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Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Review by antseezee
"Prepare to beat down on opponents like no other game before."
One of the most memorable beat-em-up fighting games that came into the existence of the gaming world has been the Double Dragon series. Ever since its early introduction into the arcades and the NES, it was noted for its uncanny gameplay and breathtaking action. Whether you'd perform a jump kick, launch a devastating uppercut, or knee your opponent's face - it all provided a thrilling experience. Double Dragon II was by far the best out of the three games on the NES, and it showed in nearly all departments. The basic storyline of DD2 continues as the streets of modern cities are being filled with gangs. An attack by the notorious Shadow Warriors ends up killing Marian, Billy's Girlfriend, and thus, they decide to get revenge. Of course, don't expect any friendly welcome. This is one of the best beat-em-up genre fighting games you'll play for the NES. The ease of controls, numerous enemies, and multiple levels will provide for a path to greatness.
Graphics [8/10]
As with any side scrolling platform action game, there needs to be some decency amongst the graphics in order to give the player a sense of realism. Double Dragon 2 does just that as many levels and stages have extremely well colored backgrounds. Cities are so detailed that you can nearly see a woman showering in an apartment window. Forests have trees with slight grooves and impressions. There are sewer grates on cement roads, or conveyor belts in a factory. Most of the beautiful backgrounds that DD have been noted for are quite visible in its sequel. Billy and Jimmy still look like tough guys, complete with their blocking stances and smooth animations. You can tell the difference from a left or right punch simply by the way his body twists. Enemies have different styles of attacking, and flips/jumps look more realistic rather than a balloon lofting in the air.
Sprites still flash when multiple enemies get on screen, and this can be a nuisance when you're trying to punch someone in the face. Sometimes you'll sort of glitch into the side of something, which can be both strange and unusual. Details on most enemies is noticeable, but it seems like faces tend to get shaded out so there's no real facial expression. However, framerate is very smooth and you don't have to worry about tear n' jerk fighting animations. For the most part, Double Dragon II brings back the memorable and colorful graphics we look for in most Nintendo games.
Sound/Music [8/10]
For quite some time, the Double Dragon series has always been referred to as one of the few fighting games with some decent music. Ever since the first game was released, it had an extremely addictive theme song that really boosted the gamer's attitude during gameplay. The Double Dragon song not only featured a somewhat epic beat to it, but it was perfect in firing the gamer up for some butt kicking action. DD2 did exactly that, taking the same theme song, but tried to remix it a bit. While it still holds a resilient effect, Double Dragon II probably has the worst music out of the entire trilogy. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing, songs interchange each level. Whether you'd be in a helicopter, or on an ocean rig, the music fits quite appropriately.
Sound effects are are mainly above average since they match every graphic on the screen quite well. Grenades make an explosion like crumpling paper, and knives sound like two soda cans being thrown against a wall. But this was a good thing since the hardware of the NES was so primitive. Acclaim did an amazing job in both departments, and truly gives this beat-em-up game a name to stand by.
Gameplay [10/10]
As with any fighting game, you need moves and a guy who can kick butt. Using the same formula from the original Double Dragon, Acclaim included nearly all the same elements except for a different control system. The game is similar to any side scrolling platformer where your character can walk, move, and attack other enemies on screen. Controls are simple. They're actually based on the proximity of enemies surrounding you, rather than the previous game where one button punched, and the other kicked. So if an enemy is behind you, and you press the button corresponding to that direction (A or B), Billy will then perform a back kick. So basically, you press the button that's closest to the enemy, and it will allow you to attack either left or right. This was such an innovative control system at the time because it allowed gamers to get out of jams a lot easier, rather than getting sandwiched by two Japanese thugs. Plus, controls are very responsive. You don't have to worry about a delay on your jump kick, or some type of mismatch with your karate punch. This is contact to contact reactive controls.
The game continues with the same idea of levels. You start out on the streets, and eventually trail the Shadow Gang until the final level. Each stage contains a boss at the end who is ''usually'' tougher than the regular enemies on the stage. Sometimes certain opponents will be carrying weapons like whips, chains, knives, and grenades which you can use if they fall on the ground. Being able to jump is a necessity since some levels have tricky conveyor belts or platforms that you have to percept right in order to successfully complete the jump. For the most part, there is a good balance of difficulty in the game mainly because you actually have a chance of beating the game. Bosses are somewhat easy to defeat, and timing your moves can be a decision of life or death.
Some innovative ways of restricting certain moves is by placing obstacles. Acclaim became creative when they made one boss fight where you couldn't jump at all, or else you'd go straight into a ceiling of spikes. While this would be annoying to the gamer, it inspired him to think in other ways such as using a normal kick or punch. Gamers get challenged mentally when playing Double Dragon II, unlike some games where all it involves is the same ''cheap'' move (cough, Mortal Kombat, cough). Billy also has some creative moves like a hurricane kick, various counter moves from the ground (rising uppercut, rising knee bash), and of course his brother, Jimmy. There are also additional game modes such as 2 Player Co-Op, where you can have it set so that you hurt each other, or you don't. There are three different difficulties - although the ''Practice'' difficulty will only let you play a few levels. For the most part, Double Dragon II is one of the best fighting experiences you will have on your NES.
Fun [9/10]
Wait till you start punching and kicking your way through the filth and crime of the Shadow Warriors. Double Dragon II provides tons of fun, whether you beat it once, or play it again. The biggest factor is that the game is not impossible. Many players have a good, solid chance of beating it, and finally being able to see a legit Double Dragon ending. While Marian is dead, and your mission is more of revenge, yield the power wisely. The constant action and adrenaline-pumped scenes is what made this game a favorite in many gamers' hearts. There are even cut scenes in between each level to clue the player in on what's going on in the story. Rather than just roaming from one place to another, you at least have some basis as to where and why you're going there.
Replayability [10/10]
There is so much replay value in Double Dragon II. Levels never become a bore thanks to changes in scenery and new types of enemy. The game progressively gets harder, with more unique obstacles along the way. Even if you do defeat the game, there's always additional difficulties to try it on. The two player co-operative mode is what really sets this game apart. There is way more than just single player action, and acting as a team cleaning the streets of filth is always an enjoyable experience. Quite frankly, Double Dragon II is a game that holds replay value. Billy has so many variations and different animations of karate moves that similarity is a rarity in DD2. This game has more replay value than the stripes you could count on a zebra.
