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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Sattler Theatre on Buffalo's East Side may be dark and disheveled now, but it has the potential to be great once again after 99 years of history.
Movies and performances were once shown in the historic theatre, which was most popular in the early to mid 1900s.
All these years later, the theatre has fallen into disrepair due to owners who neglected the space.
In 2008, it was bought by the WNY Minority Media, which saved it from demolition.
The group says it needs about $7 million to restore the theatre, and they need the public's help. You can find more information at www.thebroadwaytheatre.net.


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SYRACUSE If someone were to ask what a high school girls basketball postseason game should look like, show them the film of Sundays Section 3 Class D semifinal between Copenhagen and New York Mills.
The game was competitive throughout, fast-paced, physical, intense, emotional, and came down to a last-second shot to either win or lose.
Unfortunately for the third-seeded Golden Knights, their final shot to win came up short.
Carly Dziekan and Domenique Talerico scored 13 and 10 points, respectively, as the second-seeded Marauders pulled out a 43-42 victory at Onondaga Community College.
New York Mills will play the undefeated, top-seeded, defending champion Oriskany, which advanced with a 52-21 victory over No. 4 Sackets Harbor in the preceding game.
My girls didnt get down, didnt get defeated, and came back in the fourth quarter and put themselves in position to actually win it, Copenhagen coach Natalie Scott said.
Copenhagen, which ended its season with a 15-4 record, trailed by as much as nine in the second half, but got to within a point with 3.8 seconds left.
After a timeout, Logan Wheeler took the three-quarter-court inbound pass, dribbled to her right and got a decent, albeit contested, look at the basket from a few feet inside the 3-point arc.
The shot fell just short of the rim.
We just had to get the ball in and try to shoot or get fouled, we knew we had to score somehow, Wheeler said.
Wheeler lifted the Golden Knights on offense late, scoring seven of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter. She drained two pivotal 3-point field goals in the fourth, the second of which cut Copenhagens deficit to 42-40 with one minute, 40 seconds left.
With 6.4 seconds left, Brooke Spaulding grabbed the biggest rebound of her life off a missed New York Mills free throw to set up the final play.
We knew it was going to be intense at this point in the tournament, Dziekan said. Its not going to be an easy game, and we were expecting a game like that. We just kept our heads.
The Golden Knights used their signature five-for-five substitution method to set a fast and physical pace in the first half, which they ended with a 22-20 lead.
But New York Mills (17-3) gained control early in the third quarter, using its size advantage to deny Copenhagen any easy buckets at the rim, and getting better guard play to complement the 5-foot-11 Talerico in the post.
We just came together as a team at halftime and said, Well, our bigs are getting beat up so everybody needs to take a part and just shoot, and go to the basket and draw the fouls, Talerico said. We had to just go at them.
Copenhagen then clawed back slowly throughout the fourth. Scott said the team set short-term, possession-by-possession goals to cut the deficit.
We had to work twice as hard as we were already to get back out of the hole we dug, Wheeler said.
We had to stop them from scoring, so we had to get some steals and try to not foul them because theyre good foul shooters, Copenhagen senior Cassidy ODonnell said. Then, eventually work our way back with more points on the board.
Senior Christina Graziadei scored a game-high 20 points and Madison Zizzi added 17 to lead the top-seeded Redskins (19-0) past the undermanned Patriots in a Class D semifinal.
Oriskany got off to a slow start offensively, creating an early window of opportunity that Sackets Harbor was unable to take advantage of.
Graziadei banked in a 3-pointer at the first-quarter buzzer to put Oriskany up 12-5, and the game was never close from that point on.
(Theyre) just a very good team, said Sackets Harbor coach Gregg Townsend, whose team finished 11-6. Very good press, they run the floor well and get out on the break. They do everything well.
Sackets Harbors leading scorer, senior Joan Cuddeback, tried to return from an ankle injury that kept her out of the teams quarterfinal win.
She came off the bench midway through the first quarter, tweaked the ankle and got it re-taped on the bench shortly after. She played sparingly after that and was held to two points.
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After losing match play to the orange-clad "Flying Scotts" during the 2008 Big Thursday Golf Tournament, John Catalano and Tim Hallman wanted another shot.
It's the "wait until next year" attitude at its best, but it wasn't to be.
Phillip Scott said his older brother, Evan, is having back problems that knocked them from match-play competition on Nov. 19 that pitted Clemson supporters against the Gamecocks faithful at Lancaster Golf Club.
Ashley Faulkenberry has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
"Words can't describe just how thankful I am," she said. "I'm thankful just to be alive."
Seriously injured in a 4-wheeler accident on May 30, this is one holiday that Ashley, 21, never thought she would see.
What was billed as a late night of fun and mud-slinging with friends off Spirit Road in the Rich Hill community quickly became a nightmare.
If you haven't found the perfect Thanksgiving turkey by now, don't fret.
For many people, gardening provides an inner solace that helps maintain balance in an otherwise hectic world. It provides an escape into nature where yards take on the unique personality of the gardener.
It's those personal touches in Jean Wilson's yard at 2239 Sunshine Road that caught the eye of Joyce Morin of the Lancaster Garden Club. The club named Wilson's yard the November Yard of the Month.
Roaming the streets at The Carolina Renaissance Festival has become old hat for 30-year-old Troy Dunbar. But in true renaissance fashion, that hat has changed into a turban.
After portraying a wandering poet at the festival for three years, Dunbar is now Arabian sultan Azeen Al-Mullah ("defender of money") at the 16th- century European-style arts and entertainment festival.
And Dunbar, choral director at Lancaster High School, is easy to spot.
If you see Garen Hicks around town, he might not have much to say.
The black bracelet he wears says what words can't.
He wears it as a memorial to his friend and fellow 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade member U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carlo Robinson.
A Hope, Ark., native, the 33-year-old Robinson was killed Jan. 17, 2009, when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Kabul when his patrol was attacked.
Robinson was one of 17 of that unit's soldiers killed during a 15-month deployment in Afghanistan.
In a 38-year professional music career, Ricky Skaggs has pretty much seen it all. Now he's seen just a little more.
Arm in arm with his daughter, Molly, and his son, Luke, the Skaggs were afforded a special treat Saturday, courtesy of L&C Railway and See Lancaster.
The Skaggs family, and their respective bands, Kentucky Thunder and Songs of Water, enjoyed a L&C luxury train ride excursion to the Catawba River and back before performing at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster on Saturday night.
Nobody wants to get old before their time.
But this week, I'm sort of wishing I was born in 1950 instead of 1960.
Why? It's simple.
If I was about 10 years older, it would mean that I would've gotten to see both Tracy Mc-Griff and Jimmie "Buck" Sistare grace the gridiron.
The late Hobert Skaggs always had a hidden reason behind everything he did.
