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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Downtown Development Authority officials will meet Friday to stew over what, if any, recommendation to make to city commissioners on where food trucks might peddle their fare in the downtown district.
About 80 people crowded a DDA session this week to hear where things stand on a possible ordinance to govern mobile food units and what role the DDA may have in that process
City officials asked the DDA to weigh in on where it thinks food trucks should be permitted downtown. After discussing it at their January meeting, the DDA decided to solicit public input
Most of those who spoke were restaurant owners who oppose food trucks downtown. Peter Makin, owner of Brilliant Books, said food trucks tend to operate only in the summer and take business away from established eateries that pay hefty costs to stay in business and rely on higher summer volume to counter the lean off season.
"We have all these costs associated with having a brick and mortar business that we have to have and I love to supply, and I'm not complaining," said Randy Waclawski, co-owner of The Dish. "I just want the playing field to be even."
Wally Green, owner of the Green House Cafe, said he agreed with other restaurant owners who don't want food trucks close to their businesses.
"All we're doing is cutting up pieces of the pie and allowing people to come in and make money during the summer," he said. "It's not fair."
Longtime downtown Traverse City businessman and property owner Bruce Rogers said it would be a mistake to ban food trucks. Instead, he recommended they be concentrated in an area near the river — a concept that capitalizes on what he said is an underutilized asset and is similar to one he saw thriving in a European city.
"You need to limit it to one place," he said. "I believe it's an opportunity and I think you can think about it if you do it right."
Simon Joseph, owner of the Roaming Harvest food truck and currently the only permit holder for a food truck in Traverse City, said allowing food trucks gives entrepreneurs a chance to develop their products and brand before taking the leap into a fixed location.
He's also involved in a group called TC Street Food, which has garnered a Facebook following since it was launched a few weeks ago. A petition favoring food trucks downtown has more than 500 signatures, he said.
And banning food trucks hasn't worked in other communities, he added. City Attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht already said such moves have been challenged around the country; banning competition with existing businesses is not reason enough to disallow them, efforts elsewhere show.
DDA Board members John Di Giacomo, Leah McCallum-Bagdon and Rick Korndorfer comprised a committee to examine the issue. Di Giacomo and McCallum-Bagdon developed a proposal that would prohibit mobile food units along Front Street between Boardman and Union, and within 20 feet of any intersection.
Korndorfer said he had "some more reservations than they do."
"I do own downtown property and I know how difficult it is for those small retailers to make a living," he said. "I know the food truck people are anxious to have this happen, but the reality is you heard every one of those merchants that was a food vendor from downtown had reservations. They weren't in favor of it and I'm not going to turn my back on them."
Board Chair Stephen Constantin met with DDA staff Wednesday to prep for Friday's meeting.
"What we're going to try to do on Friday is the idea of giving the DDA board something to work with rather than just the one (proposal) that had been presented ...," Constantin said. "That one is going to be there and we didn't feel that was the only one."


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Situated in Burbank, this motel is close to NBC Studios, Warner Brothers Studio, and Walt Disney Studios. Local attractions also include Universal Studios Hollywood® and Hollywood Sign.
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Lake Forest's Matt Grevers will be making his second appearance at the Olympics competing in men's swimming. The Northwestern graduate will be looking to improve on his 2008 silver medal performance in the backstroke.
Grevers will begin his competition in the 100m backstroke. His competition will begin with the preliminaries on Sunday at 11 a.m. London time or 5 a.m. here. Should Grevers advance to the semifinals, they will also be Sunday at 10:25 p.m. in London and 4:25 p.m. in Chicago. The top eight times in the semifinals will advance to the finals Monday at 7:56 p.m. in London time or 1:56 p.m. here.
Grevers will be part of the 4x100 freestyle relay along with Cullen Jones, Nathan Adrian and Ricky Berens. The group will compete in the preliminaries on Sunday at 11:53 a.m. in London or 5:53 p.m. here. The finals at 4:54 p.m. Chicago time Sunday.
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Company Expands Cloud Offerings with Delivery of Red Hat CloudForms 1.1 and Solution Bundles with Corresponding Services Offering
RALEIGH, NC – December 5, 2012 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced advancements in its delivery of open hybrid cloud solutions and technologies to enterprises. Expanding its cloud footprint, Red Hat today delivers an update to its open hybrid cloud management platform with the availability of Red Hat CloudForms 1.1 and releases two cloud solution bundles and a services offering combining several of Red Hat's leading product portfolios.
Red Hat CloudForms 1.1
In early June 2012, Red Hat delivered the first release of Red Hat CloudForms, an open hybrid cloud management platform built to enable enterprises to create and manage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) hybrid clouds with the ability to make self-service computing resources available to users in a managed, governed and secure way. With CloudForms, enterprises can build and manage an open enterprise hybrid cloud, providing infrastructure choice spanning across multiple virtualization platforms and extending to public cloud resources, and can build and manage applications in their cloud, enabling enterprises to use their cloud for their workloads.
Today, Red Hat updates the CloudForms platform with the release of CloudForms 1.1. With this release, Red Hat has expanded the reach of the product further into Asia Pacific and Europe with enablement for four additional languages, including Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Portuguese. The 1.1 release also incorporates a number of updates and fixes covering features such as:
- System Groups: allowing administrators to easily organize systems to perform actions, such as updating packages, upon many systems as if they were one.
- LDAP Support: allowing enterprises to leverage their existing identity management solutions within CloudForms.
- Content searching: providing enterprises the ability to quickly search all application lifecycle environments for specific pieces of content.
Open Hybrid Cloud Solutions and Open IaaS Architecture Service Offering
At the Red Hat Summit in June 2012, Red Hat announced a set of solutions designed to enable enterprises to build and manage open hybrid clouds. Combining Red Hat's full portfolio of products, the solutions offer enterprises an easy on-ramp to open hybrid cloud computing with reduced complexity.
The first of the four solutions, Red Hat Storage, was delivered in June 2012. Today, Red Hat announces the general availability of two additional open hybrid cloud solutions:
- Red Hat Hybrid IaaS Solution: This offering reduces the complexity of building a hybrid cloud by providing a comprehensive set of software components to save time in deploying a hybrid cloud. The solution includes virtualization management with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization; a hybrid cloud management framework with Red Hat CloudForms; guest operating system with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the ability to add on-demand public cloud compute hours with Red Hat Certified Public Cloud Providers.
- Red Hat Cloud with Virtualization Bundle: With this offering, customers can combine cloud and virtualization projects into one step to enable the acceleration of project completion, the reduction of project hours and lowered total cost of ownership. This solution includes software needed to build and manage a cloud, from virtualization management to cloud orchestration, to cover virtual machine management, systems management and application lifecycle management. Included in the solution bundle are Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat CloudForms.
