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Greg Moore, a former managing editor with the Boston Globe who was cherry-picked by owner Dean Singleton for the position of Denver Post editor, has been on the job for less than a year, but he's already done what many observers thought would be impossible: He's got people talking about a paper previously regarded as stodgy and deadly dull. The Post isn't yet the great American newspaper that Moore and Singleton envision; there's still a long way to go. But Moore's energy and drive have helped make this goal seem like an actual possibility rather than the haziest of pipe dreams. The rest is up to him.
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Longtime political mover Lucille Lagasse dies at 90
Lagasse, who was 90, was remembered for her ability to organize Republicans in the state's largest city in the 1970s and '80s. The skill landed her spots in the campaigns of Ronald Reagan and U.S. Sen. Louis Wyman.
"She worked hard, she cared about New Hampshire, she was a good Republican," said former Gov. John H. Sununu. He remembered how she organized a small coffee-fueled gathering of potential supporters when he ran for governor in 1982, something invaluable when one is a little-known politician.
"She knew a lot of people. Lucille was very helpful in convincing people to be supportive," Sununu said.
Lagasse's daughter, Paulette Weaver, said her mother was living at her Goffstown home at the time of her death. She attributed her mother's death to heart problems.
A widow for the past 35 years, Lagasse kept an active social life and sang and danced well into her 80s.
"During Friday night, she would wear out every old guy on the dance floor," said her son, Charles Lagasse.
When not doing politics or dancing, she raised a family of five children. She also advocated health and good eating, authoring a book - "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" - that combined recipes with her homespun advice and lyrics from popular music of the post-war era, Charles Lagasse said.
Lagasse said his mother was also proud to work as an aircraft mechanic during World War II.
One of her greatest accomplishments, however, took place in 1973, when she and Roger Lawrence, a St. Anselm College biology professor, founded the American-Canadian Genealogical Society. Located on South Elm Street, the organization contains copious volumes of family, parish and historical records of French-Canadians, Acadian and Franco-American heritage.
Lagasse said it is the largest library of its kind in the world.
"She had that very organizational, leadership kind of character," Weaver said.
She said her mother's volunteer work with many charities allowed her to draw upon connections for political campaigns. Legasse was also a member of an advisory board that worked with William Loeb, the former publisher of the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News.
Lagasse represented Manchester in the New Hampshire House in the 1970s and ran in Republican primary contests for the U.S. House and Senate in the 1970s and 1980s.
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The former Northern Ireland international was unveiled in his new role at the Gibson Hotel in Dublin following the announcement that he and ex-Manchester United captain Roy Keane have penned a two-year deal with the FAI.
They will be in charge of preparing the Irish squad for the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, which starts in September 2014.
Kilrea man O'Neill told the press that he had no qualms about approaching the former Man United skipper, who was absent on Saturday.
"I am absolutely delighted he is on board. He is an iconic figure, a great, great player, one of the best players to have played in the Premier League since its inception, a great, great player, so I haven't a problem with that there," the 61-year-old said.
"He went into management - I see Sir Alex Ferguson's points there that he said that perhaps Roy might have gone into management too soon. I don't really know that.
"All I do know is that from working with him over the last couple of years doing some television work on the Champions League games, I have found him very, very engaging.
"I have found his thirst for knowledge amazing. I see him at football matches when there's no need for him to be at games. He loves football."
I think like all of us in the game, (Roy) has points to prove. I know how brilliant he was and I know how sometimes how polarised opinions can be with Roy, but I don't have a problem with that.Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill
I think like all of us in the game, (Roy) has points to prove. I know how brilliant he was and I know how sometimes how polarised opinions can be with Roy, but I don't have a problem with that.
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He added: "If you are asking about overshadowing, one of the greatest managers in the game finally decided that Roy was no longer wanted because he (Ferguson) felt he was going to be overshadowed.
"If he decides on the same thing, I might call Alex Ferguson up and see how he dealt with it.
"But all told, I think he will be great. I think he will be great for me for a start - I would like that - but more importantly, I think he will be brilliant for the Republic of Ireland."
The Republic boss revealed it took little time for Keane to make up his mind when the idea was raised.
He said: "I did mention to him about the possibility of working with me here, and it took him about four and a half seconds. He was absolutely delighted with it."
O'Neill admitted he had thought long and hard about making the move from club management on to the international stage and the differences between the two before committing himself.
In announcing the former Wycombe, Norwich, Leicester, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland manager's appointment on Tuesday, Football Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney revealed that he had turned down offers from Barclays Premier League clubs to take over the Ireland team.
O'Neill had been out of work since he was axed from his role with the Black Cats at the end of March - to make way for Paolo Di Canio's brief stint at the Stadium of Light.
The Republic team are due to meet in Portmarnock on Monday evening to begin training the following day ahead of the friendlies against Latvia and Poland, although the longer-term focus is qualification for Euro 2016.
