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1 Finkelstein EA, Trogdon JG, Cohen JW, Dietz W. Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer- And Service-Specific Estimates. Health Affairs. Web Exclusive, July 27, 2009. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158948.php
2 ROI-Based Analysis of Employee Wellness Programs. US Corporate Wellness. 2009. www.uscorporatewellness.com
3 Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults. 1999-2000/ JAMA.2002:288:1723-1727.
† Rock CL, Flatt SW, Karanja N, et al. Effect of a Free Prepared Meal and Incentivized Weight Loss Program on Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance in Obese and Overweight Women—A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA. 2010;304(16): 1803-1811.


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Southern Cambodia
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Take it easy on one of the many beaches of Sihanoukville, escape the heat at the mountain-top Bokor National Park near Kampot and feast on fresh crab at Kep.
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Cambodia's south coast has tremendous potential, yet despite it clawing its way onto the backpacker trail, this potential remains largely unrealised. While better infrastructure and an excellent road connection to Phnom Penh have brought with it tourists and weekenders alike, issues such as corruption and unclear land-title issue are holding back all but the most well-connected or risk-taking developers.
The focal-point of the Cambodian beach scene in Sihanoukville, a relatively new town, carved out of the coast during the Indochinese wars to give Cambodia a deep-water port. Named after King Sihanouk, the area was originally known as Kompong Som, and most Khmers continue to refer to by this name. Today the port is one of Cambodia's main windows to oversea trade and, as the road has improved, so the containers have moved from train to truck. Travellers planning on taking the train will be hard-pressed to find one running now -- the trains run very infrequently.
Freight aside, tourism and gambling are the big moneyspinners in Sihanoukville. Casinos, luxury hotels and a great collection of guesthouses are all complemented by a selection of attractive beaches and a fun but low-key nightlife. Most beaches have at least some accommodation -- on some beaches you can stay for free, while on others you can pay over US$100 a night -- there is something for most budgets.
East of Sihanoukville lies Kampot and Kep, two true Cambodian gems in our opinion. Kampot is the launching point for the spectacular Bokor National Park where you can waltz on the bombed out veranda of the 1920's era Bokor casino. The town can also be used to explore nearby salt farms, caves and for taking a boat trip along the river which Kampot faces onto. A sleepy low key destination, Kampot it a refreshing breath of sea air.
Further along the coast, Kep is the archetypal Cambodian beach resort, where the emphasis is on watching the sun go down, eating fresh crab ($1 a bucket) and drinking. There's a bunch of great little traveller hideaways and while the beach is very ordinary, Kep remains nevertheless a fine destination -- take a few good books with you.
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Charles B. Sisneros, age 70, Vernal, passed away at the University Of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City on July 12, 2012.
He was born Dec. 30, 1941 in Price to Paul and Mary Martinez Sisneros. He married Karen Zamora in Elko, Nevada on Sept. 26, 1965. They moved to Vernal in 1968. He was employed with D.R.G. Railroad, American Gilsonite, and in the Oilfield Industry.
Charles loved fishing, hunting, and the outdoors. He loved his family and adored his grandchildren. One of his greatest joys in life was to be married. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he valued his beliefs.
He is survived by his wife; Karen, children; Manuel and Michelle, grandchildren; Hayden and Zachary, brothers; Horace, Joe, and Gilbert Sisneros, and sisters; Carol Lopez and Leila Sisneros.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother Leonard Sisneros.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Vernal 4th Ward LDS Chapel with a viewing one hour prior to services. Burial was in the Maeser Fairview Cemetery with military honors by the American Legion Post 127 and 11 and the Utah Army National Guard. Funeral services were entrusted to the care of the Blackburn Vernal Mortuary.


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Confirmed reservations are not transferable. Confirmed reservations must be cancelled by written notice via registered U.S. mail only. If your reservation must be cancelled, for any reason; all money paid will be forfeited unless the rental unit is re-rented for the entire cancelled period and for the full rental amount. All refunds, if approved, are subject to a cancellation fee of $150. Myrtle Grand Vacations strongly suggests purchasing Travel Insurance to protect your vacation investment against emergencies and mandatory evacuations. To purchase CSA Travel Protection Insurance, call our office or call CSA direct at 1-866-298-6846 to purchase policy.
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. or as soon as your rental property has been cleaned or inspected. Please note the check-in time of 3:00 p.m. may be extended for special cleaning and maintenance. Please call for instructions on late arrivals. No late check-ins will be granted until full payment is received; we have a valid credit card on file, a signed copy of the payment receipt and Policies and Procedures. Please note that the minimum check-in age is 25.
Please check your unit thoroughly upon arrival. Every effort is made to see that your unit is cleaned and ready for your arrival. The unit has been inspected for cleanliness, damages and missing items so your unit should be ready for your arrival. Please contact the office immediately (not at departure) with any cleanliness or other issues with your unit. The cleaning is basic cleaning and refunds will not be made if cleaning is unsatisfactory to guest. Myrtle Grand Vacations will send a housekeeping team ASAP to correct the cleaning discrepancy. Every property is inspected prior to check-in and after check-out and you may be billed if extraordinary cleaning is required.
10:00 a.m. or earlier. Please return keys to the Myrtle Grand Vacations' office. Sorry, no exceptions from June - September as we must have time to clean and inspect all properties for arriving guests. Late checkouts are subject to a $100.00 per hour late fee. Tenant is responsible for cleaning all dishes, emptying refrigerator, securing all doors and windows and removing trash to the appropriate outdoor receptacles upon departure.
Once making a reservation, a prepayment of 50% of the total amount is required to confirm a reservation. . The Policies & Procedures should be read over closely, signed and returned to our office. If you are renting for less than a full week, the full payment will be requested at time of booking a reservation. For reservations made more than 30 days prior to arrival, we accept personal checks, money orders, certified funds or Visa, MasterCard or Discover. For reservations made less than 30 days prior to arrival, ONLY certified funds or Visa, MasterCard or Discover are accepted and must be paid in full prior to arrival. No personal checks accepted if arriving within 30 days. Remember that your final payment is due 30 days prior to arrival. Accepted forms of payment are in U.S. funds only.
All rental charges are subject to sales/accommodations tax.
A non-refundable processing fee is required on all reservations based on the size of the rental unit you requested for Myrtle Grand Vacations and NMB Chamber CVB.
Myrtle Grand Vacations does NOT charge a security deposit on our short-term vacation rentals. Our guests are covered up to $500 of accidental damage to the rental property. Charges will be applied to the credit card ONLY if there are damages (that are intentional), missing items, excessive cleaning, or unpaid balances.
GROUPS or STUDENT RENTALS:
Please note that we rent to families and responsible adults ONLY. The minimum check-in age is 25. However, we have units that rent to groups under 25 and a security deposit may be required. Any violation of this rental agreement or any rules at the property you are renting will result in termination of rental agreement without refund of rental monies and without refund of security deposit at the sole discretion of Myrtle Grand Vacations. Per the South Carolina "Innkeepers Act", Agent may terminate occupancy if guest or any member of his/her party violates any of the conditions of this agreement. Agent may terminate this contract and enter the premises by force or by statutory proceedings if occupancy by guest is deemed to be damaging rental unit. HOUSE PARTIES ARE PROHIBITED. Parents should be cautioned not to rent any Myrtle Grand units for underage persons as this constitutes fraud per "Innkeepers Act". Agent has the final authority in deciding if occupants are a conducting a house party. Should agent discover occupancy by underage persons occupancy will not be permitted and deposit plus balance of monies paid will be forfeited. No exceptions.
