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DENVER A former Durango man convicted of being the chief marketer of an investment-fraud scheme will have to pay $340,000 restitution to several of the victims.
A three-day hearing in federal court this week drew back the curtain on some of the workings of the Ponzi scheme, which ensnared 82 investors around the country, including many in the Four Corners, in 2006 and 2007.
U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer ordered the restitution payments from Mark Akins on Thursday. Brimmer heard testimony this week from the schemes bookkeeper and the Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who helped unravel the fraud.
Frederick H.K. Baker of Utah was the schemes mastermind. He claimed to be investing in foreign currency trading using a foolproof algorithm that paid out 15 percent profits every month. In reality, he was investing in other Ponzi schemes in an attempt to scam the scammers and gain the initial high payments that the schemes usually make to entice investors into pyramid schemes that fail to make promised payouts to later investors.
Baker and Akins separately pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud and conspiracy. Baker is serving a 41-month prison sentence and must pay $776,336 in restitution. At his sentencing hearing last year, Baker said his family is broke.
Akins was sentenced to 27 months in prison earlier this year. His restitution payment is lower than Bakers because the judge held him responsible for trades made only after March 1, 2007, when Akins confessed to knowing that Baker was running a fraudulent scheme.
This weeks hearing was scheduled for one afternoon, but it took three.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dondi Osborne put two witnesses on the stand, Kevin Bryden and FBI Special Agent Margaret Russin.
Their testimony and cross-examination revealed some of the workings of the scheme.
Bryden was the first investor, and he acted as the bookkeeper for Baker.
Prosecutors in Colorado decided not to charge Bryden with any crimes, but Akins lawyer, Martin Stuart, tried to paint him as more involved in the scheme than Akins. Bryden testified that he was the one who moved money from victims accounts into Bakers account.
Stuart asked Bryden if he was the one deciding where to put investors money.
No, thats not true, Bryden said. (Akins) was talking constantly to these people. He was on his Bluetooth all the time. ... Sixteen, 18 hours a day he was talking to these people.
Akins, dressed in a khaki Bureau of Prisons jumpsuit, did not look at Bryden during his testimony. Akins lived in Brydens house for more than a year when the scheme was happening.
Akins did not invest his own money in the scheme, but he and Bryden took commissions whenever they executed a trade for Baker.
Akins also set up a multilevel marketing plan that paid other investors commissions of 2 to 3 percent for recruiting new people to the program, Russin testified.
But Bryden testified that he had suffered in the scheme as much as anyone. His bank account had a $240,000 balance before he met Baker.
By the end of 2007 or possibly the beginning of 2008, it was a goose egg, and then I started selling off my possessions to pay people back, including my car, Bryden testified.
However, Bryden used about $60,000 of the money to pay himself back.
Still, many questions remained unanswered about the scheme.
Prosecutors believe there were two schemes happening simultaneously, the currency-trading scam and Private Placement, also known as Methwold. They did not bring charges or calculate victims losses on the Methwold scam.
Bryden and Akins confronted Baker in the spring of 2007 when he stopped paying investors. Baker ceased contact, but later that year, Bryden got four separate $100,000 checks from the wife of Randy Kimball of Utah. Kimball is an associate of Bakers, but testimony never revealed why she sent money directly to Bryden or the nature of the Kimballs connection to Baker.
They were not involved in the scheme, Russin said of the Kimballs. They were just involved in returning money.


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It looks as though the number 1 inside linebacker in the nation could be headed to Seattle.
Everywhere that I've read says that UW has all the momentum with Foster heading into signing day. Coach Sark and Coach Lupoi have been a relationship with him that is giving everyone high hopes.
Do you all think we've got him? Or will Bama scoop him up?

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I had locked my car and headed toward the door of the gym when I saw the two teenage fellows standing outside the entrance.
The one had a gold cross on a chain around his neck and was rubbing something on the concrete with his toe. The other stood with a cigarette in his fingers and blew a puff of smoke into the air. He obviously thought himself to appear cool; as cool as George Clooney walking down the red carpet at the Academy Awards.
I wanted to say something to them. I wanted to tell them about my grandfather who I loved dearly. He had smoked all his adult life and died a horrible death from emphysema. I wondered if they knew how cool it would be in the mortuary and the funeral home when disease from smoking at some point took their lives. But I said nothing because I am not their parent and for all I knew a parent had already set the example.
I have been told that stopping smoking is nearly as difficult as stopping the use of heroin. Perhaps it is, perhaps it is not. But, why anybody would want to subject their body to those toxins is beyond me.


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Posted on March 22, 2013
Now, these are some elementary matters. I know that. And I know, as well, that you are perfectly familiar with these things, and do not need a refresher. But the nicest people in the world sometimes have clueless friends. If you could just sort of pass this information along, they may pass these things along to THEIR clueless friends and, little by little, we may have achieved just one wee step along the road to a better world.
Let's start with the first point of contact for some people: my phone message,
Yes, that is Uncle Blogsy's voice which rolls along for, actually, longer than it takes to read one of these columns. (If you feel you must hear this message, please call between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M. Otherwise I might answer and spoil the whole show for you.)
First of all, no, you should not have to listen to the entire message. On most phones you can press 1 at any time in the message to skip the message. Unfortunately, this leads many people into a trap. I have had a spate of calls lately—from more than one caller—from people who have no idea what to do after the beep.
This is the point at which you talk. The beep has hit the ball into your court and it's all up to you now. I really thought this was self-evident, but I frequently push doors marked PULL, myself. Let me repeat: after the beep, you may leave your message. I've had more messages this month which consist of a long pause and then "Hello? Are you there?" or "Jasper, I don't know what to do next!" and even "I want to leave a message, but it's silent!"
Try not to panic, friends. Even Uncle Blogsy can't attack you over the phone. And this is voicemail, after all: it's not like the olden days when you would have been using up all the tape on my machine while you pondered your next move. Just speak into the phone as if you were speaking to a rational human being. If necessary, I have friends who can translate.
Moving on to deeper matters, I had deliveries on the same day from a woman who said, "I know you hate books in bags, but it was all I had" and a man who apologized, "I know you hate to get books in boxes, but I didn't have enough bags." Let me make this clear to all: I hate neither bags nor boxes. There are certain bags and boxes I dislike intensely (if you insist on using old leaf bags, could you at least dump all last year's leaves out of them first? Yes, and the leaves from the year before that) but I do not hate the entire species of either.
