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For Venezuelans living here in California, it is torture watching what is going on in their homeland. Communication is difficult. At times, they say the government has been able to block some of the social media outlets. Still, there are plenty of disturbing images coming out of that country.
Daniela Tomaselli Ortega and Fanny Veliz live in the San Fernando Valley but their families are stuck in the middle of violent anti-government protests in Venezuela. So far, 6 people have been killed and dozens more injured during this week's bloody demonstrations. Understandably, these valley residents are extremely concerned for the safety of their loved ones.
Venezuelans say their oil rich country has been falling apart for years. They say crime is out of control and residents are constantly dealing with a shortage of food due to government rationing. Plus, the inflation rate is more than 50%. Ortega and Veliz say the government has taken over and people are finally saying enough is enough. Veliz is calling for the international community to stand up and help the people of Venezuela.
This weekend, there are several protests planned across the world to show support. There is one demonstration planned at noon on Saturday outside of the Federal building in Westwood.
(FOX 11 / AP) Violence is heating up in Venezuela as an opposition leader faces criminal charges for organizing a rally that set off a deadly week of turmoil in the oil-rich, but economically struggling country.
A judge ruled early Thursday that there is enough evidence to hold opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who dramatically surrendered to authorities before thousands of cheering supporters this week, on charges that include arson and criminal incitement stemming from a massive Feb. 12 rally.
Prosecutors decided not to pursue more serious charges, including homicide and terrorism, when Lopez made a court appearance at a military base outside Caracas after a night in which violence flared across much of the country. The 42-year-old politician could face at least 10 years in prison.
In a message on Twitter, the opposition leader's wife, Lilian Tintori, urged his followers on as she confirmed that he would remain in jail. "Change is within us all," she wrote. "Don't give up. I will not."
In the hours before the decision, President Nicolas Maduro had suggested in a nationally broadcast speech that Lopez would remain in custody and face criminal charges.
"I said, `Send him to jail,' and that's what happened and that's what will happen with all of the fascists," Maduro said in a speech that lasted more than two hours. "I won't allow him to challenge the people of Venezuela, the constitution."
The government has accused Lopez, a former mayor and the leader of the Popular Will party, of attempting to foment a coup in the South American nation.
As the waiting dragged into the night, anti-government protesters in Caracas and other cities set trash fires in streets and threw rocks at National Guard troops, who fired tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets. Gunfire was heard in downtown Caracas while Maduro was on television. There was no immediate word on whether there were any new casualties.
Demonstrators are protesting Lopez's detention as well as the rampant crime, shortages of consumer goods and inflation rate of more than 50 percent that has made life difficult for many in the country of nearly 30 million people.
The president said he would take harsh measures in Tachira, an opposition stronghold on the nation's western border with Colombia where there have been fierce clashes between security forces and opposition protesters. Maduro said he was prepared to declare a "state of exception," a form of martial law.
"If I have to decree a state of exception for Tachira and send in the tanks, I am ready to do it," he warned.
Early on Wednesday, hundreds of Lopez's supporters waited outside a courthouse for news of his legal fate, watched over by National Guard troops. Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, a member of a different opposition party, showed up at one point in a sign of unity among the various foes of the Maduro government.
"We are all united in demanding the release of Leopoldo Lopez," Ledezma said. "We are rallying behind him."
The crowd drifted away after hours of waiting when officials decided to hold the court hearing at the military jail outside the city where Lopez was being detained.
The opposition is planning marches across the country Saturday to protest Lopez's jailing, which has made him a cause celebre among opponents of Maduro. It's helping him to eclipse to some degree Henrique Capriles, the opposition's two-time losing presidential candidate who was building support for another challenge in two years.
Capriles attended a rally on Feb. 12 in Caracas led by Lopez but did not appear on the stage to address the masses of demonstrators. Clashes with police erupted afterward, after the opposition leaders and most of the protesters had left, and resulted in three deaths. In Twitter messages Wednesday, Capriles accused the government of infiltrating opposition demonstrations to provoke violence.
On Tuesday in Valencia, the third largest city, National Guard troops shot rubber bullets and unknown gunman on motorcycles fired live rounds at protesters. Genesis Carmona, a 22-year-old university student who had been Miss Tourism 2013 for the state of Carabobo, was struck in the head and killed by a bullet, a death that reverberated in a country that prizes beauty queens.
The troubles spread on Wednesday, including a significant clash in the wealthy Altamira district of Caracas. In southern Bolivar state, gunman firing from a rooftop at a pro-government rally killed one person and wounded four, Gov. Francisco Rangel Gomez said.
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Skovby, the creator of incredibly easy-to-use extending tables, has taken some of their trapdoor genius and infused an innocent-looking coffee table with it. The SM 201 coffee table incorporates two slide-out compartments. One of them, the drawer compartment, comes complete with six plastic drink coasters. The other is a heat-resistant plate, ready to hold your teapot with no danger to your coffee table's surface.
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Residents will have a chance to get EZ pass transponders in Western Massachusetts Thursday.
Massachusetts Department of Traffic is offering sign-ups in Lee and Chicopee.
Toll restoration is effective Oct. 15 and officials urge people who are interested to get transponders.
The EZ pass van will be in Lee at the Big Y on Pleasant Street from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday.
The van will be in Chicopee at the Big Y on Memorial Drive from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
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In Ashland City, Tennessee, the parents of a 5-year-old insist that their daughter is "already far too advanced" for the small town's public-school kindergarten. Instead, they believe, she should start school in first grade. It takes an entire month of tearful late-night homework sessions -- to catch up on skills normally acquired in kindergarten -- before these parents finally acknowledge that their daughter actually does belong in kindergarten with the other children her age.
