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How about our 1st and and a 3rd and a swap of 2nd's to move up and get Jarvis Jones, since there is not WR worth a top 20 pick. Jones would be a difference maker helping Wake and our secondary.
I see us not resigning Long in the offseason, but the FO signing a zoneblocking scheme T and OG. Even with all of the cap money we have I don't see them making a big splash. Perhaps the biggest signing will be a WR or TE to help Tannyhill. I say this because the Fins now run a very complicated offense that has proven tough for WR's and TE's to pick up.
I also don't understand why people think Ireland will trade down this draft to garner more picks. Since Parcells left the organization Ireland has traded up in the two drafts he has been in charge of when a player he wants is available.
My FA period would look something like this. Sign Jennings (WR) from GB, Cook (T) from Tennessee, Dietrich-Smith (G) from Green Bay and also a zone blocking RT.
If we are drafting in the top 10 I could really see us drafting a pass rushing DE. It's been proven the only way you can stop a top 5 QB in the league is to get CONSISTENT pressure. I know we are the #4 team in sacks right now but they just don't come at the opportune time or with consistently. So for my first pick I would be hoping for either Mingo, Moore, Warner, or Jordan.
As I stated above Ireland has actually moved up in his past two drafts and I could see him jumping back into the first round this year. This could easily be done by trading one of our 2nd and 3rd picks. They could go with a WR, CB or FS all of which are needs. For this run lets just say they draft a CB, either Milliner or Banks.
In the 2nd round they could look to draft a WR because if you look at Philbins past history in Green Bay that is when most were selected. I could see anyone from Corradelle Patterson, Da'Rick Rogers, Deandre Hopkins, or Steadman Baily.
In the 3rd round they could look to draft a FS either Bacarri Rambo, Roberts Lester or Shaun Williams. Hell I could even see them drafting Ryan Swopes who was Tannyhills favorite target at A & M as well and drafting a S in the 4th.
If we came away with the additions via FA and the draft I would be very happy.
When I die I want to hire the Miami Dolphin's to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time.
Now adays, Corner backs are less valuable than they used to be because of the rules changes and the player safety stuff, they simply aren't as effective as they used to be. In fact, there
is no longer such a thing as a shut down corner because of illegal contact rules and nobody is affraid of going over the middle because the dbs are affraid of getting fined so they don't hit receivers in a way that is intimidating. The most valuable position on defense is a pass rusher. Receivers and tight ends are more valuable for this team if one measures overall impact with the primary weakness of this football team which is a lack of explosive play makers that score points. We need to score points dude!
ya but if you have a dumb db... they sure can hurt you with the new rules as well.
on that note... i do agree with you that our needs are not cornerback heavy in the grand scheme of things.
One thing the Dolphins lack is elite players. Miami has some good players to build around, but if there's an elite guy available when the Dolphins pick that's the direction the team has to go. I think the best chance of that might be a DE or, as much as fans hate to hear it, an offensive lineman. Guys like Werner, Jones, Jordan, Matthews and Womack could be there when Miami picks. The last thing we want is to miss on an elite guy to trade down for more picks.
with 5 picks in the first 3 rounds i don't see any reason why Miami would trade down, unless it was for a higher round pick in the 2014 draft.


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Three Princeton faculty members are among the 184 artists, scholars and scientists who received a 2002 Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor that recognizes exceptional achievement and supports promising projects.
Each Guggenheim Fellow will receive a grant to support his or her work. The average grant for 2002 was $36,685.
The Princeton professors and their proposed projects are:
- Peter Lake, professor of history, for research on "Dynastic Crises, Confessional Politics and Conspiracy Theory in Post-Reformation England."
- Vincent Poor, professor of electrical engineering, for research on "Quantum Multi-User Communications."
- Howard Rosenthal, the Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and professor of politics, for research on "Empirical Tests of Theories of the Legislative Process."
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This morning we headed out of San Francisco, and stopped in Sausalito for breakfast. We went to this cute local place, and got a table outside facing the bay. We had a great breakfast, lots of tea and coffee! We went to the Muir woods, and then a 2 mile walk within the woods. Sarah said "it looks like a maze of giants!". The trees were gorgeous and they looked like they were touching the sky. We had a really fun walk!
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For a country that has experienced almost nothing but misery, abuses, and economic mismanagement since the army first took power in 1962, the scenes from Sunday's by-elections in the new, civilian Burmese parliament seemed nothing short of miraculous. The military's favored party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), took a paltry handful of seats. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who had been under arrest just two years ago, won a parliamentary seat. And her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), swept to an overwhelming triumph, apparently taking 43 out of the 44 seats it contested. As the election results began to trickle out Sunday, thousands of supporters of the NLD gathered at the party headquarters in Rangoon to dance, sing all night long, share sweets, and await a speech by their leader. As one man watching the street celebrations told the Irrawaddy, an exile publication focusing on Burma, "Now the world will know who is who, and what is what"—meaning that now the world will know that the Burmese people still support Suu Kyi and the NLD, even after so many years of repression.
With the by-election having gone so well—international monitors had been allowed in, and despite harassment of NLD candidates before the poll, Election Day was overall judged free and fair—many developed democracies now seem ready to end their sanctions of Burma, resume significant aid programs to the needy country, and encourage sizable foreign investment. But while the by-elections were exciting, Sunday's vote was not the nail that ended military rule in Burma and solidified democracy. Instead, it can be seen more like the day when Nelson Mandela was released from Robben Island: an important step on the path to democratic change, but hardly a sign that the military has stepped out of politics for good.


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Ah, Autumn—there's nothing like crisp, cool air, the first months of school and luscious foliage to get you excited for the changing seasons. Your pet, too, is probably welcoming the break from hot, sticky weather. But pet parents, beware—Autumn is also a time of lurking dangers for our furry friends. From household poisons to cold weather hazards, the season is a minefield! Here are some tips to keep your pet snug and healthy during the autumn months.
The use of mouse and rat poison increases in Autumn as rodents seek shelter from the cooler temperatures by attempting to move indoors. Rodenticides are highly toxic to pets—if ingested, the results could be fatal. If you must use these products, do so with extreme caution and put them in places inaccessible to your pets.
It's back-to-school time, and those of you with young children know that means stocking up on fun items like glue sticks, pencils and magic markers. These items are considered "low toxicity" to pets, which means they're unlikely to cause serious problems unless large amounts are ingested. However, since gastrointestinal upset and blockages certainly are possible, be sure your children keep their school supplies out of paw's reach.
Training tip: If you and your pooch haven't been active outdoors in a while because of the summer heat, do some remedial recall training. Dogs, like people, get rusty on their skills if they aren't using them.
