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Police arrested a Coon Rapids mother of beating her 16- and 10-year-old daughters, and prosecutors claim her children feared what their mother would do if they notified police.
According to the criminal complaint, Julia Peter Modj Kojo's daughters described being hit over 20 times with a phone cord and an electrical cord. One described a thrash that broke her skin, and revealed a blood-soaked bandage to officers who responded to the assault report.
Both daughters told officers that their mother also pointed a wooden deer with sharp antlers at them and threatened to kill them if they did not listen.
When questioned by the police, Kojo, 31, said this was all a game and that she did not have enough energy to carry out such a beating, the complaint said.
Anoka County Court ultimately charged Kojo with two counts of malicious punishment of a child.
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BLUEFIELD (WVVA) - It was a snowy Friday for much of the Two Virginias.
Several inches of snow fell over much of the WVVA viewing area Friday afternoon -- though not as severe as last week's sudden snow that left motorists stranded on Interstate 77 for hours last Thursday night into Friday morning.
Viewers reported hazardous conditions on several roadways, though no major accidents were reported.
Winter Weather Advisories were in effect until 7 p.m. for Buchanan, McDowell, & Wyoming; until Midnight for Tazewell, Mercer, Bland, Wythe, Giles, Summers, Monroe and Greenbrier counties; & until 3am for Raleigh and Fayette counties.
Pocahontas County was under advisory until 7 a.m. Saturday.
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"He Cheats on Me During Business Trips"
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"It seems like Jack has a girl in every port," snapped Pam, 40, the mother of a 22-year-old daughter and 14-year-old twin boys. "He travels constantly for business, often three or four days a week. Over the past couple of years he's been more and more remote. Anyone else would have put the pieces together, but I guess I'm dense.
"Two weeks ago I was in the den when his cell phone rang. Normally I wouldn't pick it up, but for some reason I did -- and the person hung up. I waited a few minutes and called back. A woman answered. I hung up, then checked the list of dialed calls and saw there were several to that number. Jack claimed it was a business call, but I could tell he was hiding something. I mentioned the calls several times that weekend, and finally he blurted out that he cheats on me when he travels. He insisted that he loves me and wants to stay married. But how can he love me and behave like that?
"The only positive part of the whole sordid mess is that they're one-night stands that apparently don't mean anything. So at least he's not leaving me for someone he's fallen in love with. I went through that with my dad. Our home life was very chaotic. We were well off -- Dad was a successful attorney -- but my parents fought all the time. When I was in high school my dad left my mother for another woman, and my world collapsed. Mom, who was a recovering alcoholic, started drinking again, and I had to take care of my younger sisters.
"I began hanging out with a guy who'd graduated from my high school two years earlier. A week after I turned 17 I discovered I was pregnant. My mom wanted me to put the baby up for adoption. My dad said I should have an abortion. I did neither. I dropped out of school, married the boy, and had Zoe. Needless to say, the marriage was a disaster. He was angry and verbally abusive, and after six months Zoe and I moved back in with my mother. I got my GED, then enrolled in college at night while Mom, who was back in AA by then, watched Zoe.
"I met Jack in class. I wasn't looking for a romantic relationship but soon fell madly in love. He was charming, thoughtful, and so much fun! He'd take Zoe and me on spontaneous outings -- hiking in the mountains, picking berries, or eating lunch at a beachside shrimp shack. After dating for two years we got married and Jack adopted Zoe. He was a rising star at an international consulting firm, where he still works, and his hours were already getting crazy. When our twins, Sam and Max, were born five years later, I threw myself into being a mom. And Jack threw himself even deeper into work.
"I resent having to be both Mommy and Daddy. Jack takes care of the big things. He made sure we have life insurance and a nice home, for instance. But I'm the one who helps with their homework, goes to parent-teacher conferences, reads bedtime stories. On weekends I'll plead with Jack to come to church with us, or even for a bike ride, but he begs off, insisting he needs to catch up on paperwork. He's become more and more peripheral to our family. He'll promise something and never get it done, whether it's planning a family trip or fixing a leaky faucet. I'll make lists of stuff for him to do, but he'll be off on another business trip before a single item gets crossed off.
"Now I wonder if I should have paid more attention to him and focused less on the kids. Why else would he see women on the sly? I still love him, but I'm not sure I'll ever trust him again."


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Miliband email invites Tory leader to become a Labour candidate
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has received a second email from Ed Miliband, this time inviting him to become a Labour candidate in the next UK Election. It follows an earlier email ahead of the Labour leader's speech on his party's relationship with unions.
The latest email from Ed Miliband begins 'Andrew, I am so inspired by this party' - presumably his party, not the one Mr Davies leads in Wales. Mr Miliband goes on to talk about Labour's Future Candidates Programme and issues this invitation:
If you're at all interested in becoming a Labour candidate, I'd urge you to apply now.Applications for the next group of trainees close on Monday morning.
Obviously the email is a circular aimed at Labour members but the Welsh Tory chief is baffled as to how he was included on the mailing list. Perhaps the fact he shares a name with a former Labour minister explains it. Either way, he's not planning to take up Ed Miliband's offer.
– Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Opposition
We always knew Labour was short on ideas, but it looks like they're short on candidates too. I am flattered by the offer, but I have enough on my plate holding Ed Miliband's lazy Labour Government to account.


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A no-extra-charge is the Market Cafe up on Deck 12: a buffet featuring bottom-end cold cuts, tough and dry beef, a minimal salad bar. The ambiance: no-nonsense chairs and Formica tables. Free beverages: coffee (decaf and regular), tea (decaf, herb, and regular), half and half, milk, skim milk and water. Oh, and fruit "juice" at breakfast. What about lemonade, you ask? Buy it at one of the bars. Ditto soft drinks (but this is more of an industry-wide practice, at least at the Princess/RCL/NCL/Celebrity budget level).
Lunchtime: care for a hamburger? No problem. A precooked patty will be pulled out of a tray of--let's be nice and call it "juice"--and popped on a griddle for minute, so the extender and beef (sort of like budget meatloaf) will be warm for that untoasted bun (which they will put on the griddle on request). Mayo and ketchup? Sure. Mustard? Sure, as long as you don't want deli or Dijon. Pickle? No problem. You were thinking of a vinegar, not a dill pickle, weren't you?
Tried to get escape from the regular dinnertime fare by eating in one of the many $15 -
$35 (if you want lobster, for instance) alternative venues. Didn't help. Tough, dry lamb for one of my friends, microwaved (then "finished" in an oven/broiler) lobster for another. - a microwave oven in an upscale restaurant?
Let's get one thing perfectly clear: the "buffet" is like a school cafeteria, but not as good.
Service on the decks, rooms, desk, library: excellent. Internet? At 40 - 75 cents/minute, you weren't expecting something faster than dial-up, were you?
The TV in my veranda cabin was an old-fashioned CRT set, not a flat screen.
