has been diminishing for the better part of the past four months.
Market Overview – What We Think:
- New highs last week by all of major indexes vindicated recent strength by MAAD, but short-term "Overbought" conditions in all of same indexes, upside failures in short-term Momentum, and an overheated reading in VBVI, despite new highs in MAAD and pricing, make us wonder if strength will last.
- In other words, broad market has been snared by old adage – "Be careful what you wish for." Put another way, on very practical level, either prices continue higher or, if they do not, the larger Intermediate Cycle that has been in effect since last November 16 must remain intact, even on a short-term pull back, or the larger Major Cycle that has been underway since March 2009 could be in jeopardy.
- First, defined, downside "failsafe" levels will come at lower edge of 10-Day Price Channels. If those levels are fractured on new round of selling, then next level that would come into view would be lower edge of 10-Week Channels.
- Even though new highs have developed, burden of proof still rests on shoulders of bulls who must continue to prove their point. In this kind of environment with so many crosscurrents, bears could simply win by default.
- In background there is lingering potential for problems on larger cycles in that fall period has historically been backdrop for some of worst declines in stock market history. Think October 1929, October 1987, and October 2007.


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Arizona tries to pump life back into the border fence
There are always those who would enjoy a tilt at a wind mill."
Last year the Government Accountability Office released a study of the "virtual fence" Boeing was to build, claiming it wouldn't work and would be too costly. So the federal government, for all practical purposes, gave up on the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, preferring instead to beef up border patrol and use drones to prevent unauthorized entries. The strategy (from the Obama administration) has actually led to an increase in deportations, and the number of apprehensions at the border has drastically declined, but most experts attributed to less unauthorized attempts at entry because of the bad economy.
That doesn't satisfy Arizona legislators, who thought the fence already in place is kind of puny. They're attempting to finish the job—using private donations. In Senate Bill 1406, they set up a commission to collect money to be raised through a new fundraising website. Individuals, corporations, charities, and organizations are welcome to contribute, with the funds going into escrow until enough is collected to begin work. The website began collecting last week.
The website deplores the conditions on the border and stresses the urgency to finish the fence to meet "an paralleled invasion of drug cartels, violent gangs, an estimated 29 million illegal aliens, and even terrorists."
However, the website is a bit loose with its facts and too ambitious in justifying the need to finish the fence. It claims, for example, that 35,000 deaths and murders have occurred along the U.S.-Mexico border since 2006, but that, of course, counts those fallen in the drug wars of Northern Mexico as well as those between Nogales and Yuma. The border has always had its share of dangers, but it irritates border county sheriffs that the legislators depict their jurisdictions as unsafe and lawless.
The initial response for private funds seems to have been good—already 2,000 donors and more than $100,000 pledged. But then, like Don Quixote, there are always those who would enjoy a tilt at a wind mill.


