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A median cable barrier project that will increase safety along Interstate 71 began Monday, May 4.
In all, 24.5 miles of median cable barrier will be added along sections in Boone, Carroll, Henry and Oldham counties.
"The median cable barriers are designed to help reduce the chances of crossover collisions," said Rob Hans, Chief District Engineer for Department of Highways District 6, in Covington.
George B. Stone Company, LLC of Sharpsburg, Kentucky was awarded the contract on a low-bid of $3.1 million.
The Henry County Fiscal Court's Roads Committee paved the way for more discussion on what it would cost state crews to improve Highway 389 for another two miles, as the state recommended paving Sulphur Road and Woods Pike at the April 21 fiscal court meeting.
Discussion about completing the last half of a planned four-mile stretch on 389 came on the same evening when the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's chief engineer for District 5, Matt Bullock, presented rural secondary road resurfacing recommendations for Henry County.
Eminence police officers were looking for a maroon passenger vehicle April 27 after a report of a hit and run accident on Jackson Road that injured two pedestrians, according to Police Chief Kevin Kemper.
Residents Brandon Carpenter and Courtney Moore told police they had parked their car in the driveway, walked north along the road for about 50 feet to avoid dew on the grass while headed toward the walkway to their house, when the vehicle struck them from behind.
Plenty of good photo opportunities presented themselves at the Eminence prom, both at the school during the Grand March and at the opulent Palace Theater in Downtown Louisville.
Instead of drumming phonics into kindergartener's heads, Eminence Independent Schools' teacher Ben Riley will let his students do the drumming themselves.
It's all a part of his educational philosophy to keep lessons fun and exciting for the children.
His methods quickly made an impression on his students. In his first year as a teacher, kindergartener Bryce Berry nominated Riley for the Teachers Who Made a Difference Award from the University of Kentucky's College of Education.
Mark Fassio, who received the Kelly Education Services award for Substitute Teacher of the Year two days after starting a new round of chemotherapy, expects to return to the classroom soon.
A long-time instructor for Junior ROTC at Henry County High School, Fassio underwent surgery for a bowel obstruction in 2012. What was thought to be scar tissue or Chohn's disease turned out to be Stage IV appendiceal cancer.
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Advance tickets are on sale now through the Kentucky Renaissance Fair, the event's venue, for $15 each at its website, www.kyrenfaire.com. On the day of show, concert goers can buy tickets for $20.
For the first time, Hope Jam will offer a VIP section with a covered tent, private bar, tables and chairs and access to the front of the stage for $40 each.
Former Henry County Middle School math and science teacher Jason Harris was ordained as a priest of the Catholic Church this past weekend at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville.
The celebration was the culmination of six years of study and service. The Local first wrote an article about Harris and his decision to change his career from teacher to priest one year ago.
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Hello everyone. I had the unfortunate pleasure of tearing my ACL about 4 weeks ago playing basketball. 10+ years of tennis with no hint of knee or ankle problems, then one month of basketball and here I am with a blown ACL. Don't do drugs, and don't do basketball kiddos!
Anyway, I'm going to chronicle my ACL surgery and physical therapy journal here since I'm sure I'm not the first and won't be the last tennis player to deal with an ACL tear. A little about me:
Pre-injury stats:
Age: 24
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 160
Body Fat: < 10%
Playing level: Collegiate / Open Level
Injury details:
Clean ACL tear with the characteristic bone bruise. No Meniscus or MCL / PCL damage. I was on a fastbreak, and tried moving left and jumping off to the right to avoid a charge. As I jumped up I felt a pop down the right side of my right knee and hit the deck. Ice was on the injury literally 20 seconds after it happened. Just a dull pain, no swelling, and almost all ROM (range of motion). Next day there was a little bit of swelling, still no significant pain, just a dull throbbing feeling.
I visited an OS and he ordered an MRI. After a few weeks of waiting for insurance and such I took the MRI and got my results two days ago. Leading up to the MRI I was in a knee immobilizer when walking around or doing anything active.
Regain 100% confidence in the right knee. Take as much time as the knee needs to be completely rehabbed and strengthened. Then work on tennis and getting back into game shape. Tentative schedule puts my first time back on court likely around December / Jan.
Currently I'm shopping for a good surgeon and have two great options to choose from. I also need to decide what sort of reconstruction I want. I'm pretty sure a cadaver is out, so I'm trying to decide between a hamstring graft or patella tendon graft. I'm leaning toward the latter, and will make my final surgery and surgeon decision this Friday.