Here's a complement (at last): the shower had a sliding door, a good shower head on a hose, and enough room to turn around. It even had a grab bar (in a non-handicap room). Of course, the soap and shampoo are liquids dispensed from wall-mounted units (think: gas station toilet).
The ship left every Mexican port well before dusk. Why? I mean, come on: 3:30?
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ROCK HILL – A Lancaster woman was killed over the weekend in a three-vehicle accident in York County.
Peggy Landry, 46, was driving a 1995 Harley Davidson motorcycle about 4:20 p.m. Saturday when she was struck from behind by a Dodge pickup, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The accident occurred east of Rock Hill on Lesslie Highway at the Springdale Road intersection.
An evening visiting family turned fatal for three Lancaster relatives Monday night.
Doris McClinton, 64, Felicia McClinton, 34, and Crystal Evans, 23, died in a one-vehicle accident on S.C. 5.
They were among seven people riding in a 2004 GMC Yukon Denali that ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The SUV was traveling east, Trooper Josef Robinson said. The wreck happened about 10:30 p.m., just west of the Old Hickory Road intersection.
On Memorial Day we recognized all those individuals who stood up for us in all branches of our military service. Memorial Day should always be a day of remembering, giving thanks for and to any person who ever wore a uniform in our defense.
GREAT FALLS – A limner will be on hand at the seventh annual Battle of Beckhamville re-enactment in Great Falls.
But what in the world is a limner?
A limner is one who draws, paints and outlines in clear, sharp detail.
The limner will be joined by a refugee from France who is a lace merchant, a broom maker, a tombstone carver and a man who "makes" salt.
You'll be able to see them all during the Beckhamville re-enactment, set for June 6, 7 and 8 in Great Falls on the original battlefield.
Like a lot of graduates, Lancaster High School senior Debra Fortson is a little nervous about walking across the stage Friday night.
She's going to wear flats. She's going to make sure there's nothing on the stage she can trip over.
"I don't want to fall on my face," said Fortson, 18.
But walking across the stage should be one of the easiest things Fortson has done during her high school career. The road to graduation hasn't been easy.
When she was 13 and in the ninth grade, Fortson found out she was pregnant.
I did not know that students did not have Memorial Day off until field day.
Having been in other school districts in the past, I was caught off guard, especially since Charlotte and the Rock Hill districts were off.
I'm just curious as to why. I was not really concerned about the attendance issue point because my kids did not attend out of respect for our armed forces. My main concern is why the school district does not respect our armed forces. There are other days the kids could have gone to school and had this day off. For example, maybe one day for Easter instead of two.
YouthBuild workers got a boost Tuesday morning when staffers from U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint's office came to Lancaster to help them build a house for Habitat for Humanity.
Three DeMint staffers – regional director Kelly Long and legislative aides Kimberly Gluck and Brian Eisele – joined hands with several of YouthBuild's young adults to install the insulation and drywall of a three-bedroom, 1,200-square-foot home.
YouthBuild will nearly finish the house, but the Habitat for Humanity program requires "sweat equity" from the new homeowners to finish the house.
Indian Land's Shawn Crawford is focused on returning to the Olympics this summer in Beijing and hopefully earning another gold medal. Crawford, a Van Wyck native, is the reigning Olympic gold medalist in the 200-meter sprint. He was also a member of the U.S.
Registration for the 28th annual member-guest golf tournament at the Lancaster Golf Club continues to June 11 at the LGC pro shop.The two-day tournament, regarded as one of the top events at the Lancaster Golf Club each season, is set for June 14-15.Friday opens play with an 18-hole par-three tournament followed by a cookout at the patio. Play opens Saturday and continues Sunday."This is one of our best tournaments each year," LGC pro Phil Small said.
Larry Neal asked in his letter "Writer questions Mulvaney's vote on inhalants" in the May 23 edition of The Lancaster News why I voted against a bill to ban alcohol inhalants. It is a fair question, and I am happy to answer it.
By way of quick background, the bill was designed to outlaw a new device called an "alcohol without liquid" device. This is essentially an inhaler for alcohol. The device is currently not available in South Carolina.
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COVINGTON — Newton County schools are growing more diverse, based on the number of different languages spoken by students.
Deputy Superintendent of Schools Craig Lockhart presented a report to the Newton County Board of Education during its work session Wednesday about students receiving ESOL, or English Speakers of Other Languages, services.
He reported that 520 students in the Newton County School System are currently receiving these services. West Newton Elementary School has the largest English learner population with 101 students, Lockhart said.
"We are proud that 21 teachers are participating in the ESOL Endorsement program this year," he said.
Lockhart also pointed out that 13 foreign transcripts have been reviewed since the beginning of the school year for students from the Bahamas, Canada, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan and Panama.
Nine foreign exchange students from Brazil, German, Italy and the Netherlands are currently enrolled Newton County high schools.
"Both Alcovy High School and Eastside High School have the maximum number of four students enrolled at each site," Lockhart said. "There is one exchange student at Newton High School."
In addition to English and Spanish, there are nearly 30 other languages spoken by students attending Newton County schools.
"This just shows that Newton County is growing into a global player," Lockhart said.
Some of the languages spoken in Newton County schools are:
• Amharic
• Arabic
• Bengali
• Chinese
• Chuukese
• French
• German
• Gujarati
• Haitian Creole
• Hindi
• Hmong
• Ibo
• Italian
• Korean
• Micronesian
• Pashto
• Portuguese
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Russian
• Somali
• Swahili
• Tagalog
• Ukranian
• Urdu
• Vietnamese
• Wolof
• Yoruba
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Their proposal would make it illegal to deal or possess look-alike synthetic drugs like bath salts.
Right now, only drugs with certain chemical make ups are against the law.
Any retailer caught selling the look-alike drugs would be suspended for a year.
The bill has passed in the Senate, and still needs to be approved in the House, which has been working on a similar bill.
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Doctors say bouts of exercise can temporarily increase immune system cells in the body.
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Portland State University and Wells Fargo have teamed up on an effort to boost the flow of cleantech ideas.
The school and the bank are enlisting students to participate in the PSU-Wells Fargo Cleantech Challenge, which will provide $50,000 university innovation teams bring their ideas to market.
The Cleantech Challenge will gather submissions from PSU teams working on products, processes or services that positively affect the environment. The ideas can, for instance, include green consumer products and high-tech manufacturing improvements.
Deadline for entries is May 10. Six semi-finalists, who'll receive $5,000 development grants to move their concepts into the prototype stage, will be announced in late May.
The final winner, which will be announced at the Oregon BEST FEST in September, will receive $25,000 and the chance to meet with potential investors. The winner will also receive membership in PSU's Business Accelerator.
"This competition provides an opportunity for students to not only showcase their innovative ideas, but, thanks to Wells Fargo, it will also give them the seed money to develop them into real world products to solve real world problems," said PSU President Wim Wiewel in a statement.
Don Pearson, Wells Fargo's Portland-based regional president, said the lender feels it "can influence positive change by strengthening our environmental leadership and by partnering with PSU on this great project."
