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Western Oklahoma photography contest open; winner to be displayed at Wildlife Expo
Tenkiller anglers' comments sought for five-year management plan
Oklahoma youth outdoor writing contest winners take national honors for excellence
Volunteers help make fishing memories for children with illnesses
Birdwatchers find just what they are looking for at the Wildlife Expo
Lake Record Update: Trotline angler lands big Eufaula flathead
Dove hunters gain 10 days, unlimited Eurasian collared dove limit
Wildlife Department's Oklahoma Landowner of the Year recognized
Wildlife Department receives $7,500 NRA grant for Wildlife Expo
Efforts underway to improve water quality at the Illinois River trout fishery
trout fishing makes for fun summer vacation
Trout in the Lower Mountain Fork River offer some of the best cold water angling even during some of the hottest months of the year.
The Lower Mountain Fork River trout fishery is stocked with rainbow trout nearly every two weeks, while brown trout are occasionally stocked.
Because of heavy rainfall, the Lower Mountain Fork River trout fishery in southeast Oklahoma recently experienced the most extreme flooding the area has seen since Broken Bow Lake was impounded in 1969. The lake feeds the Lower Mountain Fork, and the recent flooding caused significant damage to portions of the trout fishery. However, biologists with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation say that, although fishing was affected for a short time by flooding and inaccessibility, fishing is getting back to normal and anglers are enjoying great summer fishing.
"Habitat enhancements in Spillway Creek, Evening Hole, and the stream we created called Lost Creek, all in Beavers Bend State Park, suffered impacts from the flooding," said Paul Balkenbush, streams management supervisor for the Wildlife Department. "We have addressed several of these issues already, but it is going to take some time to repair it all. Still, trout stocking has fully resumed and fishing in the area is good. Summer anglers should be as successful as always at the Lower Mountain Fork River."
The Lower Mountain Fork River designated trout stream includes an 11-mile portion of the Lower Mountain Fork extending from the Broken Bow Lake spillway downstream to the U.S. Route 70 bridge. About five miles of the trout fishery lies within Beaver's Bend State Park in McCurtain County. Bank access is unlimited within the state park and downstream to the Re-regulation dam. Great camping and cabin rentals throughout the area attract anglers from all over to enjoy world-class angling and many other forms of outdoor recreation.
"One great thing about trout fishing at the Lower Mountain Fork River is that you can go fishing with your family close to home, but feel like you are far away on a once-in-a-lifetime getaway," Balkenbush said. "But it's not 'once-in-a-lifetime' because it is here to stay and you can go all you want. The scenery is second to none, and you can enjoy other activities such as hunting, camping, hiking and much more."
The Wildlife Department's streams management team works vigorously on projects to enhance trout habitat in certain state waters. Along with the year-round trout fisheries at the Lower Mountain Fork River and Lower Illinois River, seasonal trout fisheries in Oklahoma include Lake Pawhuska, Robbers Cave, Blue River, Lake Watonga, Quartz Mountain and Lake Carl Etling. Trout season in these areas kicks off Nov. 1.
Trout are an introduced species to Oklahoma, and anglers can view the trout stocking schedules on the Wildlife Department's Web site at wildlifedepartment.com.
A trout license is required for all who fish in state-designated trout areas or in tributaries of state-designated trout streams during trout season. Trout anglers also must carry a resident or nonresident fishing license, unless exempt, while fishing. Anglers who bought their annual fishing license before July 1 also must have a fishing and hunting legacy permit, available on wildlifedepartment.com or anywhere fishing licenses are sold. Fishing licenses sold after July 1 will have the legacy permit included in the cost of their fishing license. Anglers should also note the special trout angling regulations that are in effect in certain areas.
For trout angling tips as well as daily trout limits, season dates and other trout fishing regulations for each area, log on to wildlifedepartment.com or consult the current "Oklahoma Fishing Guide."
Wild game a favorite at the Expo
Most sportsmen would agree that eating well makes an outdoor adventure all the better. At this year's Oklahoma Wildlife Expo Sept. 25-27, visitors can get a taste of some of the best outdoor cooking, as well as get a few tips on how to prepare their own camp foods, wild game and more.
Held at the Lazy E Arena, just north of Oklahoma City, the Wildlife Expo is Oklahoma's largest outdoor recreation event, offering guests the chance to shoot shotguns and archery equipment, ride mountain bikes and ATVs, catch fish in a fully-stocked pond, experience kayaking, attend seminars and even sample wild game and camp cooking for free.
At this year's Expo, wild game meat will be served at the popular Taste of the Wildlife booth, where last year more than 1,000 pounds of fried catfish, more than 1,000 pounds of venison and about 220 gallons of buffalo chili were served to Expo visitors. Dutch oven demonstrators also served about 7,000 samples of camp-style food at last year's Expo and provided seminars on the basics of Dutch oven cooking in the outdoor area of the Expo.
"Visitors to the 2009 Wildlife Expo should make it a point to try each of the foods served at the Taste of the Wild booth," said Rhonda Hurst, Expo coordinator for the Wildlife Department. "They should also be sure to attend a Dutch oven seminar to learn a new recipe or even learn about this style of camp cooking for the first time."
In addition to sampling game meat and camp food, visitors can also attend a cooking seminar with renowned chef, restaurant owner and wild game cook Michael Fusco. Fusco, who owns Michael Fusco's Riverside Grill in Tulsa, shows the ins and outs of handling and preparing wild game with culinary expertise every year at the Expo.
"Michael Fusco has partnered with the Wildlife Expo from its beginning and has always been a favorite among Expo visitors," Hurst said.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is partnering with a wide range of other state agencies, private individuals and outdoor-related companies to host Expo. The huge event is designed to provide hands-on learning opportunities for all types of outdoor enthusiasts while promoting and instilling an appreciation for Oklahoma's wildlife and natural resources.
Whether catching a fish for the first time or building a bird house to take home with them for free, visitors to the Expo get the chance to soak up a full weekend of free outdoor knowledge, skills and experiences as hundreds of volunteers and Wildlife Department employees work to keep the event exciting, educational and entertaining.
"If you want to try over a hundred outdoor activities, then be at this year's wildlife Expo Sept. 25-27," said country music star and outdoorsman Blake Shelton of Ada, who has made an appearance at the Expo in the past. "If you love to hunt and fish like I do, then take someone to this year's Wildlife Expo.
The Wildlife Expo will be held at the Lazy E Arena, just north of Oklahoma City. Expo hours will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Sept. 25-27. Log on to wildlifedepartment.com regularly to stay up to date on this year's Expo activities.
This year's Expo will again feature "School Day" Sept. 25, when busloads of school students from across the state will arrive and enjoy a day at the event. Educators interested in planning a trip to the Wildlife Expo with their students this year should call (918) 299-2334 for more information.
Photo Caption: Steve Nall, recipient of the Wildlife Department's Landowner of the Year Award, makes sure to involve his daughters in the outdoors and in the management of his 1,088-acre Creek Co. ranch.
Wildlife Department receives $7,500 NRA grant for Wildlife Expo
Visitors to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's 2009 Oklahoma Wildlife Expo have the opportunity to try first hand several outdoor activities, including shooting sports thanks to a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation.
At its July meeting, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is the governing board of the Wildlife Department, accepted a grant of $7,500 from the NRA Foundation to purchase ammunition and shooting supplies for the 2009 Oklahoma Wildlife Expo. The grant is expected to cover about half the cost of all shooting expenses.
The Wildlife Expo is Oklahoma's largest outdoor recreation event designed to provide hands-on learning opportunities for all types of outdoor enthusiasts while promoting and instilling an appreciation for Oklahoma's wildlife and natural resources. Among other activities, Expo visitors have the opportunity to try a variety of shooting sports including air rifle shooting and shotgun shooting. Last year, about 4,200 Expo visitors shot close to 27,500 shotgun shells, and an estimated 60-70 percent of the shooters were under the age of 18.
According to Nels Rodefeld, information and education chief for the Wildlife Department, the National Rifle Association and its Oklahoma members, through the Friends of the NRA and the NRA Foundation, have been very supportive of the Wildlife Department, particularly in the areas of shooting sports education and promotion. Rodefeld added that, in the past, NRA foundation grants have been used to purchase shotguns, clay target throwers, trailers, and other equipment for the Department's Shotgun Training and Education Program.
Darren Delong, senior field representative for the NRA, presented the grant check to the Wildlife Department on behalf of the NRA.
"The NRA is glad to partner with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to bring the Wildlife Expo to Oklahoma," Delong said. "It's a great event and we are happy to provide this grant. We know it will go a long way in sharing the tradition of shooting sports and the outdoors with Oklahomans."
Photo Caption: At its July meeting, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission accepted a grant of $7,500 from the NRA Foundation to purchase ammunition and shooting supplies for the 2009 Oklahoma Wildlife Expo. Pictured is Nels Rodefeld, information and education chief for the Wildlife Department, accepting the grant check from Darren Delong, senior field representative for the NRA.