Wish me luck!
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That's like verbatim what happened to a friend of mine playing basketball. But he also tore the meniscus. He also went with a graft (and took longer than original estimates to recover) but I hear a cadaver is the better choice if you want a faster recovery.
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Sorry to hear about the injury! The good thing is that it happened to you
in your 20's rather than in your 70's so you'll heal faster. Check with the
Portland Trailblazers to see if they have any recommendations on surgeons.
Knee injuries are pretty common in basketball. Many of my friends that have
played basketball for 10+ years have had major knee and/or ankle injuries
at some point.
Thanks for making a chronicle of your recovery (and search for a surgeon).
Have a speedy and full recovery.
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Best of luck to you. I had ACL reconstruction about 2.5 years ago. You are doing the two things that I always recommend. Carefully pick your surgeon and graft type. From there, just make sure you follow the rehab protocol 100%. It gets monotonous, but it's important!
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My brother tore his ACL swinging an easy 7I at the driving range. He opted for the patella tendon graft and did all the rehab. He did lose a slight bit of range of motion, but plays golf and tennis at a pretty high level (A4 ALTA Champions in 2008 ).
Sorry you're experiencing this. Knee injuries aren't fun. I injured mine three seasons in a row playing softball and spent six, eight, and twelve weeks in therapy. I have an attic full of crutches and knee braces to show for it. My wife made me swear off softball (but I still get to play tennis ). I never tore the ACL, but stretched it badly. When it snapped back into place, it formed a huge knot on the tendon. When reading the MRI, the doc thought it was some sort of tumor, only to get in there and find nothing but arthritis and gout.
Best wishes for a speedy, total recovery!
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i had my ACL reconstructed a while back, i was about 23, back in '94. Had patella graft. Rehab was long and hard, and i got bad advice along the way, so needed another (eventually) 2 clean up operations.
But after about a year, i played all sports, and still do, no problems. ROM is restricted at the extreme, i cannot touch heel to butt, but strength is about the same as other leg, after hard work outs or exercise, its a bit sore. But has not stopped me doing anything, like snowboarding, surfing, soccer, cricket, and recently tennis.
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Curious if those of you that had knee injuries were overweight
or carrying extra weight at the time of the injury?
Basketball seems to be like a wrecking ball for knees & ankles.
I've been lucky to only have 2 major ankle injuries from it.
Pretty much stopped a few years ago and decided to play
tennis again instead b/c I didn't want to risk getting gimpy again.
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Yeah,...i've always been in very good shape,...and lean,....but about 30 years ago i was playing basketball,....planted a foot,..tried to pivot,....foot stayed....body pivoted,....ACL..."POP"!!!!!!!,......got better ...no big problems till last fall,...blew it out again...(doing some wifes 'honeydo' list,......)....this year im playing tennis in a brace after doing physical therapy all winter.
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I was 28 when it happened and I ended up going the patella tendon graft route and used one of the University of Louisville's team physicians to do the surgery. I followed my rehab to a "T" and continue to workout and stay in great shape and, knock on wood, haven't had any trouble since.
Since you are young and in good shape my advice would be to go the patella tendon graft route. It's a harder and longer rehab but I think it's still the best and longest lasting graft. Also, make sure you follow your rehab to a "T". I think the biggest mistake people make is going too hard too fast. Take your time and you'll be glad you did.
Keep us updated on your decisions and progress. Good Luck!!
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I talked with my friend and he said the reason he didn't do a cadaver is because it was going to cost $2000 out of pocket. However he said the graft was botched because they took it from the hamstring and that it was too short so they had to take it from the patella tendon. He said he feels less power comparatively pushing off with that knee and that he can also feel the scar tissue inside where they took it off the patella.
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Thanks for all the encouraging words. I'm going to give an update, and chronicle my Surgeon and graft choice options. Surgery should be in a week or so!
To date I've visited with four different Orthopedic Surgeons, and I'm glad because I've gotten four different opinions.
Graft Choice
3 of the 4 were strongly against a Cadaver since it's not my own tissue, and there is a greater chance of re-tearing it. One of the surgeons explained that it should also be a longer rehab, since evidence suggests your body needs to fully accept and transform the tissue, which takes a few months longer. However, during that time the ACL will feel fine, and so there's a tendency to rush the rehab.
