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The former pastor of a Helper church charged with sexually victimizing children has waived the right to a preliminary hearing in the first degree felony level criminal complaint.
On Aug. 7, Rene Anthony Gomez appeared before the 7th District Court in the custody of the Carbon County Sheriff's Office.
Judge Bryce K. Bryner presided on the district bench and Carbon County Attorney Gene Strate acted on behalf of the state prosecutor's office. Public defender David Allred represented the 32-year-old Gomez at the criminal proceeding.
The court originally scheduled Aug. 7 as the preliminary hearing date in the felony level criminal information.
After the defense waived the right to the hearing on Wednesday morning, Judge Bryner ordered the former pastor bound over to answer 20 separate first degree counts at felony arraignment in the complaint on Aug. 19.
At the conclusion of the court proceeding on Wednesday, the district judge remanded Gomez back into the custody of the Carbon County Jail.
Law enforcement authorities arrested the East Carbon resident on June 28 and the defendant has remained incarcerated in the county jail.
At Gomez' initial court appearance on July 26, Judge Bryner ordered the former pastor detained at the county corrections facility without bail.
Dated July 23, the formal criminal information contends that Gomez committed the 20 first degree offenses against multiple victims from October 2000 through June 2002.
The complaint charges the former pastor with eight first degree aggravated sexual abuse of a child counts along with 12 additional sodomy on a child felony level offenses.
The felony level case identifies the alleged victims as children younger than the age of 14 years old.
In connection with the eight aggravated abuse charges, the formal criminal information maintains that the defendant occupied a position of special trust when the former pastor purportedly took indecent liberties - not amounting to rape - with the children or caused the victims to engage in acts designed to arouse or gratify sexual desires.
The formal complaint contends that Gomez committed the following first degree felony level crimes against the youth:
October 2000 - Five aggravated sexual abuse of a child counts and five sodomy on a child charges.
November 2000 - Two aggravated sexual abuse of a child offenses and three sodomy on a child counts.
July 2001 - One aggravated sexual abuse of a child charge.
June 2002 - Four sodomy on a child offenses.
Since the aggravated sexual abuse and sodomy charges involve several minors, the felony level complaint identifies the alleged victims by initials rather than listing the names of the children.
When an accused offender appears at felony arraignment, the defendant generally enters guilty or not guilty pleas on the counts contained in the formal criminal information. In the event an accused offender pleads not guilty to the charges, the defendant has the right to a trial - to a jury or to the court.
The maximum penalties the district court may impose in first degree felony sodomy on a child criminal convictions include fines of up to $10,000 along with indeterminate six-year, 10-year or 15-year to life sentences in the Utah State Prison.
Penalties imposable in first degree felony level aggravated sexual abuse of a child convictions include monetary assessments of up to $10,000 and indeterminate five-year to life incarceration periods in the state prison.
Pursuant to Utah's criminal code, accused offenders convicted of committing first degree felony level sodomy and/or aggravated sexual abuse of a child charges face mandatory imprisonment.
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Priscila Santos averaged 28.5 points per game for the Lady Eagles against NIC and CSI over the weekend.
While both the mens and womens teams are currently in the thick of Scenic West Athletic Conference play, one team is playing well while the other is struggling to find their rhythm.
For the USU Eastern womens team, the early start to the SWAC conference season has gone well with their only blemish being to the defending National Junior College champions from North Idaho College 57-55 on Friday night.
The Lady Eagles were locked in a back and forth battled with NIC all through the game. Eastern led by four at the half and shortly after beginning the second half, they grabbed their biggest lead of the night 37-29 on a jumper by Amy Arbon.
The teams continued trading baskets with each other until NIC tied the game at 49-49 with 3:15 left in the game. Eastern took a 53-50 lead on a Priscila Santos jumper but NIC chipped away at the lead thanks to free throws down the stretch.
NIC took their first lead of the second half 54-53 off a steal from Korina Baker and a basket by Julia Salimo.