O'Neill stated: "John has told me that it's my remit to get the team to France.
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Martin O'Neill says he's not planning to change Roy Keane too much and a little volatility won't do anyone any harm pic.twitter.com/PR0goKpqxA— Ruth Gorman (@RuthGorman_UTV) November 9, 2013
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Frozen Food Express Industries Enters Into Merger Agreement To Be Acquired By Duff Brothers Capital Corporation For $2.10 Per Share In Cash
DALLAS and COLUMBIA, Miss., July 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFEX) ("FFE" or the "Company") and Duff Brothers Capital Corporation today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Duff Brothers Capital Corporation will offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of FFE (except shares owned by its affiliates) for $2.10 in cash per share of common stock. Duff Brothers Capital Corporation is wholly owned by Thomas and James Duff, who also indirectly own KLLM Transport Services, LLC. The transaction, which values FFE at approximately $38.2 million in equity value, was unanimously approved by the FFE Board of Directors.
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Angus T. Jones Apologizes for Two and a Half Men Slamby Matt Richenthal at . Comments
Angus T. Jones has spoken out for the first time since slamming the sitcom on which he stars and labeling it as "filth."
In a statement, the Two and a Half Men star acknowledged he can't touch on "every misstatement or misunderstanding," from his long religious testimony that went viral this week, but he did issue an apology:
"Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on Two and a Half Men whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family. Chuck Lorre, Peter Roth and many others at Warner Bros. and CBS are responsible for what has been one of the most significant experiences in my life to date."
Jones went on to thank the cast and crew for their "support, guidance and love over the years," concluding:
"I apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation of the extraordinary opportunity of which I have been blessed. I never intended that."
Jones does not appear on either of the next pair of new Two and a Half Men episodes and no one associated with the series has commented yet on his recent rant.
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the boy is entitled to his beliefs definately, he probably didn't feel that way when he started on the show, he needs the paycheck, but shouldn't have made the videos that's too far, not as bad as kirk cameron who made hell on the growing pains set towards the end. i bet charlie sheen is loving this, the show should have never let him go, haven't watched it since he left.
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The interaction of sunlight with drug medication leads to photosensitivity responses in susceptible patients, and has the potential to increase the incidence of skin cancer. Adverse photosensitivity responses to drugs occur predominantly as a phototoxic reaction which is more immediate than photoallergy, and can be reversed by withdrawal or substitution of the drug. The bias and inaccuracy of the reporting procedure for these adverse reactions is a consequence of the difficulty in distinguishing between sunburn and a mild drug photosensitivity reaction, together with the patient being able to control the incidence by taking protective action. The drug classes that currently are eliciting a high level of adverse photosensitivity are the diuretic, antibacterial and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Photosensitising chemicals usually have a low molecular weight (200 to 500 Daltons) and are planar, tricyclic, or polycyclic configurations, often with heteroatoms in their structures enabling resonance stabilisation. All absorb ultraviolet (UV) and/or visible radiation, a characteristic that is essential for the chemical to be regarded as a photosensitiser. The photochemical and photobiological mechanisms underlying the adverse reactions caused by the more photoactive drugs are mainly free radical in nature, but reactive oxygen species are also involved. Drugs that contain chlorine substituents in their chemical structure, such as hydrochlorthiazide, furosemide and chlorpromazine, exhibit photochemical activity that is traced to the UV-induced dissociation of the chlorine substituent leading to free radical reactions with lipids, proteins and DNA. The photochemical mechanisms for the NSAIDs that contain the 2-aryl propionic acid group involve decarboxylation as the primary step, with subsequent free radical activity. In aerated systems, the reactive excited singlet form of oxygen is produced with high efficiency. This form of oxygen is highly reactive towards lipids and proteins. NSAIDs without the 2-arylpropionic acid group are also photoactive, but with differing mechanisms leading to a less severe biological outcome. In the antibacterial drug class, the tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones and sulfonamides are the most photoactive. Photocontact dermatitis due to topically applied agents interacting with sunlight has been reported for some sunscreen and cosmetic ingredients, as well as local anaesthetic and antiacne agents. Prevention of photosensitivity involves adequate protection from the sun with clothing and sunscreens. In concert with the preponderance of free radical mechanisms involving the photosensitising drugs, some recent studies suggest that diet supplementation with antioxidants may be beneficial in increasing the minimum erythemal UV radiation dose.
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- Title
- Drug-Induced Cutaneous Photosensitivity
- Journal
Drug Safety
Volume 25, Issue 5 , pp 345-372
- Cover Date
- 2002-04-01
- 10.2165/00002018-200225050-00004
- Print ISSN
- 0114-5916
- Online ISSN
- 1179-1942
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
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- Author Affiliations
- 1. Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Building A15, Sydney, New South Wales, 2006, Australia


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The ratings reflect Pathfinder's strong capitalization, as reflected in its high Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), and its historically high profitability. Pathfinder is authorized to do business in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Pathfinder does not write insurance policies for the general public. Rather, it is a vehicle used by its ultimate parent, Avis Budget Group, Inc. (ABG) [NASDAQ: CAR], to assure that to the extent possible, ABG maintains uninterrupted third party liability insurance on its automobiles that are registered in jurisdictions in which Pathfinder operates.