Controlled hunt results available now online
Applicants can find out if they were drawn for any of the hunts offered through the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Controlled Hunt program by logging onto the Department's web site at wildlifedepartment.com.
Once applicants log on to the Web site, they can click on the "Controlled Hunts Results Available" link and enter their last name, birthday, and the number they used on the original application (either their Social Security or driver's license number). The system will only access the Controlled Hunts results database when the correct number matches with the hunter's other information.
Sportsmen also can check their results at computer terminals available at the Department's headquarters and at certain regional offices during those offices' regular business hours. Contact information for Wildlife Department field offices are available at wildlifedepartment.com. In addition, many local libraries offer Internet access to library cardholders. Applicants should check with their local library for Internet services and user-policies. Successful applicants will also be notified by mail.
"This is a free service that is easy to use," said Melinda Sturgess-Streich, assistant director of administration and finance for the Wildlife Department. "It takes only minutes to find out if you have drawn out on that hunt you've been hoping for."
The opportunity to hunt on some of Oklahoma's most unique and desirable hunting properties have made the Department's controlled hunts program one of the most popular programs in the country.
For more information about the Wildlife Department's Controlled Hunts program, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Efforts underway to improve water quality at the Illinois River trout fishery
Summer water temperatures on the Lower Illinois River have been higher than normal the past two years. Wildlife Department officials are working jointly with Southwest Power Administration (SWPA) and the Corps of Engineers (COE) to develop a strategy to allow the continued stocking of trout throughout the summer.
"Both the Corps and Southwest Power have been very open to our suggestions and have accommodated our request whenever possible," said Jim Burroughs east-central region fisheries supervisor. "We can't rule out that stockings may have to be halted later this summer but we're hoping for the best. If not for the cooperation of both COE and SWPA, stocking schedules would likely have at best been altered and at worst postponed already."
The waters released through SWPA turbines used for hydropower generation flow directly into the Lower Illinois River trout stream. In normal years hydropower generation supplemented with releases from the Corps is sufficient to support the trout fishery. However, because of abnormally high flood releases the last two years, the supply of cold water near the bottom of the lake has been depleted. Fisheries officials hope that a cold winter followed by a spring without much floodwater in the Tenkiller drainage will result in pre-2008 water conditions.
"The good news is that trout stockings will continue for now, but stocking locations may vary depending on the water conditions on individual stocking days. Stockings will focus on upstream sites and sites with flowing water as these typically will have cooler water than downstream locations and those with only pooled water", said Burroughs. "Our goal is to continue stocking all summer but we will have to evaluate conditions on a week by week and even a day by day basis."
Stockings have also been adjusted from mornings to evenings to coincide with water releases by the SWPA.
The Illinois River is one of only two year round trout fisheries in the state. Trout fishing has been excellent this spring with some anglers reporting the best fishing ever. Officials hope to be able to continue stocking and keep angler success and satisfaction high.
Steven Maichak
Raini Stiles
Photo Caption: Steven Maichak of
Edmond took third place in the senior prose division (grades 9-12) of the Norm
Strung National Youth Writing Competition, and Raini Stiles of Collinsville took
first place in the junior prose division (grades 6-8). Both received national
recognition and cash rewards.
Lake Record Fish Program continues filling books
The heat is not stopping Oklahoma anglers from catching a mess of fish that qualify as records in the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Lake Record Fish Program. Recently several crappie, catfish and a striped bass hybrid have been added to the books.
More information about the lake record fish program can be found on an easily-operated search feature available at wildlifedepartment.com, the Web site of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The feature allows those interested to view a wealth of lake record fish information, ranging from weight of the fish to the kind of bait and the brand of rod and reel used to catch it.
The Wildlife Department's Lake Record Fish Program continues to grow. Since last year the program has doubled in size and there are now 28 lakes currently enrolled in the program.
The Lake Record Fish program recognizes anglers who catch a fish that qualifies as a record setter for the lake in which it was caught. Though the program was established as a way to serve anglers and recognize significant fish, it also serves as an indicator of trophy fish production in the state's lakes.
Anglers who catch a potential record from a participating lake should contact designated business locations around the lake that are enrolled as lake record keepers, or vendors. The lake record keeper may then enter the fish into an automated database via the Internet. Once it has been determined that an angler has landed a record fish, the media is notified and the public will be able to view information about the catch on the Wildlife Department's Web site at wildlifedepartment.com.
All past and current state record fish are registered in the Lake Record Fish Program as records for their respective lakes.
Species eligible for spots in the lake records book include blue, channel and flathead catfish and largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass in addition to crappie, paddlefish, striped bass, striped bass hybrids, sunfish (combined) walleye/saugeye and white bass. Minimum weights are set for each species included to avoid a rush of potential yet easily broken records early in the program's inception.
For more information about the new Lake Record Fish Program or for contact information for lake record keepers, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Weight: 2 lbs.
Angler: Ken Fostar
Bait: Natural bait
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=747
Weight: 3.7 lbs.
Angler: Dave Bargas
Date: June 3
Bait: Jig
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=716
Blue catfish
Weight: 63 lbs.
Angler: Kevin Cartwright
Date: June 6
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=719
Weight: 59 lbs.
Angler: J.T. Combs
Date: June 6
Bait: Natural Bait
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=744
Striped bass hybrid
Weight: 9 lbs.
Angler: Larry W. Jones
Date: June 26
Bait: Hard baits/plugs
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=741
Channel catfish
Weight: 15.2 lbs.
Angler: Darla Herndon
Date: July 22
Photo link: http://lake-record.ou.edu/fishsite/public/fishView.php?id=752
Volunteers help make fishing memories for children with illnesses
Sixty-eight volunteers recently came together to take over 100 kids from Oklahoma Children's Hospital fishing at Lake Texoma.
Camp Cavett offers outdoor experiences to children who are undergoing treatments for illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, sickle cell anemia and other childhood illnesses, and each year anglers and boaters from across Oklahoma, Texas and even Louisiana volunteer their time and their boats to take them fishing.
"Some of these kids have had a tough time over the last few years, but they're just like any other kids — they love to go fishing and take a boat ride," said Gene Gilliland, central region fisheries supervisor for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Gilliland volunteers each year and said some of the campers don't get to fish at home, either because their conditions will not allow them to fish easily or because they are in the hospital too much to find time. Getting the opportunity to go through Camp Cavett gets them involved in the outdoors, giving them something to look forward to as well as broadening their appreciation for the natural world.
"Both the volunteers and kids have a great time. It is something we all look forward to," Gilliland said.
Other opportunities this summer will allow childhood patients to experience fishing as well, and volunteers are needed. Children who are burn victims will have the opportunity to go fishing Aug. 15 through the 2009 Oklahoma Firefighters' Burn Camp. Volunteers who wish to guide or provide a boat can print out a form available by logging on to http://www.okbassfednation.com/Community/Burn%20Camp%20Boater%20Form.pdf , and upon completion, mail or email it to the address provided. For more information, contact Burn Camp Fishing and Boating chairman Kristi Collins at (918) 830-463.
Photo Caption: Camp Cavett offers outdoor experiences to children who are undergoing treatments for illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, sickle cell anemia and other childhood illnesses, and each year anglers and boaters come together as volunteers to take the campers fishing on Lake Texoma.
Olympic and
Paralympic archers to train at UCO
The University of Central Oklahoma has been designated as an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Site for archery, and those archers will soon be able to use the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Arcadia Lake Conservation Area facility for training.
The U.S. Olympic Committee announced UCO's designation Tuesday, July 28, at the Oklahoma River Boathouse.
"Central is committed to providing an opportunity-rich environment to enable people to become productive, creative, ethical and engaged citizens and leaders, and this designation as an official U.S. Olympic Training Site exemplifies that commitment," said University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) President W. Roger Webb. "We couldn't be more proud to serve the community and the country as a partner with the United States Olympic Committee."
UCO's involvement in Paralympic sports began in 2000, when it hosted the first annual Endeavor Games for Athletes with Physical Disabilities. Then at the 6th annual Endeavor Games in 2005, USA Volleyball announced UCO as the official site of Men's National Sitting Volleyball, making the university an official Paralympic Training Site. There are currently nine resident athletes who live and train on the campus in the sports of archery, sitting volleyball and track & field.
Though the designation came in July, UCO resident archery athletes have already brought the training site international glory, having a successful run at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. T.J. Pemberton, a Guthrie native and Paralympic archer, finished fourth in the Men's Individual Compound Open competition.
"With a successful run at the 2008 Paralympics and the new Olympic designation, UCO looks forward to continuing to contribute to the U.S. Olympic movement," said Katrina Shaklee, Director of Sports and Recreation at the UCO Wellness Center. "UCO is devoted to expanding its Paralympic and Olympic services and venues for the elite athletes in training."
