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TRAVERSE CITY — The circuit court judge who oversaw all litigation involving Meijer Inc. and Acme Township said the retailer's lead attorney lied under oath.
Thirteenth Circuit Court Judge Philip Rodgers joined Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider in allegations of perjury against Grand Rapids attorney Timothy Stoepker to the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.
"I believe it occurred, and I have an ethical responsibility to report it," Rodgers said.
Stoepker, of Dickinson Wright PLLC, represented Meijer in its dispute with Acme Township over a proposed store on M-72. The Grand Rapids-area retailer individually sued township officials and threatened them with financial ruin. Stoepker was called to testify in a countersuit filed by former Acme Treasurer William Boltres in 2007 over which Rodgers presided.
Asked during the deposition how big a role Meijer played in the two Acme Township elections, court documents said Stoepker responded: "I have no knowledge of that at all."
Investigative materials compiled by Schneider not only indicate Stoepker knew about it but "that he was involved in it," Rodgers said.
Neither Stoepker nor his attorney, Roger Wotila, of Cadillac, responded to requests for comment.
Schneider also sent his allegation of perjury, a felony, to Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth last week after determining Stoepker's testimony took place in Forsyth's jurisdiction.
The perjury allegation is the last possible criminal charge that can be filed after Schneider determined there was not enough evidence to charge Meijer or any of its employees or agents with a misdemeanor related to campaign finance violations. The corporation paid a $190,000 fine to the state, plus more than $4 million to settle lawsuits filed by township officials.
Schneider's evidence of perjury included: a copy of Stoepker's testimony; billing documents; the contract signed by Stoepker when he hired a public relations firm to influence a 2005 election; statements filed by Meijer with the Secretary of State detailing Dickinson Wright's involvement in a 2007 recall election; and a statement from Eileen McNeil, vice president of the public relations firm now known as SeyferthPR.
McNeil's statement, obtained by Schneider through an investigative subpoena, acknowledged Stoepker was her main contact with Meijer as she orchestrated her clandestine election campaigns.
Forsyth's office said it won't determine what to do with the referral until next week, at the earliest.
"We just all of a sudden got this out of the blue," said Chris Becker, chief assistant prosecutor in Kent County. "We just started to look into it."
Denny Rohn, president of Concerned Citizens of Acme Township and a part-time resident of Grand Rapids, said she's not concerned about Meijer's political influence on its home turf.
"It's a simple perjury charge. We know exactly what he said; he lied and should be held accountable," Rohn said. "Some justice should occur in this, and Tim Stoepker was obviously a ringleader and needs to be made accountable for what he did."


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During what now feels like a lost golden age, most North Carolina lawmakers once thought it was a good thing if more people voted. North Carolina was among the nations leaders in making it easier to register and allowing a generous window of time for early voting.
The effects of fostering better voter turnout showed in 2008 when Barack Obama became the first black president in part because of North Carolinas surprising support from new voters.
With Obamas election, the consensus that encouraging maximum participation seemed to evaporate. Republican-controlled state legislatures raised alarms about voter fraud. They began passing laws that make it harder to register and to vote. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University reports that at least 90 bills restricting voting were introduced in 33 states this year. In an encouraging opposing trend, 10 states passed 13 bills that aimed to make it easier for citizens to register and vote.
North Carolina, reversing its leadership on voting access, this year passed one of the most restrictive voting laws in the United States. One major change was reducing the early voting period from 17 days to 10 starting in 2014. Last week a new Brennan Center report said this is exactly the opposite of what states should be doing. The center recommends early voting periods of at least two weeks. It said early voting reduces lines on Election Day, allows more time to correct problems with registration and voting systems and increases access to voting and voter satisfaction.
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Clark University in Worcester, Mass., is a small liberal arts institution in the midst of 11 other colleges and universities. Together, the schools make up the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts. All Clark students can get a WOO card: a pass that grants discounts at area attractions, baseball games and the local ski slope, Wachusett Mountain. Clark students can also ride the free intercampus shuttle to Becker College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Assumption College, Worcester State University and College of the Holy Cross. Students can also hop aboard to get to Worcester Public Library, Worcester Art Museum and the local train and bus station. On campus, Clark students can choose from more than 100 clubs and organizations, but the school does not have a Greek system. The Clark Cougars sports teams compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Freshmen and sophomores must live on campus, and all students are allowed to bring cars. For road trips, Boston is less than an hour's drive away; New York City is a three-hour trip. Students can explore more than 50 study abroad options after declaring a major, and about one-third of Clark students participate.
Research is a particular focus for students at Clark University. Undergraduates are encouraged to get involved, and students showcase their work each semester during Fall Fest and Academic Spree Day. The school's research expertise is a century-long tradition; on campus in 1909, Sigmund Freud gave his famous Clark Lectures about psychoanalysis, and university researchers have been responsible for discoveries that led to the birth control pill and the formula for the wind-chill factor. Notable alumni of Clark University include Matthew Goldman, cofounder of the performance art Blue Man Group; Hugh Panero, former CEO of XM Satellite Radio; Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles; and Padma Lakshmi, host of Bravo's "Top Chef."