The mandolin that 5-year-old Ricky Skaggs found in his bed one Saturday morning some 50 years ago, and the G, C and D chords that Hobert taught his son weren't just learning tools and a musical instrument.
It was Hobert's connection to his Eastern Kentucky childhood that was lost when his brother was killed in World War II.
Andrew Jackson State Park will have a different aura Saturday night when stories are woven around burning campfires and shadows cast by flickering candles.
However, these won't be ghost stories or tall tales.
It's the annual Life in the Waxhaws lantern tour at the park which bears the name of a president.
The lantern tour offers a historical look at 18th century life in the Waxhaws during the 1780s when Jackson was a lad.
With its timeless traditions, foundation of leadership and emphasis on community service, the Boy Scouts of America has made a difference.
Since its inception, volunteer scout leaders have worked to instill the values of duty, honor and country in young men to provide a strong foundation for future generations.
Until now, many of these local scouters have been unnoticed, except by those whose lives they have impacted.
But that's about to change, said Art Harris, Lancaster district executive for the Palmetto Council for the Boy Scouts of America.
There's nothing wrong with a good scare this time of year, especially when it's for a good cause.
Halloween is only 16 days away, "witch" means you're probably looking for terrifyingly terrific way to get your scare on.
Beginning tonight, you'll have that chance.
The Lancaster County Rescue Squad Haunted Forest opens at sundown in the woods adjacent to the squad equipment building on Great Falls Highway.
It took more than a quarter of a century for Barbara Bowers to meet Brenda Elam in person, but the wait was worth it.
What started out as a complaint between two textile-based industries 28 years ago turned into a lifelong friendship that defies age, miles, 28 years of phone calls, cards, letters and gifts.
That bond was strengthened in September when Elam came to Lancaster to visit Bowers.
One day in 1981, Bowers, who was a claims manager at Grace Finishing for Springs Industries, fielded a phone call from Elam, who worked for the Haggar Company.
Stories on Col. Elliott White Springs abound.
"So many people can tell tales about the colonel and the kind of man he was," said C.D. "Bubber" Gregory.
But there is one – that few people know – that can be told.
The "camera-doesn't-lie" formal photo taken by the late Lavoy Bauknight, is proof.
But it's the one photograph of Springs that was almost never taken.
A renewal of sorts is under way with the Lancaster Chamber Choir. Having seen a drop in both membership and concert attendance the last two years, they are trying to get the "we're back," word out.
When former director Michael Miller left to pursue a doctorate degree out of state, the choir lost its leader. Margaret Walsh, music director at First United Methodist Church, temporarily took over.
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Ron Smart knows a lot about choices.
Smart, an ex-death row inmate, had the opportunity to speak to students at Buford Middle, Andrew Jackson High and Buford High schools about that very thing Thursday.
"I can tell you plenty about making the wrong ones," Smart said during a telephone interview Wednesday. "I spent 46 of the 50-plus year span from March of 1955 to September of 2005 in prison for the bad choices I made. I would say that makes me an authority on what not to do."
Things were looking up in Lancaster in mid-October of 1959.
Fifty years ago, the undefeated Lancaster High School Blue Hurricanes had just beaten the Clinton High School Red Devils on a soggy, rain-soaked Presbyterian College field.
Julian Starr, publisher of The Lancaster News, Dr. J.P. Sims and local attorney D. Glenn "Rock" Yarborough had been named to the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
Despite an employee's strike, the Bowater family announced a $30 million expansion at its paper mill along the Catawba River.
With their distinctive four-part harmonies and combination of country and bluegrass-tinged tunes, Little Big Town is sure to lure a few more fans into their fold on Saturday.
That's when the up-and-coming country group performs as part of See Lancaster's Performing Arts Series at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster's Bundy Auditorium. The four-time Grammy Award-nominated band is the third act to be featured in the 2009-10 series.
There's only one candle on Lallage Jones' birthday cake. Since Lallage is celebrating her 101st birthday today, she's entitled to as many or as few candles as she wants.
And Lallage, a retired educator and "preacher's wife," hasn't lost her sense of humor about reaching the milestone.
Born Oct. 11, 1908, she had one early birthday celebration with family and friends during this week's Golden Age Group luncheon at First United Methodist Church.
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Fresh juice, organic vodka, and raspberry liqueur combine to make an orangey-brownish cocktail with black tinges that looks great for Halloween festivities.
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Hollywood has made a killing off mother's favorite mantra: Don't go into the woods after dark.
California drought leads to less hefty, more expensive pumpkins
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While a healthy pumpkin crop in Illinois signals that Thanksgiving will be A-OK, California's parched conditions means bad news for Halloween.
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All-natural blood orange and ginger mixers create a cocktail with a bite for your Halloween parties.
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Should it stay or should it go?
The Watertown City Council will decide Monday whether to rehabilitate or replace the deteriorating water tank at Thompson Park.
Consultant Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Syracuse, has recommended that the city spend $913,000 to make major repairs to the 250,000-gallon tank instead of replacing it. The engineers projected a new tank would cost about $1.37 million. The city has budgeted $500,000 for rehabilitation.
Water Superintendent Michael J. Sligar agreed with the consultants recommendation, saying its more cost effective than demolishing the tank and replacing it.
It takes in account the 30-year life of the tank, he said Friday.
The cost of maintaining the tank over the next 30 years would be $365,200, bringing the total cost over that period to $1,278,000. Projection for the new one, including maintenance, is $1,376,800. Still, it would be better for the city to make the repairs, Mr. Sligar said.
We got that question answered, he said.
Both Mr. Sligar and the consultant determined it would be best for the city to put a new multilayer coat of paint on the exterior and two coats of epoxy on the interior.
Council members are expected to hear a presentation Monday night that spells out the details of the repairs. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the third-floor council chambers of City Hall, 245 Washington St.
The tank was installed at Thompson Park the highest point in the city in 1978 to provide adequate water pressure to the neighborhood surrounding the park, to properties along Gotham Street and for some underground city tanks in the park.
The city learned that corrosion in the tank has increased so much since an inspection in 2000 that the entire protective interior must be replaced, according to a Nov. 13 memo from Mr. Sligar. Despite updated quotes being sought, nothing was ever done, Mr. Sligar wrote after looking in subsequent files.
Council members also will discuss a $1 million project to install a 3,000-foot-long water main that would run parallel to a line that runs from Thompson Boulevard to the reservoir tanks at the park.
The new line would provide redundancy in the water supply to the 100-year-old line in case of a break or need for repairs.
Council members will be asked to spend up to $94,300 for GHD Consulting Services, Cazenovia, to design the new line. Last month, they approved a $35,900 contract with GHD, but the city has determined the scope of the work has increased, so it merits the additional money, according to a memo from City Manager Sharon A. Addison.
