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HOUSTON Retail gasoline prices across Texas have continued to slide by dropping 3 cents per gallon this week.
AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump settled at $2.95 per gallon. Gasoline prices nationwide also declined 3 cents this week, reaching an average $3.19 per gallon.
The association survey found the Austin-San Marcos area has the most expensive gasoline statewide at $2.97 per gallon. Drivers in Galveston are paying the least at $2.89 per gallon.
Association spokesman Doug Shupe says Texas has one of the top 10 cheapest statewide gas price averages in the country.
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Jawatan Kosong Air Sibu - Lembaga Air Sibu incorporated under the Sibu Water Board order, 1959 made under Section 19 of the Water Supply Ordinance, 1959 (Cap. 141) and reincorporated under the Sibu Water Board Order, 1995 made under Section 19 of the Water Ordinance 1994 when the Water Supply Ordinance 1959 was repealed. The constitution of Board was further amended vide Sibu Water Board Order 2002 and Sibu Water Board Order 2005.
Objectives of the Board
A body corporate established by the Yang DiPertua Negeri as the water authority to administer, manage and supervise all water works situated within the area specified below:
- Commencing from a Trig point numbered TT352 at the Sibu/Kanowit District Boundary on the true left bank of Batang Rajang about 1300 metres from East of Sungai Pak; thence on a South/Westerly direction following the Sibu/Kanowit District Boundary until it reaches Trig Marked N134 on the common Divisional Boundary of Sibu/Sarikei; thence following the Sibu/Sarikei Divisional Boundary on a West/Northerly direction until it reaches the confluence of Loba Singate at Batang Lassa; thence on bearing 90 degrees for a distance of 46 km to reach a point at 'A' on the common District Boundary of Sibu/Dalat; thence following the existing Sibu/Dalat District Boundary on a Southerly directon for a distance of approximately 45 km; thence following the existing Sibu/Kanowit District Boundary on a Southerly direction for a distance of approximately 10 km to reach the Trig marked TT352, being the point of commencement.
Jawatan Kosong Lembaga Air Sibu
Qualified Malaysian citizens invited to fill a vacancies at Lembaga Air Sibu as follows :
- Pegawai Sains C41
- Pembantu Tadbir (Kewangan) W17
- Pekerja Awam R1
Jawatan Kosong SWB Closing Date : 31 Oktober 2013

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Pentax is keeping its head high as it faces the future. This is the image that it portrayed during the recent Photo Marketing Association Trade Show. This year, Pentax is showcasing three of its future lenses. This is the company's response to the market's demand for more features and enhanced image quality. More »
PMA Report: Panasonic Aims High
News From PMA: Electronics giant Panasonic may be new to the digital camera industry but remains unfazed by the presence of giants such as Nikon, Canon, and Sony. On the contrary, Panasonic has high hopes for itself for this year. "We will try our best to achieve 15 percent market share by 2009," Tokihazu Matsumoto, Director of Panasonic's Digital Still Camera Business Unit, said in a news conference during the Photo Marketing Association trade show here. "We aim to become one of the top camera brands in the industry."


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A Murrieta man was the sole motorist sheriff's deputies suspected of drunken driving during a sobriety checkpoint in Lake Elsinore that ended Saturday morning, a sergeant said.
Roger Smith Norton, 52, was booked early Saturday for suspicion of drunken driving when he allegedly failed a field sobriety test. The overnight checkpoint was on Corydon Street, east of Palomar Road, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Peter Giannakakos said.
Norton remained behind bars Saturday in lieu of $2,500 bail, jail records showed.
Giannakokos said 999 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, deputies screened 23 of them, and conducted one other field sobriety test. Four vehicles were impounded and 66 motorists were cited for being unlicensed or driving with a suspended license, Giannakakos said.
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The latest deployment of U.S. Special Forces aircraft to central Africa is an escalation of an effective U.S. occupation of the continent, via AFRICOM and subservient indigenous armies. "AFRICOM's mission is to lock the continent in a cage of steel, to imprison it in the imperial orbit." President Obama casts Joseph Kony in the role of Africa's Osama bin Laden, to justify the military buildup.
President Obama has thrown international law into history's dustbin, torn up the U.S. Bill of Rights, and is mapping millions for possible future detention. "One court order + one suspect number + three hops = everybody remotely involved in anti-war activity."
by Edward S. Herman
"Responsibility to Protect" is a bogus doctrine designed to undermine the very foundations of international law. It is law rewritten for the powerful "The structures and laws that underlie the application of R2P exempt the Great Power enforcers from the laws and rules that they enforce on the lesser powers."
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The U.S. reprises Iraq, inventing a WMD threat from Syria. The FBI concocts home-grown terror through stings, while the NSA claims it has secretly saved many lives. "Why this steady stream of government-invented terror, if the real thing is so abundant?" And, isn't the U.S. arming and funding the same jihadists they are supposed to be listening for on our telephones?
by Diana Johnstone
"Humanitarian" military intervention under the dubious doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is designed to negate international law regarding the sovereignty of nations, in order to justify aggression. "War is transformed into a chivalrous action to rescue whole populations from 'genocide.'"
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While a trip to the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Western Mass. can provide a surreal weekend hiking experience, there are a number of worthwhile trails to utilize minutes from Boston, most providing spectacular city views. Here are four favorite places and ways to enjoy a hike just a short drive from the city, yet they are trails that provide instant getaways.