Eastern answered right back as Santos hit a jumper with 21 seconds left. But NIC's Katie Burkey scored a basket and drew a foul from Eastern's Brooke Slade in the final seconds to help get the 57-55 win for the visitors.
Santos led Eastern with 28 points and eight rebounds. Caitlin Nelson and Hailee Parry each added nine points.
Against the College of Southern Idaho on Saturday, the Eastern women did not need to go down to the wire for the 62-50 win.
After CSI tied the game at 15-15 with 12:41 left in the first half, Eastern began to build a lead reaching as much as 14 points and never relinquished the lead through the second half.
Santos again led the team with 29 points and eight rebounds. Nelson added 11 points and six rebounds while Parry finished with eight points and a team-high nine assists.
The Eastern women (12-8, 4-1 SWAC) next travel to Rangely, Colo., for a game with Colorado Northwestern Community College on Friday night at 5:30 p.m.
For the USU Eastern mens team, conference play has not been as kind. NIC tied the game at 61-61 before heading into overtime. In the extra period, NIC pulled away for the 74-70 win on Friday night.
Against seventh ranked CSI on Saturday, Eastern battled well into the second half. But after pulling even at 67-67 on a jumper by McKay LaSalle, CSI pulled away outscoring Eastern 18-8 the rest of the way for the 85-75 win.
Sophomore Neveij Walters led a balanced scoring attack over the weekend averaging 11 points per game.
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The UN Climate Summit in Doha, Qatar, (see here and here) is in its second week, headed for completion on Friday, December 7. Most analysts and observers expect little in the way of major developments or breakthrough agreements to come out of it. With the world economy in shambles, and nearly all national governments awash in debt, there is diminishing incentive for politicians to spend scarce public funds on the much-hyped hypothetical future "threats" posed by global warming — especially when there are very real, tangible issues demanding immediate attention and funding.
However, the climate change lobby is not rolling over and calling it quits; they have too much invested to back away now. A tabulation of funding in 2007 by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, found that the climate alarmists had received over $50 billion since 1990. That was five years ago; naturally, the price tag has gone up considerably since then.
Most of this enormous funding avalanche came from governments, with the biggest chunk coming from the U.S. federal government. State governments have also been big funders, along with foreign national governments, the European Union, United Nations agencies, the World Bank, the big tax-exempt foundations, and major Wall Street banks and corporations. This money infusion has launched a huge climate industry, with universities, institutions, think tanks, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), professors, scientists, researchers, and activists all dependent on maintaining the flow of funds. The major banks and investors that have jumped on board the climate change wagon see a great deal of green to be made from the global sale of carbon credits. Trillions of dollars could change hands, but only if a carbon trading regime is forced on consumers by governments.
Foremost among the groups that have been driving the global warming alarm bandwagon is the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). There are many think tanks affecting national policies, but the CFR, long ranked as the premier brain trust, is still the most influential. The UN Climate Summit in Doha will carry the CFR imprint in many ways, as have virtually all previous global conferences. Representing the U.S. government in Doha is President Obama's Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern. Mr. Stern, who was previously a White House assistant to President Bill Clinton, played a role in U.S. negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. He was selected as Climate Envoy by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Todd Stern is a longtime member of the CFR.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Republican-led Texas Senate voted late Tuesday night for tough new restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, but abandoned efforts to ban the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy.
While the U.S. House approved a similar ban after 20 weeks earlier in the day, the sponsor of the Texas bill said he took it out of the state plan because of fears it didn't have enough time to pass with just one week left in the special session.
The new restrictions would allow abortions only in surgical facilities and place greater controls on abortion-inducing medications.
The Senate also approved a major transportation bill that diverts nearly $1 billion a year from the state's reserve fund to help ease the state's road building and maintenance crisis under the crush of a rapidly expanding population.
The abortion measures stirred up the most passionate floor debate so far in the 30-day special session. Although Democrats had blocked the measures in the regular session, Republicans had pressured Gov. Rick Perry to put them on the agenda of the special session when Democrat's voting power would be diluted.