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Ducks suspend Harris for driving violations
EUGENE, Ore. -- The Oregon Ducks football team has suspended star cornerback Cliff Harris pending an investigation into driving violations, Coach Chip Kelly said Monday.
In a statement, Kelly said the suspension is a "complete prohibition from all football activities until the matter is resolved."
Eugene police pulled over Harris earlier on Monday afternoon, and cited him for driving without a seatbelt, driving on a suspended license and driving without insurance.
Jenna McCulley, a Eugene Police Department spokeswoman, said Harris was pulled over near a McDonald's at Hilyard and Broadway in Eugene because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. The car he was driving was later impounded.
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Monday: Overcast with thunderstorms and rain showers. High of 77. Winds from the NW at 5 to 15 mph shifting to the SSW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80%. Monday night: Partly cloudy with thunderstorms and rain showers. Low of 57. Winds from the North at 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
EVENT OF THE DAY: Dancing Under the Stars
From 6 to 7:30 p.m., come for Dancing Under the Stars, twilight ballroom dancing lessons held in Forest Park. The lessons are free and are held every Monday until July 8, when the Nick Russo Latin Jazz Quintet will perform for participants. Click here for more info or to submit an event of your own
Mayhem in the city: 25 people shot in 48 hours
Violence surged like the mercury Sunday, with three more fatalities from gun violence — and eight others wounded in shootings — bringing the total number of bullet-riddled in the city to 25 in less than 48 hours. Read more: New York Daily News
City Council offers free self-defense classes following hate crimes
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the council's LGBT Caucus have announced they will host free self-defense classes following the recent spate of hate crimes directed at members of New York City's gay community. Read more: NBC New York
Queens car wash workers walk off the job, say they've been harassed by employer after voting to unionize in April
Sixteen workers at a Queens car wash walked off the job Saturday to protest what they claim has been systematic harassment at the hands of their employers. Read more: New York Daily News
Former mayor Ed Koch remembered at St. Patrick's mass
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's family and friends attended mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral Sunday – a favorite activity of the late Jewish mayor. Read more: ABC New York
Bradley Manning trial begins 3 years after arrest
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning goes on trial Monday more than three years after he was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Read more: AP
Obama to highlight mental health six months after Newtown shooting
President Barack Obama will highlight the issues faced by Americans with mental health problems at a White House conference on Monday, following his promise to start a "national conversation" on the subject after the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at a school last year. Read more: Reuters
Actress Jean Stapleton, known as Edith Bunker on 'All in the Family,' dies
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A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud and for the purpose of executing or concealing such a scheme or artifice or attempting to do so—
(1) files a petition under title 11, including a fraudulent involuntary petition under section 303 of such title;
(3) makes a false or fraudulent representation, claim, or promise concerning or in relation to a proceeding under title 11, at any time before or after the filing of the petition, or in relation to a proceeding falsely asserted to be pending under such title,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
Source(Added Pub. L. 103–394, title III, § 312(a)(1)(B),Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4140; amended Pub. L. 109–8, title III, § 332(c),Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(b),Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3562.)
2010—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(b)(1), struck out "bankruptcy" after "involuntary".
Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(b)(2), struck out ", including a fraudulent involuntary bankruptcy petition under section 303 of such title" after "title 11".
2005—Pars. (1) to (3). Pub. L. 109–8, which directed insertion of ", including a fraudulent involuntary bankruptcy petition under section 303 of such title" after "title 11", was executed by making the insertion after "title 11" wherever appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Effective Date of 2005 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–8effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under Title 11, Bankruptcy, before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 ofPub. L. 109–8, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 11.
Effective Date
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Copeland Talks Long Road to NBA
There's a pretty fascinating interview over at Draft Express with Chris Copeland. Copeland is impressively candid about his road to the NBA, about how at times he though about giving up as he toiled away overseas, and about the effect that the right coaches finally had on his game that allowed him to develop as a player.
JT: You mentioned that things didn't go very well for you initially in the D-League and Spain, but by the time you got to Belgium you were averaging over 20 points per game and you're in the NBA now, so what changed with you over that time span?
CC: Honestly, I think my biggest transformation happened in Germany. I had really strong years out there, got top scorer of the year my second year, and the first year I was on pace to do that but I think I finished like second. But the coach I had in Germany was the first one to really like push me to be better every day. He was always hard on me and it was a big time growing experience for me. Coach Yves [Defraigne, now in Belfius Mons in Belgium] was a big time motivator for me and a big time change of pace, and I needed that.
The whole thing is worth your time, as it's an interesting insight into an athlete's mentality and what it takes to make it at the professional level. It's also a pretty good reminder that even though professional sports is pretty much the best meritocracy we've got going, it's often overlooked how much luck and circumstance plays into how an athlete's career can turn out.
Nonetheless, You have to admire a guy like Copeland, who simply refused to give up on his dream when he had pretty much every chance to. Who knows what role he'll continue to play as the season progresses, but what he's accomplished already, is something that's definitely worth praising.


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EU commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes poses between Henry... News PhotoBelgium,Berlaymont,Brussels,Commissioner,Europe,Horizontal,Human Sciences,Lecturer,Material,Neelie Kroes,Portrait,Science and TechnologyPhotographer GEORGES GOBETCollection: AFP 2013 AFPEU commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes (C) poses between Henry Markram, dDirector of both the Blue Brain and the Human Brain Project at Lausanne Polytechnic federal school (R) and professor Jari Kinaret head of the condensed matter theory group at Chalmers (R) on January 28, 2013 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The European Commission has selected two science projects, one to develop graphene, a material of the future, the other to fully model the human brain on computer laureates that could enable them to get everyone up to one billion euros over 10 years.The Human Brain Project, led by Professor Henry Markram at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) and the Graphene project, led by Jari Kinaret, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, were chosen from among 21 projects receive this award. AFP PHOTO GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)


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Attorney General Roy Cooper joined 7 attorney generals from other states in signing a letter asking MySpace to provide information on how many registered sex offenders are using the site.The measure comes months after MySpace announced it was partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corporation to build a database with information on sex offenders in the United States. According to the letter signed by the attorney generals, it is understood from that data that thousands of known sex offenders have MySpace pages. MySpace assures it is doing its best to keep its sites clean from predators, but Cooper says that isn't enough. He wants to know exactly what steps MySpace is taking to keep the sites safe. Cooper has presented legislation to the North Carolina General Assembly that would make it a felony for registered sex offenders to use social networking sites.
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A proposed change to the states mental hygiene law has mental health advocates fearing the states quest to cut costs will put treatment of the mentally ill at risk.
In his 2013 executive budget Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed eliminating the prescriber prevails policy from the mental hygiene law.
Mental health advocates say the proposal that effectively strips doctors of the ability to prescribe Medicaid patients the atypical antipsychotic drugs they need if their health plan manager hasnt established it as a preferred drug.