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TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas' all-Republican congressional delegation split over legislation raising the federal debt ceiling and ending the partial shutdown of the federal government, with Sen. Jerry Moran and Rep. Lynn Jenkins supporting it.
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas' all-Republican congressional delegation split over legislation raising the federal debt ceiling and ending the partial shutdown of the federal government, with Sen. Jerry Moran and Rep. Lynn Jenkins supporting it.
Sen. Pat Roberts, who faces a tea party challenge in the GOP primary to his re-election next year, voted against the measure Wednesday, citing as one reason its failure to delay parts of the federal health care overhaul championed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Reps. Tim Huelskamp, Mike Pompeo and Kevin Yoder also voted no.
The Kansans in Congress had consistently criticized the 2010 federal health care law, particularly amid the glitches plaguing this month's opening of the federally run online insurance marketplace for Kansas. They also said Democrats were unwilling to negotiate on budget issues.
But Moran and Jenkins, who represents the 2nd District of eastern Kansas, followed other top Republican congressional leaders in backing the measure, which Obama signed late Wednesday. Jenkins is a member of the House GOP leadership team, and Moran is chairman of Senate Republicans' campaign committee.
Moran, who doesn't face re-election until 2016, said the president and Congress missed an opportunity to cut spending and tackle the long-term costs of entitlement programs but called the legislation a "good-faith deal."
"I share Kansans' frustration with Washington's habit of crisis-to-crisis governing," Moran said.
Jenkins so far faces the most spirited re-election challenge for 2014 of any Kansan in the U.S. House. Democratic opponent Margie Wakefield, a Lawrence attorney, had suggested Jenkins was doing nothing to end the shutdown.
Jenkins expressed misgivings that the legislation is a short-term fix. It finances the federal government through Jan. 15 and allows normal borrowing through Feb. 7.
But she added in a statement, "I didn't come to Congress to shut things down; I came here to get things done."
Roberts is being challenged in the GOP primary by Dr. Milton Wolf, a Leawood radiologist known in tea party circles for vocal criticism of the federal health care overhaul.
Roberts also is a vocal critic of the health care law, but Wolf has criticized him for voting in 2009 to confirm Kathleen Sebelius, a former two-term Kansas governor, as U.S. health and human services secretary. Roberts started calling last week for Sebelius to resign.
Roberts also said the budget deal doesn't address "out-of-control" federal spending.
Huelskamp, Pompeo and Yoder gave similar reasons for voting against the deal. Pompeo, representing the 4th District of south-central Kansas, described his vote as a vote against "unlimited government spending."
Yoder, representing the 3rd District in the Kansas City area, said: "While I was never in favor of the government shutdown, I also believe that putting us in this same exact situation early next year does nothing to solve our problems."
Huelskamp, a tea party favorite from the sprawling 1st District of western and central Kansas, lashed out at fellow Republicans who criticized tea party-aligned lawmakers over their tactics. Huelskamp said they succumbed to Democratic "fear-mongering" and spent more time attacking conservatives than "actually fighting Obamacare."
"It is easy to sum up this deal — the political Establishment in Washington wins, and real Americans lose," Huelskamp said in a statement.


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The Nebraska Department of Revenue's Net Taxable Sales Report, comparing July 2012 to July 2011, shows Cass County with a 3.3% sales decrease to $10,147,181. In the Plattsmouth city limits, July sales were down 1.2% to $4,700,354.
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Local action led to river bill's passage, naming of section after John Graves
By LOUISE MOORE
As we said goodbye to John Alexander Graves III on Aug. 10 in Fort Worth at the age of 92, we are reminded that he was ageless. His legacy, as the author of "Goodbye to a River," "Hardscrabble Farm" and other works, lifts him beyond the ordinary and endears him forever to the hearts of his fellow Texans.
The history of the Brazos River, the famed "Rio de los Brazos de Dios" (so named by Spanish explorers as "The River of the Arms of God") is the stuff of legends. John Graves appreciated its lore and beauty and wrote lovingly of its lure. The Brazos River imprints our souls. We grew up on its banks swimming, fishing, and dreaming. Today, new generations still flock to the river to camp, picnic, float on tubes, canoe, fish, and for a renewal of spirit.
We owe John Graves a debt of deep gratitude for capturing that spirit, crafting a story for all to read. The Weatherford Democrat newspaper article noting John Graves' passing recently stated, in tribute, that the State of Texas passed Senate Bill 1354 that halted the operators of rock quarries that were polluting the river.
The 79th Texas Legislature did pass the bill June 17, 2005, designating a portion of the river from Possum Kingdom Lake Dam to Lake Granbury as the "John Graves Scenic Riverway." The Legislature also established a pilot program for enhanced protection of the watershed threatened by quarry activities.
This success was preceded by hard work, long hours and private and public funding by a group of Texans who love the Brazos and were angered by its destruction. Complaints of river pollution began in 2003 and the Brazos River Conservation Coalition was formed in 2004 in the Mountain River Community on the Brazos near Soda Springs. This organization began a campaign of letter writing, telephone calls and on-site presentations with local, state and federal officials to document the visible damage to the river. Friends of the Brazos, another river advocate group, soon joined forces. This was a grassroots effort, funded in part by a $5 membership fee along with private and public donations.