In addition, Red Hat is also launching a new cloud-focused offering from its Services team, called the Open IaaS Architecture Service. Cloud services from Red Hat are designed to accelerate the development of functional, enterprise-ready clouds and their associated services and benefits to enterprises. To help enable a customer's private or hybrid cloud for success from day one, Red Hat offers its Open IaaS Architecture Service, which defines, designs, installs and optimizes Red Hat's cloud and virtualization offerings to deliver an open, scalable IaaS specific to each customer's environment. The service also includes documentation of the installation as well as guidance on best practices for ongoing management.
CloudForms 1.1, the Red Hat Hybrid IaaS Solution, the Red Hat Cloud with Virtualization Bundle and the Open IaaS Architecture Service are globally available from Red Hat today.
Virtual Event and Announcement
To learn more about these announcements and to hear from Red Hat executives, partners and customers about Red Hat Cloud and the full Red Hat portfolio, join Red Hat for its Optimizing IT virtual event beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. The keynote and presentations will also be available on demand following the live event. Join by visiting https://vts.inxpo.com/scripts/server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&ShowKey=11689&AffiliateData=press.
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Bryan Che, general manager, Cloud Business Unit, Red Hat
"With Red Hat's expertise in open source and throughout the full stack, we are an ideal partner for enterprises looking to deploy open hybrid cloud solutions. With the delivery of both an update to our CloudForms management platform and the availability of our two hybrid cloud solutions, we're offering our customers even greater flexibility and ease in the cloud. With these offerings, Red Hat drives further cloud leadership for the industry."
Jay Lyman, senior analyst, 451 Research
"Today's enterprise organizations face a forward path that must consider existing and legacy investments in datacenter, virtual and cloud computing infrastructure and technology. With its comprehensive suite of virtualization, cloud computing and hybrid offerings, as well as additional choices common to many enterprise implementations, Red Hat is matching market demand for flexibility, openness and performance that will help enterprises evolve their IT infrastructure with the cloud."
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By Nick Snow
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STILLWATER — There's a reason why special teams are called just that — special.
Offenses and defense get most of the credit, but sometimes it's the special teams that can be the difference between winning and losing — a lesson the Oklahoma State University football team learned the hard way against Kansas State last week.
"I don't know we should have won, but I think that we could win," Oklahoma State kicker Quinn Sharp said. "We had a chance to win. We just did not help our defense out on special teams. We got outschemed. ... Those kind of mistakes are pretty correctible. We'll come out with a better game plan this week and just execute better."
Execution will be crucial for the Cowboys when they face West Virginia and one of the most dangerous return men in the conference, Tavon Austin. The West Virginia senior is leading the Big 12 with an average of 35.6 yards per kickoff return and second in the conference with an average of 11.7 yards per punt return.
"We can't stress any more than what we faced during the week," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. "That's why I'm expressing some disappointment. I was disappointed after the game, I was disappointed yesterday and I'm disappointed today. ... The guy we played last week is really good. This guy is a different really good. There's times he gets big returns, and he doesn't even go where they blocked it. He's special. He reminds me of Perrish Cox."
"They're just as dangerous as Kansas State's Tyler Lockett and Tramaine Thompson," Sharp said. "They have Tavon Austin back there and he's just as fast as those guys, so we have to come prepared and take care of business."
Stopping Austin will be easier said than done, Sharp said.
"You just have to try to keep it out of his hands," Sharp said. "You have to be able to get touchbacks and limit the ways he can beat you. If we can't get those touchbacks, we have to fit in the right gaps and make sure that he can't get a big return."
Making things even tougher for Oklahoma State, the West Virginia coaching staff is very familiar with how the Cowboys run their special teams. In fact, last season current West Virginia defensive coordinator Joe DeForest was coaching Sharp on special teams.
"I don't know if Joe or anyone else on their staff has an advantage over us because of their time here," Oklahoma State co-defensive coordinator Bill Young said. "They do know how we like to run things, but at the same time we know how they like to run things. That's what's so fun about going up against coaches you know. It becomes a chess match where you try to outwit the other guy."
Some areas of the special teams may have been a struggle against Kansas State, but it hasn't been all bad for the Cowboys the past few weeks.
Sharp is 8 of 8 on field goals in the last two games — including tying a school record with five field goals against Iowa State. He also leads the Big 12 in punting with an average of 46 yards per punt.
"We've definitely had our ups and downs on special teams this year," Sharp said. "But I feel like we have been doing a lot better on punt returns and kick returns. We only allowed one big punt return against Kansas State. We just have to practice it and kick the ball to the corners."


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Even before Thomas Kennedy stepped on the Sport-O-Rama ice to play hockey, he was well acquainted with the place.
"Hockey was a big part of Tommy's life and he was very proud of it," said George Kennedy III, one of Thomas Kennedy's older brothers. "Tommy was the youngest, so he also got to know the rafters and under the bleachers as a rink rat watching his older brothers play hockey here."
Friday night, many family and friends of Thomas Kennedy's gathered at Sport-O-Rama in Monsey, where Rink 2 was named in his honor. Army Maj. Thomas Kennedy was killed earlier this year on Aug. 8 in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber. Earlier on Friday, Arden Place in New City was named after Kennedy.
He grew up in New City playing hockey for the Ramapo Saints and at Don Bosco Preparatory High School before graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
On Friday at the newly named Major Thomas E. Kennedy Memorial Rink, Kennedy's parents, Pat and George, were on hand for the dedication ceremony. His mother, Pat, unveiled the large banner that hangs at center ice between the two teams' benches. The Saints also presented the family with donations raised that will go to Kennedy's two children.
The dedication ceremony took place prior to a youth hockey game featuring the Ramapo Saints and New Jersey Colonials, who are coached by Kennedy's brother George. Kennedy's other brother, John, was also on hand for the ceremony, along with Thomas Kennedy's wife, Kami, and their two-year-old twins, Maggie and Brody.
"As I look around, this is where it all began, right here on this sheet of ice," George Kennedy III said. "For Tommy, John and me, much of our youth was spent at hockey rinks and most of it here at Sport-O-Rama. This is such a special place and occasion to honor Tommy, and as his brother I can tell you, he would be very proud."
During warmups and the dedication ceremony, the Saints wore jerseys with Thomas Kennedy's nickname, "TK," on the front and his number, 14, on the back. Many people in crowd wore shirts with the Saints logo that read "First a Saint, then a hero, now an angel" on the front and "TK" and the number 14 on the back.
Rink owner Barry Wolkon spoke about the family atmosphere that has developed at Sport-O-Rama over its 37 years of existence.
