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For BlackBerry, Analyst Sees No Return to Glory
Research In Motion shares continue to get hit in the wake of the company's big BB10 unveiling.
After falling 12% on Wednesday, the stock is down again Thursday as investors and analysts try to figure out whether the big rally has run its course or is poised to continue.
Generally, people seem fairly impressed with the BB10 devices. But the disappointment lies in the fact that the products aren't available immediately. Others are skeptical the company will be able to regain lost market share in the smartphone market.
"At least they have a shot," Colin Gillis, a tech analyst at BGC Financial said in a chat with MarketBeat.
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Gillis, who has a sell rating and $7 price target on the stock, acknowledges that the new devices give RIM a fighting chance among a bunch of smartphone makers looking to grab market share from the big kahunas Apple and Samsung.
"It's a dogfight for that number three spot," he says. "Outside of Apple and Samsung, this market is littered with car wrecks. RIM will have a degree of success, but I still think the fact that they have a new platform and an expensive price point will be a tough combination.
"All the effort Microsoft has gone through to crack a new platform into this market shows that it's a tough road ahead."
In a subsequent note to clients, Gillis offered his ten takeaways and thoughts from yesterday's BlackBerry event:
1) The company did a nice job in generating attention and smoothly executing the launch.
2) We like the operating system and the feel of the new phones.
3) We expect the reviews to be generally popular, but that may not translate into sales.
4) The delay in rolling out the Q10, with the physical keyboard until April, is disappointing.
5) The company made a point of stressing "One Company. One Platform. One Vision " but unfortunately they still have two operating systems.
6) Will the change in company name to its Blackberry brand cause the competition to follow suit ?
7) There is a disconnect between the target market and pricing of the new phones ($599), and the company's current strength in entry-to-mid class phones in emerging markets.
8) By the time the Z10 arrives in the U.S. in March, and the Q10 in April at the earliest – the market will be gearing up for new Android hardware from the I/O conference in May and an iPhone annual refresh.
9) We wonder what impact naming Alicia Keys as a global creative director will have on revenue.
10) The third platform and ecosystem for smart phones is still up for grabs and the new phones give Blackberry a chance to take that role.
Gillis says the "disconnect" between the company's strength in emerging markets for cheaper devices and its focus on the new operating system for high-end users could complicate the company's future.
"We see the company getting a degree of traction in this higher-end market, but doubt there is a return to its former glory," Gillis says. "At best RIM becomes a niche player, and at worst its current focus on the higher-end market causes it to lose traction in emerging markets."
Shares recently fell 6.5% to $12.88. The stock was above $18 last week prior to the BB10 event, after being as low as $6.30 in late September.
"We expect that the enthusiasm of prelaunch expectations is dashed by the realities of market sales," Gillis says. "The force of momentum behind other platforms such as Android, iOS, and even Windows Phone, may have already sealed RIM's fate."
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The latest in an ongoing series of notations concerning high-profile or otherwise notable deaths. Since 1992 have I recorded "where I was" when I learned about such passings, along with whatever thoughts I have about the person who has died. The present volume covers deaths that occurred in 2010.
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Published: 2011-03-13
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SEATTLE -- Electric transportation technology provider ECOtality said Monday that it has partnered with grocer Fred Meyer, a division of The Kroger Co., to install car-charging stations at select stores in Oregon and Washington.
The Blink Level 2 Electric Vehicle Commercial Pedestal Charging Stations will also be installed on major transportation corridors between Seattle store locations and the United States border with Canada.
The deal makes Fred Meyer ECOtality's first food retail partner in the Northwest.
As part of the agreement, Fred Meyer will become a commercial launch partner for The EV Project.
"Our customers have been clear that they want to take advantage of the emerging electric car market," said Michael Ellis, president of Fred Meyer Stores.
ECOtality will begin installing Blink charging stations at Fred Meyer stores in summer 2011. ECOtality said it will work with Fred Meyer as well as relevant area stakeholders to utilize the company's EV Micro-Climate process to determine which stores are suitable for installation. Factors that influence charging site locations include distance to major interstates and transportation routes, and distance to other Blink EV charging facilities.


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|Length Overall
|66' 1''
20.15 m
|Dry Weight
|35 t
16' 7''
5.06 m
|Tested Weight
4' 11''
1.51 m
|Weight Capacity
|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
1030 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
258 gal.
|Length on Trailer
|Max Headroom
|Height on Trailer
|Bridge Clearance
|Trailer Weight
|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
|Std. Power
|Not Available
|Tested Power
|Currently no test numbers
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Dig those big forward windows – they provide lots of light to the VIP stateroom, but will they leak in heavy weather? Azimut says not.
What's the Mission?
Like all Azimuts, the 64 Flybridge is designed for one thing: Having a lot of fun on the water. We think that water ought to be the Mediterranean, but anyplace warm and sunny will do. This is strictly a boat for hedonists – it's not for fishing, or long-range cruising, or battling the elements (although it's built to CE Class A standards, meaning suitable for almost any weather and sea conditions). It's a boat for leaving the dock after a leisurely breakfast al fresco, racing to a nearby cove, having a swim, enjoying a gourmet lunch. (Don't worry about the cooking: If you can afford this boat, you can afford a chef.) Then, after a nap, up anchor and off to Portofino or Capri or Ischia or some other trendy spot for a romantic dinner. Maybe clubbing or dancing onshore afterwards, or just a lazy run back home under the stars. It's all about the fun of doing nothing special on the water. We love it – we'll buy our fish at the market and take the Azimut 64 as our yacht.
Azimut calls the flying bridge the "heart" of the 64, and it looks good to us: There's a big sunpad adjacent to the helm, a table and comfy settee. The sundeck aft can be rigged to carry a tender.
A Life Lived Aloft
Historically, many Italian-designed boats have been a little short in the flying-bridge department – the bridges tend to be low-sided, more for sitting rather than standing, and maybe a bit Spartan compared to the rest of the boat. This is more of an issue for Americans, used to big, roomy, well-protected flying bridges that can be used in any weather. In designing the new 64, Azimut expanded the typical Med-style bridge to make it "the most complete in the category," according to the company. They say the flying bridge is the boat's heart, "the center of gravity for the passions of the owner and his guests."
Sunpads fore and aft, and on the bridge – can we be anywhere but aboard a Med-style boat? The skipper might get lonely, since there's no companion seat – but he can talk to whoever's lounging on the sunpad next to him.
So what's new about the bridge? It has a newly designed hardtop with a Bimini that can be kept rigged at all speeds, to provide sun protection for the ubiquitous bikinied signorine camped out here. The open back and sides let in the breeze. There's a table and large, comfortable settee – Azimut calls it a sofa – and a fully equipped barbecue. Aft, the sundeck is big enough for two chaises lounges. Optionally, it can be set up for tender stowage to free up the lifting swim platform.
The main deck includes a compact galley to port, opposite a dinette just abaft the lower helm, then a saloon proper a couple of steps lower. The absence of bulkheads ties all the spaces together.
We like the higher-than-usual radar arch. Too often Med-style boats have low arches that place the radar scanner just about cranium level for anyone of even average height. The weather is so good in the Med most of the time that nobody thinks of using the radar when on the flying bridge – when the weather's poor and the radar's on, everyone is below in the pilothouse anyway. But New World boaters like to keep the scanner spinning all the time, and that's probably not good for the little grey cells. No worries on the Azimut 64: The arch is plenty tall.
Azimut increased the height of the radar arch so the microwaves pass harmlessly overhead. The helmsman is on his own, with no companion seat, but a pad bunny catching rays will keep him company. We'd take most of our meals up here.