Before the 20-10 vote, Sen. Kirk Watson of Austin, leader of the Senate Democrats, said the Tuesday's vote and previous efforts to restrict abortions "are a back-door effort to overturn something that has been established law for decades."
Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, was the only Democrat to join the chamber's 19 Republicans supporting the bill, saying his vote was driven by his Catholic faith.
"There's a culture of death in this country and we don't address it, Democrats and Republicans alike," Lucio said.
According to state figures, about 78,000 abortions are performed in Texas every year.
Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, said his bill would improve medical care for women, but he also opened the debate by calling the bill the "pro-life" measure of the session. He later said. "I believe the number of abortions we have in Texas is way too high."
Hegar said he hopes the House would consider putting the 20-week restriction back in the bill, but Senate Republicans were unsure if that would happen with the session so close to its end. Abortion rights activists say his plan would force most Texas abortion clinics to close, resulting in some women seeking unsafe, back-alley procedures.
"This raises the standard of care, protects life," Hegar said.
But in a pointed line of questioning, Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, accused Hegar, who is running for statewide office as comptroller in 2014, of pushing the bill to satisfy Republican primary voters.
"This isn't about women," Davis said. "This is about political primaries ... and feeding them red meat."
Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, dismissed the political criticism, saying Republicans just want abortion providers to "tell the truth" about the procedure.
"Both sides," Deuell said, "have been throwing red meat."
Forcing abortion clinics to qualify as ambulatory surgical centers would mandate that doctors have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic. Hegar said every abortion clinic currently operating in Texas could satisfy that geographic requirement.
Critics complain that because many private or religious hospitals won't grant privileges to doctors who perform abortions, the bill would effectively shut down clinics in large areas of the state.
The Senate passed the road-building measure with a unanimous vote. If approved by the House, it would go before voters statewide in November as a constitutional amendment.
Texas transportation leaders have told lawmakers the state needs about $4 billion more per year for building and maintaining roads in one of the fastest-growing states in the country.
The Senate plan would cover only a fraction of what the state needs by siphoning oil and gas revenue taxes that are now sent to the state's Rainy Day Fund.
The Texas Department of Transportation manages nearly 200 million miles of roads and more than 50,000 bridges. The agency largely relies on a 20-cents-a-gallon fuel tax that hasn't been raised since 1991.
Lawmakers have struggled with transportation funding for years and have been reluctant to raises taxes or fees in a Legislature controlled by a Republican majority for a decade. Instead, the state has turned to a system of borrowing that has added billions to the state's long-term debt.
Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, said the roads fund is the start of a pay-as-you spending philosophy, but only a partial fix to a long-term problem. Eltife has warned fellow Republicans they should consider taxes for roads and said more money will be needed in the future.
"As politicians, we don't need to go around thumping our chests saying we've fixed the transportation problem," Eltife said.
The transportation vote was peppered with debate over keeping a $6 billion minimum in the reserve fund. Tea party conservatives led by Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, argued it is a responsible savings level to protect the state's credit rating and keep cash on hand in case of an emergency, such a major hurricane hitting the Texas coast.
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Iron and the Breast-Fed Infant: Iron Status and Two Regimens of Iron Supplementation (BFe01B1)
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Normal breastfed infants can develop iron deficiency by 6 months of age. This trial tested the hypothesis that regular provision of a source of iron beginning at 4 months of age improves iron status and could prevent iron deficiency. This was a prospective randomized trial involving breastfed infants. To be eligible, infants had to be predominantly breastfed (<200 ml/day of formula) at 4 months of age. At 4 months infants were randomly assigned to one of two interventions or to control. The interventions consisted in the daily administration of medicinal iron in a dose of 7.5 mg (Medicinal Iron Group) or in the daily feeding of one jar of an iron-fortified cereal providing 7 mg of iron each day (Cereal Group). The control group received complementary foods chosen by he parents but no source of iron provided by the investigators. The interventions took place from 4 to 9 months. All infants were subsequently followed to 2 years of age.