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Look at Netherland goalkeeper is just chillaxing at the goal post. The people are doing meme out of it
It was an easy game for Holland! Brazil once against have been humiliated. Final score Holland 3 – 0 Brazil.
Look at Netherland goalkeeper is just chillaxing at the goal post. The people are doing meme out of it
It was an easy game for Holland! Brazil once against have been humiliated. Final score Holland 3 – 0 Brazil.
This guy is just epic!!! The amount of Coke he put into the bath tub will blow your mind.
The best thing is that he will be in the bath tub enjoying Coke+Mentos. By looking on his youtube channel, he do all crazy bath tub recipe in it.
You all should watch this! How would you react when CHUCKIE come to life and chase you down with a knife? Would you try to use your muay thai, wing chun for a good cost.
Was just wondering how much does it cost to make this. Every scene, they change a new glass and the backdrop
If you have not watched the video than this would be it:
For the first time watching it, i taught it was real at first but after looking at all the small detail like the CCTV recording is super clear and etc, i suspected it is fake.
But the fact here is that even though it is fake but it show that we need to be observant at all times. Even when we are walking, we should not play our phone/in the car so that we are ready to react/prevention of unforeseen circumstances. I am trying to say is to pay attention on your surrounding and do not get distracted by anything(Phone n etc) .There is more to life than the tiny 5 inch screen.
Your life could be in danger from been "pokai" into the drain or snatch thief. In real life situation it is better to give them what they want then fighting them because you could be kill. If there is no other choice than you should fought them.
If you witness this incident, you should contact the police immediately.
Here is the video revealing the girl fighting snatch theft is just an awareness for all the people out there.
Here is the girl that fought the snatch thief in that first video. Her name is Germaine Yeap is a muay thai Fighter. Don't you think girl that know how to fight is just damn attractive? Compare to the one that like to whine?
Quite a good concept! Now girl will protect the guyssssss haha
You should sign-up your girlfriend or girls out there on self defence class it could be useful in the future. Not only that but to stay a healthy lifestyle.
The Hunger Games : Catching Fire will be in Malaysia shore on 21st November 2013(Thursday)
Katniss sound like Catnip!!
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
An another great sequel from the Hunger Games but with a twist at the end. There will be surely a third sequel for the movie. Even though i have not watch the first but the second one is super adventurous and the twist of turn from the start and the end of the movie. Katniss Aka Jennifer Lawrence save all the contestants and giving hope to the people out there.
As the capitol would take charge of everything and put people all in fear. So the people would think twice before doing anything against the CAPITOL. But the president snow is worry that with Katniss by her action is giving hope to the people to fight for their freedom. By that the CAPITOL prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell), by that all the winner from the first hunger games until to date will be fighting with each other for them to step out alive from the arena.
You will have mixture of feeling and twist in the movie. So it is a great movie to watch and the storyline is not like so obvious like other movie. Better watch it or you will regret for your life.
5 out of 5! Overall great movie and the length of the movie is also long enough.
Would recommend to people that love the first Hunger Games and this would not be disappoint.
She dress so weird from time to time!! Just like Lady Gaga
Look at her dresss!!!
Is he that handsome??? Jennifer Lawrence llooook hooottt??
It is time for 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell)!!
Her wedding dress before it will be turning into the MockingJay!!!! You can see the duplicate of this dress at eCurve Cathay Cineplex.
Great COUPLE on VIDEO!
Is he hottttter than Peeta??
He will changeee things around!
The guy behind all tortoure, killing innocent people!!!!


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October 31, 2013
Dr. Jason Bourne announced that he will bring back the successful candy buy back program, for the 10th year starting on November 4, 2013.
With this year's Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program, Dr Bourne is paying $4 for each pound of Halloween Treats surrendered in his office. Two dollars will go to the child, and the other two dollars will be donated to the local Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA.
Last year, Bourne Orthodontics collected over 1,300 pounds of Halloween candy, allowing them to donate over $2,600!
Best of all, the donated candy is then sent to the troops serving overseas, local homeless shelters and humanitarian groups for trips to Africa. Since its inception, the Bourne Orthodontics Halloween Candy Buy-Back has donated almost $15,000 and 7,900 pounds of candy!
"We love this program because the kids still get to have fun 'trick-or-treating', plus they get money and save their teeth! Then we can give back to our community and the troops, it's a lot of fun," says Dr. Bourne.