Weather too nasty for the flying bridge? Steer from the pilothouse, at the forward end of this just-too-cool saloon. It's more like the TGV than a boat, or maybe something James Bond would own. We love it.
The cook's-eye view. Nobody should complain about being relegated to galley duty on this boat. Belowdecks access is next to the helm.
Beauty Not Just Skin Deep
Sometimes a pretty skin can hide a nasty structure, but that's not the way they do it at Azimut. Every boat, no matter how nice it looks, is built to take it, with state-of-the-art construction and materials. The 64 Flybridge is built with traditional, proven fiberglass laminates combined with high-tech composites and reinforcements – carbon fiber, for example -- where necessary to achieve strength without excess weight. Certain areas are laminated using resin-infusion for the same reason.
The master stateroom is 'midships, with its trademark Azimut catty-corner berth; the cabin also includes a small dinette. The head and hanging locker should insulate the cabin from engine noise, too.
Reducing weight will coax maximum performance from the twin 1,150-hp Caterpillar diesels; we don't yet know what those performance numbers will be. The boat was introduced only in late June, 2010, so we haven't had a chance to test it yet. Nor has anyone else, as far as we can discover.
You can't beat Italians for design. The 64's master stateroom is clean and airy, not at all like you'd expect aboard a boat. But maybe what you expect from Azimut. The big hullside windows provide a great view.
Most owners will hire a crew to maintain their Azimut 64, but might want to do their own piloting. That can be a recipe for disaster, but probably not with this boat. Azimut engineers have developed a computer-controlled Easy Docking system that works with the engines, steering and bow and stern thrusters to make close-quarters maneuvering as easy as it can be. Like pod drives, it's joystick controlled, and intuitive to use. It also works with straight shafts and rudders – no pods required.
Even the VIP stateroom is classy, despite its island berth that we usually don't care for. But this one has lots of room around it, and those great bow windows, too.
Our Recommendation
Easy: If you've got the money -- and we don't know what the Azimut 64 will cost, but it won't be cheap -- and you want a boat for simply having fun on the water, buy one. You won't go far wrong, unless you decide to take up fishing.
If you buy one, give us a call. We'll be happy to help you try it out.
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Seven students on a Climax Springs R-IV school bus involved in an accident around 7 a.m. Friday morning appeared to be ok at the scene outside of some minor cuts and scraps, according to Superintendent Michael Diekmann. After being checked out by medics at the scene, six of the seven were transported to Lake Regional Hospital for observation as a precaution, he said.
The seventh student went to the hospital with his dad to be with a younger sibling. Diekmann also sent Vice Principal Nancy Colley to the hospital to be with the students and to keep the school appraised of their condition. All parents of the students involved have been notified.
Multiple emergency service agencies responded to the scene on Route FF at Boyler's Mill Circle, including the Missouri State Highway Patrol which is investigating the accident.
No details on the investigation of the single vehicle accident have been released by the Highway Patrol at this time.
According to Diekmann, the bus driver reported that the road seemed fine going up a hill on Route FF this morning but on coming back down the hill claimed to have hit black ice, causing the bus to slide off the road. As the bus went off the road, the driver said the bus tipped over on its right side coming to rest on a tree, Diekmann said.
In addition to the driver and students, a substitute driver in training was also on the bus.
There were some communication issues reporting the incident due to the accident breaking the radio antenna and problems getting a cell phone signal at the scene, according to Diekmann.
The Camden County Sheriff's Office reported that the incident call came in at 7:16 a.m. By 9:50 a.m., the scene was almost cleared with a tow truck arriving to haul the bus away.
Diekmann said he will likely meet with the transportation director and principal this afternoon to review the incident and procedures. They are also waiting on the completion of the investigation by the Highway Patrol.
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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Chatham, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: MIN: 2004-111 overall
* Started the season in Nashville and was recalled on three occasions during his first professional season (Dec. 11, Jan. 6, and Jan. 26).
* Has nine points (3g-6a) in 24 games during his final call-up which came immediately after the All-Star Break.
* Scored his first career game-winning goal on March 16 at Los Angeles with just 2:18 remaining in regulation - the latest in regulation a game winner scored by a Predator in 2008-09.
* Posted points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career his first two outings after being recalled on Jan. 6 (1g-1a).
* Scored his first career goal, and notched his first ever assist on Oct. 15 at Dallas, his second career NHL game. Played a season/career-high 16:46 the following game Oct. 17 at Columbus.
* Put up 22 points (13g-9a) in 25 AHL games for Milwaukee, including three three-point games and three multi-goal games.
Career Notes
OT Points: none, Shootouts: none, Penalty Shots: none.
2008-09: Split the season between Nashville and Milwaukee (AHL)… Played 46 games with the Predators during four stints with the club (Oct. 10-Nov. 17, Dec. 11, Jan. 6-17 and Jan. 28-April 10)… Led Nashville rookies in goals (7), assists (10) and points (17)… Notched his first career goal, assist and multi-point outing in his second career game on Oct. 15 at Dallas…
Scored his first career game-winning goal on March 16 at Los Angeles with 2:18 remaining in regulation – the latest in regulation a game winner scored by a Predator in 2008-09… Posted 22 points (13g-9a) in 25 AHL games with Milwaukee, including three three-point outings and three multi-goal games… Played in all 11 of the Admirals 2009 Calder Cup playoff contests, tying for second on the club in postseason goals (4)… Also paced the Admirals in playoff power-play markers (2)… Signed a two-year contract on August 10, 2009.
AMATEUR: Amassed 147 points (90g-57a) in 161 collegiate games at Miami University, ranking second on the school's all-time goal-scoring list and tied for second on the NCAA Division I all-time game-winning goals list (21) at the end of his collegiate career… Never missed a game in his four-year collegiate career… A West All-America First-Team selection and one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award (college hockey's most outstanding player) as a senior in 2007-08 after posting 49 points (31g-18a) in 42 games… Named 2008 co-Most Valuable Player of Miami University after captaining the Redhawks to a school-record 33 wins… Also won Miami's Outstanding Offensive Player Award, the Berry Family Outstanding Senior Award and shared the team's Scholar-Athlete Award in 2008… Earned 2008 First-Team All-CCHA honors after ranking third both nationally and in the conference in goals… Tied for first in the nation in game-winning goals (7) in 2007-08… All-CCHA Second Team selection in 2006-07 as a junior captain after ranking second on the Redhawks and 10th nationally in points (29g-19a-48pts)… Also ranked second in the conference in goals and power-play goals (10)… Led the club in plus/minus rating (+18) and was named one of Miami's co-Outstanding Offensive Players of the Year in 2006-07… Earned All-CCHA Second-Team honors as a sophomore in 2005-06 and finished second in club scoring with 35 points (22g-15a)… Ranked third in the conference in goals and tied for fourth nationally in game-winning goals (6) in 2005-06… Led Miami with three game-winning goals during his freshman season in 2004-05… Played for the Chatham Jr. Maroons of the Western Jr. B League in Ontario in 2003-04, winning the league scoring title and being named most valuable player.
BACKGROUND: Nickname: "Jonesy"… When his hockey career is finished, he would like to be a professional angler in the Bass Masters Classics tour… Favorites include his grandma's spaghetti (food), Cheesecake Factory (Nashville restaurant), Victoria Island, British Columbia (vacation destination)… The historical figure he would have most like to have met is Babe Ruth… single.
