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What you have on hand when a disaster happens could make a big difference. Plan to store enough supplies for everyone in your household for at least three days.
Have at least one gallon per person per day.
Pack non-perishable, high-protein items, including energy bars, ready-to-eat soup, peanut butter, etc. Select foods that require no refrigeration, preparation or cooking, and little or no water.
Include extra batteries.
Include a reference guide.
Don't forget both prescription and non-prescription items.
Gather a wrench to turn off gas if necessary, a manual can opener, screwdriver, hammer, pliers, knife, duct tape, plastic sheeting, and garbage bags and ties.
Provide a change of clothes for everyone, including sturdy shoes and gloves.
Remember eyeglasses or contact lenses and solution; copies of important papers, including identification cards, insurance policies, birth certificates, passports, etc.; and comfort items such as toys and books.
You'll want toilet paper, towelettes, feminine supplies, personal hygiene items, bleach, etc.
Have cash. (ATMs and credit cards won't work if the power is out.)
Include a current list of family phone numbers and e-mail addresses, including someone out of the area who may be easier to reach by e-mail if local phone lines are overloaded. A blank Emergency Contact List form is included in this section for your use.
Include food, water, leash, litter box or plastic bags, tags, medications, and vaccination information.
Consider marking an evacuation route on it from your local area.
Emergency preparedness includes being prepared for all kinds of emergencies, able to respond in time of crisis to save lives and property, and to help a community—or even a nation—return to normal life after a disaster occurs. It is a challenge to be prepared for emergencies in our world of man-made and natural phenomena. The Emergency Preparedness BSA program is planned to inspire the desire and foster the skills to meet this challenge in our youth and adult members so that they can participate effectively in this crucial service to their families, communities, and nation.
When an emergency occurs, it affects every youth and adult member of BSA in the immediate area, creating the responsibility to respond: first, as an individual; second, as a member of a family; and third, as a member of a Scouting unit serving the neighborhood and community. To meet these varied responsibilities, the Emergency Preparedness BSA plan includes preparedness training for individuals, families, and units.
Download an Emergency Contact List to use. (PDF)
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As wonderful as the holiday season is for most of us, there are a great number of people who will suffer from depression.
Some will feel alone and friendless. For others, the pressure of making ends meet, for still others painful memories. Over the next few weeks domestic strife, abuse of alcohol and even suicide will increase.
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1. Think dry and cool no matter where you store seed. Humidity and warmth shorten a seed's shelf life.
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5. To keep seeds dry, wrap 2 heaping tablespoons of powdered milk in 4 layers of facial tissue, then put the milk packet inside the storage container with the seed packets. Or add a packet of silica gel. Replace every 6 months.
6. Store each year's seeds together and date them. Because most seeds last about 3 years, you'll know at a glance which container of seeds might be past its prime when planting season comes.
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Santana, Hancock, 3 others to get Kennedy Center Honors
CARLOS SANTANA by Brett ZongkerFor New Pittsburgh CourierWASHINGTON (AP)—For Carlos Santana, music has always been a calling. He idolized his mariachi musician father as a boy in their remote hometown in Mexico and later grew up with the Woodstock generation after immigrating to San Francisco. Now the music legend will join the luminaries receiving this year's highest national honors for influencing American culture through the arts. Santana is among five who will receive the Kennedy Center Honors.


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Roche runs for EU application of subcutaneous Herceptin
26.03.2012 - Following promising results from a Phase III study, Roche has submitted a regulatory application to EMA for subcutaneous Herceptin (trastuzumab) to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
Roche said subcutaneous administration of Herceptin is less invasive and more convenient to patients, as it takes approximately five minutes instead of 30-90 minutes with the approved intravenous (IV) administration. The regulatory application is based on data from the Phase III HannaH trial presented on March 23 the at the European Breast Cancer meeting in Vienna. Subcutaneous Herceptin produced a complete pathologic response rate, the co-primary endpoints of pharmacokinetics and efficacy met their pre-specified criteria. The drug concentration in the blood measured just before surgery was at least as high for the SC as for the IV formulation (69.0 and 51.8 µg/mL, respectively). This is important in order to demonstrate comparable efficacy. In addition, efficacy, determined by pCR, in patients treated in the SC arm was in the same range as in patients who received the IV formulation (45.4 percent and 40.7 percent, respectively). Subcutaneous Herceptin is formulated using Enhanze recombinant human hyaluronidase (rHuPH20) drug delivery technology from Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/business/2012-01/roche-runs-for-eu-application-of-subcutaneous-herceptin.html


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Anne Frank's stepsister overcame her hate
Published: Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 15, 2013 at 2:46 p.m.
"Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn." — Robert Burns
She needed two decades to expel the hate that gnawed at her soul.
WHAT: Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss will talk about her experiences and her stepsister, Anne Frank.
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Monday
WHERE: Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave., Venice.
SPONSOR: Chabad of Venice & North Port
TICKETS: Prices vary depending on seating, which is selling out. Call (941) 493-2770.
MORE INFORMATION: chabadofvenice.com/annefrank, evaschloss.com
• May 11, 1929 — Eva Geiringer is born in Vienna, Austria.
• March 12, 1938 — The Germans invade Austria, meeting no resistance. Eva's father, Erich, will soon arrange for the family to move to Holland.
• September 1939 — Germany invades Poland. Britain and France declare war on Germany.
• May 10, 1940 — The Germans invade Holland and Belgium.
• July 6, 1941 - Heinz Geiringer, Eva's older brother, receives a notice that he is to be deported to a labor camp in Germany. Instead, the family decides to go into hiding.
• July 1941-May 1942 — The Geiringers spend nearly two years hiding in the homes of members of the Dutch Resistance, with Eva and her mother separated from her father and brother.
• May 11, 1944 — SS troopers raid the home where Eva and her mother are hiding and arrest them. Later that month, the Geiringers are put with other Jewish prisoners on cattle cars for a train ride to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in Poland.
• January 1945 — Eva, her mother and other prisoners wake to discover the guards and dogs gone. Within days, Russian soldiers arrive. Soon, the survivors will be taken by train to safety in Russia.
• May 7, 1945 — Germany surrenders unconditionally.
• May 1945 — Eva and her mother are repatriated to Amsterdam.
• August 8, 1945 — Eva and her mother receive a letter from the Red Cross informing them that Erich and Heinz Geiringer died in a concentration camp in Austria.
• 1951 — Eva Geiringer moves to London and becomes a professional photographer.
• 1952 — Eva Geiringer marries Zvi Schloss, an economics student from Israel. They will have three daughters and five grandchildren.
• November 10, 1953 — Fritzi Geiringer, Eva's mother, and Otto Frank marry. Their mutual life mission becomes the global publication of "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl." Fifty-three years after her release from Birkenau, she will die at age 93. He will die at age 91.
• 1988 — Schloss publishes her autobiography, "Eva's Story," and becomes a writer and public speaker.
Eva Schloss hated the Germans who invaded her homeland, Austria, and forced her Jewish family to flee for their lives.
She hated the Austrians for not resisting the Nazis.
She hated those Dutch who pretended to assist the Resistance but, for money, betrayed Jewish refugees — including her family — by exposing their hiding places to the dreaded SS.
She hated the Polish overseers and German guards who treated her and other prisoners in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps as "animals."
She overcame that all-consuming hate because of the constant encouragement of her stepfather — a man who had lost his entire family in the concentration camps, the father of her childhood friend, the posthumously published diarist Anne Frank.
"Otto Frank, he who had lost everybody, had no hate," Schloss said. "That, to me, was amazing. He helped me a lot."
On Monday, Schloss — the last survivor of the Holocaust personally connected to the Anne Frank legacy — will share her life-changing experiences with an audience in Venice.
Originally published in Holland in 1947, "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" continues to be a global bestseller and an introduction for later generations to the Jewish plight in World War II.
Because it describes the Frank family's time in hiding but not the horrors that followed, "it is not a Holocaust book," Schloss said.