Difficulty [6/10]
No worries here, DD2 provides an above average challenge to the gamer. Most average players should be able to make it five or so levels in the game, and enemy AI is challenging enough to force the gamer to rely on more than one certain move. There are three different difficulties, increasingly harder enemies as you move on, and challenging levels to keep you ready for anything. Obstacles such as helicopters, crushing pillars, and holes will make their appearance here and there. Gamers are forced to fight their way out of situations with surrounding enemies, and limited maneuvers. While DD2 is the easiest game out of the trilogy, it has just enough to keep you from thinking that this is a breeze.
Final Factor [9/10]
If you look back at the history of many beat-em-up games, most of them spawned from the initial release of Double Dragon. However, Double Dragon II took that same gameplay system, and enhanced it with a much more balanced fighting system. Every element from the graphics (excluding sound) to the difficulty was all enhanced/altered in one way or another. You can get so much satisfaction in beating the pulp out of enemies who killed your girlfriend. Either way, Double Dragon 2 is a must have fighting game in anyone's collection. Whether you spot it at a yard sale, or just need another game for your collection, get it. It's not too often that we meet games so well designed that have tons of replay value such as DD2 has. Remember the Dragons.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 07/24/03, Updated 07/24/03
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Johnston County man accused of child sex offenses over six-year period
Posted December 9, 2014
Wilsons Mills, N.C. — A man in the Johnston County town of Wilson's Mills was arrested Tuesday in connection with sex offenses against a child that allegedly occurred over a six-year period.
Miguel B. Ramirez, 50, of 62 Rocks Edge Lane, was jailed under a $350,000 bond on a charge of sex offense with a child, according to Wilson's Mills Police Chief David Hess.
When the alleged crimes began, the child was 6 years old.
Police began investigating Ramirez in February 2013 and arrested him after receiving help from the Selma Police Department, Department of Child Protective Services, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Johnston County District Attorney's Office.

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MacBooster 2 launches, adds System Status, Photo Sweeper and Security modules
IObit has released MacBooster 2.0, a major new build of its shareware cleaning and optimization tool for Macs. The app, which is available as a 14-day trial download, includes a number of new and improved features.
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Great-grandpa's genes gone, effects stay
Removing anti-obesity DNA from a mouse lineage doesn't stop descendants from staying thin
VANCOUVER — Great-grandfathers may impart more than engraved watches. A sugar-regulating gene that made a brief appearance in a lineage of mice but wasn't passed on seems to have made animals up to four generations later resistant to obesity, research presented March 30 at the annual conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology shows.
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Posted by Dave LaBarge, CPS-CML-CMS on July 25, 2007 at 04:23:30:
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York was established in 1882 but from your discription I would say your York is from the 1950's or so. I believe York was purchased by Diebold in the late 1950's-early 1960's, but the York name was still used afertwards.
I'm familar with the "rectangular metal label" York used and that's also another clue that your safe is "on the newer" side. Your statement that "at the very least, there appears to be a sheet metal back cover, which I have not attempted to remove" tells me you may have a York data safe...possibly.
To get the safe open and have a good usuable safe instead of a "swiss cheesed piece of sheet metal" you will need to hire a professionl safe technician. A pro can open the safe for a reasonable price either by manipulation or by drilling a small hole and repairing it to a usable safe.
Whether the opening price is worth it to you depends if you plan to use it afterward or try to recover the opening price by selling it.
I wouldn't count on anything being inside...it's the most common question I get asked when opening a customers safe..right along side the next question...do you ever use explosives to open a safe...
Both have similar answers...nothing and no!
Anyway, if you would like it opened I get over the new Hampshire way a couple of times a year for work, I'm in the Albany, New York area. Feel free to contact me by email if interested.
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Public input will be a key element in updating the bylaw
Oxford County has initiated a review of the County's Woodlands Conservation Bylaw. The current bylaw was adopted by Council in 2004 to support responsible forestry management practices and environmental stewardship of woodland areas within the County.
The County is now reviewing the Woodlands Conservation Bylaw and has prepared an updated draft version of the bylaw for discussion purposes. The current draft bylaw is intended to act as a 'starting point' for consultation and engagement with the public and stakeholders regarding woodlands conservation in Oxford, with a goal of improving the Woodlands Conservation By-law and its overall administration. For more information regarding the important aspects of the draft bylaw, read Council Report CASPO 2016-182.
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The First New Look at Bumblebee in 'Transformers: The Last Knight'!
Not much excites an 80s kid much like hearing the words "Ninja Turtles," "Indiana Jones," and "Transformers!" So whenever a new piece of news comes out for any of those, our ears tend to perk up and we start Googling the heck out of it.
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Transformers: The Last Knight, as you may know, is scheduled to hit theaters June 23 of 2017. And many of us have been wondering…what will Bumblebee look like this time around?
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Mohijul Rahima Sheikh, a migrant worker from West Bengal experienced a sudden change of fortunes only three days after he reached Kerala. He has won a Rs. 1 crore lottery in Kerala. Looking for work, Sheikh migrated from Bengal to Kozhikode last Thursday. The next day he was chosen for working at a construction site. The same evening he bought a Rs. 50 lottery ticket of Kerela government's "Karunya" lottery scheme. He later told police that he had bought the ticket out of sympathy for the seller, who was a physically challenged man.
On Monday, the day of Shivratri, Sheikh came to know that he had won the first prize of Rs 1 crore. "At first I couldn't believe that this was happening to me. I called up my parents and they advised me to go to the nearest police station because they feared for my safety. I went to the nearby Chevayoor police station in Kozhikode. Police, too, confirmed that my ticket had bagged the prize. Still I kept checking the numbers," says Mohijul.
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Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC rubber-stamped their place in the UEFA Champions League play-offs after László Lencse emerged from the bench to snatch a last-gasp draw against Azerbaijani title holders Neftçi PFK.