TRANSACTIONS: July 1, 2008 – Acquired from Minnesota along with a second-round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (Charles-Olivier Roussel) for Marek Zidlicky. June 26, 2004 – Minnesota's fifth choice, 111st overall (fourth round) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Final Environmental Impact Report for the Martis Valley Trail project is available for the public to review and will be discussed and considered for certification at a public meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 5:30 p.m. at Truckee Town Hall.
According to a press release, the lead agency for the project, Northstar Community Services District, will highlight revisions, updates and clarifications made to the document in response to public comments received on the Draft Environmental Impact Report earlier this year
"We've been really grateful for the robust community input thus far," said NCSD General Manager Mike Staudenmayer in a statement. "All of the feedback has been critical to the process and the end result is a stout environmental document."
The Martis Valley Trail is a proposed paved multi-use trail that would connect Truckee to the Lake Tahoe Basin through Martis Valley and Northstar Village. The trail, about 9 miles in length, would mainly follow existing trails and dirt roads in the Martis Valley to the south of Highway 267. Two different trail alignments through the valley are being considered and are analyzed in the FEIR on an equal weight basis.
Early on, the trail project was estimated to cost about $18 million for design and construction. More than a year ago, project organizers realized the trail could have impacts to biological, cultural, hydrological, transportation, visual and recreational resources, according to the press release. The report studies each of these resources and describes appropriate mitigation measures to reduce any impacts to a less than significant level.
"The process has certainly highlighted the passion our community has for both recreation and protecting the numerous resources of Martis Valley," said Staudenmayer. "Our job is to present a document that best ensures that the final project will fulfill these mutual interests."
The document can be obtained online through the project website at www.MartisValleyTrail.com.


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"An eerie and gripping tale of suspense….A triumph."
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The author of the New York Times bestseller Island of Lost Girls, Jennifer McMahon returns with Dismantled—a stunning and chilling thriller that further burnishes her reputation as, "One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense" (Los Angeles Times online). Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing, calls Dismantled, "A fun, twisty thriller. Expect comparisons to The Secret History." Readers of Laura Lippman, Tana French, and Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones will not be able to shake this breathtaking tale of the dark consequences of a group of college friends' belief that all things—and people—must be taken apart to be truly understood.
The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell returns with a chilling novel in which the secrets of the past come back to haunt a group of friends in terrifying ways.
Dismantlement = Freedom
Henry, Tess, Winnie, and Suz banded together in college to form a group they called the Compassionate Dismantlers. Following the first rule of their manifesto—"To understand the nature of a thing, it must be taken apart"—these daring misfits spend the summer after graduation in a remote cabin in the Vermont woods committing acts of meaningful vandalism and plotting elaborate, often dangerous, pranks. But everything changes when one particularly twisted experiment ends in Suz's death and the others decide to cover it up.
Nearly a decade later, Henry and Tess are living just an hour's drive from the old cabin. Each is desperate to move on from the summer of the Dismantlers, but their guilt isn't ready to let them go. When a victim of their past pranks commits suicide—apparently triggered by a mysterious Dismantler-style postcard—it sets off a chain of eerie events that threatens to engulf Henry, Tess, and their inquisitive nine-year-old daughter, Emma.
Is there someone who wants to reveal their secrets? Is it possible that Suz did not really die—or has she somehow found a way back to seek revenge?
Full of white-knuckle tension with deeply human characters caught in circumstances beyond their control, Jennifer McMahon's gripping story and spine-tingling plot prove that she is a master at weaving the fear of the supernatural with the stark realities of life.
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Critical Praise
"Outstanding...By alternating the present-day lives with the origins of the Dismantlers, McMahon allows the inexorable sense of dread to build incrementally. Perhaps most memorable are not the young artists but Emma, a child whose intense imagination only adds fuel to the slow-burning fire." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A failed marriage. A long-buried secret. A lonely child's imaginary friend. From these simple ingredients, Jennifer McMahon has constructed a fun, twisty thriller. Expect DISMANTLED to earn comparisons to THE SECRET HISTORY." — Stewart O'Nan, author of SONGS FOR THE MISSING
"One of the brightest new stars of literary suspense." — Los Angeles Times (online)
"In her third, elegantly spooky mystery revolving around the vulnerability of a young girl and a haunting past, McMahon fashions a fresh and entrancing ghost-in-the-woods tale replete with startling psychoses, delectable Hitchcockian motifs, and dangerous attractions." — Booklist
"McMahon's gift is the deliciously twisty way she subverts all your expectations, keeping you guessing with wry wit and feverish chills." — People
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperCollins e-books
- On Sale: 06/16/2009
- Pages: 432
- List Price: 7.49 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
- BISAC2: FICTION / Psychological
- BISAC3: FICTION / Crime


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An NIH video shows how the zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a valuable resource for scientists trying to understand the intricate process by which a fertilized egg develops into a fully formed individual, and the numerous diseases and conditions that can result when even a tiny part of the process goes wrong.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 10:05
Mice appear to have a specialized system for detecting and at least initially processing instinctually important smells such as those that denote predators. The finding raises a question about whether their response to those smells is hardwired.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 15:51
Researchers have designed a bioengineered jellyfish that can swim, an early step in scientists' quest for a way to make fresh tissue for patients with damaged hearts.
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 08:57
Whether a tree branch or a computer mouse is the target, reaching for objects is fundamental primate behaviour. To find out what goes on in the brain when we reach for things, biomedical engineers Daniel Moran and Thomas Pearce at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, trained two rhesus macaques to participate in a series of exercises. When the monkeys reached for items, electrodes measured the activity of neurons in their dorsal premotor cortex, a region of the brain that is involved in the perception of movement.
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 15:34
Scientists who created mice with elements of the human immune system believe the rodents will further efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 14:14
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have uncovered one of the mechanisms by which aging may compromise the ability of the immune system to fight infections and respond to vaccines. The study, conducted in aging mice, shows that administering antioxidants may help reverse this loss of immune function. The findings were published online this month in the journal Cell Reports.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 15:27
The researchers call her Rosie II—the large, furry spider in their laboratory terrarium. She has a silvery coat, eight hairy legs and a blush-tinged carapace. When she stretches out, she covers the surface of a human palm. The critter was a mascot of sorts for his research team, which was investigating the effect of venoms on important cellular structures called mechanosensitive ion channels.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 15:44
Sasha is still spunky at 12 - a white dog with a smattering of black, floppy ears and a sweet face. Even after she lost her right foreleg to bone cancer, her owners said, she could jump and catch a Frisbee. Doctors at Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine pumped a modified listeria bacteria into her bloodstream, hoping to push her immune system to kill remaining cancer cells. If the treatment works, it is likely to be tested next on humans with this type of bone cancer, called osteosarcoma.
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 14:19
The common barnyard chicken could provide some very un-common clues for fighting off diseases and might even offer new ways to attack cancer, according to a team of international researchers that includes a Texas A&M University professor.
The common barnyard chicken could provide some very un-common clues for fighting off diseases and might even offer new ways to attack cancer, according to a team of international researchers that includes a Texas A&M University professor.
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 15:19
An odd-looking mammal is offering new clues into the possibility of a longer life or even a cancer-free life for people.
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 14:19
In his June 12, 2012 article, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) argues that ending experimentation on chimpanzees is the right choice. While Rep. Bartlett is entitled to his views, we believe strongly that the passage of S. 810/H.R. 1513, the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (GAPCSA), which he introduced, would have a devastating impact upon the advancement of medicine and human health.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 16:23
The ability to control whether certain stem cells ultimately become bone cells holds great promise for regenerative medicine and potential therapies aimed at treating metabolic bone diseases. Now, UCLA School of Dentistry professor and leading cancer scientist Dr. Cun-Yu Wang and his research team have made a significant breakthrough in that direction. The scientists have discovered two key epigenetic regulating genes - using mice- that govern the cell-fate determination of human bone marrow stem cells.
