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Step 3: Where to Begin
The Pre-Application Process
- Reflect on your reasons for studying abroad, what you're looking for in a location, and what you are hoping to gain from the experience (e.g. language acquisition, resume building, cultural experience, personal development, etc.).
- Attend an Information Session - The Information Session is your first step in the study abroad process. To find out when the next Information Session will be, please check the foreign study website. You'll learn about different program options, the step-by-step process for planning a successful study abroad experience and about the ways we can assist you. You'll also hear from students who have recently returned from study abroad programs.
- Obtain/Renew Passport - You must have a current, valid passport to study abroad.
- Learn about your country/countries of interest. Do you know anything about the people, government, cities, culture, religion, etc.? Knowing a little more about locations will help you to make an educated decision about your study abroad destination.
- Visit the Foreign Study Office to pick up brochures and discuss programming options. Make an appointment with the Director of Foreign Study for more in-depth program information.
- Discuss Finances - Meet with parents and the Office of Financial Aid to determine the best way to fund a program and begin budgeting. While discussing issues related to finances, please consider the following items: program cost (housing, tuition, meals, etc.), international travel costs (international airfare, ground transportation), in-country travel costs (excursions not included in program cost), passport fees, visa fees, inoculations. In addition to your financial aid, you may be also be able to secure scholarships to cover these costs.
- Meet with your Academic Advisor - Discuss how to integrate study abroad coursework with degree requirements.
This is simply an introduction to the study abroad process at St. John Fisher College. For more information please contact the Dr. Costello, Director of Foreign Study, Basil 108.


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Traverse City Record-Eagle
---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan State Police arrested a woman accused of possessing more than 15 grams of suspected cocaine and heroin outside Tom's Food Market on Division Street.
Amber Elizabeth Clous, 27, of Traverse City, faces two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. Each count carries up to four years in jail and $25,000 in fines.
A state police trooper saw Clous in the passenger seat of a car pulling into the Tom's parking lot Sept. 8. The trooper recognized Clous from previous contacts and found she had an outstanding warrant.
The trooper approached Clous's vehicle, but she got out, pulled two plastic bags from her pocket and dropped them on the ground, according to court records.
The trooper retrieved the bags and weighed and field-tested their contents. The contents of one bag weighed 7.5 grams and tested positive for the presence of cocaine. The contents of the other weighed 8.25 grams and tested positive for heroin.
Clous confessed to possessing the drugs during an interview, court records state.

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There is no set standard for what a professor is to write on their syllabus; you may choose the following or write your own version.
Any student eligible for and requesting academic accommodations due to a disability is requested to provide a Letter of Academic Accommodations from Disability Services within the first two to three weeks of classes.
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles aimed at giving all students equal opportunities and access to education.
Provided are a general guidelines, and information as well as helpful classroom and mobile resources.
There are many examples of Universal Design for Learning being used successfully in the classroom available online. New methods, techniques and resources are created everyday. This resource from the University of Washington's DO-IT Center shows how Universal Design for Learning is being practiced on campuses nationwide.
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Handy cheatsheets for creating accessible content in various forms and programs.
E-book sites: Project Gutenberg (which also links to sites with e-books in other languages), Bartleby (which includes fiction, non-fiction, verse and reference books), Bibliomania or LibriVox which has free public domain audiobooks.
TechMatrix: A resource search engine which can be customized by content as well as by learning disability.
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Silver Cross Offers Health Screenings in July
Joliet, IL (June 21, 2011)— Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. If you are not sure if you are at risk for heart disease, now is the time to find out with a Baseline Cardiac Risk Assessment held in the LaVerne and Dorothy Brown Cardiovascular Institute at Silver Cross Hospital, 1300 Copperfield Ave., Joliet, Silver Cross Health Center in Homer Glen at 12701 W. 143rd St., and Silver Cross Center for Women's Health, 1870 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox. This screening includes measurements of total cholesterol including HDL and LDL levels, blood glucose level, triglyceride level, blood pressure and body fat; 12-lead EKG, health and lifestyle evaluation, and a personal phone consultation with a registered cardiac nurse to review results and answer questions. A 12-hour fast is required. Cost is $40. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 740-7076.
Bone Densitometry Osteoporosis Screening
Ice cream is loaded with calcium, providing 10% of your daily-recommended allowance per serving. That means that snacking can give you what you need to keep those bones in good shape to prevent osteoporosis. Women who call before Aug. 31 to schedule an appointment for a bone densitometry osteoporosis screening will receive a complimentary Dove® Bar. Call (815) 740-7076 today. And don't forget to mention ICE CREAM. A physician's order is required at time of appointment. Screenings available at the Silver Cross Center for Women's Health, 1870 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox.
Blood Pressure Check
Silver Cross will offer free blood pressure checks daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Silver Cross Health Center, 12701 W. 143rd St., Homer Glen. Walk-ins welcomed. For more information, call (708) 364-6337.
Calcium Artery Scoring
Silver Cross Hospital offers a quick and painless test using a high speed CT scanner that can measure calcium deposits in the coronary arteries to determine your risk of having a heart attack. Calcium artery scoring is ideal for men over age 45 and women over age 55 who smoke, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or a family history of premature coronary artery disease. This scan is available for $200. Call (815) 740-7076 for an appointment.
Kidney Disease Screening
Silver Cross Renal Centers in partnership with the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois KidneyMobile® and Northeast Nephrology Consultants will offer free kidney disease screenings which includes a blood pressure and blood glucose testing as well as urine analysis. The screening will be held in the Silver Cross Specialty Care Pavilion lobby Wednesday, July 27 from 12 to 4 p.m. Schedule an appointment at www.silvercross.org or by calling 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).
Scoliosis Screening
Dr. Anthony Rinella, spine surgeon, will offer free scoliosis screenings every Thursday in July from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Silver Cross Health Center, 12701 West 143rd St., Homer Glen. To register, call 877-694-7722. The screenings are free and available for children and adults.