"It's great to see so many of you who played hockey here years ago come back to visit, some of you who played here as young kids now bringing your own children here to play hockey," he said. "What often goes unnoticed in this is the incredibly small community that we have all built with each other over these many years of playing, cheering, organizing, traveling and supporting each other in our journey through youth hockey together. And no time is more important than right now for all of us to come together as a community to show our love, honor, gratitude and support for Tommy Kennedy and the entire Kennedy family, who have all been such a wonderful part of this rink, these hockey teams and all of our families over the years."
He added that it was an honor to name the rink after Kennedy.
"Tommy and the entire Kennedy family will always have a special place in our hearts and will always have a special place in this rink," he said.


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WAKE FOREST — Both Knightdale and Wake Forest-Rolesville had been in their fair share of recent nail-biters leading into Thursdays nonconference match, and it was sure to be no different when the two teams got together.
The Knights held a slight edge for much of the game, trailed in the fourth quarter, but came out on top, 78-75.
We had the feel that it was going to be close no matter what, said Knightdale coach Battle Watkins.
Knightdale (8-3, 2-0) had come out on top of its two previous games, two- and three-point wins over Greater Neuse River Conference foes East Wake and Smithfield-Selma, respectively. Wake Forest-Rolesville (5-4, 1-1) split its last two Cap Eight contests, topping Heritage by one point and giving up a 22-point third quarter lead in an overtime loss to Enloe.
With the Knights and Cougars tied at the end of the first and second quarters, and separated by just one point to start the fourth, Thursdays game came down to a long shot at the buzzer that could have sent the game to overtime.
Wake Forest-Rolesville coach Mickey Bissette put sophomore Xavier Robinson in the game with Knightdales Ronshad Allen-Shabazz at the line and 1.6 seconds remaining. Allen-Shabazz split the free throws with the second bouncing to Robinson.
Robinson took one dribble and threw up a shot from three-fourths the length of the court that just missed, hitting the heel of the rim as time expired.
The shot capped a back-and-forth final quarter that included four ties and five lead changes.
Jordan Ayscue led Wake Forest-Rolesville early in the final frame, scoring all of the teams 11 points through the first four minutes to push the Cougars into the lead. He would finish with a team-high 21 points.
Down three points with two minutes to go, Allen-Shabazz took over for the Knights, playing a pivotal role in the games end.
The sophomore was fouled on a lay-up, completed the shot and made the free throw to tie the game at 69.
Wake Forests Jamaree Robertson put the home team back ahead by converting two free throws after being fouled on the ensuing possession, but Knightdales Daquan Lilly answered with a 3-pointer followed by Kaelon Weldons 15-footer to put the Knights ahead 74-71 with 40 seconds remaining.
Ayscue, whose hot hand had propelled the Cougars early in the quarter, was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 24.6 seconds left.
The senior made two of three shots, to bring Wake Forest within one point.
The Cougars fouled Allen-Shabazz on a Knightdale inbound play, but the sophomore missed both free throw attempts and then fouled Wake Forests Juwan Clifton on the other end.
Clifton calmly sank the first and rattled in the second to put the Cougars back on top by one with 14.1 seconds on the clock.
Knightdales Allen-Shabazz quickly made up for it on the other end, taking the ball the length of the court where he was fouled on a made basket. He would make that free throw to give Knightdale a lead it wouldnt relinquish.
He knows that when we have one shot to take, hes going to take it, Watkins said. Hes a mature player, as a sophomore, to know not to hang your head and to get back in there.
Allen-Shabazz led all scorers with 27 points. His teammate Weldon followed closely behind with 23.
Bissette said the Cougars need to get better defensively and the team is still working to smooth out its offense.
I think the fact that we play hard keeps us in most games most nights, he said. Even though were 5-4, I think were a good team.
Robertson added 15 points for Wake Forest.
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After undergoing successful heart-valve replacement surgery in May, Barbara Walters is marking the day she'll reclaim her seat among the women of "The View."
For the show's July 12 episode, Walters, 80, will join her colleagues via Skype. She is expected to make her official return in September.
When she announced her upcoming surgical procedure on May 10, Walters said: "You know how healthy I have been - never missed a day's work."
Added Walters, "I have known of this condition for a while now and my doctors and I have decided that this is the best time to do the surgery, since the summer is coming up, I can take a nice vacation."
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FILE--A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007. U.S. government officials say the Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of global warming. (AP Photo/Jonathan Hayward,CP)
A Maine man who was dragged out of his tent and attacked by a polar bear in a Canadian national park continues to improve at a hospital in Montreal.
Matthew Dyer of Turner, a lawyer for Pine Tree Legal Assistance in Lewiston, was airlifted for treatment after the bear broke through an electrified fence and attacked him early Tuesday.
Dyer's fellow campers drove the bear off with signal flares.
A hospital spokeswoman told the Portland Press Herald that Dyer was in critical but stable condition and showing signs of progress Sunday.
Dyer was attacked in Torngat Mountains National Park at the northern tip of Labrador. A Parks Canada spokesman says the eight-person group was advised to hire an armed polar bear guard but decided against the safety measure.


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Our program in Nepal uses football as a tool to tackle social issues, encourage development and health, and provide sporting opportunities to youths from underprivileged communities. Our program is being implemented in Kailali district, in Nepal's Far Western region. A primarily rural area, Kailali district is a low-income area with one of Nepal's lowest literacy rates, and is considered highly susceptible to flooding and other natural disasters.
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Football has been played in Qatar for 60 years. It has made great strides in that short time period. Qatar is investing heavily in youth football development, producing top talent that will be the backbone of future national teams. The quality of play in the domestic league has increased measurably in recent years. Women's participation is on the rise. Football is by far Qatar's most popular sport, and legions of fans follow both the local and international leagues.


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- In a large bowl, mix oil, butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until creamy.
- Mix together cream of tarter, baking soda, flour, and salt. Add these dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Chill dough for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Roll dough into balls, and place on greased cookie sheets. Press balls with a glass dipped in sugar to flatten.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 to 10 min.
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These are the only sugar cookies I make! I use one cup confectioner's sugar and one cup granulated, though, and I also prefer using orange or lemon extract as the vanilla is a bit plain. I also only use 1/4 tsp salt. Be careful not to overbake - I like them when the bottoms are only slightly golden - tops should look white.