Trailing 4-0 from the first leg, Neftçi showed enviable spirit and were good value for a draw. Julius Wobay and Cavid Imamverdiyev scored either side of Barak Badash's smart equaliser, before Lencse's added-time sucker punch denied the home side victory.
Neftçi made their intentions clear in the opening exchanges with a high-tempo approach. Forward Emin Mehdiyev was the catalyst, ghosting his way through Kiryat Shmona's massed ranks, before drilling a shot narrowly wide. Wobay came to the fore on 28 minutes, pick-pocketing Daniel Amos but failing to beat the sprawling goalkeeper. Not to be denied, Wobay found the net with a curling free-kick three minutes later.
The hosts refused to relent and were almost rewarded when Flavinho latched on to Mirhüseyin Seyidov's incisive pass but failed to beat Amos. The Brazilian was made to rue his profligacy when the competition debutants levelled five minutes after the restart. Adrian Rochet was the creator and Badash the grateful recipient, making no mistake from close range.
Tarlan Ahmadov's team responded with adventure as the cultured Flavihno forced Amos to make another commanding save, before turning provider for Nicolás Canales, who narrowly bypassed an inviting cross. Neftçi were ruthlessly efficient moments later, Imamverdiyev making no mistake with a powerful header, following Wobay's centre.
Heading for a morale-boosting victory, the home side became architects of their own downfall. A moment of hesitation from Saša Yunisoğlu gave Lencse a free run on goal and he found the net with aplomb. Neftçi will now compete in the UEFA Europa League play-offs.
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1. Long, delicate casts to visible, actively feeding targets on sunny, sweltering days are your best bet.
2. Sixth-sense strike detection is an art that must be mastered.
3. Expect at least one, mile-long, freight-train run.
4. Once hooked, given stout enough tippet, you're unlikely to lose them.
5. Though carp are fickle, once it "clicks", they start to come much easier.
I'm sure in general 1 and 2 up your chances dramatically...but so far I can only attest to 3 and 4.
Stole 90 minutes last night as the river was "bottoming out" at a cool, extremely turbid, 5,000+ CFS. Though the weather was pleasant (other than a slightly stiff breeze out of the SW), the water didn't look to promising. With the heavy sediment load added to the fairly high flow, no way was crossing the riffles-turned-rapids gonna happen, so a quick tour of the relatively slack water yielded not even a bump from the smallmouth that I had hoped would keep things interesting.
Up at the bottom of the main riffle I figured there was at least a better-than-fair chance of some bass or maybe even a cat gorging themselves on dislodged 'daddies. The past few outings, among more respectable specimens, have yielded multiple sub-3-inch smallies. Even a few of those would be welcome.
The wind, to a "developing" LH caster, meant rolls and speys while working my way north. Hadn't gotten too awful far when the fly got smacked. And I mean smacked. Like a steelie (or here, a smallie) chasing and slamming something on the swing. There was no hookset, I raised the rod and the slack cleared immediately...followed by the rest of the fly line off the reel...followed by another 30+ feet of backing.
As I was double- and triple-checking my drag, and trying not to bust a knuckle, the throbbing suddenly stopped. The pressure was still there, and there was a little give, but that huge sinking feeling hit like a ton of bricks.
Please, please, please...don't let the fly line be caught under a rock....
150' from my quarry and there was a decision to be made. I knew (suspected...hoped) the fish (if it was still on the line) was probably wrapped in the weedbed out in the middle. I knew this weedbed was at least thigh-high in low water (1k). I knew there was an even shallower bar somewhere between me and the bed. I had no idea what else lie between us, other than some fast-moving water. I had no idea how deep the bed itself would be. I had some idea how pissed everyone would be if I drowned chasing a stupid fish.
So, refusing to lose my fly line I got thigh-deep below the riffle, gaining back my backing and a few turns of line, and tried wrenching on the rig. There was definitely still give, but no way was it coming free. Tried giving a little slack but it was all taken by the current and I gained nothing.
The walk out to the hangup revealed little to fear. Never got deeper than my belly button. Getting close it was apparent the fish was still there...somewhere...small fly, pinched barb, tangled up but still there - Alex was right about them staying on. Managed to free itself (with my help) from the tangle, but it would be another 10 minutes before I could get a good look at it.
Bulldogged in water deeper than I could have guessed, and making a few more shorter-but-just-as-powerful runs, finally overcame the reel-handle coming unpinned and got to "the island" (which was under water save the wooden platforms, one of which you see in the pic) and managed a prototypical crappy cell phone photo.
Now that there's one under the belt, things should be looking up, right? Number 5. It's supposed to get easier. But I know that's not the case. I know it was dumb luck. I know there will be a lot more work and many more sweltering fishless days before I get lucky again. I know...I'd rather be lucky than good.
So I celebrated the only way fitting; clipped the fly off the leader and went home.
July 26, 2010
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Johannesburg - They learnt how to shoot during the political conflicts of the 1990s, faced rubber bullets from police a decade later, battled unemployment and despair for years, and on Friday are leading their thousands of followers in their hardest battle - to court.
On Friday morning, about 9 000 members of the KwaZulu Self-Protection Forces (KZSPF) were to finally meet the state's military authorities in the Pretoria High Court to demand their integration into the SA National Defence Force, backdated from April 27, 1994. The KZSPF wants the integration law and the exclusion of its members to be declared unconstitutional.
The SANDF has about 80 000 members, so success could expand it by about 11 percent. It's the culmination of an 18-year fight, as the IFP-aligned self-protection units (SPUs) and ANC-aligned self-defence units (SDUs) were excluded when the SANDF was formed by integrating the old SADF, homeland militaries, the ANC's armed wing MK and the PAC's Apla.
Friday's case is led by KZSPF commander Mcupheni Wiseman Mdakane, KZSPF chief of staff Zodwa Mavis Khanyile, KZSPF intelligence officer Hlengiwe Mkhize and senior officer Anna Ntshangase.
The case is against President Jacob Zuma and the defence and military veterans authorities.
Defence authorities, through the Pretoria State Attorney's office, are opposing the case, although the affidavit outlining the opposition was filed late and the case is on the unopposed roll for on Friday.