Iron Deficiency
Dietary Supplement: Fer-In-Sol (ferrous sulfate)
Dietary Supplement: Iron fortified cereal
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Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Iron and the Breast-Fed Infant: Iron Status and Two Regimens of Iron Supplementation
- Iron status [ Time Frame: 3 times during the intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Growth [ Time Frame: At the end of intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Tolerance (gastrointestinal) [ Time Frame: During intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|June 2001
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Experimental: A
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Dietary Supplement: Fer-In-Sol (ferrous sulfate)
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Experimental: B
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Dietary Supplement: Iron fortified cereal
1 jar each day of one of three wet pack cereals manufactured by the Gerber Company: Each jar provided 7 mg of ferrous sulfate.
No Intervention: C
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- Predominantly breastfed (at 4 months) term infants
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not predominantly breastfed at 4 months
- Premature infants
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Iron, breastfed infant
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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Anemia, Hypochromic
Hematologic Diseases
Iron Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Growth Substances
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Trace Elements
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The county's largest bank is getting bigger with the addition of 20 retail bank branches in New York.
Berkshire Bank, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp. Inc., has entered into a purchase-and-assumption agreement for bank branches from Bank of America. The branches are located in New York markets within or contiguous to markets currently served by Berkshire.
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Chairman, President and CEO Michael P. Daly summarized Berkshire's accomplishments in 2012. They included strong organic growth and team recruitment, along with the acquisitions of CBT and Beacon Federal. The year's initiatives produced improved profitability and resulted in a 29 percent increase in core earnings per share. Berkshire's 2012 stock returns exceeded 10 percent, and the quarterly cash dividend was increased by 6 percent, providing a yield of over 3 percent. Daly concluded with a summary of the encouraging prospects for Berkshire's further growth and development.
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October marked a milestone in the history of Slow Food in Asia and Oceania, with the continent's first international event, AsiO Gusto, enjoying success beyond expectations. Held from October 1 to 6 in Namyangju, South Korea, the event welcomed 500,000 visitors, small-scale producers and delegates from 40 countries and showcased the gastronomic diversity of Asia and Oceania, grabbing the attention of national media and sparking momentum in the growing Slow Food movement in the region.
Asia and Oceania are rich in bio- and culinary diversity, counting 100,000 still-cultivated traditional rice varieties, fermented foods, spices and thousands of types of tea, along with the rich gastronomic traditions that have evolved around them. As in other parts of the world however, many of these traditions are at risk of being lost as western influences are embraced and a faster lifestyle increasingly becomes the norm. Many Asian food traditions are important not only because they are strongly linked to the physical health of the people, but also to their spiritual life. Slow Food drew attention to this issue during the event with a wooden model of the Ark of Taste - its catalogue of at-risk products, showcasing 350 of the now-more-than 1,200 Ark products from around the world. The Ark of Taste is finding fertile ground in Asia, with South Korea launching the project with the nomination of eight products.
The Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) was active at the event, with their own booth in the pavilion, a youth conference describing SFYN's activities in Korea and the world, and two Yori Gamu events: A "Disco Soup" where vegetables that had been rescued from nearby markets destined for the trash were cooked up and given free to visitors in an ambient of music, cocktails and positive energy. AsiO Gusto has been considered a turning point for SFYN in Korea, with the relatively small group connecting with many young farmers, chefs and a large potential network to tap into.
"The unexpected number of visitors - double than the already optimistic prediction - to this small city, the positive feedback and energy and enthusiasm felt over the last few days has given a strong indication that people here are ready to challenge the current food system," said Kim ByungSoo, organic farmer and Slow Food International Councilor for South Korea.
"This edition of AsiO Gusto is just the beginning."
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On July 1, 2009, senate bill 81 will come into effect across the state of Utah. The bill which was passed by the state legislature in 2008, requires county sheriffs and other law enforcement to "make a reasonable effort to determine the citizenship status of a person confined to a county jail," as worded in SB 81.
However, local law enforcement has had some difficulty determining not only the bill's interpretation, but with also it's actual enforcement.
"If I were to walk up to a person on the street and ask them to prove their citizenship, they couldn't do it," said Wellington police chief Lee Barry, "I personally have a problem with a bill like this."