About Silver Cross Hospital
Silver Cross Hospital is a not-for-profit health care provider serving Will County and southwest suburban communities since 1895. Silver Cross has been recognized as a Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Award winner for the last seven consecutive years and as one of America's Most Customer Friendly Hospitals by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. With over 2,900 employees, physicians and volunteers, Silver Cross operates a 304-bed acute care hospital and eight satellite facilities providing outpatient services and physician offices. Construction has begun to build a state-of-the-art replacement hospital opening in 2012 in New Lenox. To learn more about Silver Cross Hospital or a referral to a physician on staff, visit www.silvercross.org or call 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).


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PORTLAND -- Concordia Senior Gabi Dixson is loving life and life as one of the best throwers in the country.
"So much fun," says Dixson. "Like my team is amazing, we just have a great time together."
The 21-year old Dixson is from Battle Ground, Wash. and has put a decade of work into throwing. She is an 11-time NAIA All-American in the discus, hammer throw and shot put.
"I probably have the most potential in the shot put or the hammer, strength wise, body wise," says Dixson. "I don't have like the typical long arms and long legs for a discus thrower, but it's still my favorite, I love it anyway."
Dixson won a national title in the discus last season. Her coach at Concordia is Mac Wilkins, former World Record Holder and Olympic Gold Medalist in the discus.
"Gabi is a really terrific athlete," says Wilkins. " I mean she was a top basketball player in High School. She has body awareness and body control and she can deliver it from the ground up, with the legs first and the arm last."
Dixson is primed for another run at nationals later in May in Marion, Indiana. In fact, just this week, the NAIA named Gabi the Women's Field Athlete of the Week. She earned it for winning the shot put at the Long Beach State Invitational April 20 in a field of 65.
Dixson threw a personal best 50 feet, 2 and 3/4 inches. It was the fifth Athlete of the Week honor of her college career at Concordia.
"I was excited about it," says Gabi. "That is the one I take a lot of pride in. There are other things that happen that come and go but I really like the national one. That means something, that's cool. I like those."
Dixson will graduate the first weekend in May and was also named Concordia Psychology grad of the year. She is ready for the future, a future that will include track and field and throwing.
"I like the feeling when you let it go and you just know it's a good throw," says Dixson. "You just feel it and you feel the tension building and you just let it go and it's nothing. I like that. You don't have to watch it land, you just know and you walk out the back of the ring and they mark it and you go, yep, I knew that. That's my favorite."


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Chances are that when you start the selection process for a landscape contractor you experience feelings of anxiety and panic. Choosing the right contractor can be a very difficult task, but finding the right one can save you money by avoiding costly mistakes and big headaches. There are several resources available to find a good contractor and trade associations are one of those.


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Four potential restricted free agents were not extended qualifying offers by the Washington Capitals — former first-round pick Sasha Pakulok, forwards Andrew Joudrey and Travis Morin and goalie Daren Machesney.
Those four all are now unrestricted free agents, and there are no surprises there. It does mark the end of the Sasha Pakulok Era, who the Caps took 14th overall in 2005 and will be remembered as one of the worst picks of that year. He has played 53 games for Hershey over the course of three seasons. Joudrey and Morin were longshots to begin with, and Machesney needed to find a new organization considering the depth in this system.
As for the guys who were qualified — Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon, Milan Jurcina, Shaone Morrisonn, Steve Pinizzotto, Jeff Schultz and Kyle Wilson — only Wilson probably qualifies (no pun intended) as a mild surprise. The Caps called up nearly every non-rookie forward on the Hershey roster this season, but Wilson wasn't one of them. Pinizzotto might have been a surprise earlier in the season, but he played really well for the Bears in the playoffs and probably earned another chance.


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Ralphs will close all of its stores—including its —if its employees decide to go on strike, the chain announced Friday. Additionally, Albertsons representatives said the supermarket will close up to 100 stores for part or all of the strike.
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Ralphs will reopen its stores on a case-by-case basis, Ralphs Vice President of Public Relations Kendra Doyel told ABC.
On Thursday, the United Food and Commercial Workers union issued a required 72-hour notice canceling its contract extension, which paves the way for a strike. The union overwhelmingly voted in August to authorize a strike.
The current dispute centers around how much the three major supermarket chains—Ralphs, Albertsons and Vons—will contribute to a health-care account. Without increased contributions, the account will go bankrupt within 16 months, according to union officials.
An agreement on wages has not been reached, either.
During the 2003-2004 strike, all three chains kept their stores open, which cost them an estimated $1.5 billion.
"One of the lessons we learned during the 2003-2004 labor dispute is that it doesn't make good business sense to try to operate all our stores during a strike," Albertsons, which has three locations in Redondo Beach, said in a statement.
The earlier strike also wiped out the savings of many of the grocery employees.
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Getting active
The Yorkshire Dales National Park is an outdoor paradise.
Hill walking, climbing, mountain biking, caving, cycling, horse riding, fell running and water sports. There are so many outdoor activities to choose from. With a with a superb network of footpaths and routes for cyclists and horse riders through striking scenery, the National Park is the perfect location to enjoy life in the countryside.
Cycling and pony trekking are popular ways to discover the area's winding lanes and vast moorland. For the keen cyclist, walker or rider there are short and long distance routes specially linked to accommodation.
This section will provide you with all sorts of information on how to get active in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
If you are interested in finding out about how we manage access and recreation within the National Park why not visit the Access and Recreation section of our website? Here you will find all sorts of information about the Pennine Bridleway project, how we manage the public rights of way network, green lanes and open access across the National Park, and what to do if you want to organise a large-scale event in this area.


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Mokena School District 159 Superintendent Steve Stein will leave the district in June 2013, after less than two years on the job.
Stein announced his resignation Tuesday, Nov. 20, in a letter addressed to Patrick Markham and the rest of the D159 Board of Education. But the board had also been notified previously.
"It will probably be a blast for the community members who aren't as directly connected with the school," Stein said.