One way UCO will be expanding its training services is through a partnership with the Wildlife Department. In December 2008, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is the governing board of the Wildlife Department, approved a resolution to work with UCO to develop archery facilities at the Department's Arcadia Lake Conservation Education Area. The facility will be part of a memorandum of understanding between the Department and UCO to work together in developing interest and participation in the sport of archery. Initial efforts will focus on an outdoor Olympic archery practice range for the University's Paralympic and Olympic athletes, and in the future, indoor archery training and shooting facilities.
"Oklahoma has a longstanding tradition of archery, and now the state will leave an even bigger imprint on the sport with UCO's designation as an official U.S. Olympic and Paralympic archery training site," said Richard Hatcher, director of the Wildlife Department. "There are over 80,000 bowhunters and thousands more archery enthusiasts in Oklahoma, and the Wildlife Department is glad to be a partner in the Olympic movement."
The Arcadia Lake Conservation Education Area is a unique property located in central Oklahoma that offers opportunities for wildlife viewing, fishing and more. At least 25 fishing clinics are held on the area each year. Development and construction of a 7,000-sq.-ft. multi-purpose building on the area grounds is in progress and will be used for a number of educational and recreational purposes such as hunter education, aquatic education and wetland education. Additionally, a wetland boardwalk and outdoor teaching facility will provide educational opportunities as well as increased public access in the future for walk-in fishing access, wildlife viewing and nature hiking.
The planned Olympic archery training facility will not only benefit UCO's Olympic and Paralympic athletes, but also will compliment the Wildlife Department's Oklahoma Archery in the Schools program. Oklahoma Archery in the Schools is part of a nationwide program to introduce students to the sport of archery through target shooting practice and competition among schools. The last Oklahoma Archery in the Schools state shoot hosted more than 1,000 student shooters at the Oklahoma Cox Convention Center in April. Thousands of students from close to 200 schools participate in the program statewide.
For more information about the Wildlife Department's Arcadia Lake Conservation Education Area, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Tulsa residents and visitors enjoy wildlife artwork
Tulsa residents and visitors commonly come across elk, whitetail deer, and even mountain lions right in the middle of town thanks to one organization that is using art to not only decorate the city with lifelike wildlife statues, but also to support conservation.
NatureWorks is a Tulsa-based conservation organization that has been supporting wildlife and sportsmen for years by providing money for habitat projects and programs such as the Wildlife Department's Hunters Against Hunger program. But the all-volunteer group is also responsible for numerous bronze wildlife statues that decorate parts of the City of Tulsa.
NatureWorks is the outgrowth of the Ducks Unlimited Wildlife Art Show that started 30 years ago in downtown Tulsa. Today, NatureWorks hosts the annual art show that draws both national and international wildlife artists to display their work. The art show and sale also generates funds that NatureWorks uses to support conservation projects.
"NatureWorks annual Art Show and Sale produces proceeds that enable NatureWorks to fund nearly 100,000 in wildlife conservation projects annually," said John Cowen, monuments chairman for NatureWorks.
Sticking to its appreciation of wildlife and art, for the last decade NatureWorks has been donating the bronze wildlife monuments, which depict various species of wildlife native to Oklahoma and other parts of the country, to the city of Tulsa.
Pictures of the beautiful bronze monuments could never do them justice, as their size is normally described as "heroic." While many of these statues are larger than life depictions, they fit perfectly into the Tulsa metro area.
"NatureWorks has given 19 larger than life bronze monuments to the Tulsa community since 1994," Cowen said. "Many of the monuments can be seen along the Arkansas river on Riverside Drive. The monuments are selected over a year in advance of their placement and monuments numbers 20 and 21 are already in the works."
The first bronze monument was erected in 1994 near the Gilcrease Museum in honor of Harold C. Stuart for his lifelong commitment to conservation. Since then a total of 18 bronze monuments have been presented in the Tulsa metro area recognizing various individuals and groups for their enthusiastic commitment to wildlife conservation.
Along with providing wildlife statues for viewing pleasure, NatureWorks also helped fund Wildlife Department projects such as the wetlands project at Keystone Lake, the Grand River Paddlefish study, habitat improvement on the Oologah Wildlife Management Area, and many other Department projects across the state. Additionally, NatureWorks provided a grant in 2009 that puts the Wildlife Department's Outdoor Oklahoma magazine in every public school and library in the state, furthering outdoor education and putting wildlife information in the hands of future stewards of the outdoors.
With the warm weather and a few weeks of summer break still remaining, now is an excellent time to take the family to Tulsa and check out some of these monuments that provide a life like representation of wildlife. For location information, log on to natureworks.org and check out the monuments link at the top of the page. In addition to providing locations of monuments, it also offers a cool online brochure with info on each of the monuments and NatureWorks.
For more information about NatureWorks, log on to natureworks.org.
Western Oklahoma photography contest open; winner to be displayed at Wildlife Expo
This year's Oklahoma Wildlife Expo will include something for every kind of outdoorsman, including photographers hoping to showcase their work.
The Oklahoma Wildlife and Prairie Heritage Alliance is currently accepting entries for the Great Plains Trail Photography Contest, and the winning photo will be displayed at the Wildlife Expo Sept. 25-27 at the Lazy E Arena, just north of Oklahoma City. Judging for the contest will take place at the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site in Cheyenne, which will be accepting entries through Aug. 10.
Submissions should depict the unique attractions, landscapes, wildlife, and wildflowers found across portions of the Great Plains Trail of western Oklahoma.
"The Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma is a road-based wildlife viewing trail that takes visitors into some of the most unique landscapes in Oklahoma," said Melynda Hickman, wildlife diversity biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, a primary partner in the Great Plains Trail project. "Unique wildlife species such as the Texas horned lizard, American pronghorn, prairie dogs and American avocets are just a few of the many wildlife species that can be seen while driving the loops of the Trail."
The Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma explores a significant portion of the state located west of HWY 81. Full details on the Great Plains Trail, including different routes, maps and local amenities along the trail can be found by logging on greatplainstrail.com.
To enter the contest, applicants must mail or deliver their submissions and an official entry form to Washita Battlefield Historic Site, Rt. 1 Box 55a Cheyenne, OK 73628. Contest entry forms and rules can be found online at owpha.org.
The Oklahoma Wildlife Expo, hosted by the Wildlife Department, is Oklahoma's largest outdoor recreation event, offering guests the chance to shoot shotguns and archery equipment, ride mountain bikes and ATVs, catch fish in a fully-stocked pond, experience kayaking, attend seminars and even sample wild game and camp cooking for free. The Wildlife Department partners with a wide range of other state agencies, private individuals and outdoor-related companies to host Expo. The event is designed to provide hands-on learning opportunities for all types of outdoor enthusiasts while promoting and instilling an appreciation for Oklahoma's wildlife and natural resources.
Whether catching a fish for the first time or building a bird house to take home with them for free, visitors to the Expo get the chance to soak up a full weekend of free outdoor knowledge, skills and experiences as hundreds of volunteers and Wildlife Department employees work to keep the event exciting, educational and entertaining.
"If you want to try over a hundred outdoor activities, then be at this year's wildlife Expo Sept. 25-27," said country music star and outdoorsman Blake Shelton of Ada, who has made an appearance at the Expo in the past. "If you love to hunt and fish like I do, then take someone to this year's Wildlife Expo."
The Wildlife Expo will be held at the Lazy E Arena, just north of Oklahoma City. Expo hours will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Sept. 25-27. Log on to wildlifedepartment.com regularly to stay up to date on this year's Expo activities.
This year's Expo will again feature "School Day" Sept. 25, when busloads of school students from across the state will arrive and enjoy a day at the event. Educators interested in planning a trip to the Wildlife Expo with their students this year should call (918) 299-2334 for more information.
Artists wanted for Oklahoma waterfowl stamp design contest
The Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp design contest hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will feature the ringneck in 2010-11, and entries will be accepted from July 1 through Aug. 31, 2009.
Every year artists from across the country enter their renditions of a pre-selected waterfowl species in the contest, and the winning art is printed on the next year's Oklahoma Waterfowl Stamp, which can also serve as an Oklahoma waterfowl hunting license. Oklahoma waterfowl hunting licenses are required of Oklahoma waterfowl hunters, unless exempt.
"When waterfowl hunters purchase a stamp or a waterfowl license, they are funding on-the-ground habitat work," said Micah Holmes, information supervisor for the Wildlife Department. "The stamp is a popular item for collectors as well."
Duck stamp sales help finance many projects that benefit ducks and geese. Since the duck stamp program began in 1980, thousands of acres of waterfowl habitat have been created through duck stamp revenues.
Artwork may be of acrylic, oil, watercolor, scratchboard, pencil, pen and ink, tempera or any other two-dimensional media. The illustration must be horizontal, six and a half inches high and nine inches wide. It must be matted with white mat board nine inches high by 12 inches wide with the opening cut precisely 6.5 x 9. Artwork may not be framed or under glass, but acetate covering should be used to protect the art. All artists must depict the ringneck, and any habitat appearing in the design must be typical of Oklahoma. Artists also can include a retriever dog in their entry, as long as the ringneck is the featured element of the artwork. For complete entry guidelines, call (405) 521-3856.