Autumn and spring and are mushroom seasons. While 99% of mushrooms have little or no toxicity, the 1% that are highly toxic (PDF) can cause life-threatening problems in pets. Unfortunately, most of the highly toxic mushrooms are difficult to distinguish from the nontoxic ones, so the best way to keep pets from ingesting poisonous mushrooms is to keep them away from areas where any mushrooms are growing. Contact your veterinarian immediately if you witness your pet eating a wild mushroom.
In order to generate body heat, pets who exercise heavily outdoors, or who live outdoors, should be given more food during colder seasons. Make sure horses and other outdoor animals have access to clean, fresh water that is not frozen.
Many people choose autumn as the time to change their car's engine coolant. Ethylene glycol-based coolants are highly toxic, so spills should be cleaned up immediately. Consider switching to propylene glycol-based coolants—though they aren't completely nontoxic, they are much less toxic than other engine coolants.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Foreign innovators who want to set up new companies in Canada will be able to immigrate under a new start-up visa program that Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Thursday was the first of its kind in the world.
The new program, to be launched on April 1, is part of a government push to better align the immigration system with Canada's economic goals. Last year, the government revamped the skilled worker program to try to make it meet employers' needs more nimbly.
"Our new start-up visa will help make Canada the destination of choice for the world's best and brightest to launch their companies," Kenney said in a statement.
"Recruiting dynamic entrepreneurs from around the world will help Canada remain competitive in the global economy."
Under this program, would-be immigrants would require the support of a Canadian venture capital fund or angel investor group, which would invest in new companies started by the immigrants.
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The goal is to unite Canadian money and foreign brains. An initial source of candidates could be frustrated foreigners in the high-tech sector in the United States who have not been able to land resident status there.
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Sun Prairie, WI/Rowan D. Hollis, age 78, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at UW Hospital in Madison. He was born on January 25, 1935 in the Town of Montrose in Dane County to his parents Cloyce and Genevieve (Pernot) Hollis. Rowan graduated from Belleville High School. He then served as a machinist's mate in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1958. After his military service Rowan graduated from UW-Platteville and UW-Stout with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education. He taught high school Industrial Arts, owned and operated the tavern Patches in Sun Prairie, WI, Served as Vice President Dane County Tavern League of WI, and also worked as a truck driver. Rowan loved to dance and live life to the fullest, He left many a dance partner with the memories of the last dance.
Rowan is survived by his sons Phillip (Patty) Hollis of Plover, WI and Cary Hollis of Plover, WI, a daughter Brenda (Nick) Link of Columbus, WI, Grandchildren; Jennifer, Heather (Bruce) Sexton, Kyle, and Zackary, great- grandchildren; Javin, Jerianne. He is further survived by brothers; Wilbur Hollis, Neil Hollis, and David (Joanne) Hollis, a sister Nadine (Don) Ward, and a sister-in-law Joan Hollis.
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In seeking inspiration, artists and artisans through the ages have turned to historical precedents, personal experiences, popular culture, or objects from other cultures.
At the Peabody Essex Museum, the cycle of inspiration from distant cultures has continued. First, with a three-day intensive workshop on Chinese furniture for 22 invited master furnituremakers from America, Canada and China, in June 2005, and then, with an exhibition of the work they produced as result of their brush with Chinese furniture.
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"Read. Listen. Take chances. Learn something new. Be bold. Be brave." That's the advice imparted by politics faculty member Kiki Jamieson in an exhibition at the Frist Campus Center called "Women with Wings: Princetonian Rays of Light." The display, contained in showcases on the 100-level, runs through Dec. 2.
It salutes 18 women in the Princeton community as positive female role models, presenting a photograph of each woman along with an inspiring quote. The women are members of Princeton's administration, faculty, staff and student body.
From Janet Dickerson, vice president for campus life, comes this advice: "Care for yourself; become your own best friend."
Firmiller Ford, an officer in the Department of Public Safety, said, "Whatever your goal may be, reach for the stars and don't stop until you shine."
Jessica Brondo, a member of the class of 2004, said, "Women should not give up their uniqueness and become more masculine, but instead should value their femininity and strive for nothing less than equality."
And President Shirley M. Tilghman said, "In 30 short years Princeton has gone from a place virtually devoid of women to one in which women with wings are soaring. How exhilarating to be a part of this!"
The exhibition was organized by the Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) Office, which offers counseling and information to the University community on sexual harassment, sexual assault or harassment based on sexual orientation. The photographs are the work of Denise Applewhite, photographer in the Office of Communications.
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Boston University is rolling out the red carpet again . . . literally. The school's Redstone Film Festival, an annual extravaganza mimicking Hollywood award shows (minus the Botoxed faces and saccharine E! correspondents), is set to take place Wednesday, February 13, at 7 pm, in the Tsai Performance Center. Sponsored by Boston native and National Amusements theater-chain mogul Sumner Redstone, the festival is considered the BU Film and Television Department's signature event, providing a showcase for work by the school's student filmmakers.
This year's field of entrants has been narrowed to six finalists. Their selected short films will be screened (and the winners revealed) on the night of the event to an audience of more than 500.
The Redstone victors (chosen by a trio of local film gurus) will win some money and build valuable momentum for placing their films in other festivals, explains Scott Thompson, assistant professor of screenwriting and the festival's coordinator. "It's a sort of calling card for our students," said Thompson, who promises an unforgettable event finale that "will have people talking on Commonwealth Avenue."
Past Redstone winners (and finalists) — director Gary Fleder (Runaway Jury), producer Richard Gladstein (Finding Neverland, The Cider House Rules), and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg (Beautiful Girls, Con Air) — have gone on to become some of Boston's most successful filmmakers.
Carter Blanchard, a BU alumnus and now an LA-based screenwriter, placed second at the festival in 1988. His entry, Frigid & Impotent, became one of his career bona fides: after developing the screenplay into a feature-length version, he sold it to New Line. While the film had several A-listers attached — Drew Barrymore, Alec Baldwin, and Will Ferrell — it never found wings, but Blanchard still credits the project as helping to launch his career.
"I met a lot of great, extremely talented, and successful people because of this script," said Blanchard. "[The Redstone festival] gave me more confidence in myself as a storyteller and helped give me the courage to move to LA and give it a shot."
Fratelli Breaks, a student film by '07 BU grad Alex Scigliano (who's currently working in film and TV in New York), tells the story of two brothers who play each other for $10,000 in nine-ball billiards on the anniversary of their father's murder. For Scigliano, directing and producing the project was at once an arduous and rewarding experience. "We shot [the film] with a four-man crew, including me and my brother, who also acted in it, and filmed for 18 days, in Allston, East Boston, the North End, Winthrop, Logan Airport, and Weehawken and Hoboken, New Jersey, with two 24-hour straight shoots," he recalls. "I lost 20 pounds, almost failed out of school, and lost my job as a bartender at the Armani Cafe on Newbury Street. It was the most fun I've ever had."