Coming between those deliveries was a couple who said, "We knew you don't like paperbacks, so we sent those to recycling."
I don't know what it is: you write three pages every week whining and complaining, and all of a sudden, you get a reputation for not liking things. I DO like books, and records, and bags, and boxes, and even that case of obsolete microfiche somebody gave me. I do NOT hate these things.
People, now: that may be a different story. But I'll think it over while I see if they learn to use voicemail. (And if any of them want to buy microfiche.)


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Moberly's history
Monday, March 10, 2008
•Nearly 450 parents and children recently attended the Spring Into Knowledge event held at the Moberly Municipal Auditorium hosted by North Park and South Park Elementary schools. Literacy Coach Laura Beeler coordinated the event that encouraged parental involvement and targeted ages birth to students going into third grade.
Sunday, March 9, 2003
•The Randolph County Justice Center project has hit another snag, this time with finding a bond insurance company that suits the county's desires. Bond insurance was initially secured for the Justice Center Bonds on January 24, 2003 from Radian Asset Insurance of New York City, a "AAA' rated bond insurance company.
Monday, March 10, 2003
•It appears the Randolph County Commission may have committed another error in their handling of the Justice Center project. Contracts for owner's representative/project engineer/justice center spokesperson John Mann appear to be invalid under Missouri Statutes. The county commission, who at the time, was comprised of Presiding Commissioner Fred Ward and commissioners Rick Thornburg and Jack Franklin, appointed Mann to the project without a competitive process to select him. Citizens questioning County Clerk Jim Sears have been told there was no bidding process for John Mann's contract.
•The Moberly Fire Department received a call at approximately 9:30 p.m. Saturday evening reporting a fire at 420 South Clark in Moberly. Upon arrival the home of Jim Thornton was showing heavy fire and smoke in the basement area, as well as the roof area. Three trucks were at the scene and brought the fire under control by 11:30 p.m. After investigation the fire department was unable to determine the exact cause of the fire but a resident stated seeing an electric blanket on a bed on fire – which is believed to be the fire's origin. All occupants of the home were safely out of the structure. Assisting the Fire Department was the Randolph County Ambulance District and the American Red Cross.
Tuesday, March 8, 1988
•Moberly City Council met in regular session Monday night at City Hall with all members present. Several ordinances and resolutions were placed before the council for consideration and action. A letter from Jerry Brown, District Manager for Union Electric was read requesting a special election be held this June 7 to extend their non-exclusive franchise for a period of 30 years. Brown, present at the meeting, stated the new franchise agreement between the city staff and UE officials and was mutually beneficial to UE and the City. He also introduced Kelly Storm as the new customer service representative and congratulated Mayor Jack Valentine on his fine record as mayor.
•Randolph County 4-H public speaking winners for 1988 are Lisa Waite, Jill Heath and Christy Cunningham. Jill won the event for 4-Hers 14 years and older while Christy took top honors for those 12 years and under. Lisa was runner-up. Other participants were Donnie Berry and Laura Bale.
Wednesday, March 9, 1988
•Winners of the Moberly Junior High School Science Fair received awards at the Tuesday night meeting of the Moberly Board of Education. They include Jay Garrett, Dana Self, John O'Loughlin, Emily Gerike and Cassie Lin.
•Winners of the Moberly High School Science Fair also received awards at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday and include Tammy Al-Hasani, Karen Huntsman, Richard Lin, Joan Martin and Mary Stockton. The award of Oscar Lin was accepted by his brother, Richard as Oscar was unable to attend the meeting.
•A plaque featured in a photo today held by Mrs. Zeda Yowell said it all: She was honored for loyal, dedicated and continuing service to Missouri Democrat Days and the Spirit of Grass Roots Politics, from the executive board of Missouri Democrat Days, Inc. March 5, 1988. Randolph County Circuit Clerk Zeda Yowell displayed the plaque presented to her by Dottie Hubbard, state president of Democratic Party for Hannibal Days at the Democrat Days in Hannibal during the banquet at the Holiday Inn in Hannibal.
Thursday, March 10, 1988
•Fire Chief Luther Davidson called attention today to the annual start of Fire Safety inspections of businesses and commercial buildings in Moberly. Davidson said the personnel of his department have had good cooperation from building owners in the past while the inspections were being made. He asked for continued cooperation.
Friday, March 8, 1963
•As of yesterday, 315 farms in Randolph County signed up for participation in the 1962 Feed Grain Program, Waldo Creed, chairman, Randolph ASC County Commission, has announced.
•Judges of the Randolph County Court, in session in Moberly yesterday, announced they were going to wage a campaign against the dumping of bottles, tin cans, trash, clothing, old shoes and other articles, in the ditches and around bridges on county roads. Such practices have cost the county money, as bottles and tin cans at times have cut tires on county maintainers in addition to the unsightly appearances.
•A two-part program featuring dancing and music will be presented in the gymnasium of the medium security prison tonight for inmates and the families of prison personnel.
Saturday, March 9, 1963
•C.E. Brinkmann, 733 Taylor, has been appointed superintendent of power of the Missouri Power and Light Co., R.H. Dawson, vice president of operations, has announced. Brinkmann succeeds J.C. Parks, who has been granted a leave of absence because of illness.
•John S. Mittenberg has sold his Electric Motor Rewinding and Service Shop to Mr. and Mrs. W.L. House, who are moving to Moberly from Eugene, Ore. Mr. Mittenberg will continue in the wholesale business, dealing in electric motors, pumps, well supplies, and the name of the firm will be known as Electric Motor and Pump Supply with headquarters in Moberly. Tom Bogie Jr. is associated with the business as a salesman.
•Dale Riley, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Riley, Middle Grove, has been chosen as Moberly Junior High School's representative on the Sophomore Pilgrimage to Jefferson City on April 9. John Harris, son of Mrs. Margaret Gutekunst, 912 West Reed Street, was chosen as alternate.


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Katherine White will discuss what she learned in Peru and her experiences in the country at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Stull Hall at the church. White was part of a team from all over the U.S. who offered their time and gifts to provide medical and surgical treatment to Peruvians
Before she went on a medical mission trip to Peru earlier this year, Katherine White never had an answer when people asked why she wanted to leave the country to help others.