On Tuesday, the State Attorney filed papers asking the court for condonation of the late filing of the replying affidavit, pointing out that formal notice of opposition had been filed in August, and calling for the case to be moved to the opposed court roll.
The matter was expected to be postponed on Friday and moved to the opposed roll.
The KZSPF won an important political point this week when Zuma's office withdrew opposition to the case, saying he would abide by the court's decision.
The military has argued that the KZSPF is years too late, that self-protection units were excluded from integration and that 2 000 KZSPF members were included in a 1996 deal.
"Their claim has prescribed," said Johan Greyvenstein in replying papers for the state, saying it was 18 years since integration started and 11 years since it officially ended.
Greyvenstein is part of the SANDF, but this is not clear in his affidavit, so the KZSPF questioned his authority to make the affidavit. Khanyile lives in rural KZN while Mdakane and Mkhize are based in Soweto.
The Star met Mdakane, Mkhize and KZSPF member Nokwanda Mwelase this week.
None finished school due to financial difficulties; Mwelase after losing both her parents.
Mdakane didn't finish primary school. He later got some training in bricklaying and plastering, and his eyes lit up when he described how one of his seven children is now at a university of technology and another is in matric.
Mkhize is training as a sangoma. Her small room in the dilapidated hostel is spotless and organised.
All describe how they joined the Inkatha youth brigades in the early 1990s, then went for armed training with the KZSPF in camps in rural Natal.
In the years after 1994, their hopes were repeatedly raised and then dashed as they gathered in hundreds and thousands at rural camps with the belief that they would be integrated. They described raids by police, shootings with rubber bullets and, once, real bullets, repeated arrests, and months in courts on charges of illegal gatherings that were later overturned.
Mdakane got into the 1996 incorporation offer, but wasn't included in the final group and didn't get a letter explaining his rejection. "I have a force number," he said. "They failed to integrate me."
The KZSPF case may seem an old grievance by those treated as losers by the party that beat theirs at the polls, but it's bringing up a wider, hidden problem.
They approached labour adviser Phillip Dlamini, a retired SANDF colonel and former Azanian People's Liberation Army (Apla) member who went through the integration process himself and sympathises with those left out.
Dlamini spent months researching their case. That included driving around KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga - at his own expense - to find the KZSPF.
He took the list of 9 000 names compiled in the mid-1990s as his starting point and found about 8 000 of them.
On top of that, he found thousands of disaffected, abandoned people from the old armed structures, scattered around the country, many living in the direst poverty.
And many are angry at their abandonment.
"There are over 20 000 externally trained cadres - both Apla and MK - who do not feature anywhere," says Dlamini. "But that doesn't mean their influence and capability of training the young ones is not there. They can still do that.
"Then you have more than 30 000 internally trained - that involves the SPUs, the SDUs, Apla and MK (Umkhonto we Sizwe)."
This excludes white rightwingers.
Then there are those trained by the previous government - not the whites, but black and coloured former soldiers, those from units like Koevoet. "They are nowhere. They are bitter," said Dlamini.
Many moved into the taxi industry, but that's overcrowded, and many thousands have nothing.
They add to the crime problem.
"At the end of the day, he can't starve when there's a weapon not far. He doesn't need to own a weapon, he knows someone with a weapon and disarms them," said Dlamini.
He pointed to the Ekurhuleni metro as the only government entity he had found that made a real effort to address the outsiders, running programmes to include former cadres, a move he attributed to initiatives by ex-Ekurhuleni metro police department chief Robert McBride. "He gave the East Rand peace."
After researching the size of the problem and feeling that the grievances were justified, Dlamini urged the group to approach the courts.
Dlamini found Phila Magagula, at Sekati Monyane Attorneys, who was prepared to take the case.
Now a crucial battle is funding it. The group may be destitute but they're determined, and started, a few months ago, collecting R10 or R20 at a time.
When Mkhize's clients pay her small amounts for her help as a sangoma, she sets aside money for the legal fund.
Mwelase, unemployed with two children, takes from her child support grants. Another member cycles to outlying areas to find honey, sells it and adds his small contribution. The elderly add from their government pensions.
Nobody wants responsibility for keeping the money due to the temptations arising from destitution, so it's deposited in drips and drabs into the lawyer's trust account.
Magagula said the dozens and dozens of deposits already add up to R70 000.
They're aiming to collect at least R500 000.
"As soldiers, we have to overcome obstacles that are before us, and when the time comes, we will do so," said Mdakane.
They said the IFP - the "mother body" - was aware of the case but was not involved.
It's a case that illustrates the inadequacies of the integration process.
"We keep on stepping in one place and not solving the problem," said Dlamini, warning of the dangers of leaving such problems unresolved and pointing to the Marikana massacre.
Dlamini underlines the need for a solution for the abandoned groups, and said rural KZN was constantly at boiling point.
"You expect to have a peaceful country when so many soldiers are bitter? It's not possible."
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An August 27 letter from Ministry of Health chief medical officer Dr Don Mackie to SDHB chief executive Carole Heatly has been released by the ministry under the Official Information Act.
The woman had had a false negative biopsy result. The other affected patient went on to have an unnecessary mastectomy because of the specimen mix-up.
Dr Mackie was leading a national investigation into pathology blunders which included the Dunedin case. The SDHB carried out an internal investigation into the Dunedin case. The specimen mix-up occurred at Southern Community Laboratories (SCL), but the investigation also examined DHB processes. In the letter, Dr Mackie said the woman felt a ''loss of relationship'' with the DHB and SCL.
Dr Mackie acknowledged SCL had sent the woman a letter expressing regret, and had offered her a meeting. The DHB was withholding an apology and formal response until its investigation had concluded, which ''may still be some time away''.
''I am concerned that the DHB may be losing sight of the bigger picture - the need for the woman affected by the biopsy error to have her relationships with the DHB and the laboratory restored and to be kept informed.
''My intent in writing to you is to encourage the DHB, perhaps through the involvement of a member from its executive leadership team, to meet with this woman and her family for as long as it takes to allow the woman to be heard and for her to find a measure of resolution."