1. Boston Harborwalk
Nearly 50 miles of waterfront trails stretch from Dorchester to Charlestown, providing dramatically different views of Boston Harbor. Each neighborhood possesses distinct characteristics, making the walk a nice way to visit parts of the city you may not be familiar with. Two of the best stretches of the walk are in South Boston and Deer Island. The South Boston stretch includes popular Castle Island, the historic home of Fort Independence. On Deer Island – known mainly for its wastewater treatment facility – you'll find rolling hills, harbor views, and a dramatic skyline scene. It's a perfect place to bring a picnic and enjoy an afternoon escape just miles from downtown.


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Malone Funeral Home
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Sharon Kay Crawford Hall, 62, of Ashland, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland.
She was born Oct. 6, 1950, in Grayson, daughter of the late James R. and Mary Elizabeth Jones Crawford.
She was also preceded in death by a sister, Donnetta Bradley.
Sharon attended Smith Creek Christian Holiness Church and enjoyed camping, playing cards and various board games such as Yahtzee and Scrabble. Most importantly, she enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Sharon is survived by her husband of 18 years, Shawnee Ray Hall of Ashland; four sons, Robert Michael (Jamie) Broce Jr. of Mansfield, Ohio, Joseph Daniel Hicks of Milan, Mich., Adam Wade (Heather) Hall of Ashland and Shannon (Erica) Hall of New York; a daughter, Catherine Marie (Johnny) Burkes of San Diego, Calif.; nine grandchildren, Katelyn Brooke, Sophia Raine and Joseph Daniel Hicks II, Isaac Connor Broce, Ella Dawn and Ethan Ray Hall, Jacob Lee Atencio and Adrianna and Cassidy Burkes; and a brother, Michael Ray Crawford of Cannonsburg.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Malone Funeral Home in Grayson by Brother Eddie Porter. Burial will be in East Carter County Memory Gardens in Grayson.
Visitation will be after 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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Centrally located in Summit County, Colorado - this newly remodeled town home offers convenient access to Keystone Ski Resort (3 miles), Breckenridge (12 miles), and Copper Mountain (13 miles). The home overlooks Lake Dillon with full service marina, and the local paved bike trails that run throughout the county are accessed from across the street.
There is a community indoor / outdoor swimming pool within walking distance from the home. And, the home has a hot tub off of the lower level Rec. Room that also offers Billiards, Poker Table, Dart Board, and Home Theater System. This is an ideal property for families to reconnect.
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We purchased this Dillon Townhome in 2008. Remodeled in 2009 to offer the ultimate vacation property for multiple families to reconnect.
Three levels with recently updated furnishings, decor, and artwork. Upper level has three master suites with king beds, private baths, views, and private sitting areas. Upper level also has bunk room with four twin bunk beds and shared bath. Main Floor has fifth bedroom with a daybed and trundle (two twin beds) and private bath. Main Floor also has newly remodeled kitchen with new stainless appliances, granite counter tops, alder cabinets and stone surround. Finally, Main Floor also has large dining area, living room with wood burning fireplace, and deck overlooking Lake Dillon and Snow Capped Peaks. Walk out basement offers billiards, darts, wet bar, game table, HD home theater, and private hot tub.
Located in the Heart of Summit County. Keystone Ski Resort 3 Miles. A-Basin Ski Area 11 Miles. Copper Mountain Ski Resort 13 Miles. Breckenridge Ski Resort 12 Miles.
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Drug in New Class of Targeted Therapies Shows Early Promise Against Blood-Related CancersMay 19, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | Comments
HACKENSACK, N.J. , May 19 /- A Phase I clinical trial of SNS-032, one of the first in a new class of drugs that inhibit cyclin-dependent kinases, demonstrated the drug's safety and potential clinical action against advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Cyclin-dependent kinases are...
Clinical Data Demonstrates That LYSTEDA Significantly Reduced Menstrual Blood Loss and Limitations on Social, Leisure and Physical Activities in Women With Cyclic HMBMay 19, 2010 7:37 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | Comments
SAN FRANCISCO , May 19 /- Five presentations reporting the results of two placebo-controlled clinical trials evaluating Ferring Pharmaceuticals' LYSTEDAâ"¢ (tranexamic acid) tablets, a novel, first-in-class, non-hormonal therapy indicated for treatment of women with cyclic heavy...
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RAMSEY, N.J. , May 19 /- Registration is now open for CardioTec, the first and only conference dedicated to addressing the challenges facing the cardiovascular device manufacturing industry. This event, sponsored by Medical Product Outsourcing magazine, invites OEM professionals and...
Stock sale gain lifts Abiomed to 1Q profitMay 19, 2010 7:10 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Heart device maker Abiomed Inc. on Wednesday reported a return to profitability for the fiscal fourth quarter on the sale of its stake in World Heart Corp., which netted $6.4 million.For the quarter ended March 31, Abiomed said it earned $193,000, or a penny per share, compared with a loss of...
Formation of plexiform lesions in experimental severe pulmonary arterial hypertensionMay 19, 2010 6:36 am | by EurekAlert | News | Comments
(American Thoracic Society) A new preclinical model of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may lead to improved research and ultimately better therapies for this life-threatening problem, according to its developers, researchers at the University of South Alabama.
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For the fourth time in her three weeks on the job, new county Supervisor Debbie Arnold has voted against naming one of her colleagues to a position of influence on a governing board.