For security reasons, there is a $100 charge for lost or unreturned room keys to cover expense for changing the locks. There will be a $100.00 charge for each lost swipe card, exercise room, garage door opener or pool key/tag. There will be a $75 charge at the renter's expense, payable in cash at the time of service if you lock yourself out of the unit and our staff needs to open the unit for you during non-business hours. If a locksmith opens the unit at any time, the charge will be determined by the locksmith and payable by the renter at the time of service.
NO linens are provided unless linen service is requested; bed linens and bath towels are provided at $35 PER bed. Linens included are as follows: 2 bath towels, 2 washcloths, 1 hand towel, 1 flat & 1 fitted sheet, 2 pillow cases PER bed. You need to bring beach towels with you, as no bath towels are to be taken from the unit for use at the pools or on the beach. SLEEPER SOFAS: We do not recommend sofa sleepers for adult use. Children only.
Our Departure Cleaning Service is provided to sanitize the unit for the next renters. Our housekeeping staff will dust, vacuum, and sanitize the bathrooms and kitchen. Guests are responsible for removing trash. There will be a $50 charge for trash removal PER BAG OF TRASH. There is a short window to accomplish this before the next check in and we would appreciate you leaving the unit in a reasonably clean condition for our housekeeping staff. Detailed check out instructions will be provided at check in and/or located in each rental unit. NO refunds or credits will be made for cleanliness issues.
Many refrigerators are left open during cleaning. It may take as long as twelve (12) hours before your food will cool and the refrigerator returns to a medium temperature. If you fill the refrigerator with warm groceries and continually open the doors, it will take much longer than the twelve (12) hours.
Units are privately owned and furnished according to the homeowner's taste. We cannot be held responsible for appliance breakdowns, furnishing issues and/or for changes by owners in furnishings or equipment. We will make all efforts to have service restored as soon as possible if there is equipment failure. NO refunds or credits will be made for mechanical failures, furnishing issues or equipment.
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Myrtle Grand Vacations is NOT responsible for any personal items left in any rental property. Items found in properties that are not claimed within 14 days after departure will be donated to local charities. There will be a $25.00 service charge and COD fees will be required and billed to your credit card on file if you request us to package and return any items left behind.
Many homeowners have their personal items locked in a closet for their convenience. These areas are not included in any rental. Please do NOT attempt to open these locked closets – they are for HOMEOWNER USE ONLY. If you break into the closet, you will be charged for any repairs as well as the missing items.
In the event that a rental unit cannot be occupied FOR ANY REASON or is sold, Myrtle Grand Vacations reserves the right to transfer reservations to other units or refund advance prepayment at Myrtle Grand Vacations sole discretion. Every effort will be made to contact customer prior to arrival, however, we will not be responsible if customer cannot be contacted. Tenant agrees to pay any difference in rental amount. Tenant shall not be entitled to any refund due to unfavorable weather, maintenance problems, area construction, ready departure, or disruption of utility services (including phone, internet and cable), after occupancy.
It is understood that our company, Myrtle Grand Vacations, assumes no liability and will be held harmless and not responsible for any accidents, injuries and/or damages resulting from the use of a golf cart. You should also be aware that South Carolina requires all operators of golf carts to be a licensed driver. For more information regarding golf car usage laws, please refer to the NMB Dept of Public Safety.
(pools, hot tubs, etc…): It is understood that our company, Myrtle Grand Vacations, assumes no liability and will be held harmless and not responsible for any accidents, injuries and/or damages resulting from the use of amenities. Also, please note that Myrtle Grand Vacations, only rents out the unit and cannot be held responsible for any amenity that is not functioning or out of order. We will make all efforts to have the amenity restored as soon as possible. Tenant shall not be entitled to any refund due to unfavorable weather, maintenance problems, area construction, ready departure, or disruption of any amenity. NO refunds or credits will be made for an amenity which may not be functioning or out of order.
We have a few Pet Friendly properties. They require a $150.00 non-refundable pet fee. Having a pet in a non-pet friendly property is a violation and material breach of Myrtle Grand Vacations' Rental Policies & Procedures and is grounds for eviction without refund and you will be charged $200.00 and any appropriate charge for damages, etc.
Fireworks and grilling on balconies are illegal within city limits. No phone calls may be billed to the homeowner's telephone. More than the occupancy in any unit is strictly prohibited. For non-smoking units, violators will be charged a $350.00 damage fee to cover the cost of a special cleaning to deodorize and rid the unit of smoke.
Campers, trailers, boats and motorcycles are NOT allowed at some locations. Parking is limited to two (2) cars at all condominium locations. If you have special parking needs, please contact our office for assistance.
Property items (such as bedspreads, pillows, chairs, pots and pans, dishes, glasses, silverware, etc.) are NOT to be taken out of the property to the beach or to other properties. ITEMS NOT PROVIDED that you may wish to bring: Hair Dryer, Laundry Soap, Paper Products (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.), Plastic Trash Bags, Personal Toiletries, Dishwasher Soap and any other personal items you may need.
that you may wish to bring: Hair Dryer, Laundry Soap, Paper Products (toilet paper, paper towels, etc.), Plastic Trash Bags, Personal Toiletries, Dishwasher Soap and any other personal items you may need.
Myrtle Grand Vacations, as agent, or the Owner of the individual unit rented shall not be liable for damage or injury to tenant or to any other person, or to any property occurring on the premises or any part thereof, or in common areas thereof, and tenant agrees to hold Agent and Owner harmless for any claims for damage, no matter how caused. Agent will not be held responsible for acts of theft or vandalism or other damage to guest's personal property. Myrtle Grand Vacations assumes no duty, liability or responsibility of any kind in connection with use of the rental property, including but not limited to loss or damage for fire, theft, vandalism, property damage, personal injury, death, economic loss or other liability. It is further agreed the renter releases, holds harmless and indemnifies Myrtle Grand Vacations from any liability in connection with use of the rental property. This rental agreement confers personal Jurisdiction over all Signors to the Horry County Court System, including, but not limited to Magistrate Court in Horry County, for all matters that fall within that Court's jurisdiction.
Myrtle Grand Vacations reserves the right to correct errors in pricing and descriptions of rental properties on the website, any written documentation and all communications to adjust pricing, charges and policies at their discretion. Please note that any email or files transmitted electronically are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you received an email in error, please notify firstname.lastname@example.com. Please note that any views or opinions presented in any correspondence are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check any electronic correspondence and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by email.
About Myrtle Grand Vacations
Located in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., Myrtle Grand Vacations specializes in vacation rentals in the popular North Myrtle Beach Area. Myrtle Grand Vacations is one of the largest rental vacation companies in the Grand Strand area. Our company's focus is on the vacation rental market in North Myrtle Beach and surrounding areas. We provide accommodations for families, students, snow birds, bikers, and mostly any other vacation rental needs. When using Myrtle Grand Vacations for your rental solutions you can be assured that we are the most professional vacation rental management company in the Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach areas.
If you desire an Ocean Front condo or home, we have your vacation package ready. We provide some of the best golf course accommodations available in the Myrtle Beach Area, and not to mention the most competitive golf/rental packages in our market. Myrtle Grand Vacations' motto is to be the best rental vacation company in Myrtle Beach! If you ask many of our past clients, they will tell you we have achieved this goal many years ago. We have achieved our great success by providing most of the services you require on a Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach Vacation excursion. Other companies just provide the rental unit, but we provide the vacation! From the clean-up, beach chairs, beach umbrellas, bicycles, golf carts, Myrtle Beach discounts, Golf packages, and even dining plans, Myrtle Grand Vacations has it all.