Halloween candy can contribute to tooth decay, and some candy can even damage orthodontic patients' braces. Orthodontist Dr. Jason Bourne at Bourne Orthodontics helps kids avoid injury to their braces and their teeth by buying back Halloween candy. Some candies are permissible for orthodontic patients, according to Dr. Bourne.
They include plain chocolate or soft, chocolate-covered peanut butter cups. However, Dr. Bourne cautions that patients should brush and floss thoroughly after indulging in treats with high sugar content.
Dr. Jason Bourne notes that the days immediately following Halloween are usually an orthodontist's busiest time of year for emergency calls. He hopes that his Candy-Buy-Back Program will cut down on orthodontic emergencies and tooth decay, and help children, especially those wearing braces, enjoy the holiday.
Additionally, he aims to help out the YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs with this donation. Both Bourne Orthodontics offices will accept children's Halloween candy during normal business hours, on the following dates:
November 4, 6, 12 and 14 in their Lake Stevens office at 9633 Market Place, Suite 104 (in the Parpia Plaza, just South-East of Target).
November 5, 7, 11 and 13 in our Marysville office at 815 State Ave ., Suite 3 (in the Opus Bank Building).
There is a limit of 25 pounds per person with this offer. Bourne Orthodontics can be contacted in our Lake Stevens office at 425-334-4053 and in our Marysville office at 360-659-0211.
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Rail Service Center Rotterdam at the Netherlands' Port of Rotterdam on July 12 celebrated handling its 5 millionth cargo unit since 1993.
Up until 2008, the container rail terminal grew by an average of 9 percent per year. However, the global economic crisis caused a dip, and the company now handles about 300,000 units per year.
On average, 45 trains are loaded per day, destined for various locations in Europe, led by Italy. The terminal also welcomes about 650 external drivers every day.
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I could definitely see that. Also keep in mind, a lot of the landover crowd never made the transition to chinatown. A lot of hardcore caps fans came from the landover community.
And you are spot on about the drunk, partying sense of entitlement that cost them a Cup from the 2009-2011 timeframe. I thought 2008 was probably their best chance if they got past the flyers in that tough 1st round series.
It seems like Chimera, Brouwer, Ribiero, etc. all have backing from oates or the organization to call out ovechkin as they did it after yesterday's game. Lots of quotes in the paper today about his play.
This can end one of 2 ways: 1) If they start winning, ovie will likely contribute and help propel the team or 2) if they can't string together wins, ovie will start pouting and ask out.
Just another saga in this franchise's long history with these things. Murphy, Stevens, Jagr, etc.
You make a lot of valid points....when they were in MD, it was real hockey, not it's an event.
Spend some time in Clarendon and you're bound to run into drunk Ovie (or Mike Green)....
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The Washington Nationals (4-2) are preparing to face the Miami Marlins (5-2) from an unfamiliar position: below them in the standings.
The Marlins, who managed to lose 100 games last season and finish with the worst record in the National League, are sitting atop the NL-East looking down on the Nationals and the Atlanta Braves, who are tied for second.
Granted, Miami started its season against the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres, who respectively finished in last and third place in the NL-West last year. But as of now, the Marlins have the second-highest team batting average (.294), third-highest on base percentage (.353) and fifth-highest slugging percentage (.433) in all of baseball.
Though the season is still very young and the stats don't yet mean much, the Marlins team slash line is still higher than the Nationals' (.252/.319/.422), who started the year with a sweep of the last-place New York Mets.
The Nationals will play the Marlins six times in the next nine days. After coming off a tough series loss to the Braves, these next two series against the Marlins could be what the Nationals need to assert their dominance on the division.
Stanton's Strong Start
Right fielder Giancarlo Stanton has been a marquee Marlin for his duration with the team, but he drew extra attention to himself this week when he hit a 484-foot home run out of Marlins Park. The home run eclipsed the record for longest homer at the three-year-old park, and created a buzz throughout Major League Baseball.
Stanton has the second-most RBIs (12) in the majors, and is likely to make more of an impact on the league this year with the improvement of the hitters providing protection for him in the lineup, including Garrett Jones, Casey McGehee, who has 10 RBIs of his own, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
"This might sound a little odd, but he hasn't even scratched the surface of how good he can be," Marlins utility infielder Jeff Baker said, according to MLB.com. "With more at-bats and playing in more big league games, the sky is the limit for the guy. I'm not just saying that because I'm his teammate."
Stanton has a .314/.408/.702 career slash line against the Nationals, and based on his start he could be an even bigger threat in 2014.
In The Zone
Anthony Rendon (RF) .391 AVG, .391 OBP, .609 SLG, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 23 AB
Who's Hot?
Casey McGehee (3B) .375 AVG, .467 OBP, .625 SLG, 10 RBI, 4 2B, 24 AB
Giancarlo Stanton (RF) .345 AVG, .406 OBP, .655 SLG, 12 RBI, 2 HR, 29 AB
Who's Not?