Stein was named interim Superintendent in August 2011 after the reassignment of former Superintendent Karen Perry.
"It's been very humbling, a lot of people saying many many kind things about me and my time here. Anything like this is very, very bitter sweet," Stein said. "I have a very good working relationship with the board of education, with the teachers union, with the teachers, with the parents and the community."
In the letter, Stein said that he is leaving Mokena 159 to become superintendent of the Peotone Community School District 207U.
"District 159 has provided me with many proud professional moments, and I am most proud of having the privilege to serve as superintendent since August 2011," the letter reads.
Stein commended all of the faculty, staff and administration in the district for their tireless work for the students and said that he is sure that the district has, "come through its most difficult times and that great possibilities are ahead."
Stein's resignation is effective June 30, 2013.
"The move is right for me at this time, both professionally and personally," he said.
Stein said that he was open to helping the board of education search for his replacement, although he was unsure if the board would ask him to help with the process.
"The board is really responsible. I will be happy to work with the board in any capacity that they ask of me," he said. "If they want me to be a part of that process, I will gladly do that for them. If they do not want me to be part of that process, I can completely not be. It's really up to them."
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Philadelphia — A study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia with the traditional
American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged to be normal by the traditional method are actually at risk for developing
osteoarthritis and hip dysplasia.
The survey results, researchers say, indicate that the standard Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) model for scoring
of radiographs that certify dogs for breeding underestimates their osteoarthritis susceptibility.
The traditional OFA screening method relies heavily on conventional hip-extended, or HE, radiographs, which the study contends
do not provide critical information needed to accurately assess passive hip joint laxity and, therefore, osteoarthritis susceptibility.
Dr. Gail Smith, professor of orthopaedic surgery, lead author and director of the PennHIP Program, explains, "The reason the
PennHIP method measures more hip laxity is the specific position in which the hips are placed. A small distraction force is
applied with the hips in this position, and 2.5 to 11 times more joint laxity is revealed. It is this laxity that is quantified
by the DI, and which multiple studies have shown to be significantly correlated with OA risk."
According to the OFA's Dr. G.G. Keller, director of veterinary services, that assertion misses the mark. "(The study) is comparing
apples to oranges because the OFA method is not designed to measure joint laxity. They are different methodologies," he says,
adding that joint laxity is not the only factor to consider in evaluating susceptibility for developing hip dysplasia.
Comparing the overall results of the study, 52 percent of OFA-rated "excellent," 82 percent of OFA-rated "good" and 94 percent
of OFA-rated "fair" hips all fell above the PennHIP threshold of .3, making them all susceptible to the osteoarthritis of
canine hip dysplasia (CHD) though scored as "normal" by the OFA. Of the dogs the OFA scored as "dysplastic," all had hip laxity
above the PennHIP threshold of .3, meaning there was agreement between the two methods on dogs showing CHD or the susceptibility
to CHD.
According to Penn researchers, even if breeders were to selectively breed only those dogs having OFA-rated "excellent" hips,
the study suggests that 52-100 percent of the progeny, depending on breed, would be susceptible to hip dysplasia based on
the Penn scoring method.
In the study, both methods were applied to a sample of 439 dogs older than 2 years. The four most common breeds included in
the study were German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers and Rottweilers, all breeds commonly susceptible to
hip dysplasia.
The findings, the researchers contend, point to a weakness in current breeding practices. If breeders continue to select breeding
candidates based upon traditional scores, then breeders will continue to pair susceptible dogs and fail to improve hip quality
in future generations.
Keller stands behind OFA's methods and believes the transparency of data available from OFA is invaluable. "We have an open
display of data, and we track results and trends within the breeds," he explains. Anyone in the public domain has open access
to the results, which is essential to ensure the breeding standards remain high. For example, a breeder searching for potential
dams or sires can refine their search to select only those dogs that have "excellent" rated hips to help decrease susceptibility
for CHP.
Smith says despite well intentioned hip-screening programs to reduce the frequency of the disease, the reason little progress
has been made is that CHD is erroneously considered an "all or nothing" disease—the pet either has it or it doesn't.
The key feature of the PennHIP radiographic method, he says, is its ability to determine which dogs may be susceptible to
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — As we near the final countdown of January 2013 I'd like each of us to take a moment to reflect on the last few weeks and think about how much we've changed since those cold, dark days in December.
Surely many of us are standing in front of our recently organized closets in the laundry room we recently converted to a home office, looking into the mirror we finally took off of the two shoe boxes it was standing on top of and hung from the door, admiring our emerging six-pack abs. It feels great doesn't it?
What's that? You don't have emerging six-pack abs? You haven't made any progress in your pile of clothes to functional home office conversion? What about your new year's resolutions? You swore on Dick Clark, did that mean nothing to you!?
For those of us who are trying to find the scrap of paper we wrote our resolutions on (full disclosure: I didn't even make any resolutions this year), take heart, all is not lost. Many of you will soon find out that you are not alone, I'd venture to say that by this time in February no one you know will be talking about how their resolution to do more juice cleanses has changed their lives. If anything, by giving up now you are ahead of the curve, excelling even.
Some people will try to passive aggressively put you down for not "having goals" or "striving to better yourself", but those people are wrong. By deciding not to change you're making a statement; telling the world that you're perfect just the way you are, a unique flower whose decision to eat less vegetables and organize your clothes in two piles on the floor ("clean" and "clean enough") just reaffirms your status as special. Isn't this the lesson we've been taught our whole lives through children's movies?
For those of you who spend your evenings complaining about the fair-weather runners taking up all of the good machines in the gym as they try (and eventually fail) to "get healthy" this year, take a few deep breaths. These people are trying, and remember that life is like a dance floor, no one is judging you as long as you give your all.
Eventually these people will tire themselves out and again, much like on the dance floor, they'll retire to the (smoothie) bar and eventually go home, once that happens you can revel in how perfect you are and have no need to change. If I'm remembering the lesson of "Remember the Titans" correctly, we're not supposed to let the ignorance of others affect our own quests for greatness. In this case the ignorance is related to proper gym etiquette and technique instead of racism, but the heart of the message is the same.