Advocates are calling on the governor to include the exemption for atypical antipsychotic drugs that was codified in last years budget bill.
Glenn Liebman, CEO of the state Mental Health Association, said the current law allows physicians to have the final say on what drugs their patients receive.
The physician can overrule the Medicaid provision within the health plan, he said.
But Mr. Cuomos proposal would give health plan managers, not physicians, the final say on mental health medications.
This is rather sweeping, said Arthur J. Clark, professor and coordinator of the Counseling and Human Development Program at St. Lawrence University, Canton. It certainly doesnt make a lot of sense to me.
Mr. Clark said the problem with Mr. Cuomos proposal is that it essentially places the power of prescribing medication in the hands of health plan managers who arent physicians and who dont know a patients mental health background.
It puts patients at risk, Mr. Clark said.
There is an appeals process within the governors proposal, but Robert Valadez, policy analyst at the Gay Mens Health Crisis, New York, said that with some types of medications the appeals process, which could take weeks, has the potential to be devastating. He said that is especially true for patients also taking drugs for HIV and AIDS.
If a patient is off their antipsychotic medication for too long, or if they are taking the wrong type, they may also miss other regiments they need to be on.
With HIV medication, its so finely tuned that if they wait two to three weeks it can have drastic impacts on the client, Mr. Valadez said.
Morris Peters, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomos budget division, said the proposal will not threaten the well-being of mental health patients.
Citing the built-in appeals process, Mr. Peters said, What were trying to do here is protect patients from the misuse of antipsychotic drugs.
Mr. Peters also said the savings from removing the prescribers prevail provision will help keep Medicaid fiscally responsible.
It certainly is understandable to reduce costs and control costs, but at what cost? Mr. Clark said.
Mr. Clark said Medicaid is already saving money by stressing preference in prescribing lower-cost generic medication whenever possible.
It seems to me, if you have a physician with the right background, they can easily prescribe the generic drugs on their own, he said.
Sandra Tomalty, secretary of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in St. Lawrence County, said people with mental illnesses are already are being given generic drugs unless there is no generic for the medicine.
As for removing the prescribers prevail policy, Mr. Clark said the savings may be relatively minimal, only several million dollars statewide.
Ultimately its not going to save money because the reality is, if somebody doesnt get access to their medication, they could be hospitalized, Mr. Liebman said.
He said the cheapest way to deal with mental health issues is to ensure effective and efficient access to the correct medication.
If youre putting patients at risk, this doesnt make sense, Mr. Clark said.
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42 U.S. Code § 13013 - Strengthening of court-appointed special advocate program
(a) In general
The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall make grants to initiate, sustain, and expand the court-appointed special advocate program.
(b) Grantee organizations
(1) An organization to which a grant is made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section—
(A) shall be a national organization that has broad membership among court-appointed special advocates and has demonstrated experience in grant administration of court-appointed special advocate programs and in providing training and technical assistance to court-appointed special advocate program; or
(2) An organization described in paragraph (1)(A) that receives a grant may be authorized to make subgrants and enter into contracts with public and not-for-profit agencies to initiate, sustain, and expand the court-appointed special advocate program. Should a grant be made to a national organization for this purpose, the Administrator shall specify an amount not exceeding 5 percent that can be used for administrative purposes by the national organization.
(c) Grant criteria
(1) The Administrator shall establish criteria to be used in evaluating applications for grants under this section, consistent with sections 5673 and 5676 of this title.
(2) In general, the grant criteria established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall require that a court-appointed special advocate program provide screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special advocates in accordance with standards developed by the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association. Such criteria may include the requirements that—
(A) a court-appointed special advocate association program have a mission and purpose in keeping with the mission and purpose of the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association and that it abide by the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association Standards for Programs;
(C) the management and operation of a court-appointed special advocate program assure adequate supervision of court-appointed special advocate volunteers;
(D) a court-appointed special advocate program keep written records on the operation of the program in general and on each applicant, volunteer, and case;
(E) a court-appointed special advocate program have written management and personnel policies and procedures, screening requirements, and training curriculum;
(F) a court-appointed special advocate program not accept volunteers who have been convicted of, have charges pending for, or have in the past been charged with, a felony or misdemeanor involving a sex offense, violent act, child abuse or neglect, or related acts that would pose risks to children or to the court-appointed special advocate program's credibility;
(G) a court-appointed special advocate program have an established procedure to allow the immediate reporting to a court or appropriate agency of a situation in which a court-appointed special advocate volunteer has reason to believe that a child is in imminent danger;
(H) a court-appointed special advocate volunteer be an individual who has been screened and trained by a recognized court-appointed special advocate program and appointed by the court to advocate for children who come into the court system primarily as a result of abuse or neglect; and
(d) Background checks
State and local Court Appointed Special Advocate programs are authorized to request fingerprint-based criminal background checks from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal history database for prospective volunteers. The requesting program is responsible for the reasonable costs associated with the Federal records check.
(e) Reporting
An organization that receives a grant under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to the Administrator a report regarding the use of the grant for the fiscal year, including a discussion of outcome performance measures (which shall be established by the Administrator) to determine the effectiveness of the programs of the organization in meeting the needs of children in the child welfare system.
Source(Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 217,Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, § 12221(b)(1)(C),Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1894; Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 112(c),Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2986; Pub. L. 113–4, title I, § 106(2),Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 77.)
2013—Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–4, § 106(2)(A), substituted "Standards for Programs" for "Code of Ethics".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–4, § 106(2)(B), added subsec. (e).
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–162, § 112(c)(1), substituted "to initiate, sustain, and expand" for "to expand".
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 112(c)(2)(A), substituted "subsection (a) of this section—" for "subsection (a) of this section", inserted subpar. (A) designation before "shall be", and substituted "(B) may be" for "(2) may be" and "to initiate, sustain, and expand" for "to initiate or expand".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 112(c)(2)(B), substituted "(1)(A)" for "(1)(a)" and "to initiate, sustain, and expand" for "to initiate and to expand".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–162, § 112(c)(3), added subsec. (d).
2002—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 107–273substituted "sections 5673 and 5676 of this title" for "sections 5665a, 5673, and 5676 of this title".
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–4not effective until the beginning of the fiscal year following Mar. 7, 2013, see section 4 ofPub. L. 113–4, set out as a note under section 2261 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–273effective on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, and applicable only with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, see section 12223 ofPub. L. 107–273, as amended, set out as a note under section 5601 of this title.
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The CO2 problem in 6 easy steps
Lessons from simple toy models and experience with more sophisticated GCMs suggests that any perturbation to the TOA radiation budget from whatever source is a pretty good predictor of eventual surface temperature change. Thus if the sun were to become stronger by about 2%, the TOA radiation balance would change by 0.02*1366*0.7/4 = 4.8 W/m2 (taking albedo and geometry into account) and this would be the radiative forcing (RF). An increase in greenhouse absorbers or a change in the albedo have analogous impacts on the TOA balance. However, calculation of the radiative forcing is again a job for the line-by-line codes that take into account atmospheric profiles of temperature, water vapour and aerosols. The most up-to-date calculations for the trace gases are by Myhre et al (1998) and those are the ones used in IPCC TAR and AR4.