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Hearing Room F in the State Capitol was jammed, and the meeting before 16 House and Senate members was thoroughly choreographed. After all, Kitzhaber is gambling his reputation on the biggest public-works project in Oregon history—a $3.4 billion freeway bridge and light-rail line across the Columbia between Portland and Vancouver, something the state's most powerful businesses and unions have wanted for years.
During his first term as governor, Kitzhaber in 1997 said Oregon could not build wider freeways and spend its way out of the very kind of traffic congestion backers claim the CRC would solve.
But on this day, Kitzhaber leaned into the microphone and repeated the support he's expressed for the CRC, especially since he ran again for governor in 2010.
"This is a construction-ready project that will increase mobility and decrease congestion," he said. "We have reached a point of opportunity and of significant urgency."
Two years ago, Kitzhaber couldn't even get lawmakers to vote on a symbolic resolution to express support for the CRC. This time, it was a done deal: The committee approved a $450 million measure to make Oregon's down payment. The House passed the measure 45-11 on Feb. 25, and the bill could go to the Senate this week.
The difference between failure and success was a slight woman dressed in black who watched the governor from the back of the room, leaning forward, her chin resting on her fist.
Patricia McCaig has been a political insider for decades, pulling off coups and building a reputation as someone with the strategic smarts to turn around troubled campaigns. She did it in 1990 for Barbara Roberts' campaign for governor, for Kitzhaber in his 2010 victory, and now for the CRC.
"Five years ago, the idea that Oregon would be the likeliest state to first appropriate its share of the local match was almost laughable," says Bill Wyatt, director of the heavily pro-CRC Port of Portland. "Patricia's engagement has been the difference."
Her flinty and aggressive style makes her an effective advocate and intimidating foe. "Patricia McCaig is not an ingratiating type," says longtime Oregon pollster Tim Hibbitts, who briefly worked as McCaig's business partner. "If I were working a major political campaign in Oregon, I would absolutely want Patricia on my campaign. Period."
Kitzhaber has made McCaig, 58, his top adviser on the CRC, a position in which she has waged a years-long political battle to make sure 2013 is the project's year.
But she is not a state employee. McCaig's paycheck is signed by the CRC's biggest contractor, David Evans and Associates, which profits by the project going forward. To date, McCaig has been paid $417,000.
Government ethics experts from across the country interviewed by WW say Kitzhaber's use of McCaig appears to be a conflict of interest and demonstrates a lack of transparency.
McCaig's billings show she has worked more than 800 hours since mid-2011 trying to convince Oregon lawmakers to approve the CRC. But records show she has never registered as a lobbyist with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, which could be a violation of state ethics laws (see below).
The long journey of the CRC—and McCaig's role promoting it—is a telling story of the way in which a huge, deeply flawed project can still move forward via power politics and a whole lot of spin.
Kitzhaber declined to be interviewed for this story. He canceled an interview scheduled with WW two weeks ago, citing a conflict in his calendar, and has not rescheduled.
McCaig declined repeated requests to be interviewed for this story.
"My job is strategic communications," McCaig told WW, "and this isn't part of those strategic communications to get the bridge built."
In the years following TriMet's opening of the MAX light-rail system in 1986, Oregon planners have dreamed about running a train line across the Columbia River. But in 1995, Vancouver voters rejected a plan to extend Portland light rail into their city. For the next few years, officials from the two states discussed how Oregon could convince its northern neighbors to accept a MAX train.
Their answer: Build us a new freeway.
The existing side-by-side Interstate 5 drawbridges and their accompanying poorly spaced interchanges cause daily traffic jams and slow Port of Portland freight traffic.
In 2002, with Kitzhaber backing the idea, Washington and Oregon sketched out a plan for a new bridge with light rail. In March 2004, two familiar faces showed up in the office of then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
One was former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who was working for two major contractors, Bechtel Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff. His partner was Tom Imeson, a longtime political insider who had been Goldschmidt's chief of staff in the governor's office. Imeson led Kulongoski's transition team, as he has also done twice for Kitzhaber.
Goldschmidt and Imeson urged Kulongoski to put the CRC at the top of his transportation agenda. The state Department of Transportation started planning. Over the next five years, the planned bridge got bigger and wider.
But by 2009, the CRC was in trouble. Local governments agreed to a plan, but bickered over the number of lanes on the bridge. Vancouver's mayoral race was won by a candidate who opposed tolling—a major part of the finance plan. And criticism over the lack of money for the CRC grew louder and more credible by the day.
Goldschmidt by then had been tarnished by scandal with his admission he had repeatedly raped a teenage girl while Portland mayor. His lobbying partner, Imeson, landed at the Port of Portland.
Sources in the Kulongoski administration say Imeson and Wyatt, the port's executive director, insisted the CRC get new leadership. The name they put forward was Patricia McCaig. (Imeson confirmed this account. Wyatt, when first asked, said he couldn't remember what role he played, but later said Kulongoski chose McCaig without his involvement.)
"She has been involved in the public life of Oregon at the highest levels for over 30 years, so she brings quite a Rolodex and set of experiences to a job like this," Wyatt tells WW. "That's what she brings, a rare and unique combination of experience and contacts."
Like Imeson and Wyatt, McCaig is part of a "chief-of-staff
club," having served that role for Gov. Barbara Roberts from 1991
through 1994.
McCaig was working as a secretary in a state agency when Sen. Frank Roberts (D-Portland) hired her in 1979 to help in his legislative office. McCaig was then 26, a University of Washington dropout from Indianapolis, where her father worked as an executive for Shell Oil.
The professorial Roberts soon made McCaig part of his family, including her in weekly Sunday brunches and holiday dinners. "She's like my adopted daughter," Roberts told The Oregonian in a 1991 profile of McCaig.
McCaig proved to be a keen political strategist and soon was helping Roberts' wife, Rep. Barbara Roberts, win election as secretary of state in 1984. Six years later, McCaig staged an upset victory when Barbara Roberts beat Republican Dave Frohnmayer, the establishment's choice for governor.
How McCaig did it is telling. Roberts trailed Frohnmayer by 15 to 20 points in the polls when McCaig poured all of the campaign's cash into TV ads. It was August—a time when no one was paying attention to the race; Frohnmayer's campaign chortled about her terrible misstep.
But McCaig had inside information: She knew The Oregonian was in the field with a poll that would come out right after Labor Day. The Roberts ads—showing a cheery, sunny candidate—aired just as pollsters were asking voters their opinions of the candidates.
McCaig's strategy worked: The poll showed Roberts trailed by only 7 points, and it damaged perceptions of Frohnmayer's invincibility. Roberts went on to beat him.
"There were not many people who thought she had a chance to win," Hibbitts says. "I was one of them. But they put all their money into early television buys, got the momentum and never gave it up."
McCaig's gruff and charge-forward demeanor contrasted with her boss's friendly, upbeat style. But a growing power imbalance between the two was obvious enough for political insiders to start asking questions. Six months after Roberts took office, an Oregonian headline asked, "Is Patricia McCaig the real governor of Oregon?"
McCaig orchestrated Roberts' failed efforts to pass a sales tax, including a calamitous 1992 special session in which McCaig misjudged Republican leaders and left her boss embarrassed and appearing weak.
The next year, Kitzhaber—who had served as Senate president—walked into Roberts' office and announced he would challenge her in the 1994 primary. He turned and walked out, with Roberts chasing him down the hall, pleading with him to stop. He didn't.
Frank Roberts died of cancer in October 1993, and Barbara Roberts lacked the will to mount a re-election campaign Kitzhaber could very well win.
McCaig and Roberts' relationship broke apart after that, bitterly. The former governor declines to talk about McCaig. But in her 2011 memoir, Up the Capitol Steps: A Woman's March to the Governorship, Roberts hints at McCaig's misunderstanding of who was really governor. McCaig, Roberts wrote, told the press the 1992 sales-tax fiasco was "the biggest public humiliation of my life."