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On the heels of the elephant cyanide poisonings that happened in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park—which shocked and outraged many of us—comes another poisoning atrocity. This time, poachers are targeting creatures of flight…vultures.
If you've been following our blogs and recent news, you've probably heard about the horrific elephant poisonings that occurred in Zimbabwe early last month. When I first wrote about this tragic situation, I reported on the immediate elephant deaths—41 of Hwange National Park's majestic giants—which was already a horrifically high number.
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One teacher from every school will be offered a place on a Holocaust education training course to combat racism and intolerance.
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You can't beat a system you can't understand
The reason I am not obscenely rich is that Hollywood is not in the practice of perusing the work of weekly columnists and saying, "Hey! Let's make a movie out of 800 dumb words or less!" So, I have to think of other things to make my fortune. Unfortunately, one of my best ideas recently failed due to the lack of foresight of a major financial institution.
One of life's challenges is getting up in the morning. That's why I'm a columnist and don't have a real job. I've never been able to master the technique of actually waking up before the crack of 10 a.m. on a consistent basis. I can regularly hit a snooze button without disturbing my sleep for several hours without a problem, which inspired this great idea.
I invented a foolproof alarm clock that is guaranteed to wake up anyone provided the person is not dead. Then I saw a television commercial advertising a commercial bank that gave loans to new businesses. I asked the banker if he would approve financing for a foolproof alarm clock designed for people with serious waking up issues. He said, "Absolutely." Then he asked for a description of the product.
I told him the idea was simple. A prerecorded voice saying, "Get up! Get up! It's time to get up!" in the most annoying tone possible would be activated at the time the alarm was set. The voice would repeat the phrase, and the volume would increase until the person being awakened sang the first line of the "Star Spangled Banner" backwards. Otherwise, the voice would continue repeating the "Get up! Get up!" phrase with increasing loudness until the person being awakened went completely insane or deactivated the alarm by singing the required song. The concept being that anyone who could perform this task had to be fully awake.
The banker, however, was not completely convinced. He said that the alarm could simply be unplugged and the annoying voice would stop. However, being a sleepaholic, I was prepared for such resistance. Unplugging the alarm simply activated batteries on the inside of the casing that kept the annoying voice going. To take out the batteries, the person being awakened had to be together enough to unscrew six bolts and disassemble the clock. If they were awake enough to do that, they were awake enough to start their day. Then he asked what I called my alarm clock. It's called the "Rennab Delgnaps Rats," I said. "That's the Star Spangled Banner backwards. I thought it was better than Thgil Ylrae Snwad," I said. That would be giving away the first three words of the deactivation phrase." "How astute of you to think of that," the banker said without changing expression.
Then he asked me to fill out some really annoying paperwork and promised to get in touch the next day, which he did. I returned to the bank expecting a six-figure check when he turned the situation into an ugly reality show. He said the bank was willing to give me a home equity loan using my house as collateral. Since I had only been paying a mortgage for 12 years, the actual equity amounted to about $23, the rest had been used to pay interest.
Needless to say, I was disappointed.
"What about your promise to approve a loan to finance my invention?" I asked the banker.
"I did approve it," he replied. "However, the evaluation board did not."
The evaluation board is a group of sadists who gather in a room in an undisclosed location where they figure out inventive and amusing ways to say "no" to serious inventors with muchneeded inventions. Branch managers don't know who they are or where they work. Nobody has ever met these people. Personally, I don't think they exist. Banks advertise business loans, but they never actually give them to real businesses. Banks make their money on service charges, ATM machines, foreclosures, and repossessions. They're yet another part of that system we can't understand.
However, that will not deter me from developing my latest idea, which is a dog and cat sleeping pill that doesn't kick in until daybreak so they will stop waking us up so ridiculously early.


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Greyhound will roll out its new Express service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas starting Wednesday with five round trips daily and two added round trips on Fridays and Saturdays. And seats start at just $1 each way.
Sound familiar? It should. Megabus jumped into the L.A. market in 2007 with super-cheap fares from L.A. to San Francisco and L.A. to Las Vegas. The company, which continues to operate in the East and Midwest, left the L.A. market less than a year later, saying ridership was too low to continue.
Greyhound seems to have taken a page from its playbook. It follows the same come-on that Megabus promised: Book early enough and you'll pay just $1 for a seat. (The online booking site showed $1 fares available on Friday, Dec. 7, as of Monday afternoon, for example.)
But Greyhound is trying to do something more here. The company wants to shake up the stodgy bus-travel image and replace it with a premium service that it hopes will appeal to riders.