The answer, she said, became clear once she reached the Amazon and met the patients who needed the care she could help provide.
"They have no sense of entitlement," she said. "They come seeking help. They didn't expect anything other than our best effort."
White, who is a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Hendersonville, works as a surgical technician at Mission Hospital in Asheville and is a certified athletic trainer.
She will discuss what she learned in Peru and her experiences in the country at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Stull Hall at the church. White was part of a 17-member team from all over the United States who offered their time and gifts to provide medical and surgical treatment to Peruvians and resident missionaries who have limited access to needed orthopedic treatment.
White, 35, said she became interested in participating in the mission trip through the Scalpel at the Cross ministry after a doctor she works with mentioned he was going to Peru with the organization.
"He mentioned it at work," she said. "I expressed some interest. I've just always been interested in that."
Scalpel at the Cross is the realization of a long-standing dream of a Christian orthopedic surgeon and his family. It has developed through many experiences and friendships in the lives of those who want to reach out to people.
White said she thought it would be interesting to travel with doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to offer treatment to people who might not otherwise receive the medical care they need.
As much as she wanted to go, White thought her work schedule and a lack of money needed to travel to Peru would probably prevent her from making the trip.
But to her surprise, White said her supervisor had no problem giving her the time she needed away from work, and her mother stepped in to help with her expenses.
"I mentioned it to her. I never asked," White said. "A few days later, she came to me and said, 'This is something you need to do.' The next thing I knew, I was on a plane to Peru."
The group traveled to Peru in January and made a stop in Lima before spending five days in a small area called Pucallpa, which is situated along a river in the Amazon.
"It was like nowhere I'd ever been before," White said.
The team spent four days in Pucallpa, working 14 hours a day to treat 195 patients. They performed 38 surgeries and 32 clinical procedures.
Many of the patients, who included children and adults, suffered from injuries they received on motorcycles and as pedestrians hit by motorcycles. Others were children with orthopedic birth defects such as clubfoot, White said.
White and the others also traveled to a remote tribal village, Calleria, that was only accessible by boat or float plane. "It was almost impossible to describe," she said. "They had little access to the outside world." The team spent the day in the village in huts alongside a river providing anti-parasitic medication and giving injections to patients.
Whether in the village or in Pucallpa, White said she was impressed by the positive attitude and gratitude of all the patients she
saw. But a case involving a woman who brought in her young daughter affected her more than any other.
The girl suffered an arm injury when she was born. The team evaluated the child and determined they could not help her.
"We had to tell the mother there was nothing we could do," she said. "The mother through the translator said, 'God bless you, thank you for being here.' " White said similar comments and attitudes from other patients in Peru made the team want to work even harder to make sure they cared for all the people who needed help.
And it gave her an answer for all her friends at home who wondered why she went to Peru.
"The journey we all went on just touched our hearts," she said. "People were constantly touching our hearts and making us want to work harder."
The community can hear White's discussion of her trip to Peru at Grace Lutheran. The event is free. Call 693-4890.


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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
Requirements for the Masters Degree
In addition to the requirements described below, individual programs may have their own specific requirements. Students must read and familiarize themselves with their program's requirements. Some of them are detailed in this catalogue under individual program listings and other requirements are available from the director or chairperson of each program.
Master's degrees require a minimum of thirty hours of credit; some programs require more. A minimum of fifteen graded credits used in compilation of the graduate GPA must be taken in residence at UVM. Consult individual program descriptions for exceptions. In programs that require a thesis, the number of credits earned in thesis research may vary between six (minimum) and fifteen (maximum). Thesis credit is included as part of the 30-hour minimum. Consult individual programs for specific information. With the prior approval of their department and the Graduate College, students may apply one 100/200 level, three-credit undergraduate course towards their graduate program. A student's advisor must petition the Graduate College for approval before the student enrolls in the course. Consult individual programs for further limitations. Under no circumstances will a course numbered below 100 be applicable to a master's program.
Minimum Residence Requirements
Candidates for the master's degree must satisfactorily complete twenty-one hours in residence. The residency requirement is completed by courses that (1) are taken for graduate credit through The University of Vermont either in the academic year or summer on the main campus or at off-campus locations, and (2) are taken after the student has been admitted to the Graduate College. Some programs may require more than the above minimum hours in residence. Consult with the individual program.
Comprehensive Examination
All master's degree students are required to pass a written and/or oral comprehensive examination in their field of specialization. If both formats are used, satisfactory completion of the written examination is prerequisite to standing for the oral examination. All comprehensive examinations are taken on The University of Vermont campus in Burlington. One re-examination only is permitted for any failed comprehensive examination. The comprehensive examination is not the same as the oral thesis defense, and must be passed satisfactorily before defending the thesis. Consult individual program descriptions for specific information.
When students plan to take their comprehensive examination they must enroll in GRAD 397 Master's Comprehensive Examination. There is no fee. A grade of "S" or "U" is recorded.
Research and Thesis
Consult the program description to determine whether or not a thesis is required. If a thesis is required, the candidate for the master's degree undertakes a problem of original research under the supervision of a faculty member in the department of specialization. At the conclusion of the research, the student must present a thesis which embodies the results of the work and demonstrates the capability for independent research.
Thesis Defense Forms
Defense Committee Membership and Defense Notice forms must be submitted to the Graduate College by the designated deadlines. A Public Notice of the defense is required in order to defend. The Intent to Graduate form must be submitted to the candidate's department before the List of Potential Graduates is due.
Thesis Format
Students are required by the Graduate College to use a computer software program appropriate to the discipline to create the Table of Contents and the Lists of Tables and Figures from the thesis text headings.
The thesis must be prepared and submitted in compliance with the "Guidelines for Writing a Thesis or Dissertation" available from the Graduate College Office. A formatted copy of the thesis must be submitted to the Graduate College for a Format/Record Check at least three weeks prior to the scheduled defense. Students must also provide defendable copies of the thesis to members of their Thesis Defense Examination Committee at least two weeks before the scheduled examination. Individual departments may require earlier deadlines.
Students must enroll in GRAD 399 Thesis Defense prior to defending their thesis.
The oral defense of a thesis may be scheduled only after successful completion of the comprehensive examination and the submission of an original copy of the thesis to the Graduate College for a Format/Record Check.