So much of the appeal of the New Year is attached to the idea of fresh starts, the feeling that with the purchase of a new calendar we are buying a fresh start on our lives. "Don't you smoke cigarettes?" No, that was the 2012 you; the 2013 you is into yoga. When it comes down to it, a new calendar is still just a calendar, and the version of you that cleaned behind your refrigerator today is the same you that dropped a bagel behind it last year.
As we move forward we shouldn't lose hope, while no one should try to reinvent the calendar there's always an opportunity to make it a "puppies in hats" calendar and while it's not a total reinvention it's just a little better than the one we had before.Vincent Davis II is a Cornell graduate, DJ, and market development specialist in the IT industry. His column appears on the second and fourth Friday of every month. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com


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DACF Home → Bureaus & Programs → State Parks and Public Lands
Parks & Historic Sites: Days & Hours
All parks are currently open seven days per week for the summer season.
- Parks and historic sites open their gates, at the latest, by 9:00 a.m. and close by sunset unless otherwise signed on the park gate. Please note that museums, buildings, and other facilities may close earlier than the park grounds.
- Exception: Eagle Island is open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Colburn House is open by special event only.
- Questions: Please call the park or historic site directly.
Let's Go! 5-2-1-0
- Features free park day pass give-away again this year through select doctor's offices throughout Maine.
- For complete details and a list of participating doctor's offices visit www.letsgo.org
- Want a whole year of Fun & Fitness? Purchase an annual park pass online now.
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Videos
- An introduction and eight topic sections are available.
- Watch in whole or in part by selecting the topic of your choice. (Total viewing time is 71 minutes.)
Excellence Award
Camden Hills State Park Awarded Certificate of Excellence for 2014 from Tripadvisor.
Upcoming Events & Activities
- July 28, 2014 : Forts Along the Kennebec
- July 28, 2014 : Welcome Tour
- July 28, 2014 : Coffee with Ranger Richards
- July 28, 2014 : Wildlife Paddle
- July 28, 2014 : Compass Scavenger Hunt
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TSA to remove controversial airport X-ray scannersBy JOSHUA FREED
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | January 20,2013AP FILE PHOTO
Volunteers pass through the first full body scanner, which uses backscatter technology, installed at OHare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June 2013 because the company that makes them cant fix the privacy issues.Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away.
The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dose X-ray will be gone by June because the company that makes them cant fix the privacy issues. The other airport body scanners, which produce a generic outline instead of a naked image, are staying.
The government rapidly stepped up its use of body scanners after a man sneaked explosives onto a flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
At first, both types of scanners showed travelers naked. The idea was that security workers could spot both metallic objects like guns as well as nonmetallic items such as plastic explosives. The scanners also showed every other detail of the passengers body, too.
The TSA defended the scanners, saying the images couldnt be stored and were seen only by a security worker who didnt interact with the passenger. But the scans still raised privacy concerns. Congress ordered that the scanners either produce a more generic image or be removed by June.
On Thursday Rapiscan, the maker of the X-ray, or backscatter, scanner, acknowledged that it wouldnt be able to meet the June deadline. The TSA said Friday that it ended its contract for the software with Rapiscan.
The agencys statement also said the remaining scanners will move travelers through more quickly, meaning faster lanes at the airport. Those scanners, made by L-3 Communications, used millimeter waves to make an image. The company was able to come up with software that no longer produced a naked image of a travelers body.
The TSA will remove all 174 backscatter scanners from the 30 airports theyre used in now. Another 76 are in storage. It has 669 of the millimeter wave machines it is keeping, plus options for 60 more, TSA spokesman David Castelveter said.
Not all of the machines will be replaced. Castelveter said that some airports that now have backscatter scanners will go back to having metal detectors. Thats what most airports used before scanners were introduced.
The Rapiscan scanners have been on their way out for months, in slow motion.
The government hadnt bought any since 2011. It quietly removed them from seven major airports in October, including New Yorks LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, Chicagos OHare, and Los Angeles International. The TSA moved a handful of the X-ray scanners to very small airports. At the time, the agency said the switch was being made because millimeter-wave scanners moved passengers through faster.
Rapiscan parent company OSI Systems Inc. said it will help the TSA move the scanners to other government agencies. It hasnt yet been decided where they will go, said Alan Edrick, OSIs chief financial officer, in an interview.
Scanners are often used in prisons or on military bases where privacy is not a concern.
Theres quite a few agencies which will have a great deal of interest in the scanners, Edrick said.
OSI is taking a one-time charge of $2.7 million to cover the money spent trying to develop software to blur the image, and to move the machines out of airports, Edrick said.
The contract to change the software on the scanners came under scrutiny in November when the TSA delivered a show cause letter to the company looking into allegations that it falsified test data, which the company denied. On Thursday it said final resolution of that issue needs approval by the Department of Homeland Security.
The agreement with the TSA is an indication that OSI Systems will be cleared of the issues raised by the agency, Roth Capital Partners analyst Jeff Martin wrote on Friday. OSI shares soared $2.37, or 3.5 percent, to close at $70.02.
Besides the scanners being dropped by TSA, Hawthorne, Calif.-based OSI Systems makes other passenger scanners used in other countries, as well as luggage scanners and medical scanners.MORE IN This Just InDede Cummings first question arose when she discovered that tickets for the Dalai Lamas 2012... Full StoryClean energy is all the rage in Vermont. Full StoryBENNINGTON Its a digital world, and visitors and residents alike can now get free access to it... Full Story
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City of Toronto Archives and the Ontario Genealogical Society invite you to The Toronto History Lecture
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: City of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Road, Toronto
Brief Overview:
Please join us again this year in spreading the word about The Toronto History Lecture. It will be held on October 24 at 7:30 pm at the City of Toronto Archives and is presented jointly by the Archives and the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.