"Funny, but I thought the failure and loss were mine," Roberts wrote. "There seemed in that statement a confusion of roles and perhaps even power."
McCaig also emerged from those years with a hatred for Kitzhaber. She witnessed what she saw then as Kitzhaber's callous treatment of Roberts, and told friends and associates of her loathing for him.
The two began their rapprochement in 2000, when Kitzhaber asked McCaig to help defeat several of anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore's ballot measures. The next year, Kitzhaber appointed her to the state Board of Higher Education.
McCaig had been running communications for David Evans and the CRC for eight months when Kitzhaber needed her to resuscitate his 2010 comeback campaign against Republican Chris Dudley, a former Portland Trail Blazers player who was outraising Kitzhaber by a 2-to-1 margin.
McCaig became Kitzhaber's campaign director. At that point, Kitzhaber's campaign had been stumped as to how it should take on Dudley. "The only thing negative we had about him," says Kitzhaber campaign staffer Kevin Looper, "was his free-throw record."
McCaig immediately targeted Dudley's lack of experience and knowledge about how government worked, compared to Kitzhaber's long record—he'd served 24 years as a state legislator and two previous terms as governor.
She was also the conduit between Kitzhaber and the campaign staff, concentrating information and her influence. "She was the epicenter," Looper says. "That campaign wouldn't have been able to tie its shoes without Patricia there to put her finger down on the laces."
Kitzhaber beat Dudley in one of the closest campaigns for governor in decades, winning by only 22,238 votes out of 1.45 million cast. And those close to Kitzhaber knew he could not have won his historic third term as governor without McCaig.
Elected officials who have spoken to Kitzhaber say that while he publicly endorses the CRC, in private he dislikes it.
But business and the trade unions wanted the CRC, and Kitzhaber embraced it during his 2010 campaign. Not long after he was elected, he appointed McCaig to be "lead adviser" on the CRC.
Critics had been scoring points by arguing the CRC was based on inaccurate, high traffic counts. With $110 million spent at that point on planning, a panel of experts in 2011 found the CRC was pursuing a risky bridge design. Oregon officials couldn't get legislators to support a symbolic measure on the CRC, and a bipartisan group of 20 legislators had also signed a letter saying cost estimates and tolling projections were iffy at best.
"Before Patricia got involved in the project, the Oregon side was in deep, deep trouble," Wyatt says. "We had no momentum."
McCaig organized what amounted to a new political campaign for Kitzhaber that plunged him in as a full partner in the CRC.
In April 2011, he appeared at a kickoff press conference for a new bridge design with Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire—an event far bigger than Kitzhaber held when he launched his 2010 campaign for governor.
Part of the strategy was to portray Kitzhaber and Gregoire as appearing to cut costs by selecting the least-expensive bridge design.
"A lot of the agreements and commitments and arrangements that were put in as part of the package that I inherited when I was elected, I wasn't a party to," Kitzhaber told the crowd of politicians, labor and business representatives. "But I want to stand with Gov. Gregoire and lend my support to this project and this decision."
McCaig came up with a strategic blueprint that looked ahead to the 2013 Legislature. To get there, she and CRC officials began to work on resistant lawmakers.
One of them was Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario), who in 2009 wrote an op-ed article in The Oregonian with Reps. Jules Bailey (D-Portland) and Brian Clem (D-Salem) questioning the CRC's proposed cost and lack of open debate.
In 2011, Bentz was named co-chairman of a special oversight committee. He's now a co-sponsor of the CRC funding bill.
Bentz says he became convinced the CRC was something the state, and particularly the Port of Portland, needed. And he says McCaig was the key source of those answers. "She goes and gets the facts and brings them to you," Bentz says.
Meanwhile, CRC opponents found they were overwhelmed by McCaig's volleys. "Patricia is getting people into rooms to lobby legislators," says Evan Manvel, then a lobbyist for the Coalition for a Livable Future. "Every time we meet with them, we know Patricia's got 15 lobbyists meeting with them."
Political consultant Mark Wiener says that's McCaig doing what she calls "running the traps."
"She's checking her bases, making sure all her people are covered," Wiener says. "She is relentless about that."
McCaig has taken bad, even damning news and spun it into public-relations gold.
One of the CRC critics' most persuasive arguments is that the bridge won't pay for itself: The traffic estimates are way off, and tolls from the CRC won't carry their share of the costs. As part of McCaig's strategy, Kitzhaber asked Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler to perform an independent review of the financing plans.
In July 2011, Wheeler issued a report that blew a $600 million hole in the CRC's toll financing plan.
McCaig used the report to pitch legislators a bargain-basement bridge.
"We've clearly been directed by the governor, the public and conversations with you to go for a smaller project," McCaig testified before lawmakers in early 2012. "That's the reality of these times."
She called for phasing in the bridge and trimming around the edges. Kitzhaber got credit for the newer, sleeker Columbia River Crossing.
But in reality, the CRC is no less expensive.
The initial phase is now $2.8 billion. But the overall long-term cost of $3.4 billion hasn't changed. And CRC officials say doing the work later will make it cost more.
McCaig has also shown skill in deflecting the CRC's accountability with one big misstep: The bridge had been designed too low.
After all the planning (costs have now hit $165 million), the bridge was designed at 95 feet—not high enough for major ship traffic.
When that news broke in March 2012, McCaig and CRC officials blamed the U.S. Coast Guard, which must approve the bridge's clearance, for not warning them sooner. "It was kind of a surprise to many people, including the governor," McCaig testified before legislators in September 2012.
Except that it wasn't. Coast Guard officials say the CRC knew the bridge was being designed without enough clearance. McCaig's own invoices show that on Nov. 1, 2011, more than four months before the news broke, she spent 2½ hours advising "CRC leadership on emerging Coast Guard permitting issues."
CRC planners have since bumped the height to 116 feet—which is still too low for some commercial traffic—and have dared the Coast Guard to reject it.
The CRC's financing and toll-revenue plans are still shaky, traffic figures are far below projections, and political opposition is growing stronger in Clark County and Washington state by the day.
Despite this, McCaig's efforts have led to a bill that nods to many of those concerns. Legislators from both parties say they face growing pressure to vote for the measure, though they decline to talk on the record about it.
But what they describe is similar to the hard sell McCaig recently gave Bob Stacey, the newly elected Metro councilor and CRC foe.
Stacey says McCaig met with him Jan. 22 to convince him to change his mind about the CRC. (Metro has already given its OK to the project.)
"She wanted me to come over and start working and supporting the project as an elected official," Stacey says. "She said it's time for me to start helping rather than hindering."
Stacey says he told her the CRC is wasteful, poorly designed and damaging, and that he would do his best to bring it to a halt.
"She said that was an arrogant conclusion that showed obvious disrespect for people who had worked so hard on the project," Stacey says.
Nonetheless, Stacey says he knows McCaig has a winning technique. "I wish she were somebody those of us who have concerns about the cost and harm of this project could go to to help us deliver those messages," Stacey says. "But that's not the side she's working on."
Power Interchange
Patricia McCaig occupies one of the most unusual positions in power in Oregon political history: carrying the title of aide to the governor while being paid $417,000 since 2009 by a major consultant on the state's biggest public-works project ever.
Her role has left legislators and political insiders wondering to whom McCaig answers, and if her relationship to Gov. John Kitzhaber and the contractor is sufficiently transparent.
Experts on government ethics tell WW the arrangement is troubling.
"I've never seen anything like this before, and I've been doing this for 40 years," says Bob Stern, the retired former general counsel for the California Fair Political Practices Commission, who helped write California's conflict-of-interest laws. "You can't have two masters; you usually owe your allegiance to the one who pays you even if you think you believe your allegiance is to the government."