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 15:25
New vaccines promote weight loss. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, assesses the effectiveness of two somatostatin vaccinations, JH17 and JH18, in reducing weight gain and increasing weight loss in mice.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 15:09
Researchers have created the first mouse model demonstrating the role of a cancer promoting gene, Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1), in hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver cancer. The mouse model represents a critical step in understanding the molecular mechanisms of liver cancer progression and could lead to novel therapies for the disease.
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 15:13
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant Program have demonstrated that the use of antibodies derived from rabbits can improve the survival and relapse outcomes of leukemia and myelodysplasia patients receiving a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor.
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 15:10
It's not often that the Department of Homeland Security makes it into a science blog, but this is an unusual week. The department announced this week that it has developed the first vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease that can be manufactured and licensed in the United States and that could be used in the event of an outbreak of the disease in this country.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 12:58
An ultrasound scan carried out on a gorilla's heart could help research into human heart disease.
An ultrasound scan carried out on a gorilla's heart could help research into human heart disease.
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 12:12
Scientists at Texas Biomed have developed the laboratory opossum as a new animal model to study the most common liver disease in the nation – afflicting up to 15 million Americans – and for which there is no cure.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 15:19
The human airway is a pretty inhospitable place for microbes. There are numerous immune defense mechanisms poised to kill or remove inhaled bacteria before they can cause problems. But cystic fibrosis disrupts these defenses, leaving patients particularly susceptible to airway infection, which is the major cause of disease and death in cystic fibrosis. Using a unique animal model of cystic fibrosis, pigs, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a difference between healthy airways and airways affected by cystic fibrosis that leads to reduced bacterial killing in cystic fibrosis airways.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 15:13
University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, paving the way for a breakthrough treatment for a disease that affects nearly one in four Canadians.
University of British Columbia scientists, in collaboration with an industry partner, have successfully reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells, paving the way for a breakthrough treatment for a disease that affects nearly one in four Canadians.
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Married for 75 years, local man and wife die hours apart
Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
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Longtime Montegut residents Floyd and Ludy Stelly, married 75 years, died of natural causes about 12 hours apart from each other.
"We always did say that once one went, shortly thereafter the other would follow," said Earl Leboeuf, a son-in-law.
Floyd died in the early evening of March 3 at age 96; Ludy died the following morning at age 91.
The couple settled in Terrebonne in the late 1950s. Floyd worked on offshore oil rigs. Ludy was a homemaker.
They both worked hard all their lives, family members said. They always said they would likely die together.
"Their marriage was a real give-and-take situation," Leboeuf said. "They had executed that give-and-take relationship to perfection."
Upon further reflection, Leboeuf realized what he said holds true of their relationship even in death.
Floyd fell in love with Ludy the first time he saw her at a general store in Welsh, family members said.
"His eyes fell upon his future wife, and he said, 'I could not take my eyes off of her,' " Leboeuf said.
They shared a Coke that day, and from then on they were together.
When Floyd and Ludy's granddaughters, Cynthia Cunningham and Darlene Daigle, told their grandmother that Floyd died at Terrebonne General Medical Center that evening, Ludy didn't respond.
They weren't sure at the time if she had even heard them, they said.
But later, when she died at the Heritage Manor Nursing Home, they said she may have.
"As they grew older together, it was their wish and prayer that they would go together," Daigle said.
Daigle said though Floyd and Ludy will be missed, "we can't really grieve that they're gone because they lived their life. It was time."
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Ken Burns called the national parks system "America's Best Idea." So it probably won't come as a surprise that the celebrated documentary filmmaker is thrilled that the country has a new national park: Pinnacles National Park, near Hollister.
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"A wise and loving portrait of a marriage….Susanna Daniel writes beautifully of matters of the heart."
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Against a vivid South Florida background, Susanna Daniel's Stiltsville offers a gripping, bittersweet portrait of a marriage—and a romance—that deepens over the course of three decades. Called "an elegantly crafted work of art and a great read" by Curtis Sittenfeld (American Wife, Prep) Stiltsville is a stunningly assured debut novel sure to appeal to readers of Anita Shreve, Sue Miller, and Annie Dillard, or anyone enchanted by the sultry magic of Miami.
One sunny morning in 1969, Frances Ellerby finds herself in a place called Stiltsville, a community of houses built on pilings in the middle of Biscayne Bay. It's the first time the Atlanta native has been out on the open water, and she's captivated. On the dock of a stilt house, with the dazzling Miami skyline in the distance, she meets the house's owner, Dennis DuVal—and a new future reveals itself.
Turning away from her quiet, predictable life back home, Frances moves to Miami to be with Dennis. Over time, she earns the confidence of his wild-at-heart sister and the approval of his oldest friend. Frances and Dennis marry and have a child—but rather than growing complacent about their good fortune, they continue to face the challenges of intimacy in the complicated city they call home.
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"This soulful novel will inspire you to reflect on your own definitions of house, home, and what really makes a couple close." — Redbook
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"A deeply engrossing tale of love, family, friendship, and motherhood, Stiltsville is both an elegantly crafted work of art and a great read. The love story effortlessly spans decades, and the characters are as real and vivid as the novel's South Florida backdrop. Susanna Daniel is an extraordinary writer." — Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep and American Wife
"Set against the wild and changeable landscape of South Florida, Stiltsville is a wise and loving portrait of a marriage, written with keen insight into the ways two lives grow together over the years. This is a rare first novel. Susanna Daniel writes beautifully of matters of the heart." — Jennifer Haigh, author of The Condition, Baker Towers, and Mrs. Kimble
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Set 1: Cities > Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, DwDDown with Disease, Weigh, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother -> JJLCJesus Just Left Chicago, Reba[1], Hello My Baby, Possum[2]
Set 2: Carini, Dinner and a Movie > Mike'sMike's Song -> Lawn Boy > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove[3], MangoThe Mango Song > Billy Breathes, ThemeTheme From the Bottom
Encore: Taste, Sweet Adeline
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[3] Unfinished.
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· The End (The Doors), Careful with That Axe, Eugene, and Peace Frog tease & quotes in Mike's Song
· The End (The Doors) quote in Lawn Boy
· The End (The Doors) and Can't You Hear Me Knocking quotes in Weekapaug Groove
Noteworthy Jams: Wolfman's Brother (highly recommended), Jesus Just Left Chicago (highly recommended), Possum, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove
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Notes: The week-long trend of breaking out songs continued with the show-opening Cities, which was the first since July 5, 1994 (222 shows). Wolfman's included a Dave's Energy Guide tease. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum included an All Fall Down signal and a heavy metal-style intro. The jam out of Mike's featured teases and vocal quotes of The End (The Doors), Peace Frog, and Careful with That Axe, Eugene; The End (The Doors) was subsequently quoted in Lawn Boy and Weekapaug. Weekapaug was unfinished and ended in a Can't You Hear Me Knocking jam. Portions of this show were made available via the Slip, Stitch and Pass release.
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"We give shape to our rooms; then rooms give shape to our lives. We pass through rooms unseeing; walls, floors, ceilings, doorways become unnoticed, accepted, ordinary. It is light which transforms the commonplace pragmatic shelter into a metaphor of remembered or desired sensations.