To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, the City of Toronto Museum Services created a Book of Remembrance for the men of York who fell during the war and all the casualties of the Battle of York. Janice Nickerson's research on the militia men uncovered so many fascinating stories that she decided to put them together in a book, York's Sacrifice: Militia Casualties of the War of 1812.
For the bicentennial year's Toronto History Lecture, Janice will tell a few stories of the men, women and children whose lives were transformed by this pivotal event in the history of Toronto.
Admission is free, but reservation is required.
For further details, including a map and driving directions to the Archives at 255 Spadina Road, visit: http://tinyurl.com/czdu3yo
Many members of the heritage community contributed to the great success of last year's inaugural Toronto History Lecture. We look forward to a similar success on October 24th.
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— In celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Richard Showalter were honored with a surprise family party June 23 at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Gretchen and Ray Johnson of Geneva.
The couple renewed their wedding vows via Skype. Their children planned an elaborate ceremony as the couple had eloped when they got married. Officiating was family friend, Bishop Dan Sturgill of Glen St. Mary, Fla.
Richard and Patricia (Berta) were married by the Rev. Finley Miller June 11, 1963, in Jefferson, N.C.
The couple's children and spouses include Gregory and Christine of Corona, Calif.; Michael and Illatawie of Orlando, Fla.; Scott and Julie of Beloit; Eric and Karen of Conneaut; Gretchen and Ray Johnson; and Justin of Conneaut. They also have nine grandchildren.
Mr. Showalter was a realtor for 25 years prior to his retirement. Mrs. Showalter has been employed as an aide with the Conneaut Area City Schools for 28 years. They attend Ashtabula Pentecostal Church of God and are members of the Lake Erie Boat Club.


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to attend next year. Kudos to the Milwaukee Film Festival crew!
Journal Sentinel TV and film critic Duane Dudek looks at life on the small and big screen, and some of the cool stuff on both.
Milwaukee Film Festival winners
"Waiting For Superman," the documentary about the demise of public education, won the Alan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Award for best feature film at the Milwaukee Film Festival, which ended Sunday. "Drunk History Vol. 5 & 6" won the award for best short film.
The South Korean film "A Brand New Life" and the documentary "My Perestroika," featuring Soviet propaganda films, won jury prizes. Each received a $2,500 cash prize.
And Milwaukee filmmaker Tate Bunker's short film "Mickey Burgermeister" won him a jury prize of $20,000 in cash and prizes, and a Milwaukee Film residency.
The winners were announced by a still somewhat shell shocked sounding festival executive and creative director Jonathan Jackson. He said attendance for the 11-day festival was up 50% from last year, to 30,513. And Jackson said that 26 screenings were 26 sold out, compared to six last year.
"All the feedback we heard was positive," said Jackson. "There may have been a glitch here and there like any other festival, but there was more buzz than we ever heard in the community."
He said that initial surveys showed many of the festival customers were first-time attendees.
And looking ahead "we want to bring back another great eleven days of cinema next year," Jackson said. "Once again keeping the focus on the movies."
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I got a lot of comments on my last article regarding the fleecing of employees and shareholders over the proposed $20 million severance payment that Tom Horton, American Airlines (AMR AMR Corp.) bankruptcy caretaker CEO, is lined up to receive. Among other tidbits, I found out that Mr. Horton is derisively referred to as "ToHo" among many of the union employees. In addition to the critiques received on the Forbes website, I got a number of private e-mails from mechanics, flight attendants and pilots unanimously thanking me for sharing this abomination with the world, shining a bright light on the double standards of the cronyism rampant in corporate America today. I also learned that these workers, the people who actually run the airline, are in complete symbiosis……kindred and mad as hell about Mr. Horton's undeserved windfall. Perhaps my most surprising discovery is the hostility voiced over not being able to express their anger. In each of the recently renegotiated union labor contracts there exists a clause prohibiting anyone from complaining about executive compensation. This was mentioned in numerous e-mails as well as a couple of the Forbes comments. I was astonished so I went to the APFA (Association of Professional Flight Attendants) website and even with my limited computer skills, with a little effort was able to locate the offending section. Have a look:
Issuance of equity: Subject to the foregoing, APFA agrees not to object to or contest the issuance of equity or other consideration in the Bankruptcy Cases to the Company's non-union management employees in respect of the sacrifices made by them in furtherance of the Company's effort to restructure or as incentive for the non-union and management employees' future service to the Company.
What kind of nonsense is that? Not only do mechanics, pilots, and flight attendants receive no wage increases for the last five years now they are told they can't express their dissatisfaction that "ToHo" is going to pocket $20 million after a brief 16 month tenure, all of which has been spent in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. These words are nothing more than a not so thinly disguised gag order and a suppression of fairly basic first amendment rights. I wonder whether it is even legal. It is having the desired effect judging by some of the personal correspondence I have received. One person wrote, "After reading this you will understand why I did not post my comments online. In the past, as I am sure you are well aware, we, the union employees of American Airlines would protest in the media any executive pay bonuses that were rewarded to the management team after AMR executives reduced worker's pay and benefits over the years. After finally taking the bankruptcy route in November 2011, they used the bankruptcy process to "shut us up" by placing a no contest clause in our current negotiated agreement that prevents us from protesting any type of executive pay. Typical AMR behavior. As glad as we are to see Tom Horton go, his $20 million dollar severance package really hits a nerve with the employees of this company. The unfortunate thing is that the employees of this company could risk their jobs by joining in on any media outcry of excessive compensation by any of its executives." A long time flight attendant expresses similar thoughts: "In reference to Mr. Horton's compensation and how the employees should complain…well, while "negotiating" contracts during the BK process, Mr. Horton and his cohorts made sure a term and/or phrase was purposely added to all agreements with the unions….we're not allowed to question or oppose any of the executive's compensation…..or to make known to the media (or whoever else will listen) that the unions disagree. I am a 25 yr. union employee with AA and this is the first time this topic was actually part of a collective bargaining agreement."