In Dayton, Ohio, a mother and father volunteer to coach the local Odyssey of the Mind competition so they can place both their elementary-age kids on the team. (The coach's child doesn't have to try out.) The children, neither of whom has the academic credentials to be chosen for the team on the basis of performance alone, spend the entire competition chasing each other around the auditorium.
In San Marcos, Texas, a mother drives her child 40 miles to karate lessons every day. This grueling schedule has resulted in a shelf full of first-place karate trophies and a 12-year-old child who has never had an after-school play date with another kid.
What are these parents thinking?
While the parents described above are extreme examples, they're not uncommon. We all know parents who've gone this far or farther. If we admit it, we also know that the impulse behind their actions is a feeling we've had ourselves: We all believe that our children are above average.
But according to experts, only about 10 percent of kids are truly gifted, either academically or creatively. The rest are just garden-variety children -- perfectly delightful, ordinary kids. Unfortunately, most parents these days don't want average kids. So we nudge our children to try baseball as well as soccer, to accept the solo in the school musical, to make A's in subjects that don't come all that easily to them, to take French lessons after school and tennis on Saturday. Before long, and from mostly good impulses, we've turned our children into walking resumes. We've also set them up for a lifetime of feeling that nothing they do will ever be good enough.


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Manchester woman accused of stalking arrested again
Police said Lynch was found in a vehicle on Silver Street Friday with David Currier, 41, of 471 Silver St., the man she is accused of assaulting and attempting to assault last month.
Bail conditions on the earlier charges barred her from contact with Currier and barred her from returning to the Silver Street address, where she previously lived with him. The resisting-arrest charge alleges she pulled her arm away from the officer arresting her.
Currier was also arrested. He was charged with simple assault, accused of repeatedly punching Lynch, and pleaded innocent to the charge Monday in Circuit Court. He is free on $1,000 personal recognizance bail, with a trial set for April 25.
Lynch, who had been out on $2,000 cash/surety bail, is being held pending a bail-revocation hearing Tuesday morning.
Lynch is scheduled for trial April 4 on the new charges. She faces trial on the earlier charges March 25.
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A man accused of pushing his wife to the floor and grabbing her by the throat, as well as chest-bumping his mother-in-law for getting in his way, pleaded innocent Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to three charges of simple assault.
Trial was set May 2 for Admir Selimovic, 23, of 19 Garfield St.
Bail was continued at $500 personal recognizance, with conditions barring contact with the victims and barring him from the Garfield Street address.
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Daniel Mariar, 30, of 1200 Elm St., could enter no plea Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to a felony charge of possession of a controlled drug, cocaine, so a probable cause hearing was set for March 14.
Mariar was arrested on the felony and a misdemeanor of possession of a controlled drug, marijuana, after police responded to a request for a check on a person's condition.
Because Mariar had failed to appear in court on an August 2011 drug-possession charge, trial on that charge will be April 4, the same day as trial on the new drug-possession misdemeanor. Bail was set at $5,000 cash/surety.
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A Hooksett man accused of stealing valuable coins from Antiques on Elm, 321 Elm St., then selling them for $55 to Cash for Gold Jan. 22, asked Circuit Court Judge William Lyons for a break on bail.
Stephen Davis, 41, of 1465 Hooksett Road, who is charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property, said he is now in treatment and wouldn't be able to get enough money for the $3,000 cash/surety bail proposed by the police prosecutor.
The prosecutor said Davis is currently subject to a 72-hour hold in connection with an August 2012 conviction in Hillsborough County Superior Court for which he received a one-to-three-year suspended sentence.
Lyons set bail at $2,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring Davis from contact with the businesses. Trial was set for April 4 on the misdemeanors, at which time a violation of non-inspection will also be addressed.
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Executive Summaries | Anemia | Hemodialysis | Peritoneal Dialysis
KDOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease
The therapeutic approach to bone disease in CKD is based on its specific type. As such, this Guideline encompasses 3 parts: Guideline 13A deals with high-turnover and mixed bone disease; Guideline 13B with osteomalacia; and Guideline 13C with adynamic bone disease.
13B.1 Osteomalacia due to aluminum toxicity should be prevented in dialysis patients by maintaining aluminum concentration in dialysate fluid at <10 µg/L and avoiding the use of aluminum-containing compounds (including sucralfate). (OPINION)
13B.2 Aluminum overload leading to aluminum bone disease should be treated with deferoxamine (DFO). (See Guidelines 11 and 12.) (OPINION)
13B.3 Osteomalacia due to vitamin D2 or D3 deficiency or phosphate depletion, though uncommon, should be treated with vitamin D2 or D3 supplementation (see Guideline 7) and/or phosphate administration, respectively. (OPINION)
13B.3a If osteomalacia due to vitamin D deficiency fails to respond to ergocalciferol or cholecalciferol, particularly in patients with kidney failure (Stage 5), treatment with an active vitamin D sterol may be given. (OPINION) (See Guideline 8B.)
13B.3b Doses of phosphate supplementation should be adjusted upwards until normal serum levels of phosphorus are achieved. (OPINION)
As aluminum accumulates on bone surfaces, it impairs bone formation, leading to either osteomalacia or adynamic bone disease. Since this was recognized and aluminum exposure curtailed, osteomalacia has largely disappeared. However, patients may still be seen with this problem and its diagnosis and treatment need to be understood. If osteomalacia is found in the absence of aluminum, it is often related to pre-existing tubular defects of phosphate depletion or vitamin D2 or D3 deficiency.