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I was sitting here watching CNN waiting for the Obama/McCain debate when into my mind, sugar cookies appeared. I got on my computer to find a "recipe, brown edge sugar cookies" thinking it would turn up nothing since the subject was too long and that I would probably end up on a porn site. I could not have been more wrong but to find this Heavenly recipe for the best sugar cookies I ever made. I checked the larder and found: No butter! Since my wife is at work, my son is at the "Y" and I being legally blind, (unable to drive) I sought out a substitute. Aha! One stick of margarine and the scrapings in an old can of Crisco. I quickly combined the ingredients thinking that even though they would not exactly be up to snuff, I would eat anything with flour and sugar. I went back to the television to await the cooling period. Exactly 1/2 hour later, I pulled the dough from the fridge and started the ball rolling so to speak. Oh my! To my dismay, the dough was so soft, but I continued on anyway. 10 minutes later, I checked the oven to see to my surprise, 6 inch sugar cookies with perfect brown edges. I let them cool for a few minutes then let them set on brown paper. The only problem was 12 cookies on that sheet was too many and the edges were imperfect. So, what is any good baker to do? Yup, I ate the first dozen and they were heavenly. When I finish, I will take a picture of them and post it here. I can't wait to get some butter.
Awesome cookie, I used a cookie press the first time and it worked out great. The second time I used a scoop and again they were just as wonderful.
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Amount Per Serving (54 total)
- Calories
- 132 cal
- 7%
- Fat
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- 12%
- Carbs
- 14.5 g
- 5%
- Protein
- 1.2 g
- 2%
- Cholesterol
- 17 mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 93 mg
- 4%
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The Birth Certificate (Finally) Goes National
Substantive changes to the standard birth certificate, redefining it as a vital statistics database and emphasizing automated data collection, will be implemented nationwide by year's end. The result: greatly improved data quality and timeliness.
News Brief: Older Women, First Births
A recent NCHS Data Brief, showing a significant increase in first births to women aged 35 and older over the past four decades, has received widespread attention from broadcast, print, and Web-based media nationwide.
Nation at a Glance: First Births to Women Aged 40-44
Which state has the highest rate of first births to women aged 40-44? Which has the lowest? How does your state compare? Explore our interactive U.S. map of first birth rates to older women, 2000 and 2012, from the National Vital Statistics System.
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Five months after becoming president of the American Statistical Association, ORM Director Dr. Nathaniel Schenker has wasted no time implementing his top initiatives: curricula guidelines, leadership training, and a new statistical Web portal.
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Dr. Julia Holmes, Branch Chief, Analytic Studies, Office of Analysis & Epidemiology, discusses the challenges and rewards of publishing NCHS' flagship annual report to Congress and the President of the United States.
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News Brief: Teen Pregnancy, and Sedentary Time and Disability
Data collected through NCHS' National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were used as the foundation for two important studies released this year that attracted significant national media attention.
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Which state has the highest primary cesarean delivery rates? Which has the lowest? How does your state compare? Explore our interactive map of state-level cesarean delivery data from the Revised Birth Certificate, 2006-2012.
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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of U.S. Youth, 2009–2010 NCHS Data Brief No. 156, July 2014
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Wireless Substitution: Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, July–December 2013 NHIS Early Release, July 2014
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Swedish Viking black metal-tinged act King of Asgard are set to release their third album 'Karg' July 18th, 2014 via Metal Blade Records. Visit HERE to watch the video clip for 'The Runes Of Hel'.Read More
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Retro rock/doom metal alchemists, Brimstone Coven, are pleased to unveil 'Behold, The Anunnaki', the second movement off their self-titled full-length and inaugural release for Metal Blade Records.Read More
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SEATTLE - You can't get it yet, but the Swine Flu or H1N1 Vaccine is available for local health departments to order.
Federal health officials say the first batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine includes about 71,000 doses for Washington. This initial vaccine is a nasal spray; flu shots are expected in a couple of weeks.
On Thursday morning, the Seattle King County health Department briefed reporters on the subject, and director Dr. David Fleming said the county has put in its order for the first 20,000 doses, which should arrive next week.
Health care workers are at the top of the list, as they're the ones who will need to be on the job, as others get sick.
The 20,000 should cover all the health care workers in the county who want it, and they're being encouraged to get it.
By mid-October, a much larger batch will come in, 200,000 to 250,000 doses which will be prioritized for the following groups:
- The young, ages six months to 24 years old
- 24- to 64-year-olds with underlying chronic health conditions such as asthma, heart disease or weakened immune systems
- Pregnant women, and people who live with infants under than six months old.
- Infants under six months are not supposed to get the vaccine.
"When that larger amount of vaccine become available, that's when people who fall into these groups for whom we're recommending vaccine should be thinking about 'So how am I going to get my shot?" said Fleming.
Almost all new reported cases of flu are H1N1 swine flu, but the numbers aren't large - yet.
"We've been seeing increasing numbers for weeks of younger people presenting to emergency rooms, people 5 to 49," said Dr. Jeff Duchin, King Co. Chief of Communicable Disease Control.
So how can you get vaccinated? First, you need to be part of one of those vulnerable groups, at least initially. The vaccine will be distributed to medical providers such as doctor's offices, health department clinics, pharmacies and other venues yet to be established.
As tax dollars are paying for the vaccine, a doctor's office is only supposed to charge for the administrative costs of giving you the vaccine, not the vaccine itself. Health Department clinics and public venues are likely to distribute for free, depending on the ability of the patient to pay.
So when can the rest of the population get the H1N1 vaccine? King County Public Health estimates a million people may fall into the vulnerable category just in King County, but not all are expected to show up for their shots, as the numbers of vulnerable people start to fall off then medical providers will begin inoculating others.
Snohomish County
In Snohomish County, health officials expect an initial, small supply of H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine to arrive in within three weeks. The first shipment of up to 6,000 doses is designated to immunize health care workers and frontline emergency workers. Vaccine in subsequent shipments will be offered to people who are most at risk of complications from H1N1 illness.
Dr. Gary Goldbaum, health officer and director of the Snohomish Health District, said the county expects to receive up to 130,000 additional doses of H1N1 vaccine before the end of November.
Whatcom County
Whatcom County will receive its first shipment of H1N1 vaccine during the week of October 6. It will likely arrive mid-week (10/7 or 10/8).
The shipment will include 2,000 doses of H1N1 nasal spray vaccine. Injectable vaccine (H1N1 flu shot) is not expected until later in October.
States order vaccine
More than 60 states, large cities and territories will be placing swine flu vaccine orders, so nearly half have their orders in and more are placing them this week, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, who heads the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
The states that have placed orders include Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., are also on the list.
At a press conference Thursday, Schuchat also said about 300,000 pediatric, liquid doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu have been released from a national medicine stockpile to address a shortage. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius approved the release Wednesday.
The CDC doesn't have an exact count of swine flu deaths and hospitalizations, but existing reports suggest the infection has caused more than 600 deaths and more than 9,000 hospitalizations since the virus was first identified in April.