In response, Ms.Heatly forwarded Dr Mackie an email she sent patient services executive director Lexie O'Shea.
She asked Mr. O'Shea to follow Dr Mackie's recommendation, saying ''this is big stuff and especially in that it has triggered a letter from the country's CMO, to express concern on how we have handled this''.
Yesterday, patient services medical director Dick Bunton said he could not answer questions about the matter because of patient privacy.
However, asked if the board's processes to deal with complaining patients were lacking, he said no.
Asked if the board had changed the way it dealt with patient complaints, he said no.


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Supply, Complementaries, and Repetitiones of Public Support in Finland
We use the databases of Statistics Finland to explore the supply of public support for firms in Finland during the years 20002008. Particularly, this report provides a de-scriptive analysis of complementarities and repetitiousness of public support from the perspective of the applying firms. We observe that both the order of magnitude of public resources allocated annually for supporting firms and the number of firms applying for and receiving public support have increased during sample years. The relative financing shares of the organizations allocating support have remained relatively constant. We find that the probability to apply for and to receive public support increases with firm size, age and R&D intensity. The data also show that there are complementarities between certain support forms and organizations allocating public support and that various firms tend to receive support from the Finnish government repeatedly over time.
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Just outside of Palm Springs (on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation), are several good hiking trails situated in what is collectively known as the Indian Canyons, part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. The prettiest hike runs through Palm Canyon.
Take Highway 111 through the center of Palm Springs, and when it forks off east and south, continue on South Palm Canyon Drive about 2 miles until you get to the toll gate. Admission is $8 per person, $6 for seniors and military, and $4 for children. Follow signs to the Trading Post parking lot, where you can buy a multitude of books about the area as well as postcards, Native American handicrafts and CD's.
Half a mile further down a steep, narrow road (not accessible to RV's) is the parking area for the trailhead. The first-mile loop of the hike contains one of the most spectacular oases in the U.S. Hundreds of California Fan Palms line the creek bed, which leads upstream to several small waterfalls. Looping back towards the parking area, you'll be elevated above the oasis and subject to sweeping views of the desert valley. The best hiking is during springtime. Bring hats, sunscreen, plenty of water and a camera.


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Community honors ag industry at annual appreciation banquetApr 29, 2014 By Eric Blom, Staff Writer
The award ceremony is marking its 49th year.
Fremont County's agriculture community feted its own Saturday during the annual Ag Appreciation Banquet. Roughly 250 people dined and cheered as seven awards were handed out, and many stayed to dance and visit afterward.
In a sign of the continuing strength of farming and ranching in the local community, attendance was up slightly over recent years, according to Riverton Chamber of Commerce executive director Jim Davis. As it reached its 49th anniversary this weekend, the event's longevity also points to agriculture's continuing relevance.
The awards are supposed to be a surprise, but some honorees had been tipped off ahead of time.
"I started getting a little suspicious when my son said, 'Mom, you need to do something with your hair,'" said Ag Woman of the Year Melisa Crouch.
Crouch helps work her family's farm west of Riverton and also raises chickens, sells eggs and volunteers with 4-H and FFA, said Gerry Dewey in her introduction of Crouch.
The Riverton Chamber of Commerce organizes the event every year with the help of a committee of business and agriculture people. The group selects the honorees from nominations.
Ag Man of the Year went to Daniel Weliever.
Weliever has passed his farm on to his son and spent most of his life in Missouri Valley, said Fremont County Extension educator Alex Malcolm when he honored Weliever.
Rocky Mountain Agronomy won Ag Business of the Year.
Dan Moline said the farm chemicals company expanded from its three original employees in 2001 to 14 now and more than doubled its sales in the same time. Dan Forbis, a general manager with the firm, accepted the award.
Garrett Horton introduced his parents, Pat and Stan Horton, as Ag Couple of the Year.
"A neighbor was never without a strong back or delicious pie as long as this couple was around," the son said.
Brandon Haun won Ag Young Person of the Year.
In introducing the honoree, Trevor Bekken said Haun grew up in agriculture, formed a fencing company five years ago and since then purchased a farm and ranch where he raises alfalfa, grass hay, corn and cattle.
The Fremont County Fair Board gave its Volunteer of the Year award to John Griffin.
Saying he is not a man of many words, Griffin limited his acceptance speech to, "Thank you."
After the short award ceremony, attendees stayed and danced for several hours.
"I finally threw them out at midnight. There were probably only 25 people left, but they were having a good time kicking up their heels," Davis said.


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Apple iCloud Nears
Apple reportedly expects to sign up the Universal Music Group this week, reports The Wall Street Journal. That would make it the last of the four major music labels to participate, along with EMI, Sony, and Warner.
Latest word is that the service will go beyond music to include movies and TV shows and probably photos. c|net reports that Apple is in negotiations with the studios to license content for storage on iCloud servers, citing "two sources close to the negotiations."
But Apple is running into snags. One is the HBO window or HBO blackout. c|net explains: "The cable network's electronic-distribution rights require other outlets to halt sales or distribution of the title. Conceivably, this would prevent cloud services from streaming movies to customers during the blackout period."
Whatever the outcome, it looks as though a gaunt-looking Steve Jobs will greet the initiative with one of his few public appearances since taking sick leave in January. So next Monday's announcement will be a special occasion in more ways than one.
See Apple press release, The Wall Street Journal, c|net, The New York Times, and our previous story.


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Clemson moving on after McDaniels move to the NBA
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson coach Brad Brownell says the Tigers will keep moving forward, even without high-flying breakout star K.J. McDaniels who chose the NBA over one more season at school.
McDaniels averaged 17.1 points and seven rebounds a game last year. He had 100 blocks and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's defensive player of the year. While McDaniels' play surprised many, Brownell figured if his talented junior performed like he could he might be off to the pros as he declared last week.
So Brownell and his staff prepared for that possibility by signing two players last fall when only once scholarship was projected had McDaniels stayed.
Brownell believes he's got a squad next winter ready to build on Clemson's 23-13 mark, a season that ended in the NIT semifinals.