In the late 1970s, it was documented that osteomalacic bone changes occur in patients with CKD Stage 5 secondary to aluminum intoxication. The clinical manifestations of such lesions are bone pain, fractures, and deranged mineral homeostasis. When marked aluminum loading occurs, brain abnormalities develop which, if untreated, are usually lethal. Treatment with a chelating agent, DFO, dramatically improves patients both clinically and histologically. The avoidance of aluminum has largely eliminated aluminum-related osteomalacia as a clinical problem in the dialysis population. Occasionally, dialysis patients may present with osteomalacia not associated with aluminum intoxication. This may be due to vitamin D deficiency, drugs (inducers of cytochrome P450 pathways), alcohol, calcium and/or phosphate deficiency, or other toxins.
Strength of Evidence
There is compelling evidence of the role of aluminum in the development of osteomalacia. For detailed discussion, see the corresponding sections in Guidelines 11 and 12.
Due to the severe clinical outcome of osteomalacia and other complications resulting from aluminum toxicity, no placebo-controlled studies are possible.
Clinical Application
A DFO challenge test (see Guidelines 11 and 12) can often identify aluminum overload, but is not specific for the presence of bone lesions. A firm diagnosis of bone aluminum accumulation and its associated histological derangements requires a bone biopsy (see Guideline 12). Treatment approaches to nonaluminum-related osteomalacia need to be tailored according the underlying causative agent (removal of the toxin or supplementation of the missing factors such as vitamin D and/or phosphate). Treatment should be continued until clinical indicators of osteomalacia, such as bone alkaline phosphatase activity in serum, normalize.
Research Recommendations
Aluminum accumulation in bone has become much less frequent with cessation of use of aluminum-containing phosphate binders. Unfortunately, the binders which have largely replaced aluminum have not proven completely satisfactory. Studies need to be conducted to determine whether there is a threshold of kidney function below which aluminum-based phosphate binders might be acceptable, and whether there are other substances besides citrate that increase intestinal aluminum absorption. Most importantly, studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of nonaluminum-containing and calcium-based binders are needed.
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Mercer University School of Law will host the 2014 Law Day luncheon with the Honorable Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, scheduled to deliver the keynote address. The event will be held Friday, March 28 at 12:30 p.m. in the University Center on Mercer's Macon campus. Registration is available online. Following the luncheon, three events will take place at the Law School: the Hugh Lawson III Moot Court Competition, a 2 hour CLE seminar titled "Ethics and Professionalism: Perpectives After 40 Years at the Bar" and an all-class alumni reception.
Third year student James Milner won first place in the 2013 College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers Student Writing Competition. Mr. Milner's paper, "Facing a Fear of Forfeiture: Workplace Equipment, Successor Liability, and the Dual Persona Doctrine as an Exception to the Exclusive Remedy of Workers' Compensation," was judged on organization, quality of research, depth, originality of analysis, clarity of style and readability. As the winner of the competition, he will receive a $1,500 cash award plus an expenses-paid trip to the College Annual Induction Dinner March 15 at the Conrad Chicago Hotel, where the award will be presented. Mercer Law School's scholarship fund will also receive $1,000 from the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers in honor of the achievement.
Mercer International Law Students Association will host a panel in collaboration with the Atlanta Arbitration Society on the topic "Resolving Business Disputes Having an International Aspect: Georgia's New International Arbitration Code and Its Use." It will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 3:30 to 5 pm with a reception at the Woodruff House to follow. The panel is approved for ICLE and MCJE credits. Speakers include Erika C. Birg of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; Shelby Guilbert of King & Spalding LLP; Stephen L. Wright of Taylor English Duma LLP; and Douglas H. Yarn, a Professor of Law and Director of the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Georgia State University Law School. The panel will be moderated by Professor Scott Titshaw of Mercer Law.
On Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. the Supreme Court of Georgia will hear oral arguments in the first-floor moot courtroom at Mercer Law School. The visit will provide an opportunity for students and the local community to observe the Court in action.
At the start of the session, the Court will hold a short admission ceremony allowing any recent law school graduates, alumni or members of the local bar who are not already admitted to the Supreme Court to be admitted at the special session. Instructions for participating in this special admission ceremony can be downloaded here. Those applying for admission will need to complete the application or admission on the Court's website. Applications for admission must be submitted to Tori Little at firstname.lastname@example.com no later than Nov. 12, 2013.
As part of their philanthropy work, Mercer Law's Association of Women Law Students organized several fundraising events for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure of Central Georgia. At the race, the association was recognized as the top team fundraiser and the top school/university division. To raise over $4,000, the group hosted events such as a zumba class, Pink Ribbon Week, a kickball tournament, and a bake sale.
The members of AWLS put a large amount of work into planning, organizing, and publicizing their events. Co-president of the organization, Megan Powers, says that this is because "the entire organization genuinely cares and wants to make a difference when it comes to breast cancer awareness."
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text: Investigators say a cat burglar who steals fine jewelry at night has struck again. A $40,000 cake plate is among the items stolen from a Buckhead mansion.Authorities suspect that the thief has been able to strike in homes from New York to Atlanta without ever leaving a fingerprint. Bonnie Perdue said that she spoke last night to her friends in Columbus who had also been burglarized, with another cake plate stolen. "It turned out when they started asking family members, it came from actually the grandmother, and it was real silver. And so he apparently knew that. He left some other silver plate, but he took that piece, so he knows what he's doing," Perdue said.Paul Brown, the owner of Gallery 63, an auction house featured on television, said that Atlanta isn't generally known for silver. "In this country, the best silver markets are going to be in Charleston, South Carolina, New Orleans, Louisiana -- not really so much Atlanta," Brown said. "It's an Old South thing. The people that collect that high-end sterling are people in those low country, Old South cities."Some people in the silver business believe that the thief is keeping the silver or he's stealing it for a collector, as none of the pieces have shown up at auction houses or the open market.