Entries should be sent to the Duck Stamp Competition Coordinator, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City, OK 73152. Fed Ex, UPS and other ground deliveries should be sent to 1801 N. Lincoln, Oklahoma City, OK 73105.
Entries will be judged on anatomical accuracy, artistic composition and suitability for printing. The winner and honorable mentions will appear in a future issue of Outdoor Oklahoma magazine.
A non-refundable entry fee of $20 (cash, money order or cashier's check) must accompany each entry. No entries will be accepted after 4:30 p.m. Aug. 20.
The winning artist will receive a purchase award of $1,200, and the winning entry will become the sole and exclusive property of the Wildlife Department.
A selection of waterfowl stamp art from previous years is currently on display in the lobby of the Wildlife Department headquarters located at 1801 N. Lincoln, in Oklahoma City.
Prints of previous winning waterfowl artwork can be purchased at wildlifedepartment.com.
For more information about the contest call (405) 521-3856. For a complete list of contest rules, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.
Tenkiller anglers' comments sought for five-year management plan
Lake Tenkiller anglers have an opportunity to share their thoughts with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Aug. 6.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation values public input in the management of the state's wildlife resources, and will hold the upcoming meeting to gather feedback on the agency's five-year fisheries management plan for the lake.
Anglers have the opportunity to speak their mind on a range of topics affecting the lake ranging from fishery and management goals, objectives and strategies for the lake.
All Oklahomans are welcome to attend. The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Tahlequah City Library, located at 102 S. College.
Lake Tenkiller is located in eastern Oklahoma and is part of Oklahoma's 1,120 square miles of lakes and ponds. There are an estimated 611,000 anglers in the state who spend about $502 million annually. Fishing creates an estimated 10,300 jobs in the state. The Wildlife Department receives no general state tax appropriations and is supported by hunting and fishing license fees and federal excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment.
For more information about the Wildlife Department, log on to wildlifedepartment.com.


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The following is a guest post by David Certner, AARP legislative policy director.
The last time we made significant changes to Social Security – including adjustments to benefits – was the 1983 Social Security amendments. At the time, Social Security had less than a year's worth of solvency, and a bipartisan agreement to put Social Security on sound financial footing was essential.
That legislation, negotiated by President Reagan and Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill, focused on what was needed protect Social Security for the long term. Reagan understood that Social Security is a separately funded program unrelated to problems in the rest of the budget, and he clearly stated that: "Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit."
Indeed, today the Social Security trust funds hold $2.8 trillion in government bonds. These reserves have been built up with the contributions that workers and employers have paid into the system for the dedicated purpose of paying Social Security benefits. These funds are held in legally established trusts and cannot be used for any purpose other than paying benefits. According to the latest Trustees' report, Social Security can pay full benefits through 2033, and roughly 75 percent of benefits beyond that time.
Since the 1983 amendments, and despite the numerous deficit reduction debates over that time period, Social Security cuts have never been part of any deficit reduction agreement. Congress has always understood – as Reagan observed – that Social Security has nothing to do with the federal budget deficit. Unfortunately, many policymakers today have forgotten that basic truth and have suggested cuts to Social Security as part of the end of year "fiscal cliff" budget package. The proposal – the so-called chained CPI – would change the formula for calculating the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA). This COLA cut would reduce benefits by over $100 billion dollars over the next 10 years and would result in thousands of dollars of lost benefits for current (and future) retirees.
Social Security has a long-term shortfall, but any changes to Social Security should be done – as President Reagan and Tip O'Neil achieved in 1983 – in a balanced and separate measure for the purpose of securing Social Security for the long term. Social Security should not be cut as part of a budget package to pay for a shortfall in the rest of the federal budget.
See also:
- Demystifying the Chained CPI
- Social Security, the Fiscal Cliff and Chained CPI
- Why Inflation Matters for Social Security
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The complete blood count (CBC) is a screening test, used to diagnose and manage numerous diseases. It can reflect problems with fluid volume (such as dehydration) or loss of blood. It can show abnormalities in the production, life span, and destruction of blood cells. It can reflect acute or chronic infection, allergies, and problems with clotting.
The CBC test isolates and counts the 7 types of cells found in the blood: neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil, red blood cell, lymphocyte, monocyte, and platelet.
A CBC requires a small blood specimen. Blood is drawn from a vein, usually from the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand.
Preparation: The skin should be cleaned with alcohol or iodine before the test. The patient should be seated comfortably or reclining.
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When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. After the blood is drawn, there may be some throbbing.
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Normal values vary with altitude and gender.
What abnormal results may mean:
Low numbers of red blood cells may indicate anemia, which has many causes including:
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The world's largest pesticide companies are spending One Million Dollars a Day to confuse California voters about Proposition 37 -- a simple label that will give us the right to know what's in our food. A Million Dollars a Day in TV ads can buy lots of confusion, but it can't buy facts.
Here are the facts about Prop 37:
No cost to consumers: Adding a few words to labels costs nothing. Labeling didn't raise costs in 50 other countries and won't raise costs here. It won't add red tape or bureaucracy either, and the only independent study on Prop 37 confirms these facts. Read the Truth about Cost.
No incentives for lawsuits: With no incentives for lawyers to sue, the opposition's stories about "shakedown lawsuits" make no sense whatsoever. Prop 37 is straightforward and easy for businesses to follow; there will be no need for lawsuits. Companies will label for genetic engineering just like they label calories and fat. Retailers have special protections under the law. Read the Truth about Lawsuits.
Exemptions are common sense: Prop 37 exempts products that have no ingredient labels, such as restaurant food and alcohol. But it will cover meat from genetically engineered animals. The opposition is trying to confuse voters about exemptions -- and to do it, they are running ads featuring a fringe radical scientist who think nuclear radiation is good for our health -- all because they don't want to label genetically engineered foods. Read the Truth about Exemptions.
California farmers are FOR Prop 37: Thousands of California farmers, all the leading businesses in the natural and sustainable food sector, and all the leading labor groups -- United Farm Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers, and California Labor Federation -- are saying YES ON 37. Stand with the leading HEALTH, FAITH, LABOR and CONSUMER groups.
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U.S. Reps. Geoff Davis (R-KY) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) along with four co-sponsors have introduced a bill that would provide incentive for commercial fleets to install advanced safety technologies such as stability control systems. The bill, H.R. 1706, has been referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
(Photo at right: Meritor Wabco SmartTrac stability control system)
"Each year, there are over 384,000 crashes involving trucks, buses, and other heavy vehicles," Thompson said. "Many of these accidents could have been prevented if advanced safety technologies had been in place. I was proud to work with Congressman Davis to introduce this legislation, which would make safety systems more affordable for the folks who need them."
The Congressmen cited a 2010 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety report that studied four advanced safety technologies, finding that each represented a significant impact on vehicle safety. The report found that side view assist was the most effective, potentially eliminating 39,000 crashes in the U.S. each year, including 79 with fatalities. It also found that vehicle stability control systems could potentially prevent 31,000 crashes per year, including 439 with fatalities.
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The report also studied forward collision warning/mitigation, and lane departure warning/prevention systems, with similar findings.
"In addition to the great safety benefits of this bill and the many lives that can be saved, this targeted and capped tax credit will help jump-start the supply chain for advanced safety systems and create jobs," said Davis. "I want to thank Congressman Thompson for his work on this bill and for sponsoring it in the previous Congress. I look forward to continuing to work with him to see this bill enacted."
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"We strongly support the introduction of this legislation and would like to thank Congressmen Davis and Thompson for their continued efforts in advocating for commercial vehicle safety technologies," said Jon Morrison, president & general manager, Meritor Wabco. "This bill will assist carriers and owner-operators to specify safety technologies needed to prevent thousands of crashes annually involving commercial vehicles. Highways would be safer for fleet drivers and passenger car drivers alike."
Meritor Wabco produces the SmartTrac Stability Control System and OnGuard Collision Safety System, both of which would be covered by the proposed tax credit.
The credit would provide up to $1,500 per safety system and $3,500 per vehicle, not to exceed $350,000 annually per taxpayer.
For all the additional costs going into vehicles these days, and all the focus from the federal government on safety, the passage of this bill should really be a no-brainer. Let's make safety affordable for everyone.


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Three Petroleum Students Earn Industry ScholarshipsSOCORRO, N.M. November 21, 2011 – Three New Mexico Tech students in the Petroleum Engineering Department were awarded scholarships from the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America, or RPSEA.
|Kenneth Malone, Eric Angelos and Kyle Pettigrew show off their scholarship checks from RPSEA and Strata Production Corp. of Roswell. At right is Dr. Tom Engler, chair of the Petroleum Engineering Department.
Dr. Tom Engler, chair of the Petroleum Engineering Department, said Murphy and his company are generous supporters of New Mexico Tech and consistently prove their dedication to developing new talent and championing oil-and-gas research.