In these paintings the architectural (logical) elements become the abstracted structures of remembered (felt) moments. Both rational thought and remembered sensations are unified. The measured proportions give stability; the color, sensuality; while the patterns of abstracted light, reasoned in their geometric forms and sensual and ambiguous in their colors, give release and relief to an event remembered or longed for."
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"Graham Dougherty's work achieves a monumentality and tension: his large abstract paintings with their carefully balanced compositions and gentle blues and yellows not only hold their own on the museum's walls but dominated the section of the exhibition where they hang."
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WEST UNION - Dozens of officials Thursday gathered at a 50-acre farm in Doddridge County to commemorate the opening of a natural gas processing plant.
Numerous officials from the oil and gas industry and political officials, including Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, gathered for a ribbon-cutting as MarkWest Energy Partners opened its natural gas processing facility.
Scott Lewis, an engineer for MarkWest, said the plant is the first of three to be built over the next year at the site. The first plant has already started operation. The second plant is under construction and will be completed next spring. Construction on the third plant will begin next year, officials said.
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State Sen. Larry Edgell, D-Wetzel; Frank Semple; Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Paul Rady cut the ribbon commemorating the opening of a natural gas processing plant near West Union.
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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin talks with Frank Semple, CEO of MarkWest, and Steve Woodward, vice president of business development for Antero.
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Construction continues on the second natural gas processing plant in Doddridge County.
Each processing plant will process about 200 million cubic feet of gas a day, processing shale gas from area wells into propane, butane and ethane. Gas for the processing plant is produced from local, Antero-owned wells.
Officials said each plant will employ about a dozen people.
That does not include 100-200 contractors constructing the plants. MarkWest also has processing plants in Marshall and Wetzel counties.
MarkWest, a Denver-based company, has maintained assets in West Virginia and Kentucky since the 1980s.
Frank Semple, CEO of MarkWest, said the company's success would not be possible without support from the state and landowners, such as Dennis Powell, whose land is being used.
"Shale development would not be possible without landowners," he said. "We are proud to be part of the energy revolution."
The revolution has been taking shape in West Virginia for more than five years.
Paul Rady, chairman of Antero Resources Appalachian Corp., said the company- also a Denver-based company- sold its assets in Oklahoma and Colorado to concentrate on the shale fields in West Virginia.
"Shale is the lion's share of what we do," Rady said, noting the company is the number one or two producer of shale gas in the state, depending on the day.
Antero officials recently announced the construction of a 50,000-square-foot building in Bridgeport for office space. The company also has an office in Ellenboro.
The company has spent $700 million in Harrison and Doddridge counties on shale development, Rady said. He said Antero has 12 rigs in the two counties and employs 3,500 people on Antero projects.
The company has paid out $45 million in royalties to mineral holders. They expect to pay out more than $155 million next year.
Rady also noted compressed natural gas service stations will soon be opening along I-79, near Bridgeport.
Semple said a processing plant, such as the Doddridge plant, can influence shale development for a 100 miles.
In addition to processing plants, Powell's land contains a shale well pad, cattle and hay. It's located a stone's throw from his neighbors and U.S. 50. Officials said there was no plan to show these things operating in harmony, but it was a good observation.
"You see it all here," Semple said.
Tomblin said the plant demonstrates what can happen when everyone works together. Because of the continued development of shale in the state, Tomblin said he remains encouraged a cracker plant will happen in West Virginia.
Several state and county representatives attended the event. Dwight Moore, Doddridge County circuit clerk, said the county has not yet seen the industry growth funnel money into its coffers.
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Relaxed Federer on higher plane than mere mortals (The Australian)
THEY prised apart the petals of the Qi Zhong stadium so the tennis gods could feast their eyes on the acclaim of the latest and most graphic demonstration of Roger Federer's brilliance.
A chill suddenly descended, one that will have been felt by anyone who believes that they can challenge his supremacy next year, or for as long as tennis takes his fancy.
Federer's third Masters Cup success in four years - he would have almost certainly won last year, had he not been incapacitated and playing at 75 per cent - was further proof that the Swiss is a special athlete indeed, one in complete command of himself and all he surveys.
"The difference is that Roger is completely relaxed with life," his coach, Tony Roche, said.
Roger Federer, king of the court (Sportingo)
The Mozart of tennis defies the laws of physics in raising the sport to a new level.
From the outset of the Masters Cup tournament during the past week, it was clear that there could only be one winner. The beauty of top-class competitive sport is that everybody has a chance of upsetting the odds and emerging victorious. It's always true except when Roger Federer plays as well as he has in the Shanghai event when there was no doubting that he alone would be the winner.
These days Federer is in a realm of his own, and on Sunday's showing none of the current crop of players -- indeed, probably nobody in the history of modern tennis including Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras -- could claim to be as good.
James Blake is not in the same class and even Rafael Nadal -- who has the measure of his rival on clay -- cannot genuinely match the class of the man whom most experts now agree, is peerless among all tennis players.
Federer caps year in overpowering style (The Seattle Times)
Federer too much for everyone: James Blake learned what has become a fact of life on the tennis tour.
"Obviously, we're all chasing Roger," he said. "It's no secret. He's playing head and shoulders above the rest of us."
Looking more imposing with every tournament, Roger Federer concluded another overpowering season Sunday by routing Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 for his third Masters Cup title in Shanghai, China.
The Swiss star has been ranked No. 1 since Feb. 2, 2004, and already has enough points to ensure he'll break Jimmy Connors' record of 160 consecutive weeks atop the rankings by the end of February. Only two players — Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray — beat Federer this year.
Perfect end to Federer's stellar season (chron.com)
In life or tennis, perfection is an impossibly elusive goal, and Roger Federer would tell you he's hardly there yet.
But Federer's latest tour-de-tour season in 2006 might have re-established the boundaries of what's humanly possible, at least on a tennis court.
With his 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 rout of James Blake in the Masters Cup final in Shanghai on Sunday, which he did concede was "the perfect ending to an incredible season," he claimed his 12th tournament title, a personal best, and ended the year with a 29-match winning streak to finish 92-5.
That's a winning percentage of .948. John McEnroe set the record of .964 (82-3) in 1984. But McEnroe won just two majors among his 14 titles, opting to skip the Australian Open and losing in the French Open final.
Federer's victories included three majors plus the season-ending championship (which McEnroe also won in 1984), and he came within two sets of claiming the first calendar-year Grand Slam since Rod Laver did it for the first time as a professional in 1969.
King Roger looks to extend his reign into the new year (Business Day)
SHANGHAI - Roger Federer left the court at the Qi Zhong tennis centre yesterday to the strains of Tina Turner's "Simply the Best", and for once the hackneyed sporting standard was appropriate.
The 25-year-old Swiss world number one had just humbled American James Blake in three sets to add the Masters Cup to the Australian Open, US Open, Wimbledon and eight other titles he won this year.
"This is my time," the nine-times grand slam winner said last week and it is an era he is hoping to extend well into the new year.
"I hope it stays for a little bit longer, the domination," he said after yesterday's final.
"It's very difficult to keep it up. I had to play, I don't know, over 90 great matches to win so it takes a lot out of you.
"The travelling is tough. But I hope I can keep it up and stay healthy. I definitely give myself a good chance to play well again next year.
"But we'll see if somebody new comes up or I just can't maintain that level of play. I hope I can, and I'm looking forward to the challenge next year.
Federer completes near perfect year (Lawntennisnews)
Roger Federer showed that he is fast on his way to becoming a tennis legend. The world number 1 eased to victory against American James Blake in the Masters Cup final. The Swiss master won 4 of the 5 major titles this year and came close to winning all 5 at Roland Garros.