David Evans and Associates, based in Portland, is the CRC's lead contractor for planning the project. The company has billed for more than $30 million of the $165 million spent on the project to date.
The company's executives distance themselves from McCaig.
"She's not on our payroll," says Ron Gasper, the company's chief financial officer. "She's not a subconsultant to us, she's a consultant to the project."
But documents obtained by WW show David Evans and Associates signed her company, McCaig Communications, to a contract in September 2009 at $90 an hour.
Kitzhaber spokesman Tim Rafael says David Evans is the administrator of the CRC and pays everyone related to the project. He says McCaig reports directly to Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett.
"There is only one project and one master and that is getting the I-5 bridge replacement project done," Rafael says. "We have been nothing but transparent."
Judy Nadler, a senior fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara (Calif.) University, says the lack of transparency the arrangement creates is unsettling. "It certainly looks like the inner circle is driving this, where it's actually a massive public-works project that would be paid for by the taxpayers," Nadler says.
The arrangement leaves "a bad taste in the mouth," says Lisa Gilbert of Public Citizen, a Washington D.C.-based government watch group. "Perhaps taxpayer dollars shouldn't go to someone who can benefit on the back end."
But Alan Rosenthal, a longtime professor of public policy and political science at Rutgers University in New Jersey, says he doesn't see the problem with McCaig's dual roles.
"Governors should be able to seek advice from whoever they want," he says. "The fact that she has no official position means there's no conflict between her job as adviser to the governor and her working as subcontractor. Particularly if the governor isn't trying to hide anything."
"If it's bad advice and a bad project," Rosenthal says, "Gov. Kitzhaber will have a political price to pay."
–Andrea Damewood
Patricia McCaig
Former chief of staff to Gov. Barbara Roberts. Married to Tom Walsh, longtime friend of Goldschmidt. Named CRC consultant in 2009; later, as Kitzhaber's campaign director, credited with Kitzhaber's narrow 2010 victory. Appointed by Kitzhaber as senior adviser to the governor on the CRC while paid by the project's biggest contractor, David Evans and Associates.
Threatened to challenge Roberts in 1994. Proposed a more modest CRC idea while governor in 2002. Opposed big freeway projects but endorsed a bigger CRC while seeking election to third term as governor. Hired McCaig as 2010 campaign director; then promoted her to his top CRC adviser after she led his campaign to victory.
Bill Wyatt
Port of Portland executive director, former Kitzhaber chief of staff. Pushed Kulongoski to put McCaig in charge of CRC and recommended she take over Kitzhaber's 2010 campaign.
Lobbied Kulongoski early on the CRC, paid by contractor Parsons Brinkerhoff. Dropped consulting business after admitting raping a 13-year-old girl.
Former Gov. Ted Kulongoski
Served between Kitzhaber administrations. A lackluster CRC supporter, he was pressed by Wyatt and Imeson to install McCaig as leader of CRC effort. His adminstration arranged for McCaig to be paid by contractor David Evans and Associates.
Port of Portland public affairs director. Former chief of staff and consulting partner with Goldschmidt. Has overseen transition teams for Govs. Kitzhaber and Kulongoski. Pushed hiring of McCaig for the CRC and later Kitzhaber's 2010 campaign.
Swaying the Bridge
Gov. John Kitzhaber's top aide on the Columbia River Crossing has spent hundreds of hours in the past two years working to convince Oregon legislators to back the $3.4 billion project.
But Patricia McCaig has never done what state law requires of those who get paid to persuade legislators: register as a lobbyist.
The law requires anyone who "influences or attempts to influence legislative action" more than 24 hours in a three-month period to register as a lobbyist with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. A violation of state ethics laws can bring a $5,000 fine.
"Just supplying information to folks may not be lobbying," Ron Bersin, the ethics commission director, tells WW. "If someone is attempting to influence that legislation, trying to get it passed or trying to sway them, it starts breaking into the lobbying definition."
McCaig has said her primary job is to get the CRC approved. Part of making the CRC happen is persuading legislators to fund it. Since 2011, she's testified before lawmakers on behalf of Kitzhaber and the CRC project.
WW obtained McCaig's billings through a public-records request to the CRC, which is funded jointly by Oregon and Washington. In the last quarter of 2012, she reports spending as many as 219 hours on legislative issues—far beyond the 24-hour limit.
The work, she reported, included meeting with legislators, answering their questions and preparing strategies to get lawmakers to approve the project.
Thirty-two members of Kitzhaber's office are registered as lobbyists. So is Oregon Department of Transportation Director Matt Garrett.
In an email to WW, McCaig acknowledges not registering as a lobbyist. She claims the current CRC effort didn't begin until Nov. 30, 2012, when Kitzhaber released his proposed budget.
"There was no pending legislative action in Oregon regarding the project," McCaig writes. "However, legislative committees or individual legislators would ask the project for educational materials or presentations. Only recently, in February, was legislation introduced."
Bersin says the law doesn't make the distinction McCaig is trying to create.
"If you're asking me does there have to be a bill present in order for lobbying to be present," Bersin says, "the answer is no." –Andrea Damewood and Matt Kaufmann
Hours of Influence
Patricia McCaig, adviser to Gov. John Kitzhaber and a CRC consultant, reports spending hundreds of hours working on getting legislators to approve the project (blue columns). State ethics laws require anyone who spends more than 24 hours in a quarter trying to influence legislators must register as a lobbyist (red line).


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HARRISVILLE The Harrisville Dry Kiln plant will be shut down at the end of this month, but Lewis County officials said they hope to help find a buyer before any equipment is removed.
Bestway Enterprises Inc., the Cortland lumber supplier that operates the Washington Street plant as HDK Wood Products, is working to close the mill, which employs nearly 30 people, by July 31, according to company spokesman Andrew T. Porter.
The move, which was decided upon and announced to employees last week, is a strictly financial decision made after a lengthy process of reviewing figures both internally and through an outside consultant, he said.
A lot of thought went into this, Mr. Porter said.
The dry kiln operation is outside the companys normal purview of lumber treating and building products, and the relatively poor economy, in general, had an impact on the decision, he said.
Were going to do our very best to integrate ourselves into the equation to find a buyer for the place, Legislator Philip C. Hathway, R-Harrisville, said at a special legislative session Monday.
The mill, which Mr. Hathway said has employed as many as 38 people, purchases lumber, steam-dries it in the kilns, runs it through a planer and sells it to manufacturers for use in a variety of products, including door frames and utility poles.
Mr. Porter said the closure is not expected to affect Bestways pressure-treating facility outside Gouverneur, which, according to the company website, employs 10 full-time people and several seasonal employees.
The economic impact of the closure would be substantial for a little place like Harrisville, Mr. Hathway said, adding he hopes the plant can be sold soon before it is scrapped like the Newton Falls Fine Paper mill.
The Harrisville legislator, a member of the Economic Development Committee, said he has spoken with one individual and heard of another who apparently are interested in buying the plant, and both would appear to have the expertise and financial resources to make it work.
Mr. Porter said his company is actively trying to sell the facility and would welcome any assistance in that effort from local officials.
It is our sincere hope to sell it as is, he said.
Bestway officials have some idea of how long they would continue leasing the plant before removing the equipment, but any timetable would be determined by many factors, including whether any serious offers come up, Mr. Porter said.
Assemblyman Kenneth D. Blankenbush, R-Black River, is working to set up a meeting with representatives of the Cortland company, and officials from the county and the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency, which owns the dry kiln property and leases it to Bestway, have been invited to participate, Mr. Hathway said.