"Mark Murphy has supported New Mexico Tech and our petroleum program for many years," Engler said. "We are grateful for their support and I am personally impressed with Mark's willingness to foster the next generation of engineers."
The RPSEA scholarships typically go to upperclass or graduate students who have proven that they intend to pursue a career in industry by taking summer jobs or internships. The scholarships also typically go to New Mexico natives in an effort to promote the home-grown quality of the engineering education at New Mexico Tech, Engler said. Malone is from Socorro; Pettigrew from Farmington; and Angelos from Roswell.
Malone graduated from Socorro High School in 2009, and began attending Tech in the fall of that same year. In the fall of 2010 Malone decided to pursue a bachelor's in petroleum engineering. He worked part time at the Petroleum Recovery Research Center for over a year, and worked as a roustabout in Midland, Texas, during the 2011 summer. He mainly wants to specialize in drilling.
Pettigrew is a non-traditional student. He received a bachelor's in Business Information Technology from Montana Tech in 2004, then moved back to Farmington and worked for a small well servicing company. Wanting to be more involved with the petroleum industry, he returned to school to pursue an engineering degree. Pettigrew is a junior and is also working on a minor in mechanical engineering. He is active in both Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, where he is club secretary this year. He is seeking an internship for the summer of 2012.
Angelos is a 2009 graduate of Gateway Christian School in Roswell. He began his studies in the fall of 2009 at New Mexico Tech, pursing a bachelor's in petroleum engineering. Angelos is a member of the New Mexico Tech Honor Roll. He has been involved in numerous student activities including the Student Association, and intramural sports such as basketball and volleyball. He is active in professional organizations such as SPE and AADE. Angelos has summer work experience with Harvard Petroleum in Roswell and currently works as an assistant researcher at the PRRC on campus.
Murphy is a native of Roswell and a graduate of New Mexico Tech. He has served on many boards and committees of industry groups and served as advisor to three cabinet secretaries.
Founded in the late 1990s, the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America is a consortium of industry groups, companies and universities. New Mexico Tech is a charter member and Dr. Daniel Lopez, Tech president, served as the group's chairman until 2007, when Murphy took over as RPSEA chairman for a two-year term.
The Partnership's primary mission is to promote and fund research into deep-ocean drilling and unconventional recovery of natural gas and petroleum in the United States.
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Edward M. Kennedy came to Washington following the trail blazed by his older brothers, John and Robert. He became a senator for Massachusetts in 1962, elected to fill the vacancy left by John's election as president, and held the position until his death, on Aug. 25, 2009, at age 77.
Mr. Kennedy received a diagnosis of brain cancer in May 2008, after he suffered a seizure and was airlifted to a Boston hospital. After undergoing an operation at the Duke University Medical Center in June, he managed to make a rousing speech at the Democratic convention in Denver but faded more and more from view afterwards.
In July 2009, as a divided Senate tangled over health care legislation, there was bipartisan consensus on one point: Ted Kennedy could make a big difference, if only he were there. Mr. Kennedy had not been on Capitol Hill since April. Colleagues routinely lamented his absence, which had been especially painful to Mr. Kennedy, the committee chairman, who had spent much of his career trying to expand health coverage. People close to Mr. Kennedy marveled at how his fight for his life could coincide so dramatically with a summer crucial to his life's cause.
As his health declined, Mr. Kennedy became more of an inspirational leader than a tangible one. He turned over his day-to-day committee duties to Mr. Dodd in the spring. Mr. Dodd called him on July 14 to tell him the health committee, known as HELP, would pass the health bill—whose centerpiece is a government-run insurance plan—the next day. "I called about 8:15, and he was already asleep," Mr. Dodd said. Mr. Kennedy called back at 7 a.m. the next morning sounding thrilled.
"Just bellowing with joy," Mr. Dodd said, "as excited as I've heard him in a long time."
Mr. Kennedy's enthusiasm was in keeping with his reputation as one of the last lions of liberalism, a full-throated defender of the policies the Democratic party pursued in the 1960s and 1970s. But within the Senate he had a reputation as one of the most effective members at building bipartisan coalitions.
When President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind bill was floundering in 2001, it was Mr. Kennedy he turned to and who saw it into law. In 2007, with the bill's renewal stalled, it was Mr. Kennedy Mr. Bush turned to again, despite bitter disagreements in the years in between on a wide range of issues, most notably the war in Iraq, which Mr. Kennedy opposed. When the Senate that spring seemed poised to pass a bipartisan bill on immigration, one of the names on it was Kennedy's.
In a posthumous memoir, "True Compass," published in September 2009, Mr. Kennedy called his behavior after the 1969 car accident on Chappaquiddick Island that killed Mary Jo Kopechne "inexcusable" and said the events might have shortened the life of his ailing father, Joseph P. Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy, who left the scene and did not report the accident to the police until after Ms. Kopechne's body was found the next day, admitted in the memoir that he had "made terrible decisions" at Chappaquiddick. The account adds little to what is known about the accident and its aftermath but recounts how they weighed on him and his family. The book does not shy from the accident, or from some other less savory aspects of the senator's life, including a notorious 1991 drinking episode in Palm Beach, Fla., or the years of heavy drinking and women-chasing that followed his 1982 divorce from his first wife, Joan.
In a family synonymous with tragedy, Mr. Kennedy had his share of woes, many of which were self-inflicted. The car accident in Chappaquiddick permanently stained his reputation for many voters; his only bid for the presidency, a 1980 primary challenge, was easily turned back by President Jimmy Carter. In 1991, with his poll ratings among the lowest in Congress, he issued a public apology for his personal shortcomings. In 1994, after having divorced and remarried, and with a new sense of energy and determination, he bounced back to defeat Mitt Romney and hold onto his Senate seat. He never faced a serious challenge again, and at the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston, he was cheered and celebrated as the party's patriarch.


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Human Genome Project Completes Genetic Map of Mouse DNA
Human Genome Project Completes Genetic Map of Mouse DNA
March 13, 1996
BETHESDA, Md. - Human Genome Project (HGP) researchers have completed a dense "genetic map" of the DNA of the laboratory mouse (1). The lab mouse is one of the best-studied animals in genetics, and its genetic information is about 75 percent similar to that of the human. The publication of the mouse linkage map in the March 14 issue of the journal Nature, along with a separate linkage map of the human genome (2), marks the completion of the HGP's large-scale genetic mapping efforts.
"Dense genetic maps make possible the identification of genes for single-gene disorders and the dissection of [multi-gene] traits," said officials of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in an accompanying editorial (3). According to NHGRI Director Francis Collins, and Deputy Director Elke Jordan, "... these two groups have already changed the face of human and mouse biology."
NHGRI is the component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversees the NIH role in the HGP, a 15-year research effort to characterize the details of human DNA and the DNA of a few important laboratory animals.
The HGP effort to map the mouse genome began five years ago. The final map, was constructed by Eric Lander at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and their colleagues. This map contains 7,377 markers scattered along the chromosomes - 1 every 400,000 nucleotide bases on average. Although the mouse genome is about the same size as that of the human, it is packaged in 20 chromosome pairs instead of 23. The new map provides dense marker coverage of all 20 mouse chromosomes. A full spelling out of all the markers would require over 500 journal pages, the report says, so the complete marker information is being made available on the Internet at the Whitehead Institute [wi.mit.edu].
A major advantage of the new mouse map is its usefulness in mapping the genetic origins of diseases or traits. Even before researchers have identified the gene actually responsible for a trait, mapped markers tell them roughly how close by the gene is. The more markers there are on the map, the more likely one will be closely linked to a disease gene, and the easier it will be to zero in on that gene. The mouse is particularly useful in the study of inherited traits. For nearly 100 years, scientists have been developing strains exhibiting specific variations in genetic make-up. Even though these traits are often easy to see, little is known about the underlying genetics that cause them.
In health research, investigators often study mouse diseases that mimic human diseases to learn their causes and treatments, and then apply what they've learned from the mouse to similar diseases in humans. A paper in the same issue, by Jean Weissenbach at the French company Genethon, and his colleagues, also provides a powerful tool for these comparisons. That group has constructed a genetic map of the human genome that, like the mouse map, consists of high-quality, DNA-sequence based markers known as microsatellites, which are easy to use in the laboratory.
These maps have already helped researchers pinpoint and isolate genes for many diseases caused by alterations in a single gene. "Mapping disease [characteristics] by linkage analysis used to be a daunting task, one outside of the reach of many relatively sophisticated ... laboratories," said Collins and Jordan. "The new maps have changed all that - mapping a single-gene disorder ... can now be accomplished in a modest-sized lab in a few months."
The new maps also give researchers better tools for teasing apart the genetics of disorders, such as diabetes, asthma, cancer and high blood pressure, that result from subtle alterations in more than one gene. Laboratory animals are particularly helpful in these studies because the studies often require analyzing genetic information from thousands of related individuals over several generations.