Christian Yelich (LF) .222 AVG, .250 OBP, .333 SLG, 6 SO, 1 BB, 27 AB
Garrett Jones (1B) .192 AVG, .300 OBP, .231 ALG, 9 SO, 4 BB, 26 AB
Probable Starters
4/8, Gio Gonzalez (1-0) vs. Henderson Alvarez (0-1)
4/9, Tanner Roark (1-0) vs. Jacob Turner (0-0)
4/10, Jordan Zimmermann (0-0) vs. Tom Koehler (1-0)


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Despite the economic troubles affecting the state, Ohioans are smoking more than ever, according to a study that found the highest percentage point increase of any state. An official with the Ohio Department of Health attributes the increase to the stress people are under, though the Ohio General Assembly also cut funding to the state's smoking cessation help line, so there's that. Ohio ranked as the 36th healthiest state in 2011, down from 33 rd in 2010, while Indiana came in at 38th and Kentucky 43rd.
The study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found salaried workers fared much better than hourly workers, and all-cause mortality was below expectations for them despite increased malignancies in blood, bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and thymus cells.
Hourly workers weren't so lucky, according to the study. They had above-average cancer mortality rates in comparison to the rest of the U.S. population, but tests only provided evidence for a connection between hourly workers and intestinal cancer.
Previous studies also found a link between non-malignant respiratory disease and exposure to radiation, but the NIOSH study found no such connection. The discrepancy could be due to "improved exposure assessment, different outcome groupings and extended follow-up" in the NIOSH study, according to the study's abstract.
The NIOSH study followed 6,409 workers who were employed at Fernald for at least 30 days between 1951 and 1985, following them through 2004.
Fernald was initially surrounded by controversy in 1984 when it was revealed that it was releasing millions of pounds of uranium dust into the atmosphere, causing radioactive contamination in surrounding areas. The controversy was elevated when Dave Bocks, an employee at the factory, mysteriously disappeared and was later found dead at a uranium processing furnace. Some suspected Bocks was murdered for allegedly being a whistleblower, but no evidence of foul play was ever officially recorded.
In the letter, the Democrats say they would find voter fraud to be a serious problem if it was happening, but they also note recent studies have found no evidence of widespread voter impersonation fraud. An Oct. 4 Government Accountability Office study could not document a single case of voter impersonation fraud. A similar study by News21, a Carnegie-Knight investigative reporting project, found a total of 10 cases of alleged in-person voter impersonation since 2000. That's less than one case a year.
Tim Burke, chairman of both the Hamilton County Board of Elections and the Hamilton County Democratic Party, says the faulty voter registration forms, which groups like TTV typically cite as examples of in-person voter fraud, never amount to real voter fraud.
"Those nonexistent voters never show up to vote," he says. "(The forms) were put together by people working on voter registration drives. Frankly, the intent wasn't to defraud the board of elections; the intent was to defraud their employer into making them think they're doing more work."
In other words, people aren't submitting faulty voter registration forms to skew elections; registration drive employees are submitting the forms to try to keep their jobs.
To combat the seemingly nonexistent problem of voter impersonation fraud, TTV is planning on recruiting one million poll watchers — people that will stand by polling places to ensure the voting process is legitimate. The Democrats insist some of the tactics promoted by the group are illegal. The letter claims it's illegal for anyone but election officials to inhibit the voting process in any way. Most notably, Ohio law prohibits "loiter[ing] in or about a registration or polling place during registration or the casting and counting of ballots so as to hinder, delay, or interfere with the conduct of the registration or election," according to the letter.
Burke says state law allows both Democrats and Republicans
to hire observers at polling booths. However, the observers can only
watch, and they can't challenge voters. Even if the appointed observers see suspicious
activity, they have to leave the voting area and report the activity
through other means.
The tactics adopted by TTV have an ugly history in the U.S. Utilizing poll watchers was one way Southern officials pushed away minority voters during the segregation era. By asking questions and being as obstructive as possible, the poll watchers of the segregation era intimidated black voters into not voting. In the post-segregation era, the tactics have continued targeting minority and low-income voters.
The Senate Democrats make note of the ugly history in their letter: "It has traditionally focused on the voter registration lists in minority and low-income precincts, utilizing 'caging' techniques to question registrations. It has included encouraging poll watchers to 'raise a challenge' when certain voters tried to vote by brandishing cameras at polling sites, asking humiliating questions of voters, and slowing down precinct lines with unnecessary challenges and intimidating tactics. These acts of intimidation undermine protection of the right to vote of all citizens."
TTV has already faced some failures in Hamilton County. Earlier this year, the group teamed up with the Ohio Voter Integrity Project (VIP), another Tea Party group, to file 380 challenges to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. Of the 380 challenges, only 35 remain. The vast majority were thrown out.