The new law has seen controversy with local law enforcement agencies all over Utah, not only because of it's logistical problem with enforcement, but also it's lack of funding to train local officers in how to deal with illegals.
It can cost a small department more than just money to cross train it's officers because while it is expensive to send officers off to training, it's probably more expensive to have them gone.
Many local police departments such as East Carbon, Helper and Wellington have between four and six officers total, and if only one is gone for a week, it can impact the entire town. "Can you imagine what it would be like in Salt Lake if 40 percent of their officers were gone for a week?" said Barry.
Despite the bill's looming effective date, none of the departments contacted for this story were aware of any communication between them and the state, which leaves them with many questions and few answers as to the bill's limits and requirements. "I'm doing nothing until I receive information," said Price police chief Aleck Shilaos.
The actual illegal immigrant problem in Carbon County, is as with the bill itself, something that local law enforcement finds to be unclear.
Local police chiefs interviewed did not have much of an opinion on the subject because hard information is lacking.
"I know we have them," said Shilaos. "There's only 12 million in the country."
Agreement (between officers) is, however, similar on the fact that illegal immigrants are not really a pressing issue locally because they are not numerous and the ones who are in the Carbon County area tend only to commit crimes within their own communities, according to Shilaos.
Overall the situation with the bill is a,waiting more communication between the state and law enforcement.
But as the situation now stands, many law enforcement agencies will probably only take action once they get additional funding for the additional responsibility.
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(Editors Note: This is one of a series of articles about the history of the Sun Advocate and the county it covers as a newspaper. These articles are being prepared as the 120th anniversary of the newspaper's birth approaches in 2011.)
While the major story for the entire Carbon community in 1938 was the opening of the new college, some other major events happened in the area, and some interesting minor ones as well.
The Sun Advocate ran the gamut that year from welcoming the state fire fighters convention to the biggest headlines of all when Mayor J. Bracken Lee got in a scuffle with state liquor control agents who had closed down a club in Price one night.
On the evening of Jan. 14, 1938, state liquor agents closed down Jones Club that was located at 3 South Carbon Avenue in Price for what they said was violations of the state liquor control act. They basically ran everyone out of the place and then closed it down and stayed inside.
At about 2 a.m. The next morning Merlyn Jones, proprietor of the establishment called Lee and told him about the agents and that they were still inside his business. About 2:30 a.m. Lee, Jones, a Price police officer and others that the mayor had called to "see what was goin' on in there" (Lee's words) went to the club and attempted to get through the door. The two liquor agents who were there to "take an inventory" wouldn't let them in the club.
Participants in the scuffle later testified in a court hearing the next day that a conversation took place between Lee, the officer and the two men inside. This is how the Sun Advocate described the testimony and the story of the entry.
"After a short verbal exchange, Patrolman (William) McIntyre unlocked the door and attempted to enter, where upon the men inside attempted to keep the door closed by throwing their weight against it. The liquor agents, when called to testify on their own behalf, said they had been willing to admit the patrolman, but that they did not want to let "that other fellow" (Lee) in, as they did not know who he was."
The patrolman told the men they were under arrest and they resisted. Once under control they were taken to the county jail and booked on charges of resisting an officer and intoxication. Lee later said in court they were drunk (based on blood shot eyes, drunken mannerisms and that Chester Dowse, one of the agents offered to "lick anybody in the place" when arrested). During the engagement Dowse also wielded a gun, and hit Jones on the head with it.
The incident capped a move by the state for a few days before to find clubs that were violating liquor laws in the county. The agents had already closed down a few other establishments and the business community was upset about the upstaters coming down and creating problems in Carbon County.
The group had been led by Parnell Black, an attorney for the liquor commission and Wallace West the chief enforcement agent for the agency. During court hearings concerning the county's charges against their agents, Black had various exchanges with citizens and various officials. One amusing exchange took place between Lee, who was on the stand, and Black who was questioning him based on the papers report at the time.
"Do you make a it a practice in Price of arresting everyone who is drunk," Black asked Lee.