Thesis Defense Examination Committee
The Thesis Defense Committee consists of at least three University of Vermont faculty members, at least two of whom must be regular members of the Graduate Faculty. Ordinarily, two committee members will be from the candidate's program, including the thesis advisor. The third member, who acts as chair of the committee, must be a member of the Graduate Faculty, must be from a different program and department than the candidate, and must be approved by the Graduate Dean upon nomination by the thesis advisor.
The Chairperson of the Thesis Defense Committee has the responsibility for ensuring proper conduct of the examination, appropriate documentation of the results, and that the signatures of endorsement are added to the acceptance page of the thesis following a successful defense.
The acceptability of the thesis is determined by the Thesis Defense Committee. A grade of "S" or "U" is awarded. If a student's Defense Examination performance is not satisfactory, then only one reexamination is permitted.
After a successful thesis defense, candidates must forward an original and two copies of the corrected thesis to the Graduate College within the time period specified by the Thesis Defense Examination Committee, and/or the Graduate College.
Options within Master of Arts Programs
At least twenty-one hours of graduate credit, including credit for the thesis and research leading to the thesis, must be earned in the field of specialization. All course credit included in these twenty-one credits must be earned in courses which have been approved for graduate credit. Students may wish to include in their programs up to nine credits of graduate level courses outside their fields of specialization. These courses must be approved in advance by the student's advisor or studies committee.
Additional Requirements for the Master of Arts in Teaching
The MAT degree is intended for people who are already licensed as secondary school teachers or who will complete teacher licensure requirements before graduation. For already licensed teachers, the program requires a minimum of thirty credits of course work; at least twenty-one credits in the field of specialization and at least six in education. For those seeking teacher licensure, the program requires at least thirty credits of education course work and at least twenty-one credits in the field of specialization. The individual program of study for each MAT student must be approved by their faculty advisor in their field of specialization and their faculty advisor in the Department of Education.
In addition to the comprehensive examination in the field of specialization, students must also take a comprehensive examination in the field of education. Consult specific program listings for additional requirements for this degree program.
Additional Requirement for the Master of Science for Teachers
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A computer service scam has surfaced in Cortez, and at least three residents have been swindled to date.
Jason Thomason, owner of Thomason Computer Service, said three of his clients have been victims, and another two were targeted but realized something wasn't right.
He said that the total number of victims is probably higher but some don't bother to report the incidents.
Thomason and one of his clients said the scam begins when an individual from a company calling themselves Urgent Tech Help phones a person, telling them he is from Windows (Microsoft) and the company has identified a problem with his or her computer.
The man offers to fix or repair the computer for $179, and threatens them with shutting down their service within three days if they choose not to use their service
Once the computer's information is in the hands of the perpetrator several unwanted and not necessary features are added to the computer through the phone.
In one case. A woman was told her computer's hard drive had a virus and it would have to be replaced.
The woman paid the company with a credit card, and after being told she had been scammed put a hold on the credit card.
Thomason removed all of the features that had been added to the woman's computer and checked the hard drive and determined there had never been a virus.
A man from the company called the woman back a few days later to follow up, and he hung up when she told him she had her computer's hard drive checked and did not appreciate being lied to.


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Here's one that drives me crazy: THEY CHANGE THE COLORS
This opening to Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom used to be beautiful.
It was a pan where the color families changed gradually as the owl ran down a branch to the schoolhouse.
Originally all the colors were grayed down and had many subtle tints and hue variations in it. I used to get my BG artists to study it and apply the ideas to my cartoons. I must have watched the cartoon a hundred times.
It was gorgeous.
Then they did this to it.
Now it's all primary and secondary colors turned up to the brightest vulgarest saturation and all the fun is gone.
The BG colors are so over saturated and glowing that they bleed into the character.
Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom was a grand experimental film by Ward Kimball, Tom Oreb, Eyvind Earle and other mighty Disney talents.
It has been turned into a modern gaudy looking Saturday morning cartoon.
The backgrounds in the classroom scenes were originally all subtle greyed colors too, and now they have been arbitrarily changed into purples, oranges, blues and other neon colors.
You can barely make out the characters against the backgrounds anymore because every color is equally bright and right in the middle of the hue.
These are the latest video transfers that are on those silver box sets-"Treasures" or whatever they are called.
Well the treasures have been destroyed.
Here are some other strange digital "restoration" tricks that they use to take the fun out of the cartoons.
This means that dark colors turn black and you lose lots of detail in the BGs.
Now they try to smooth away all the grain and while the grain gets polished off, so does the painting details in the backgrounds.
Sometimes you can make out the film grain in the background, but none in the characters and that creates a really strange fakish effect.
The BGs have turned black. The lines are all jagged and too skinny and everything strobes.
It sounds really digital and whispery.
Well it's all very depressing. My guess is that within another 10 years, these films will be completely unrecognizable as they keep coming up with new digital toys to help engineers change the art that the original artists made. Soon they will invent :"on-modelization" and they will go in and change all the character designs in the cartoons to make them match the current licensing guides. Bambi will wear a backwards baseball cap and all the forest creatures will rap the story.
Is there a site somewhere where someone documents all this destruction and tampering?
Is there anything we can do to stop it?
The best video transfers I have seen in the last 10 years are the ones done by cheap fast houses, who basically just telecine the films and don't tamper with anything, but that's all becoming ancient lost history now.
Better save all your video tapes and laser disks from the 80s and early 90s. Those are as close to the original films as you will ever see.
Or get over to the Asifa Archive and see the best possible available existing prints of rare films.


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Wozniacki back in the big time
Caroline Wozniacki showed she is back as a force in women's tennis by stunning Maria Sharapova to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open.
The hugely popular Dane produced a display of real quality to win 6-4 2-6 6-2 and make the last eight at a grand slam for the first time since the Australian Open in 2012.
The last time the Dane beat the Russian was at Flushing Meadows at the same stage four years ago, when she was in her pomp.
Caroline Wozniacki is through to the quarter-finals (AP)
Wozniacki has been in fine form and was the better player in the opening set, but it was no surprise to see Sharapova hit back in the second.
Because of the hot and sticky conditions, the heat rule was in effect, meaning a 10-minute break between the second and third sets.
Sharapova took too long, though, and was given a time violation, while Wozniacki then complained to the umpire about the time her opponent was taking between serves.