With the genetic maps for both human and mouse now complete, Collins and Jordan say the second phase of the HGP will entail completing so-called "physical maps" of the human genome - organized sets of isolated and mapped DNA pieces representing all the DNA in the genome. For the human, this will likely be completed in the next two years.
The NHGRI, one of the components of NIH, is a major partner in the HGP, the international research effort to map the estimated 100,000 genes and read the complete set of genetic instructions encoded in human DNA. NHGRI also supports research on the application of genome technologies to the study of inherited disease, as well as the ethical, legal and social implications of this research. For more information about NHGRI or the HGP, visit our World Wide Web site at www.genome.gov.
- A comprehensive genetic map of the mouse genome. William F. Dietrich, et al., Nature, vol. 380, pp.149-152, March 14, 1996.
- A comprehensive genetic map of the human genome based on 5,264 microsatellites. Colette Dib, et al. Nature, vol. 380, pp.152-154, March 14, 1996.
- A march of maps. Elke Jordan and Francis Collins, Nature, vol 380. pp. 111-112. March, 14, 1996.
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Halle Berry Puts up 'Brawl House' For Sale
Halle Berry has quietly put her house up for sale.
TMZ says Berry put the Hollywood Hills pad on the market for a cool $15 million. Prior to Berry living in the mansion, Latino actor Frankie Muñiz owned it.
Insiders are telling TMZ that Berry has already had potential buyers show interest in purchasing the house.
Last week, she supposedly was offered $11 million, but is waiting around to see if she can get a higher offer.
Things have hardly been dull at the Berry residence.
Her baby daddy, Gabriel Aubry, and Spanish fiancé, Oliver Martinez, got into a brawl on Thanksgiving at the house after Aubry showed up to get his daughter, Nahla.
As Fox News Latino reported on Tuesday, Aubry said he was a victim of an unwarranted attack that is allegedly part of some scheme to get him deported, as well as to help Berry to win back custody of their daughter.
Aubry will not face criminal charges for the spat with Martinez, but now new information released by authorities who were on the scene points to Aubry as the initiator of the brawl.
Berry's home has five bedrooms and it is 5,900 square feet. It boasts a pool, spa, beautiful fireplaces and quite the motor court.
TMZ says that according to police reports the officer present the day of the fight concluded that "Suspect [Gabriel] arrived at victim's [Olivier] residence for child custody exchange."
"Suspect and victim engaged in verbal altercation," the report stated. "Suspect became upset and attempted to punch victim's head but missed and struck victim's right shoulder instead. Victim returned with 3 punches to the suspect's head, causing him to fall to the ground. Victim's fiance [Halle] notified police."
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Curaçao is a brightly hued island country surrounded by the sparkling turquoise of the Southern Caribbean Sea. It recently became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands but the architecture and design soul of its native country remains a distinct characteristic. In fact, Curaçao is often called Caribbean's "Little Netherlands". The neon blue liqueur "curacao" is probably the first thing that comes to mind when the country name is mentioned but aside from insanely bright booze, it is an absolutely stunning country. The island is covered in gorgeous natural hues from uniquely vibrant flowers to a lush green landscape edged with a vibrant blue sea. In addition, the capital city of Willemstad is full of beautiful historical buildings that feature Dutch details and a crayon box's worth of colourful paint. The cityscape is so unique that UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site. Thank goodness. That means these vibrant shops and homes are here to stay. Curaçao is full of spectacular nature, colourful building and festivals, intriguing history and beaches with dazzling sea vistas. I could post endless pictures and adjectives but the bottom line is that I have a major crush on this colour saturated jewel in the Caribbean Sea!
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Subway Speedway In Lights 5k Run/Walk set for Nov. 11 at BMS
Making the trek through Speedway In Lights at Bristol Motor Speedway is a holiday tradition for many families – just as running the course at the Subway Speedway In Lights 5K Run/Walk Presented by Fleet Feet Sports has become.
Runners and walkers of all ages once again can take part in the Subway 5k Nov. 11, the Sunday prior to opening night of Speedway In Lights, one of the country's largest holiday light shows.
Participants in the run/walk also get to preview the 16th season of Speedway In Lights, which opens Nov. 16, as they make their way through hundreds of displays and millions of dazzling lights. The 3.1-mile race concludes at the start/finish line of the World's Fastest Half-Mile.
The SIL 5k begins at 6 p.m., offering participants the perfect setting to get into the spirit of the season.
Adults wishing to enter the 5k Run/Walk can do so for $20 in advance of the event or $25 the day of the race. Children 12 and under may enter for $10. Children aged three and under can participate at no cost and will not be timed. Participants may register online now. Friends and family members may make donations on the website in support of participants, which will benefit the Bristol Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities.
All participants receive a long-sleeve event t-shirt. The top three finishers among both male and female runners receive event medallions in the following categories: Top Overall, Top Masters, Top Grand Masters, as well as the top three in the following age groups: under 10, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60 and over.
The top three overall finishers in both the male and female categories earn additional prizes. The overall male and female winners receive two suite seats to the March and August race weekends in 2013 and a free pass to Speedway In Lights. Second place is two grandstand tickets to both the Food City 500 in March and the IRWIN Tools Night Race, and the third-place runners receive two tickets to the Food City 500 event in March.


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AFTER 17 years, Canon Judy French will say Amen for her Charlbury congregation one last time before taking on a new role for the Oxford Diocese.
The vicar, pictured, has been appointed the new Archdeacon of Dorchester after serving as Vicar of Charlbury with Shorthampton.
Her last Sunday service at St Mary's Church, Charlbury, will take place on Sunday, May 25, and she will take up her new post on Thursday, June 19, following a service at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford.
Canon French, 53, said the Archdeaconry of Oxford had been split in two, with the Venerable Martin Gorrick covering the Oxford area, while she will cover the Archdeaconry of Dorchester, representing the rest of Oxfordshire.
She said: "Once I'm appointed I will be the Venerable Judy French.
"I am sorry to be leaving St Mary's after 17 years — it has been my spiritual home as well as my actual home. I'm sure my last Sunday here will be an emotional occasion as we have been through a lot together."
Canon French said her appointment would not affect the work of the Rev Canon Sue Booys, the Rector of Dorchester.
The Bishop of Dorchester, the Rt Rev Colin Fletcher, said: "I am delighted that Judy French has accepted Bishop John's invitation to become the first Archdeacon of Dorchester."
Canon French has also served as area dean for Chipping Norton for five years.
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As 2013 unfolds, Republicans are still recovering from the results of last November's election.
The outcome, worse than even most GOP pessimists had predicted, created a shockwave in the party that is still reverberating.
This condition isn't unusual for the party out of power.
The Democrats experienced similar time in the desert during George W. Bush's presidency.
They found cohesion in the form of Barack Obama and have used his time in office to build an enviable infrastructure and a strategy for going forward.
Today the GOP is like the Detroit auto industry of the mid-1980s. It produces ugly cars, poorly designed and built. Worse, only legacy buyers want them. When I was a kid, my family had a 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza. It was the typically hideous metallic powder-blue box on wheels.
One day it stopped running. The mechanic said there was a crack in the engine block — GM's engines of that era were notorious for such complete structural failures, he said.
We Republicans need to go back to the drawing board and come up with new engineering and a new production line. As much as we like to look back on Ronald Reagan's "Morning in America" from 1984, that country doesn't exist anymore.
The imagery — an old man raising the American flag, a straight white couple getting married in a church, a farmer on his tractor — is still valid. But those kinds of tableaux aren't enough for Republicans to tell our story in the 21st century.
The hagiography with which we discuss Reagan is comforting, as it allows us to look back on a time when everything seemed to make sense. The Soviets were bad, church was good, the American way of life was heroic. We finally felt good about ourselves again. Reagan was a great president, but a key ingredient in his success was that he that brought his vision — his positive vision — to an electorate desperately looking for one.
Republicans have become too negative and exclusive. In too many cases we're trying too hard to hold onto something that now exists only in our memories and YouTube videos.
In a recent discussion with a socially conservative colleague, I posited that the real role of political parties is, primarily, to elect candidates. He took issue with this, countering that parties are meant to espouse a specific ideology.
A cohesive ideology is necessary and helpful for winning an election. However, if those beliefs don't attract voters — and that party refuses to change its ways — it might as well be a church — the kind in which the leaders are content to see their membership dwindle rather than adapt to the times.
Our problem is not how we "frame" our arguments. It's that our arguments don't fit the views of the national electorate: A majority of Americans found our solutions uncompelling. All the data mining, social media interaction and television advertising won't do a bit of good if our messages and messengers aren't powerful and believable.
If we don't give voters a proactive, positive and hopeful alternative to the current state of affairs, there's no reason for them to give us a first look, let alone a second. The way we discuss issues — from abortion to immigration — are so negative that women, minorities and younger voters want little, if anything, to do with us.