The government keeps more careful count of deaths of pregnant women and children attributed to swine flu. The CDC is aware of 28 deaths of pregnant women and about 50 of children.


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Among a multitude of nicknames, Marianne Voss has been dubbed the Queen of Cycling. She proved why this name is fitting, once more, at the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. The 25-year-old secured her firth successive championship and the sixth of her career. Her winning time of 43 minutes was 1:34 minutes faster than runner up Kate Compton (USA).
The Netherlands native, Vos took an early lead and never looked back. Getting clear during the first lap on a snowy, muddy Louisville course, the rest of the field was chasing Vos for the entire race. America's Kate Compton was the only one who could come close, but in the end, her efforts were not enough. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre of France completed the podium with her third place finish.
In a 6-lap race, Vos led from the beginning and couldn't be caught, further cementing her position as perhaps one of the best ever in her sport. As expected, the race came down to a showdown between Vos and Compton, pitting two of the sport's best against one another. Vos came away with the rainbow jersey for yet another year as the reigning World Champion.
"The pressure every year gets higher because everybody expects me to win," Vos stated. "I was nervous at the start." Vos also gave praise to the US fans. "The Americans were really cool," she said. "They cheered for me too."
Compton, the second place finisher had plenty of compliments for the World Champion herself. "I'm not disappointed at all," she said. "Marianne… she's fast and so good at this. If I'm going to get second to anybody Marianne is a good person to get second to. I'm actually really happy."
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---- — "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
— The Bill of Rights,
United States Constitution, Amendment II
I never thought much about the Second Amendment, just took it for granted while growing up in western Pennsylvania, then traveling around as a Navy wife. I never heard the phrase "gun control" until I moved to Massachusetts in my late 20s. I had no idea what that meant and was shocked when I found out.
For those who also hadn't thought about this much: First, read the actual amendment, above. Note that there is a main phrase — "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Our Founding Fathers understood that we have certain rights given to us by God and/or by the nature of being human; the right to have arms for hunting and defense is one of them and always will be.
The qualifying phrase about a well-regulated militia seems to me just a reminder to all able-bodied men to be always prepared for bigger battles. They had just fought a war against Great Britain, a country well-armed enough to have accumulated its own world empire. Our new country had won its independence only because we had our own arms to bear.
We don't use the word militia much now, but the concept is the same: If our other freedoms are threatened, we all have the right to grab our guns and run to the battlefield.
The Colonial-era weapons they grabbed, combined with their revolutionary attitudes, were a match for the superior firepower of the better-funded professional redcoat military. No one should argue that, had the latter carried more modern "assault weapons," the Colonials didn't have a right to bear that same category of arms.
Next, we need to understand that we do not live in a historical vacuum, that the threat of an overreaching government is as much a concern to us as it has been to citizens of powerful governments everywhere. Let's break this down into an understanding of human nature, one part of which doesn't apply to good people like most of us, who have no desire for power over each other.
But we all know bullies: from our school days, our workplace, books and movies, the news. We don't pretend that individual bullies don't exist or can't be a threat to us. We count on the government to protect us: school authorities, the police, the courts and our elected representatives passing laws against bullying. If they fail, we are justifiably angry.
Now take one step beyond this, and imagine the bullies getting themselves into the government, into positions of power — not to uphold the Constitution, not to do good, not to have an important, fulfilling job, but to use the extraordinary power of government to make themselves more important than they are, to push people around, to enjoy inspiring fear. Imagine them attracting others like themselves and eventually seizing control of a government. Now take a few minutes to check out today's world news.
Why do we assume our own government wouldn't turn against us? For one thing, we have the Constitution with its Bill of Rights to protect us from government abuse. But some in government don't honor this grand document, are eager to discredit it and the extraordinary men who wrote it. Already, the First Amendment has been weakened by political correctness and freedom of religion is always being debated; some government officials assert that the war on terrorism justifies violating other individual rights specified in other amendments.
We understand that there can be some necessary restrictions on rights when some people abuse them and are clearly unable to behave themselves. As you can't call "fire" in a crowded theater, you can't get a gun license if you are crazy. We can all have legitimate, intelligent conversations in these gray areas.
But incredibly, there are those who want the Second Amendment repealed! Fortunately, it takes years to amend the Constitution. Just in case someone wants to propose this, one of my New Year's resolutions is to join the National Rifle Association, which is always defending my right to keep and bear arms.
I'm not enthusiastic about the NRA's proposal to arm teachers, submitted in response to the slaughter of children in a Connecticut school. Those of us who defend constitutional rights should not act as if we are required to come up with alternate solutions to violating those rights. But once the basic premise is safe, anyone can try to be helpful with suggestions.
For many reasons, I would like to see much more attention paid to mental illness; never heard a taxpayer object to funding programs for the mentally ill, yet notice that these are often among the first services cut during state fiscal crisis. I'm often surprised by judicial decisions that release dangerous people into society. I think it makes sense to confirm the sanity of people who want to buy guns/ ammunition.
But for the rest of us law-abiding citizens, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, or the freedom of all Americans inevitably shall be.
Barbara Anderson of Marblehead is a Salem News columnist.


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special education teacher Danya Greenberg has been named one of 32 finalists for the 2012 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Greenberg, 24, was one of 560 teachers nominated from Chicago metropolitan area schools.
"I'm beyond honored," Greenberg said. "Even when I'm not at work, I'm thinking about these kids, and new ways to teach them. The fact that someone took the time out of their day to nominate me is just so touching. I was excited and humbled."
Greenberg teaches a class of first- through third-grade students through the Elementary Instructional Program, a special education program she helped implement in the district.
"It is wonderful to walk into Danya's classroom and watch her teach. She creates a positive and nurturing environment for her students. It is evident that the children love coming to school and genuinely love their teacher," Guy Schumacher, superintendent for said in a press release. "It is an honor to have Danya on the staff. She brings much to the classroom, Rockland School and District 70 as a whole."
Creating An Engaging, Fun Class
The special education program allows Greenberg to devote extra attention and time to special education students and use technology such as Promethean Boards, iPods, and iPads to create an engaging and fun environment.
"We're lucky to have a Touch Promethean Board, so it's really interactive," Greenberg said.
The interactive boards allow students to perform tasks by themselves, which Greenberg says increases students' independence and motivation.
"Even during Friday fun time, the kids will want to play coin math on the iPad, which is an education drill app," she said. "They're seeing that learning can be fun."
Greenberg says that she has seen dramatic increases in the students' ability and desire to learn, as well as increases in their confidence levels.
"We had students who last year were facing backwards not even facing the instructor, or students who wouldn't participate. They're now becoming confident leaders," she said. "We have a student who is on student council now."
Keeping Students Within the District
Another benefit to the special education program, Greenberg says, is the ability to keep the students who require special education within the district.