3 of the 4 also suggested a Patella Tendon graft, considering it's probably the "best" graft. The firmest and tightest one available. It's also a bone to bone graft, which is preferable.
However, one of the surgeons, whom I picked to do my surgery (more on that later), advised me to reconsider the Patella tendon. There's approximately a 10% chance I would develop Patella pain down the road, and if that happens there is nothing to stop / prevent it. It's just something I would have to deal with. And given my history of Patella tendonitis (I had a small case of jumper's knee in my left (non injured) knee two years back), I need to reconsider this risk. Developing Patella pain would not be fun, and the OS said there's really not much I could do to prevent it. Even with a perfect rehab, it would either develop or it wouldn't.
Added to this is the fact that tennis is specifically intensive on the Patella tendon. I remember from my jumper's knee bout that it can really be a pain to deal with. This would likely just increase any chance of Patella tendinitis or Patella pain. That's not really something I want to risk.
All 4 said a hamstring would also work well. One of the OS's I saw is the surgeon for the University of Oregon athletes, and he will often let the athlete pick which graft they want, since their success rates are similar. Only for certain athletes would he specifically advise one path over another. The difference between a Patella graft and a hamstring is mainly an increased laxity with a hamstring graft. It can stretch a little more than a Patella and become a little loose. So often for athletes its a better idea to go Patella just to ensure a snug, tight graft. On the flip side, the hamstring is a stronger graft, but that is not that big of a deal.
However, through visiting these OS's, I've been informed my ACL is naturally a little loose. And this is not necessarily a bad thing. First off, an ACL that is too tight causes more problems than something that is too loose (increased chance of arthritis). The only real concern with an ACL that is too loose would be an increased risk of tearing the meniscus. Additionally, building up the quads, hamstrings and calf muscles will minimize the "damage" a loose ACL could inflict. So really, a loose ACL would not be that big of a deal.
Finally, if I follow my rehab to a T and don't rush it at all, it will give the hamstring graft time to fully "graft" with the bone and become tight. After 6 months, the chances of the hamstring graft stretching or becoming a little more loose are drastically reduced. So provided I follow my PT regimen perfectly, the issue of a loose ACL with the hamstring graft is minimized. And the "issue" really isn't a big deal anyway should it happen.
Considering all this, I'm leaning toward doing a hamstring graft. I just don't want to take the chance with Patella pain, even if that graft might be a slightly better option for an athlete.
Of the four OS's I visited, 2 were general surgeons without a stellar resume, while the other two were Sports Science surgeons. Dr. Hoellrich was one, and he is the surgeon for the University of Oregon athletes and works out of a very well respected clinic in Eugene Oregon. Dr. Bollom is the other, and he is also a Sports Science surgeon and likely has the most experience with ACL reconstructions in all of Oregon. Furthermore, he previously worked with the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies and the U.S. Men's and Women's Alpine Ski Teams. Two excellent options to choose from, but I think I'm going with Dr. Bollom.
The surgery date should be set by this Wednesday, and I'm going to shoot for June 29th. That will leave wednesday, thursday and friday to work directly with a recommended Physical Therapist and begin the healing process.
Next up is to make a final decision on my graft choice, research PTs and figure out what the first week or two post-op will be like. To maximize my chances of success I'm currently doing PT to regain ROM and strengthen my right leg as much as possible. I've already seen a lot of improvement in one week, and I think I'll be in ideal shape going into surgery.
Wish me luck!
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ximian- sounds like you've done your homework. I definitely agree with everything you posted. Sounds like the hamstring graft might be the best option for you given your past problems with jumper's knee.
Either way, I think the surgeon and your rehab is going to make a big difference in your long-term success. Sounds like you are headed down the right path.
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You did yourself a huge favor with all of the research and surgeon interviews. Way too many people just do whatever the first surgeon the speak to tells them.
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ACL surgery 20 years later
I commend you on getting a number of opinions. This is obviously an important decision. You want to be comfortable with the surgeon and the procedure.
I was in high school in 1990 when I also blew out my knee playing basketball. I wasn't in great shape, but definitely wasn't overweight either to address one post. Anyway, I had the patella tendon graft and wasn't given another option. The cadaver procedure was very new at the time.
The rehab was long and difficult. I had a pronounced popping in my knee that eventually required arthroscopic surgery to clean out scar tissue.
I lost some range of motion and jumping ability, but was able to return to sports with the help of a brace fairly quickly after the second surgery.