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Miller leads No. 1 Kentucky past GeorgiaJan 25, 2012 - 5:47 AM
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 14 points for the Wildcats (20-1, 6-0 SEC), who have won 12 straight games since a last-second loss at Indiana on December 10, which ended their initial two-week stay atop the AP poll.
Dustin Ware scored 12 points to lead Georgia (10-10, 1-5) and Nemanja Djurisic had 10. The Bulldogs have lost five of their last six games overall and four of their last five against Kentucky at home.
The game was close until Kentucky embarked on a 10-1 run to end the first half with a 12-point lead.
Miller scored the first seven points of the burst on two jumpers and a three- pointer. Kyle Wiltjer then buried a three to send the Wildcats into the locker room with a 38-26 advantage.
The game was never closer than 10 points in the second half, but it was also never out of hand. Kentucky led by as many as 19 points in the last three minutes, but the game was as close as 12 with under 10 minutes remaining.
"I thought we opened the game well," said Georgia coach Mark Fox. "Through the first 10 or 12 minutes of the first half, we competed pretty well. We just never were able to get back within striking distance (after that).
"Kentucky is just so good. They have the best defensive team in the league and it was hard for us to score, for sure."
The Wildcats shot 43.8 percent and were 8-for-18 from three-point range. They held the Bulldogs to 34.5 percent shooting and out-rebounded them 41-26.
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Kentucky leads all-time series 114-25 and is 40-16 in Athens...The Wildcats are off to their best start in SEC play under John Calipari...Miller's points tied a season-high. He matched a season-high with four three-pointers.
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The Russians already control the Euro and the EU. Gas and oil have been used as a weapon in the past and it will only get worse.


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> -----Original Message----- > From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp] > Sent: 13 March 2001 10:01 > To: pgsql-odbc(at)postgresql(dot)org > Subject: [ODBC] MULTIBYTE support > > > Hi all, > > In this list there was a posting by Eiji Tokuya > about MULTIBYTE patched psqlodbc driver a few > days ago. If there's no objection I would like > to commit the patch before the release. Note that > the changes are all #ifdef'd and doesn't touch > existent NON-MULTIBYTE stuff at all. > > Thanks to Eiji Tokuya for making the patch. > Thanks to Hiroki Kataoka for suggestion and > discussion with Eiji about its implementation. I have no objections to adding it but I do think a revision number increment to 07.01.0004 would be a good idea as well though. I can submit a patch for that or if you (Hiroshi) can edit psqlodbc.rc (in 3 places?) and psqlodbc.h? Let me know if you want me to do it... Regards, Dave.
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Kevin Bridges strolls onto a stage illuminated by a giant Saltire, with the other flags of the Commonwealth peeping from behind it.
This stage show, Kevin Bridges Live at the Commonwealth (BBC1), announces from curtain up that it'll be a fusion of comedy and Commonwealth even though, as he points out, Glasgow hasn't done so well with the wealth part recently, but we're still great at being common.
So he sets the tone: mockery of Glasgow's pretensions in hosting the extravagant Commonwealth Games. Of course, Bridges isn't aiming his jokes at the citizens or the fans, but at the self-important politicians and organisers.
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He starts with ridiculing the idea to blow up the Red Road flats, though I suspect every possible joke was wrung out of that scenario long ago so, rather than retread old gags, he says Glasgow would be comfortable with a bonfire where mad uncles turn up in Transit vans, unloading broken wooden pallets and chucking cans of Lynx into the flames. He exaggerates to show the gulf between the impractical, buffoonish planners and the ordinary people who have to live with their decisions.
He then teases his theme wider and shows how foolish the Games organisers must seem to the entire Commonwealth, not just Glaswegians. He mocks the overblown reaction to the so-called 'ticket fiasco'. We all remember when the Games site crashed or there were hefty queues to purchase tickets. The newspapers were hysterical and social media was jammed with people declaring themselves 'outraged' and, as always, there were innumerable uses of that standard phrase dull people use online to express cynicism: 'says it all really.' That awful, weary, ubiquitous phrase! 'Had to wait 50 minutes. Says it all really.' 'Couldnae get four seats together. Says it all really.' 'Sitting here moaning about this to my eleven followers. Says it all really.'
He lampooned this self-important blustering by asking what the Rwandans - 'our Commonwealth cousins' - would have said if told of the horrendous ticket fiasco. 'Sorry,' they'd say. 'I was too busy walking 90 miles to find clean water'. Says it all really.
Kevin Bridges was as sharp and funny as always, and it was great to hear the word 'Scottish' pronounced properly on TV, rather than in the Kirsty Wark/Sarah Smith style as 'scorrish'.
But, alas, this night wasn't devoted to Kevin. He was here as host, introducing us to a series of comedians from across the Commonwealth. He stepped aside, leaving us to a pleasant man from Brighton called Simon Evans. He was swiftly replaced by a London-based Canadian called Katherine Ryan. She was very zippy and energetic, all elbows and teeth, and kept flexing one of her legs. Was this a comedy thing, or a cramp thing? I found her eager, chirpy style aggravating but must give her credit for mocking her teenage crush on Prince William. She said she was as bad as the obsessive One Direction fans but, in this royal case, it'd be more like One's Direction.
In between each Commonwealth comedian Kevin Bridges came back on for short stints, and to introduce the next act, but, rather than anticipate the following comedian, I just felt disappointment at seeing Bridges retreat offstage. He was clearly the star attraction here, and we just didn't see enough of him.
The third comedian was from South Africa and was the worst of the night. He chose to laugh at Glaswegians, saying 'you guys don't have crime!' Apparently, you only suffer crime if armed gangs consistently blow up your cash machines and he laughed at how cute we are in Glasgow with our little itsy bitsy stabbings. No, we don't have real crime, he said. I know this was a joke but it left a sour taste when you consider the recent spate of rapes in the city, or how many young men are murdered, slashed and disfigured due to knife crime in Glasgow. But, ahhhh, we're so cute with our little knives and softy crimes aren't we?
Kevin Bridges then announced the final Commonwealth comedian. This one will be spectacular, I thought. They'll have kept the most exotic for last. He'll be from some far-flung shore. No - the final act was from Moffat and offered weak observational comedy along the lines of 'have you noticed how drunk Glasgow girls walk funny?'