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Former Sun Devil House impressed by Jack Taylor's performance
That his memorable game didn't even match the second half of Jack Taylor's record-setting performance nearly left the loquacious House speechless.
"Eighty points in 20 minutes? Come on guy, that's ridiculous," House said from his Scottsdale home Wednesday. "That's just unbelievable."
A sophomore at Grinnell College in Iowa, Taylor lit up the basketball world and beyond Tuesday night by setting an NCAA record with 138 points in the Pioneers' 179-104 home victory over Faith Baptist Bible.
Slightly-built at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, Taylor had 58 points by halftime and kept firing, taking down records as the shots fell through.
Taylor broke the NCAA record with 4:42 left in the game and went on to smash it by 25 points, hoisting an are-you-serious 108 shots � one every 20 seconds. He took 71 shots from the 3-point arc, more than some players take an entire season, and made 27.
"Seventy-one? I can't even imagine," said House, who retired from the Miami Heat in 2011 after 11 NBA seasons with nine teams. "That's like a pre-game workout."
Taylor finished 52 of 108 from the field overall, eclipsing the NCAA record of 113 points set by Rio Grande's Bevo Francis against Hillsdale in 1954. He also blew past the previous, impressive-in-its-own-right Grinnell record of 89 by Griffin Lentsch a year ago against Principia.
Current NBA players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony had plenty of praise for Taylor, and so did House.
"I couldn't imagine taking all those shots," House said. "I know it was fun, though. It had to be fun."
House had a little fun of his own against Cal.
He grew up in the Bay Area and considered the Bears his hometown team. Despite getting offers from numerous schools, Cal didn't even send House a questionnaire, much less a scholarship offer.
Using the slight as motivation, he had extra focus every time the Sun Devils played Cal, wanting a little see-what-I-can-do payback.
House got it on Jan. 8, 2000.
Playing in Berkeley, Arizona State and Cal went back and forth in a tight game that went to two overtimes.
House got hot early and his teammates kept feeding him.
Stroking jumpers and dropping in floaters, he scored 61 points that night, breaking the school record and tying the Pac-12 mark set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar � then known as Lew Alcindor � for UCLA 33 years earlier.
House hit 18 of 30 shots from the field, including 7 of 10 from 3-point range, and went 18-for-19 on free throws to earn himself a prominent place in college basketball lore.
"I've always had a grudge against them and I do not like them to this day for that," House said about Cal. "Every time I played them, I made sure I was focused on hurting them as much as I could. I wasn't selfish and taking every shot, but I did make sure they got some of this business."
House got plenty of help from his Arizona State teammates, who saw the rhythm he was in and kept feeding him the ball. The Sun Devils needed all his points, too, pulling out the 111-108 win after House hit two free throws with 2.9 seconds left in the second overtime.
Taylor's teammates did the same thing for him, which caught House's attention nearly as much as the points he scored.
"You take your hat off to the guy for going out there and getting it done, and the guys who kept passing because I don't know if that would have gone off at some schools," House said. "You would think somebody at some point would be like, hey man, I need some of these shots. You already got 85, let me go ahead and get 60."
House got his against Cal, putting him with a small fraternity of players who can understand what it must have felt like for Taylor when shot after shot kept going in.
"It's an unbelievable feeling, a good feeling," he said. "It's hard to explain, you're just one with everything that's going on. You feel every moment, almost like your biorhythm is on point. It's hard to explain unless you've been there."
House has been there and even he's blown away by Taylor's accomplishment.
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A democratic country with a stable, robust economy, Poland is an ideal location for study abroad. The Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) is located on the northern edge of the Mokotów district of Warsaw, known for its parks and green spaces, as well as many foreign embassies, major businesses, and the National Library of Poland. The district is one of the better preserved areas of Warsaw, having survived both the Warsaw Uprising and the events of WWII relatively intact.
Learn more about the city and surrounding area by visiting the Warsaw Tourism Site.
Founded in 1906 and staying open through World War II, the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) is Poland's oldest and most prestigious university of economics. SGH has 16,000 students and 900 faculty members and departments include Economics, European Studies, Finance, Accounting, Management, International Business, and Public Economy and Administration. The SGH campus is located in central Warsaw and near bus and tram stops, as well as a metro station.
Fall semester: late September to early February
Spring semester: February to late June
When selecting a semester exchange program, students should take note of academic calendars that differ significantly from the University of Minnesota. Consider potential conflicts such as holidays, family events, graduation ceremonies, and summer jobs/internships early in the selection process.
Work with Education Abroad Advisers and the Carlson Business Career Center for support addressing challenges.
Students are enrolled in 15 S/N Carlson School International Business (IBUS 5100) credits for a semester at SGH and take 4 or 5 full courses (30 ECTS) at SGH to earn 15 Carlson School credits.
International exchange students are offered subjects at the undergraduate level from SGH existing majors including: Economics, European Studies, Finance & Accounting, Management, International Business, Public Economy and Administration. Since all courses offered are also open to regular SGH students, they generate positive exchange of ideas and provoke constructive multicultural teamwork.
For more information, see the International Exchange Student Fact Sheet.
While the majority of courses are in Polish, SGH offers full-time BA and MA programs in English so course options are available. All exchange students may attend beginning Polish language classes and also have access to language tutorials in German, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish.
On-campus, double occupancy accommodations are available for International Exchange students in Sabinki dormitory. The application is online, and can be completed upon acceptance the program by CGI and registration to SGH as an exchange student. Assignments are made on a first-come-first-served basis. For more information on housing, visit SGH's International Exchange Student Housing site.
These estimates will vary based on student preference and exchange rates. All details subject to change based on economic and international factors. Most financial aid may be applied to study abroad programs.
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From the Fayetteville paper:
Herrion says ECU still adjusting to C-USA
By Sammy Batten
Staff writer
Ask Bill Herrion if the adjustment period for East Carolina basketball is over after two full seasons competing in Conference USA and he'll shake his head with an emphatic, "No.''
Staff photo by Cindy Burnham
East Carolina basketball coach Bill Herrion, right, talks with Dan Kinlaw, left, and Jimmy Townsend at Highland Country Club.
Herrion said Monday during a visit to Fayetteville that the Pirates have made significant progress since leaving the Colonial Athletic Association for the C-USA after the 2000-2001 season. But the fourth-year head coach added there's plenty of work ahead before ECU is ready to make its mark in a league where national powers such as Cincinnati, Louisville and Marquette reside.
"I don't think we've got the adjustment done yet at all,'' Herrion said. "I think what has happened is this: You're talking about a program that when we left the CAA - which I think is arguably one of the top mid-major college basketball conferences in the country - we were not an overly successful program. It's not like we were Richmond or UNC-Wilmington or George Mason, teams that year in and year out were at the top of the CAA and competing to go to the NCAA tournament. Like Richmond going to the Atlantic 10. I think their transition has probably been a little easier because they've been successful in the past.