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Along with several federal colleagues, I had the opportunity late last month to discuss the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) and the Action Plan for the Prevention Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan) during a panel presentation at a national healthcare conference. We shared highlights of our efforts to coordinate activities as we implement both of these important plans with an audience interested in efforts to better synchronize networks of HIV and primary care, including representatives of a many community health centers at the conference organized by HealthHIV. Since many of the comments may be of interest to a wider audience, I wanted to share some of the highlights of those presentations.
In his opening statement, Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, noted that both the NHAS and the Action Plan call for closer coordination of efforts among federal and local agencies and non-federal partners to build on successes and move toward the clear and specific goals set forth in each. Expanding prevention through healthcare, Dr. Fenton observed, is a major crosscutting priority. This includes making HIV and hepatitis screening routine.
Panel at HealthHIV (photo by V. Maldonado).
I shared with the audience that implementation of the NHAS was continuing not only across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but also in the five other federal departments designated as leaders in the Strategy -- the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration. Meeting regularly, representatives of these agencies are seeking to improve coordination of HIV programs across departments and are seeking to identify one or more collaborative projects that will have a payoff at the service-delivery level. Within HHS, I shared that we are already engaged in conversations with the Secretary and the White House about reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act. Finally, I shared that HHS is preparing a report highlighting important accomplishments in implementation of the NHAS over the past year. We anticipate this report will be released this summer.
Regarding the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, I observed that an implementation group comprised of representatives from numerous HHS agencies and offices, including CDC, HRSA, IHS, NIH and SAMHSA, as well as the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Veterans Affairs has been meeting regularly to advance implementation since the release of the Action Plan last May. We are also in the process of compiling a report of actions completed during the first year of the Action Plan and will also be sharing that this summer. Among the chief accomplishments of the first year has been significantly raising the profile of viral hepatitis as a significant health problem across all the participating agencies and laying the foundation for collaborative activities.
Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, HRSA's Associate Administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, noted that three key challenges facing providers are identifying people with HIV earlier in the course of their infection, linking those people to HIV care, and keeping them in care. She spoke about how the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides services to more than 500,000 people living with HIV (PLWH) across the U.S. -- approximately one-half of the PLWH in the country -- is working to address these challenges as well as supporting and expanding the HIV care workforce. On the latter, she highlighted HIV HRSA efforts to disseminate HIV information to providers in the National Health Service Corps, to integrate HIV training into residency programs, and to extend support to HIV providers in rural areas via a telehealth program. Dr. Parham Hopson also informed that participants that their input will be important as HRSA begins making plans for reauthorization of the Ryan White Program. She noted that HRSA will be gathering stakeholder input via a series of community meetings around the country as well as an opportunity to provide input online, which we blogged about last week. Finally, Deborah highlighted some of HRSA's important work in implementing the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan, including efforts by the network of AIDS Education and Training Centers to scale up training on viral hepatitis diagnosis, care and treatment, noting that thousands of healthcare providers receive training annually through these centers.
Discussing efforts underway to expand and strengthen HIV care at the network of Community Health Centers (CHCs), Dr. Seiji Hayashi, Chief Medical Officer of HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), shared that the 8,100 clinics supported through the health center program serve more than 20 million patients, approximately 90,000 of whom have a primary or secondary diagnosis of HIV according to 2010 data. More than 750,000 patients received HIV tests at CHCs in 2010. BPHC is working to increase the availability of HIV services by moving more health centers along the spectrum of HIV service delivery through various means, including program assistance letters, project officer training on HIV care, technical assistance for clinics, and other incentives.
Other important issues that were discussed during the panel presentation included violence against women, housing insecurity and homelessness, and behavioral health disorders. They were addressed by, respectively, Mr. David Vos, Director of the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS program at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Mary Bowers of the HHS Office on Women's Health, and Mr. Warren Hewitt of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Their comments helped place HIV/AIDS in a larger context as well as featured related federal activities that the providers may find helpful for their patients.
Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H. is deputy assistant secretary for health, infectious diseases and director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Kelsie Dolash, Springfield, Tenn, is the proud parent of a son. Mathew Danger Dolash was born Jan. 13, 2010 in Springfield. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 3/4 inches long.
Grandparents are Bryan and Candace Dolash, Springfield. Great grandparents are Don and Carolyn Morgan, Springfield and Denny and Barb Dolash, Tama. Great-great grandmother is Ann Brackett, Traer.


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