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Saturday, May 03, 2003Valparaiso, Ind. - Marc Boggio's walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Valpo to a 5-4 Mid-Continent Conference victory over Western Illinois. The Crusaders split the doubleheader as the Leathernecks came back to win the second game 3-2. In Valpo's victory, Sean Peickert had two doubles and two RBIs, and Tom Starck struck out 10 batters in 8 innings.
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FORT GIBSON – Words were hard to come by for the Fort Gibson Lady Tigers.
The smiles said it all.
But a happy Sanya Januszweski tried to gather her thoughts after her and the Lady Tigers defeated Piedmont 2-0 in the Class 4A girls state semifinals at Leo Donahue Tiger Stadium on Tuesday night.
"I'm so proud of my team," the junior striker said. "We've just worked so hard for this. I'm sorry. I'm speechless. This feels so unreal."
The Lady Tigers, ranked No. 2 in the final Okrankings.com poll, improved to 12-1 for the season and will play defending state champion Verdigris (12-3) for the state championship at 6 p.m. Saturday at the University of Tulsa. It's Fort Gibson's first time to the finals in school history.
Januszweski and junior forward Brooke Benham scored the Lady Tigers' goals, both in the first half in sending Piedmont home for the season at 14-3.
Fort Gibson coach Jamie Snyder was mobbed by her team in the middle of the field after the game. She was feeling bittersweet.
"I didn't say a lot about it, but our starting sweeper (Shelby Nichols) broke her ankle Sunday in a tournament. She's been our defensive captain all year long," Snyder said. "I kept telling the girls why we were so good was because of our depth.
"I had several freshmen on the field tonight in big-time situations. I told Sarah (Nichols, a freshman striker) that she was playing this for her sister and she was huge for us."
Januszweski scored the first goal with 13:17 left in the first half. Less than four minutes later, Benham took a throw-in from Raelee Waltman and scored the second goal on a header with 9:26 remaining.
"This is amazing, the best feeling in my life," Benham said outside the locker room. "We got up 2-0 and I thought we had it in the bag. I knew we could shut them down."
As a team, the Lady Tigers were clearly the aggressor with 10 shots on goal to four for Piedmont in the first half. Fort Gibson had 11 shots on goal for the game to Piedmont's 10 with Kyndra Johnson in the net for the Lady Tigers.
Jordan Raymor and Gabby Escamilla joined Benham with two shots on goal each.
Piedmont came back with six shots on goal in the second half, but none of them found the net. Kylie Pyle had three in the game and two in the second half.
"Our second half wasn't as great as the first half, but we played safely," Benham said.
Verdigris beat Harrah 3-0 in the other semifinal on Tuesday.
Santa Fe South 2,
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Unfortunately, the Tigers couldn't match the girls' success after being knocked out by the Saints in the semifinals to end the season at 11-2.
Austin Ford's goal with 22:39 left in the game cut the Tigers' deficit to 2-1, but coach Todd Friend's squad couldn't get close to tie the game.
"We tried our hardest," Ford said. "It's a lot harder to come from behind than just flat-out playing. I tried my hardest to put one in the back of the net, but sometimes it just doesn't click.
"It wasn't a bad year but it would've been better if we had made the finals."
The No. 2 Tigers had eight shots on goal in the game, six of them in the second half. Ford had two shots on goal in the second half and received an yellow card with 12:01 left in the physical game. Johan Chavez also had two shots on goal.
The No. 7 Saints (13-3), a state finalist last season, had 10 shots on goal for the game including six in the first half.
Edgar Moreno's penalty kick with 6:04 left in the first half and Paul Incorvaia's goal with 28:39 left in the game accounted for the Saints' scoring.
Friend said he thought there was a foul on Santa Fe South before the penalty kick, but it wasn't called.
"To get a free goal like that in a big game like that, it's disappointing," he said. "Sometimes that happens. But the boys played hard. I can't take anything away from their heart. They were all in and that's what you ask for. We just came up a little bit short."


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By Matt Goisman
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McALESTER — Many McAlester Lady Buffaloes talk about the tight bonds within their softball team. But with the Lady Buffs, those bonds often last beyond the final game of the fall, as many of those same softball players go on to play for McAlester's basketball team in the winter.
Along with several underclassmen, the list of McAlester softball-basketball players includes juniors Vhitney Garner and April Calistro and seniors Baylee Dawkins, Stacey Washington and Ariana Garner, Vhitney's older sister.
"We hang out together as a team all the time," Ariana said Tuesday. "We have bonfires and stuff and try to relax as much as we can."
Ariana and Vhitney started playing softball at a young age. Ariana said her father, Steve Garner, would frequently take his two daughters outside to practice.
"He always wanted us to play sports because he never did in high school," Ariana said.
"When we were little, we liked it, because we felt like we were getting a lot of attention from our parents."