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Kingswood's Chloe Ball, who trains with Cleve Archers in Chipping Sodbury, named in Great Britain Para European Championships squad
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KINGSWOOD-based archer Chloe Ball will represent Great Britain at the Para European Championships.
The teenager, who is a member of Chipping Sodbury-based Cleve Archers, is currently in action at the Para Grand Prix in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, and the same team will be travelling to Nottwill in Switzerland from July 25 to August 3.
Still relatively new to the international stage, Ball is competing in the W1 category along with Jo Frith, experienced archer John Cavanagh and John Walker in the competition, which started on Tuesday and finishes on Sunday.
The tournament is a Para Archery World Ranking Event, meaning that a points system will determine the ranking of athletes from across the world in their particular discipline.
Ball switched from wheelchair racing and tennis in her early teens to archery and is now training at Lilleshall.
She won both gold and silver in the W1 mixed team event at her first international event in Bangkok earlier this year and secured her place on the team after going through Archery GB's W1 Talent Project.
Michael Peart, Paralympic coach at Archery GB, said: "We have got a very strong team for the Para Grand Prix and other para tournaments this year.
"There is a huge amount of medal potential in the squad, from our experienced Paralympians as well as younger athletes coming up through our Performance Academies.
"The team are working well together to help each other improve their shooting."
Great Britain have been given a milestone target of three to five medals at the Para European Championships by UK Sport.
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UC Berkeley English professor Robert Hass has received the Wallace Stevens Prize from the Academy of American Poets, adding to his honors that already include a Pulitzer Prize and serving as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 1995 to 1997.
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No. 21 Florida St. Seminoles trailed the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets by one at the half before rallying for a 68-54 win at the Donald L. Tucker Center on Wednesday night.
Junior guard Michael Snaer was seven of 10 from the floor, including five of seven from beyond the arc, to finish with a game-high 21 points to go along with his five steals. Forward Bernard James added 13 points and eight rebounds while Okaro White came off the bench to chip in 11 points, off-setting an ice cold night from Ian Miller, who missed all eight of his field goal attempts in 17 minutes.
With the win, the Seminoles improved to 15-6 overall and are now 6-1 in the ACC with the No. 18 Virginia Cavaliers visiting Tallahassee on Saturday afternoon.
The Yellow Jackets got 18 points from guard Brandon Reed in the loss, their sixth in a row to fall to 8-14 overall and 1-7 in the ACC.
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KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Knoxville police are investigating three officers because of allegations they used excessive force during an arrest.
Three officers - Jeremy Jinnett, Ty Compton, and Chris Whitfield - have been placed in administrative positions during the investigation into an arrest that took place last month.
In that incident, two female officers arrested Michael Mallicoat, 30, after he was reported to be disoriented and yelling while taking his clothes off in the middle of the street.
After handcuffing him, the officers said Mallicoat continued to fight back and they called for back-up.
According to the warrant, when officers asked him to have a seat, Michael Mallicoat refused. He also pulled away repeatedly when officers attempted to place him in handcuffs.
He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and public intoxication.
On February 28, he pled guilty and was sentenced to 30 days behind bars. After the February 9 incident, police told 6 News one female officer was attacked by Mallicoat. Mallicoat was not charged with assault.
Several neighbors told 6 News once Mallicoat was on the ground and cuffed, police kicked him multiple times and threw him against the hood of a police cruiser.
Mallicoat now has an attorney. His attorney says Mallicoat was hospitalized after the incident from what appears to be injuries sustained from the arrest.
After the arrest, a resident filed a complaint saying unnecessary force was used.
On Tuesday, Knoxville police said that Chief David Rausch had personally reviewed video of the officers' actions and that both a criminal and internal affairs investigation were launched as a result.
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Mallicoat's attorney says no law suit has been filed because he is also still investigating the incident.
Mallicoat does have a police record. He is expected in court on March 8 for violating probation.
In February he was charged with possession of a controlled substance and violating his probation.
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At first it was Taylor Ard and Derek Jones. On Wednesday, three more Cougars were selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft: outfielders Tommy Richards and Kyle Johnson, and third baseman Patrick Claussen.
Richards, from Coeur d'Alene, was taken by the Baltimore Orioles in the 24th round - the fourth pick of the round and 732nd overall.
"I couldn't be more excited," he said in a statement. "To be taken with other WSU seniors is an honor. I am and always will be a Cougar and it is so cool that a group of us were drafted together."
Johnson was the next player to go, going to the Los Angeles Angels in the 25th round. He was the 19th pick in the round and 777th overall. As a senior, he led the Pac-12 with 17 stolen bases in the regular season and helped the Cougars to a conference-leading 74 steals.
"I'm really happy to have a professional opportunity," said Johnson.
Claussen, from Renton, Wash., was taken in the 34th round by the Miami Marlins.
"I'm very blessed and fortunate" said Claussen. "I want to thank all my coaches throughout my career. Once a Cougar, always a Coug."
Claussen batted .301 in his final season at Washington State. His 17 doubles are tied for seventh in the Pac-12.