In the 20 years since, I've played competitive softball, taken karate for two years and just started playing tennis again last year (now at the 4.0 level).
My gait remains slightly off due to the injury, but I have no real problems with the knee. I play tennis three tiimes a week and haven't worn a brace since high school.
Interestingly, I was recently told by a prominent local orthopedic surgeon that my PCL was torn. He could tell by the alignment of my fibia and knee as a sat down.
This wasn't conveyed to me 20 years ago. It's not worth 'fixing' if it isn't a problem, according to the surgeon.
Like others have said, follow your rehab religiously but don't overdo it.
Hopefully, my situation and experience from the injury 20 years ago gives you some comfort.
Good luck.
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Thanks for the encouraging words!
Surgery is tomorrow!!
I'm not nervous, just anxious to get it over with and begin my rehab and get healthy. This whole thing already feels like its been awhile. And it has I'll have surgery almost 6 weeks to the day after the initial injury.
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Good luck with your surgery! - I had a hammy graft in right knee in 2002 and hammy in left knee in 2004. Both surgeries required 1 year of wearing a brace post surgery during sports and about 2-3 months of formal PT and another 3-4 months of self supervised PT. In both cases, it took about a year before I felt I was 100% on the tennis court. Also keep in mind the studies show that after a couple years both graft types have similar strength ans only slight differnces in laxity. As everyone else said, do your PT religiously and you'll be back playing tennis in no time. Also, make sure you use a passive movement machine and cryro cuff in the days immediately folowing surgery - their use will greatly reduce swelling and pain and get your ROM back sooner.
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Good luck!!! Nice to see the positive attitude...that will take you far!!!
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Over the years, Podar Institute of Education that has a course in 'early childhood education, care and administration', has found that young female students are uncomfortable talking about sex, pregnancy condom, etc.
The institute recently conducted a survey involving their students, their relatives and friends (all females) on how comfortable they are talking about sex, pregnancy, condom, sanitary napkin, childbirth, etc. What they found shocked them. Of the 8,000 girls and women surveyed, 49% learnt about sex watching porn videos with friends, and 44% from Mills and Boons and similar books.
As part of their one-year diploma course, in 'Early Childhood Education, Care and Administration' these students learn about conception, birth and breastfeeding. It was after observing that students were uncomfortable talking about sex, pregnancy, etc, that the institute decided to conduct the survey.
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These were the kind of questions asked: Do you think sex education should be part of our education system? At what age should it be introduced? What do you feel when you watch ads on condom or sanitary napkin on TV? How did you learn about sex? Are you comfortable watching kissing or sex scenes on TV/movies? Did your parents talk about the 'first night"? Why do you think women are getting raped in this country? When you were pregnant did you know all the facts about how a child is born? Do you feel embarrassed when someone breastfeeds their child in front of you? At what age did you know about sex and how babies are made? Who talked to you and guided you about menstruation?
Some of the results were shocking! Like, when asked did your parents talk to you about 'first night', 76% said no, and 7% said yes, and there was no response from 17%. And 49% had learned about sex and how babies are made between the age of 18 and 25; 32% had learned after marriage and 19% between 12 and 16.
Swati Popat, president, Podar Education Network and Early Childhood Association said: "The startling facts that have come out are that most girls are still learning about sex and childbirth from avenues other than a trusted adult (parent, sibling). This is worrying because sexual education should come from known people and should be related to ease, comfort and a healthy attitude to sex. Instead, they learn about it from porn movies or soft porn novels. Boys too learn about sex from porn videos which in turn make them relate to it as lust and a crude act. If sex education is gained by watching porn, then the relationship between man and wife will become more animal like and unnatural."
She added: "We need to ensure that children are taught about sex, marriage and childbirth as part of the education process. Maybe we can call it a different name like 'body and relationship education', which may be more acceptable. The survey also identified the need to educate parents on how to handle their growing kids so that kids don't learn about sex from incorrect sources."
Seema Hingorany, clinical psychologist and relationship expert, said: "I am not surprised by the study at all. I have handled a lot of teenage clients. Some of them are extremely shy and never spoke about sex with their family member and don't want even to discuss it. They shy away from eye contact when the topic is sex, and their body language changes when it's discussed. Girls are little aware about the menstruation cycle and mothers aren't very open about it. Lot of girls have doubts on this, but they don't dare to talk about it even to their mothers because they think parents will get angry. Parents need to be sensitive and should not be scared about this as it's a major development and brings about changes to a child's body."