The Redstone Film Festival, will begin at 6:15 pm on February 13 at BU's Tsai Performance Center, 685 Comm Ave. Tickets, which are free, will be available at the Tsai Center Box Office starting at noon on the day of the festival. There is a limit of two tickets per person and seating is limited. For more information, visit this site.
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I live in Greenfield with my husband and cat. I work full time. Frugality and simplicity have been a part of my life long before they became popular and it has made life a lot less stressful. I love volunteering, home improvement/decorating, crafting and gardening.
A previous blogger on my blog about an IPAD called me CHEAP. Personally, I don't give a rat's rearend about people who "don't get it". Most of us have to live on a budget. Like me, we were not born with a silver spoon in our mouth and we don't get "handouts" from mom and dad or other family members. We work very hard for a living and what we have is what we "earned". When I was a child, my mother and I had nothing more to eat at times except a can or two of corned beef hash. My mother worked hard but she, at first, did not make a lot of money. As time went on, she improved her earning status. She never accepted welfare or food stamps. After my parents' divorce, my dad gave us money when he felt like working. Back in those days, it wasn't easy to get an absentee father to pay child support. We "managed" because we were "frugal". My mom and I did not buy our clothes at the finest stores and I did not have toys stacked from floor to ceiling but I was a happy kid and I appreciated what she did for me. She instilled reasonable values in me that I kept with me throughout my adult life.
The definition of Cheap is: Stingy; Miserly
The definition of Frugal is: Living without waste; thrifty
We all have WANTS. We also have NEEDS - legitimate Needs. We may want something one day but realize we really don't need it the next day.
A lot of people, nowadays, have lost their jobs, perhaps their homes and their usual way of life. When my husband lost his job because his company closed their doors, he was without work for 2 years except for odd jobs and temporary jobs that he managed to obtain. We made it through because we had lived frugally and we continue to do so. We never know what life may throw at us from one day to the next - we choose to be prepared. We are at the mercy of society, government and anything or anyone else you want to add. Sometimes we just are stuck between a rock and a hard place and we do what we can to survive in life. ALL of us live through tough times - no one is able to hide from this.
If you know someone and are aware personally of what that person is like, THEN you can make firsthand comments about that person's way of life. Being frugal DOES NOT mean one should not enjoy life, just that we should examine our way of life to see if what we are doing is bringing us pleasure for the cost associated. As stated in the past, my husband and I have everything we need - we enjoy great vacations, have a nice home, have nice and clean clothes on our backs and drive fairly new and well-maintained vehicles. What's important to one person may not be important to another. I don't need a Mansion, A Mercedes, Clothes from Nordstroms or an IPad to be happy.
Personally, I don't look forward to or care about "non compliments" from people I don't know and who don't know me. Life is WAY to short for that. Of course, blogs are for commments from anyone who cares to comment. I will, most of the time, defend myself and anyone around me if someone cannot justify their "attitude" towards others. The way someone looks, their outlook on living, where they live, what they wear, and so on and the way others "perceive" them is what makes headlines nowadays. How very unfortunate.
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Seasonique (levonorgestrel, ethinyl estradiol) (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol tablets and ethinyl estradiol tablets) is an extended-cycle oral contraceptive consisting of 84 light blue-green tablets each containing 0.15 mg of levonorgestrel, a synthetic progestogen and 0.03 mg of ethinyl estradiol, and 7 yellow tablets containing 0.01 mg of ethinyl estradiol.
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Levonorgestrel is chemically 18,19-Dinorpregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one, 13-ethyl-17-hydroxy-, (17a)-, (-)-.
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Each light blue-green tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: anhydrous lactose, D&C yellow no. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C blue no. 1 aluminum lake, FD&C yellow no. 6/Sunset yellow aluminum lake, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, titanium dioxide and triacetin.
Each yellow tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: anhydrous lactose, D&C yellow no. 10 aluminum lake, FD&C yellow no. 6/Sunset yellow aluminum lake, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polacrilin potassium, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80 and titanium dioxide.
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TUPELO – There's a healthy mix of new and old at this year's GumTree Festival.
The arts festival welcomes artists, dancers and musicians to show off their best for the weekend of May 11-12.
"We have right at 100 exceptional artists. There are favorites from last year and there are some who are coming for the first time," said Kit Stafford, director of the festival and the GumTree Museum of Art. "We have a wonderful variety, and it'll be a treat for people who want to see something new."
Artists who will be at this year's GumTree Festival include Michael Banks, a former Best in Show winner, pottery artist Jan Carter and former Tupelo resident Tracey Davis, who creates intricate micro mosaics.
The festival kicks off at 7 p.m. May 10, with the GumBall at Goodlett Manor. There will be music by the Fabulous Steeler Band, a silent auction of art created by 2013 festival artists and food.
The festival begins at 9 a.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Stafford said the festival celebrates more than just the visual arts, so there are stages set up for dancers and musicians.
There will be performances by Tupelo Ballet and the Judy Ready Dance Studio, as well as sets by bands like The Pollies and Paper Blues.
There will also be kids' activities, which will either be free or low cost, Stafford said.
"This is one of the finest traditions of Tupelo," Stafford said. "It celebrates the arts in the community and how the community celebrates art. It's remarkable it's lasted 42 years; it's stood the test of time."
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WHAT: 42nd annual GumTree Festival
WHEN: GumBall is May 10. Festival is May 11-12.
WHERE: Downtown Tupelo
COST: Free to attend festival; GumBall is $25.
Info: gumtreefestival.com, (662) 844-2787
Music Line-Up May 11
11 a.m. – Singer/songwriter's contest winners' performance and awards
12:30 p.m. – The Pyles
2:15 p.m. – The Kernel
4 p.m. – The Pollies
May 12
1:15 p.m. – McArthur Trio
3 p.m. – Paper Blues
YOUTH STAGE: May 11
10 a.m. – Lee County Library presentation
10:30 a.m. – Splash
11:30 a.m. – Tupelo Ballet & Guests
Noon: Tupelo Twirlers
1:30 p.m. – Judy Ready Dance Studio
4:30 p.m. – Partlow Drummers
May 12
2 p.m. – Tupelo Ballet
4 p.m. – Awards presentation
Some entertainment is still being determined.