"For the most part, they tried to get a bunch of UC students challenged because they didn't have their dormitory rooms on their voter registration rolls," Burke says. "All of those were rejected. We did nothing with those."
But he said the group did bring up one legitimate
challenge. Some voters were still registered in a now-defunct trailer
park in Harrison, Ohio. Since the trailer park no longer exists,
Burke says no one should be voting from there. The board didn't purge
those voters from the roll, but the board unanimously agreed to ensure those voters are challenged and sent to the correct polling place if they show up to vote.
Still, TTV insists on hunting down all the phantom impersonators and fraudulent voters. In partnership with VIP, TTV is continuing its mission to stop all the voter impersonation that isn't actually happening.
VIP is brandishing the effort with a program of its own. That organization is now hosting special training programs for poll workers. The organization insists its programs are nonpartisan, but Democrats aren't buying it.
Burke says it's normal for Democrats and Republicans to hire poll workers, but if the Voter Integrity Project program puts the organization's anti-fraud politics into the training, it could go too far.
"The job of the poll worker is to assist voters in getting their ballots cast correctly," Burke says. "It's to be helpful. It's not to be belligerent. It's not to be making voters feel like they're doing something evil."
He added, "If poll workers are coming in and deciding that they're going to be aggressive police officers making everybody feel like they're engaged in voter fraud and therefore trying to intimidate voters, that's absolutely wrong."
Occupy D.C. protesters built some type of structure in a park Saturday night, and police on Sunday notified them that they didn't have a permit and took it down, arresting dozens in the process. It was a pretty nice structure, though.
Ohio voter advocates say there was a big elephant in the room during the creation of Ohio's controversial redistricting map, and it was super tan and cried a lot. The Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting says John Boehner was central in the process, working with map-making consultants and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Here's a link to the Ohio Redistricting Transparency Report. From The Enquirer:
"The report found: decisions were not made in public; public input was ignored; there was limited opportunity for the public to review proposed maps; the public was not provided with relevant data for proposed districts; nonpartisan redistricting criteria were not used; and the criteria used to evaluate plans were never publicly identified."
Republican Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist and U.S. Army veteran who unsuccessfully ran for Cincinnati mayor in 2009, announced today that he will challenge incumbent Jean Schmidt next year in the GOP primary to run for Ohio's 2nd Congressional District seat.
Wenstrup ran against incumbent Mayor Mark Mallory, a Democrat, two years ago. Wenstrup lost 54-46 percent, but many local Republican leaders were impressed by the showing of the first-time political candidate.
Without much fanfare
but with supporters looking on in the Losantiville Room in Union Terminal,
Cincinnati City Council passed an ordinance on Wednesday banning the injection of
wastewater underground within city limits.
"I'm proud to be on the first City Council to ban injection wells," said Councilwoman Laure Quinlivan, who submitted the ordinance to council.
"I want to give props to the solicitors … who have come up with a very unusual thing in City Council — a one page ordinance."
The ordinance, which passed unanimously after being voted out of committee on Tuesday, is aimed at preventing the injection of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, under Cincinnati. Its injection has been linked to a dozen earthquakes in northern Ohio.
Opponents also worry that the chemicals in the water, which is used to drill underground to free up gas and oil, can seep into drinking water. Oil and gas companies aren't required to disclose which chemicals they use.
It's unclear if the city's ban on wastewater injection would hold up against a 2004 state law that gives the state of Ohio sole power in regulating oil and gas drilling. That regulatory power also extends to Class 2 injection wells.
At a news conference earlier in the day, Quinlivan cited a ProPublica story that said between 2007 and 2010, one well integrity violation was filed for every six wastewater injection wells.
She says data like this makes it clear injection wells are
too dangerous.
Food and Water Watch organizer Alison Auciello spoke in
support of the City Council ordinance at the news conference.
"We're pleased City Council has moved swiftly for the protection of its citizens," Auciello said.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has received no injection well permit requests for southwestern Ohio, but Auciello says the legislation is a good preventive measure.
Heidi Hetzel-Evans, a spokesperson for ODNR, says it wouldn't be feasible to build injection wells in southwestern Ohio due to the region's geology.
"It's safe to say oil and gas drilling has no direct impact on southwestern Ohio," Hetzel-Evans says.
Auciello says more bans like the Cincinnati ordinance are necessary in Ohio. She says she's concerned that Ohio is being turned into a dumping ground as massive amounts of wastewater from Pennsylvania are brought to Ohio due to a lack of regulation.
Auciello also echoed calls from environmental groups to ban fracking in Ohio. However, fracking supporters — including Gov. John Kasich — insist the process can be made safe with proper regulations.
This story was updated to reflect City Council's afternoon vote.
The Conservation Board staff reviewed the standards required for conditional use and the Anna Louise Inn's application, concluding that the facility should be allowed to operate as a "special assistance shelter."