These calculations can be condensed into simplified fits to the data, such as the oft-used formula for CO2: RF = 5.35 ln(CO2/CO2_orig) (see Table 6.2 in IPCC TAR for the others). The logarithmic form comes from the fact that some particular lines are already saturated and that the increase in forcing depends on the 'wings' (see this post for more details). Forcings for lower concentration gases (such as CFCs) are linear in concentration. The calculations in Myhre et al use representative profiles for different latitudes, but different assumptions about clouds, their properties and the spatial heterogeneity mean that the global mean forcing is uncertain by about 10%. Thus the RF for a doubling of CO2 is likely 3.7±0.4 W/m2 – the same order of magnitude as an increase of solar forcing by 2%.
There are a couple of small twists on the radiative forcing concept. One is that CO2 has an important role in the stratospheric radiation balance. The stratosphere reacts very quickly to changes in that balance and that changes the TOA forcing by a small but non-negligible amount. The surface response, which is much slower, therefore reacts more proportionately to the 'adjusted' forcing and this is generally what is used in lieu of the instantaneous forcing. The other wrinkle is depending slightly on the spatial distribution of forcing agents, different feedbacks and processes might come into play and thus an equivalent forcing from two different sources might not give the same response. The factor that quantifies this effect is called the 'efficacy' of the forcing, which for the most part is reasonably close to one, and so doesn't change the zeroth-order picture (Hansen et al, 2005). This means that climate forcings can be simply added to approximate the net effect.
The total forcing from the trace greenhouse gases mentioned in Step 3, is currently about 2.5 W/m2, and the net forcing (including cooling impacts of aerosols and natural changes) is 1.6±1.0 W/m2 since the pre-industrial. Most of the uncertainty is related to aerosol effects. Current growth in forcings is dominated by increasing CO2, with potentially a small role for decreases in reflective aerosols (sulphates, particularly in the US and EU) and increases in absorbing aerosols (like soot, particularly from India and China and from biomass burning).
Step 5: Climate sensitivity is around 3ºC for a doubling of CO2
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NEWPORT–The final varsity game of the Maniatty weekend saw the North Country (6-3-1) and U-32 (4-2-3) girls battle it out in front of a loud and supportive mix of Falcon Faithful and Raider Nation.
The weather would go from wet, to dry, from cold to warm, back to cold but try as they might, neither team could break the 1-1 deadlock, so after 100 minutes of action, the two teams were forced to settle for the tie.
"We had a good effort," said coach Peter Alexander. "There was a little too much kickball, but they played hard and it was a gutsy effort."
"We had spurts where we played really well, but we were better when the ball was on the ground and we weren't playing the long ball stuff," said U-32 coach Steve Towne.
North Country brought the pressure early and were led by their co-captain Anna Bingham.
The rugged senior was dominating the middle of the field, sending through balls, racing back into coverage and getting her head on anything that came within a five foot radius of her.
Said Alexander, "She wants the ball so hard, you can't fight her. She wins the ball ninety percent of the time and it is tough for the other team because they know she is going to get the ball."
U-32 got into the game around the six minute mark when they had an opportunity off of a corner, but the Falcons were still the better team overall.
U-32 was led by two people on Saturday, their tall goaltender Bailey Starr and their even bigger middi Emily George.
Starr was getting her hands on anything that was sent her way, including a fantastic shot by Crystal Moss in the 7th minute of the second that was earmarked for under the crossbar.
George was the focus of the offense, and what little offense the Raiders had on Saturday went through her.
The big number fifteen scored the Raiders' goal with 17:36 left to play in the first when she was able to turn wide around Elizabeth Maxwell (who besides this play, had an outstanding game for NCU) and fire a cross-net shot past Jenna Moss to stake U-32 to the 1-0 advantage.
The lead would last for over an hour as the Falcons continued to attack the Raider end.
U-32 played better after the tally, but North Country did not wilt away, they still came at the Raiders and as the game went on, they only got better.
In the second half the team was having trouble getting separation from the Raider defenders.
North Country won the 50/50's picked off balls out of the air and sent passes up, but the speedy strikers just did not have the room to move like have in recent contests.
Devinnie Davis, Moss, Katie LeBlanc, Michaela Columbia nor Natalie Sykes could shake the ladies marking them and it seemed to create some frustration, but it did not deter their determination.
The middi and backs continued to do their job.
Maxwell, Lizzy Alexander, Lindsey Gaboriault, along with Chelsea Bianchi, Brooke Breault and Ashley Robishaw-Morin all played very well.
These six girls did their respective jobs in a business-like way that did not give away the fact that the team was still trailing and the contest's end was fast approaching.
It looked like the Falcons had finally broken through earlier in the half, but a beautiful play that had Davis as the benefactor of lovely set-up by LeBlanc was disallowed due to off-sides.
"It was heartbreaking to get the tying goal, and you think 'this is it' and then it's offsides, but that's the way it goes," lamented Alexander.
Finally Davis was able to find some space on the right side of the field in the forty-third minute of the second half.
The diminutive dynamo shed her mark and fired a low shot that Starr stopped.
But the rebound was back on Devinnie's foot and the Falcons' leading goal scorer added to her total, sending the ball over the Raider keeper and into the net.
Columbia almost ended it with about a minute left, but she missed connecting with a ball in front of U-32's cage and we were off to overtime.
The Falcons owned the extra time.
The Raiders had maybe a few minutes of the twenty played where they were in the driver's seat, but for the most part it was North Country time.
With the homecoming dance looming the Falcons tried to end in the first OT session, but their two chances, one off of a corner, the other a bomb from Maxwell, were both turned away.
In the final ten minutes they had another two cracks at the net, but Starr stood her ground and the teams were left with a tie to add to their record.
Said Alexander," We got some points, not as much as we wanted, but some points."
"It was amazing," said Bingham about North Country's resiliency on Saturday. "None of us gave up. People got hurt, but they kept going and I am proud of everyone."
The girls will head out on the road on Tuesday when the travel down I-91 to face St. Johnsbury at 4:00.
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Heart It Or Hate It: Britney Spears "Work Bitch!" Leaks!!
Get out your headphones or find a club that's open because Britney's "Work Bitch!" has leaked and it's a club banger!
Who knows how long this link will work so listen while you can--though we have a feeling the track's going to be all over the radio today. Listen!
We're curious though--how many times can you say "bitch" on the radio on a Sunday??
What do you think of Britney's latest, Instincters?
I hate it, I think working with will i am was the worst decision her team has made ever!