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We're just a few days now from one of the biggest holidays of the year! We're not talking about Thanksgiving; we mean Black Friday - the biggest shopping day of the year. But, before you brave the early morning crowds, we ask: is Black Friday worth it?
The crush of the crowd, for many, is hard to resist. With a tradition that has almost overtaken the major holiday that precedes it, millions of Americans are getting their shopping lists ready for the big day. A couple of guys in Arizona started camping out Monday outside a Best Buy store, with visions of Black Friday deals dancing in their heads. The National Retail Federation says 60 million people plan to hit the stores bright and early Friday morning, enticed by deals galore. Another 78 million say they will probably shop Friday, but are waiting to see if the deals are worth it.
This year, Wal Mart is offering a 14 megapixel Kodak camera for $59. Cabela's has North Face pullovers for $50. And, Best Buy has an LG Blu-Ray Player for $109 - $50 cheaper than if you bought it today. Great deals, for sure... but, are they worth getting up early for? It depends. If there's an item you really want that's on sale, set that alarm clock. But, you should know that these probably aren't the lowest prices of the season. Retailers will see how well sales go this all-important weekend, then mark items down between now and Christmas.
It's also important to note, these days waiting until Black Friday isn't necessary. The website Gottadeal.com has a list of Black Friday items and when they go on sale. Many, you can get online on Thanksgiving and not worry about getting up early. Some retailers are doing even better. Amazon.com has a whole week of Black Friday deals, starting Monday.
Remember, the reason people camp out and rush into stores Black Friday morning is that the very best deals are available in limited supply. That great deal on a TV? There may only be three in the store at that price. So, if you really want it, you may have to camp out to get it.
While the deals may be around long after the Black Friday rush, what makes Black Friday fun is the experience of getting up early, surrounded by thousands of your closest friends. You may also be able to get gifts wrapped while you're still eating turkey sandwiches. But, if it's money you're trying to save, you may be better off in your jammies Thanksgiving night while the rest of us are sleeping off the turkey coma.


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Excessive licking, chewing, and scratching can make a pets life miserable for month after month, even year after year. For rapid relief of itch and inflammation, nothing matches the corticosteroid hormones such as cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone, dexamethasone, and others. There are some animals that seem unable to live with any degree of comfort without these medications. Unfortunately, these hormones have widespread and potentially dangerous actions throughout the body when they are used for inappropriately long periods and it is generally desirable to minimize the use of these hormones when possible to do so. Ideally, corticosteroids are used for a few really tough itch weeks and other forms of itch management are used for "general itch maintenance." This is, of course, easier to write about than to actually do. When one's pet is scratching and chewing raw spots on his or her skin, practical advice is what is called for. The following list includes assorted non-steroidal methods for relieving itch and reducing the amount of corticosteroid hormones.
Antihistamine Trials
Histamine, a biological chemical, is the chief mediator of inflammation in humans hence the proliferation of antihistamines available for people both by prescription and "over the counter." Histamine is not the major mediator of inflammation in the dog, thus these medications are not as reliable for dogs as they are for us.
The protocol recommended is helpful to approximately 40% of dogs who try it. Four different antihistamines are used, one at a time, at least two weeks each, in hope of finding one that is acceptably effective. While the chance that an individual antihistamine will be helpful is small (about 15%), trying several antihistamines greatly increases the chance of finding one that works.
Fatty Acid Supplementation
The discovery of anti-inflammatory properties of evening primrose oils and fish oils in humans has led to similar products on the market for our pets. These products are not analogous to the oil supplements which are recommended as food supplements to make a pet's coat shiny; instead; these are true anti-inflammatory drugs capable of relieving joint pain, cramps, and itchy skin. The supplement alone is helpful in 10-25% of itchy dogs; Often recommend use in combination with antihistamines to boost the efficacy of the protocol described above.
Topicals to try : When using any dip on inflamed skin one should be aware that the use of cool water is considered much more soothing than warm water.
Colloidal Oatmeal Shampoos and Creme Rinse
Other Topical Products: Colloidal Oatmeal Sprays and Lotions
Same principle as above. These products pull inflammatory toxins out of the skin. Oatmeal products have become very popular and are available as shampoos, creme rinses, soaks, sprays, and lotions.
HUMILAC SPRAY - This is a moisturizer which may be applied as a spray or mixed in water as a dip. It is helpful for dry skin but can also be used in combination with lime sulfur as lime sulfur is naturally drying to the skin. WITCH HAZEL - This product has a cooling effect on the skin which is soothing for both animals and for people with sun burn. It is available as a spray or lotion. ALOE VERA GEL - If possible, obtain 100% aloe vera gel from a health food store. Products "containing aloe" are much more available but are generally not as effective and not meant to be licked away by a pet. Aloe vera gel comes from the aloe vera succulent and contains enzymes which break down inflammatory proteins and enhance healing. Pure aloe vera gel is not harmful for pets who want to lick it off. TOPICAL STEROIDS - It seems clear that taking steroids orally may be harmful to the body with chronic use but are topical cremes safe for long term use? We now know that topical steroids (cortisone cremes and related products) a absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream but the hormonal side effects with topical use do seem blunted. For small irritated areas ("hot spots"), topicals can provide excellent relief without the systemic effects of hormones.


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In summer it can seem that every patch of woods in the eastern United States rings with the rolling song of the Carolina Wren. This shy bird can be hard to see, but it delivers an amazing number of decibels for its size. Follow its teakettle-teakettle! and other piercing exclamations through backyard or forest, and you may be rewarded with glimpses of this bird's rich cinnamon plumage, white eyebrow stripe, and long, upward-cocked tail. This hardy bird has been wintering farther and farther north in recent decades.
The Carolina Wren is a small but chunky bird with a round body and a long tail that it often cocks upward. The head is large with very little neck, and the distinctive bill marks it as a wren: long, slender, and downcurved.
Both males and females are a bright, unpatterned reddish-brown above and warm buffy-orange below, with a long white eyebrow stripe, dark bill, and white chin and throat.
The Carolina Wren creeps around vegetated areas and scoots up and down tree trunks in search of insects and fruit. It explores yards, garages, and woodpiles, sometimes nesting there. This wren often cocks its tail upward while foraging and holds it down when singing. Carolina Wrens defend their territories with constant singing; they aggressively scold and chase off intruders.
Look—or listen—for Carolina Wrens singing or calling from dense vegetation in wooded areas, especially in forest ravines and neighborhoods. These birds love to move low through tangled understory; they frequent backyard brush piles and areas choked with vines and bushes.