Arnold was on the short end of a 4-1 vote Tuesday in which her fellow supervisors voted to send Bruce Gibson to be the county's representative to the California State Association of Counties (CSAC), where he has represented San Luis Obispo County for four years.
While her peers did not side with her, Arnold drew considerable support from members of the audience, more than a dozen of whom spent much of the morning drilling Gibson.
Their objections to the 2nd District supervisor are twofold.
First, they said his affair with his legislative aide, which Gibson made public in November, was morally and perhaps legally unacceptable, and made him unfit to be a supervisor.
One speaker, Bill Pelfrey of Atascadero, looked at Gibson and said, "You are despicable."
The other argument against Gibson returning to CSAC was that he had supported Proposition 30 last year without a formal vote on the proposition before the Board of Supervisors.
Proposition 30 was the tax measure on the November ballot backed by Gov. Jerry Brown to generate new revenue for schools and other government services.
Several speakers said Gibson had voted according to his conscience and not the needs of the county.
Arnold said she didn't know how the county voted, and it was good that people in the audience raised the question.
However, Gibson and Supervisor Adam Hill, citing election results available on the county clerk-recorder's website, pointed out that the county's residents voted 54 to 46 percent in support of the proposition.
Other county officials said Proposition 30 brought money into the county to pay for state prison realignment, under which the county absorbs responsibilities and costs for taking care of prisoners. State sheriffs and probation departments supported it, they said.
Supervisor Paul Teixeira, a former Lucia Mar Unified School District board member, added that local school districts also supported Proposition 30.
Gibson faced intense and sometimes virulent criticism because of his affair and the fact that his aide, Cherie Aispuro, still works in his office.
Although the County Counsel's Office has said Gibson broke no laws, several speakers questioned that conclusion, as well as the impartiality and professionalism of the County Counsel and county Administrator's Offices. They called for an outside investigation. Others urged Gibson to resign.
The board and other county officials did not reply to the complaints.
Earlier this month, Arnold also voted against Gibson being named vice chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and voted against Hill being named chairman of the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments and chairman of the county's Air Pollution Control District board of directors.
As in the previous cases, Mike Brown of the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture, and Business led the criticism of Gibson. Others joined in, including regular critics of the board's policies regarding the Los Osos sewer.
"Save us all the trouble and resign," Julie Tacker of Los Osos said to Gibson.


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05-15-2011 by Linda S. Carbonell
When things got a little dicey for Blackwater, the mercenary army with loads of "security" contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, founder Erik Prince renamed the company Xe (pronounced Zee), stepped down as the CEO and finally sold the company in December, 2010, to USTC Holdings. Prince had moved to Abu Dhabi ahead of Congressional investigations into allegations that Blackwater personnel had been involved in several incidents of killing unarmed civilians. Not content to lounge on a man-made beach or one of those man-made, palm-shaped islands writing his memoirs, Prince entered into a contract with Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, to create an 800-man mercenary army to allegedly protect nuclear power plants being built in the oil-rich Emirates, provide cybersecurity and act as a deterrent against Iran. Sheikh al-Nahyan is the defacto head of the United Arab Emirates, a confederation of 7 small countries each headed by an Emir or Sheikh. The Emirates provided Prince with over half a billion dollars to get his army trained and launched and built an extensive training base for him.
Prince has gone to great lengths to hide his involvement in this operation. His name does not appear on any documents or contracts between his new company, Reflex Responses, and the Emirates and he is referred to within the company only as "Kingfish." Three former employees have blown the whistle on the operation.
The New York Times has extensively investigated the new mercenary army and reported on it in a very long article in their Sunday, May 15 issue. According to the whistle-blowers, there is a secondary, unofficial plan for this army – put down any attempts at democracy protests.
The Emirates are monarchies with enormous wealth. They are also countries in which over 80% of the workforce is foreign, leaving the native population to get along as best they can. There is a welfare system, just as there is in Saudi Arabia, intended to give the impression that the people are sharing in the wealth generated by the natural resources of their land. This inequity in opportunity is one of the reasons Osama bin Laden was able to recruit educated Saudis to fly the planes on 9-11. The presence of so many foreigners taking all the decent jobs is a major source of the seething resentments on the Arabian Peninsula against both the monarchies and the foreigners. No amount of welfare compensates for the feeling that one's life is a worthless, aimless trip between birth and death.
Seven families are sitting on a combined $20 billion a year in oil revenues. They want to retain the status quo and are willing to create an army to do so. The excuse being offered for the mercenaries is that the Emirates own army is inadequate to the needs of new warfare. It would probably be more accurate to look at the experience in Egypt and Libya and the rumors in Syria about members of the army joining the revolution. The only unforgivable sin in Islam is the killing of another Muslim. This is the reason the regimes in Libya and Syria have engaged in such aggressive propaganda campaigns to convince the population that they are fighting an invading foreign army rather than killing fellow countrymen. The Emirates are choosing to do the opposite – hire men who will have no religious injunction against killing Muslims.
Mercenary armies are the tool of medieval despots – from Italian princes to German kings to the Vatican. A few countries, like Hesse, built their fortunes on their mercenaries, retaining them right through the 18th century. They are armies that have no personal stake in the conflicts and only care about the body count. So far, the mercenary army is heavily drawn from Latin America. It is, nonetheless, a very dangerous situation for America. Even a few European faces in that army will feed into the prevailing belief that the United States is the latest in the series of invading and occupying armies. After all, we've already invaded two countries without good reason. Our supposed allies in the Emirates are putting us in a position of having a new anti-America recruiting tool handed over to the terrorists rather than entertain the idea that it might be time to start making reforms.