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Sailing a homemade Hartley South Seas - uniquely different from waterline up. Now our boat aint worth a lot of money, but shes been round the world. Bless her. And we sailed her across the North Pacific with snow falling on her decks; buried her masts underwater on that trip. Poor baby. She took that better than us, just as she did our crossing the Great Australian Bight one frosty August when cargo ships were lost to sight in mile wide swells that swept us off our feet. Shes a strong little lady, all 38 foot and 12 tonne of her. Backyard built in Sydney, launched in 1973, she started life the home for our two sons during their first 16 years of life. Touched 80 countries in that run. A veteran, we recently circumnavigated Australia then sailed east to west coast and back again. We mostly take shorter cruises now, around Tassie, the Great Australian Bight and places like that.
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btw ... I've had the charts scanned and loaded onto my computer. With a bit of fiddling around you can make them work with a puter nav programme. If you would like a copy of the scanned files let me know and I could email to you.
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Jack and Jude, good to see you here. Your input will be valued.
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Bit of a redfaced whoops here .... the charts I have of Macquarie Harbour are in fact not Jack and Judes but from a fellow by the name of Trevor Norton. I dare say copyright laws prevent me from sending anyone copies of the scans.
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Nonetheless ... please check out Jack and Jude's web site .... I'm pretty sure they even offer one of their books as a free download.
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I kind of admire that in a blatant sycophant. ;)
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Gee whiz ... I always thought my lickspittleness was at least vaguely subtle.
oh and yes ... I probably do make it up as I go along. Reality is simple to tight around the gonads.
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Hi from Paul & Sheryl aboard Distant Shores II - currently in St Martin. We haven't visited Sailnet in a few years so its good to be back!
This past year we had one of our most interesting and varied seasons of sailing in our 23 years cruising. We sailed from the Solent across to France then up the Seine to Paris with the mast down - and right across France. A fantastic 10 weeks!
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In the Romanian village of Clinceni, nearly 200 people helped unroll a gigantic version of Romania's blue, yellow, and red flag. It measured 1,145 feet by 744.5 feet. That's close to three football fields. The flag is made up of about 44 miles of thread, weighs about 10,000 pounds, and now holds the Guinness World Record for largest flag in the world. Elena Scotti
For the past three years, Daily Show host Jon Stewart has been quietly running five-week-long boot camps aimed at getting interested war veterans into the television industry. On Monday, The New York Times made the program public, publishing an interview in which Stewart explained why he hasn't been touting the program — he didn't want Daily Show fans as much as vets looking to break into Hollywood, for example — and why he is talking about it now: He's retiring, and he wants other TV shows to create similar programs.
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Islamic State controls a chunk of territory about the size of Belgium, and that territory doesn't govern itself. You probably already know about the self-proclaimed "caliph," Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but if you've ever been curious about the rest of ISIS's organizational chart, BBC News tries to fill in the blanks. Given the nature of ISIS, the BBC isn't able to provide a complete chart — al-Baghdadi's "inner circle is secretive and keeps changing as members are killed," BBC News notes — but it's an interesting look at the big picture, and in just 90 seconds. Watch below. —Peter Weber
If you are wondering how Art Garfunkel feels about erstwhile musical partner Paul Simon, Nigel Farndale at Britain's The Telegraph has a pretty candid interview with the singer-poet. "He's a hard man to get the measure of, Art Garfunkel," Farndale writes. "On the one hand he still seems eaten up by bitterness about his divorce from Paul Simon, yet he also talks about his old friend (they were at school together) with deep affection."
"I want to open up about this," Garfunkel told Farndale when he asked about Simon breaking up Simon & Garfunkel in 1970, at the height of their popularity.
I don't want to say any anti–Paul Simon things, but it seems very perverse to not enjoy the glory and walk away from it instead. Crazy. What I would have done is take a rest from Paul, because he was getting on my nerves. The jokes had run dry. But a rest of a year was all I needed. [Garfunkel]
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Read the entire interview for Garfunkel's jaundiced views of Paul McCartney, his 1970s math-teaching career, and his fail-safe pickup line, among other revelations. But Garfunkel ended with a bang, suggesting that Simon has a Napoleon complex, that he befriended him in grade school because he felt sorry for his short stature, and that "that compensation gesture has created a monster." Peter Weber
"It tastes like beer," is pretty high praise for a non-alcoholic brew. It's also the surprise verdict of The Wall Street Journal's Emma Moody, when presented with Clausthaler's new Amber Dry Hopped near-beer. Reporter Charles Passy presented the non-alcoholic beer to show Memorial Day weekend drivers that there are alternatives to sparkling water or DWIs, but beer without a buzz is useful for people who aren't able to drink alcohol for whatever reason, like pregnancy or a desire to enjoy the day but drink beer with breakfast.