House Wrens are smaller, darker brown, and shorter tailed than Carolina Wrens, lacking the white chest and eyebrow stripe. The House Wren's song is very complex, bubbly, and chattering, whereas the Carolina Wren sings a sweet, rolling tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle with many variations on that two or three-noted theme. They also have shorter tails. Bewick's Wrens are a grayer, longer-tailed western counterpart of the Carolina Wren. Where they overlap in the central U.S., look for the more subdued coloration of Bewick's Wren compared with the warm buffy or reddish-brown of the Carolina Wren.
The Florida population of Carolina Wrens is larger and stouter, a darker rusty chestnut above and more deeply colored below.
This species often comes to bird feeders. Find out more about what this bird likes to eat and what feeder is best by using the Project FeederWatch Common Feeder Birds bird list.
Carolina Wrens visit suet-filled feeders during winter. During cold northern winters, they will take shelter in nest boxes containing dried grasses, particularly boxes with slots rather than holes.
During breeding season, these wrens may nest in boxes, but they're just as likely to choose a hanging fern or an empty flowerpot tucked away in a quiet corner of an overgrown back yard. Consider putting up a nest box to attract a breeding pair. Make sure you put it up well before breeding season. Attach a guard to keep predators from raiding eggs and young. Find out more about nest boxes on our Attract Birds pages. You'll find plans for building a nest box of the appropriate size on our All About Birdhouses site.
Keeping a brush pile in your yard is a great way of encouraging wrens to take up residence (read more about offering shelter to backyard birds here).
Listen for the male's loud, piercing teakettle-teakettle song emanating from woody or thickly vegetated areas within the wren's range.
The New Birds of Winter, All About Birds blog, February 5, 2015.
Power Struggles Are Playing Out at Your Feeder—Here's What to Look For, All About Birds blog, March 11, 2015.
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Shares of Facebook (FB) are up $6.37, or 24%, to $32.87, backing off their highest level of the session at $34, after the company last night beat Q2 expectations on a surprisingly high amount of mobile advertising revenue.
As I mentioned earlier, longtime bulls such as Firsthand Funds's Kevin Landis are wondering if the company is on its way to the kind of indomitable trading seen by high-priced growth names such as Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN).
Price targets are going up all around this morning, and there are three upgrades so far, that I can see, from BTIG Research, JMP Securities, and Evercore Partners.
BTIG's Rich Greenfield, who has been one of the most strident critics of the lousy quality of mobile ads on Facebook, and also has opined that Google+ was a very large threat to Facebook, this morning writes "We were wrong, Facebook mobile ad spend crushes our short thesis," in upgrading the stock to Neutral from Sell and stripping away his $22 price target. (Free registration required to read BTIG articles.)
Greenfield now sees "dramatically higher" mobile revenue in 2014 and 2015 than he previously expected, even though he cuts his desktop ad revenue numbers. He now models 2013 results of $6.4 billion in revenue and 72 cents EPS, up from $5.5 billion and 50 cents previously. For 2014, he now sees revenue of $8.2 billion and EPS of 88 cents, up from $6.5 billion and 52 cents previously. Greenfield warns the "splintering" of social networking into many apps by generation and by "use case" is still a risk for the company.
Evercore's Ken Sena, raising his rating to Overweight from Equal Weight, with a $34 price target, up from $26, writes that "The underlying metrics support the view that a positive ad pricing inflection occurred in the quarter, which we think points to further upside for shares."
Sena is encouraged by rising engagement and pricing of ads:
Ad coverage now stands at 5%, suggesting the potential for higher ad frequency, especially as the quality of the ads stands to improve. In addition, 2Q13 ARPU came in at $1.60 ($4.32 in the U.S. & Canada), up from $1.28, at levels still low enough to support the notion for further upside. (We now peg ARPU growing to $9 in five years compared with $7 previously.) [...] Frequency of visits, measured on the basis of DAU/MAUs increased to 61% vs. 58%. Time spent also increased across all geographies (inclusive of desktop). In addition, mobile time spent was characterized as gaining share of total mobile minutes despite growth in the number of mobile communication alternatives, suggesting a disconnect between slowing FB download statistics and true engagement.
And JMP's Ronald Josey raised his rating to Market Outperform from Market Perform, witha $38 price target, writing that "Facebook is increasingly becoming a 'must buy' for advertisers."
Our original thesis on Facebook was that it is relatively early days in ad budgets shifting to social and that as advertising ramps, it could impact overall engagement. While we still believe it remains relatively early days for social, Facebook's 63% Y/Y ex-FX advertising growth rate in 2Q makes it one of the fastest growing companies in our coverage universe and we believe the business has hit an inflection point in terms of advertisers (demand) and overall impressions (supply) across almost every key advertising category in 2Q, including mobile, while engagement continues to grow. In short, we believe that Facebook has discovered the formula to begin significantly extracting value from its 1.16 billion global users and we are buyers of the stock.
Michael Pachter, Wedbush Securities: Reiterates an Outperform rating on the stock and raises his price target to $39 from $35. "Mobile accounted for 41% of advertising revenue, or roughly $656 million, well above our estimate of $464 million [...] Facebook now has more daily active users on mobile than on desktop and it expects to generate more revenue on mobile than on desktop in the near future. We expect mobile revenue growth to be supplemented next year as Facebook begins monetizing the Instagram platform with video ads displayed to its over 130 million monthly users [...] Management reiterated that non-GAAP operating expenses were expected to increase by roughly 50%. Although the company is still in its growth phase, by setting the spending bar so high for the year the company could have the ability to hold back on spending should it track below earnings expectations in a future quarter."
Mark Mahaney, RBC Capital Markets: Reiterates an Outperform rating and raises his price target to $40 from $32. "This was an inflection point quarter. FB over the last four quarters has addressed and now likely defeated the biggest overhang issue from its IPO days – Mobile Monetization. FB has gone from $0 to a $2.6B Mobile Revenue run rate in five quarters, without a negative impact on engagement AND while boosting its overall Ad Revenue growth rate. FB appears to have proven that Mobile is nicely incremental/accretive to FB usage and revenue – a point the Mobile Bears have missed. Further, we continue to view Facebook as arguably the most under-levered name in the Internet sector – i.e. it's the company that has pulled the least number of growth levers to date. One in particular that comes to mind is FB-owned Instagram, which now has 130MM MAUs, is growing faster than FB at similar scale, and is completely unmonetized."
Doug Anmuth, J.P. Morgan: Reiterates an Overweight rating, and raises his price target to $44 from $35, calling it "the strongest quarter yet" for the company since it went public. "As Mobile becomes the majority of Ad revenue in 2H13, we believe the Desktop to Mobile mix-shift bear argument should fade as Mobile benefits from secular growth and higher pricing potential. It is also where Facebook's ad platform is most differentiated. Quite simply, Mobile moves from a headwind to a tailwind."