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AuSABLE FORKS — Police have arrested two Wilmington men they say broke into a home and assaulted an AuSable Forks man with a baseball bat.
Shortly before 11:30 Sunday night, Ray Brook-based State Police responded to a residence on Main Street in AuSable Forks and found Andrew J. Parrow, 19, with lacerations to his head and other less severe injuries.
Parrow was taken by AuSable Forks Emergency Medical Services to CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh for treatment and later released.
Initial investigation revealed that two men forced their way into the residence, assaulted Parrow with a baseball bat and fled in a white 2004 Pontiac car, according to a State Police press release.
Investigator Jonathan Garrow of Ray Brook-based State Police said it's unclear why the two men assaulted Parrow but it could have stemmed from an ongoing dispute that had started earlier that day.
Garrow said that at least one baseball bat was used, but it was unknown Tuesday if only one or both suspects had struck Parrow with it.
On Monday, Ray Brook-based State Police located the Pontiac at the home of Jacob E. Dahl, 25, of Wilmington.
A police blotter entry lists Dahl's time of arrest as 3:50 a.m. at 5734 State Route 86. He was charged with first-degree burglary, a felony.
In New York state, first-degree burglary describes an offense in which a person illegally enters a residence with the intent of committing a crime there, which can include causing physical injury to a person or using a dangerous instrument.
Dahl was processed at the State Police barracks in Wilmington then arraigned before Wilmington Town Justice Timothy Kertz. He was then taken to Essex County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bail bond.
Dahl was released after posting bond.
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|A Killer Growing by the Road: Poison Hemlock
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Poison hemlock is a member of the plant family Apiaceae (old name Umbelliferae) which in laymen's terms would be called the Parsley or Carrot Family. Red flags should be going up at this point, since many of the members of this plant family are edible plants, and the potential for misidentification of poisonous plants for edible plants is a great possibility.
Poison hemlock is typically a biennial plant, meaning that it takes 2 growing seasons to complete its life cycle. However, under optimal conditions, poison hemlock can grow as a perennial surviving for several years. In its first year of growth, the year the seed germinates, the plant grows as a ground-hugging, mounded rosette. In the second year of growth, the plant produces an erect flower-producing stem that can reach heights of 3 to 10 feet. The stem is hollow and green in color with purple spots. The leaves are shiny green in color, are pinnately compound, multi-stemmed, triangular in shape and are fern-like or parsley-like in appearance. When crushed, the leaves have a musty odor. If one walks through a stand of poison hemlock on a hot, humid day, the musty odor from the plants can be sickening. Flowers are white in color, 5-petalled and displayed in an umbrella-like cluster called an umbel. Plants that are very similar in appearance include fennel, parsley and wild carrot (a.k.a. Queen Anne's lace). Each flower develops into a green, deeply ridged fruit that contains several seeds. After maturity, the fruit turns grayish brown. The dried fruit is easily moved by erosion, animals, wind, and human activity to new locations where they break open releasing their seeds.
Poison hemlock is very toxic to sheep, cattle, swine, horses, and other domestic animals. They can be poisoned by eating either green or dried plant material. The alkaloid toxins of poison hemlock are relatively stable and can remain toxic for three or more years in dried plant parts. This is significant if poison hemlock is accidentally incorporated into hay baled in fields infested with the plant. To avoid these accidental poisonings, do not cut portions of hay fields for baling that are known to be infested with poison hemlock.
Poison hemlock is also extremely poisonous to humans if ingested. Poison hemlock was used to execute political prisoners in ancient Greece. The Greek philosopher Socrates presumably committed suicide by drinking a tea made with poison hemlock.
All parts of the poison hemlock plant (leaves, stems, roots, and fruits) are poisonous and can kill animals and humans if enough is eaten. Poison hemlock contains the neurotoxins coniine, g-coniceine, and related piperidine alkaloids which can cause the central nervous system to shut down. Leaves are especially poisonous in the spring, up to the time the plant flowers. Fresh leaves are unpalatable, so livestock seldom eat poison hemlock when other feed is available in a pasture. If ingested, sheep may be poisoned by eating as little as 3 1/2 oz. to 1 lb. 2 oz. of green leaves. Cattle that eat 10 1/2 oz. to 1 lb. 2 oz. may be poisoned. Signs of poisoning usually appear within an hour after an animal eats the plant. Animals die from respiratory paralysis in 2 to 3 hours.
People may be poisoned by eating any part of a poison hemlock plant. Often, poisonings occur when a victim confuses poison hemlock root with wild parsnip root, poison hemlock leaves with parsley, or poison hemlock seed with anise seed. Whistles made from hollow stems of poison hemlock have caused death in children. The toxins can also be absorbed through the skin and respiratory system so always wear protective clothing (i.e., gloves, goggles, mask) when handling this plant.
Options for management of poison hemlock include manual removal, mechanical destruction, and chemical control.
For sites with a few plants, pull or dig up the plants. Be sure to remove the entire root. All mature plants need to be removed so no new seeds are produced. Do not leave flower heads on the ground as the seeds can remain viable. Composting the removed plants is not recommended; instead place in a plastic trash bag and dispose of the bag in an appropriate trash container for removal.
Mechanical destruction of the plants by mowing or cutting with a weed-trimmer before poison hemlock flowers can be effective. Personal protection is a must when dealing with poison hemlock in this manner. One should wear a dust mask to avoid inhaling toxins while mowing or cutting.