Both Steve and his wife Blanca still come to watch their kids play, Ariana said. Ariana started playing competitive softball with the Boys & Girls Club, then joined the junior high team at Puterbaugh.
She made McAlester's varsity as a sophomore. The Lady Buffs reached the state semifinals that year.
"I was kind of nervous," Ariana said of her first season. "It was when Rayna (Smith) and Rachel (Bernhardt) and all of them were seniors, so it was scary."
Both Garners made the varsity that year, and they've played together every year since. Vhitney's a junior and Ariana's a senior, and Ariana said few of their teammates know the Garners' styles the way they know each other.
"People don't think it is, but it's a lot of fun," Ariana said. "Vhitney, when I'm batting, she can tell me how I swung wrong, and I can tell her. It's the same way in basketball."
Ariana said she's always played third base, this year serving as backup third baseman to Calistro. Ariana's played in nine games this fall, her best being a Sept. 7 game at Tulsa Memorial in which she went 1-for-2, driving in a run and scoring two more.
"I like being able to see the ball and getting to be involved a lot in the plays," Ariana said of third base. She called Calistro "one of my best friends," but also described softball and basketball teammate Washington the same way.
"If she sees me down, she's really good at picking me back up if I make a mistake, and I feel like I'm the same way with her," Ariana said of Calistro.
As a basketball player, Ariana plays guard. She said her softball and basketball positions compliment each other because both positions demand good footwork.
Now a senior, Ariana finds herself in the same role she looked up to as a sophomore. Those seniors made her transition to the varsity easier, she said, and now she's the one trying to make it easier.
"That's kind of our responsibility now," Ariana said. "The freshmen depend on us."
Though Ariana still has the winter to look forward to, her final softball season is quickly drawing to a close. After graduating, she said she plans to go to college, possibly at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, and then become an X-ray technician.
"I want to attend UCO because it's still a small school and the classes aren't too big," Ariana said. "I want to become an X-ray tech because they make really good money."
Ariana said she might have transfer from UCO to a school like the University of Oklahoma to finish her studies. That wouldn't be so bad, as she said her favorite softball team is OU, her favorite player former OU pitching stud Keilani Ricketts.
When not playing for the Lady Buffs, Ariana spends time with McAlester High School's Native American Club — her mother is Mexican, her father Choctaw — and Oklahoma's Promise. She's also played for the Future Stars AAU basketball team in McAlester and worked at the Bahama Dawn's snowcone shack in Tandy Town.
Ariana said she'd like to spend some time living in a bigger city like Tulsa, but eventually return here to raise a family.
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Howard Greninger
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Police officers, with full arrest powers, will be stationed inside all Terre Haute schools starting as early as April 1, officials for the city and the Vigo County School Corp. announced Monday.
The action can be taken upon approval of the Vigo County School Board, which approved the matter Monday night.
Currently, Terre Haute North Vigo High School and Terre Haute South Vigo High School have full-time officers at the schools, but that leaves 12 other city schools without a police presence, said Terre Haute Police Chief John Plasse.
"There has been no active shooter incident in any school in the U.S. that has had an armed officer present," Plasse said. "I hope that trend continues and if we enact this security measure, we would do what I think is best for all the schools in the city."
The annual cost is $353,000, with the Vigo County School Corp. paying about half at $176,000.
The city of Terre Haute will pay the rest, largely funded this year through a seized asset fund, said Mayor Duke Bennett.
Earlier this month, Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing announced he would seek funding from the Vigo County Council to place an armed officer in all schools in the county. For that, the Vigo School Corp. would pay $135,000, with the county matching an additional $135,000. The Vigo County Council will not vote on that measure until March.
"Many of the attackers stop their attack when officers arrive on scene, but we can't afford to wait for that response, I don't think," Plasse said. "Active shooter incidents are usually over in a matter of minutes, but seconds count when there is no defense for an active shooter," he said.
"By implementing this measure, a trained law enforcement officer will be there to deter any would-be attacker and also to confront them head-on should they decide to do something," Plasse said.
Officers will also have radios, allowing them to immediately contact the county's central dispatch center for a quicker police response, Plasse said.
The officers would be off-duty or retired officers from the city, as well as any other police agency in the area, such as West Terre Haute.
Superintendent Danny Tanoos, along with school board members Paul Lockhart, Pat Sheehan and Jackie Lower, voiced support of the police in the schools. Tanoos also had principals from all 12 schools that are currently without officers present at a news conference Monday at the school corporation administrative building at Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue
"We know with a police car outside the school, it is a deterrent. We also know with an armed officer, whether it is a male or female officer inside the building, they will be prepared to deal with many types of things," Tanoos said.
"Not only an active shooter, but you have to think about the number of times calls come to a school over a domestic dispute," Tanoos said.
Lockhart said he thinks the plan "is something that will provide long-term security, safety and comfort" to students, staff and people visiting the schools. Sheehan, a retired school principal, said a police officer in a building changes "the whole atmosphere of the building and that of people coming into the building," he said.
Bennett said the city's budget is tight, adding the city will use seized asset funds this year. Next year, Bennett will build in the expense of the officers into the city's police department budget, likely funded from several sources other than property taxes, including possible state and federal grants.