It's okay not bad. I kinda liked it. I guess it's something that needs to grow on you I think!!
Now get to work BITCH!! Get it girl!!
Ha ha! Reminds me of when Ace of Base explained in their home video how their competition would record one sample and repeat it 20 times. This song embodies that very notion. Horrible leak.
The song started off cool, but got old really fast. Its one of those track that plays in the back ground that you kind of ignore. Very boring song.
Only 20 years after RuPaul brought us "Supermodel" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw9LOrHU8JI and its similar refrain.


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The Boldest Shoe Style For Fall: Over-The-Knee Boots
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Take a deep breath and repeat after us: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and, doggone it, I can conquer this footwear trend."
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Diane Kruger
Proof that this look can be as demure as it is daring, the actress paired her Christian Louboutin boots with a pearl-embellished Chanel dress and elegant Stephen Webster bangles at The Cinema Society and Jaeger-LeCoultre screening of The Host in New York.
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At New York Fashion Week last month, the singer turned heads in a slouchy Bernhard Willhelm Post Dress ($887) and Christian Louboutin Monicarina Boots ($2,645). We love this outfit's mixed messages. The shoes say, "Come hither," while the dress says, "Stop, or I'll blab to Page Six."
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Miranda Kerr
The supermodel hit the streets of New York this week with her son in a pair of Hermes F/W 12 boots, which she styled with fall's borrowed-from-the-boys trend.
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Jessica Hart
Mini skirts and thigh-high boots are a match made in fashion heaven. As editor Kat Collings learned when road-testing the trend, it's best to have just a few inches between where shoe ends and the skirt begins. Case in point: Jessica Hart in head-to-toe Ferragamo at a party celebrating the label's launch of L'Icona in New York.
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Lily Aldridge
The Victoria's Secret supermodel was spotted at New York hotspot, No. 8, in a goddess-style Lanvin dress and sold out Isabel Marant Thigh High Boots. Lest you want to draw comparisons to Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, it's wise to balance these boots' va-voom factor with an outfit that's not too form-fitting or revealing.
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Leigh Lezark
What happens when our two favorite boot styles — motorcycle and thigh-high—collide? They make these epically punk rock bad boys, courtesy of Chanel (available now in store). Lezark, seen here at the Chanel S/S 14 show in Paris last week, is also wearing a sweater and skater skirt by the label.
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Olivia Palermo
Out and about during Paris Fashion Week, Palermo paired a Zara Checked Dress with Zips ($119) with Stuart Weitzman Highland Boots ($750). To soften the style — and create the illusion of endless gams—opt for neutral color, as opposed to black.
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Sandra Hagelstam
The 5 Inch and Up blogger struck a pose last month in a cape and shoes by H&M, a Pohjanheimo shirt, Katja Juntunen shorts, a Louis Vuitton by Sofia Coppola bag, and Bik Bok jewelry. A chunky heel and rounded toe are key to making the dramatic boots feel daytime-appropriate.
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On the F/W 13 runway, the French label's cult-status double-face cashmere dresses met the perfect partner in crime in a pair of skin-tight olive boots.
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Lim eschewed the boot's high-glam factor and instead sent models down his F/W 13 runway in layered looks anchored by slouchy outerwear.
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Tibi's F/W 13 collection trotted these boots out with a few different looks. This one especially caught our attention because of the striking contrast in textures between the slick, shiny leather and the nubby knit.
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Submission Samsung Sends Free Galaxy SIII to Dragon Doodler->
beerdragoon writes: A Canadian man received a one of a kind, customized Galaxy SIII from Samsung. How? He sent them a drawing of a dragon he made and asked for a new phone in return. The Samsung social media team responded instead by sending him a drawing of a kangaroo riding a unicorn. The exchange generated a lot of attention and as a way of saying thank you, Samsung provided a shiny new SIII, customized with the drawing of his dragon.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch has voted against an energy tax package that would drive up the cost of gasoline in Utah and throughout the country.
"With gas prices at record highs this summer, it makes no sense to pass a bill that would make prices go higher," said Hatch.
"I have a strong record of supporting alternative and renewable energy sources. That's the future. But we shouldn't pay for it by making it more costly to get gasoline to our cars today. We need a balanced approach," continued the Utah senator.
The United States Senate's finance committee approved a $32.1 billion tax package that supports research and development of unconventional energy sources.
According to the Utah senator, the bill will not reduce the cost of gasoline for perhaps decades - at the expense of conventional sources that Americans rely on for energy needs.
Hatch indicated that a new oil refinery has not been built in the U.S. for 30 years.
The Utah senator proposed legislation for the energy package to allow oil refiners to write-off 100 percent of the costs of new equipment in the first year - rather than depreciating the expenses over 10 years - to help companies overcome the high economic hurdles of expanding capacity.
The U.S. Senate's finance committee rejected the provision, but extended through 2013 legislation from the 2005 energy act to allow a 50 percent write-off.
"You bring the price of gasoline down by producing more of it, not by making it harder to develop," pointed out the Utah senator. "I cannot support an energy policy which actually works against the goal of increasing the amount of oil and gas available to the people who need it."
Despite Hatch's opposition, the proposal cleared the finance committee.
The tax package will be included in the overall energy bill currently being debated by the full U.S. Senate.


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Happy Easter to everyone here at the forum! May it be filled with many blessings!!
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Happy Easter Everyone! Looking forward to seeing all of the beautiful, colorful scrap pages!
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Read: Why The Players Wanted Donald Fehr Back In The Room
At TSN, Ryan Rishaug spoke with Winnipeg defenseman Ron Hainsey who has been involved in CBA talks at almost every step.
Hainsey said that on Wednesday night he could sense something wasn't right and things weren't being communicated the correct way. Because of that the players wanted both Donald Fehr and Gary Bettman to return to the negotiating table.
Bill Daly told Rishaug that bringing Fehr back into the room wasn't a "deal breaker" as Hainsey said last night, but an indication that the owners who joined the talks would not stay involved.
Hainsey says that the time had come to bring the closers back to the table,"We are not capable of closing billion dollar deals, we can get them close I think, we're trying to do that, but as far as closing them out, I don't see any other way we could do it without our staff in there. That's why they're there."
4:45PM: Zach Parise told Michael Russo at the Star Tribune that he doesn't think the two sides are in a doomsday situation right now.


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Smokey is an unmarked town in Bone County, San Andreas. It is virtually abandoned but does have a few services. The Big Spread Ranch strip club, an Ammu-Nation store and a Hotdog vendor can be found in the tiny town.
Smokey's only residential area is a small trailer park. The town's population is estimated to be around twelve. The trailer park contains roughly six trailers and, if each trailer houses two residents, then the total population of the town is indeed twelve. It is not known if Smokey is a town in its own right or merely a tiny neighborhood or a suburb of nearby Las Venturas.