Wozniacki came out for the decider with a real sense of determination and purpose and made the breakthrough in spectacular fashion in the fourth game.
Somehow the 10th seed chased down a succession of lost causes before Sharapova netted a volley, prompting Wozniacki to whip up the adoring crowd.
And there was no wavering from the 24-year-old, who seized her first opportunity to clinch the match with a backhand winner that cleaned the line.
Wozniacki said: "It means so much to me. Things have been a bit up and down this year. To win against a champion like Maria is an unbelievable feeling."
In the quarter-finals, Wozniacki will play 13th seed Sara Errani, who ended the emotional run of qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni.
The Croatian was back in the fourth round at a slam for the first time since reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals aged 17 in 1999.
Family and financial problems derailed her career but her love for tennis never wavered and she is finally back on the big stage.
The statistics told the story of a match between two very different players, with Lucic-Baroni hitting 46 winners compared to just four for Errani.
But ultimately the Italian's tally of nine unforced errors and Lucic-Baroni's mark of 69 proved the difference in Errani's 6-3 2-6 6-0 victory.
Lucic-Baroni described her upset of second seed Simona Halep in round three as the best day of her life, and she said: "This has been a great two weeks, the best I can remember for a long time.
"Obviously right now I'm really disappointed. She's a really tough player to play. Today I felt like I ran out of gas a little bit. It's tough to win against her that way.
"I knew I was going for too much. It was really difficult to play because it was very windy day. It was really difficult to time the balls, especially on her ball and her serve. It comes so slow and it kind of floats in the air."
Lucic-Baroni will return to the top 100 thanks to her six victories here and is projected to achieve her highest ranking since 2000 when the standings are updated.
"I'm very motivated to have a great off-season, to work the hardest I have ever worked, and have another great year next year," she said.
Errani has averaged less then 80mph on her first serve throughout the tournament but her accuracy with it is almost 90 per cent.
The 27-year-old said: "Of course I have to improve it a lot, but it's not easy. I try. With that serve I have been five in the world, so it's not that bad I think.
"It's a bit different to the others. I don't try to hit the strongest I can. Maybe I can sometimes try to push more, but I don't want that. I want consistency. I need to start the point where I want."
Belinda Bencic became the youngest quarter-finalist at the US Open since her Swiss compatriot Martina Hingis won the title in 1997 with a 7-6 (8/6) 6-3 victory over ninth seed Jelena Jankovic.
The 17-year-old works with Hingis' mother and former coach Melanie Molitor and the two are very close.
It was Bencic's second victory over a top-10 player in a row after her third-round win against Angelique Kerber.
Speaking after that match, Hingis said of Bencic: "I think there is huge potential for her.
"I definitely think she can be top-five. She's on the way to get there. How far, it's up to her. Nobody can play the matches for her and win matches, win the tournaments.
"But she showed that she can win a big match when she has to. Hopefully there will be more opportunities in the near future. Maybe here."
Jankovic was the highest-ranked player left in the bottom half of the draw and that status now belongs to 10th seed Wozniacki.
In the last eight, Bencic will meet another unseeded player in China's Peng Shuai, who reached her first slam quarter-final by beating 14th seed Lucie Safarova 6-3 6-4.
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The Eifel highlands – a unique natural environment, including not only the Hohes Venn (High Fens) and millions of wild narcissi, but also castles and palaces. There's a whole range of experiences on offer at the reserve, from 'Eifel Expeditions' to views from the peaks.
The Hohes Venn-Eifel Nature Park, which has a foot in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and eastern Belgium, combines forest, rivers and lakes and mountain ridges that stretch for miles. This is a uniquely varied landscape: the wetlands in the Hohes Venn; rivers, streams and 15 lakes and reservoirs; the colourful biodiversity of the Limestone Eifel; the extensive wooded hilltops of the Upper Eifel and the foothills of the Volcanic Eifel.
Pull on your hiking boots – this German-Belgian nature park's annual calendar of 'Eifel Expeditions' includes a range of excursions and events for the whole family, such as the 111km Roman Canal Walking Trail from Nettersheim to Cologne, which follows the route of the ancient Eifel aqueduct. There are also over 60 fantastic Eifel viewpoints to enjoy,
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Microsoft is finally ready to roll with its Windows Home Server software platform. The Redmond, Washington-based software company pushed out a release candidate version of the software in June and released it to manufacturing in mid-July.
Microsoft Windows Home Server (32-bit) is now available to purchase by anyone looking to turn an old PC into a multi-functional storage/media/backup/remote access hub. Newegg lists the OEM version of the software on its website for $189.99.
Windows Home Server doesn't feature outlandish system requirements and will likely run just fine on a machine that is four or five years old. The bare minimum requirements are a 1GHz Pentium III processor and 512MB of RAM and many users have found much success with similar hardware.
For those that would prefer to buy a pre-built Windows Home Server system, there are plenty of solutions on the way. HP has a $599, 500GB EX470 server and a $799, 1TB EX475 server while competing solutions from Velocity Micro are also in the works.
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As a longtime Mars School District custodian who has been asked to give up so much or face losing my job, I had to write to let the community know about the reality of what we do.
Over the years, teachers and I have developed a lot of respect for one another, and I help them in any way I can.
My knowledge and years of experience protect and maintain the technology and infrastructure that the public has invested in the district's schools. The district won't include the true scope of my job in any bidding process, probably because district officials don't really know what my job consists of.
Of course I clean classrooms, but I also have to be ready at a moment's notice to go out and shovel and salt the walkway so no one falls. I might suddenly get called away to set up for basketball games or a class meeting, something that won't get included in any outsourcing bid.
I have to be prepared to clean extra rooms when we are short-staffed, and even though I am not allowed overtime, the job must get done.
When someone gets sick in the gym or water is spilled in a hallway, I run to clean it up before someone is injured.
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a) Buy a different SUV
b) Take a job he doesn't have to show up for from another booster to cover the difference
c) Ask Maurice Clarett to borrow one for him
d) Transfer to an SEC school with more generous boosters
2. Texas A&M scores 46 points against Miami in a bowl game. How many staff members will Larry Coker fire the next week?
3. If Joe Paterno's team loses a close game, how long before his players will be allowed to talk to the media again? Bonus: How long will Penn State fans complain on their message boards?