There is hope, though. Although Mitt Romney lost nearly all of the battleground states last year, the GOP currently holds governorships in 10 of them.
Wisconsin's Scott Walker survived a recall effort led by well-funded labor interests. Susana Martinez in New Mexico and Brian Sandoval in Nevada have shown that a Republican can win in states with large and growing Latino populations.
These governors, and leaders in blue states like Chris Christie of New Jersey, have the crossover appeal Republicans need. Nationally, the GOP must do two things: First we must understand how these governors built the coalitions that helped them win and, secondly, work with them to create new opportunities to draw voters into the fold for their own re-elections in 2013, '14, and for 2016.
The party enjoys a deep bench of potential national leaders. We need to marry their success with a larger national effort to develop a value proposition for independent voters, and we need to build on the honesty of governors like Louisiana's Bobby Jindal.
The alternative to this fundamental shift in how we communicate, to whom we speak and how we run campaigns is to simply wait for systemic failure, as is the case in states like California. That isn't a strategy. It's cynicism. And it is the last thing the party or the country needs more of.
This story was originally published by RealClearPolitics.


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Open house pick of the week: St. Louis Heights
When you visit this new listing at 2987 Robert Pl. on St. Louis Heights this weekend, it will have that new car smell … um, new home smell. That's because it's newly built—literally, just days old. (Click here for details.)
It's the first investment project by its owners, so it's got a lot of attention to detail. Since many people are looking for homes with yards, they made sure to save a lot of space for it and had it professionally landscaped. They made sure to build "green" with bamboo floors, an on-demand tankless water heater, and an Energy Star shingled roof (where the solar panels are in the shingles).
With three bedrooms and 2.5 baths, this 1,624 square-foot, two-story home is open and spacious. It includes a 380 square-foot deck to enjoy the sunset and city views. The home has a large kitchen with piped-in stainless steel gas stove and appliances, granite counter tops, travertine in the kitchen and baths, and a two-car garage.
Since ohana living in Hawaii is so important, the downstairs was built to include a separate entrance and a wet bar so it could be used as a rental or guest space if needed.
Good thing the driveway was just finished this week, so you can park there for open house. Happy house hunting!
Money talk: $929,000 fee simple
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Punitive Procedures
I submit for your vote the following:
Obnoxious drunk MVA refusing to cooperate with anything; which is the most satisfying- the punitive 14 gauge or the punitive 18 French?
(And any of you who might feel the urge to respond with some comment about punitive procedures being unprofessional, shut the hell up in advance. They were both clinically indicated.)


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When doing File Transfers, of different sorts, I'm often going to the same pair of folders, for that task, on the local and remote machine.
It would be nice if you added a bar at the top of the File Transfer window to aid in saving and selecting folder pairs, by socket.
For "task X" (this could be name given to folder pair), on 192.168.1.111::44444
local machine: C:\PathToWebiteX\public_html
remote machine: C:\Path1\path2\path3\path4\WebSiteX\public_html
For "task Y" on 192.168.1.222::3333
local machine: D:\ThisStuffStartsHere\VisualStudioProjectY
remote machine: C:\Users\TheDude\VisualStudioProjects\VisualStudioProjectOtherNameHere
For any one connection (socket), only the Folder Pairs associated with it would be presented. For another connection it would have its own folder pairs that make sense for it. The "Folder Pairs" dropdown would quickly do the ChDir on both sides.


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ROME (Reuters) - The chaos and uncertainty following Italy's parliamentary election last month is compounded by the imminent retirement of the one man who has any chance of solving the crisis, President Giorgio Napolitano.
A wave of support for the populist 5-Star Movement produced an electoral earthquake in the Feb 24-25 poll, shaking the traditional political system to its foundations and creating an enormous headache for the head of state, who combines figurehead functions with the key power of appointing governments.
The outcome has created a perfect impasse, with none of the three biggest parliamentary groups capable of governing alone and fiercely at loggerheads with each other - not just over a ruling coalition, but over who should succeed Napolitano.
Despite cries of alarm from both business bosses and trade unions over an economy drifting deeper into trouble, the parties have been unable to agree on anything and are already into campaign mode for another vote which could come within months.
"There is no time left. We are very close to the end," said employers' leader Giorgio Squinzi, saying businesses were desperate, soaring unemployment was tragic and the euro zone's third largest economy needed a stable, effective government.
At stake are not just Italy's fortunes but, potentially, the wider euro project, as Rome grapples with massive public debts.
If there is a person in Italy capable of solving this puzzle it is Napolitano, a former communist in his late 80s with a long lifetime of political experience who enjoys enormous respect.
He is holding the line against a snap new election, which would probably resolve nothing and could make the situation worse if held under the same, deeply flawed electoral law blamed for much of the present chaos.
But Napolitano's seven-year term ends in mid-May and the divided new parliament must meet by mid-April to elect a successor, raising the prospect that a fragile government appointed by Napolitano will then have to rely almost immediately on a completely different and untried head of state to give the institutional support it will need to stay afloat.
"He might baptise this government but not take it to the altar," political science professor Filippo Andreatta of Bologna University said of Napolitano, who will turn 88 in June.
Because of the dangers of a relative novice trying to supervise a highly complicated political situation, Napolitano is under pressure to extend his term, something he has repeatedly rejected, citing his advancing years. As he put it at the weekend: "At the age of 88, overtime is not permitted."
Yet finding a new president - a process involving a combined vote by both newly elected and fragmented houses of parliament - at a time like this, when Italy desperately needs at least a few months of stability, looks like a leap in the dark:
"There are no readily available people with that authority on the market right now," Andreatta said. "There are people who might become authoritative in time - but time is not what we have."
The presidential ballot is not just an unwelcome extra element of uncertainty, it is an intrinsic part of the crisis itself, with centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi making his agreement on the new head of state a condition for supporting a government and avoiding another national election.
But Berlusconi, centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani and 5-Star leader Beppe Grillo are as divided over who should be the next president as they are over forming a government.
"The presidential election may even exacerbate the crisis," said Professor Gianfranco Pasquino of Johns Hopkins University.
A new vote could in theory come as early as June and although that seems unlikely, nobody is betting on a new government lasting more than a year, even if it can be formed.
Bersani, whose bloc took the largest share of the vote in February but failed to secure enough support to govern alone, is currently trying to garner enough backing from other groups to win a vote of confidence in parliament as prime minister. His chances are slim and his own party leadership is on the line.
Bersani won the election by a whisker, claiming a victor's bonus of seats that gives him firm control of the lower house. But he is short of a majority in the powerful Senate.
His repeated overtures to Grillo have been rebuffed with insults, and Bersani rejects Berlusconi's demands that he instead form a left-right grand coalition with the scandal-tainted media magnate - something many on the left believe would haemorrhage even more of their votes to 5-Star.
Bersani will report back to Napolitano on Thursday, six days after the president asked him to try and form a coalition. He has been seeking passive support from individual members of other parties for a limited reform programme so that they would refrain from voting against him in a confidence vote.
If Bersani fails, Napolitano is expected to try to appoint a technocrat-type government like the one he created under the now outgoing prime minister Mario Monti in November 2011, when he replaced Berlusconi as Italy faced a perilous debt crisis.
Ironically, given Napolitano's imminent retirement, such an administration is known as a "president's government" because it relies on the personal authority of the head of state.
The difference from the Monti administration is that Napolitano would not be around to give vital support to the premier, making the survival of such a government uncertain.
Adding to the problems, a technocrat government would itself have to win a confidence vote from a broad right-left alliance like the one that collapsed in December and brought Monti down when Berlusconi withdrew support. Napolitano himself has said setting up another such administration would be tricky.
So far, Bersani has adamantly refused to cut a new deal with Berlusconi, who he says is totally discredited, although this stance risks splitting the centre-left Democratic Party because a portion of its members are more open to such an alliance.
Whatever happens, the presidential election remains a key piece of the jigsaw, with Berlusconi threatening open conflict if Bersani tries to use his greater parliamentary numbers to install another leftist like Napolitano.
On the other hand, some kind of a deal over the presidency might ease negotiations on a government between Bersani and Berlusconi.
The media magnate is widely believed to want a friendly face in Rome's Quirinale Palace, the seat of the presidency, to protect him from his many legal problems, including a current trial on charges of having sex with an underage prostitute.
While Bersani is unlikely to accept Berlusconi's own preferred candidate - thought to be his long-term consigliere, Gianni Letta - he could put forward a figure with independent and moderate credentials to win centre-right support.
Names being mentioned in that context are veteran centre-left politician and former premier Giuliano Amato, current technocrat interior minister Anna Maria Cancellieri and former European commissioner Emma Bonino - raising the prospect of Italy getting its first woman head of state.
Despite the appearance of an inexorable march toward another parliamentary election, that would be in the interests of few in Italy, with the possible exception of the buoyant Grillo, and there are technical problems with holding a very early new vote.