"We never assume something could happen in Terre Haute, but I am sure the people in Sandy Hook never thought it would happen at their schools. Anything can happen at anytime, we know that," Bennett said. "There is a price tag to this, but there is really no price you can put on a kid. I think we all agree and feel that way and [we] will make this work," he said. "I think we are being proactive, not reactive," the mayor added.
On Dec. 14, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot and killed 20 children and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Lanza had shot and killed his mother, Nancy, at their Newtown home prior to the shooting at the school. Lanza fatally shot himself after police arrived at the school.
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For a while, a U.S. attack on Syria seemed inevitable. Now, in one of those rapid turns typical of Middle East events, it appears avoidable. President Obama should seize the opportunity to step back from the brink by accepting a diplomatic solution brokered by Russia with Syria.
Under the deal, Syria promises to destroy its tons of chemical weapons in return for an agreement that the United States will not go through with plans to punish Syria with cruise missile strikes. The strikes were proposed as an answer to Syrian President Bashar Assads apparent decision to use chemical weapons on his own people. Assad blames Syrian rebels for use of the banned weapons, but his guilt and his punishment must now be secondary to avoiding further chemical attacks and keeping the United States out of the Syrian civil war.
Obama has agreed to work with the United Nations to review the proposal, which calls for Syria to allow the international community to take control of and eventually destroy its chemical weapons stockpile. The deal will not resolve the civil war that has caused the deaths of more than 100,000 Syrians and sent a wave of refugees into neighboring nations. But it is more likely to move the conflict closer to peace than choosing to launch missile strikes and triggering unknown consequences.
The proposal lets the United States step back without the loss of credibility that so worried Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain. And it gives Russia a chance to play an unfamiliar productive and peaceful role that may help improve relations between Russia and the United States on other issues. Obama was to address the Syrian issue in a speech Tuesday night in which he originally planned to make the case for military action. Now his options include one that is hopeful rather than ominous.
Its significant that this sudden outbreak of diplomacy comes amid the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. It offers a measure of how America has changed its view on military action since the attacks sparked a widespread desire to lash out at the base of the terrorists Afghanistan or a possible future source of an attack: Iraq. After long years of deep losses and little lasting progress in both nations, Americans have grown weary of wars that cost so much in U.S. casualties, treasure and prestige. And theyve grown to know the limits of modern military force in pacifying and improving poor nations divided by ancient hatreds. Polls show a deep opposition to involving the United States in the Syrian civil war.
At first, Obama a president elected in part because of his opposition to the Iraq War seemed to don the mantle of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. He declared that, with its use of chemical weapons, Syria had crossed a red line that he first drew in an offhand remark only to reassert it as a kind of doctrine. Like Bush and Cheney, Obama seemed willing to fire first and consider the effects later.
But then the president made an unexpected and it now seems crucial decision to first seek the approval of Congress. Some said his convoluted reasoning for an attack and his delayed approach to carrying it out looked like confusion and lack of conviction. Perhaps it was both. But maybe there was also a design to his dithering, a protracted rattling of sabers that allowed time for a diplomatic option to emerge.
Now it has. There should be no dithering in taking it up. There is much the United States can do to help the tormented people of Syria without missiles. One major assist would be allowing for the confiscation and disposal of chemical weapons that left in the hands of Assad or the rebels could further harm them.


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The best way to monitor your dog's diabetes is with home blood glucose testing, which is a lot easier to do than you might think!
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This type of testing gives you the most information about your dog's blood glucose levels and is the only way to determine at home whether his blood sugar level is too low. In addition to checking your dog's blood sugar when you are concerned about it, you can complete blood glucose curves at home to assess how well balanced your dog's food and insulin are.
A CURVE is a simple series of blood glucose checks. Start just before you feed and inject your dog by checking the blood sugar with a meter. Then check the blood sugar again every hour or two hours until the next meal and injection, longer if possible.
This is a sample of a good curve—the blood sugar stays in a narrow range between 100 and 200 mg/dL.
People who have diabetes monitor their blood sugar with a small portable meter that tests a tiny drop of blood for the amount of glucose it contains. You can use the same meters to test your dog, with some comparisons and possibly adjustments to the readings to account for some differences between the blood cells of dogs and people. There are also meters that are pre-adjusted for dogs to reflect the average difference. However, since your dog may not fit the average and these meters are much more expensive to purchase and use, we recommend starting home blood glucose testing with a regular meter set for humans. The meter itself is often free or nearly free after a rebate. The test strips, which are the long-term cost of home testing, are much less expensive for the meters people use. Once you are proficient at home testing, you can always transition to an animal-adjusted meter if you are not satisfied with your results using a regular one.
Meters that have been frequently and successfully used to test a dog's blood sugar include the OneTouch Ultra, Ascensia Contour, Freestyle, and Precision Xtra.
In addition to purchasing these meters and test strips at pharmacies, they can be ordered online, often at better prices. One online pharmacy that has proven to be dependable and reasonably priced is hocks.com, where you can also purchase insulin, syringes, and urine test strips.