4. Which of these numbers in the following group is the largest?
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b) 632
c) 1,000 - 275 + 30
d) Charlie Weis' cholesterol level
5. A linebacker is 21. The underage girl he sleeps with is 16. At Tennessee, how many plays against a non-conference team would he have to miss as punishment?
6. If ESPN's Gameday crew were to go to Arkansas to cover a game, how much netting would be needed to protect Kirk, Lee and Chris Fowler from objects thrown by Razorback fans?
a) none
b) 200 feet
c) all Home Depot sells in a three city area
d) Trick question: Gameday would never go to Arkansas
7. Marcus Vick runs a 4.3 and Maurice Clarett runs a 4.48 but the 9mm Glock hidden in Vick's waistband is heavier. Who has a better chance of out-running the cops and evading arrest?
8. If the world's largest sequoia tree is almost 3,000 years old and the earth's crust is 5 billion years old, how old is Bobby Bowden if he started coaching before either?
9. If Michigan has a 12 point lead with under 9 minutes left in the game, how much time will be left on the clock when the opposing team scores the winning touchdown?
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b) 1 minute
c) :35 seconds
d) none, last play of the game and immediately named ESPN Instant Classic
10. Your team's stadium holds 96,000 fans but regularly only sells 32,000 tickets to its home games. How long will it take the team bus to drive back to Westwood?
11. Which would be more unbearable: Spending a hot day in the stall of Ralphie, the Colorado Buff mascot, or driving across Kansas in a vinyl-seated, non-air conditioned '73 Nova with Jayhawks coach Mark Mangino. Explain.
12. If you watch two hours of ESPN pre-game, four hours of post-game and six versions of SportsCenter during which Beano Cook appears 15% of each broadcast, how many times will you want to gouge your eyes out with a tongue depressor?
13. Floyd of Rosedale is:
a) Barney Fife's neighbor from the old ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
b) The current WWF champion
c) A college football trophy as coveted as winning a giant stuffed animal at the state fair
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15. The ninth month of the year is:
a) June
b) January
c) November
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We had an interesting week for this early in the session.
We had an interesting week for this early in the session. It is usually very quiet until about the first of February because of all the start up procedures prior to sending bills to committees. We had to first approve the Rules of the House, which we accomplished the week of the Jan. 14.
The speaker's office assigned bills to the various committees and we were ready to start hearing them on Tuesday, Jan. 22. There was a lot of activity on Tuesday with various groups visiting us in our offices and expressing their opinions on upcoming legislation. Wednesday morning the chief justice gave his State of the Judiciary report to both houses and we then adjourned to committee hearings.
I chaired my first hearing and it couldn't have been more fun. We heard a bill proposing to give school boards the option of using local labor on building projects instead of paying the "Prevailing Wage." The bill sponsor lives in the northern part of the state and has 19 school districts in his territory. Many of them are getting old and need a lot of repair, but the patrons of the district cannot afford to do the work. His solution to the problem was to allow them to opt out of prevailing wage rates if the school board voted to do so.
We listened to everyone present who wished to present their point of view and then we voted to send it to the floor to be heard. As chairman of the committee, I felt that this issue deserves to be fully discussed by the entire general assembly. The speaker made these workforce issues one of his priorities and I am doing everything I can to accommodate the bill handlers that he assigns to me. We are going to hear a bill dealing with paycheck protection next week and I'll bet that gets really interesting.
I have been inundated with questions about gun control also. I can't imagine any changes that will be seriously considered in the Missouri legislature. Instead of focusing on more laws for gun owners, we really need to spend our time working on providing better procedures for identifying and treating mental health problems. I heard the analogy that taking guns away from lawful owners to solve these problems is much like banning automobiles in order to stop driving while intoxicated.
Many years ago we made a decision to do less to help mentally ill people, I think we need to take a fresh look at these policies and provide the help they desperately need.
At the McDonald County Republican Club meeting Thursday evening, we heard a report from Grant and Stacy Hendricks about their trip to Washington for the Presidential Inaugural. It seems as if the band won so many awards they thought they were going to need a U-Haul trailer to bring them all back! It really ought to make us proud to have such a fine group of young people representing us. We have some great schools in the southwest part of our state. I sometimes shudder when I hear representatives from other areas talk about their school districts and the problems they are encountering.
People here tend to get more involved in their schools and help head off difficulties before they become unmanageable. We have a talented and dedicated teaching and administrative staff and they are doing a marvelous job!
When I left the capitol, the senate was in the middle of a hot debate over the governor's new airplane. He spent $5.7 million on a new plane and didn't even use a bid process. Their rationale was that the factory in Kansas was the only place they could buy a King Air. I fully understand his need for a new one. He wore the other one out flying back and forth to Joplin. Stay tuned for what he cuts out of the budget to pay for that sucker!
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BREVARD — The Transylvania Community Arts Council will host its 41st annual Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 4. The event coincides with the Heart of Brevard's Fourth of July Celebration and Transylvania Region AACA Classic Car Show.
BREVARD — The Transylvania Community Arts Council will host its 41st annual Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 4. The event coincides with the Heart of Brevard's Fourth of July Celebration and Transylvania Region AACA Classic Car Show.
The three festivals in one in downtown Brevard will feature music, arts, crafts, food and children's activities.
The Duck Race for Kreative Kids fundraiser will take place at 5 p.m., and the fireworks extravaganza is set for 9:30 p.m. Both events will be held at Brevard College.
The 41st annual Fine Arts and Crafts Showcase will feature more than 40 North and South Carolina artists and crafters who have been juried into the show based on their original work in jewelry, pottery, fiber, wood, metal, painting, photography and more. Artists will be on West Main Street, from the corner of O.P. Taylor's Toy Store and White Squirrel Shop down to the Co-ed Movie Theater.