"No," was (Lee's) reply. "If we did we'd have had you arrested one time."
"When was that?" asked Black (obviously incredulous).
"Oh, sometime back, over in a restaurant here when you had a little too much wine," said Lee.
The judge stopped the line of questions and answers at that point, but the whole incident was proven by that to be very personal. And it got more so as the preliminary hearing went on.
Dowse and the other agent, Henry S. Bell, later testified that they felt threatened by the group because besides the officer there were other people in the group that wanted in. Dowse said the rifle came from another room in the bar which he told Bell to get because they feared for their safety. He admitted to using it as a weapon but was also knocked to the ground by the group and kicked in the jaw. Both agents said that they were perfectly willing to let the patrolman in, but didn't know who the others were, particularly Lee. He said that some of the fear came from things that were being said by the people who were trying to gain entry. Dowse told the court that Lee had said during the mess that "the state liquor commission is corrupt from top to bottom."
At that remark during the court hearing Carbon County Attorney Marl D. Gibson objected, but the judge asked Lee if that was truly his opinion.
"It is," said Lee. "It may be legal corruption, but it's corruption just the same."
The Sun Advocate reported that that day in court there was standing room only in the court room for the confrontation between local officials and the state. But it was Lee, the fiery Price mayor, that had brought in the gathering.
The hearing went on and eventually charges against Dowse and Bell were dropped. However that wasn't the end of it. In Salt Lake that same day the chairman of the state liquor commission declared that legal action was to be taken against Price officials who had interfered with the agents. He said that the agents acted within their police powers to keep others out of the closed down club.
That matter dragged on for some months and eventually died off, but Lee never really gave up his war on state officials who he saw as stepping into places where they shouldn't be.
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In honor and remembrance of Shark week, which I was able to witness on the best TV I have ever had the pleasure of gazing upon…thank you roommates…I give you the latest free release form Scion A/V. It is full of deep electronic grooves from James Del Barco, Them Jeans, Dirty Dave, Cosmic Kids, and of course, an AYNE favorite, Goldroom. While you may have never heard of any of these artists, I suggest two things: 1) branch out and 2) trust me. Both of those things should be presently happening on a regular basis, but if not, start now. I won't hold it against you.
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This year's Swimming with Sharks pool series kicked off in late June and will continue to run until September 8, 2012. The party was started by MFG Productions and has hosted thousands of music fans and has featured DJs including Pools, Fool's Gold, Spank Rock, and others at the hotels' outdoor spaces. Scion A/V will be giving away two pairs of tickets to each Swimming with Sharks event through Twitter. Enter by tweeting "@ScionAV #SWS [date of event]." Full rules can be found at scion.com/swsrules.


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Is there a comprehensive list of all the names and locations of the configuation/settings files for XP and Office? This way i could could have my backup utility do a regular backup of these files making for easy recovery.


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Overall it was a very good experience, met a lot of cool people who are going to the same place for BCT as me, but a little earlier. Learned how to march, how to eat MRE's, rank, all the goodies they teach. I liked the rubber duckies and simulating how to get across a danger zone, by using hand signals and formations. We did a PT test, I did good on the mile, 6:09 and on the 1 minute push ups, 75. On the situps it was a bit funny, due to the fact that we are constantly reminded to drink water and stay hydrated, I heard a lot of water slushing back and forth haha. I only got 39 due to not throwing myself back to the ground, I was using abs up and down, but I know I'll do much better next time. We got smoked due to someone holding their rubber ducky up like Tony Montana in a retard attempt to salute the flag. The bad thing about the smoking is I missed the door by a foot...I could've escaped the wrath lol. On top of the bs salute, the guy called his weapon a gun, then when he was ordered to drop, he put the weapon on the ground and not his knuckles. We had to hold the up position until he got everything straight, which wasn't so bad, because the drill sergeant was so entertaining. We proceeded to a little PT that evening, some more learning, and were assigned our cots. I had the pleasure of doing fireguard for an hour, it was ok, just being on the look out, reading and talking to the guy who was serving with me. The next day we woke up to an Insanity workout (yes the video), everyone showered after and got into civilian clothes, then we were given chow. We did more marching, got sizes for our issued gear, and played a game of S.A.L.U.T.E with the other teams. After our game, we were talked to for a little while by the Drill Sergeant, then we went outside to play "Drill Sergeant Says" a game that you can't win haha, but it's fun and makes you pay attention. We cleaned the barracks and were hoping that it would be smooth sailing. BUT...someone couldn't fight their addiction and brought dip, then left the container in the urinal...CAN YOU SAY SMOKE SESSION? We did the session and of course everyone was pissed, but afterwards, we did a little waiting and talking. Later our Drill Sergeant talked to us about some things and we were dismissed. Overall I loved the experience, Hooah!