AlphaTrak (also available online from Amazon and many of the pet retailers), is an animal-adjusted meters that has been calibrated to more closely approximate a dog's blood sugar. There are a few other animal-adjusted meters available but AlphaTrak is the only one recommended for use at K9diabetes.com.
Regardless of which type of meter you choose, you should have a handful of comparisons done between your meter's readings and a lab analyzer. You can have your vet draw blood and put a drop of that blood on a strip in your meter or you can test your dog's blood sugar with your meter during the vet visit. This comparison will tell you how close your meter's readings are to lab values.
There is no way to know in advance how close your meter will be.
There is considerable variation dog to dog and meter to meter and the readings your meter gives can be anywhere from equal to lab values to slightly different (usually lower) to significantly different (again, usually your meter will give lower readings than the lab).
In Chris' case, the OneTouch Ultra gave the most accurate readings for the meters we tried. In his case, the OneTouch Ultra is a reliable average of 30 points lower than lab values, with the range of individual values being between 15 and 45. We have been using this meter since 2004 with excellent results and have performed all of his curves since we began home testing.
This chart shows comparisons made by testing Chris with different meters on a single sample of blood where the OneTouch Ultra was compared to the animal-adjusted AlphaTrak.
Again, it's important to understand that you will have to test your meter with your dog to know how accurate it is for you.
Even if your meter readings are quite a bit different than lab values, a meter tells you one thing that no other testing or monitoring tool can—when your dog's blood sugar is low. If your dog is trembling, stumbling, or antsy, for example—some common signs of a dog with low blood sugar—you can test to find out for sure. It provides the security of KNOWING what your dog's blood sugar is when needed.
Where to Test
When testing a dog's blood sugar with a meter, there are a few different places you can test:
Upper lip – You can use the inside, outside, or edge of the upper lip. Sounds painful? Actually, dogs have very few nerves in that area and they generally have no problem with being tested there. Chris is tested on the inside upper lip on both sides of his nose, usually about a half an inch in from the edge of the lip around the vicinity of the canine tooth. Click here to see videos of Chris and Starz being tested on the lip. This location is most often used with medium to large dogs but can also be used with small dogs. A lancing device usually works well here.
Back at base of tail – This is the place we see most small dogs being tested. You can shave a small patch of skin so that the fur won't interrupt the bead of blood and a very thin layer of Vaseline on the skin will allow the blood to bead nicely. For this spot, you may need to use a lance freehand rather than in a pen-type lancing device. Click here for a tutorial on how to test at the base of the tail.
Elbow callous – For medium to large dogs with a callous on the elbow, this is a popular place to test. Usually the skin will be too thick to use a lancing pen so you will probably have to use the lance freehand.
Ear – Vets often suggest the ear for testing but generally it's not the easiest place to obtain a drop of blood from a dog. It works well with cats, which have a strong supply of blood vessels in the margin of the ear. It can be done with some dogs but usually isn't the best place to start.
Videos and tutorials for these methods are available on the Videos page.
Urine Testing
A less informative way to measure your dog's average blood sugar over a few hours at a time is urine testing. Glucose spills into the urine whenever the level in the blood rises above about 180 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). Inexpensive strips called Diastix and Ketodiastix can be purchased at a pharmacy. You then can collect a little urine (a soup ladle works well for this and you don't need very much at all; in fact, you can insert the test strip directly into the stream of urine if your dog is cooperative) and test it with the strip, checking the color change that indicates how much glucose is in your dog's urine.
For a brief description of Keto-Diastix, made by Bayer, click here.
Urine testing is not very precise because it doesn't tell you anything about how long your dog's blood sugar was below the 180 mg/dL threshold. Also, there isn't a direct correlation between the reading on the strip and your dog's blood sugar at the moment. The bladder collects excess sugar from the blood over however many hours it has been since your dog last emptied her bladder. Plus there is lag time between high levels of blood sugar and that sugar being flushed into the urine.
Urine testing is most useful as an inexpensive way to monitor a dog whose blood sugar levels are already controlled. You can catch a loss of good blood sugar control by testing urine.
The fact that the urine strips can't tell you anything about blood sugar below 180 mg/dL is a significant limitation. If you dog's diabetes is well controlled so that the blood sugar is nearly always below that threshold, he will always have a negative urine test. And there is no way to distinguish whether his blood sugar is 150 or 45. So you have no way of knowing if your dog's blood sugar is going too low using strictly urine testing.
The least technical and least detailed way is simply to observe your dog's behavior and monitor his weight. The excessive thirst and resulting need to urinate that characterize uncontrolled diabetes subsides once you start giving insulin and, when the insulin dose is adequate, your dog will be able to maintain a stable weight and look and feel healthy.
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NORMAN — House Speaker T.W. Shannon today announced his appointments to a commission that will address Capitol repairs and the long-term management of state assets. Those appointments include Norman Chamber of Commerce President and CEO John Woods.
The Long Range Capitol Planning Commission was recreated with a new mission by Shannon's House Bill 1910, which was signed into law this year. Under the new law, the commission will be responsible for developing a pay-as-you-go plan to repair the Oklahoma State Capitol and an eight-year plan for the management of state assets.