Federer is also on course to break Jimmy Connors record of staying on top for 160 weeks.
The only player to threaten the world number 1 was American Andy Roddick, who showed some up and down form. Roddick won only 1 of his 3 matches.
Rafael Nadal showed fighting spirit in reaching the semifinals, but then had to bow his head to the superiority of Federer on the faster courts.
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...ur a pure mix of perfection n style!!!
way to go roger!!!!!
all d best for next year!!!!!!!!
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The media is a step late behind your loyal fans. We have been calling you King, Master and God for a while. The huge win in Shanghai will certainly put you further into the spotlight. We have no doubt in our mind that you will be able to co
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A two-mile run and walk June 29 will help raise money for a local group that fights alcohol and drug abuse.
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana will host the 16th annual Race for a Drug-Free Community.
Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. in the Courthouse Square in downtown Houma. The event includes live music, food and raffles. Money raised will help the group offer counseling and other services in Terrebonne Parish.
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It's hard to believe we are already six days into the merry month of May! This past weekend while dining at the Cheesecake Factory in Kansas City I was reminded of a refreshing pasta dish. Ah...angel hair pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil topped with jumbo grilled shrimp!
The pasta was lightly tossed in tomato sauce then topped with freshly chopped roma tomatoes and basil. The grilled shrimp had a savory blend of basil and oregano. I must credit the waiter for recommending this dish. It was the perfect combination of flavors and I left the restaurant satisfied.
Never hesitate from asking wait staff about their favorite dishes. If they are trained well and truly interested in satisfying the customer, they will guide you appropriately. Each of the guests at our table of nine was treated with respect, kids included. The waiter spent time making sure we understood the menu and describing specific dishes in which we were interested. Our food was ordered and delivered in a timely manner. Follow-up wait services were perfect, giving us enough time to taste the dishes and make changes if needed.
Of course several of my friends opted for cheesecake to end their meal. While the selections were enticing, I relished in watching them eat the large slabs of deliciousness. For those unable to consume their entire meal or desserts, the waiter quickly packaged the leftovers and delivered them to our table in personalized bags.
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CUPERTINO -- This city is about to get a GigaPower boost to speed up Internet service.
AT&T is set to announce Wednesday it will bring super-fast broadband service, dubbed GigaPower, to Apple's hometown. It promises download speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, which is fast enough to download a high-definition movie in half a minute and is 100 times faster than the connection in the average American home.
Cupertino will be the first city west of the Rockies to get the service. The telecom giant's service upgrade in Cupertino follows Google's decision to reject this city's bid Google's rival fiber service.
"We're really, really excited," said Mayor Gilbert Wong. "The council made it a priority to bring fast, reliable Internet to the city."
AT&T hopes to offer the service to Cupertino residents as early as December, or early next year, Ken McNeeley, president of AT&T's California operations, said Tuesday. The company hopes to to roll out service to other Bay Area cities early in 2015 and to San Jose in the first half of next year, he said.
But those time lines aren't firm and are dependent in part on how long it takes to go through the permitting process in each city, McNeeley said.
AT&T spokesman Alex Carey later backed away from that timeline, saying the company wasn't comfortable with announcing firm dates for the rollout. AT&T hasn't set pricing for the service. But in Austin, it charges $70 a month for gigabit Internet access alone and $150 for a "triple play" package that includes phone services and a pay TV service with 200 channels.
AT&T's GigaPower service runs over fiber optic cables brought directly to consumers' homes. It's similar to Google's Fiber service and represents a step up from AT&T's existing high-speed U-verse service.
Currently, the fastest speed Bay Area residents can typically get through U-verse is 45 megabits per second, or about one-twentieth the speed of the company's GigaPower offering.
By contrast, Comcast, which is the dominant Internet access provider in the Bay Area, offers speeds of up to 150 megabits per second to residences, though it offers faster service to businesses.
But gigabit speeds would be a big jump from Comcast's current offerings. Gigabit service would provide much faster downloads and quicker Internet access to more people and devices within particular households. It also could enable new kinds of Internet applications in the same way that the move from dial-up Internet to broadband made possible the wide adoption of streaming music, movies and graphic-rich online games.
To date, only a handful of cities in the United States have access to gigabit Internet service. Google offers Google Fiber in the Kansas City area and is considering bringing it to the Bay Area but has not said when. AT&T offers GigaPower in Austin and Dallas. And Chattanooga, Tennessee, offers gigabit service through its own city-controlled broadband network.
But some analysts are skeptical about the rollout plans.
"Most of these are, as it's been termed, 'fiber to the press release,'" said Teresa Mastrangelo, an analyst with Broadbandtrends, a market research firm.
Even where companies have started to roll out new higher speed Internet services, they often offer it only in certain neighborhoods of a city.
"It's a good thing that there are more options for high speed (Internet access) to consumers, but if they cherry pick markets, you can get into a situation that increases the digital divide," said John Simpson, director of the privacy project for Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group.
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AT&T is expected to announce Wednesday that it's bringing its gigabit Internet service to Cupertino
What is it? GigaPower is AT&T's new super-fast broadband service.
Just how fast is it? It offers download speeds of up to 1 gigabit a second. That's about a thousand megabits a second or fast enough to download an entire high-definition movie in about 32 seconds.
When will it be available? Possibly as soon as December.
How much will it cost? AT&T won't say, but in Austin, the company charges $70 for gigabit Internet access by itself and $150 for a bundle that includes gigabit broadband, phone service and 200-channel pay TV service.
What about other cities in the Bay Area? Potentially, early next year in some communities and by the first half of next year in San Jose. But much depends on how long it takes the company to get regulatory approval.
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The Evergreen School District has sent parents a defensive letter appearing to partly excuse its response after a parent reported a teacher possibly molesting a child in his classroom.
Instead of filing a report with Child Protective Services, the district itself looked into and dismissed the allegation.
The letter also announced the district plans to enroll a sampling of students in an abuse-prevention program early next year.
The move comes as Evergreen teacher Craig Chandler faces trial next month on five counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under age 14. Lyn Vijayendran, who was principal of O.B. Whaley elementary school, was convicted last month of failing to report suspicions of child abuse.
In addition, the district faces civil suits filed on behalf of two victims. In its letter to parents, the district announced plans to enroll children in three grade levels in child-abuse-prevention workshops offered by the YWCA of Silicon Valley. Although the letter was dated Nov. 16, parents reported receiving letters as late as Saturday.
Rather than assuage worry, the letter appears to have churned parental anger.
"The district continues to excuse what has happened," said one parent, who didn't want to be identified because she said she works closely with district leaders. "That leaves the question of who's looking out for our kids."
Evergreen board President Jeff Fischer last week said he was unaware of the letter sent by Superintendent Katherine Gomez.
Because the district is being sued, Fischer and other trustees have refused to speak about the alleged molestation, the district's response to it and even plans for the abuse-prevention training. Board members refer inquiries to Gomez, who in turn refers them to the district's attorney, Mark Davis.
Davis said the main purpose of the letter was to advise parents about the workshops, known as the Child Assault Prevention Program, and to update parents about Chandler's arrest and Vijayendran's trial.
The district hired a private investigator to look into its handling of the complaint against Chandler -- the parent of one of the alleged victims approached the school in October 2011, and Vijayendran's response was to transfer the student to another class. Chandler was arrested only after the parent of a second child came forth in January with a similar complaint and contacted police.