Way back during the Cold War, the United States funded a propaganda tool called Radio Free Europe. It broadcast into Eastern Europe. We also funded Radio Marti to broadcast into Cuba. It might be time to look at an upgrade – multiple methods of broadcasting into the Middle East a simple message – we are not invading you, not now, not ever.


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Pet Adoption Event
Animal Welfare League will be at the Oak Lawn PETCO, 6220 West 95th Street Oak Lawn, IL 60453, on Saturday, August 11th from 10:00am until 2:00pm with pets available for adoption!
AWL staff and volunteers will be on hand to answer questions, collect "Wish List" donations and to introduce adoptable animals to potential adopters.
All adoptions include spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, booster vaccine, microchip, Feline Leukemia or Heartworm test and 10-Day health guarantee.


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ABC Says No to GOP Ads During Obama Healthcare Special
ABC says it has a policy of rejecting advocacy ads, but the GOP presses for equal time.
Conservative and Republican National Committee attacks on ABC for refusing their ads to respond to next week's planned ABC-White House healthcare special are being met with a stiff push back from the network which says it doesn't accept the type of ads Obama opponents want to air.
"ABC Television Network has a long standing policy that we do not accept advocacy advertising," said a spokeswoman. Also, the network brushed off GOP charges that the special would be an Obama healthcare infomercial.
Nonetheless, the RNC today demanded some air time and issued a fundraising letter attacking the network, something conservative groups did earlier this week. Here's what Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele sent out:
Dear Republican,
It seems that the mainstream media has finally decided to dispense with the pointless denials of favorable coverage of the Obama Administration. Now one network, ABC News, has actually turned its entire programming over to President Obama and his big-government agenda.
On June 24th, ABC News and anchor Charles Gibson will broadcast "World News"from inside the White House, and make Barack Obama's case for nationalized health care for him, without any opportunity for opposing views to be aired.
The liberal special interests have clearly learned from their missteps the last time they tried to force Americans into a socialized health care system -- the abysmal failure of the Clinton Administration's "HillaryCare."
That's why their friends at ABC News will be promoting Obamacare at virtually every opportunity, from "Good Morning America" to "Nightline," and reach from ABC News' websites all the way to the White House's East Room.
Republican, the Republican National Committee's request for an opportunity to add our views along side those of the Obama Democrats'
-- to ensure that all sides of the health care reform debate are heard
-- was flatly rejected by ABC News.
What are the Democrats and their media allies afraid of? The truth? That is outrageous! And we will not take it!
We will be heard!!
Please help us raise the nearly $100,000 we need to buy air time to get the truth about the disastrous consequences of the Obama Democrats' government-run health care plans out to the American people. Make a special donation of $25, $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 to the Republican National Committee today, and your gift will support our fight to counter the ABC/Obama "special programming" with our plan for meaningful, genuine health care reform.
Please stand with us. Help us get on the air and get our message to the American people! President Obama and the Democrats are blurring the lines between government and the private sector to pass their big government agenda. Help us keep things clear. Thank you.
Michael Steele
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Hydraulic Fracturing Overview
January 10, 2011
Many New Yorkers are concerned about hydraulic fracturing, but what many do not know is low-volume hydraulic fracturing has been taking place in New York since the 1950's with no negative impact. We are providing the below to help you consider the pros and cons for yourselves.
Hydraulic fracturing -- Hydraulic fracturing is a practice used to coax oil and natural gas from hard rock formations. It involves forcing large amounts of pressurized water, a proppant (usually sand), and very small amounts of chemicals down the wellbore to create tiny fissures in the rock so the oil and gas can flow through the wellbore to the surface. Hydraulic fracturing has been used in more than one million wells during the past 60+ years. National Geographic produced an animation illustrating the practice and as you'll see, the fracturing occurs well below the aquifer and is separated from groundwater and drinking water supplies by hundreds or thousands of feet of solid rock.
A list of the chemicals used in the fracturing fluid is available at EnergyInDepth.org (this information appears on an oil and natural gas-sponsored website but it comes from the Department of Energy and the Ground Water Protection Council.)
Drinking water contamination -- U.S. government studies have found no evidence of drinking water contamination from hydraulic fracturing. In 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted a study to assess the contamination potential of underground drinking water sources (UDWS) from the injection of hydraulic fracturing fluid into coalbed methane (CBM) wells. EPA found "the injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids into CBM wells poses little or no threat to USDWs and does not justify additional study at this time." EPA also reviewed incidents of drinking water well contamination believed to be associated with hydraulic fracturing operations. It found "no confirmed cases linked to fracturing fluid injection of CBM wells or subsequent underground movement of fracturing fluid."
In 1998, the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and a team of state agency representatives conducted a survey of state oil and natural gas agencies to establish an accurate assessment of the number of active CBM wells associated with hydraulic fracturing. Based on the survey of 25 oil and natural gas producing states, the GWPC concluded, "there was no evidence to support claims that public health is at risk as a result of the hydraulic fracturing of coalbeds used for the production of methane gas."
EPA is developing a study plan now for a congressionally-mandated review of the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. The study is expected to be finished in 2012.