"We weren't an overly successful program in the CAA for years. I think what happened was our first year in Conference USA we won five basketball games, probably five more than people thought we were going to win. I think we snuck up on some people. I think we proved we had a great homecourt environment.
"I think this second year, though, we didn't sneak up on anybody. The league is just getting tougher with (Rick) Pitino at Louisville and (John) Calipari at Memphis, and Marquette this year getting to the Final Four.
"I'll say it here tonight, we've got programs in Conference USA that are trying to win national championships,'' he said. "We're not to that point yet. I think what we have to do first is try to get to the middle of the pack. Can we be competitive? I think we're headed in the right direction.''
Herrion was one of three East Carolina head coaches who spoke to about 100 supporters during a dinner at the Highland Country Club on Monday. Football coach John Thompson and baseball coach Randy Mazey were also on hand as the Cumberland/Hoke County Chapter of the ECU Pirate Club held its spring gathering.
Losing one senior
The Pirates went 12-18 overall in basketball and had a 5-11 league record in their first season of C-USA play. They slipped to 12-15 and 3-13 this season after opening with seven straight victories.
Only one senior, guard Travis Holcomb-Faye, graduates from ECU's roster. But despite returning a veteran team for 2003-2004, Herrion believes the Pirates still need to upgrade their talent.
"We've just got to get some more players, we've got to get better players,'' Herrion said. "If we're going to make strides in this league and get better, we need guys the ACC is getting. We're not naive enough to think we're going to get a kid over (North) Carolina or Duke right now. But you know what? We've got to get a kid that (N.C.) State wants, that Wake wants, that Clemson wants. That's the level we're at right now.
"But I think the fact we're in a great conference gets your foot in the door easier.''
Staff writer Sammy Batten can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 486-3534.


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East Lancashire health campaigners slam repeat A&E visitors
6:00am Thursday 9th January 2014 in News
HEALTH campaigners have blasted those who repeatedly turn up at emergency hospital departments with minor complaints - including two patients who visited hospital more than 100 times each last year.
New figures released by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust also showed there were five patients who sought emergency or urgent care more than 50 times each in 2012/13, with 224 people seeking care on more than 10 occasions.
The accident and emergency ward at Royal Blackburn Hospital is the busiest in the north west, and campaigners said the frequent visitors were putting staff under unnecessary strain.
Russ McLean, chairman of the Pennine Lancashire Patient Voices Group, said: "These figures are quite appalling because most of these people will be complete time wasters.
"I know of cases where patients have turned up with a headache and want some paracetemol, as well as mothers wanting paracetamol for their baby. The hospital is already in trouble so this really makes me very angry."
ELHT has been in special measures since July after inspectors made damning criticisms of the way it was run over several years.
The Lancashire Telegraph has also featured several stories about the emergency ward in recent months, as hundreds of patients have waited longer than the national target of four hours to be seen.
The new statistics, released under Freedom of Information laws, showed one patient turned up at hospital 136 times, with another attending 124 times. The visits were spread between the A&E ward, the urgent care centres based at the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals, and the minor injuries unit in Accrington.
Patients attending more than 50 times accounted for a total of 441 visits, while those attending 10 times racked up a total of 4,064 visits across the four sites.
Many frequent visitors had problems with drug or alcohol abuse, or mental health issues.
Emergency treatment is far more expensive for the NHS than primary care, which is delivered by GPs or pharmacists, and Mr McLean added: "People need to realise that although the NHS is free at the point of contact, it isn't really free at all.
"All of us have to pay for it and patients really need to think carefully before attending hospital because NHS resources are so low. It needs to be a serious education drive to target these patients."
Although A&E staff can offer advice to patients who arrive with minor problems, the patient can still demand to be treated.
As reported earlier this week, about a third of doctors believe hospitals should introduce charges for some attendances, to deter those who turn up unnecessarily.
But Ron O'Keeffe, chairman of Blackburn with Darwen Council's health scrutiny committee, said: "I'm shocked by these figures but I don't believe anyone should be refused care or charged for it. The NHS is based on the principle that it's free for everyone.
"There needs to be a proper investigation into why these people are turning up so frequently and what we can do about it."
Gordon Birtwistle, MP for Burnley, said: "It's outrageous for anyone to turn up more than 100 times in one year.
"I find that astonishing. These patients are blocking up the system for people with real problems.
"The solution is education and the staff need to sit down and talk to these patients. They need to have the seriousness of the situation explained."
The A&E department at Blackburn dealt with about 57,000 patients in total last year, with about 47,000 seen by the urgent care centre. Burnley's urgent care centre saw about 50,000 patients, while 22,000 patients attended Accrington's minor injuries unit.
Dr Charles Thomson, clinical director of emergency and urgent care at ELHT, said: "This is very frustrating as inevitably these patients take up the time of our staff who could be treating patients who genuinely need to be in the urgent care centre or emergency department.
"For patients that do attend inappropriately, we do not have a policy of turning anyone away but do suggest to them that their health needs may be met more appropriately by visiting their GP or pharmacist.
"As we are open 24/7 this invariably means that people who have trouble getting an appointment with their GP come to the hospitals for treatment. " He said various measures had been introduced to tackle the problem, including a Hospital Alcohol Liaison Team, to work with patients who frequently attend with alcohol-related problems.
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mayor07 says...
Something needs to be done to change behaviour. The NHS locally must start a relentless media campaign constantly telling the public how much this costs and the pressure this is putting the health system under.
If that has no impact then I think serious consideration should be given to turning people away who don't require emergency or urgency care, or them being charged for the services where this is the case.
9:40am Thu 9 Jan 14
AnimalReid says...
2:12pm Thu 9 Jan 14
Pinky&theBrain says...
This hospital is in melt down and '2 patients causing 200 attendances scenarios' isn't going to gain back public confidence - that's 200 visits over 365 days flag them with their GP's and let them sort them out, if they're drunk, as indicated by the alcohol team reference, get the team to sort them out.
You're not telling me that those 2 patients have caused the hospital A&E to fall over its a bl**dy smoke screen, an excuse for a p*ss poor job - tell the doctors to roll their sleeves up and do some work instead of standing around twiddling their thumbs letting the nurses run themselves ragged. Plus Mr Thomson? whats so hard about telling someone with a headache to get some paracetamol from the chemist and bu*ger off?
Its not rocket science - get some mums or grandma's on the front door to teach those that rock up some common sense.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2013 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated three counties and an independent city in Nevada as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought.
The counties are: Douglas Esmeralda White Pine
Independent city:
Carson City
"Our hearts go out to those Nevada farmers and ranchers affected by recent natural disasters," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "President Obama and I are committed to ensuring that agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation's economy by sustaining the successes of America's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities through these difficult times. We're also telling Nevada producers that USDA stands with you and your communities when severe weather and natural disasters threaten to disrupt your livelihood."