"Instead of them being outplaced to a different school out of district, they're now able to be educated in their own community," she said. "So if they're in soccer, they're still on the same soccer team as their classmates. They're able to learn that sense of community."
Greenberg has been teacher for three years and previously worked as a resource specialist for the district. She graduated from Indiana University with a double major in elementary education and special education. She said that her dream was to be a special education teacher in a classroom.
"I have amazing families to work with and incredible students who truly teach me more than I teach them on a daily basis because they just expose you to so many ideas and ways of thinking," Greenberg said. "They just open your eyes to a different world. They're incredible."
The 10 award recipients will be named in May after the finalists participate in another round of review and are observed in their classrooms. The recipients will receive a tuition-free spring semester sabbatical to study at Northwestern University, a $3,000 cash reward, and will become Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators.


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Why is it that New York pizza remains the pinnacle, the acme, the very standard of a pie? Of course, it's easy to say things like, "New York is the spiritual home of pizza." But where other foods, like the deli sandwich, have had strong New York associations yet have broken free and found perfectly respectable regional expressions away from the five boroughs, pizza remains a New York icon. Outside of New York, only Chicago has truly claimed a name for pizza (please, don't bring up California), and it's far outpaced by its neighbor to the east. So what is it that makes a New York-style pizza so New Yorky?
Gavin Loyer
Gavino's Pizzeria and Restaurant
Gavin Loyer is perhaps the most prototypical of New York Pizza makers that Knoxville has ever known. From his seemingly gruff disposition to his clearly defined ideas about food, he's precisely what polite Southerners call a "character" if they don't want to say damn Yankee. And yet, if you look at his eyes, you'll see that while he seems to be yelling, he's also clearly smiling. In fact when you ask him about his demeanor, he smiles and admits, "Sure, I yell, but where I come from that's called communication." Whatever the noise, this guy is clearly happy doing what he does.
Loyer grew up in Long Island and started in the business at 12 years old. He wasn't driven by an early epiphany about pizza—he says it was a practical matter: "I needed a job. I wanted to work, so they paid me 50 cents an hour to wash dishes." But that job led him into a lifetime of cooking. Almost 35 years later, Gavin is the undisputed master of his kitchen where he turns out some of the most authentic and by-god delicious New York-style pizza you'll find in East Tennessee—or anywhere else for that matter.
What makes a New York pizza the thing of beauty that it is? Loyer responds without hesitation: "It's quality ingredients. That's what makes the taste. It's hard to explain." Still, he's particularly insistent on the quality of his red sauce: "Anybody can go out and buy some sauce. I make my own, and I use Italian tomatoes—they taste a little more like the earth than other kinds, and other tomatoes can be too sweet. And I get the stems and seeds out of the sauce—nobody else here does that."
Another element that Gavin emphasizes is topping restraint. "Everybody wants to put on 10 toppings—there's no point in doing that. You should sauté all those toppings and serve them like a primavera. In New York, if you want something like that, you just order the special pie—it might have five toppings on it, whatever. But that's what's you order."
But there's no restraint in the serving size, "It's big slices, there's no tiny stuff. And you don't go to New York and get a small, medium, or large. You just get the pie." As Gavin gets wound up, he gets a little louder and offers opinions about olives, other restaurants, and lots of other subjects. But then he checks himself and says, "Maybe you shouldn't write that down. Make sure you tell people that it's more bark than bite. I'm from New York. It's not yelling, it's just talking."
John Wright
John Wright recently relocated this business to West Knoxville from its longtime home on Chapman Highway, where it was founded by Ted Cioffi. Wright calls the move "a painful but necessary decision. It was hard to leave good friends and loyal customers, but it was the right thing to do for the business." Folks on the west side agree, and this much-loved pie is more popular than ever.
Wright hasn't had a very long professional association with pizza, but he and his pizza succeed because he—and his staff—literally follow Cioffi's every instruction. Wright says, "When Ted sold us the place, he let us record everything that he did, and we shot video of it. And we use those videos as a part of our training program. We haven't changed a single thing or strayed from a single recipe."
The result is a thin, crispy crust that's made in-house daily, Forget romantic notions of cornmeal, Wright says they use a little flour and cook the pizzas on screens because it helps them get crisp and New Yorkish: "For us it's the crust. A thin crust that you can crack in the middle and eat on the go, with one hand if need be."
Wright's also cautious about toppings: "You can have too many. I always think about Famous Ray's in New York—there you just get a slice of pepperoni, a slice of sausage. You have to think about the shape of the slice and people eating it as they walk to wherever they're headed. That said, we do offer and make pizza with a lot of toppings—but the classic way to have a slice is really just with one or two additions."
Another secret of this joint is their blend of cheese; Cioffi left them with the practice of using a mix of mozzarella and provolone. Wright says, "It's not a lot of provolone, but it helps keeps the mozzarella from browning too quickly."
Martha Boggs
Martha Boggs' history with pizza started in a box. It was a Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit that she just couldn't leave alone. She says, "Of course I had to doctor it up a little. I just love pizza—it's a favorite food."
She, too, inherited a long tradition when she bought Dazzo's a few years ago (from none other than Gavin Loyer). For her, the authentic nature of a New York pie starts and ends with the crust, "You want a thin, Neapolitan style crust—but we also serve a thicker Sicilian crust too, but I think of that as being more like New Jersey."
You can hear a little romance in Bogg's voice when she talks about her first pizza lessons with Chef Boyardee. Of course, her own standards for fresh, natural, and real food keep her from revisiting those days of sauce in a can and cheese in a packet. You can also see her eyes change and take on the fierce quality of a real-food warrior when she describes what makes a good pie: "You have to start with the best quality possible: San Marzano tomatoes, whole milk mozzarella—you know, a lot of people use part skim. And, sometimes, you have to make your own cheese. We make our own mozzarella for the Margherita Pizza."
Duane Carleo
Duane Carleo doesn't carry his New Jersey upbringing on his cuff. Sure, you can hear it in his voice, but otherwise he's a mildly spoken fellow. However, his opinions about pizza are bold and unequivocating. From his point of view, pizza from New York and New Jersey are similarly definitive: "The two are synonymous. You will hear that when people say they want some New York-style pizza, they really mean New Jersey-style pizza—and I absolutely agree with this."
"What makes pizza from this area so special, so iconic, is that this is where pizza in the United States started," he says. "The families that started making pizza in America still have descendants making the same pizza, using the same recipes, and running the same pizza parlors since pizza started in America."