Eric is going to be, at our encouragement, spending a lot of time on this, he said, referring to county Economic Development Director Eric J. Virkler.
Legislator Charles R. Fanning, R-Copenhagen, also a member of the Economic Development Committee, said that at least some of the mills fiscal troubles stem from the expense of powering the kilns with fuel oil.
We have offered to get grants to change it over to wood-fired dry kilns, but it hasnt gone anywhere, he said.
A company also approached Bestway with a compressed natural gas system projected to save $300,000 to $500,000 in annual energy costs, but nothing went anywhere with that, either, said Legislator Jack T. Bush, R-Brantingham, president of the Lewis County IDA board.
Mr. Fanning said he is concerned not only with the direct job loss, but with the loss of another market for area loggers.
Paragon Laminated Wood Products, Lakeville, New Brunswick, started up the dry kiln plant in October 1998, and Bestway took over its operation in August 1999. A sawmill was added in 2006.
Plant neighbors Joel and Sandy Chambers in August 2011 filed a state Supreme Court lawsuit against HDK and the IDA claiming the couple suffers noise and vibration from the sawmill, destroying peaceful enjoyment of the property off Maple Avenue and damaging the home. The suit is still pending.
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Kasugho Micro-Hydro Plant
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Thanks to the efforts of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and its partners, a micro-hydro power plant is delivering critical electricity to the Tayna Center for Conservation Biology (TCCB), a maternal and child health care center and other facilities in Kasugho (Lubero territory in North Kivu), in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Background / Issues:
Prior to construction of the power plant, what little electricity was available in the community was supplied by expensive diesel generators at high cost. In these remote communities, diesel supply is intermittent. It is also quite costly and increases the village's dependence on imported fuel, which requires foreign exchange.
DRC has only exploited a small fraction of its enormous hydro-power potential. Power supply is scarce and irregular in urban areas and non-existent in rural areas.
During the 1990s, residents of Kasugho suffered from insecurity due to the presence of armed groups in the area. Villagers had to flee many times and all income-generating activities were abandoned. When security improved and villagers returned, many residents had no economic means of support. Consequently, many people deployed unsustainable agricultural practices such as shift-and-burn agriculture, cultivating steep hillsides, overharvesting firewood for heating and cooking (due to the use of inefficient stoves) and polluting water sources (due to poor sanitation and washing clothes and doing dishes in local waterways).
Key Project Activities:
The initiative to establish this micro-hydro plant came from within the community. Labor and locally available materials needed for construction were freely provided by the villagers. In fact, at the project's start in 2005, more than 200 villagers carried the sand and stones necessary for building most of the infrastructure.
JGI worked with community representatives to create a management committee for the long-term sustainability of the micro-hydro plant. The committee members were voted on by village members and village leaders. The members were elected in 2007 for a two-year term. The committee includes village leaders and teachers, as well as representatives from TCCB and the health center.
The electricity committee determines the distribution of power from the plant. Every user contributes a fee according to the amount of power consumed. These fees will pay for maintenance costs and technicians as needed. In addition, fees collected from end-users will pay the salaries of two villagers trained as maintenance electricians.
One of the committee's earliest accomplishments was mobilizing villagers to build 600 meters of road to enable access to the power plant. With the committee's guidance, villagers also helped the electric company, Proeliki, install electrical equipment on the lines and carry all the heavy equipment such as transformers and wires.
A Congolese non-governmental organization (NGO), CEREBA (Center for Studies in Basic Education Research), worked with JGI to provide qualified technicians to assess the area, construct water channels, build a retention wall and install pipes and the core equipment necessary.
JGI is working to promote livelihood activities that decrease reliance on unsustainable practices. It was during JGI's initial community assessment that talk of the power plant began. JGI is also working with local residents on health activities and construction of fish ponds and chicken coops since many people stopped keeping animals due to past political instability.
JGI is part of a consortium with CI and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) that supports the efforts of eight tribal groups to establish officially recognized community nature reserves. JGI's local partner, DFGFI, helped the communities within Kasugho and seven other neighboring territories create the Tayna Gorilla Reserve. DFGFI is also working with the communities to develop a corridor of future nature reserves between the Maiko and Kahuzi-Biega national parks. The Tayna Gorilla
Reserve is the first community reserve fully recognized by the DRC as a "National Nature Reserve."
Additionally, due to ongoing conversations between DFGFI, local leaders and the eight tribal groups (known as UGADEC or Union des Associations de Conservation des Gorilles pour le Developpement Communautaire a l'Est de la Republique Democratique de Congo), the villagers in Kasugho set aside land for the establishment of the Tayna Center for Conservation Biology (TCCB) – the first conservation college in the DRC.
In concert with the construction of the micro-hydro plant, JGI has made continuous efforts to sensitize residents to the importance of conservation through its local partner UGADEC. These efforts include radio programming and training sessions to teach villagers alternative livelihood possibilities.
On November 6, 2007, the power plant delivered light to the village of Kasugho for the first time. The plant is capable of generating 35kVA that will be used for public lighting covering a distance of 1,500 meters. Even in the dry season, the facility is capable of generating up to 30kVA.
The facility brings power to a rural village far from the national power grid and is transforming the lives of more than 16,000 people.
Not only does the power plant provide light for a previously unlit village, it also contributes directly to one of JGI's main objectives in Africa: the encouragement of sustainable, income-generating activities that are not dependent on unsustainable natural resource exploitation.
And because Kasugho is located near the Tayna Gorilla Reserve, which is home to endangered chimpanzees and eastern lowland gorillas, eliminating unsustainable practices will help ensure the long-term survival of great apes in the area.
After one visit to the site, Dario Kasuko, JGI's community-centered conservation project coordinator in DRC, reported: "The power plant project is magnificent. Poles are already lighting the streets and the market of the village, and the villagers are preparing additional poles. The health center, hotel, the university, the radio and the laboratories are totally lit."
- TCCB, which offers a university level two-year course in conservation biology to more than 500 area youth.
- For the first time, TCCB classes can be offered after dark, and computers and other information technology resources are available to more students for longer periods of time.
- Because students come from neighboring communities, they will also be able to promote this innovative energy source back in their own villages.
- The primary school, which will also be able to stay open late for adult-education activities.
- A community radio station, operated by the TCCB, that broadcasts a wide array of educational programs focused on agriculture, health and conservation.
- Several workshops and other businesses in the village center, including the village mill, which processes much of the grain and cassava consumed in the area.
- The village health center, which specializes in maternal health care and has a maternity ward capable of providing pre- and post-natal care to 30 women.
- Infant mortality in the DRC is at 13 percent and those infants who do survive only have an 80 percent chance of making it to adulthood. "This plant will give area children a better chance at leading full lives," said JGI's Keith Brown, former executive vice president of Africa Programs.


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John Cage: More than Meets the Eye
Monday, April 14, 2014, 11:30 a.m.
The Paul J. Sachs Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries, second floor
Just as John Cage "hoped to attune listeners to silence as a structure within musical notation," this session aims to attune viewers to their mind's eye as a structure for visualizing art. Closing, veiling, and opening their eyes, participants are led through a series of exercises that demonstrate the power of the imagination and mental imagery in looking, seeing, and interpreting art. Derived from art-viewing techniques for people who are blind or have low vision, these experiences enhance an understanding that we all see, if differently.
In conjunction with the exhibition There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's 4'33"
Gallery Sessions, impromptu interactions facilitated by Museum educators that explore the creative process, art history, and the experience of art, take place daily in select galleries. Groups meet in the galleries noted on the schedule. Gallery Sessions are free with Museum admission. No registration is required.
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The number of Internet predator crimes targeting youth continues to increase at locations across Utah and the United States.