Due to its very small size and lack of any real population Smokey can hardly be called a village. It exists as more of a locality or neighborhood likely policed by the Las Venturas Police Department. For this reason it might not be a true town at all but the first signs of the expansion of the sprawling urban mass of Las Venturas.
The town is not named in the original PS2 version of the game. However, on the Xbox and PC versions of the game, the town is named Smokey.
- Knife - beside a trailer in the trailer park.
Stationary VehiclesEdit
- Random vehicles - in front of the 2 businesses.
- Hotdog - in the southern block.
- The town has 3 blocks. If looked at to the north, the street grid looks like a pistol. This is a possible reference to the town's Ammu-Nation, and the name, Smokey.
- This town is possibly based on Crystal, Nevada, a small desert town on the outskirts of Las Vegas.


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The new page, "Memories from the Hill," recalls special events and traditions of life in Natchitoches and Northwestern State. "Memories from the Hill" presents the recollections of alumni and friends about our collective past. Ranging from a look back at past Homecomings to the reminiscences of alumni, the page records those moments that made NSU more than an alma mater to members of the Northwestern State family. The site has photos from the 1951 Homecoming parade along with a collection of postcards from the institution's early history. One of the postcards is from an early Natchitoches Christmas Festival.
"The photographs and reminiscences in this collection will be something everyone associated with Northwestern will enjoy seeing," said Tommy Whitehead, professor emeritus of journalism, who helped develop the site. "So many of the events will be just as familiar to an alumnus from the 1950s as a current student."
The address will be: traditions.nsula.edu/collections/memories-from-the-hill. Alumni and friends with memories to add to site can e-mail email@example.com to provide photographs and recollections.


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Little Mix Drops New Single 'How Ya Doin'?'
April 18, 2013 11:41 AM
U.K. pop group Little Mix surprised fans this week when they decided to bump up the release date of their anticipated new single "How Ya Doin'?" featuring Missy Elliott.
Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson took to Soundcloud to let fans know that their new single would officially drop a few weeks before its original May 5 date. "We're very excited. Make sure you buy the Missy Elliott version. It's a fantastic single and it makes you want to dance," the girls said.
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(NEWS CENTER) -Below is a list of resourcesfor Lyme Disease in Maine along with cause, symptons, treatments, preventionand also how to properly remove a tick.
Lyme Library of Links
An online support group started by two Maine women who struggled with advanced Lyme disease.
Jimmy The Greek's Maine Mall 5k for Lyme Disease
All you need to know about the event on April 28, 2013
International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)
A nonprofit, international, multi-disciplinary medical society, dedicated to the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of Lyme and its associated diseases.
Lyme Disease Association, Inc.
A national, all-volunteer, nonprofit organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Primary government resource for information on disease, including Lyme.
Maine Lyme
Anon-profit organization whose mission is to decrease the prevalence of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne illnesses in the State of Maine through awareness, prevention, education and advocacy.
Lyme Disease 101:
Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, and is spread to humans by the bite of an infected deer tick
Lyme disease has a wide range of symptoms that vary from case to case. They can incude:
--a red rash that spreads outward, sometimes with a clear center or "bullseye" appearance.
--muscle or joint pain
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--memory lapses and concentration problems
Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics. It is easiest to treat in its early stages.
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Ninth graders Alyssa Armstrong and Mercedez Allred are surrounded by more than 800 pairs of shoes they have collected so far in their FCCLA project at Helper Junior High School. The girls had heard that millions of people die each year from diseases that come from going without shoes. They chose to help Soles for Souls, a charity that distributes shoes to the needy worldwide.
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BOSTON, Ma. (WUSA9/AP) -- The second suspect, of the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, has been caught, the mayor of Boston tweeted.
Boston Police also tweeted, "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
"We're exhausted, but we have a victory here tonight,'' said Col. Timothy Alben, State Police Superintendent.
The hunt to find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been ongoing since Thursday. The capture comes after a tense five days. He exchanged gunfire with law enforcement for an hour while holed up in a boat before being captured, said police.
"It was a very very complicated case. It was a very challenging case. There are still some questions remaining to be answered."
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said charges against Tsarnaev have not yet been determined. "This is still an active, on-going investigation,'' Ortiz said, adding that it will be Attorney General Eric Holder's decision whether to seek the death penalty.
The suspect is in serious condition according to the police commissioner.
Crowds near the site could be seen cheering around 8:45 p.m. on Friday.
Police responded en masse Friday evening after shots were fired in the town where a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was last seen. The suspect was located by a boat at 67 Franklin St. Watertown, Mass.
Shortly after the lockdown was lifted early Friday evening in the town where the at-large Marathon bombing suspect was last seen, journalists reported several shots could be heard. Later Friday evening, reporters said several explosions could be heard at the scene.
The brothers are suspects in Monday's marathon bombings, which killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. The men are also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in his vehicle late Thursday.
Secretary Napolitano said in a statement, "The apprehension of the suspect tonight is a significant development in the ongoing FBI-led investigation of the Boston bombings. I commend the federal, state and local law enforcement and first responders who have been and continue to work tirelessly to get to the bottom of the senseless attacks in Boston, and defend and protect the American public."
The mayor of Boston commended the work of all law enforcement agencies, at a press conference shortly after the suspect was apprehended alive, "I just want to say very briefly, thank you, thank you, thank you."


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|Site-Based Management
At various times in U.S. history, the decentralization of governmental decisionmaking has forced a redistribution of power away from a central authority to several local authorities. In the realm of public education, site-based management (SBM) is one form of decentralization that devolves budgetary, instructional and/or other decisionmaking authority from centralized school administrations to individual schools. The rationale behind SBM is that those closest to the student are most capable of making important decisions that will lead to change and improvement. Creating school autonomy and empowering teachers, principals, school administrators, parents and other community members through participatory decisionmaking are central tenets of site-based management.
Schools that decide to implement SBM typically create school-site councils. Countless forms of school-site councils have been created with various numbers of any of the following stakeholders as members: parents, community members, teachers, principals or school administrators. Site-based management typically takes one of four different forms: administrative control, professional control, community control or equal control.
In almost every state, some school districts practice site-based management to one degree or another, and five states (Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas) currently mandate site-based management in every school. From an international perspective, every school system in New Zealand now practices SBM and 15 other countries have SBM councils. Comparing the percentage of school councils present in the United States with those in other countries shows the U.S. ranking near the bottom in terms of percent of schools using SBM councils.
Early research on SBM produced some promising findings, but concluded that school-based management, unless well-designed and well-implemented, had few positive effects. One study noted an "awesome gap" between the rhetoric and the reality of SBM's contribution to school improvement. More recently, however, several studies have suggested that SBM leads to improvements in school culture, classroom practices and student learning.
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Is this command necessary? Can we remove or limit its use at all?