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Nevada also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. Those counties are:
Elko Lincoln Mineral Storey
Eureka Lyon Nye Washoe
Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in California also qualify for natural disaster assistance because their counties are contiguous. Those counties are:
Alpine El Dorado Inyo Mono Placer
All counties listed above were designated natural disaster areas Feb. 27, 2013, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. Farmers in eligible counties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability. FSA has a variety of programs, in addition to the EM loan program, to help eligible farmers recover from adversity.
The Obama Administration remains committed to helping the thousands of farm families and businesses struggling with natural disasters. Actions taken by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in 2012 to provide assistance to producers impacted by the drought included:
Additional programs available to assist farmers and ranchers include the Emergency Conservation Program, Federal Crop Insurance, and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Service Centers for further information on eligibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.
Secretary Vilsack also reminds producers that Congress has not funded the five disaster assistance programs authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill. These are SURE; the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP); the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP); the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP); and the Tree Assistance Program (TAP). Production losses due to disasters occurring after Sept. 30, 2011, are not eligible for disaster program coverage.
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Hollins University became a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents Climate Agreement in May 2007. As such, Hollins has documented its greenhouse gas emissions and developed a plan in May 2009 for reducing campus carbon emissions Strategic Plan for Carbon Reduction (PDF). This plan sets a target of 15% reduction of greenhouse gases over the next five years with an annual goal of 3%.
Hollins University and Emory & Henry College have named Jesse Freedman as energy manager for both institutions, a key component of a joint, three-year energy conservation project intended to foster a culture of sustainability. Freedman comes to Hollins and Emory & Henry from Bloomington, Indiana, where he worked with Indiana University's Office of Sustainability and the City of Bloomington Engineering Division. Read more about the project »
The Princeton Review has named Hollins University one of the United States and Canada's most environmentally responsible colleges in the fifth annual edition of their Guide to 332 Green Colleges.
The guide was created in partnership with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.
Schools were selected based on a survey conducted in 2013 of administrators at hundreds of four-year colleges to measure their commitment to the environment and to sustainability. The institutional survey included questions about course offerings, campus infrastructure, activities, and career preparation.
"Hollins University has been leading the sustainability charge for quite some time," the guide states, citing Hollins' geothermal well field at Tinker Hall and 2.6-kilowatt solar facility as well as the annual energy challenge to reduce electricity and water usage in residence halls. The guide also notes that Hollins became a charter signatory in 2007 of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, "and aims to become totally carbon neutral by 2040."
"We are pleased to recommend Hollins to the many students seeking colleges that practice and promote environmentally responsible choices and practices," said Rob Franek, senior vice president and publisher at The Princeton Review.
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David, I think you got the better end of the deal too. And then graciously passed part of the gift on to the rest of us.
Thanks Dave - much appreciated.
nice to meet you on the phone today, too!
David, I met you a few months ago at a Govloop.com something. I believe that when you think about it from working for the TAXPAYING CUSTOMER, it gives you an entirely different understanding of government. We try to neither let people build empires or crucifiy their employees.
Heck, David, I've been admiring your work from afar on GovLoop for some time. Proud to friend!
I'm well aware that somtimes the price of doing well is getting flack. My hub is in IT so he sees it more than I do, but I've had my share. Have a great week!!!
David, thanks for the friendly connect...I'm looking for a few clear examples for some metrics to share...sadly I'm in Chicago or I would definitely have liked to sit for a face to face over coffee....if you make it out this way, DO let me know.
For now I look forward to continuing the conversation online!
Thanks Dave:
What are some of your favorite business transformation projects that can be applied to the "business" of government. It never ceases to amaze me how government agencies rush to spend their budgets before the end of the fiscal year, for fear next year's budget will be less. Whereas in business, we are happy to roll over to the next fiscal year and re-invest in growth.
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By Robert Viagas
28 Aug 2012
If you saw a Broadway show any time during the past 40 years, you've probably heard Louis Botto's distinctive writer's voice piping in your ear.
Botto retires in September after having written for Playbill since 1971. At one time he authored three columns simultaneously for the Broadway programs: "Backward Glances," filled with stage legends and vintage glamour; the chatty "Passing Stages"; and his masterwork, "At This Theatre." The latter, which tells the story-packed histories of each Broadway theatre, remains the single most popular regular Playbill feature.
The late Tallulah Bankhead was noted for her stage shenanigans. In the 1920s, when she was the toast of London, she starred as a dancer in a flop play called Conchita. She made her entrance carrying a small, live monkey and wearing a dark wig over her blonde hair. On opening night, when the monkey spied the audience for the first time, it panicked, pulled off the actress' wig and waved it frantically. She was so amused she started doing cartwheels, further shocking the audience because Miss Bankhead never wore underwear.
Botto was born Feb. 10, 1924 in Union, NJ. His parents ran a candy store there, and were fans of the opera. "In 1937," he recalls, "I saw in the newspaper that there was a big spectacle on Broadway called White Horse Inn, with Kitty Carlisle and William Gaxton. I read that it had real rain on the stage, so I insisted that my parents take me to see it."
They did, and Louis was hooked. He studied writing at Catholic University where his teachers included playwright Jean Kerr and her husband, critic Walter Kerr. Botto started at Interiors magazine before moving to Look magazine in 1961.
Botto maintained a deluxe side job: hotel spy. Some of the finest hotels in the country would pay him to stay free as a guest and make sure the accommodations were up to snuff and the staff was properly attentive. Botto also once crossed the footlights to write a sketch called "A Canful of Trash" for Leonard Stillman's Broadway revue, New Faces of 1956, which also featured work by Neil Simon and Ronny Graham. Of all the glittering bygone traditions of old Broadway, Botto said he most mourns the passing of the great topical revues.Continued...


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A quiet polling week with few new reviews means the race between the 18 Brookline brunch spots went to the top vote earner. For a while, it looked like was going to claim the title, but the final few votes cast brought one winner out:
No new reviews posted on any of the listings this week, however both Zaftigs and the earned five star reviews before the week began. We also have to make mention of (with their special Mother's Day menu) came in third in the votes.
Here are the Winners' Circle standings thus far: joined for last week; the top ; along with , the ; , ; the best at ; spot ; with ; and home of the .
As in past weeks, they will receive a framed Brookline Best of Patch Readers' Choice certificate and their directory listing will be added to the Readers' Choice 2012 category.
We hope you'll stop by each of the places nominated for the poll, and leave a review on the site when you do.
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Do you ever find yourself going round and round in circles with your ex over the same situations?
It's enough to make you want to throw up your hands and shout "Why is this happening to me?"
As much as we don't want to admit it, sometimes we actually volunteer for this madness.
We put ourselves into situations that cause more stress and craziness from our ex.
Why do we do this?
Some of the reasons that we find ourselves in these situations are because we think we are doing what is "best for the kids", or we are people pleasers, or we don't know how to live without drama in our lives, or we think we "should".
How Little League was Making me Crazy
Let me tell you about a situation where I was clearly volunteering for madness.
My ex-husband is a huge baseball fan. He is also what you would call a "high-conflict personality".