The Safe Drinking Water Act - Despite claims to the contrary, hydraulic fracturing has never been regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). This act was enacted in 1974 to ensure water supply systems serving the public meet appropriate health standards. It was specifically designed to establish a federal-state partnership to "protect drinking water from contamination by the underground injection of waste," not the use of hydraulic fracturing fluids used to enhance oil and natural gas production. Fracturing fluids were never included under the act. To clarify this point, Congress included language in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (550 pages in total) making it clear once and for all that underground injection fluids or propping agents were excluded from the SDWA. Critics have alleged that hydraulic fracturing was "exempted" from the SDWA and have mischaracterized the language in the 2005 law as a "loophole." These statements are not accurate.
State vs. federal regulation - Some members of Congress have introduced legislation to regulate hydraulic fracturing under federal law, rather than allow the states to continue to have regulatory authority. The GWPC examined this issue in 2009 and issued a report concluding that the regulation of oil and natural gas field activities is best accomplished at the state level where regional and local conditions are understood and where state regulators are on-hand to conduct inspections and oversee operations.
Benefits of hydraulic fracturing - It's estimated that 80 percent or more of new oil and natural gas wells drilled in the United States will require hydraulic fracturing to enhance production. New wells provide energy for all Americans, revenues for local, state and the federal governments, lease and royalty payments for landowners, as well as create well-paying jobs, improve U.S. energy security, and encourage economic growth. About 9.2 million U.S. workers are supported by the oil and natural gas industry, and tens of thousands of additional jobs could be created if the industry were allowed to increase its U.S. operations and drill for more domestic energy for U.S. consumers.
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Bayshore Community Hospital's Emergency Department Staff saluted three volunteers for their selfless service, professionalism and thoughtfulness.
The 2012 Distinguished Service Award was given to First Aid Members Steven Deutsch of the Hazlet squad, Angelo DeRosa of the Holmdel squad, and Dan Neff of the Keyport squad in a ceremony on March 30.
"I consider this an incredible honor," said Deutsch. "But I simply did what was expected of me as a member of the Hazlet First Aid Squad."
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Upon receiving the news he'd been named 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award winner, Herald Publisher Rufus Friday said he realized how President Obama must have felt when told he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
"Are you sure?" Friday said he told the caller on the other end of the line. "There's so much more to be done."
Friday will receive the 21st installment of the award during a noon bell-ringing ceremony Monday at Columbia Basin College in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
CBC President Rich Cummins said Friday's community involvement and ability to foster discussion through the Herald's editorial board led to his selection.
"I think he has vision, I think he's a courageous man," Cummins said of Friday.
Friday, 48, credited his parents for his success. His mother and father, who each had a middle school-level education and raised him in a 12-person house -- two parents, nine children and a blind uncle -- considered education to be the great equalizer.
"It comes back to what my parents taught me," Friday said, "and that is wherever you go, make a positive difference in someone's life."
Friday, who became the Herald's publisher in 2005, sits on numerous boards, including United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties, the Washington State University Tri-Cities Advisory Council and the Tri-City Development Council executive committee.
He's also co-chairman of a group raising money for the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center.
"I look back at what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream was, and it was all about making positive social change in your community and country," Friday said.
He believes much of King's dream -- social change, equality, respect -- has been realized. Still, he said there's work to be done.
"We can't forget where we came from, but we have to celebrate the accomplishments we've made," he said.
Friday both remembers where he came from -- Gastonia, N.C. -- and relishes his accomplishments, which he said pale in comparison to previous award winners.
Still, he said the recognition is the result of his upbringing and praised his parents' sacrifices, work ethic, optimism and constant support.
Friday said he looks forward to continuing his work in the community and at the newspaper.


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Soon they will don white gowns, but on Sunday their impending nuptials were designated with hot pink stickers that declared, "I'm the Bride."
Bridal Showcase 2013, sponsored by The News-Enterprise, brought engaged women and couples from around the area to peruse what the community has to offer in terms of food, venues, attire and ways to look one's best.
Vendors ranged from those that offer traditional white gowns to more modern ways to prepare for the big day, such as the It Works! skinny wraps. The herbal wraps can be placed around any part of the body and are meant to shed a few inches, which can be kept away for up to six months, according to the product vendor.
Kim Touchton with It Works! said this was the first time they appeared at Bridal Showcase, but said she enjoys attending bridal fairs.
"They always go over really well," she said.
For women who want to be at their most beautiful on their wedding day, the wraps prove popular at the shows.
"We always get a ton of interest from brides," she said.
Another new vendor at the Bridal Showcase was Magical Day, a wedding coordinating service out of Lexington. Brianna Kaldenbach said she was interested in reaching out to the Hardin County area. Kaldenbach said the do-it-yourself bride, who creates a lot of the wedding items herself, and women who want a destination wedding are two of the most common trends in weddings now.
Kaldenbach said the wealth of ideas that can be found in magazines has birthed the DIY wedding trend, while the destination wedding is an avenue to move away from a traditional ceremony.
"A lot of brides want to rebel against the idea of a big wedding and stress," she said, and opt to get married on a beach or some other far-away location.
Like the vendors, there were a variety of brides on hand Sunday. Some were new to planning, like Cassandra Cox of Hodgenville.
Cox still is more than a year off from her wedding, and she said while planning "doesn't seem that hard," she admits she's only begun considering ideas. And ideas were what she was searching for this weekend.
"(I've) never planned a wedding before," she said, laughing.