In addition, the crimes present complex technical and investigative challenges for law enforcement authorities. And the global nature of the Web requires close coordination among federal, state and local government agencies.
Investigators on the state's computer crimes task force have received specialized training and assistant attorneys general are cross-designated as state and federal prosecutors to ensure that accused offenders are charged in the appropriate system.
To date, the task force has opened more than 300 cases and made almost 100 arrests.
Late last month, the Utah Attorney General's Office filed the state's first Internet predator case in 2006.
The felony level criminal complaint charges an 18-year-old college student with allegedly attempting to arrange to engage in unlawful sexual activity with a young girl via the Internet.
According to the court documents, the defendant reportedly contacted an undercover agent online posing as a female minor.
During the Internet chat, the male subject allegedly indicated the desire to engage in a sexual relationship with the underage female.
State and federal law enforcement authorities, in conjunction with Utah computer crimes task force agents, arrested the suspect when the 18-year-old attempted to meet the minor at a location in Salt Lake County.
The college student faces prosecution on two second degree and two third degree felony counts of enticing a minor over the Internet.
Investigators from the attorney general's office, department of corrections, Wasatch Front police departments and federal immigrations and customs enforcement agents assisted the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at the scene of the suspect's arrest.
"This arrest should send shivers to anyone who has children," commented Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. "The ICAC task force will continue to monitor the Internet, but we also need parents to be vigilant to make sure their children stay away from some of the creeps out there."
Two-thirds of all households in Utah have a computer. Nearly half of the homes in Carbon County and across the state have Internet access. And the nature of the Internet creates potential dangers for youth, pointed out the attorney general's office.
A recent survey revealed that one in five teens has received an unwanted online request to engage in sexual activities or provide sexual information. One in four youth has been exposed to online pornography.
Chat rooms may seem like an idenal way to meet people. But remember:
You never know who is there.
People you meet onlline are not always who they seem to be.
Nothing you type is private, so never give out any personal information
E-mail makes it easy to stay in touch with friends. But to play it safe:
It's best not to respond to an e-mail from someone you don't know.
Don't open files attached to e-mails from someone you don't know.
Exploring the Web
The Internet is a great place to do research for school, shop, and learn more about your hobbies. But for your safety and privacy:
Avoid "adults only" Web sites and if you encounter adult material, leave the site immediately.
If you go to a Web site that requires you to provide personal informatjion to gain access, ask you parents first.
Get a parent's permission before buying anything online.
Last year, the state's computer crimes task force arrested 60 suspects for purportedly enticing youth over the Internet, child sex abuse and child pornography. In 2002, ICAC received the FBI Director's Award for Excellence for "Outstanding Support to the Law Enforcement Community" for bringing different agencies together to combat crimes against children and Internet child pornography.
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As 2004 progresses, Utah should continue to witness the state's first steps toward economic recovery in the form of employment gains.
The movement toward job creation began in late 2003 and the momentum should continue through 2004, indicated Mark Knold, Utah Department of Workforce Services economist.
The momentum may not be as strong as the state would like, since productivity gains will still have a dampening effect on hiring.
In turn, the unemployment rate may not shrink rapidly. But employment growth should reach 1 percent to 1.5 percent.
In Utah, the rates are not adequate to absorb the internal population growth into the labor force or to generate adequate revenues to ease government budget concerns, explained Knold.
However, the statewide economic turnaround has to start at some point and business investment spending should rise throughout the remainder of 2004.
Product demand picked up in 2003, but worker productivity gains covered the increase. As the demand growth continues, productivity gains can carry only so far.
The Utah economy is ready to grow from not just productivity gains, but also by adding employees at companies operating at locations throughout the state, indicated the department of workforce services economist.
In addition, numerous businesses in the state will probably decide take advantage of accelerated depreciation and improving cash flows to update production technologies.
The situation should translate into more hiring activity and possibly more building projects statewide.
"We've seen, over the past year and a half, that the economy is capable of growing in dollar bill terms without adding jobs - even shedding jobs. Jobs though, are what's needed to put people to work and to keep an economy vibrant, growing and generating adequate tax revenues," commented Knold.
Residential construction made a significant contribution to the economic energy that surfaced across Utah in 2003. Residential construction will likely wane in 2004, but other sectors should pick up the spending slack, continued Knold.
Higher interest rates and the saturating of demand will combine to slow residential construction activity, but only modestly as long as mortgage interest rates hang in the 6.5 percent range.
Apartment and townhouse building have a chance of improving in 2004.
Non-residential construction activity will remain stressed, as commercial overbuilding could continue to be a hindrance for several years.
The Utah economy needs to experience employment growth of approximately 2.5 percent to provide adequate job opportunities to absorb the state's internal labor force growth, pointed out the workforce services economist.
The expansion rate in question would require the addition of approximately 27,000 new jobs statewide.
Utah's average yearly employment growth rate since 1960 registers at 3.4 percent.
"So it's not a stretch for the economy to generate that many new jobs. But will the current environment create them? The odds are that it will not. Unfortunately, Utah probably won't see that rate of growth until 2005," concluded the department of workforce services economist.


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(NBC NEWS) -- After a concussion-causing blow it takes about 12 days for the average child to recover.
Now a new study shows that after a second or third concussion it takes kids much longer to bounce back.
"Kids who'd had a previous concussion had twice the duration of symptoms of those who hadn't had a previous concussion," says Dr. Matthew Eisenberg of Boston Children's Hospital.
The lead study author, Dr. Eisenberg analyzed nearly 300 young athletes who went to the emergency room with concussion.
Symptoms like headache, dizziness, nausea and difficulty concentrating lasted longer when concussions occurred within a year of each other.
"We think that there's a window of time after the head injury in which the brain is more vulnerable to a second head injury," Dr. Eisenberg says.
It may be that the brain hasn't fully recovered from the original trauma, but the lengthened recovery time could also be due to an entirely different reason.
The brain must rest to recover.
Doctors routinely tell concussed patients to stay away from school and sports: No texting, no computers, no video games.
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But keeping kids contained like that can also lead to headaches and other symptoms that doctors could misinterpret.
"If symptoms that are produced from that process are misinterpreted, as being symptoms from the injury, then the answer is, well keep resting. And what happens? The symptoms keep going on," explains Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher of the University of Michigan Health System.
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New York Rangers @ New York Islanders
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Rangers Record: 8 - 3 - 1
Islanders Record: 1 - 4 - 5
The rivalry may not be what it used to on the ice, but don't tell that to the thousands of New York area fans who reslish it.
Tonight, the Islanders play host to the Rangers in their first meeting of the season.
Last season, the Rangers won the six game series 5 - 1 - 0.
However, there may be a new breath into the life of this series as the Islanders now sport a formidable young forward core led by 2009 first overall draft pick, John Tavares.
Tavares, in 10 games this season, has three goals and four assists.
The Islanders also rely heavily on former first round picks winger K
On the backend, the Islanders continue to get consistent two-way play from Mark Streit, their 2009 All-Star. He and defenseman Andy Sutton lead their defenesmen in scoring with with a goal and three assists each, respectively.
Aside from the rookies, the Islanders also have some depth veterans that lead this young group. Former Ranger Doug Weight, Richard Park, and Brendan Witt provide depth and support as mainstays on the Islanders roster.
The Islanders have their share of wild cards as well, led by injury-plagued goaltender Rick DiPietro. DiPietro, who has been shunned for his 15-year deal, has struggled to stay in the lineup, battling a series of injuries and surgeries.
He has not suited up yet this season, and his time table for return seems to be around the holidays.