Davis said because the district is being sued, it's "not in its best interest" to release the investigator's report, to name the investigator nor to say how much the district has spent on its investigation.
Gomez's letter to parents indicates the investigator found that when the district looked into the parent's allegations, it was hampered by Chandler's "seemingly credible and convincing denial of any inappropriate activity."
But the difficulty and delicacy in sorting out allegations of child abuse is the reason that California law requires suspicions be reported to law enforcement, and not investigated by untrained school employees.
Gomez acknowledged in her letter that the district should have reported the behavior, as required by law. "The district has taken action in an effort to make sure this conduct does not occur again."
And while Gomez's letter explains -- without mentioning her by name -- that Vijayendran was found guilty of misdemeanor failure to report, Gomez points out that "the decision was a difficult one and it took the jurors two days to reach their verdict." She also noted that jurors said later that the principal didn't cover up or "intentionally ignore a known incident of child abuse."
The police investigation reveals that Vijayendran contacted Evergreen Human Relations Director Carole Schmitt, who guided her through interviewing the parent, child and Chandler.
Another Evergreen parent, who also declined to be identified, said she's appalled that both Schmitt and Vijayendran, who was reassigned to the district office as coordinator of teacher-support programs, remain employed by Evergreen. And she believes the abuse-prevention training misses the target.
"The child did the right thing. She told her mom, and mom went to the school. It's the principal and the school that let those families down."
Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/NoguchiOnK12.


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Hit .298 in his second season as an Islander, appearing in 53 games and starting 41 … hit eight doubles, four triples and one home run … drove in 18 and scored 29 runs … was 6-for-9 on the basepaths … earned All-Southland Tournament honors after going 5-for-18 with a home run … went 2-for-3 with two RBI against Oregon State (2/26) … drove in two and stole two bases against HBU (3/1) … delivered two hits against Texas State (3/6) … went 4-for-4 at Texas Tech (3/13) … went 2-for-3 against Nicholls (3/19) … had a 3-for-4 day with three steals in the finale against the Colonels (3/20) … scored twice against UT-Brownsville (3/22) … had two hits against McNeese State (3/26) … went 2-for-3 with two runs in the opener with UTSA (4/1) … had two hits and scored twice against Stephen F. Austin (4/16) … delivered a two-run single at SELA (4/23) … went 2-for-3 in the opener with UT Arlington (5/6) … had two hits and scored twice in the opener with NW State (5/13) … went 2-for-5 against Lamar (5/26) in the Southland Tournament … delivered the game-winning walk-off home run in the SLC tourney against UTSA (5/27).
Started 39 of 49 games in his first season for the Islanders … had a .278 average with five home runs, third on team with 30 RBI and tied for team lead with four triples … third on team with 85 defensive assists … went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs against Elon (2/27) … had a 2-for-3 day with a solo homer against Nicholls (3/19) … swiped a pair of bags in the Saturday game against the Colonels (3/20) … delivered three hits in six at-bats against Texas-Pan American (3/30) … hit a grand slam against UTSA (4/3) … went 2-for-3 against Stephen F. Austin (4/18) with a homer … played summer ball with the San Luis Obispo Rattlers of the California Collegiate League for the second straight summer and was named to the all-star team.
Navarro Junior College:
Played for head coach Whoa Dill for one season … averaged .320 with 27 runs batted in his one season … helped team to a 42-14 record and third-place finish in Region XIV … spent the summer of 2009 playing in the for the San Luis Obispo Rattlers in the California Collegiate League.
University of Texas:
Spent one season on the roster at the University of Texas … was redshirted … played summer of 2008 for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaskan League.
High School:
Competed in baseball at Boise High School for Coach Jeff Hultberg … helped lead Braves to top three finishes in the state as a junior and senior … had tremendous senior season hitting .480 with five home runs and 20 stolen bases … was named a first-team All-American by Playstation, second-team All-American and all-region by Rawlings, and all-state … selected to the Perfect Game Top 50 Prospects of 2007 … Chosen to play for Washington Nationals area code team.
Bobby Buckner was born Nov. 16, 1988, in Boston, Mass. … son of Bill and Jody Buckner … has two older siblings, Brittany and Christian … father had 20-plus year Major League career, pounding out 2,715 hits and winning National League batting title in 1980 … majoring in finance.


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Paul Ryan Votes Against Debt Ceiling Bill
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) voted against the deal to unconditionally suspend the debt ceiling until March 2015, saying it was a "missed opportunity" for policy makers to address the growing debt.
His vote was one of the most closely watched on the House floor, as Mr. Ryan is considered a possible 2016 presidential candidate and is a top GOP party leader.
"This is a missed opportunity," Mr. Ryan said in a written statement issued by his office. "We need to pay our bills today and make sure we can pay our bills tomorrow. I'm disappointed that the President and Senate Democrats refuse to get serious about our fiscal challenges."
As late as Tuesday afternoon, his office would not disclose how he might vote.
His vote could have repercussions well beyond 2014, as Mr. Ryan has acknowledged he will reach a decision in the near future about whether he will run for president in 2016.
A vote to raise the debt ceiling without any spending cuts could have been used against Mr. Ryan during primary season if he decides to run for the White House. And House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) made clear that he only wanted enough Republican votes to pass the measure, meaning that he could have given Mr. Ryan a pass because of the longer-term implications of such an unpopular vote.
The congressman's past record on highly toxic votes suggested his vote on the debt ceiling could have gone either way. In 2008, he voted to help create the Troubled Asset Relief Program. He also voted to pass the "fiscal cliff" deal in early January 2013, which either raised taxes or cut them, depending on how you look at it.
The three other possible GOP presidential candidates who will have to take votes on the current debt limit proposal – Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Marco Rubio of Florida – are all likely to oppose the measure, based on their past voting on similar measures.
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STOCKTON - The 71 homicides that marked a grim record in the city of Stockton last year was reflected in the tally of homicides in the annual report from the county Coroner's Office.
Up one from 2011, there were 94 homicides in San Joaquin County in 2012, according to the report. The number of homicides in the county in 2008 was 45.
The annual report from the Coroner's Office includes facts and figures that create a statistical picture of how death took place in the county during the previous year.
Of those homicides, 78 of them, or 83 percent, were from gunshot wounds.
There was one accidental gun death in 2012, but 29 people who took their own lives used guns.
That's 37 percent of the 79 people who killed themselves last year, most of them men. Seven women committed suicide.
The number of suicides climbed nearly 9 percent from last year, from 72.
Not all of the 4,791 deaths recorded in the county last year were reported to the Coroner's Office for further study.
Most of the 2,942 deaths reported were referred to attending physicians. The remaining 697 cases received closer attention from the Coroner's Office, including 512 autopsies.
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7.1-6 Sexual Assault in Spousal or Cohabiting Relationship -- § 53a-70b
Revised to April 23, 2010
The defendant is charged [in count __] with sexual assault in a spousal or cohabiting relationship. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
no spouse or cohabitor shall compel the other spouse or cohabitor to engage in sexual intercourse by <insert one or both1 of the following:>
the use of force against such other spouse or cohabitor, [or]
the threat of the use of force against such other spouse or cohabitor which reasonably causes such other spouse or cohabitor to fear physical injury.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Sexual intercourse
The first element is that the defendant compelled the complainant to engage in sexual intercourse. "Sexual intercourse" means vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, fellatio or cunnilingus between persons regardless of sex. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, or fellatio and does not require emission of semen. Penetration, however, is not required for the commission of cunnilingus. Penetration may be committed by an object manipulated by the actor into the genital or anal opening of the complainant's body.2
Element 2 - Use of force or
threat of use of force
The second element is that the sexual intercourse was accomplished by <insert one or both of the following:>3
the use of force against the complainant [or]
the threat of the use of force against the complainant which reasonably caused the complainant to fear physical injury to (himself / herself ).