Martin Pykkonen, Wedge Partners: Ad revenue increase of 61% was "clear evidence that FB's programs/ analytics are working for advertisers in terms of both branding and targeted ad effectiveness. FB reached over a million active advertisers in 2Q13. We think one of the main takeaways is that FB's foreign advertising markets are starting to become meaningful to total advertising growth. Many of the large foreign user base markets have much less established traditional advertising markets (ex: Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Philippines, etc.), but social media on FB (as well as Twitter) seems to be stimulating newer ad markets. FB's global ARPU was up 24% year/year (vs. domestic ARPU up 27% year/year), but a narrower difference between domestic and foreign ARPU suggests a pick-up in foreign market monetization with advertisers."


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The little sticker that is causing a world of trouble for Microsoft and Intel.
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Microsoft executive -- "We set ourselves up"
One of the most iconic images of Microsoft's Windows Vista launch in January 2007 was the small "Windows Vista Capable" stickers on computers months before, reassuring customers that when the new operating system came out, their computers could be updated to the latest and greatest. Unfortunately for the consumer it appears that the capabilities that these stickers promised were intentionally exaggerated to benefit Microsoft and chipmaker Intel.
A class action suit filed against Microsoft in April 2007
accused Microsoft of intentionally misleading
consumers with the stickers, claiming the "Vista Capable" logos on computers that were anything but. The suit centered around several key points, among which was that the computers sold could not run Windows Vista's more impressive features such as the Aero user interface, and were left with only a bare-bones skeleton of Vista. The suit
forced Microsoft to redefine
its definition of what exactly "Vista Capable" meant, which included Microsoft's addition of a disclaimer that some of the PCs bearing the sticker could not run significant Vista features such as Aero.
Meanwhile, the legal case proceeded forward. Armed with internal emails obtained from Microsoft, the plaintiffs,
represented by high-power attorney Jeffrey Tilden of Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell,
took their case before a U.S. District Judge in order to gain class action status
. In a significant victory for the plaintiffs
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman
granted the case class action status
, with the primary focus being to determine whether Microsoft intentionally deceived consumers to sell PCs. The judge also opened the door for the suit to also encompass gripes about the lack of Aero if the plaintiffs found another named plaintiff who bough Vista but was unable to run Aero.
Now in the aftermath of the ruling, the Judge Pechman
unsealed 158 pages of Microsoft corporate emails
(PDF) that paint a picture Microsoft would rather not have the public see.
Some of these emails featured Microsoft employees candidly describing the program with, "
Even a piece of junk will qualify" for "Vista Capable" designation. The now famous email from
Mike Nash, currently a corporate vice president for Windows product management, states, "
I PERSONALLY got burnt ... Are we seeing this from a lot of customers? ... I now have a $2,100 e-mail machine."
Less dramatic, but equally damaging was the email from
Jim Allchin, then the co-president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, stating grimly, "
We really botched this ... You guys have to do a better job with our customers."
The most interesting emails though, turn out to be the new ones. While a number of key portions of several emails were redacted, the parts that remain paint a picture of intentional deception that Microsoft virtually admitted to in the internal emails.
In the emails Microsoft executives discuss how the
Intel 915 Chipset
was to initially be deemed incompatible Windows Vista. The policy was abruptly reversed. Says one of the executives in charge of the decision, "
In the end, we lowered the requirements to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded. We are caving to Intel. We worked the last 18 months to drive the [user interface] experience and we are giving this up."
This admission is extremely significant as it precisely describes what was alleged by the class action suit. Microsoft will have to fight an uphill battle to prove that its employees' email correspondence was inaccurate and misleading.
Other emails make it clear that retailers had voiced frustrations with Microsoft, and were met with stubborn resistance from Microsoft executives due to the policy, which aimed to underhandedly pump up Intel's chipset sales. Says one Microsoft executive, guiltily, "
I was in Best Buy listening to people and can tell you this did not come clear to customers. We set ourselves up."
"You can bet that Sony built a long-term business plan about being successful in Japan and that business plan is crumbling." -- Peter Moore, 24 hours before his Microsoft resignation
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Floodplain management helps prevent future floods
Relocation within the floodplains have been priority following the flooding in 1993
DARLINGTON, Wis. - Two decades after the worst flooding in Wisconsin history, a concerted effort remains to prevent future natural disasters by removing structures throughout the state that have been flooded repeatedly in the past.
Relocation programs for properties within the floodplain have been one of the DNR's top priorities following the flooding in 1993 that covered nearly two-thirds of the state. Darlington, along the Pecatonica River, is showcased by the Department of Natural Resources as an example of a community that has undertaken significant flood mitigation efforts.
"This flood program, it's been a godsend," said Bev Anderson, the former Darlington mayor who embraced mitigation efforts after her city was two feet under water in 1993. "This was a program that helped not only with our buildings, and raised the valuation of our retail center, but it also (did) historic preservation, (and) economic revitalization. You go through a lot of rural communities today and there are a lot of empty buildings. We don't have that."
Anderson, who grew up above her parents' sweets shop on Main Street, applied for every federal and state grant available. The money came with the condition that homeowners and property owners remaining in the floodplain needed to buy flood insurance.
Many of the businesses on the river bank were moved up the hill to the west side of town, but Anderson and other city leaders refused to give up on its historic downtown. Unlike Wisconsin cities like Gays Mills and Soldier's Grove, which moved their commercial districts up neighboring hills and out of the floodplain, Darlington refused to move.
"It was never an option, giving up on our downtown," said Police Chief Jason King, who as a graduated high school senior worked on the downtown clean-up crew in 1993. "Giving up on our community in any shape or form was never an option in my mind and I'm not aware of it being an option in anyone's mind to tell you the truth."
Many of the city's downtown businesses kept their facades while installing vestibules inside their doors to collect water and equalize the pressure on the walls in case of a future flood. Basements were filled, floors were tiled and raised, retail was moved up a flight of stairs and utilities were also relocated higher up. Retaining walls were built outside homes which were also elevated above the floodplain.
"We do love our downtown, all of us and we've put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into it," Anderson said. "There's value in trying to preserve all of this."
Other high-profile mitigation efforts include along Clark's Creek in Sauk County where the only fatality of the 1993 flood occurred. Three properties have been bought in an effort to prevent future flooding in the area just outside Baraboo.Floodplain management helps prevent future floods
In addition, along the Rock River on Blackhawk Island just outside Fort Atkinson, DNR officials have worked to mitigate future risk.