We were already divorced by the time my son was old enough to sign up for T-ball.
My ex had been dreaming about this moment from the time my son was born and I thought it would be good for my son to start playing sports, so I signed him up.
It started off okay, but as the years went on, my ex's behavior became more and more detrimental to my serenity.
But I continued to be the "baseball mom". I would keep on top of when the sign ups were happening, make sure my son had all the necessary paperwork, get him signed up, etc.
My ex would get in fights with the coaches – except when he was a coach, then he would get in fights with the parents and his assistant coaches.
We had to keep moving around to different leagues, because my ex would burn his bridges each season.
But I kept being the "good mom" and the "in charge" one. I would still keep signing him up if my son wanted to play.
And each year I asked him, and he said "yes". I told him he didn't have to, but since he expressed that he wanted to play I thought it was my duty to make it happen.
Until the nightmare season. My ex was out of control. We had numerous fights at the field because he wanted to pull our son out of a game due to the coaching decisions or whatever.
We were fighting all the time – all over baseball!
So, as the next sign up season rolled around I decided I had had enough. If my son wanted to play and his father wanted him to play, they would have to take control of the situation.
I would no longer volunteer for the madness. Would I still go to games? Yes, because I love seeing my son play. But I was not going to do any of the ground work.
I let my son know this in advance as he was now old enough to understand the whole process and told him he would have to let his father know if he wanted to sign up.
Guess what happened – NOTHING. No sign ups, no games, no comments from my son about missing out, and most importantly, no more nightmare seasons.
Once I stepped back, the problem disappeared. My son still plays sports but somehow football doesn't ignite my ex in the same way.
What I Learned
What I learned from this experience is that sometimes by doing what we think is "best", we are really just giving away our peace and serenity.
Not only are we living in a nightmare, but we are volunteering to be there. Take a step back and see what happens.


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"Six Samurai", known as the "Six Warmen" (
The "Six Samurai" monsters consist of the original six, as well as their allies and masters. "Shien" cards are supported by this theme, "Great Shogun Shien" seeming to be the warlord they serve. The overall theme seems to be futuristic, while in some form drawing inspiration from feudal Japan.
The basic "Six Samurai" monsters (the first six, whose card names feature names rather than titles) all have the effect "If this card would be destroyed you can destroy another "Six Samurai" monster you control instead" and also "While you control another "Six Samurai" monster with a different name, this card can... " meaning that their effects only activate when another "Six Samurai" monster is on the field.
In the set Storm of Ragnarok, a "Legendary Six Samurai" series was released, providing further support for the original Six, as well as their new counterparts.
Playing style
"Six Samurai" were radically altered by the release of Storm of Ragnarok. With the release of the "Legendary Six Samurai", their strategy has shifted very rapidly from one of a normal Aggro Deck to a low monster search based Aggro Deck.
The addition of "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" is one of the major factors that has shaped the shift, with his ability to negate a Spell or Trap card once per turn, allowing the Deck to extend farther than most other Metagame Decks without fear. Easy and quick to Summon, using "Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki" and "Kagemusha of the Six Samurai" (searchable by "Shien's Smoke Signal", "Reinforcement of the Army", and "Gateway of the Six") or by using "Elder of the Six Samurai" and "Asceticism of the Six Samurai" to Special Summon "Kagemusha of the Six Samurai", with a high DEF to reliably stay in play, he is now the key card of "Six Samurai" Decks.
In addition to "Shi En", "Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan" has had a major effect on the play style of Six Samurai. The ease with which he can be Special Summoned and searched has greatly increased the speed of the Deck and allowed it to use fewer monsters. He can either be Normal or Special Summoned, and, in the presence of two or more other "Six Samurai" monsters, is increased from 1800 ATK to 2100 ATK.
Since the release of Storm of Ragnarok, "Six Samurai" have run far fewer monsters than they used to. The reason for this is their access to large numbers of search cards. They may use "Shien's Smoke Signal" and "Reinforcement of the Army" to boost their effective monster count, and make up the difference in monsters with "Gateway of the Six" from there.
The "Six Samurai" have access to amazing draw power in the form of "Six Samurai United". It is effectively a +1 when used, and the Bushido Counters it generates can be used for "Gateway of the Six" (Though this is not recommended unless you can refill its Bushido counters and draw on that same turn). Bushido Counters are collected by Summoning "Six Samurai" monsters. In addition to "Six Samurai United", a popular option is to run "Upstart Goblin" to boost the Deck's consistency, using the argument that if they manage to get their field properly set up, the extra Life Points will not matter anyway.
The fact that the "Six Samurai" are all Warrior-Type monsters give them access to "Rivalry of Warlords" in their Side Deck, a card that can cripple many major Decks in today's meta-game.
The TCG September 2013 list banned "Gateway of the Six" causing this archetype to lose a valuable card and losing their OTK.
Recommended cards
Six Samurai Xyz
This Deck relies on Summoning Xyz Monsters by swarming the field with Level 3 monsters. The most key card of this Deck is "Double-Edge Sword Technique", though cards that can prevent you from touching your Graveyard can kill this Deck as well as cards that prevent you from Special Summoning.
- Each Six Samurai has a different attribute, and those with polar attributes have opposite effects. Yaichi's opposite is Kamon, Nisashi's is Yariza, and Irou's is Zanji. Yaichi destroys face-down spell/trap cards, and Kamon destroys face-up spell/trap cards. Nisashi can attack twice and potentially destroy multiple monsters, and Yariza bypasses monsters entirely to attack directly. Irou can take down monsters with his effect before they become a threat, and Zanji can take out an already opposing threat with his effect. Legendary Six has the same differences: "Shi En" takes care of Spells and Traps, while "Enishi" gets rid of monsters once per turn, during either player's turn. "Kizan can summon itself if you have a different "Six Samurai" monster, and "Kageki" summons another "Six Samurai" when Normal Summoned. "Mizuho" requires "Six Samurai" to be tributed to activate it's effect that destroys cards, and "Shinai" need to be tributed to get "Six Samurai" from the Graveyard (also, you can special summon one while control another).
- Most card artworks featuring the Six Samurai and their supporting cards contain a heraldic crest/coat of arms(紋章 - monshō or 家紋 - kamon) representing the Six Samurai. The crest is composed of a bolded outer-circle and an inner-circle. The inner-circle contains six smaller dotted circles which are connected to each other (in a specific path) and 6 other irregular shapes that are likely to represent the initial Six Samurai. To date, the only Six Samurai related cards that do not feature the Six Samurai crest are "Great Shogun Shien", "Tenkabito Shien", "Shien's Footsoldier", "Shien's Daredevil and "Shien's Castle of Mist". However, it appears that if you look at the art in some of the Shien cards that Shien and elder have an alternate symbol between them, as evident in "Tenkabito Shien", "Shien's Advisor", "Elder of the Six Samurai", and even "Shien's Smoke Signal"
- The name of the archetype may be derived from the 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa.