Artists and crafters in this year's showcase include David Bowers, wood; Amy Sullivan, jewelry; Ben Freeman, ink and watercolor; Robert Wilson, acrylic; Dave Allen, photography; Susan Sorrentino, jewelry and mixed media; Melissa Stroud, fiber weaving; Nadine Fidelman, jewelry; Will Dickert, clay; Amy Brandenburg, jewelry; Melanie Micale, clay; Earmine Smalls, baskets; Lynn Burcher, glass jewelry; Roy and Melva Huffstetler, acrylic and watercolor; Mike Carley, photography; Kelli Perry, jewelry; Lucinda Pittman, clay; Bobbie Pell, fiber; Krista Kovac Hess, outdoor cement art; Judy McLemore, leaf casting; William Hunter, pottery; Kathryn Nidy-Cukier, mixed media; Mary Miller, jewelry; Susan Seidman, stained glass mirrors and jewelry; Mike Merritt, wood birdhouses; Caroline Sandlin, jewelry; Jerry Cajko, acrylics; Anita Walling, clay; Linda and Roger Brown, fiber; Petty Shephard, baskets; Shari Eakes, clay; Emily Parrish, oil; Pamela Welty, jewelry; Greg and Rachel Mackenzie, metal sculptures; and Lealon McCloud, pen and ink.
The TC Arts Council will also have a booth selling rubber ducks for the Duck Race for Kreative Kids. Each duck costs $5. Prizes include $250 and gift cards from Brevard businesses such as Kiwi Gelato, Blue Ridge Bakery, Number 7 Arts, D.D. Bullwinkel's, Rocky's Soda Shop and Grill, Lil-Bo-Tique and The-oph.ilus.
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Law enforcement services in Tajikistan are provided by the Tajik national police force (called 'Politsia) which is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (VKD). VKD is also responsible for the Presidential National Guard, internal security and border control.
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With Tajikistan sitting geographically on the intersection of Central Asia's principal drug trafficking routes, criminal organisations are attracted to Tajik borders for the onward transportation of their illegal merchandise to international markets. In order to face this growing problem, the Tajik government created its Drug Control Agency in 2000 with the mandate to support law enforcement and provide capacity building, policy and legislative advice to strengthen Tajikistan's fight against drug trafficking.
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Western Tradition "The American Republic" The new republic demonstrates that a revolution can create a free, stable society.G
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Unfinished Nation "Rivals and Friends" Election of 1796, first contested presidential election, won by John Adams. His opponent, Thomas Jefferson becomes vice-president. Adam's difficult relationship with cabinet, congress, and Jefferson. Struggle with France on the high seas; the Alien and Sedition Acts set stage for election of 1800, won narrowly by Jefferson. Lame-duck Congress changes court structure; Adams appoints Federalists to new posts before he leaves office. Jefferson challenges appointments. Role of Chief Justice John Marshall and Marbury vs. Madison decision in strengthening Supreme Court.G
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Unfinished Nation "Best Laid Plans" Republican desire to minimize national government and encourage small town/agrarian lifestyles overtaken during Jefferson's presidency by economic vitality and growth of cities, beginnings of industrialization, the Louisiana Purchase, expansion to the west. Jefferson's embargo in response to Napoleonic Wars hurts economy of northeast. Election of James Madison in 1808; Jefferson lifts embargo as he leaves office. The War of 1812.G
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Unfinished Nation "The 1920s ... Beyond The Glitter" The culture of the 1920s. America's economy and the labor force. Prosperity and consumerism vs. abject poverty. Political and cultural conflict: immigration legislation and Prohibition. Harlem Renaissance, the Scopes trial. The three conservative Republican presidents of the era: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.G
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Unfinished Nation "Hard Times" Events leading to the stock market crash and Great Depression. How the Depression affects various population segments. Unemployment and relief efforts. Herbert Hoover's attempts to alleviate the Depression. Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.G
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Inside Out "The Learning Machine" With neurons in the brain continually associating one event with another, it's no wonder neuroscientist Michael Merzenich describes what's in our head as "a learning machine." This lesson delves into the multiple ways humans and animals learn, with case studies on classical and operant conditioning, as well as Albert Bandura's work on pro-social observational learning.G
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Inside Out "The Mind's Storehouse" Is memory reliable? Why is it that we remember where we were on 9/11, but not the day before? These questions and others are tackled by leading memory researchers who discuss topics such as encoding, storage, and retrieval of memory. Demonstrations of short term memory are also presented and renowned researcher, Elizabeth Loftus, explains her role in debunking the phenomenon of repressed memories.G
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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "The Birth of a Theory" Traces origins of the ideas of continental drift and sea-floor spreading, and their contributions to the plate tectonics theory.G
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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "Plate Dynamics" Introduces theory and concepts about the movements of Earth's plates.G
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly None of the Above: Political Implications - We continue our three-part miniseries examining the rapid rise in the number of Americans-now 20 percent-who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated. The majority of these "nones," as they are often called, are Democratic and politically liberal. Managing Editor Kim Lawton looks at how their growing numbers could affect elections and the role of religion in politics. D
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Lidia's Italy In America "Another Seafood Celebration" Casino Clams, Mussels Triestina and Cioppino are delicious ways to enjoy seafood. Lidia takes viewers to Swann Oyster Depot for King Crab Legs and Eataly to explore the fish counter. Many Italians from the northwestern coastal region of Liguria settled in the San Francisco area, and it's not surprising that they brought their Cioppino with them. D
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America's Home Cooking: Dinner for Two Host Christ Fennimore retrieves favorite recipes from 16 years of cooking shows. He resizes the dishes, most of them intended to feed six to eight people, to better fit the needs of today's smaller households. He also recruites some of his favorite cooks to come back to the kitchen to recreate smaller portions of such offerings as creamy butternut squash soup, zesty chicken cacciatore, cheesy manicotti, Greek-style chicken and rice casserole, and baked apples.G
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Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy Easy Yoga for Arthritis with Peggy Cappy is designed to address not only arthritis issues but all joints which have stiffened with age or become less mobile from injury or inactivity. D
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Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge: Amazing Encounters The photographer introduces some of his favorite moments in the field, capturing wildlife, spectacular landscapes and fascinating people with his lens. This is a fast-paced look at some endearing, heart-stopping and fun moments. He tracks the last of the Bengal tigers in Nepal, marvels at snow monkeys in Japan, snuggles with baby seals on South Georgia Island, and snaps baby grey whales off Baja Mexico. The special also includes scenes from Alaska, the Sahara, India, West Africa, Mongolia, Bhutan and Ethiopia. Crew members also share behind-the-scenes moments.G
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Geographically American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago and constitutes the Eastern half of the island group. Made up of volcanic islands and a few atolls, American Samoa also contains what is considered one of the safest deep draft harbors in the South Pacific. Pago Pago Harbor was a much coveted safe harbor and coaling station during the 19th century as trans-Pacific shipping often needed a safe harbor from frequent tropical storms, resupply, and later on fuel.