"Use of force" means the use of a dangerous instrument or the use of actual physical force or violence or superior physical strength against the complainant. <Include as appropriate:>
"Dangerous instrument" means any instrument, article or substance which, under the circumstances in which it is used or attempted or threatened to be used, is capable of causing death or serious physical injury. "Serious physical injury" means physical injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious disfigurement, serious impairment of health or serious loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ. It is important to note that the article need not be inherently dangerous; all that is required is that the article was capable of causing death or serious physical injury under the circumstances in which it was used. Any article or substance, without limitation and even though harmless under normal use, may be found by you to be a dangerous instrument if, under the circumstances of its use or threatened or attempted use, it is capable of producing serious physical injury or death. The state need not prove that in fact death or serious physical injury resulted, only that the instrument had that potential under the circumstances.
It is not necessary for the state to prove that the defendant was armed with or used any weapon for you to find that the defendant used force. Use of force means that the defendant must have used actual physical force or violence or superior physical strength to compel the complainant to submit to sexual intercourse.
You may find a threat of the use of force because you find that a threat was actually expressed or you may find a threat implied from the circumstances and from what you find to have been the defendant's conduct. Any such threat must have been such that it reasonably caused the complainant to fear physical injury to (herself/himself). "Physical injury" means impairment of physical condition or pain. Whether the fear of physical injury was reasonable is a question of fact for you to determine from the circumstance that you find existed at the time. <Reference if appropriate evidence concerning, e.g., any injury inflicted, relative sizes, place of occurrence, etc.>
In this case, the state has charged that the sexual intercourse was compelled both by the use of force and by the threat of the use of force. These are the two methods by which compulsion may be demonstrated and proved. That element will be established as long as each of you finds it proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the intercourse was compelled either by the use of force or the threat of the use of force. Simply put, it is not necessary for the state to prove that the intercourse was compelled both by the use of force and by the threat of the use of force, as long as each one of you is satisfied that it was compelled by force or the threat of the use of force.4
The third element is that the complainant was the (spouse / cohabitor) of the defendant. <Insert appropriate definition:>
"Spouse" means a husband or wife.
"Cohabitor" is any person actually living with another person, both of whom have mutually assumed the rights, duties and obligations that are usually manifested by married people, including but not necessarily dependent on sexual relations.5
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant compelled the complainant to engage in sexual intercourse, 2) (he/she) did so through the (use / threatened use) of force, and 3) the defendant and the complainant were at the time (in a spousal relationship / cohabiting).
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of sexual
assault in a (spousal / cohabiting) relationship, then you shall find the
defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has
failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then
find the defendant not guilty.
1 In State v. Chapman, 229 Conn. 529, 536-37 (1994), the court held that it was improper to instruct regarding the "use of force . . . or the threat of the use of force," when the defendant was charged only with ''use of force'' and no evidence had been presented regarding "threat of use of force."
2 The definition of "sexual intercourse" in General Statutes § 53a-70b (a) is identical to the definition in § 53a-65 (2), except that it does not limit it to persons who are not married to one another.
3 See footnote 1.
4 The "use of force" and the "threat of the use of force" are not conceptually distinct methods of compulsion for purposes of giving a unanimity instruction. State v. Tucker, 226 Conn. 618, 644-50 (1993).
5 This definition of cohabitor is intended to include the parties to a civil union. See State v. Arroyo, 181 Conn. 426, 432-33 (1980); State v. Cayoutte, 25 Conn. App. 384, 391 (1991).
It is not improper to instruct the defendant under both § 53a-70 and § 53a-70b when there is a factual issue as to whether the defendant and the victim were cohabiting. State v. Suggs, 209 Conn. 733, 741-50 (1989).
General Statutes § 54-86e, which
protects the identity of a victim of a sexual assault, does not apply to this


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The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is one of the most charismatic and least understood of Asia's many beautiful cat species. Little is known about the behavior or status of these shy and elusive cats in the wild. Only six clouded leopards ever have been radio-collared, and no systematic survey has ever been attempted to determine the number of these felids remaining in the wild.
Rampant habitat loss and fragmentation throughout the clouded leopard forest habitat in Southeast Asia and active poaching of clouded leopards are causing a decline in their already uncertain population. Clouded leopard pelts have increased dramatically in the illegal wildlife trade due to active poaching in Asia.
Unfortunately, populations in zoos are also struggling. Breeding clouded leopards in captivity has been a challenge the world over, primarily due to male aggression, decreased breeding activity between paired animals, and high cub mortality. The Smithsonian's National Zoo has been working in partnership with the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand, the Nashville Zoo, the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, and the Clouded Leopard Species Survival Plan to develop a clouded leopard breeding program in Thai zoos (the largest population of confiscated clouded leopards in Southeast Asia).
To date, more than 50 cubs have been born, and six cubs have been imported to the United States to increase the genetic diversity of the North American Clouded Leopard SSP population. The National Zoo also has been working with the Thailand Department of National Parks and Wildlife and the nonprofit organization WildAid in Khao Yai National Park to assess the numbers of clouded leopards and other carnivores living in nature. A major component to this project is the training of Thai forest rangers to monitor wild carnivores and prevent poaching in the parks. These collaborative and international projects for clouded leopards in Thailand serve as a model for conserving this treasured species and carnivores throughout the world.


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SAN JOSE -- The Sharks say they're plenty motivated to avoid any emotional letdown when they face the Washington Capitals on Saturday night after the high-profile win over the Anaheim Ducks 48 hours earlier that boosted them into first place in the Pacific Division.
"Let's face it," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said, "if we don't perform well tonight and don't live up to our end of the bargain, whatever we did two days ago doesn't matter anymore."
The Sharks could clinch their 2014 playoff spot as early as Saturday night and it will be their 10th in a row -- a streak second only to the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL.
Players reflected on that after the morning skate.
"It builds up pride in that commitment the team has," Patrick Marleau said. "When new players come in they know what's expected of them. That bar is set -- you're a team that's always in the playoffs and you have to bring it every night and do the things that it takes to be a winning team to get in the playoffs."
Captain Joe Thornton reflected on the past, but looked forward when it came to the decade of playoff presence that goes back to 2003-04,
"It's a model of consistency," Thornton said. "Ownership and management definitely deserve a pat on the back, but we've got bigger and better things we want to accomplish here this year. It's just not about tonight, but a couple months down the road."
Antti Niemi will be in goal for the Sharks who are facing a Washington team battling for an Eastern Conference playoff spot. Highly motivated, the Capitals have had more success on their California trip than most teams, beating the Anaheim Ducks and losing in overtime to the Los Angeles Kings before coming to San Jose.
"We're in a position where we can't lose," said Washington superstar Alexander Ovechkin. "Lose and it can cost us the playoffs. This group of guys understands that."
Ovechkin leads the league with 46 goals, but the last five have come on a power play that is tied for best in the NHL with a 23.9 percent success rate. Ovechkin hasn't scored at even strength since Feb. 27.
The Sharks know the danger he represents though as Washington's lone goal in a 2-1 shootout loss to San Jose on Jan. 14 was by Ovechkin at even strength.
"Obviously he shoots the puck, and his ability to shoot the puck is uncanny," Thornton said. "He's just so powerful. He just bulldozes his way through things, and just a complete power forward."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.