This show was portrayed as a showcase of comedy talent from around the Commonwealth but, apart from the South African, they were all UK-based. Instead of a vast, global celebration it was more like 'who can we get on a cheap day return ticket up to Glasgow?' Also, these comics were chosen for their nationality, not their comic prowess, so it's safe to say they were hardly the funniest acts in town - they just happened to have the right stamps in their passport.
The show should have been devoted to Kevin Bridges, with the lesser comics jettisoned, but then the BBC couldn't have given it the all-important 'Commonwealth' tag, but that label was won at the expense of a right good laugh.


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HB 1004: Governor's Preschool Bill May be Revived in Down-sized Pilot?
StateImpact Indiana just reported that legislative leaders are considering reviving the Governor's preschool program bill this time is the form of a small pilot.
As a refresher, the Govenor had proposed HB 1004 which would have created a preschool program for certain students based on income guidelines that would have also allowed for yet another automatic path to K-12 vouchers. That is, students who participated in the preschool program and their siblings would be entitled to a K-12 voucher without first ever having to attend a public school and been funded under the public school funding formula. The consequence of this is that for every student who was never first counted, the money that follows that child to a private school comes directly out of the public school funds appropriated for public school students.
Certainly, no educator would devalue preschool. However, we are at a point in this state where we haven't fully-funded full-day kindergarten and we still have a start age for school of 7 years of age. That is why the study committee proposed by the Senate made sense. There are several relevant issues that need to be addressed.
ISTA has not seen a draft of the "tailored-down" pilot program, but ISTA would oppose it if it still includes automatic K-12 voucher eligibility and if it begins funding in this next school year--before the long, budget-writing session.


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The fans who attended the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ have been honoured with the Fair Play award at the FIFA World Player Gala 2006. The award is traditionally bestowed on an individual, group or institution for exceptional services to football over the preceding 12 months, and choosing a winner - or more precisely the winners - can rarely have been as easy as it was this year.
Some two million fans flocked to Germany to follow their teams through the finals in June and July and the atmosphere they created inside the stadiums and at the open-air Fan Fests will linger long in the memory. Fans from around the globe came together for a four-week celebration of the beautiful game, joining with millions of locals to engulf Germany in a sea of colourful flags, banners and football strips.
The official FIFA Fan Miles in Germany's 12 Host Cities attracted more than 16 million people over the course of the tournament's 64 games. The idea of providing an alternative for ticket-less supporters seized the public imagination and the Fan Miles quickly became the most popular venues for enjoying the action and soaking up the atmosphere. 17,000 staff helped keep the spirits high and the beer flowing - some three million litres in all.
"The 18th FIFA World Cup will long be remembered for this exceptional level of enthusiasm and passion," said a happy FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter. The man in charge of FIFA's Fan Mile project, Gregor Lentze, was equally delighted, saying its success had "exceeded all expectations".
The President of the tournament's Local Organising Committee, Franz Beckenbauer, was also hugely impressed, saying: "I would never have dreamt that millions of people would get together like this, to share experiences and celebrate."
Fan Fests break all records
The Fan Mile in Berlin alone attracted an estimated nine million people from Germany and abroad, with 1.75 million litres of beer, 2.5 million grilled sausages and 150,000 ice creams sold there during the finals. Uniquely, the visitor numbers here left even those of the world-famous Oktoberfest (six million visitors) in the shade.
In Hamburg, each of the Germany 2006 finalists had their own food tent on the Fan Mile. Supporters could enjoy home fare, or try out some of the culinary favourites of competing nations. Even more evident than the dizzying array of food, however, was the fantastic sense of community at these venues.
Whether they had travelled from Croatia, Brazil, Mexico or Japan, or just from their flat around the corner, football fans from all over gave free reign to their love of the game, engendering an infectious and high-spirited atmosphere.
Few had ever doubted Germany's ability to organise such a great FIFA World Cup. In the end, however, the abiding memory of the tournament will not be the efficient organisation, modern stadiums or exemplary infrastructure, but the millions of fans who took to heart the slogan "A time to make friends" and for four weeks this summer made Germany a place of festiveness and good humour.


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Barry Diller's Brash New StrategyBy
Few moguls have reinvented themselves more often than Barry Diller. Over the past 17 years he has been a TV executive, home shopping baron, and, most recently, e-commerce impresario. Now, Diller is at it again, and his Act Four is decidedly contrarian.
At a time when content providers are struggling to make money from online news, blogs, movies, music, and more, Diller is diving in. "[What] we're running now is a media-based interactive company," he says, speaking from his 300-foot yacht, Eos, off Indonesia. Yes, but what about the digerati who insist "information wants to be free"? Diller is having none of it. "The era of a free Internet was created by technology people who wouldn't know content if they tripped over it," he says. "They had no idea how to monetize what people were watching."
So how will Diller make money where so many others have failed? He is creating a model where companies don't just sponsor or advertise against online articles and video, but also pay for customized content about their businesses—from three-part series to Web shows built around their products. Eventually, he also hopes to sell subscriptions for content, too.
LITTLE CHOICEDiller's new vision isn't universally praised. "His media play is a bit of a long shot," says Cowen & Co. analyst Jim Friedland. The 67-year-old dealmaker has little choice but to look for new opportunities for his company, IAC (IACI). Last year, with IAC's stock languishing, Diller spun off Ticketmaster, mortgage site LendingTree, and HSN, the home shopping network. His two largest remaining assets—search engine Ask.com and the highly profitable dating site Match.com—are maturing. Friedland expects the shrunken and recession-hit IAC to earn $6.5 million this year on revenues of $1.3 billion.
Besides the search engine and dating site, Diller owns ServiceMagic, which helps homeowners find plumbers and other contractors, and a handful of media sites he bought or launched that aren't yet profitable. Among the best known are GarageGames, which develops games; The Daily Beast, an artsy news site edited by celebrity editor Tina Brown; and the raunchy video site CollegeHumor.com. Last month, Diller agreed to seed former NBC programming chief Ben Silverman in a venture that will make TV shows for the Web.