Neither politicians nor the electorate want a campaign in the summer; most parties have an interest both in changing the electoral law to something less dysfunctional that may also undermine Grillo and in passing other popular reforms, including a cut in a hated housing tax, before going back to the voters.
"A return to the polls with the existing electoral system would resolve nothing," said Bersani's deputy Enrico Letta.
The collapse of negotiations to form a government and the calling of new elections could also finally disturb financial market investors, who have so far been relatively sanguine about Italy, despite the fact that it represents a much greater existential threat to the euro zone than the Cyprus crisis.
"I believe investors have not singled Italy out yet because even we Italians are puzzled about what exactly is going on," said Bologna University's Andreatta. "But as soon as it comes out that Italy has very slim chances of a strong government then I think there may be a problem."
Editing by Alastair Macdonald


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This document is the Eliom manual, where you will find an explanation of each concepts provided by Eliom. If you are looking for a more didactic introduction, have a look at the tutorial of the Ocsigen project which is a good starting point for beginners.
In the past few years, the Web evolved from something quite static to a powerful platform, able to run very dynamic programs. Recent browsers make possible a very new kind of applications, but most Web developers still use the same old Web frameworks that are not adapted to this evolution.
We think these new possibilities deserve to rethink Web programming techniques. The goal of Eliom (and other projects of the Ocsigen framework) is to propose a new way to write traditional Web sites or sophisticated client/server Web applications. It simplifies the development of complex applications by:
- providing high level expressive concepts
- that fit very well the needs of Web developers. This allows to program complex behaviour in very few lines of code.
- helping the programmer to write safe and bug free applications.
- To improve security, it takes in charge itself many security issues. To reduce the number of bugs, it uses the very powerful typing system of the OCaml language to check many properties of the application at compile time: well formedness of HTML pages, types of page parameters, absence of broken links, etc.
Eliom does not restrict the possibilities offered by the technology. In particular, the programmer can choose exactly the URL and parameter names he wants. Eliom also produces clean HTML code that can be parsed by search engines (even for client/server applications).
Eliom is not a language but is using the OCaml language. This makes possible to use any existing library you want.
Eliom Web sites are written as OCaml modules (cma or cmxs), that will be loaded as a plugin into the Ocsigen server.
Pages are generated by services, which are some kind of functions that are called when you click on a link or send data through a form in a Web page. Services can be associated to URLs. Eliom's service identification mechanism (that is: the way Eliom chooses the service to be executed) is actually much more sophisticated. It is using many different criteria, like the URL, but also special parameters, the HTTP method used (GET or POST), parameters names, the session, etc.
Services usually return HTML pages, but you can also choose to return files, redirections, actions (that is: just perform a side effect on server side and redraw current page), applications, etc.
There are even several ways to generate HTML. You can send it as raw text (as in most Web programming frameworks). But we prefer to check at compile time that every page generated will respect the recommendation of the W3C. For this we are using the TyXML module (or, if you prefer, the OCamlDuce compiler, but this is not compatible with client/server Eliom applications).
When defining a service, you must specify the names and types of the parameters it expects (in the URL or in the body of the HTTP request). Eliom will automatically check parameters and translate them to the right OCaml type (even for complex types like list or sets). The OCaml compiler checks that the parameters you put in links have the right type (w.r.t the service). It also checks that your forms correspond to the service to which they are associated. For example if your form contains a radio button, the service must expect a boolean value.
Services can be created dynamically: for example you can create new services that depend on previous interaction with the user (form data for example). This is equivalent to what is usually called continuation based Web programming. This makes possible for example to implement several step forms very easily (like booking a plane ticket).
Sessions and server side state
Eliom also have a very sophisticated session mechanism. Sessions are a common pattern in Web programming allowing to store some data (a state) on server side for each browser. This is used for example to recognize connected users, or to store a shopping basket. This is usually implemented by recording a session identifier in a browser cookie. With Eliom, session data are stored in Eliom references, which are some kind of reference whose value depends on the session (the session identifier sent in the cookie).
But you can choose other scope than "session" for Eliom references:
- it is also possible to define references with scope "client process" (which corresponds to a tab of your browser) (if you are using client side features). For example if you are implementing a game, you can have several instances of the game in several tabs. The score is stored on server side in an Eliom references with scope "client process".
- Eliom also provide a scope "session group". This allows to group together for example all sessions belonging to the same user. Use this for example if you want to share the shopping basket between several devices (like my laptop and my smartphone...).
- There is also a scope "request" to store data during the generation of a page.
Client/server applications
It is possible to use on client side values defined in server side code. Communication between the server and the client is taking in charge by Eliom automatically. The use of the same language on both sides makes very easy to exchange data.
It is possible to have a client side Eliom program and keep the traditional Web interaction (with URLs, links, forms, bookmarks, and back button). When you click on a link, the client side program does not stop! Thus:
- You can keep a state on client side during all the duration of the visit on the Website.
- You can set bookmarks corresponding to some states of the client side program.
- Part of the page can persist after loading a new page.
- If you are listening music or watching a video, it does not stop when you change page!


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Let's see, we're back on Spirit now, so we're driving around ... oh, yeah, Home Plate! Or, rather, Mitcheltree Ridge, where the science team thinks outliers of Home Plate material are to be found. Today Terry and I are driving her over there.
And we're doing that a little more carefully than usual. The original path we'd planned for her would have taken us through a scattering of 10cm rocks, which we're nervous about dragging her anchor through. But then we spot an alternate destination that requires less turning and offers a clear path -- so there we head.
We're also nervous about something else. Yesterday's drive ended in some softer soil, and we found that she's turning more sluggishly in this stuff. With shades of the rover-eating Tyrone soil expanse haunting our memories, we make some very conservative choices. The soil seems to change back to a friendlier consistency a couple of meters away -- but it's so hard to be sure of these things, when all you have are visual cues. The absence of little ripples is our hint that the soil turns firmer.[1] It's just an educated guess, but sometimes that's all you have. So we argue a bunch, make some tweaks to the sequence, cross our fingers, and send the sequence to Mars.
[Next post: sol 1141, March 20.]
[1] This hypothesis was later confirmed by the science team. We'd noticed the pattern, but at this time we hadn't thought to ask them.
Spirit Sol 1136
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is seeking input for a newly initiated investigation into the probable economic effect of a U.S.-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Free Trade Agreement.
The investigation, U.S.-Southern African Customs Union FTA: Advice Concerning the Probable Economic Effect was requested by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a letter received November 7, 2002.
In his letter to the Commission, the USTR noted that the United States plans to pursue a free trade agreement with SACU countries, which are Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. The USTR indicated in his request letter that advice from the Commission will assist the USTR in its consultations with Congress and in its preparations for negotiations.
As requested by the USTR, the ITC will advise the President as to the probable economic effect of providing duty-free treatment for imports of products of SACU countries on industries in the United States producing like or directly competitive articles and on consumers. In preparing its advice, the ITC will consider each article in chapters 1 through 97 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for which U.S. tariffs will remain after the United States fully implements its Uruguay Round tariff commitments. The advice will be based on the 2002 Harmonized Tariff System nomenclature and trade data for the year 2001. The advice will assume that any known U.S. non-tariff barrier will not be applicable to such imports, and the ITC will note in its report any instance in which the continued application of a U.S. non-tariff barrier would result in different advice with respect to the effect of the removal of the duty.
In addition, as requested by the USTR, the ITC will advise the President as to the probable economic effect of eliminating tariffs on imports of certain agricultural products of SACU countries on U.S. industries producing like or directly competitive products and the economy as a whole. A list of the products is attached to the USTR's request letter, which can be obtained from the ITC's electronic document information system (EDIS On-Line) on the ITC's web site (http://dockets/usitc.gov/eol/public/ (select "131" at the left, then scroll to the bottom for the link to this investigation). A hard copy of the request letter can be requested from the investigation's co-project leaders, Joanna Bonarriva, by phone (202-205-3312) or email (email@example.com) and Jonathan Coleman, by phone (202-205-3465) or email (firstname.lastname@example.com).
The ITC will submit its report, which will be confidential, to the USTR by April 7, 2003.
The ITC is seeking input for this investigation from all interested parties and requests that the information focus on the issues for which the ITC is requested to provide information and advice.
The ITC will hold a public hearing in connection with the investigation on January 28, 2003. Requests to appear at the hearing (one original and 14 copies) should be filed no later than 5:15 p.m. on January 14, 2003, with the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. For further information, call 202-205-1816.
The ITC also welcomes written submissions for the record. Written submissions (one original and 14 copies) should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission at the above address and should be submitted at the earliest practical date but no later than 5:15 p.m. on February 4, 2003. All written submissions, except for confidential business information, will be available for public inspection.
Further information on the scope of the investigation and appropriate submissions is available in the ITC's notice of investigation, dated November 21, 2002, which can be downloaded from the ITC Internet site (www.usitc.gov) or may be obtained by contacting the Office of the Secretary at the above address or at 202-205-1816.


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