The usual problem with non-alcoholic beer is that it tastes awful, or at least nothing like beer. The addition of delicious Cascade hops (from Yakima, Washington, which Passy mangles — it's pronounced YEAH-kih-ma) appears to solve that problem. It isn't exactly an IPA, but it's pretty close, and "it's definitely drinkable," Moody says. "I think it's refreshing for a summer day," Passy adds. That's more than can be said of most alcohol-free beer. —Peter Weber
Conservationists have a dire warning: Maui's dolphin, the smallest and rarest of the world's dolphins, could be extinct within 15 years if they are not better protected.
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There are fewer than 50 Maui's dolphins left in the wild, researchers say, found only in the waters off New Zealand. The German conservation group Nabu said that fishing must be banned across their habitat so they won't get caught in nets, or else their extinction is a "matter of when, not if," leader Dr. Barbara Mass told BBC News. These figures are a "loud wakeup call," she said. "New Zealand has to abandon its current stance, which places the interests of the fishing industry above biodiversity conservation, and finally protect the dolphins' habitat from harmful fishing nets, seismic airgun blasts, and oil and gas extraction."
Scientists estimate that five Maui's dolphins are killed every year by gillnets or trawling, and a spokesman for New Zealand's minister for conservation said the office would not comment until recommendations are made in June by the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission. Catherine Garcia
You've never heard "Roxanne" performed like this, probably. You can judge whether or not that's a good thing after watching the video below, from last Friday's Tonight Show. Barbershop is a new direction for the musically adventurous Sting, but when Jimmy Fallon gets a bit randy during the song, Sting showed that he, at least, is familiar with the genre. And if you don't like a barbershop treatment for The Police, well, at least it has Sting's stamp of acceptance. —Peter Weber
If you've ever wanted to own your very own historic ghost town, act now: Johnsonville, Connecticut, is back on the market for $2.4 million, just a few months after it sold at auction for $1.9 million.
This 19th century "ghost town" could be yours for the low price of $2.4 million http://t.co/Ewh4stmgmd pic.twitter.com/cKW88JyqU4
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Listing agent Jim Kelly said the buyer's financing fell through, and now there are several interested parties, from individual investors to a solar power company to a religious summer camp. The town is spread across 62 acres, and in the 1830s was a hub of the twine industry, CBS News reports. Although twine was still produced in Johnsonville during World War I and II, by the 1960s, the town was deserted and millionaire Ray Schmitt purchased it with the intent of turning it into a tourist destination.
Wanting to make the town feel authentic, Schmitt dipped into his personal collection of Victorian items and placed them around town, and even bought buildings like a 19th century Quaker meetinghouse and brought them to Johnsonville. The tourist trap never took off and after Schmitt died in 1998, the plan changed to turn the town into a residential community for seniors, an idea that was eventually dropped. Whatever Johnsonville turns into in the future, buyer beware: It's rumored that the town is now haunted by the ghost of Schmitt. Catherine Garcia


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Rifle Association is using a Justice Department memo it obtained to argue in ads that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans won't work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration -- ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support.
The NRA's assertion and its obtaining of the memo in the first place underscore the no-holds-barred battle under way as Washington's fight over gun restrictions heats up.
The memo, under the name of one of the Justice Department's leading crime researchers, critiques the effectiveness of gun control proposals, including some of President Barack Obama's. A Justice Department official called the memo an unfinished review of gun violence research and said it does not represent administration policy.
The memo says requiring background checks for more gun purchases could help, but also could lead to more illicit weapons sales. It says banning assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines produced in the future but exempting those already owned by the public, as Obama has proposed, would have limited impact because people now own so many of those items.
It also says that even total elimination of assault weapons would have little overall effect on gun killings because assault weapons account for a limited proportion of those crimes.
The nine-page document says the success of universal background checks would depend in part on "requiring gun registration," and says gun buybacks would not be effective "unless massive and coupled with a ban."