- Many of the Legendary Samurai are a "past" form of other members of the Six: for example. Enishi, Shien's Chancellor has battle armor in the background of his image. That battle armor is what is worn by The Legendary Six Samurai - Enishi. It can be assumed that Shien and Shi En are the same obviously, but The Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan is closely related to the Grandmaster of the Six Samurai, and so forth.
Usually, a well-played "Six Samurai" Deck poses a big threat to Decks that rely on a few powerful Spell and/or Trap cards to function. It can lock down, or at least greatly stall, them in the early game and keep its' own field untouchable to the opponent. Decks like Elemental Heroes can be completely locked by "Naturia Beast" and "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" as key spells like "E - Emergency Call" and "Miracle Fusion" become unusable. The same can be said about Dark World, that rely on its discarding Spells.
If Six Samurai remove most of the opponent's cards and gain enough card advantage, it's almost impossible for the opponent to come back, due to the fact that most of the cards he can draw will be simply negated by "Shi En", "Musakani Magatama" and "Naturia" Synchro Monsters.
Also, Six Samurai have huge advantage in the second game, due to the fact that it's easier for them to protect continuous spell/trap cards they get from their side deck.
"Six Samurai" can have almost perfect consistency in the early game, and also might have the answer to anything that the opponent does. This way they can adapt to almost every format.
No cards - No backup
"Six Samurai" require cards on the field and/or hand to get anything from their Draw Phase. The less cards they have, the more problematic it becomes for them to get good draws. If you make them waste or remove their cards, they will have much difficulty making a comeback.
Negation of Special Summoning and Prevention of Summoning
The "Six Samurai", much like "Blackwings", require field presence to properly swarm. Any card that prevents them from doing so for a turn slows them down greatly. Past this, "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" and "Musakani Magatama" largely solve this problem. Because of their varied attributes, "Gozen Match" can create problems for "The Six Samurai". This problem can be solved by negating or destroying the card with "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" or "Mystical Space Typhoon". Cards that prevent Special Summoning, such as "Archlord Kristya" and "Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo" also greatly weaken this Deck. This can be solved by adding "Breakthrough Skill" and/or "Fiendish Chain" to negate their effects.
Mass Destruction
"The Six Samurai" are also particularly vulnerable to cards that clear monsters out en masse, such as "Torrential Tribute", "Dark Hole" and "Black Rose Dragon". Cards like "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" and "Musakani Magatama" help to alleviate this problem. By switching a "Six Samurai" monster into Defense Position prior to attacking with another monster can minimize damage taken by cards similar to "Mirror Force". Since "Mirror Force" only destroys Attack Position monsters, your "Six Samurai" monsters being destroyed can use the ones in Defense Position to "negate" their destruction. "Backs to the Wall" is good in this situation, however, as you can fill your field right back up. If you can combo it with "Six Strike - Triple Impact", you can wipe out most or all of their spell/traps or monsters, depending on their status. ("Six Strike - Triple Impact" has to choose between clearing face up monsters, and face-up or set spells & traps). Bringing out a "Legendary Six Samurai - Shinai" and a "Legendary Six Samurai - Mizuho" can enable you to clear another card of choice, with Shinai letting you bring out another copy of a samurai that "Backs to the Wall" couldn't.
Effect Negation
"The Six Samurai" is currently a very effect-reliant Deck. Without its effect, "Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki" is as useless as "Chamberlain of the Six Samurai". The most threatening effect to be negated, however, is that of "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En". The negation of the effect of "Shi En" makes the Samurai player open to previously unfeared Spell and Trap Cards, and allows a player locked down by "Shi En" to attempt a comeback. The common method used to negate "Samurai" monster's effects is simply "Effect Veiler", as it is the most effective monster effect-based negation (Spells and Traps are usually negated by "Shi En"). "Debunk" takes care of this problem and also helps against the commonly sided "Puppet Plant", although it is advised to only use this card in the Side Deck. Cards such as "Skill Drain" should be handled with effective side Deck cards, such as "Mystical Space Typhoon," "Twister," and "Dust Tornado". "Breakthrough Skill" can be a problematic card, although can be negated by Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En when activated on the field, this card can be used against Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En while in the Graveyard.
Being Overpowered
Due to the fact that most "Six Samurai" have low to mid level ATK, overpowerment poses a risk to most "Six Samurai" Decks. Since the boom of "Chaos Dragon" Deck types with the release of the "Dragons Collide" structure Deck, this is even more of a relevant weakness. "Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon" can easily put a stop to many Deck strategies with the "Six Samurai". Keep one or two copies of "The Six Samurai - Zanji" to deal with it. Another, although not commonly used, remedies to help with this can be "Solidarity", since all "Six Samurai" are Warrior-Type; although this can present a problem with high Synchro non-Warrior-Type Decks; since any other type of monster in the "Graveyard" will cancel the effect of "Solidarity". Also, "The A. Forces" can help as well, especially since it is included with the recent "Samurai Warlords" structure Deck for easy availability. Despite the fact that "The A. Forces" doesn't give as big of an initial boost as "Solidarity", it carries the potential to out perform with five monsters active, as they would all be granted a 1,000 ATK point increase each. In addition, this weakness was largely solved with the release of easily summoned "Heroic Champion - Excalibur".
Common Counters
Because "Six Samurai" Decks are used so much, people often fill their Side Decks with a lot of anti-"Six Samurai" cards, such as "Kinetic Soldier".
Probably the biggest problem for "Six Samurai" is a LIGHT Fairy-Type based Decks - With "Archlord Krystia", "Gozen Match" (sometimes even in their Main Deck nowadays), "Herald of Orange Light" and high ATK monsters.
Monsters, that can, without destroying, remove monsters from the field are a big threat to Six Samurai strategy, since "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi-En" is Limited, and "Naturia" Synchro Monsters usually kept at 1 of each in the Extra Deck. Chaos Monsters, "Dark End Dragon" etc can overpower this Deck. Additionally, "Penguin Soldier" can bounce 2 monsters to the owner's hand, posing a threat to most of the Six Samurai and their Synchro/Xyz Monsters, so Six Samurai players usually keep some quick monster removal/effect negation to respond to these cards.
Mermail\Atlantean mixes, because of their power to constantly destroy cards on the field without using Spells and Traps, as well as their spell\trap negation, is a big problem for a "Six Samurai" strategy to protect the field. A good choice will be to wait for them to go off and then overpower them. In a second games, "Soul Drain" and\or "Dimensional Fissure" will help you even more then to the other decks, because of your power to protect them against cards like "Mystical Space Typhoon".
The Six Samurai should also be cautious against "Gravekeeper's" Decks. Cards like "Gravekeeper's Descendant" and "Gravekeeper's Guard" can mean trouble for just about any Deck, if improperly prepared. "Necrovalley" can also negate the effect of "Grandmaster of the Six Samurai" if it is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, although, he can target and return himself.


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By Taylor Armerding
— Since President Obama won re-election, the talk now is all about "compromise" to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of broad-based tax increases along with major cuts in spending, set to kick in on Jan. 1 if Congress can't agree on an alternative.