Management of poison hemlock might most easily be accomplished with herbicides. Plants should be treated in the spring before they begin to flower with triclopyr, 2,4-D plus dicamba, or metsulfuron. These products will work well for lawn or pasture areas as it won't harm grasses. Glyphosate products (e.g. Roundup) work also but they kill grass as well as broadleaf plants. Repeat applications may be needed. Follow all precautions for handling herbicides.
Read and follow labels exactly as written and only use products appropriate and legal for the site. Herbicides should only be applied at the rates specified on the label. Foliar herbicides are most effective if applied to actively growing plants in the spring, followed by another application later in the summer for late sprouting seeds. Apply the herbicide to the entire leaf and stem surface and do not cut down the treated plants until they have died. This may take two weeks or more.
For more information on poison hemlock and other problematic weeds, contact your local OSU Extension office. To find your local office visit http://extension.osu.edu. To contact the Van Wert County OSU Extension office, call (419) 238-1214 or stop by at 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert, Ohio on the fairgrounds.


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Rural Mitchell man arrested on terroristic threats, firearm charges
A rural Mitchell man faces multiple terroristic threats and weapons charges after he allegedly fired shots Sunday morning at a woman he was sharing a residence with and her friends. 23 year old Brock Helgerson is accused of pointing the revolver at the woman and firing two rounds as she, her new boyfriend and a couple friends showed up at her rural Mitchell home to remove her ex-boyfriend, who had texted he was at the house with Helgerson.
Court documents say as the current and ex-boyfriend began arguing outside the house, Helgerson fired two shots and asked the woman and her friends to leave, threatening to kill them. The documents say Helgerson later told Police he "didn't want that drama in his yard." Helgerson did lead the responding officer to the basement, where he found the loaded gun and secured it as evidence.
Helgerson is charged with four counts of terroristic threats and four counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony, and will make his initial court appearance Monday afternoon.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HealthPocket has released a major study comparing the lowest priced health plans on versus off exchange. For the off-exchange plans, HealthPocket examined United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, and Assurant. When comparing on and off exchange plans across the most populous cities in 39 states where both groups were competing, HealthPocket found:
For premium comparisons, HealthPocket assumed that the enrollee was a 40 year-old nonsmoker. Given the fact that many areas did not have platinum plan options, platinum plans were not included within the analysis.
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"We will not oversign at Georgia, either," McGarity said. He also points to Machen's letter and says, "I'm sure The University of Georgia echoes his stance on oversigning." So what can be done to limit the practice? McGarity's preference would be a rule similar to what the Big Ten has in place. By instituting that, McGarity says the SEC could then help initiate change on the national level.
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Time for the big-time recruit to step up! UGA has too many 5-stars on the roster who are SEC-ordinary.
Tavarres King has been suspended for at least one game after being charged with underaged possession of alcohol. The sophomore's possible replacement at the beginning of the 2010 season is fellow sophomore Marlon Brown (2 receptions in 2009).
Obviously, it "matters" for lots of reasons. But does it matter for SEC championship purposes? Counter-intuitively, maybe not.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Youngstown man changes his plea on a federal heroin charge. Andre Little pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin Wednesday.
The charge stems from two incidents in February, when police seized heroin, marijuana and hundreds of thousands of dollars from a vehicle and motel room in Boardman.
Little will be sentenced September 19.
On February 13, police found baggies of marijuana and $111,000 worth of money separated by rubber bands in $1,000 bundles in a rental car being driven by Little.
Little and his two passengers denied ownership of the money, were each issued citations for possession of marijuana and released on scene.
Four nights later on February 17 at 11:00 p.m., police were called to the Days Inn Motel in Boardman where Little previously told them he had rented a room.
A hotel manager reported a marijuana smell coming from a room at the motel. After several attempts by police and the manager to contact occupants in the room, the manager evicted the occupants, per hotel policy, and granted police entrance to the room using a master key.
Police found a plastic bag containing 1,726.2 grams of heroin and a large, undetermined amount of money bundled in $1,000 increments.
Two hours later, Little attempted to enter the motel room where police had seized the drugs and money and was arrested along with a female companion.
A search warrant issued that same morning uncovered a laptop computer and two MoneyGram orders to a car rental agency.
Little has a history of heroin possession in Mahoning County.


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Cajun Boudin
10 pounds pork roast (I've known people to substitute ground meat also)
3 medium onions whole and 5 shallots
2 bell pepper whole
1 onion
3 bunches green onion chopped fine
1 bunch fresh parsley
1 tsp white pepper
2 tbsp salt
1 1/2 tbsp black pepper
5 tbsp cayenne
9 3/4 cup cooked rice
1 package of casing
In a large stock pot with enough water to cover the entire contents of pot, boil together the pork, 5 shallots, 3 onions, and 2 bell peppers until meat separates from the bone. Remove roast from water and then remove fat from meat. Reserve stock.
With a meat grinder, grind together the meat with the boiled onion, shallots and peppers. Also grind in a raw whole onion. Return the meat mixture to the pot and add the green onion and parsley, both chopped fine. Add the white pepper, salt, black pepper and cayenne. Stir thoroughly.
Add rice to the mixture and keep the consistency "wet" but not to wet. Stuff the boudoin mixture into the casing to make your link. twist between links.
To serve, boudin should be thawed. Heat water to boiling; place boudin in water and boil for 5 minutes until heated through. Remove and serve. Eat in or out of casing. Boudin goes well with cracklins.


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In a world intent on controlling health care costs, putting a value on compassionate care can be difficult. Allowing for the extra time needed to connect with a patient, to show compassion at a time of vulnerability, seems to go against the concept of making the health care experience more streamlined and efficient. But in his many years as a doctor and teacher, John Zawacki, MD, has found the opposite to be true.