Dough and crust are important of course; DaVinci's makes their own in-house, and, in addition to the pizza itself, diners like to see the show as the dough gets tossed and spun mid-air before landing for a dramatic swirl of sauce. That sauce is what Carleo identifies as the key to a great pie: "It's all about the sauce, baby. It's a recipe I was taught and proudly use on each pizza. People have referenced the sauce as being addictive. I don't know about that, but I do know I take pride in serving an authentic New Jersey-style pizza with fresh ingredients."
And that's all Carleo is giving away—so don't even ask for the recipe because, as he says, "I'm Italian, we know pizza and we also know to never give away the secrets of a recipe."
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Sandra Hobbs
For many Knoxvillians, Stefano's Pizza represents the finest Chicago-style pizza available. The thick crust, the rich and tasty sauce followed by tons and tons of cheese, pepperoni, sausage, green peppers—the list goes on. But, if the truth be told—and Sandra Hobbs, the manager of the place, will tell the truth whether you like it or not—Stefano's isn't really offering an authentic Chicago pie. But it's close!
Hobbs, who has been making, selling, and eating Stefano's pizzas since 1982, says, "A Chicago is really a stuffed crust—there are two crusts. We don't use the top crust anymore. Our pizza is really a pan-style."
For a lot of people, the 35-minute cook time for what is effectively a pizza casserole was a little too much. According to Hobbs, "People weren't buying the wait. But what we have now is good, and people—even visitors—recognize some of the Chicago style. And the sauce is authentic. It's thick and spicy, with lots of flavor and just a little heat; it's spicy but it's not so much red pepper—it's more like black pepper."
And while the pie isn't quite as thick as you might find it in Wrigleyville, it's certainly got the same kind of dense, chewy crust action that makes the Windy City's pizza so distinctive.
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FN1. The bald eagle is listed as an endangered species. 50 C.F.R. § 17.11 (1992).FN2. The defendant-appellees in this case are Ilyas Bhatti in his capacity as Commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission and Wayne McCallum in his capacity as Director of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (�DFW�) operates a restoration project for bald eagles on Quabbin Reservation in Eastern Massachusetts (�Quabbin�). This reservation covers an area of approximately 125 square miles and contains a 25,000 acre reservoir. According to the DFW, the bald eagle population has ranged from a low of 13 in 1982 to an all time high of 45 in 1992. In that year, the statewide population of bald eagles was estimated at 60.
Appellants make two legal challenges to the district court's decision. Appellants first contend that the district court applied the wrong legal standard in holding that they failed to prove that the proposed Quabbin Reservation deer hunt posed a significant risk of harm to its bald eagles. Appellants next argue that the district court erred as a matter of law by failing to define �significant risk.� This failure, they argue, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a), violated the requirement that the court find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon. We review these legal challenges de novo. In re: Extradition of Howard, 996 F.2d 1320, 1327 (1st Cir.1993); Societ� des produits Nestl� v. Casa Helvetia, Inc., 982 F.2d 633, 642 n. 9 (1st Cir.1992).
FN3. Appellants did present a study showing that the ingestion of No. 4 lead shot caused harm to bald eagles. In that study, eagles were fed ten pellets of lead shot a day for a period of ten to fifteen days. In the present case, however, appellants have not shown that eagles have eaten or will eat any lead slugs (a considerably larger caliber than No. 4 shot) as a consequence of the deer hunts. Furthermore, one of the limitations of the Quabbin deer hunt was that hunters could use only lead slugs, no bullets and no shot.
an act which actually kills or injures wildlife. Such an act may include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly*166 impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering.
Congress made its intent to protect species very clear.... in the preamble to the original definition of harm: �Harm� covers actions ... which actually (as opposed to potentially), cause injury....
The purpose of the rulemaking was to make it clear that an actual injury to a listed species must be found for there to be a taking under Section 9.
FN4. We note that the ESA definition of �take,� includes the term �harass.� 16 U.S.C. § 1532(19). The regulations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service define �harass� as:
an intentional or negligent act which creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns which include but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
an intentional or negligent act which creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns which include but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
FN5. The district court correctly stated that the issue to be decided was �whether the hunt will cause harm or whether it will harass, or cause the [b]ald [e]agle to be harassed.� The parties agreed that the plaintiffs had the burden of proof and that in order to prevail they must show that �the deer hunt poses a significant risk of harm to the [b]ald [e]agle.� By requiring the plaintiffs to show only �a significant risk of harm� instead of �actual harm,� the district court required a lower degree of certainty of harm than we interpret the ESA to require. The appellants certainly cannot meet this court's standard of �actual harm� if the district court found that they failed to prove that even a �significant risk of harm� existed.FN6. We are aware of the decision of National Wildlife Federation v. Hodel, 23 Env't Rep.Cas. (BNA) 1089, 1985 WL 186671 (E.D.Cal. Aug. 26, 1985) in which a court enjoined hunting of migratory birds with lead shot, finding a �taking� of the bald eagle. We believe that the present case is easily distinguishable. In National Wildlife, the defendant had published a proposed rule stating that �there is a substantial likelihood that lead shot used by waterfowl hunters poses a threat to bald eagles� and significant evidence indicated that most lead shot that poisons bald eagles is consumed by the eagles when they feed upon other migratory birds that are themselves either ill due to consumption of lead shot, or have been wounded or killed by lead shot but not retrieved by hunters. In the present case, the defendant made no such admission and the evidence did not indicate that eagles were poisoned by feeding on deer carcasses. Id. at 1090. Furthermore, the present case concerns the use of lead �slugs� rather than lead �shot.�
Appellants claim that the district court clearly erred by discounting the testimony of appellants' experts and finding more credible the testimony of appellees' experts regarding the effect of the deer hunt on bald eagles at Quabbin.
Appellants posit that the lower court erroneously excluded appellants' exhibits 11, 11A, 11B, 11C, 12 and 13 from evidence. We disagree. Appellants offered as exhibits highlighted portions of documents which the court found to contain only portions of sentences taken out of context. These exhibits were offered by appellants as either self-authenticating documents or admissions. Appellees objected to their admission on the grounds of completeness and that the statements were taken out of context and stated during trial �we only prefer ... that the entire document be admitted in evidence, as opposed to highlighted portions.�
FN7. We have no occasion to review the lower court's finding that the exhibits appellants sought to admit into evidence contained portions of sentences taken out of context. Appellants do not argue that they were in context and on appeal, they have supplied us with entire pages taken from those documents from which it is impossible to ascertain which portions they wished admitted.


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It's official: the storm is here.
In an email informing New Yorkers of Hurricane Sandy's latest movements, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office noted the storm has arrived and will get increasingly dangerous over the coming hours.
"For anyone still in Zone A: now is the time to leave," the email noted. "Find
a safe place for the duration of the storm."