Let's parse some of the concepts addressed in management's tawdry effort to mute worker dissidence. There is reference to "sacrifices made" during restructuring the company. I am dearly interested to know of one sacrifice. "ToHo" raked in $3.6 million in 2010 and $4.2 million in 2011 and part of that year was spent in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. 2012 compensation has not been made public yet. The finances of the airline were in decline during this entire period and though he wasn't even CEO except for the last month of 2011, he still managed to earn significantly more than a "living wage". Sacrifice for a CEO translates, for me, leading by example and taking $1 a year in salary. Another amorphous reference is to "incentives" and "future service" to the company. So unless the top executives aren't given something extra their focus will wane and they will take their eye off the ball. So ostensibly then, big bonuses are a sine qua non if all these essential executives are to keep their apparently non replaceable skill sets in the service of AMR Corp. It is here that a little dose of reality will be interjected…..some smelling salts to pull the patient from his stupor. AMR Corp. is merging with U.S. Airways (LCC). And if we are to believe all the regulatory agencies who blessed this union, there is little overlap to the operating routes of these two airlines. Therefore the main redundancy of the surviving entity will be that all of the vice-presidents and other upper level managers at AMR Corp. will be replaced by the new bosses at U.S. Airways. Management's language implies these managers will leave unless properly incentivized to stay. They should be on hands and knees begging not to be kicked out. Many will be terminated and should be given something in proportion to what the flight attendants were offered for early retirement: for a minimum of 15 years of service a one-time payment of $40,000. In my opinion, "ToHo" was "gifted" his $20 million after being passed over as new CEO and for agreeing to walk away quietly from the new merged entity. It was a typical backroom shadowy deal probably pre-blessed by U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker, meaning it was already fully agreed by all parties before it was announced.
Collective bargaining is rough and tumble under the best of circumstances. It is a bare knuckle affair full of palter and equivocation from all parties. American Airlines employees have suffered pay cuts through the years all with the implicit understanding of the exigencies necessary in the competitive arena of the airline business. Fair enough. The members in the executive suite should be subject to the same laws of gravity. It is an asymmetry that bastardizes free market capitalism. It should be up to shareholders, not some board beholden to the CEO on just how much Mr. Horton and other executives receive as a severance payment. For Mr. Horton's sake, it's a good thing the decision isn't mine.
EXCELLENT ARTICLE!!!!!!! What a twisted world we live in…..an average employee does a poor job & they would get fired. An American Airlines Exec does a poor job & they not only keep their job, but get highly compensated….in the millions??? How is this allowed to happen time & time again is mind-boggling. Airline industry, banking, auto, etc…..it has to stop!!! Keep the articles coming…..your speaking the truth….someone has to!!!
Since AA is touting the fact that it is a global company, it may be time to look beyond America for the right CEO.
The employees have found the correct CEO to run American Airlines into profitability and growth.
I'm under no gag order. I was hired in to the LAX maintenance base with American Airlines in Sept, 1996, as an avionics tech/mechanic, with 16 years experience. I was diagnosed with non-hodjkins lymphoma and renal cell carcenoma, Aug, 2004. I battled with those diseases, missing blocks of work time until I was fired, January, 2007. The reason I was fired was that my ex-wife had used an old medical card, which had been expired for 4 or 5 years prior, and run up a bill of $9,750. I told the HR person who questioned me that I had no knowledge about my ex-wife, and hadn't spoken to her in a few years. It sounded like fraud to me, and they had my blessing to prosecute. They demanded that I pay the bill, or lose my job. Extortion. Several months later, I discovered that AA is self-bonded. United Healthcare is the managing agent, but American was actually paying the costs of my medical treatments. It all made sense then. I was fired because I had cancer. I was near dieing, and I asked my union to not waste funds fighting this atrosity. I've since recovered, and I'm in college and nead completing my RN degree. If you want to know anything about AA, I'd be glad to speak with you
How could the Union leadership agree with this ?
Good point. How could they agree to this? But then, there are the dirty details. In many cases the unions are just as bad as the management. I know from experience. One set of thieves doesn't like the other set of thieves.
Having sat on the employee side of the table, since Reagan it has pretty much been "our way or the highway, pal!" Great article from Richard Finger and it helps to balance the "capitalist tool." Many of us working stiffs are investors, too, and we are getting equally bad treatment on both sides of the table.
I am not commenting on Reagan's overall union stance. However, many (including friends) keep mentioning Reagan's busting of the ATC union. As a fellow federal employee, I just want to remind people that is was illegal for the ATC to strike; just like it is illegal for me to strike. I knew that when I went in. Just like they did. They struck anyway. He gave them a warning; they bet he was bluffing. I have never had sympathy.
I have a varied opinion of unions, and spent 8 years in the CA Teacher's Association (union). They did a lot of good for us, but they also have their faults. Many unions are nothing more than corporations, themselves, with the same evils. However, the unions that are absolutely necessary are the ones supporting the airline employees. As for American, ever since Bob Crandall, they are the only thing keeping the front line workers from indentured servitude.
If they are so unhappy, the unions should start their own airline! OH, WAIT there was Pride Air!
Every major news source in the country reported AMR's 'high labor costs'. I rarely read anything about this abomination. Something is wrong.
American Eagle mechanics lost $7 million under the new contract in lost vacation, sick time, and reductions in the pay scale. We were told this would make us more competitive. Seems it was our share of Mr Horton's bonus and the $200 million plus in bankruptcy legal fees.
My understanding is that the Unions were coerced into agreeing not to protest or contest executive compensation. Are you saying they are being forced to actively promote and condone these obscene payoffs?
The APFA has been in bed with the company for quite some time, namely since 2003 when they overturned our NO vote to impose draconian concessions and gut our contract. When some members challenged the shenanigans that went on, the APFA teamed with AA to repel the lawsuit. Laura Glading was one of the loudest voices pushing the membership to vote YES to the 2003 restructuring agreement. Flash forward 9 years. Once again Laura Glading pushes us to accept the so-called Last Best Final Offer which effectively wipes out what little remains of close to 40 years of collective bargaining. So it comes as no surprise that the APFA is on the wrong side of the issue in this case. How does that song go? "Just like a little bit of history repeating."