That is why, at 83, Schloss — whose autobiography, "Eva's Story," made her a renowned spokeswoman for Holocaust survivors — remains committed to the lecture circuit.
For the past two decades, she has toured Europe, Australia and the United States speaking at schools, theaters, churches, libraries — even prisons — to make sure younger generations know about the Holocaust and share her commitment that such atrocities must never happen again.
Just days before Passover, the commemoration of the Israelites' freedom from slavery in Egypt, Schloss will share her story with a crowd that includes 600 middle and high school students — many of them of the age Schloss was when she spent two years in hiding and nine months in the Birkenau concentration camp.
Schloss, who lives in London, has been in Sarasota with her husband, visiting friends. But she embraces the chance to tell her story to perhaps the last generation who will ever it hear it from someone who was there.
"I want to tell them to accept each other, that there should not be prejudice because of color, religion, looks," Schloss said. "I want them to learn from history."
Her tale is one of startling contrasts, of acts of harrowing horror and despicable cruelty as well as feats of inspiring kindness and incredible self-sacrifice.
It is a lesson about the human condition that applies to every generation, about the choices between good and evil that we all make as individuals and the underlying truth that life is fragile and precious.
Vienna to Amsterdam
Eva Geiringer was born into a loving family. She adored her father, Erich, whom she called "Pappy;" her mother, Fritzi, whom she called "Mutti;" and her older and multi-talented brother, Heinz.
They were a typical Jewish family in the culturally rich city of Vienna.
In the 1930s, however, Jewish families in Austria were keenly aware of the anti-Semetic feelings brewing in neighboring Nazi Germany.
On March 12, 1938, their lives would be forever changed as the Nazis invaded Austria — encountering not just no resistance but jubilant crowds.
Friends of the Geiringers suddenly became openly hostile.
Like many Jewish households, the Geiringers fled. By that May, Erich Geiringer had relocated his shoe factory to Holland and sent for the rest of his family.
They settled in a Jewish neighborhood of apartment buildings in Amsterdam.
Eva would get to know a girl of her age whose family lived in the building across the street: smart, pretty Anne Frank.
The Franks had emigrated from Germany when Anne was 4. Unlike Eva, Anne was fully assimilated in her new homeland.
"She felt Dutch," Schloss remembered. "She didn't speak German at all any more."
While Eva considered herself "a tomboy," Anne already had a keen interest in fashion and boys. "She was more mature than I."
Schloss vividly remembers seeing Anne in a dressmaker's fitting room, giving specific instructions about larger shoulder pads and a higher hemline.
On May 10, 1940, the Geiringers' lives, as those of the Franks and all Jewish families, were again in upheaval as the Nazis invaded Holland.
The Geiringers hoped to board a ship bound for England but arrived at the port too late.
The Nazis imposed strict curfews and rules on the Jewish populace, which was required to wear the Star of David on their clothing.
When Heinz got a notice that he was to be deported to a German labor camp, the Geiringers — as did many Jewish families — sought the help of the Dutch Resistance and went into hiding.
Behind false walls
Eva presumed other Jewish families, such as the Franks, might be doing the same but did not know for sure.
"You didn't talk about it," Schloss said. "You just disappeared."
Eva and her mother had to be separated from her father and brother because the Resistance could not arrange hiding places that could conceal all four of them.
Eva, who longed for the outdoors, remained in small, hidden rooms in Resistance members' homes.
"My father thought we would be in hiding for a couple of weeks, a couple of months — at most," Schloss said.
The family remained in hiding two years.
They frequently changed locations because their hosts would either demand more money or become fearful their treason might be discovered by the Nazis.
The Nazis knew Heinz had not reported for deportation and soon realized his family was missing as well.
"They were looking for us."
Frequently, SS troopers stormed the homes where Eva and her mother remained silent and motionless just inches away behind false walls.
Eva and her mother would take the risk of visiting her father and brother, daring to walk the streets without wearing the Star of David.
"Being separated, being scared that one part of our family might be taken, we just needed to do it," Schloss said. She and her mother wanted confirmation that Erich and Heinz had not been captured.