I've been messing around with it and it seems to be the cause of at least some of the warp i see in other players.
For me, when I turned autotimenudge on, the game was a slide show. My netgraph got ugly... I was warping, everyone was warping to the point where I consider it unplayable. But cause I was testing it I stuck with it for a few FFA games.
I won them all.
I was hitting shots I had no business hitting.
The lg was near useless (and still locked on at points) but rail, rockets, mg, sg and even plasma were hitting even when I know from my position I should have missed. It felt like the server was giving me the benefit of the doubt and let me hit just because my shot was in the general area of my target. I had 37% acc at the end of the game when I had 100+ ping and as I said, was playing in a complete mess of a slide show.
It was obvious other players were having trouble tracking me, they were turning completely in the wrong direction (where i came from as opposed to where I was or where I was going). People couldn't find me, never mind hit me. A few times I literally ran circles around other players.
I imagine, I can tweak it for each weapon so when I play with my normal 20-40 ping I have that bonus jitter-warp making me harder to hit, while hitting shots that should actually miss, all without the loss of normal accuracy.
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In the last few months, what we have seen is the media only dishing out some heavy criticism for the new Apple Unlocked iPhone 4 for its reception problems and how the company has handled the whole fiasco. However unlike the media in America, the European media has not really singled this phone out and in fact they have said that the performance of this phone is more or less on par with other smartphones currently available in the market. A recent report a major Norwegian newspaper recently reported that the mobile phone did not in fact have any kind of flaw in its engineering and therefore was performing okay. They have also said that the phone has been well received by the major carriers Telenor.
The above mentioned newsletter has based their conclusions on some testing which they have done with some of the most popular smartphones in the market. In an analysis done where they have compared the iPhone 4, Nokia Unlocked E71, HTC Wildfire and the older iPhone 3GS, they say that they have found the same issues with the reception dropping due to the manner in which the phone is held. Amazingly they have also gone to the extent of reporting that the iPhone 4 does not actually drop calls if the signal is lost in the phone. Along with that, they also analyzed the data and the voice quality on the iPhone 4 and the 3GS and what they found was that both were superior as compared to the HTC and the Nokia counterparts. Although the voice was cut when the signal went down, the calls were not dropped, said the reports.
To be honest, in the tests that we have done, the iPhone 4 Unlocked handset has not really failed us that much and its performance is not startlingly low as compared to other major phones provided by carriers.


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On Saturday, December 10, this year's Nobel Prize laureates will receive their prizes from the Swedish king. Among those are two winners of the Economy Prize, which is not a real Nobel Prize – fittingly, since it's not a real science.
The Bank of Sweden calls it a prize in economic sciences, but that can definitely be discussed. Through the years it has mainly been propaganda for stern capitalist perspectives and convictions. For example, Milton Friedman got the prize in 1976.
What has the economic "science" at all accomplished? Has it found laws for how the economy works, so that they can predict future economic events? No. Have they been able to perform repeated experiments with foreseeable results? No. Do they agree on fundamentals of how the economy works in society or parts thereof? No.
What they do is to present pure theories, one after the other, and fight for them to be applied to society and its economy, although they can't prove what will be the outcome. It's like treating a disease with a medicine never before tested.
Actually, I am sure that the so called science of economy is partly responsible for the financial world behaving like a sinus curve run amok. When this or that theory is applied to society, that's when it starts to go downhill. And the countermeasures are equally unsure.
I think they should skip that prize, at least until economy is able to prove that it has achieved scientific solidity. By the way, my opinion on psychology is similar, but it has no Nobel Prize.
|Thomas J. Sargent answering an awkward question.
Thomas J. Sargent on economy as science.
Rather amusing.
Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims got their prize "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy." Good luck with that. Would Aristotle buy it?


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Mets have 3 days to pick up Wright's $16M option
Starting today, based on unique language in his contract, the Mets have three days to decide whether to pick up David Wright's $16 million contract, according to ESPN New York.In his column for the
In case you missed in Saturday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post said 10 team officials outside the Mets organization believe David Wright and the Mets will eventually agree to a long-term contract extension, which they expect will be worth at seven-year, $127 million contract extension, in addition to his $16 million option for 2013.
The total suggested package would be for eight years and $143 million, which would would make Wright the highest paid player in franchise history. According to Sherman, all 10 of his sources believe Wright will want a deal worth more than Johan Santana's six-year, $137.5 million and Ryan Zimmerman's eight years and $126 million.
In a poll to MetsBlog.com on Saturday, 71 percent of 5,500 voters said the Mets should offer the above contract to Wright.
In polls earlier this month, voters were split on whether to pay Wright more than $18 million per season, though the overwhelming majority agreed he should be signed for another seven to eight years.
"This would be a pretty good deal for both parties," another NL executive told Sherman. "[Wright] is still a very good player and when you look at his age and position, there is a little less risk than most guys entering their 30s."
On Thursday, Andy Martino of the Daily News said the Mets were still in preliminary discussions with Wright on a new contract, although Sandy Alderson has already discussed the team's long-term plans with Wright.
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In early October, I said I thought the Mets would start negotiations with a six-year deal to begin after next year's option, meaning Wright would be under contract the next seven seasons. Also in that post, I explained how Wright's camp will likely milk talks until at least after the World Series, with both sides likely haggling over that 2020 option. If it's guaranteed, the result will be almost identical to the eight-year, $143 million contract posed by Sherman's sources.
That said, it's a forgone conclusion that Wright's option will be picked up. He is under contract and I think there is zero chance of trading him (regardless of whether they agree to an extension this winter or not), so there is real rush to getting a deal done (other than it puts everyone at ease). So, despite the timeline, I bet these negotiations are done very quietly, and with the ability for both sides to take their time and and do lots of 'circling back.' In other words, this is a deal that could come out of the blue, especially if being worked on while other deals are trying to be made.
To read Michael Baron's thoughts on this deal, click here.
Michael Baron, ContributorAt a shade under $18 million a year, I think that's a fair and reasonable deal for a star player in New York and the Mets should sign him at that figure. If the Mets can get something along those lines done – and soon – it would end the questions, speculation and uncertainty about Wright's future, but it would also go a very long way towards showing other players, media and fans that the organization is once again capable of investing big money in the marketplace, even if they don't intend to do so this on other players this winter.
I expect the Mets will exercise Wright's option for next season no matter what – they have until five days after the conclusion of the World Series to get that done. As I've said, the language from both sides indicates there is strong mutual interest to get a deal done. But it's not reasonable to set a timetable on it, nor is it reasonable to think the Mets can snap their fingers and get a new deal done. The Mets have publicly stated they intend to handle Wright's contract situation different than that of Jose Reyes last winter – considering how that turned out, their words are encouraging. But actions speak louder than words, especially as they try and change the perception of the state of the franchise.


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