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Services Research Outcomes Study, 1995-1996: [United States] (ICPSR 2691)
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The Services Research Outcomes Study (SROS) sought to answer questions about drug treatment efficacy and to describe client characteristics. The study was designed to provide (1) a 1990 cohort of clients to use as baseline for possible changes in treatment outcomes following increased funding to the national treatment system in the 1990s, (2) a before-to-after comparison to measure outcomes of treatment provided in 1990, (3) a follow-up of drug treatment clients five years after treatment to assess the level of sustained improvements in abstinence, and (4) a first look at multiple treatment episodes before and after treatment in a 1990 population.
Part 1 is the Facility Director Interviews and covered topics such as facility staff and organization, revenue and charges, staff hours and compensation, costs, and program characteristics.
Part 2 is the Client Records Abstractions Data, which examined the client records of 2,222 individuals discharged during 1989-1990. Information was abstracted on demographic characteristics of clients, criminal justice involvement, medical conditions, drug history including intravenous drug use, urine test results, drug treatment history, treatment services, and discharge and billing information.
Part 3 consists of the Client Follow-Up Interviews, and was conducted during 1995 and 1996. This part covered the clients' entire life span, with special attention to their behavior and circumstances during the five years before entry to the index (SROS) treatment in 1989-1990 and after leaving that treatment until the time of the interview. Additional questions were asked on patterns of alcohol and drug consumption, criminal activity, employment, health, social support, and other behavior relevant to treatment goals. Drugs included cocaine, crack, heroin, nontreatment methadone, other opiates/synthetics, barbiturates, benzodiazapine, other sedatives/hypnotics, methamphetamines, other amphetamines, marijuana/hash/THC, PCP/LSD, other hallucinogens, inhalants, over-the-counter medications, and alcohol.
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Produced by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) in Chicago, IL.
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A representative probability sample was drawn from a comprehensive list of organized substance abuse treatment programs for the Drug Services Research Study (DSRS). The DSRS collected basic facility-level information and in Phase II successfully abstracted 2,222 client records of individuals discharged during 1989-1990 from 120 randomly-selected, cooperating treatment facilities. Program types included hospital inpatient, residential, outpatient methadone, and outpatient nonmethadone. The SROS was designed as a client outcome study based on the DSRS program sample, and 99 of the original 120 treatment facilities participated in SROS (82.5 percent). Two client samples were used: (1) the 1,706 clients discharged from these 99 Phase II DSRS facilities in the 12 months ending August 31, 1990, whose client records were abstracted for the DSRS, and (2) a supplemental sample of 1,341 clients discharged in the same time frame from the 99 facilities. A total of 1,799 interviews were completed, for a client response rate of 59 percent.
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- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. Services Research Outcomes Study, 1995-1996: [United States]. ICPSR02691-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-10-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02691.v1
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The march goes on for the beleaguered legislation known as Obamacare.
Recently George Will, a columnist for The Washington Post, wrote that numbers are essential to government and to private industry. He explains Target and Wal-Mart tailor their inventories to regional, even neighborhood differences revealed in carefully compiled data.
Similarly the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 which was applied conservatism happened because empirical data convinced enough Democrats of the costs of welfare dependency. Unfortunately today's Democrat leaders in both the Senate and the White House seem completely oblivious to numbers affecting our economy and government spending. About the only numbers so many of the left consider important are how many votes will this policy or legislation affect.
What George Will didn't cover is the understanding of or how numbers are computed. A week ago a radio host was interviewing the ultra-liberal Colorado Governor, Mr. Hickenlooper. The good governor was explaining excitedly how he was supporting a new tax for Colorado. This new increase in income tax, as he proposed, was only a 1 ½ percent increase for taxpayers. The radio host had to patiently explain a 1 ½ percentage point increase was actually a 27 percent increase in the actual tax. Even though the radio man illustrated how that works, the governor seemed confused and I don't believe he ever understood.
Have you heard the propaganda dispersed by Governor Beebe's good friend and who is the head of the Arkansas Development Commission? With a straight face and without any empirical data, Mr. Tennille called for Arkansas to become the first state in the region to embrace same sex marriage.
His reason – why, we should all realize as he explains it, that doing so would yield unprecedented economic growth for the state, encouraging high-skilled, high-tech and knowledge-based workers to move in. Well, give me a break. I didn't realize that straights were so deficient in skills for the modern world. I also didn't realize that if you wanted to get ahead in this technical proficient world, the chances are much better if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. So let's bring in all the GLBT crowd from California, New York and New Jersey. This will be a boon to our economy but just think the void that would leave in those other states.
No need to remind Mr. Tennille that voters in 2004 approved an amendment to our constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. They not only approved it, they voted in the affirmative by 75 percent.
As a taxpayer in Arkansas, I'm completely disgusted we are paying taxpayer dollars to compensate the Executive Director of Economic Development to promote his own social preferences instead of paying attention to his prescribed duties.
The march goes on for the beleaguered legislation known as Obamacare. In the dark of night, more specifically on the July 4th weekend, Kathleen Sebelius announced the qualification for receiving federal subsidies to pay insurance premiums will be on the honor system.
To illustrate the complete ridiculousness and danger of this policy consider if you were making $75,000 per year and you declared you made only $20,000, the federal government will pay your health insurance premiums. Unbelievably there will be no attempt to verify your income.
If you believe this little honor program will not be abused, you need a dose of reality. This simply means the cost of Obamacare will be increased by billions. But what's another 200 or 300 billion dollars when we already know the costs will be trillions more than estimated. A leading Democrat senator makes this defensive statement on Obamacare's many foibles – "If we waited for perfection, nothing would ever get done".
On a related subject many of us have warned that because of Obamacare private industry will convert to many more part-time jobs. This is a real burden for workers who will be forced to live on fewer wages or acquire another part-time job. The Wall Street Journal reports that so far in 2013 the U.S. workforce has added 93,000 part-time jobs monthly compared to 22,000 full-time. In 2012 the reverse was true. The monthly average for full-time jobs was 171,000 and only 31,000 part time jobs. Convinced yet?
(Jerry Jackson of Heber Springs writes his "conservative viewpoint" column each week)


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