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Hal Madison, 41, collided with Taylor Ward after Ward ran a red light. After realizing that Ward had died in the collision, Madison went into shock. He continued to suffer emotional distress after the accident and sought professional help about six months later. He was diagnosed as having posttraumatic stress disorder.
Madison is unable to continue working in his sales position, at which he had earned about $65,000 annually. He continues to require counseling and has incurred medical expenses totaling $38,000.
Madison and his wife sued Ward's estate, alleging speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, and failure to heed a red light. The parties agreed to arbitrate.
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"Taken 2"
The best action movie of 2008 gets its sequel in the standard time - and the whole cast, those that didn't get kill in the first one, are back for more. France's best action writer/director, Luc Besson, returns to write the script and one of his protégé directors leads by proxy. The fight scenes and car chases are back. Liam Neeson keeps his eyes piercing, his dialogue tight/whispered and his straight-for-the-throat style. Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace play bigger roles. Rade Serbedzija gets one more chance to play a Russian-esque villain, one more time (talk about typecast). But sometimes when you put together all the parts that made a great film in the first place – you get pretty much the same film. And the additions are dangerously bad – Maggie Grace (the daughter) runs around Istanbul throwing grenades without one person getting hurt or trying to stop her. The bad guys are the dumb little brothers and cousins of the bad guys from the first movie – proving that you can't be taken twice by the same scenario. It's unoriginal but not unwatchable – barely worth a watch.
"Chernobyl Diaries"
What do you get if you add one of the writers of the "Paranormal Activity" franchise with two writers from the "Paranormal Activity" rip-off, "Paranormal Entity" with a past-his-prime teenage heartthrob, Jesse McCartney, with a first-time director? The answer is a horrible movie. When you look at the components, it's exactly what you should expect – terrible acting, missed opportunities with the script, melodramatic shifts and shaky cameras. It's a mess that doesn't even give you the five minutes of resolution the "Paranormal Activity" films do. In fact, you won't even know what and where the killers come from. And that's not some cool statement on tension or the ambiguity of life – it's just a lazy way to get a buck from fans of McCartney or the other paranormal movies. This film should be treated like a victim of fallout – scrubbed clean and quarantined – pass.
"Hope Springs"
David Frankel doesn't make movies with a bang. Nor does he make movies that overwhelm. He makes subtle films with heart. Just look at his last three films – "The Big Year," "Marley and Me" and "The Devil Wears Prada." All these films deal with people growing through various stages in their lives. They're films you relate to your own life. This time Frankel takes on Baby Boomer malaise and a couple whose sexual spark has been extinguished. Who does Frankel choose to relate this problem to audiences? Two of the best in the business – Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones – Steve Carell joins along as the deadpan voice of reason. Streep should've earned her 17th Oscar nomination. But Frankel's movies don't make a big splash. They instead cause a steady ripple as they show humans dealing with life by applying anger, depression, humor and understanding – worth a watch.
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Though the US theatrical lighting industry is relatively young, it still has a rich and colorful history, going back to the heyday of Broadway in the 30s. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers of those early days - Jean Rosenthal, Charlie Altman, Ed Kook - have passed on before a proper record of their contributions could be kept. In an effort to properly document the full story of the theatrical and entertainment lighting industry, ESTA, USITT, Entertainment Design, Lighting Dimensions, and lighting manufacturers have created An Oral History of Theatrical Lighting and Its People. This ongoing effort is designed to create a documented history of this industry as seen through the eyes of designers, manufacturers, distributors, consultants, and technicians. Interviews for the project will focus on tracing the impact of developing technology on the creative process.
In this section of Entertainment Design, we'll be bringing you snippets of conversations from the project. Our first conversation was with Bob Schiller; this month Marge Romans chats with sales legend Sonny Sonnenfeld.
Marge Romans: Can we talk a little bit about your educational background? Did you train in the theatre at all?
Sonny Sonnenfeld: No, no. The way I got involved: I was in kid's camp when I was 12 years old, and it was a rainy day, and we were in the social hall. Some guy asked me to help move a piece of scenery, and I helped him, and I guess I helped him so well that he asked me to come back.
I never had any formal training in theatre. One of my friends was a guy named Gene Morley, who was a wonderful senior lighting designer. One day before I went into the service, I said to him, `Gene, when I light a show, I can do it so it looks pretty good, and once in a while people even clap when the curtain opens. But I really don't know what the hell I'm doing.' So he laughed, opened his file cabinet, and took out McCandless' Method of Lighting the Stage, and said, `Here, read this.' And that was really all of my formal training in stage lighting.
Romans: When you were working on these little shows before you went into the Army, were they community playhouses, summer theatre?
Sonnenfeld: Nothing but summer stock.
Romans: What kind of equipment would you use?
Sonnenfeld: Oh, an auto-transformer pack with maybe 12 dimmers, and some fresnels, and maybe some plano-convex box spots. And once in a while, some ellipsoidals, but more often not.
Romans: And you had footlights. Did you have followspots at that time?
Sonnenfeld: Well, followspots existed. It depended on where you worked. I used to help out at City College, the Dramatic Society, and they had followspots. And later I worked at the 92nd Street Y before I went into the Army, and they had a good complement of lighting equipment, and we had followspots.
Romans: During World War II, as I understand it, there was a fairly active entertainment program called Special Services. Were you involved in that?
Sonnenfeld: No. I was involved in the infantry. I was drafted before the war started, and went overseas in February 1942 to Australia and New Guinea. Because I was in the infantry, I had no choice to do anything else, but I did work on one show in Melbourne, Australia, one weekend. I ran the show there, and I actually used saltwater dimmers. That was my only exposure to saltwater dimmers.