The Board is expected to rule on the permit Aug. 27 after receiving the recommendation and hearing testimony from the Inn's administrators and supporters. Representatives from Western & Southern Financial Group, which sued the Anna Louise Inn over zoning violations in 2011, will also have an opportunity to testify.
CityBeat last week reported the details of Western & Southern's failure to purchase the Anna Louise Inn when it had the chance and the company's subsequent attempts to force the Inn out of the neighborhood ("Surrounded by Skyscrapers", issue of Aug. 15).
Tim Burke, lawyer for the Anna Louise Inn, is pleased with the staff's determination that the renovation met all qualifications for conditional use.
"I was certainly optimistic that we would get a positive recommendation," Burke says. "This is obviously an extremely positive recommendation and we agree with it."
The staff recommendation states that the Anna Louise Inn "creates, maintains and enhances areas for residential developments that complement and support the downtown core" and that "no evidence has been presented of any negative public health, safety, welfare or property injury due to the current use." It also notes that "the Anna Louise Inn is a point of reference from which all other new and renovated buildings must be designed in order to be compatible with the district."
The Anna Louise Inn only applied for the conditional use permit because Judge Norbert Nadel ruled in Western & Southern's favor on May 4, determining that the Inn is a "special assistance shelter" rather than "transitional housing," which froze $12.6 million in city- and state-distributed loans for the Inn's planned renovation. The Anna Louise Inn appealed that decision but also applied for the conditional use permit from the Conservation Board under the judge's definition, because special assistance shelters qualify for conditional use permits under the city's zoning code.
Francis Barrett, lawyer for Western & Southern, appears to have taken exception to the Anna Louise Inn's application. He sent a letter to the Conservation Board Aug. 20 stating that "the description of the proposed uses set forth in the application for conditional use approval … is not the same as nor consistent with the Court's decision."
Barrett didn't return a message left by CityBeat with the receptionist at his law firm after a Western & Southern media relations representative directed CityBeat to contact him there. Francis Barrett is the brother of Western & Southern CEO John F. Barrett.
UPDATE: Francis Barrett returned CityBeat's call after this story was published. His comments are at the end.
Burke doesn't know what Barrett meant by suggesting that the proposed uses in the Anna Louise Inn's application for conditional use don't follow Nadel's May 4 ruling.
"We're doing what they argued in court," Burke says. "Judge Nadel's decision doesn't ever exactly say 'you're a special assistance shelter.' It certainly refers to the Off the Streets program that way and it certainly refers to (the Anna Louise Inn) as a single unified use. It says 'go back to the appropriate administrators and seek conditional use approval.' That's what we're doing."
Stephen MacConnell, president and CEO of Cincinnati Union Bethel, which owns the Anna Louise Inn, says the hearing will involve testimony from himself and Mary Carol Melton, CUB executive vice president, along with supporters of the Anna Louise Inn.
"We'll bring a few witnesses just to basically lay out the situation," MacConnell says. "The board will already have the staff recommendation, so the witnesses that we'll bring will briefly testify about how we meet the required standards."
Western & Southern will have a chance to appeal if the Historic Conservation Board grants the conditional use permit. Burke expects that to happen.
"What I'm pissed about is Western & Southern, they don't give a damn," Burke says. "We can do exactly what Judge Nadel told us to do and get it approved as a conditional use. They will appeal it to the zoning board of appeals. We can win it there and they will appeal it and get it back in front of Judge Nadel and then I don't know what will happen."
The hearing is scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27 at Centennial Plaza Two, 805 Central Ave., Seventh Floor.
UPDATE 5:36 P.M.: Regarding the letter Francis Barrett sent the Conservation Board Aug. 20 stating that "the description of the proposed uses set forth in the application for conditional use approval … is not the same as nor consistent with the Court's decision," Barrett said Friday evening: "I just felt that the description in the submission was different from the description in the decision. I would say it was just not complete."
When asked for specifics, Barrett said: "I'd have to get the decision out and look at it carefully. I don't have it in front of me I just thought in general."
Barrett said Western & Southern will give a presentation to the Historic Conservation Board on Monday but declined to elaborate because it wasn't finalized.
When asked if Western & Southern will appeal a ruling in favor of the Anna Louise Inn, Barrett said: "It all depends what the decision states."
As cities rush to solve major problems with water infrastructure, newer technologies are being touted by city agencies as cheaper, cleaner solutions. In two different local projects, the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) and a City Council task force are looking into green ways to solve the city's water needs.
On Wednesday, CityBeat covered some of the benefits and downsides of green water infrastructure. According to the report reviewed Wednesday, green water infrastructure is cheaper and does create a boon of jobs, but it faces some funding and education problems. However, it was unclear how the green ideas would translate into Cincinnati.
Tony Parrott, executive director of MSD, says despite the challenges, green infrastructure is clearly the cheaper option. The organization is partnering with local organizations to adopt a series of new projects — among them, green roofs, rain gardens, wetlands — to meet a new federal mandate that requires MSD to reduce the amount of sewer overflow that makes it into local rivers and streams.