Woods will serve a three-year term on the commission. Prior to joining the Norman Chamber, Woods worked at the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
"John Woods will bring a business and community perspective to the commission," Shannon said. "He also brings his experience of working with legislative leaders to the commission. I am highly confident in his abilities and judgment."
Chesapeake Oilfield Services CEO Jerry Winchester will serve a one-year term. As the chief executive of the second-largest producer of U.S. natural gas, he is a good fit for the oversight of state assets, Shannon said.
"Jerry Winchester will bring decades of business experience to the management of state assets and I could not be more pleased to find him willing and ready to serve on the commission," said Shannon, R-Lawton.
Former Rep. Tad Jones, the current executive director of the Grand Lake Association, will serve a two-year term. Jones served in various leadership roles during his time in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, including the role of majority floor leader.
"Representative Tad Jones was a key figure in the House during his long service to the citizens of Oklahoma and I think his experience in working with state legislators and state agencies will serve the commission well," Shannon said.
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McLEAN, Va., April 6, 2006 — The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency) Board today heard a report by the Agency's Office of Regulatory Policy on economic and banking issues that affect the Farm Credit System (FCS or System), agriculture, and rural America. The report reviewed U.S. economic indicators including the gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, agricultural trade, and farm policy issues.
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But for the Ship Bottom Fire Department, the storm took an even heavier toll: about $400,000 worth of equipment lost.
Island volunteer fire departments - which have faced hurdles in the past decade thanks to a reduction in the year-round island population as real estate prices skyrocketed - have held on and are credited with countless rescues during the height of the storm.
On Saturday night, it was time for the community to give back.
Crowds packed the Surf City Fire Company building on Long Beach Boulevard to hear a number of bands perform for 10 hours straight - from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. - in support of the neighboring Ship Bottom company.
The "Sandy Blows" concert, which requested a donation of $10 per person to enter, became a standing-room-only event with a line spilling out the door and wrapping around the corner of North 8th Street and Long Beach Boulevard.
The event featured popular locals acts including Eleven:Eleven, Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns, and Chevy Lopez.
"When we were kids growing up, we would see those island newspapers, and we were so envious of all the great bands that played there and all the great venues. And finally we got a chance to play them and our names were in those papers," said John Kern, guitarist and lead singer of Shorty Long. "This community embraced us, and we can't turn our backs on them in their time of need."
Shorty Long is one of the island's most popular acts, performing frequently at the Surf City Hotel and The Shell, as well as an annual free concert in Ship Bottom.
"We just want to see LBI, and the rest of the Jersey Shore communities whole again," Kern said.
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Two local defense firms have been awarded a total of $23.5 million in contracts they say will keep their local workforces busy through next year.
And a third, Concurrent Technologies Corp., is one of 14 contractors across the globe picked to exclusively bid for up to $49 million in work supporting a Naval Surface Warfare Center division over the next three years.
Kongsberg Protech Systems USA, CTC and its subsidiary, Enterprise Ventures Corp., said the new work will sustain jobs for hundreds of local workers combined, with the fledgling Enterprise Ventures company expecting several more jobs will likely be added to its 15-employee workforce.
At $18.3 million, it's Enterprise's largest contract yet, President David A. Schario said.
It calls for the company to build 12 more Carriage, Stream, Tow and Recovery Systems for the MH-60 combat/search and rescue helicopter.
It will enable the copters to search for, retrieve or deactivate underwater mine threats.
The system is deployed from underneath the helicopter, allowing it to do the work without putting crew members in harm's way, Schario added.
This is Enterprise Ventures' second contract for the components since May, and both combined will keep its crew busy for four years, he said.
Kongsberg will receive nearly $5.2 million from the Army to add M134 miniguns to its Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station – an armored, joystick-controlled system mounted on the Humvee and other vehicles.
Army soldiers will be able to fire the electrically powered machine gun from inside the cab of the heavily armored vehicles, Kongsberg's Johnstown general manager, Greg Platt, said.
Once in production, it will be the fifth weapon operating within the CROWS system, he said.
Kongsberg employs 186 people locally, and many will be busy through 2013 because of the new contract, Platt said.
CTC's deal is more of a "vehicle" for ongoing work, CEO Ed Sheehan Jr. said.
Also through the Naval Surface Warfare Center, CTC will be eligible for millions in work to provide research and development for the division's Crane radar, energy and power systems, among others, he added.
That could pave the way for additional jobs within CTC's 800-employee local workforce, he added.
All three awards were announced at Johnstown Area Regional Industries' Richland-based business development center.
"There are a lot of opportunities coming our way – and they are competitive contracts," JARI President Linda Thomson said. "It's great to see that kind of work coming here."
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Pros – Was once a rewarding place to work staffed with numerous great engineers.
Cons – The new corporate model no longer stresses engineering. It's all about perception and image. No clear career path. Appears to promote based upon blind loyalty rather than competence.
Advice to Senior Management – When was the last time the company was recognized for a great engineering achievement? Refocus on the engineering aspect of the business and less time spent wanting to be liked.