"Compassion in health care is cost efficient when you are creating interpersonal relationships," said Dr. Zawacki, professor of medicine, who received the 2012 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award. All the hi-tech tests in the world often can't get to the heart of patients' problems, motivate them to follow recommended care, or engender understanding to diffuse the threat of a malpractice suit if a mistake is made in care.
"Medicine is in the details, and sometimes we get concerned about covering all the bases and doing all the many tests available," he said. "But really listening to patients can often reveal more about their problems."
Zawacki told the story of a patient he encountered when he was running behind schedule, and in a not-too-compassionate mood. Before he talked to her, he was given a bulging file containing her medical history, representing months of unsuccessful efforts to come up with a solution to her stomach pain. Upon meeting her, he put his impatience aside when saw how much pain she was in. What all those test didn't reveal, and Zawacki was able to coax from his patient through a compassionate conversation, was that her troubles began shortly after her husband died. Her tears revealed the rawness of her grief, and that knowledge factored into his treatment and her relief of symptoms.
Numerous studies have shown that a strong interpersonal connection between health care worker and patient can lead to better health care outcomes. But a 2011 paper by researchers from the Schwartz Center noted that while 78 percent of physicians felt most health care professionals provide compassionate care, only 54 percent of patients think their health care providers connect with them in that important way.
As a faculty member, Zawacki said he can sense a subtle decline in compassion in students as they move from the classroom to the clinic, and then further as they endure the stress of residency. He purposely recruits real patients to talk in his classes, and as he sees his students interact with them, their abundant compassion is evident. "Just by taking up the challenge of this calling, I know they already have the know-how to be a physician."
Keeping that compassion alive in third- and fourth-year students as they deal with the added complexity of learning in the health care teams, continuing into the stressful residency years and beyond, is particularly important to Zawacki. He has no easy answers, except that all health care professionals must model it for students.
"Compassion is the heart of medicine. It's opening up your heart to be touched by the pain of another. When you are in the presence of it, you know it," said Zawacki. "Patients know instantly when they are with a person who cares."
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Skateboard Park
The Skateboard Park is located in the parking lot of the
Sullivan Community Center.
Hours: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Amenities at the Skateboard Park:
Kicker Wedge * Raked Quarter Pipe * Fun Box * Free-standing Grind Wheel * Pole Jam
Concrete Prison Bench * Sloped Grind Box * Spine * Quarter Pipe * Half Pipe
A new play structure was added in Fall, 2007, for big kids only! It is located next to the Skateboard Park.
No Skateboards are needed!
Skateboard Park Rules:
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Coming in the spring & summer: skateboard lessons and camps
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Partnership to End Poverty set to close
Updated On: Feb 21 2013 04:41:07 PM CST
After a decade of service in Central Oregon, The Partnership to End Poverty will close its doors for good at the end of the year, officials said Thursday.
The work of the organization was made possible by the Northwest Area Foundation out of Minneapolis, Minnesota, established to promote economic revitalization and improve the standard of living for vulnerable citizens.
Since NWAF's initial investment, The Partnership's efforts have been focused on breaking the cycle of poverty by helping individuals and families gain self-sufficiency through workforce and education, asset development, leadership and capacity building, and public policy.
Important initiatives will survive the closure, including: Mosaic Medical, Cascades East Transit, Project Connect, Project Mobile Connect, the Faith Based Networks, the Earned Income Tax Credit program, and Open Campus.
"Our lasting legacy is that we helped to create new infrastructure that supports low-income families in our region. Mosaic Medical is a perfect example. The clinic started out with a dozen employees and a few hundred patients in Prineville. Now it's a regional clinic with 150 employees and 17,000 patients," explained Jason Carr, executive director of The Partnership.
NWAF announced a few years ago that it would officially end its yearly funding. This came as no surprise to Partnership leaders and the board who made the decision to dissolve the organization by the end of this year. The Partnership has accomplished what it was commissioned to do, and will exit Central Oregon with a great deal of pride.
"Our relationship with NWAF was designed to be a short-term investment, so The Partnership always had a shelf-life. We knew this would be our last year in operation, but we say good-bye knowing our efforts have clearly made a difference," said Cyndy Cook, Housing Works executive director and Partnership board chair.
From 2008-2011 $1.5 million in direct resources leveraged over $21 million in new investment, infrastructure, and capacity to provide economic revitalization for people living in poverty. The Partnership will operate as usual throughout the remainder of 2013, and is actively working on projects that will have long-lasting impacts on poverty reduction in Central Oregon.
"Using outside dollars to make investments in community development has a powerful multiplier effect on the economy. It's unlikely the efforts of The Partnership would have happened without the resources provided by NWAF," explained Carr.
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Not feeling 100% yesterday (Monday), so Squats and Bench moved to Tuesday, forcing Squats, Bench, and Deadlift to all happen on the same day…we elected to only do 1 at the target weight of 310lbs, next week is a new week.
18 days until our first Powerlifting Competition!
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Waiting too long for notebooks to boot up or shut down steals precious productivity time from your employees. Finding the notebook that performs daily tasks quickly is crucial to business success.
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Belay on the slab. Climb up to the left to a bolt, the first bolt is way up there, but the section getting to it mostly seems like Class III hiking. (i.e., it's pretty simple) After you get to the first bolt climb right over a couple shelves, watch out for the bush between the 1st and 2nd anchor, it likes to catch to rope. Do a tricky move onto the upper slab then climb left to the anchors. You do have to go left and right a lot on this run.