The administration has not proposed gun registration, buybacks or banning all firearms. But gun registration and ownership curbs are hot-button issues for the NRA and other gun-rights groups, which strenuously oppose the ideas.
Whether to require record-keeping for private gun sales is holding up a congressional compromise on legislation to expand background checks, now required only for transactions by federally licensed dealers, according to people familiar with bipartisan Senate talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.
Justice Department and White House officials declined to provide much information about the memo or answer questions about it on the record.
The memo has the look of a preliminary document and calls itself "a cursory summary" and assessment of gun curb initiatives. The administration has not release it officially.
But the NRA has posted the memo on one of its websites and cites it in advertising aimed at whipping up opposition to Obama's efforts to contain gun violence. The ad says the paper shows that the administration "believes that a gun ban will not work without mandatory gun confiscation" and thinks universal background checks "won't work without requiring national gun registration" -- ideas the president has not proposed or expressed support for.
"Still think President Obama's proposals sound reasonable?" Chris W. Cox, the NRA's chief Washington lobbyist, says in the ad.
Last month, White House spokesman Jay Carney said none of Obama's proposals "would take away a gun from a single law-abiding American." Other administration officials have said their plans would not result in gun seizures or a national gun registry.
A Justice Department official who would only discuss the issue on condition of anonymity said the NRA ad misrepresents Obama's gun proposals and that the administration has never backed a gun registry or gun confiscation.
While the memo's analysis of gun curb proposals presents no new findings, it is unusual for a federal agency document to surface that raises questions about a president's plans during debate on a high-profile issue such as restricting firearms.
Obama wants to ban assault weapons and ammunition magazines exceeding 10 rounds that are produced in the future. He wants universal background checks for nearly all gun purchases. Today, checks are only mandatory on sales by federally licensed gun dealers, not transactions at gun shows or other private sales.
His plan also includes tougher federal laws against gun trafficking and straw purchases, which occur when a person legally buys a firearm but sells it to a criminal or someone else barred from owning a weapon.
Interest in the gun issue has intensified since the December shootings in Newtown, Conn., that killed 20 first-graders and six staffers at an elementary school. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee plans to write legislation addressing some of Obama's proposals in the next week or two.
The NRA's Cox declined to say how his organization obtained the memo.
He said the commercial is running online in 15 states, including many Republican-leaning states where Democrats will defend Senate seats next year, such as Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. There are also ads in papers in five states.


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Publication Date : 14-10-2013
"Generally positive" is the verdict on Brunei's chairmanship. That feedback, which came from a mid-term review of the Asean Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), described the level of implementation by Asean members of their action plans. It also aptly depicted the outcome of nine Asean-related summits. Compared to the previous year, Asean is now more unified and in better shape, standing tall and moving ahead.
First of all, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah should be credited with painstakingly laying the foundation for smooth Asean summits. This year the Sultan has travelled widely, visiting key members of the East Asia Summit (EAS) to familiarise himself and get to know their leaders. Although the Sultan has chaired Asean three times previously, last week's summit, his fourth, was very special due to the new regional strategic environment and pressing issues confronting Asean. The 67-year old monarch displayed both stamina and familiarity of complex issues and power games to bring about a fruitful conclusion.
From day one, Brunei's chair set forth three objectives: reducing tension in the South China Sea, accelerating Asean economic integration and promoting Asean's youthful role and profile. Along the way, new issues popped up including the Asean Community's post-2015 vision which brought new elements to future Asean agendas, i.e. double combined GDP - from US$2.25 trillion to US$4.4 trillion - and halving poverty from 18.6 per cent 9.3 per cent.
The 180-minute EAS encounter showed the comprehensiveness of issues discussed—developmental, economic and security. For future EAS meetings, it will serve as a template. The discussion of the South China Sea dispute, the EAS highlight, was smooth, as the chair intended. Sultan Bolkiah gave a positive view of progress made in the process of code of conduct (COC) negotiations and commended Thailand for its role as a coordinator for Asean-China relations.
But the Philippines was clear that it prefers a two-pronged approach—the Asean Way and the UN way through arbitration. In response, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang believed the "Asian Way" was better for Asean and China to resolve their mutual problems. At the EAS all conflicting and concerned parties supported the COC process even though they did not have a clue on how long it might take.