Other brides, such as Jessica Gribble of Buffalo and Heather Nagy of Elizabethtown, were further along in their preparation. Gribble and Nagy are getting married within a month of each other later this year, and are both bridesmaids in each other's weddings. Nagy said the women mostly wanted to check out catering companies at the showcase.
They both agreed planning hadn't been too stressful because they had a lot of time. Gribble said it's been helpful to go through it with a friend.
"We kind of just feed off each other for ideas," she said.
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1. The Celebrate Freedom Atlanta festival takes place on Saturday, Sept. 1, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. The free one-day concert will take place at Jim Miller Park. Parking is $5.
2. The 26th annual Marietta Art in the Park festival returns to Glover Park in Marietta Square from September 1-3. The annual art festival takes place each Labor Day weekend and features a juried exhibition with over 150 artists from all over the country as well as local artists from the Marietta area.
3. Join the Strand Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 1 for a
4. Join the Strand Theatre for the , a movie about the struggles of a young boy and his adoptive family as they come to grips with his early childhood trauma and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD).
Shows are Sunday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Ticket price includes a Q&A with director and producer plus Resource Expo between the shows (from 3 to 6 pm) during which you will get a sneak peek at the movie's companion documentary, Finding Hope for Reactive Attachment Disorder.
5. is hosting the Holy Smoke BBQ and Music Festival at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church on Sept. 3 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
6. The Nibble & Noshfest is a two-day event blending food, fun and entertainment. The event features Jewish food sold in sample sized portions priced from $1 to $4. The event also includes children's activities, craft vendors and live entertainment.
Admission is two canned foods to be donated to MUST. The event takes place Sunday, Sept 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Temple Kol Emeth, 1415 Old Canton Rd., Marietta.
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NORMAN — One spring practice remains, but the grunt work of Oklahoma's spring practice ended with Saturday's Red/White game. However, the game didn't serve as a finale. It was more of very early term test to gauge where the team is at four months before the season begins.
OU coach Bob Stoops certainly didn't see a finished product at Owen Field.
"I don't know that a coach is ever satisfied. You always want more. But I think the coaches have done a really good job working with these guys and we've made a lot — we've taken a lot of good strides in places we needed to," he said. "In 14 practices, that's not enough. They need to have a really big summer. I believe our players are aware of that. If they do, then we'll build on it in the summer. But the big part will be their commitment here through the rest of spring and in the summer, are they going to make the gains they need to in the out of season?"
This offseason workouts are going to be critical for the Sooners in many areas. Junior quarterback Blake Bell certainly looked like the most poised signal-caller during Saturday's scrimmage. However, this is going to be his first offseason as the leader of an offense that is changing to adapt to his strengths and that of sophomore quarterback Kendal Thompson and freshman Trevor Knight.
Bell admitted what OU displayed this spring wasn't the well-oiled machine it needs to be. It lacked the chemistry that comes from hot summer days running pass drills on the practice fields south of Owen Field.
"We have a lot of guys that are hurt up front and we're kinda dinged up this spring and there's some guys sitting out and not playing," Bell said. "As we go through the summer and we got our timing down with routes with all the guys and keep working, I think we'll get there. Right now, no. That's not bad, but we have to keep making strides."


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On February 14, 2013, Harold Miller, Executive Director of CHQPR, gave invited testimony at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health of the House Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. Congress. Key points in the testimony include:
On May 5, 2011, CHQPR Executive Director Harold D. Miller gave invited testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce at its hearing on how to replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula.
Miller urged that Congress focus on three major ways to control costs in the Medicare and Medicaid programs without having to deny care that patients need:
Miller noted that all of those things not only save money but improve outcomes for patients. But he said that current payment systems drive the healthcare system in exactly the opposite direction. Doctors and hospitals lose money when they reduce infections and readmissions; doctors and hospitals lose money when they help patients avoid unnecessary hospitalizations; and nobody in health care gets paid at all when patients stay well. He emphasized that those things can't be fixed by changing fee levels or by adding regulations; the payment system itself is broken and has to be fundamentally changed.
He called for two major kinds of payment reforms:
Miller said that paying in these ways provides the flexibility that physicians need to deliver better care as well as accountability for costs. He noted that where these payment systems have been used, they have improved quality and lowered costs. He said that a myth that has developed is that only large, integrated delivery systems can manage such payments and deliver higher-value care, but he said that small, independent physician practices can also do so. Indeed, he emphasized that just like in every other industry, small healthcare providers can often be more efficient and innovative than large systems can, if they are given the opportunity to do so without imposing unnecessary and expensive regulatory requirements.
Miller noted that he had talked to physicians all over the country about these payment reform concepts, and had found that once physicians understand them, they were willing to embrace them. But he said that physicians need assistance to implement new payment models successfully, and they need a reasonable transition period. He said physicians need four kinds of help:
Miller said he felt the best way to organize this help was not through a one-size-fits-all federal program, but through community-level efforts, because healthcare is delivered in very different ways in different parts of the country. He noted that in a growing number of communities around the country, there are non-profit, multi-stakeholder organizations called Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives that are working to provide the data and technical assistance that physicians, hospitals, employers, health plans, and consumers need to design and implement better payment and delivery systems that are customized to the needs of their communities. He said that Congress could help these Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and other community efforts to support payment reforms for physicians in several ways:
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in Mineola serves veterans in and around the community. The group of war vets demonstrate patriotism and honor through their participation in events and support to veterans returning back home.