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FORT DRUM The only noises that could be heard in the dark, smoke-filled war zone were gunfire and the faint breaths of wounded soldiers who were assessed and treated by medics.
That training exercise Tuesday at the posts Bridgewater-Vaccaro Medical Simulation Training Center showed civilian emergency medical service providers what treatment practices are used in combat, giving the civilian providers ideas on how local protocols could be improved in treating patients.
Capt. Martin L. Stewart, who is in charge of the simulation center, said civilian providers are able to learn from those in the military because the success of its treatment is backed up by data. On the civilian side, those data just havent been collected, he said.
The civilian side is traditionally many years behind the Army side as far as developments in trauma treatment, Capt. Stewart said.
Charles F. Brenon III, Jefferson Countys director of emergency services, said during the classroom portion of the daylong training exercise that he learned that civilian EMS providers could look into implementing TXA, a medication used by the military to promote blood clotting. Civilian EMS providers already use hemostatic gauze. Going by the trade name of quick clot, the gauze rapidly causes blood clotting to stop severe bleeding.
That was one of the many supplies Sgt. Chasity M. Moment used Tuesday, as she showed civilian EMS providers how to care for a flesh wound in battle.
Well get a lot of shrapnel that makes a hole, then a tunnel, she said, as she explained she will stick her finger in the wound to see how far back the gauze needs to be packed in.
If, for whatever reason, it doesnt work the first time, she said it must be removed and done with fresh material, as it wont work when wet.
About 50 people attended the training, from military medics to civilian EMS workers from LifeNet air medical service, South Jefferson Rescue Squad, Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service, and Guilfoyle Ambulance Service, among other providers.
Capt. Stewart said River Hospital physician Troy Johnson led a lecture earlier in the day on how civilian medical providers handle improvised explosive device wounds. The lecture related to pressure cooker bombs and other IED devices/materials used in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Its really relevant because it will only get worse on this soil, Capt. Stewart said.
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Sibendu Som
Sibendu Som is a mechanical engineer working to develop predictive spray and combustion modeling for compression ignition engines.
|September 28, 2012
Steve McConnell
Steve McConnell is the lead fuels engineer in Argonne's Center for Transportation Research and has studied locomotive, diesel, bus, and car engines - including such alternative fuel engines as those based on natural gas - and emissions from those engines.
|February 23, 2012
John Hryn
Hryn focuses on energy-efficient and environmentally-sound aluminum and magnesium processing and recycling technology development.
|February 23, 2012
Deborah Myers
Myers leads the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Materials Group at Argonne, working on improving durability and lowering the cost of fuel cell power and hydrogen production systems.
|February 23, 2012
Di-Jia Liu
Liu studies hydrogen storage for transportation purposes, fuel cells, and batteries, including Li-air batteries.
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Ali Erdemir is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and a pioneering researcher with international recognition and significant accomplishments in the fields of materials science, surface engineering, and tribology.
|February 23, 2012
Bassam Jody
Jody leads teams to develop and commercialize sustainable environmental and energy processes to reduce pollution and reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources.
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Glenn Keller is the acting section manager for the Vehicle Systems Group for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory.
|February 15, 2012
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The new base class from Dungeonscape has it all, and is so sexy it not only deserves, but DEMANDS a Handbook. It has the potential to multiclass into TONS of different PrCs and do nearly any and everything other classes can. The optimization opportunities are well-nigh endless, and as a labor of love (oh, the new-born passion of love at first sight!) I wish to undertake the creation of a Handbook for this most masterful of base classes.