But, as is the case with just about every word regularly used in politics, "compromise" means very different things to different people.
The president's definition is roughly as follows: You (Republicans) agree to give away your major bargaining chip right away. And then we'll talk later about whether I might be flexible on anything.
In short, he wants Republicans to agree immediately to keep current tax rates in place for families with incomes less than $250,000 or individuals making less than $200,000. Later, he says he will "negotiate" on how much to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires" and supposedly on how to slow the growth of spending on entitlement programs so they don't bankrupt coming generations.
That sounds a bit like my favorite distortion of the "third-way" method of resolving conflict. You want A, I want B, and we compromise on C, a third way that allows both of us to get some of what we want, but also requires us to give up some of what we want. Obama's version is that he wants A, Republicans want B, and the third-way compromise is A, with some vague declaration that sometime in the future he might consider something that he will decide has elements of C in it.
The president and his supporters, some of the least gracious winners in history, are busy reminding everybody that he won the election. They're right. But if Republican Mitt Romney had won by the same margin, they would be busy pointing out that a majority that didn't even hit 51 percent is no mandate. And that would be correct too.
The president has to know that, despite his "great victory," he has not quite reached dictator status. Republicans still hold a majority in the House, and Democrats still lack a super-majority in the Senate. He has to know that if he continues with the arrogant swagger he has displayed since the election, his window to get anything done before he becomes a lame duck will close rapidly.
So, if he expects Republicans to give - and Speaker of the House John Boehner has indicated that his party is willing to do so - he needs to give as well. He needs to give something significant, not some trifle that doesn't matter and then try to spin it otherwise.
If he doesn't, he should not complain about "obstruction." As I noted last week, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, said to be under consideration as the next secretary of defense, said while campaigning for Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren that if Romney won the presidency, she would be needed to "block" his agenda. You know, actively try to cause him to fail - exactly what Democrats self-righteously condemned anytime it was aimed at Obama.
So, I'm here to bring both sides together - to offer a compromise rooted in one of Obama's favorite campaign lines. The president and his surrogates have been going on for years now about ending "tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires."
Republicans should take him at his word. They should agree to let the tax rates set under President George W. Bush expire for people who actually make more than $1 million.
The compromise for Obama, of course, will be to own up to the fact that he has never meant that. Every time he would talk about millionaires, in the next breath he would promise that your family's taxes won't go up if you make less than $250,000 ($200,000 for individuals). That, as the president surely knows, is not a million. People would have to make four or five times that much to be millionaires.
And that will expose the fact that, as the president also surely knows, raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires won't be enough to "pay down our debt in a balanced way" as he claimed all through the campaign - not nearly enough.
The president also knows that even if he gets exactly what he has demanded - increased taxes on everybody making more than $200,000, it won't be enough. Estimates on both sides of the partisan divide are that it might be enough to cut the current annual deficit by about 7.5 percent.
It might not bring in even that much. As a few Republicans have pointed out, not very successfully, Obama could set tax rates on the very wealthy as high as 90 percent, but if the current byzantine collection of deductions and loopholes remain in place, the rich will be able to dodge them.
But that argument will have to wait. Nobody will listen to it until government sticks it to the rich. Obama himself said even if raising taxes on the rich didn't bring in any more money to government, he wanted to do it, "as a matter of fairness."
So, Republicans should vote unanimously to let the Bush tax rates expire on millionaires, and let the president explain why it won't be enough. Only then will everybody be able to get to a conversation that has something to do with the fiscal realities facing the nation.
- Taylor Armerding is an independent columnist. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Here's a matchup to watch in the Browns-Steelers game on Thursday night:
Steelers' running game vs. Browns' run defense
The Browns, gashed for 290 yards on 55 carries by Baltimore in a 24-10 loss on Sunday, now have to deal with a Pittsburgh rushing attack that can pose some headaches for a struggling rush defense.
Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall (169 carries, 634 yards, eight TDs) hasn't exceeded 70 yards rushing in any of the last six games, but he had a pair of TDs vs. Cincinnati on Sunday, and he is a tougher matchup than his numbers would suggest. Mendenhall runs hard and has good speed and strength.
The Steelers' top backup running back, Isaac Redman (75-318-1), doesn't have Mendenhall's speed but runs with power.
The Steelers are unlikely to pound away with the running game as the Ravens did. However often Pittsburgh turns to the ground game, though, Cleveland must be more sound vs. the run than it was against Baltimore. Ravens RB Ray Rice gained a career-best 204 yards on 29 carries against the Browns, highlighted by a 67-yard dash in which he cut back across the grain and almost scored, setting up Baltimore's second TD.
"Clearly, we didn't play the run nearly how we wanted to play it," Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron said Tuesday. "We took turns messing up, including me. I didn't put them in the best defenses sometimes. We got out of our gaps. You've got to tip your hat to them. They're good. We knew they were very good coming in, that they were a very talented team with an exceptional runner. We expected to do a lot better than that.
"If there was anything good that occurred, it was that we kept them out of the endzone, for the most part, and had a chance to keep the game close. But it wasn't what we wanted."


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The lone tent at the Occupy Nashville encampment was removed by Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers early Monday morning.
Near 30 THP officers entered the encampment at Legislative Plaza around 3:50 a.m.
The final occupier, Christopher Humphrey, was dragged out of his tent by troopers, ending one of the longest standing 24/7 Occupy camps in the United States.
Humphrey was not arrested and planned to set up another tent later Monday evening.
According to a press release, protest materials were initially seized by state officials but after a discussion with a legal team and occupiers, troopers agreed to return some of the property.
Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill aimed to evict occupy campers on March 2, making it illegal for anyone to camp on state-owned land not designated for that purpose.
Occupiers had a seven-day warning to leave the encampment before law went into effect Thursday, March 9, at 12 a.m., Midnight.
Violators of the new law, known as the Equal Access to Public Property Act, face a fine of up to $2,500 fine and one year in prison.
The new law does not prevent occupiers from protesting on the public land.
Occupy Nashville protesters announced plans to remain on the plaza with an information booth in efforts to continue their protest.
The press release stated general assemblies will continue to be held at the plaza on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m.
After the tent was removed, city crews were seen using pressure washers to clean up the plaza.
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The new leader of Arizona Senate Democrats says her predecessor refused an offer to retain a lesser leadership role before she was ousted.
Minority Leader Anna Tovar told The Associated Press Wednesday that the offer was made to give Leah Landrum Taylor a way to retain a title as she runs for secretary of state in next year's election.
Landrum Taylor lost her top leadership job on an 8-5 vote Tuesday and called the decision racist and sexist. She apologized Wednesday for those remarks. She said the offer was only for an honorary role.
Tovar says she knows there are hurt feelings in the 13-member Democratic caucus that will take time to heal. But she said she hopes they'll reunite to back Democratic efforts when the Legislature returns in January.
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