To address the goaltending issue, the Islanders sent some waves throughout the league by signing veterans Dwayne Roloson and Martin Biron. Curiously, both chose to sign knowing that when (if) DiPietro comes back, one will surely be waived or traded.
But they have both made the most of the opportunity, splitting time fairly evenly.
Another wild card is forward Robbie Schremp, who was claimed off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers. Once highly touted with an incredible skill set, Schremp has struggled to keep consistency.
While he has been provided an opportunity with the Islanders, he has only played in six games and has yet to score a goal.
In their last game, the Islanders fell 3 - 2 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens.
On the Rangers front, a bit of disturbing news for fans hoping to see Marian Gaborik in his first contest of the rivalry.
Gaborik is currently listed as doubtful for tonight's game and forward P.A. Parenteau has been recalled as a possible replacement. He may be a game-time decision.
It appeared that Gaborik tweaked his knee in a collision with former Ranger Petr Prucha on Monday night. Both Head Coach John Tortorella and Gaborik have stated it isn't serious and is not related to prior injuries.
Monday may prove to be the game that righted the ship for the Rangers, defeating the Coyotes 5 - 2 at the Garden. It was a nearly complete game, aside from a five minute hiccup late in the second period.
Vinny Prospal continues to produce and Enver Lisin has worked his way to first line left wing. Both players will likely stay there tonight.
The Rangers defense group also rebounded on Monday, looking more comfortable and focused on the transition game.
While their own zone play is still shaky at times, they have been much more consistent at moving the puck through the neutral zone and contributing on the offense.
Rookie and early Calder Trophy consideration Mike DelZotto leads the team in defensive scoring averaging a point-per-game. His play has also brought the Rangers power play to 33.3%, good for third best in the NHL.
Top pairing Dan Girardi and Marc Staal seem to have settled a bit despite a shaky start. Girardi is second on the team in defensive scoring with four points.
Aside from the top line and defense chipping in, the Rangers have not seen much contribution from the depth of their forward roster.
Captain Chris Drury has become more defensively focused while wingers Chris Higgins and Ryan Callahan continue to be snake bitten.
Higgins had a much stronger game on Monday, playing harder on the boards and being more aggressive to the net.
Callahan continues to be a step behind, losing out on several opportunities because he is thinking before shooting. Both players could benefit from the game tonight as it expects to be fairly open.
Ales Kotalik has begun chipping in consistently, both on the power play and even strength. Kotalik had bounced around between the third and fourth line early in the season before forcing himself to be considered between the second and third lines.
The fourth line, in limited minutes, acquired Artem Anisimov last game and was able to chip in some offense while playing smart defensively.
A major questionmark for the Rangers has been the penalties, something that has been addressed, but still not fully enacted. New York continues to take untimely penalties, totalling 68 penalties on the season, good enough for fifth worst in the NHL.
Carolina leads the NHL with 78 penalties taken.
As for goaltending, the Rangers will likely go with Henrik Lundqvist, though it has not been official. Lundqvist was in a small fender-bender yesterday, but suffered no injuries.
Lundqvist looked solid on Monday night, turning aside 30 saves en route to the victory.
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1. Cardboard or newspaper (enough to make a work area that's approximately 3' x 5')
2. Fabric paint (about 8 fl. oz., in both black and white)
3. 2 cups or containers that are large enough to fit your hands
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5. Jeans (Note: Sung recommends using light or medium-wash denim, because it works nicely with basic paint colors, like black and white.
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Xander Archuleta sits in his hospital bed playing video games as he recovers from a bone marrow transplant.
Xander with his two-year-old sister Madison.
Six-year-old Xander Archuleta has many loves; playing with his friends, working with Play Doh, playing video games and, particularly, trains.
But he has been forced to put many of the things he likes to do on the back burner. The challenges of a health crisis have set him back time and time again since he was 17 months old. And he will face even more battles as the next year progresses.
Over four years ago, the little tyke from Price was diagnosed with leukemia. Ever since, through treatments, remission, recurrence, treatments and remission, all happening a number of times, he has been able to survive.
Now he has had a bone marrow transplant (using stem cells). Medical personnel who are working with him are optimistic, although they won't give his mother, Mandy Archuleta, any percentages for his future.
His history of disease and medical treatments to tame it would make those of even the most seasoned veteran of adult hospital experiences pale in comparison. The leukemia first showed up in 2005. Then, after the doctors thought they had it beat, it appeared in his spinal fluid when he was three years old. Another set of treatments followed. When Xander was five years old, the doctors once again thought they had it beat. Then, earlier this year (March), it recurred again. This time, it manifested in his eyes. In each occurrence, the treatment had to be changed. Still, a series of chemotherapy sessions and radiation had to be used.
"Being in his eyes this time makes it very difficult to treat," explained Mandy. "They don't like to use radiation around his eyes because of the problems it can cause later on down the line. And the chemo really doesn't get to the eyes. Since he was a year and a half (old), he really hasn't ever been off some kind of therapy for very long."
All the financial costs incurred through the therapies and treatments are as significant an issue as are the health care issues involved with Xander. And, in the next few months, the expenses will be even higher. He and his mother and will stay at the Ronald McDonald House in Salt Lake City during a time period when his health is still fragile. Things could go south quickly. He has to stay within 20 miles of PCH for up to four months.
"I have had good insurance covering a lot of this," said Mandy as she sat in a nurse's station at Primary Children's Hospital. "But I couldn't have done all that we have without the great support system we have had from my family, and friends who have come to help us."
Still, money is a problem, as little Xander, who played a video game while his mother sat outside his room being interviewed, doesn't quite understand yet. The living costs alone of staying in Salt Lake when their home is in Price are high. And, the fact that Mandy will not be able to work the entire time Xander is in treatment along the Wasatch Front, makes it even costlier.
"I work for NAPA in Price," says Mandy, who relates that Rick Krompel, her boss, is very understanding regarding the situation. "But no money is coming in while I am here."
Xander is also missing school this year. He should be in kindergarten. While the school (Creekview) has provided support when he is home, at Primary Children's it is too far away for anyone from the school district to be able to reasonably do anything. He did, however, get to go to preschool for a while last year in between occurrences.
"We hope that, once we are out of here, we can get a tutor and get him caught up so he can go back to school, but I pretty much expect he has lost kindergarten for this year," his mother said.
Mandy and Xander have made it through many trials because of their family and the community that surrounds them in Carbon County.
"So many people have already helped us," stated Mandy. "The Parrot Heads Club and Kiwanis Club have given money, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation gave us a trip to Ohio, where Xander got to ride on a narrow gauge railroad through the central part of the state. They even let him ride up in the engine."
The Ronald McDonald House is cheap lodging, considering the costs of other accommodations in Salt Lake City. Still, at $675 per month, it is not easy for a family that has no current income. Mandy's ex-husband has helped a lot, but he recently got laid off from his job, Things are looking a little bleaker these days.
That's why, this Saturday, Nov. 14, friends, family and other supportive people are holding a benefit dinner and auction for Xander, so he can get the treatment he needs and stay in place in Salt Lake to get it. The dinner will take place at the Helper Auditorium from 5 to 7:30 p.m. A silent auction will be held at the dinner. Among items to be auctioned off are two rifles, a shotgun, binoculars, a rifle scope, a little giant ladder and a vacuum from Loveless Ash. There are also many overnight stays including some in Park City, Mesquite, Wendover, and Las Vegas, Nev. as well as in Salt Lake, and St. George. There are also many other great items. A donation account has also been set up at Zions Bank in Xander's name.
When Xander is better, he will return home to play with friends, play video games and hopefully watch the trains on the tracks that run through Price, dreaming all the while of when he got to ride in a steam locomotive, hopefully, a good memory of long ago.
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