"That is a very costly mandate," he says. "Our belief is that green infrastructure and sustainable infrastructure will allow us to achieve a lot of those objectives a lot cheaper than your conventional deep tunnel systems or other gray type of infrastructure."
Of course, conventional — or "gray" — infrastructure still
has its place, but adopting a hybrid of green and gray infrastructure
or just green infrastructure in some areas was found to be cheaper in
MSD analyses, according to Parrott.
Plans are already being executed. On top of the smaller projects that slow the flow of storm water into sewer systems, MSD is also taking what Parrott calls a "large-scale approach to resurrect or daylight former streams and creeks that were buried over 150 years ago." This approach will rely on the new waterways to redirect storm water so it doesn't threaten to flood sewers and cause sewer overflow, Parrott says.
The programs are being approached in a "holistic way," according to Parrott. MSD intends to refine and reiterate on what works as the programs develop. However, that comes with challenges when setting goals and asking for funding.
"We think that if you're going to use a more integrated approach, it may require us to ask for more time to get some of these projects done and in the ground and then see how effective they are," Parrott says.
If it all plays out, the ongoing maintenance required by the green approach could be good for the local economy, according to Parrott: "With the green and sustainable infrastructure, you're creating a new class of what we call green jobs for maintenance. The majority of those jobs are something local folks can do as opposed to the conventional process." Additionally, the green jobs also tend to benefit "disadvantaged communities" more than conventional jobs, according to Parrott.
The argument is essentially what Jeremy Hays, chief strategist for state and local initiatives at Green For All, told CityBeat on Wednesday. Since the green jobs require less education and training, they're more accessible to "disadvantaged workers," according to Hays: "They require some training and some skills, but not four years' worth because it's skills that you can get at a community college or even on the job."
While MSD fully encourages the use of rain barrels, recycling will not be a top priority for MSD's programs. Instead, that priority goes to the Rainwater Harvesting Task Force, a City Council task force intended to find ways to reform the city's plumbing code to make harvesting and recycling rainwater a possibility.
Bob Knight, a member of the task force, says there is already a model in place the city can use. The task force is looking into adopting the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) in Cincinnati. The code will "prescriptively tell" architects and engineers how to design a rainwater harvesting system. In other words, IGCC would set a standard for the city.
Deciding on this code was not without challenges. At first, the task force wasn't even sure if it could dictate how rainwater is harvested and recycled. The first question Knight had to ask was, "Who has that authority?" What it found is a mix of local agencies — Greater Cincinnati Water Works, MSD and Cincinnati Department of Planning — will all have to work together to implement the city's new code.
The task force hopes to give its findings to Quality of Life Committee, which is led by Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, by the end of November.


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We have all seen it on Facebook, and most of us have even participated in it, but no one could ever have predicted how widespread it would become. I am talking about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge of course. The viral trend of dumping a bucket of ice water over your head and nominating your friends to do the same has become a national event. From local town residents, to athletes like Derek Jeter, celebrities ... (Full Story & Photos)
Flight Paramedic Rebecca Serkey was killed in the line of duty on July 17, 2014 when the TriState CareFlight (TSCF) medical evacuation helicopter she and her colleagues David Cavigneaux and Jamie Butler were in crashed in New Mexico while en route for a critical patient. Rebecca was a veteran EMT/Paramedic who previously worked and volunteered throughout New Jersey before joining TSCF in 2012.
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- Another day, another Kate Middleton pregnancy rumor. A source for In Touch (which the mag claims has correctly passed along other gossip before) says Kate is six weeks pregnant and she and Prince Williams are preparing three nurseries at their various homes. This source even knows possible baby names, supposedly: Prince William and Kate like the names Edward, Philip and Michael for a boy and Alice or Rose for a girl. [In Touch Weekly]
- Speaking of things that aren't our business, Brad and Angelina reportedly have a disgruntled ex-employee named Ana Charlotiaux who is threatening to blab all their secrets in a book. A rep for the couple said the woman has no secrets to spill. [Gossip Cop]
- Oral Sex 101: what you need to know. [YourTango]
- Yale University's president has effectively banned Yale Sex Week by decreeing it could not use Yale's name or any campus facilities. [College Candy]
- Another +1 for Team Bella Swan Doesn't Suck. [The Hairpin]
- Torah-inspired nail art. Enough said. [Stylelist]
- Mother Monster? Apparently so! Lady Gaga terrified this poor defenseless baby. [Huffington Post]
- Vintage dating rituals — should we keep 'em or chuck 'em? [TresSugar]
- Keira Knightley talks BDSM, zombies, Anna Karenina. [NYmag.com]
- Snooki and Jionni are reportedly dunzo, which is a relief to me. He never appreciated her! [In Touch Weekly]
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