To that end, this thread is a start. I bought Dungeonscape less than 4 hours ago, and haven't had the extended amount of time I'm going to need to do this class justice. However, I'd like to start this and reserve some posts to get going!
Gray Elf:
1st: Trapfinding, Cunning Insight, Cunning Knowledge. As a one-level dip this class is an exceptional boon. If you're human, changeling, or doppelganger, you can grab Able Learner to make ALL skills class skills for the rest of your career, regardless of what other classes you level up in. Cunning Insight lets you add your Int bonus to attack, damage, or saves as a free action at any time for an inspiration point, while Cunning Knowledge lets you add your Factotum level to any skill for one inspiration point. With only two points of inspiration this only goes so far, but it can still add up to a big boost if you're looking to make a scholar or Int-based Fighter. It also lets you customize the skill list of any other class you like, which can be a huge boon for meeting PrC requirements.
3rd: Cunning Defense, Brains Over Brawn. These two abilities are worth their weight in gold. Cunning Defense lets you add your Int to AC against one attacker per round for a point of inspiration - very handy. Brains Over Brawn, however, doesn't cost any inspiration - and it lets you add your Int bonus to Str and Dex checks and all Strength and Dex-based skills. This can turn any character with a decent Int score into a mobile skill monkey, which is a big boost! This is also the level at which you get a 1st level spell-like ability.
5th: Opportunistic Piety. Handy to be able to heal twice your factotum level + your Int mod Wis + 3 times per day. The turning is a bit less handy, but what the hell. You also gain a 2nd level spell-like ability at this level.
8th: Cunning Surge. This is the big one. If you could take an 8 level class that gave you one extra standard action in a turn once per encounter, would you? Of course you would! This is an especially important breakpoint for spellcasters, and works magic (literally!) with Chameleons, Ur-Priests, and other prestige-class spellcasters. This is one of the final breakpoints for this class; most will only take Factotum to 8th level or 11th level. Moreover, you get a 3rd level spell-like ability, which is handy for fueling Reserve feats. Though CustServ has made an official ruling that prevents the use of reserve feats, they do seem to be permitted by the origional text, and reasonable DMs will probably not see much of a problem with allowing them. More on this conundrum later.
11th: Cunning Breach. Another sexy spellcaster breakpoint. Spend 2 inspiration as a free action to automatically bypass a target's DR and SR for a round. This is especially handy on wand wielders and prestige casters.
13th: Cunning Dodge. This is sort of like the Rogue's Defensive Roll if Improved Evasion applied to it. Oh, and if you didn't have to make a save. In other words, spend 4 inspiration to totally avoid an attack that would lower you to 0 or fewer HP once per day. You also get a 5th level spell-like at this level.
16th: Improved Cunning Defense. This is less a breakpoint than the others (since it's so far into the class!), but it grants you Int to AC all day (but you can't wear medium or heavy armor - boo hoo). This can be nicely combined with Kung Fu Genius and a Monk's Belt for twice Int to AC - very handy.
18th: This is the level at which you get your highest spell-like ability - 7th level.
19th: Cunning Brilliance. This is the signature ability of a Factotum - the ability to imitate any Extroardinary class ability of any base class of up to 15th level for a minute three times per day. Wow.


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LANSING, Mich. - State legislators are sharply divided over an emerging plan to require Michigan insurance companies to tell policyholders the impact of the federal health care law on their premiums.
Legislation pending in the Republican-led House would require that insurers give customers annual estimates of the overhaul's effect on premiums - likely in renewal notices - including, but not limited to, taxes, assessments and other requirements of the law.
But Democrats say the bill is nothing more than a political ploy.
They say if insurers are required to tell people about the law's cost, they should also explain its benefits. Insurers must cover 10 essential benefits that will make plans more costly buy also more comprehensive. Plans also cannot charge more money because of pre-existing conditions.