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Pros – The people that work there are awesome.( Co workers)
Cons – Senior Management, Human Resources are awful to deal with. Senior Management only care about the fake awards, fake "new" remodeling of the home office. The HR group walk around like divas, bath mouth employees, gossip and don't respond in a timely manner when it comes to inquiries. I am afraid to ask a question based on past experiences. The company activities do feel forced and awkward. There are few lead women or minorities in upper management. Senior Management actually discourages other executive management with interacting with regular employees.
Advice to Senior Management – You care more about what is going into your personal pockets that you have lost sight of your employees which are the core of your success. Not once have they thanked us for helping make the company progress during some lean times. Interact with all of your employees, not just your engineers or your "yes" people.
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Pros – My team members and my work.
Cons – Senior Management and HR are self- serving. Stable, really? In the past year, several senior associate engineers, a majority of the partners have left/retired from the company, CFO's have not lasted past 2 years in the past 5 years, you do the math. Top Management is only interested in helping themselves. HR has recently managed to recruit inept individuals. New training programs for a select few, not all staff. A summer hours program that is laughable. Some departments are held accountable for making sure that staff follow the guidelines, others not so much. The new office space that is kept meticulously clean, while the inner workings of the company remain old and as predictable as they pretend not to be. They claim to be progressive but remain in the stone age.
Advice to Senior Management – Have your human resources department comport themselves in a professional manner. If we ask questions about our benefits, or need assistance with acquiring information. Please don't give me a dirty look, attitude and tell me that I should already have had the information. Obviously I am asking you because I don't have it anymore. That is why we come to you for help. Oh and by the way, I am not the only employee that has felt the wrath of actually asking a question and being dismissed.
COO, CEO if you are really vested in making your company be progressive, you have to walk the walk. Saying that you are progressive does not make it a fact.
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Pros – Good team members to work with
Cons – HR, CEO COO - Senior Management. Salaries are not fair, Women Associate Engineers get paid less than male junior engineers. Senior Management does not care about employees. They will only promote those that are "yes" people, irregardless of experience. Benefits are lacking. COO cares more about the facade of the main office, instead of its core - employees. HR department won't help out easily when asked about insurance or benefit issues/questions. Once you have elected to leave the company, they will not give you an exit interview, blame all problems, bad mouth you to client or other workers. Whomever is writing reviews that work/life balance is awesome is not a senior engineer with project management duties. They will be required to work 80 hours wk, weekends and on your "free time" handle business development initiatives, committee work.
Advice to Senior Management – If they care - ask your employees about the company. listen to them and take action. reward, praise and review your benefits. They are appalling
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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Pros – work life balance is adequate
Cons – Senior management care more about how the company looks as opposed to being an employee driven company. Employee morale is low, little to no appreciation. Agree with that they shun ex-employees. HR Department is useless, you ask questions and the senior members, sigh and sometimes tell you that they are too busy to help out. Exasperating to day the least.
Advice to Senior Management – Provide growth to all employee's, listen ... ask questions. You are working inefficiently when the Senior Management cares about money and money alone, the little guy or gal gets lost.
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St. Lawrence breaks ground on expansion projectSt. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lawrenceville broke ground last month for its church expansion and office renovation. After an evening prayer service, church members gathered outside for the ground breaking. The Rev. Albert Jowdy, St. Lawrence's pastor, and Deacon Patrick Fagan, chair of the parish's building renovation committee, each turned over a shovelful of dirt at the construction site. The present church building, erected in 1987, seats 450. The renovation plan will increase seating to 900 to better serve the parish, which includes 3,000 households. A simultaneous office renovation will provide pastoral offices, a parish hall, nursery, restrooms, vestry and meeting space surrounding an open-air courtyard. St. Lawrence was founded in 1963 and was the first Catholic community in Gwinnett County. The church is located at 319 Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville. Baptist church turns 125 Snellville First Baptist Church celebrated its 125th anniversary on Aug. 12. The church opened its doors as the Darien Baptist Church in 1882 - 38 years before the city of Snellville itself was chartered. The name was changed to Snellville Baptist Church the following year, and then to First Baptist Church of Snellville in 1975. Over the span of 125 years, 21 men have served as senior pastor at the church. The church has grown from seven charter members to 8,858 members in 2006. The first church building, a frame structure, served the church until 1952, when a stone chapel was finished. The current sanctuary was completed in 1978. The church broke ground on a $3.1 million Children's Building this summer. Art gallery to host benefit for outreach group Mason Murer Fine Art will host a benefit for Rising Star Outreach mission group from 7 to 10 p.m. today. The benefit will feature artwork from the Bharatipuram Leprosy Colony in Tamil Nadu, India. The event will also include performances from Broadway performers Shaun Parry and Sarah Jane Everman, as well as Indian cuisine. Artwork from the Bindu School of Art will be on display and available for purchase. The art gallery is located at 199 Armour Drive in Atlanta. Alpharetta-based Rising Star Outreach works to help leprosy colonies become self-sufficient communities. For more information, visit www.risingstaroutreach.org.
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