On the right side of the Whale, reach the start by following The Whale trail north from a big pine tree at the base of the slab. Belay on the slab. If you want to rappel, find the shortest route down, plan on stopping near the belay point (still on the slab), or use a double rope to get back down to the dirt. A 60 meter rope is a must on this one. You can also just climb one person at a time and belay back down. The area at top is kinda small for more than one person. Also, it's tough to belay from the top on this one due to lack of place to sit or stand at the anchor.
4 bolts to a 2 bolt anchor.


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November 27, 2013
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Five middle schools in Montgomery County schools are lowering their truancy rates for students through the Truancy Court Program, created by the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts in the University of Baltimore School of Law.
The Montgomery Gazette explores the program in a feature article published on Nov. 27.
"My favorite point is when we're no longer talking about attendance issues, but talking about academic issues—that's when we know it's working," said one county official involved in the program.
Read the article.
Learn more about the Center for Families, Children and the Courts.


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Northern Cheyenne multidisciplinary artist Bently Spang is the University of Wyoming American Indian Studies Program spring semester Eminent Artist in Residence.
Spang will teach a class on Native American art; will have a solo exhibition at the UW Art Museum; and on April 2 at 7 pm in the Union Ballroom, will present Tekcno Pow Wow III, a performance art piece combining pow wow, techno and hip hop music, video projection, and multiple dance forms. By creating a charged atmosphere that combines the live event essence of powwow and hip-hop/rave with performance art and video projection, Spang challenges dancers and audience members alike to "dance a mile in each other's moccasins, sneakers, ballet slippers, or whatever the case may be" and, in so doing, gain valuable insight into each other's lived cultural experiences.
American Indian Studies at the University of Wyoming is a three-dimensional program offering academic courses to all interested students, support services to American Indian students, and outreach to the larger Wyoming community. This multi-disciplinary program develops respect for, and understanding of, Native views; enables American Indian students to obtain a university education; and extends UW resources to residents of the State and region.


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WASHINGTON Ś ItÆs commonly said that fighting about money is one of the main reasons couples divorce.
ThatÆs not exactly accurate.
Couples definitely fight about money Ś lying about it, the control of it, the lack of it or the mismanagement of it Ś but just like money isnÆt really the root of all evil, itÆs not the root cause of many divorces either.
The fights that couples have about money are frequently the manifestation of some other deeply entrenched stuff that comes out when there are financial issues. LetÆs say you grew up poor and hated not having what other kids had. You now buy whatever your heart desires because you donÆt want to do without again.
You marry a miser who grew up watching his parents spend money unwisely. He hated seeing his parents argue because there was never enough money. You might have even been attracted to his miserly ways because of his ability to manage his money. But such financial differences that are often ignored or dismissed during a courtship can cause major problems in a marriage.
You end up fighting because you spend too much and he doesnÆt want to spend much at all. You are contemplating a divorce and the reason you give Ś financial ōirreconcilable differences.ö
Is money the root cause? Or are your fights about money the acting out of issues you havenÆt resolved from your childhood traumas?
It doesnÆt help that many couples donÆt have good communication skills.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants asked people to name what personal problem they would feel most comfortable discussing. Only 14 percent of respondents said money.
ōThe subject of money is still highly taboo and one that people will go to great lengths to avoid,ö says Deborah L. Price, a money coach. ōYet couples who are in a committed relationship or married cannot have a healthy, truly intimate relationship unless they are willing to be financially open and fully transparent about their financial wants, needs and expectations.ö
In other words, if you want financial intimacy, youÆve got to talk. YouÆve got to be willing to be vulnerable, Price says.
But when it comes to identifying and changing money patterns and behaviors that arenÆt working, most people need outside help. Price is offering such help in her book ōThe Heart of Money: A CoupleÆs Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacyö ($14.95, New World Library). ItÆs my pick for this monthÆs Color of Money Book Club.
Price is the founder and chief executive of the Money Coaching Institute in Novato, Calif. She was a financial adviser for more than 20 years. She understands the money side of this issue as well as the psychological side.
ōMany marriages might possibly be saved if couples were able to resolve their underlying money issues and communicate more calmly and reflectively, rather than reactively,ö Price writes.
IÆve directed a financial mentorship program at my church for several years and have had the opportunity to meet with a lot of couples. Often I canÆt even begin to show them how to budget better or save until they address what Price calls their money ōshadow.ö
Referring to the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, Price writes: ōIn monetary terms, the shadow represents unconscious money patterns or behaviors we may possess that are harmful to ourselves or to others.ö
LetÆs say a husband has unacknowledged anger toward his wife. Rather than address the source of his anger, he makes bad financial decisions that sabotage their finances and relationship. ōMany marriages fail due to the shadow influences in one or both spouses that manifest in negative behaviors, secrecy and betrayal,ö Price says.
Throughout the book, Price provides exercises to delve into your psyche. And you have to view it this way: DonÆt buy the book and thrust it into your partnerÆs face demanding he or she read it. That will start another argument. Rather, look at this as a journey you both need to take. Even if you think it is your spouse who has the problem, do the exercises, too, because, as Price points out, ōwe all have money patterns and behaviors that create stress, anxiety and fear, and that are contradictory to creating the personal and financial life we desire.ö
IÆll be hosting a live online discussion about ōThe Heart of Moneyö at noon on Feb. 28 at washingtonpost.com/conversations. Price will join me to answer your questions. Every month, I randomly select readers to receive a copy of the featured book, which is donated by the publisher. For a chance to win a copy of this monthÆs book club selection, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and address.
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