Together these members discuss ways they can help each other. One member, Bill Urianek, has been working on a project to collect and recycle bottles and cans. The money collected is put aside as a contribution to help when they finish serving.
Urianek is also passionate about VetDogs, a division of The Guide Dog Foundation. Any injured soldier who has been honorably discharged and requires a service dog is entitled to get one. However, Urianek said this comes at a cost: about $50,000. Right now Post #349 has and say they are hoping for even more.
Other activities the Legion conducts include taking trips to feed homeless veterans and conducting school programs to talk to students about freedom.
While these veterans donate their time, they try to get local restaurants and organizations to donate money to go towards VetDogs and other services to help veterans help themselves.
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The 2012 Valero Alamo Bowl, scheduled for December 29, 2012 at 5:45 p.m., will feature the #2 team in the Big 12 and the #1 team in the Pac-12 after BCS selections.
Here are all the week 10 media projections of who might be playing in the Valero Alamo Bowl this year.
CBS Sports: West Virginia vs. USC
College Football Predictions: TCU vs. Oregon State
College Football News: Texas vs. UCLA
Orlando Sentinel: Texas Tech vs. USC
David Ubben (ESPN Big 12 Blog): Texas Tech vs. Pac-12 #2
Kevin Gemmell (ESPN Pac-12 Blog): Stanford vs. Big 12 #3
SB Nation: Texas Tech vs. Stanford
Sports Illustrated: Texas Tech vs. UCLA
Athlon Sports: Texas Tech vs. UCLA
San Antonio Express-News (Tim Griffin): Texas Tech vs. USC
USA Today (Paul Myerberg): Texas vs. USC
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By JAY LeBLANC
It was a bad week for the Orioles pitchers, but Brandon Snyder's outstanding AFL campaign continued as he reached base in more than half his plate appearances.
Monday, Nov. 2
Snyder singled, walked four times and scored two runs out of the No. 3 hole, and started a pair of 3-6-3 double plays in the field. Josh Bell went 1-for-4 with a walk and grounded into a double play, with all of his at bats coming from the left side. Matt Angle hit eighth and went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. Stephen Strasburg (Nationals) tossed five innings of one-run ball and struck out six to earn his third victory as Phoenix cruised to a 10-2 win over the Surprise Rafters.
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Bell served as the DH and went 1-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and two strikeouts, all from the left side. Eddie Gamboa entered with the score tied at four in the ninth and tossed two scoreless frames. He fanned two without issuing a walk and picked a runner off first to end the 10th. Josh Perrault came on in the 11th and took the loss after allowing a run on three hits. He was lucky to escape without more damage, as one out was recorded on a sac bunt and a runner was caught stealing. Phoenix fell to Surprise, 5-4.
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Angle went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts out of the leadoff spot, and was credited with an RBI after getting plunked with the bases loaded in the ninth. Snyder, batting third and playing first base, went 1-for-3 with a walk. Brandon Waring got the start at third and went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two strikeouts as the cleanup hitter. Phoenix rallied in the ninth but came up short, falling 3-2 to the Peoria Saguaros.
Thursday, Nov. 5
Ryohei Tanaka got the start and allowed one run in his first three innings. He was lifted after allowing two singles, a home run and a double to open the fourth and finished with a line of five earned runs on eight hits in three innings. Gamboa came on in the ninth with Phoenix leading by three but couldn't close the door. He allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk and was replaced by Perrault with two outs and runners on first and third. Perrault secured Phoenix's 12-11 win over the Peoria Saguaros by inducing a groundout. Snyder served as the DH and went 2-for-4 with a two-run triple, a double, a run and two walks out of the No. 3 hole. Bell went 1-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts, with all of his at bats coming from the left side.
Friday, Nov. 6
Waring got the start at third. He went 1-for-4 with a solo shot off Japanese leaguer Kenta Abe, but he also fanned twice and made his first error of the AFL season. Snyder went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a walk out of the No. 3 hole. Angle went 1-for-3 as the leadoff hitter and drove in a run with a sac fly. Phoenix lost 8-4 to the Scottsdale Scorpions.
Saturday, Nov. 7 - AFL Rising Stars Game
Snyder started for the AFL East All-Stars, batting third and playing first base. He went 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a walk. Bell was named as a last-minute injury replacement for Cubs prospect Josh Vitters. He started at third, hitting eighth, and drove in a run with a sac fly and walked in his two plate appearances. Brandon Erbe was selected for the game but didn't pitch because of a jammed pinky finger on his right (pitching) hand. The West All-Stars prevailed, 8-7.
This Week's Stud: Snyder went 4-for-11 (.364) with a double, a triple, three runs scored and two RBI. Most impressively, he walked eight times - giving him an absurd .632 on-base percentage for the week - and fanned just once. He also reached base twice in the Rising Stars Game.
This Week's Dud: Erbe managed to hurt himself and the Orioles' other AFL pitchers had subpar weeks. Tanaka was the worst of the bunch, coughing up five runs on eight hits in three innings in his lone appearance. He was just bad enough to edge Angle, who went 1-for-11.
Jay LeBlanc is an assistant news editor at The Washington Times. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Agenda for the Board of Adjustment
April 1, 2008
Kirk Heyle (Chairman), Steve Bowen (Vice Chairman), Renee Tyson, Gary Waldrop, James Turner; Alternate Members: Robert Torp and Jeanette Heifner.