Diller has put Ask.com at the center of his media ambitions. The site has 4% of the search market and depends heavily on Google-placed ads for its estimated $650 million in revenue. So Diller is creating channels that focus on specific markets. The first to sign on is Nascar. Ask.com paid $10 million to promote Nascar and to become the official search engine for the hugely popular car races. "Millions of Nascar fans are using Ask.com," says Nascar spokesman Andrew Giangola. Ask's news page displays racing news and results—even before national, business, and sports news. Traffic to Ask jumped after it started promoting Nascar in February, according to tracker ComScore (SCOR). Fox (NWS) has since advertised its Ben Stiller movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian on the Ask search page. Diller says he is looking for other sponsorship deals.
Diller's pure media sites are already well on their way. The Daily Beast recently ran a three-part series on Bottega Veneta, paid for by the luxury luggage maker; crime writer Patricia Cornwell paid the Beast to create a book channel featuring an excerpt of her latest novel. (Both were identified as sponsored content.) "Barry wanted us to make sponsored content interesting enough that it would become an interactive experience," says Daily Beast General Manager Caroline Marks. She figures as many as 20% of the series' readers clicked through to Bottega Veneta's ad, several times the normal rate.
CollegeHumor, meanwhile, created an entire episode of Hardly Working—a comedy about office slackers—around Nestea. The slackers drink Nestea for much of the show. In another segment developed for Colgate-Palmolive (CL), a comedian repeatedly mentions the company's Wisp mini-toothbrush as he stumbles through New York City. Diller says the venture with ex-NBCer Silverman, though not yet fully fleshed out, eventually will charge advertisers to create Web shows that feature their products and services in the story lines.
The chameleon mogul acknowledges that his media ventures won't generate meaningful revenues for a while. "The time is coming when every newspaper puts its content behind walls, and people will have to pay," Diller says. "[But] it will be five years, maybe longer, before habits change." In the meantime, Diller will have to rely on ad revenues from Ask.com (which generates half of IAC's sales), subscriptions from Match.com, and payments from contractors using ServiceMagic. There isn't much wiggle room. The Ask advertising deal with Google expires in 2012. As Barry Diller returns to his media roots, he's placing a big bet on the notion that you actually can go home again.


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OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) this week announced a new community outreach program including home fire safety evaluations.
The program will be conducted on a voluntary basis as a courtesy to residents and homeowners in the OCFD response area. Members of the OCFD will begin a systematic door-to-door campaign asking if residents would like a free fire safety evaluation. Firefighters will look for overloaded outlets, working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, unobstructed exit routes from homes, and good address visibility from the street.
"As fire chief in Ocean City, I lead a group of dedicated firefighters and EMS providers who desire to make a difference in the lives of Ocean City residents and those who visit," said Fire Chief Chris Larmore. "These home evaluations are one more step we are taking to make our town fire free, and ensure you are safe at home."
A copy of the evaluation will be given to the resident along with suggestions. A follow-up appointment may also be requested. The goal in providing this service is to ensure that homes are as free of fire hazards as possible. Those who would like to schedule an appointment should call Captain Bryon Trimble, Program Manager, at 410-289-4346, ext. 7426.


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JERUSALEM (Nov. 14)
The Middle East-North African regional economic summit ended Thursday, with a declaration by delegates stressing the urgency of progress in the peace process, but stopping short of blaming Israel for the current stalemate.
The statement, whose wording was grappled with throughout the three-day meeting in Cairo, called for the removal of restrictions that are hindering development of the Palestinian economy. However, it did not specifically cite Israel for imposing the closure on the territories.
While the declaration did not call for peace negotiations based on the land- for-peace principle, it did affirm a commitment to the 1991 Madrid peace conference, and to U.N. Resolutions 242 and 338, which Arab states say explicitly call on Israel to adhere to the land-for-peace formula. Israeli officials see it differently.
Some 3,000 delegates from more than 80 countries attended the conference. The Israeli delegation included 100 business and political leaders.
In contrast to the previous two annual conferences, the atmosphere at the Cairo meeting was marred by heightened Arab-Israeli tensions surrounding the stalled peace process.
Still, Finance Minister Dan Meridor said essential contacts were made between companies, and he labeled the Cairo meeting an economic success.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa called for further regional development, but his remarks at a closing news conference focused on investing in projects that involved cooperation among Arab states.


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UChart Goes Campus Wide Today
A Boost for ADE
Back row from left, Keith Fletcher, director of the University of Miami William R. Butler Center for Service & Leadership; Sean Shea, M.D., ADE board member; Manuel Alonso-Poch, ADE board president; William Perry, ADE board member; David Karsh, senior staff director of communications & media relations for Commissioner Marc Sarnoff; Juan Carlos Del Valle, University of Miami director of government affairs; and Mike Llorente, chief of staff for Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez. Front row, State Representative Julio Robaina; Helena Del Monte, ADE executive director/CEO; and Misty Brown, chief of staff for Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson.
Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, a privately held real estate investment and development company, and the Urban Research Park CDE, LLC, presented the Association for the Development of the Exceptional (ADE) with a $100,000 donation on July 7.
The Miller School Adopts Groundbreaking Patient Safety Training for Third-Year Students
Blazing a new trail in medical education, third-year students participated in the Miller School's first dedicated patient safety immersion course before assuming their clinical duties last month.
The inaugural week-long course, which began June 14 at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital Center for Patient Safety, engaged 150 medical students in simulation exercises designed to teach patient safety skills, such as teamwork, communication, professionalism, and hand hygiene.
Miller School Transplant Surgeon Awarded Prestigious Honorary Degree
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its final rules regarding the sale of tobacco. Retailers will need to be in compliance with these rules, which restrict the sale, distribution and use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, by June 22. The new rules include provisions that: •Prohibit sales of cigarette packages with fewer than
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New Sin Taxes For New York City?
New sin taxes are being proposed for New York City, and would be aimed at soft drinks and cigarettes under a spending plan for 2010-11 unveiled by Gov. Paterson this morning that would also cut $1 billion in education funding and raise health care taxes, the New York Post reported. "There are no more easy