That was why the US Secretary of State intervened during the EAS session, reiterating that continued dialogue is pivotal, and that more action was needed. It would have been better if the caveat had come from President Barack Obama, who had to miss the meetings — an unnecessary diplomatic delay for the US pivot to Asia.
In his first summit appearance, Li was highly impressive and animated — a departure from previous Chinese leaders — in delivering China's robust messages of a stronger commitment to Asean. Beaming with confidence and smiling, Li outlined China's new and comprehensive engagement package — the so-called two principles and seven proposals, much to the chagrin of other leaders.
China was well prepared for the summit. Only Li's statements in open and closed-door sessions were available immediately to journalists at the media centre, while others were absent.
In retrospect, Brunei has been trying hard to encourage further regulatory reform and governance to ensure full implementation of the Asean Economic Community. The chair found it was not an easy task, with each member still having more to do on behind-border measures. Mid-way into the chairmanship, Brunei shifted focus to the ASCC evaluation to remind Asean of this important but much neglected community. Brunei decided the report should be open to the public. That explained why the write-up was carefully crafted not to hurt Asean members, despite their lacklustre implementations.
Ironically, Brunei, with its small base of young people, could turn into a giant in pushing Asean in youth development. Youth peace corps volunteers and entrepreneur programmes might be Brunei's legacy.
Finally, the "generally positive" benchmark sadly turned upside down to "generally negative" in regard to media relations and information dissemination. Unlike the first summit in April, journalists were heavily restricted after what happened in Bali early last week when news people ambushed the Philippine leader with tough questions. Journalists here had no access to the concourse linking the conference and media rooms — the primary rendezvous area for journalists to rub shoulders with their delegates and sources.
And the way press releases were handled also needed improving. A total of 55 such releases were issued, but most came late. Journalists, especially the Japanese, waited patiently after the EAS meeting for the chairman's statement, which came at 2am on October 11 — about 14 hours later.
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After two tumultuous years, Toyota has found a silver lining within a bad global situation.
A downturn in the global economy preceded a slew of recall issues for the automotive giant from late 2009 to early 2011.
In February 2011, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the findings of an investigation in collaboration with NASA that found no electronic defect in Toyota vehicles. Driver error was found responsible in the majority of incidents involving sudden, unintended acceleration reports.
"We believed that last year we were on the right path in March," Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada president Brian Krinock told an audience at a Cambridge Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday morning at the Galt Country Club.
"Then we had the tsunami and earthquake in Japan," which stifled parts supply.
North American production plummeted almost 80 per cent by May of last year.
Counter measures and collaboration with other companies in the automotive industry led to quicker than anticipated recovery, however, Krinock said that Toyota has embarked on creating a deeper supply chain for everything from paint to hard drives.
For example, a company based in Germany produces a unique paint chemical, but the only production facility is in Japan, he explained. Devloping additional tiers of suppliers in the future will be important if the company deals with future disasters.
Krinock conceded that the last couple of years were difficult, but also challenging and rewarding.
"We've learned a lot," he said, adding that any crisis forces deeper relationships.
"For us, crisis means danger, but also opportunity."
Toyota has developed better protocol for communication and crisis management, and improved responsibility for quality and safety, now investing $1 million each hour in research and development. The global company also hashed out a new vision and mission.
"The thing we're most proud about is our community services," Krinock said.
"Toyota is good at writing a lot of cheques, but we're doing a lot more grassroots stuff."
Employees became engaged in community projects during down time at the Cambridge plant last year and such hands-on community commitment will continue, Krinock said.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada currently manufactures the Toyota Corolla, Toyota Matrix, Toyota RAV4 and the Lexus RX 350 vehicles and has two plants in Cambridge and one plant in Woodstock. The company employs approximately 6,500.
Employees who comprise a "team atmosphere" continue to be a huge component of the company's mission moving forward, creating an environment of safety. Krinock highlighted a platinum award from JD Power and Associates in 2011.
The Cambridge South plant's Lexus line earned the award for the highest-ranked global automotive manufacturing facility – in a tie – after 121 qualifying manufacturing plants around the world were reviewed. It was first time that a Toyota plant outside of Japan has been awarded the platinum level.
Toyota also finished tops in a 2012 J.D. Power dependability study that saw the automotive industry post its best results in the 22-year history of the survey.
Strengthened credibility is perhaps at the forefront of a positive rebound.
Toyota is forecasting a 20 per cent increase in worldwide sales in 2012, including a 12 per cent rise in Canadian sales.
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