Roll Call:
Election of 2008 Officers:
Introduction of Zoning Ordinance as Evidence
Approval of Minutes:
December 4, 2007
Unfinished Business:
Special Exceptions:
- Variance V-540
To deny or grant a request to allow an off-premise detached sign to be placed in an area it would normally be excluded from due to provisions of the Springfield Zoning Ordinance.
- Appeal A-61
To appeal the Director of Building and Development Services' determination that the storage and rental of moving trucks, as proposed by the applicant, is not a permitted use in the GR, General Retail District. The interpretation of Section 4-1302.WW of the Springfield Zoning Ordinance is in dispute.
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DENVER — – A creature is lurking here in Chad Yakobson's warehouse, inside the oak barrels where he ages most of his beers.
Its name is Brettanomyces, and it's a cousin of the domesticated yeasts that humans have brewed with for thousands of years. Often called wild yeast – a reference to its natural habitat (fruit skins) and to its volatile temperament – "Brett," as it is widely known, can lead to unpredictable fermentations and gushing beer bottles, aromas politely described as funky, and fear. Most brewers work hard to keep it out of their tanks by sterilizing every piece of equipment.
But Yakobson, 28, who studied winemaking before founding his brewery, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, in 2010, treats Brett like an old friend, pointing out that it was common in beer before the advent of modern sanitation in the late 19th century. He prizes the hints of tropical fruit, earthiness, spiciness and, yes, funkiness that it lends to his beers, which include an herbal India pale ale, Belgian-inspired saisons and sour ales reminiscent of Belgian lambics.
"It's an entire new category of beers," often called wild or Brett beers, Yakobson said one afternoon as he stood among old wine and spirits casks and elephant-size barrels called foudres.
Bitter or mild, light or dark, acidic or barely tart, and frequently barrel-aged, these ales all share winelike nuances that most other craft beers lack. Although they comprise only a sliver of the beer market and challenge many drinkers' ideas of what beer should taste like, they have nonetheless captured the imaginations of a growing number of brewers and aficionados. They also show off the sense of artisanship and depth of flavor that increasingly define U.S. craft beer.
Not afraid of 'big, bad Brett'
"There's so much complexity that's gained from Brett usage," said Tomme Arthur, a co-owner of Port Brewing and its sister brand the Lost Abbey, in San Marcos, Calif. "We just looked at it as an opportunity, and that's what you're seeing with craft brewers these days: They're not, as we say, being afraid of the big, bad Brett."
Arthur is one of a handful of U.S. brewers who helped generate interest in wild beers about a decade ago, when they began riffing on the lambic beers and Flemish red and brown ales of Belgium. In these barrel-aged styles, which the majority of U.S. wild beers still resemble, Brettanomyces (pronounced brett-TAN-oh-MY-sees) mingles with acid-producing bacteria, which yields a sourness that brings to mind lemons, sour cherries or balsamic vinegar.
Today, brewers are adding Brett to a much wider array of beer styles, many of which are not sour at all, and more palatable to the average drinker. At Green Flash Brewing in San Diego, the Rayon Vert Belgian-style pale ale combines citrusy U.S. hops with earthy Brettanomyces notes. The beer is similar to Orval, the iconic Belgian Trappist ale.
"What we were shooting for in this beer is, 'What would Green Flash be if we were a pre-World War II Belgian brewery?"' said Mike Hinkley, chief executive of Green Flash.
Indeed, the popularity of wild beers seems to stem in part from brewers' enthusiasm for reviving the tastes of the past, in much the same way that cheesemakers study centuries-old aging methods or farmers grow heirloom vegetables.
"I mean, Americans started making craft beer because they were dissatisfied with the flavors that were available," said wild beer pioneer Ron Jeffries, founder of Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales in Michigan. "Thirty, 40 years later, that hasn't changed – it's about the flavors, great flavors, that you can't get anywhere else."
Flavor intensifies in the bottle
Like conventional brewing yeast – which, depending on the strain and fermentation conditions, can produce anything from the banana and clove notes of German hefeweizens to the neutral aroma of Budweiser – Brett can vary widely in its influence on beer. With Brett, the flavors often intensify in the bottle, as the yeast slowly metabolizes complex sugars.
Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales, based in Baltimore, says he likes the rounded earthiness and spiciness that wild yeast lends to several of his variations on the Belgian saison style. He says his Brett beers are the ones he most likes to drink himself. David Logsdon of Logsdon Farmhouse Ales in Oregon says people who like wine tend to gravitate toward his wild beers, because of their fruitiness and acidity.
Many brewers, however, believe that wild beers will never become truly mainstream.
"The flavors are just a little too far out there," said Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa, Calif., particularly the pronounced earthiness and occasional barnyard aromas.
The high costs of making wild beers, which tend to be aged far longer than normal ales and often require dedicated equipment, deter many breweries; there is also the risk that wild yeast will contaminate so-called clean, or conventional, beers.
Still, passionate brewers have managed to educate many customers about the pleasures of wild beers. The niche, Cilurzo said, is likely to keep growing as long as younger brewers keep taking up the cause.
He recently collaborated on a beer, Brux, with his friend Brian Grossman, son of Sierra Nevada Brewing founder Ken Grossman. They brewed it at Sierra Nevada, now the country's second-largest craft brewery.
"His father had worked to keep bacteria and Brett out of the brewery for years," Cilurzo said. "Here is his son's first big project. And his son brings in this yeast – Brettanomyces."


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