Schools, libraries, city parks and beaches will be closed Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. Alternate side parking is suspended through Tuesday.
Mass transit continues to be suspended across the city, and road closures and slowdowns are in effect at a number of bridges, tunnels and highways in all five boroughs. Closures include: MTA subways, buses, and rail; the Staten Island Ferry; East River Ferry; PATH trains; NJ Transit; the Hugh Carey Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel will be closed as of 2 p.m.; and the northern portion of the FDR is closed.
Some flooding has already begun, and New York City is under a coastal flood warning until 3 p.m. Tuesday. The city is also under a high wind warning until 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Bloomberg also noted authorities conducted a final sweep of the 26 NYCHA developments in the evactuaton zone Monday morning to alert residents of the mandated evacuation.
Elevators, heat, and hot water have been shut off in all 26 of these developments in the evacuation zone since last night.
76 evacuation centers across the city are open and will be for the duration of the storm. "Anyone who has prescription medication and goes to an evacuation center should bring their prescriptions with them," the email advised.
"These facilities are open to anyone who needs them, will provide a safe place to sleep, and will have food. Pets are welcome," the email continued.
Though previously left opened, senior centers will be closed Tuesday.
Sanitation workers are flipping over corner trash bins as they conduct their routes across the city. This is to help prevent the bins from flying away in the wind. If people see these bins upside down, they should leave them that way.
The Department of Sanitation is also conducting normal Monday pickups.
Public hospital emergency rooms are open and will remain so throughout the storm.
Stay tuned for more updates.


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Gubernatorial candidates Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee remain in a tight race that sees Inslee with a small lead among registered and likely voters, and the statewide ballot measures are all leading by double-digit margins, according to the latest KCTS 9 Washington Poll, which was conducted by the University of Washington.
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According to the poll, McKenna leads Inslee in the eastern part of the state, 56.6 percent to 30.6 percent, but Inslee has a lead over McKenna in the Puget Sound, 53.9 percent to 41.5 percent and in the western part of the state in general, 46.6 percent to 44.4 percent. The lead is within the poll's margin of error.
President Barack Obama also has a 20 percentage point lead ahead of Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to the poll.
The public TV station has provided all the details of the poll, plus plenty of detail about how the poll was conducted and a breakdown of poll results by subcategories, on the KCTS 9 Vote 2012 website.Candidate Registered Voters Likely Voters Governor Inslee 47.2% 48.7% McKenna 45.5% 45.6% Senator Baumgartner 31.6% 33.3% Cantwell 59.4% 60.8% Attorney General Dunn 32.4% 34.0% Ferguson 44.2% 44.9% President Obama 56.4% 57.1% Romney 35.9% 36.4% Ballot Measures
Referendum 74 (Gay Marriage) Yes 57.3% 57.9% No 36.2% 36.9% Initiative 1185 (Supermajority Tax Requirement) Yes 53.0% 52.0% No 34.2% 36.8% Initiative 1240 (Charter Schools) Yes 55.3% 55.5% No 36.4% 37.5% Initiative 502 (Decriminalizing Marijuana) Yes 55.8% 55.4% No 36.7% 37.6%
A third of Washington voters have already sent in their ballots, and a majority of those voters favored Obama (59.9 percent) and Inslee (51.2 percent), according to KCTS's results, possibly caused by a strong nationwide early get-out-the-vote effot by Democrats nationwide, said Matt Barreto, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington.
The poll also took into account people who may have lied about opposition to Referendum 74, according to Barreto, by moving some undecideds into the "no" column if they reported having discomfort with sexual minorities, a high level of religiosity, conservative views or people who wanted to give sexual minorities "some" rights.
Barreto said that some may have declined to state that they were against Referendum 74 because of perceptions that it is more socially acceptable to support it than to not support it.
The poll was conducted between Oct. 18 to 31. A total of 722 registered voters and 632 likely votersthroughout the state of Washington were interviewed, yielding a 3.6 percent and 3.9 percent margin of error respectively, according to KCTS.


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The Schoolhouse Theater in Croton Falls will present a professional production of the "biting drama" by JP Miller, Days of Wine and Roses. The storyline, made famous by the 1962 film starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, portrays a young couple struggling with alcohol addiction.
Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. until March 25.
Ticket prices are $33 Thursday and Friday and $35 Saturday and Sunday.
Talk Back Series (discussion follows performance) Dates:
- March 4: Annah Perch, Executive Director of Stepping Stones, a foundation affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous
- March 11: Tony Fusco, producer of Moon for the Misbegotten
- March 18: Loring Mandel, playwright and screenwriter


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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Voters in Kalkaska County by a 2 to 1 margin rejected a proposed millage to fund a new county library building.
Voters defeated a .87-mil library proposal Tuesday by 800 votes. The millage, if approved, would have generated up to about $3.8 million for construction of a new library, and would have provided 20 years worth of funding for furnishing, staffing and operating the new facility.
The library, located on South Cedar Street, relied on a .25 millage for the last 10 years. That's set to expire in December, and library Director Bradley Chaplin said library officials will meet soon to decide how to secure future funding, including possibly asking voters to renew the .25 millage in November.
"With the way this vote turned out, it might be more prudent to go for the renewal," Chaplin said.
Chaplin attributed the lopsided loss at least in part to the spread of "disinformation" about the ballot proposal.
"No matter how hard we tried to correct it, it fell on deaf ears," Chaplin said.
A conservative group called Citizens 4 Better Government mailed out about 2,200 flyers that urged voters to reject the .87 millage, and organized public forums to discuss the proposal.
Tom Backers, head of Citizens 4 Better Government, said he was pleased with the final vote count.
"The mailer basically woke people up," Backers said. "The whole point was to raise the issue, to make sure people in Kalkaska County knew there was something on the ballot they should care about."
Backers said he invited library board members and officials from the Village of Kalkaska and its Downtown Development Authority to discuss future library millages with members of Citizens 4 Better Government.
"There's some common ground here," Backers said. "It's not that we want to deny them a new building, it's just how they were doing it."
Michael Moran, director of the five-member library board, questioned the point of meeting with Citizens 4 Better Government members.
"(Backers') group pretty much was just against the whole thing," Moran said. "They complained about everything we tried to do."
Other ballot initiatives in the Grand Traverse area fared better on Tuesday.
Voters by wide margins approved operational millages renewals for Northport, Central Lake and Elk Rapids public school districts.
Northport's renewal passed 259-68; Central Lake's passed 120-23; and Elk Rapids' passed 619-231.
The three districts respectively will generate roughly $3.1 million, $2.3 million and $7.3 million in 2014 as a result of the approved renewals.
"For Elk Rapids, it's about 65 percent of our budget," Superintendent Stephen Prissel said. "It's critical."