Romans: I don't know anyone still alive who's worked with saltwater dimmers. I'm sure everyone will be fascinated to know: how did they work? Did you stand at one side, and somebody would cue you by telling you to raise or lower the rod, or what?
Sonnenfeld: No, it was a little bit like a resistance board or a transformer board. You had the element that was in the saltwater barrel, and depending on how high up or down it was, that determined the resistance, and that in turn determined the intensity. They had tracker wires going over the handles, and you'd work the handles, similar to the manner that you work on an order transformer board.
Romans: So it was a handle you pulled?
Sonnenfeld: Yeah, you worked it with the handles.
Romans: And that would translate to a vertical lift and move the rod up and down?
Sonnenfeld: Correct.
Romans: Incredible. You ought to go down in history just for that.
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There is a very good section about that that I think Paul wrote. I'll have to remember.
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- Clifton H. Hubbel, 92, of Downers Grove. Services for the active Congregational Church; Boy Scouts; United Way; and American Legion member were held Oct. 13.
- Charles Knight Ide, 95, of Downers Grove, passed away Oct. 12. Memorials for the Ide Farms Christmas tree business developer can be made to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.
- Martha Paciorek (nee Newlon), 66, a longtime volunteer for Meals-On-Wheels for senior citizens; the Downers Grove Park District; DuPage PADS, among others. Services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Downers Grove Oct. 20.
- Ardith Swangren Thygesen, 86, passed away Oct. 12. Services for the former Downers Grove Historical Society president were private.
- Scott Phillip Walthius, 56, of Downers Grove, passed away Oct. 3. The lawyer, a former Assistant State's Attorney for the DuPage County, opened his own practice in 1991. Memorials can be made to the Loyola University Medical Center c/o the Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine.
- Joseph R. Fiedler, 62, of Woodridge. Services for the husband, father, and grandfather will be held at a later date.
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LONDON (AP) -- US military says both airmen in crash over northeast Libya are now "safe".
LONDON (AP) -- The U.S. military says an Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle has crashed in Libya but it was not shot down.
Vince Crawley, a spokesman for the Africa Command, says both crew members ejected and sustained minor injuries.
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Crawley said Tuesday the plane was not shot down and may have suffered a mechanical problem.
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Oct. 18
FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT; CONSPIRACY: Lt. K.T. Compton and Sgt. T.A. Gray responded to North Wickham Avenue in reference to a domestic. The officers found the address given did not match a residence. The officers were advised that the person had borrowed a phone to make the call. The officers were unable to locate any sign of a disturbance. The officers located a female subject that the believed to be the source of the calls. Later, the officers asked the female. She allegedly confessed to the actions.
Oct. 19
PETIT LARCENY: A female advised that her license plate was missing from her car on Stafford Drive.
Oct. 20
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: A male subject reported the tires on a truck had been slashed on West View.
PETIT LARCENY: A female subject reported that an aluminum ladder was missing from an outbuilding on North Walker Street.
PETIT LARCENY: A female subject reported her mother's purse was stolen from Kroger's on Stafford Drive.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION: Officer R.S. Gibson observed a male subject staggering on Mercer Street. The officer approached the subject and asked if he was OK. The male advised he was and didn't know what the officer was talking about. The officer observed the odor of alcohol on his person and the man appeared to sway when standing. The male advised he had consumed alcohol that evening. David Cecil, 42, of Princeton, was cited.
Oct. 21
PETIT LARCENY: A female subject reported that someone had broken into her car and stolen a purse containing a cell phone and a GPS on Butler Street.
ENTERING WITHOUT BREAKING: A male subject advised that someone had entered his detached storage room on Murdock Street and stolen food stuffs and a socket set.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY: A male subject reported damage to his ATV on Kee Street.
BREAKING AND ENTERING (AUTO): A female subject advised that someone had broken into her boyfriend's truck and rummaged to their belongings on Butler Street.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY; PETIT LARCENY: A male subject reported that someone had damaged his vehicle while he was watching a program at the Chuck Mathena Center and taken a purse from the passenger side floorboard of the vehicle.
Oct. 22
FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD: A female subject advised that she used her credit card to pay for lunch at Tudor's on Stafford Drive. The female was later billed twice resulting in an insufficient funds charge of $108. The female was later credited by the business for one of the transactions.
ENTER WITHOUT BREAKING: Officers learned several electronics items were stolen from Mother Goose Day Care. The case was forwarded to the detective bureau.
GRAND LARCENY: A female subject advised four pieces of jewelry were missing from her home on Hale Avenue.
PETIT LARCENY: A female reported someone had stolen money from her purse on Peck Street.
PETIT LARCENY: A male subject reported that his phone was taken possibly while another male was visiting his residence on Straley Avenue.


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Years Active: 1976–present
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Years Active: 1976–present
Genres: Jazz Fusion, Contemporary Jazz
David Benoit, (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz fusion/contemporary jazz pianist, composer and producer from Los Angeles, California. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards. In addition to his current smooth jazz career, Benoit is also music director for the Asian American Symphony Orchestra.
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Backwards Conservatism: Feds Routinely Move to Limit State Power
PSN on June 8, 2006 - 9:47am
A new Congressional report by minority staff in the House found that the House and the Senate have voted 57 times in the last five years to preempt state laws and regulations. These votes, the authors declare, make clear "that there exists a wide gulf between the pro-states rhetoric...and the actual legislative record."
Among the votes the reports highlights:
- Passing legislation that would preempt states from regulating sources of air pollution
- Votes to stop states from setting health insurance standards (Progressive States addressed this backwards policy in our May 11th Dispatch.)
- Preempting states standards on contaminated food
- Blocking tougher states laws against Internet "spam"
And the list goes on. The report shows that despite a rhetoric around "federalism", the current conservative-dominated Congress has been extremely hostile to state power, especially when state policy challenged the corporate contributors to rightwing politicians.
These preemptive policies are especially destructive given that while they prohibit state action on issues, they rarely put any real federal protections in place. Americans are best off when state policymakers are empowered to solve problems instead of having their hands tied by the federal government.