"We've acquired through both state and federal funding dozens of structures down here," said Gary Heinrichs with the DNR. "This community down here on Blackhawk Island used to be wall-to-wall houses and now most of those houses are vacant because of repeated flooding."
For more information on the DNR's Floodplain Management program, click here.
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Times reporter Hoge to discuss U.N.
Posted February 8, 2008; 11:42 p.m.
Warren Hoge, United Nations foreign affairs correspondent for The New York Times, will deliver a talk titled "The United Nations at a Time of Change" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Before taking up his present post in November 2003, Hoge held a number of positions with the Times, including editor of The New York Times Magazine, foreign editor, Rio de Janeiro bureau chief, London bureau chief and metro reporter.
Hoge began his journalism career in 1964 as a reporter for The Evening Star in Washington, D.C., worked for the New York Post from 1966 to 1976 and then joined the Times.
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AIDS activist to lecture, May 11
Posted May 11, 2001; 09:55 a.m.
Rae Lewis Thornton, a well-known AIDS activist, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 in the Multi-Purpose room of the Frist Campus Center.
Thornton, who has been featured on "Oprah" and "Nightline," as well as in Essence, Ebony and Emerge magazines, has dedicated her life to telling her story - a story that began with a promising career in political organization and now continues with her career in raising public awareness about AIDS, which she contracted in 1986.
This event is sponsored by the Black Student Union, the Frist Campus Center, Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Office of the President, the Projects Board and Princeton University Health Services.
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I love knives. This might be one of the most politically incorrect statements I've ever made — if taken by readers the wrong way. Let me explain myself.
My affection for sharpened steel is nothing like what one would expect from the criminal or violent individual. I haven't the slightest intention to ever inflict harm on another with a blade. I love knives the way I love fly rods and finely crafted reels.
Think of the way musicians fuss over instruments. They typically collect guitars and horns in numbers far beyond what's sensibly necessary for playing their gigs.
There's also the vintage factor. The consensus of online dictionaries attributes vintage primarily to a wine's year of origin. In the modern context, vintage could refer to cars, motorcycles or fishing creels.
Often people collect objects that were actually made in a particular time period, like a car, and these are both vintage and antique. My daughter buys vintage dresses at online specialty shops because it suits her style and taste in clothes. They are new clothes styled from previous periods of fashion.
I think vintage is in style. That must be some sort of oxymoron, but Allison and other like-minded ladies spend lots of money to be in style, or not in style. It confuses me sometimes.
Vintage knives are in style. Do a search on eBay and you will see for yourself. On a warm evening, this summer past, I browsed knives on my wife's iPad, while sipping a beer on the deck. Before the beer was gone I bought my first blade on eBay. It looked so beautiful in the photo I just couldn't resist, and the price was amazing.
It was handcrafted in India, and a sort of vintage knife that I've wanted for years. I own a couple of North American custom knives and they were very expensive. I was thinking the eBay knife could be junk, but for under a 100 bucks in hand, I took the risk. I ordered a Damascus steel blade with an India stag handle.
There's both a colourful history and flourishing modern research surrounding Damascus steel. But both its origin and precise nature elude the experts, both archeologists and metallurgists alike. There's magic and mystery swirling in the mists of time that baffles our state of the art electron microscopes and X-ray crystallography machines.
Damascus steel was used in knife and swordmaking from 300 BC to AD 1700. These blades are characterized by unique patterns of banding and mottling that resembles flowing water. Damascus swords were reputed to be not only robust and resistant to shattering, but capable of being honed to a keen and resilient edge.
It's been said that they could cut through a gun barrel and split a falling hair, but there's really no hard evidence to prove this. In reality, there's no doubt that modern metals surpass the performance of Damascus steel, but for its vintage it was the absolute pinnacle of metallurgy, raw material fit for the finest artisans of the blade.
Modern bladesmiths have no Damascus steel to work with. For reasons that also allude us, the art and secrets of its production were lost somewhere around the mid 1700s. Historians think it might have had something to do with the disruption of trade routes.
Damascus steel was produced in India and exported around the rest of the world for crafting and forging implements of war and survival tools.
A lengthy breakdown in transportation could have lead to a total loss of the technology, especially considering that there was much secrecy around its production.
Attempts to re-engineer the process have been only partially successful. German research from 2006 revealed nanowires and carbon nanotubes in an antique blade forged from Damascus steel.
Nano means way too small to see, even smaller than microscopic. This was important enough to have been covered by National Geographic and the New York Times.
Microscopic chemical reactions in the production process may have been the secret ingredient. Woody biomass and leaves are known to have been used to carbonize the ingots used in Damascus steel production.
Nanotubes can be derived from plant fibres mixed into the forging process, and this might at least in part, explain the magic that hardened the steel. Maybe we will never know the full story, but who doesn't love a little mystery?
Today's craftsmen are now producing vintage Damascus knives, and I've wanted one for quite some time. Obviously they aren't using the same steel that was used in period, but they are able to obtain the visual and maybe some of the practical elements by a different, but still complex procedure.
It's called pattern welding, characterized by two steels being folded into hundreds of layers that end up forming distinctive patterns on the surface of the blade.
The two steels react differently to acid etching and give Damascus blades their signature look.
By using high and low carbon steel in alliance, a sword or knife is rendered both hard and tough at the same time. This has been the holy grail of knife and swordmaking for centuries.
A sword is no good razor shape if it smashes to bits upon impact with a shield. Nor is a blade functional if it doesn't cut. In the moose hunter's context, we want a knife that cuts effortlessly through that tough hide, but doesn't break in two if you pry against a bone.
Or, put another way, we want blades that can hold an edge and open a can of beans. Modern hunting knives are hard and hold a wicked edge, but are a tad too delicate for more rugged survival sort of use.
On the other hand, survival knives don't hold the keenest edge. Damascus blades are allegedly the best of both worlds.
My Damascus knife arrived from India and certainly looked the part. It's finely crafted and exquisite to the eye and touch. I love the stag handle just as much as the water flowing pattern in its shimmering steel. It feels like a piece of history in my hand. I guess that's why people drive vintage cars.
I'm using my new vintage knife this fall in the woods. I've christened it on one moose and it does indeed hold a keen edge. I'm a bit more reluctant to give it a survival mode workout. I'll let you know after this winter's camping session. Maybe I'll baton some wood with it or fashion a lean-to. I'll keep you posted.
Paul Smith, a native of Spaniard's Bay,
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Creach family settles wrongful death suit settlement for $2M
The family of Scott Creach accepted a $2M settlement offer for their wrongful death lawsuit Friday.
Spokane County offered the Creach family $2M to settle the lawsuit brought by the family; the county's insurance company encouraged the settlement to save on the costs of litigation in the case.
Friday morning Federal Judge Rosanna Peterson also ruled Friday Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and Spokane County should be released from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of slain preacher and businessman Scott Creach.
The Creach family filed the suit in federal court against Deputy Brian Hirzel, Spokane County and Knezovich, saying their actions deprived Scott Creach of his civil rights and deprived the family of their relationship with him.
The case was filed in November 2011 and was scheduled for trial in late July. In March, Spokane County and Knezovich filed a motion for summary judgment, which would remove them as defendants in the case. Arguments were heard in early May and Judge Peterson handed down her ruling Friday morning.
"Plaintiffs did not address defendants' arguments regarding a federal claim for loss of their relationship at summary judgment and thus appear to agree that their complaint does not assert a federal cause of action for the Creach children's loss of relationship with their father," Peterson stated in her ruling.
Peterson rejected the Creach family's claims the sheriff's office was negligent for providing "ambush training," saying in her ruling that no reasonable jury would find the defendants knowingly made a deliberate decision to violate Scott Creach's rights. The ruling went on to say the Creach lawsuit also failed to raise evidence that the County and Knezovich conducted faulty investigations or failed to discipline deputies.
"Plaintiffs have not raised a genuine issue of fact as to whether Spokane County had a custom or practice of failing to properly investigate the actions of its deputies or failing to discipline errant deputies," Peterson said.
Creach, 74, was shot to death in the parking lot of the Plant Farm when he went out to investigate an idling car in the business' parking lot. That idling car was a patrol cruiser driven by Spokane County Sheriff Deputy Brian Hirzel, who had parked in the lot late in the evening of August 25, 2010. Hirzel shot and killed Creach.
"We are pleased with this settlement," said Sim Osborn of the law firm Osborn Machler, which represents the Creach family. "No amount of money will bring Mr. Creach back, but this settlement will help raise awareness and hopefully encourage positive change in the way Spokane County trains its deputies so that something like this does not happen again."
Neither Osborn's comments nor the settlement itself are sitting well for Sheriff Knezovich however.
"I regret that Mr. Osborn chose to inaccurately portray the settlement knowing that the Judge ruled to dismiss the action against the Sheriff's Office and the County," he said.
"I think it was irresponsible for the insurance company to offer such a large settlement, against the advice of Spokane County and our attorneys, prior to Judge Peterson's ruling. Doing so only opens Spokane County and the Sheriff's Office up to more unfounded lawsuits. It is important to note that Judge Peterson dismissed Spokane County and myself from this lawsuit and found that the Plaintiffs' claims against me and my Office were unfounded," Knezovich added.
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MARSEILLES, Ill. — Mr. Donald Millard Elliott, 90, of Marseilles, Ill., passed away with his family by his side Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Pleasant View.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Seals-Campbell Funeral Home, 1009 E. Bluff St., Marseilles, with the Rev. Kris Zierke of Our Savior's Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, as well as for one hour before services Friday at the funeral home.
Burial, with military honors, will be in Riverview Cemetery in Marseilles.
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Budgets are expected to increase, even as new IT challenges present themselves.
Christian Hamaker is managing editor of Public Utilities Fortnightly .
Budgets are expected to increase, even as new IT challenges present themselves.
Change is inevitable, but for CIOs and technology officers in the energy field, change sets the parameters and ignites possibilities as they try to keep pace with current customer demands, and those expected in the near future.
As the utility industry continues its march—some might call it a retreat—toward a slow-growth, back-to-basics fiscal mentality, tech officers must find the balance between budget limitations and effective customer service. New computer systems, transmission technologies, and reliability issues—all put pressure on company CIOs and technology experts who play a key role in energy delivery and customer satisfaction.
The price tag for such efforts continues to loom large for information technology (IT) execs. A recent report from Energy Insights ("IT Budgets of Large Electric and Gas Utilities: Approach Planning With Cautious Optimism") shows that 43 percent of energy utilities with IT budgets in excess of $550 million expect their 2006 IT budgets to increase, helped by provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
According to the report, median IT spending among large North American utilities organizations was $80 million in 2004, while the mean was just above $131 million. Combined electric and gas utilities spent $111.56 million on IT; electric utilities spent $127.402 million. "Respondents are even more optimistic about their 2009 IT budgets, with 52 percent expecting budgets to increase," the report states. Figure 1 breaks out expected IT expenditures for the next three years, while Figure 2 shows 2009 expectations.
For our annual CIO/CTO forum, Public Utilities Fortnightly talked with tech/information specialists at four companies representing different sectors of the energy industry:
- Patricia Lawicki , CIO at California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E);
- Ken Fell , CIO at the New York Independent System Operator (NY-ISO);
- Mark C. Williamson , vice president, major projects, at American Transmission Co.; and
- John Seral , CIO at GE Energy.
Together, the interviews show how technology—both in the office, and in the delivery of energy—shapes the different role each officer plays, and how these officials try to manage NIMBYism, regulators, and other things that sometimes help, sometimes hinder their companies.— Christian Hamaker
Patricia Lawicki, CIO
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Fortnightly: You've been on the job about a year, correct?
Patricia Lawicki: Yes, nine months. Every month counts as a CIO. You learn more and more as you go through. I have a staff of 1,200.
Fortnightly: The role of CIO is different at each organization. What does it encompass at PG&E?
PL: Some CIOs are in charge of customer-service components, but I'm not. What I take care of are the actual systems that produce customer bills. I run all of the IT. I run the data center, all the servers, all of the programs, the software, the desktops, the networking, the radio systems, the phone systems.
Fortnightly: How has technology at the organization changed since you joined PG&E?
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Next Steps for Protecting Sea Turtles
Posted On March 27, 2013 by Guest Blogger
Last year, my colleague Ivy wrote about a proposed rule by NOAA to make shrimping safer for sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico.
As you may know, all sea turtles in U.S. waters are on the Endangered Species List as either threatened or endangered. Since January 2010, NOAA has observed an increase in marine turtle deaths in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Sea turtle deaths can occur for a number of reasons, including disease, exposure to biotoxins or pollutants, ingestion of marine debris, vessel collisions, and fishery interactions. The proposed rule would have required turtle excluder devices (TEDs) on all shrimp trawling vessels, including boats that fish in-shore and in shallower waters than those currently required to use TEDs. These in-shore boats, known in the fishing community as skimmer and butterfly trawlers instead have to comply with "tow-time" restrictions, or limits to how long they can keep their nets submerged under water while fishing. Turtles drown when trapped in the nets too long.
NOAA has since withdrawn this proposed rule for multiple reasons, but primarily because the current design of TEDs did not seem to protect turtles effectively.
How is that possible?