Because she and her mother were fair haired, they were never stopped and required to show their falsified identity papers. "We both looked very Dutch."
On Eva's 15th birthday, her life would take its next devastating turn.
Capture and torment
A Dutch nurse who pretended to assist the Resistance knew of the Geiringers' hiding places and, for money, betrayed them.
As Eva and her host family were having breakfast, just as that family's son gave her a birthday gift she never got to unwrap or see what it was, the SS burst in.
The Gestapo fiercely interrogated them and Jews discovered in other raids separately, threatening to torture their relatives if they were not truthful. Despite being repeatedly hit with a truncheon, Eva tried not to tell her captors anything they did not already know — especially information that could put members of the Resistance at risk.
The family briefly remained together at a Dutch prison camp. Within days, they and other detainees were herded onto cattle cars with no space to sit.
For days, the train ventured across Europe, the crowded cattle cars reeking of excrement.
At their destination in Poland, German guards with dogs and guns ordered them to stand in long lines to await further interrogation. While her father and brother were sent to nearby Auschwitz, Eva and her mother were confined to the Birkenau concentration camp.
Auschwitz-Birkenau "was a huge, huge complex, every part separated by electrified barbed wire."
Their heads were shaved and what was left of their clothes and possessions removed.
They slept in wooden bunks without mattresses or blankets, their only warmth being each other's bodies — as lice and blood-sucking bedbugs relentlessly tormented them.
They got what nourishment they could from the scraps that served as their meals, eating whatever they could out of chipped mugs that they protected as valued possessions — no longer allowed to dine like civilized beings. Every day, starvation threatened.
"You could hardly ever wash. You scratched yourself with dirty fingernails. The water was not clean. You very often got typhus, dysentery, cholera."
Every time they were ordered into the showers, they worried they were about to be exposed to deadly gas rather than cold water. Guards laughingly taunted them with stories of the crematoriums.
"They were so cruel to us because they didn't consider us humans. To them, we were like rats, vermin. The Germans showed no kindness."
From before dawn to after sunset, they were subjected to sudden beatings and assigned to work details.
When they were not doing hard labor, Eva and her mother were assigned the task of going through the mounds of clothing stripped from prisoners, most of them already gassed. They cut into the linings to find jewelry or anything else of value the condemned had attempted to hide and forfeited it to their captors. Eva would become overcome with emotion whenever she would uncover someone's family photos.
On several occasions, while on her work detail, she could see her father through a barbed-wire fence and visit with him briefly — getting assurances that Heinz remained alive as well.
Grateful that she and her 39-year-old mother were at least still together, Eva thought for sure Mutti was doomed when the notorious "Dr. Death," Josef Mengele, "selected" her for one of his torturous experiments.
Her mother's cousin, a Jewish nurse in the camp hospital, somehow convinced Mengele to release her and mother and daughter were reunited.
"I can only call it a miracle," Schloss said.
Throughout her ordeal, Schloss did not forsake hope that, someday, the Allies would rescue them.
"I was 15. I didn't want to die. I wanted to experience life, have a boyfriend, get married, have a family."
The bear at the gate
By December, distant gunfire and cannon fire gave the prisoners hope that the Russians were advancing. Yet it also caused them to worry that the Germans might try to destroy all evidence of the concentration camps before retreating.
Many of the prisoners were marched away to other camps.
Lying in their bunk, Eva and her mother fantasized about their lives if they were freed: "warm baths with soap, sleeping between clean sheets, eating with a knife and fork . . ."
And the food, oh, they could just taste the food — fresh bread with butter, crunchy apples, roast chicken, pancakes, chocolate pudding, all washed down with glasses of milk.
On a January morning, Eva, her mother and a couple of hundred other prisoners woke to discover the guards and dogs gone.
Over the next several days, many of the prisoners who were gravely ill died. Eva performed "the worst task" of her life, carrying out the corpses.
Even so, the survivors found an abundance of food in the kitchen, warmer clothes and assorted tools. Just as Eva, her mother and two other women moved into a house just outside the camp where SS officers had stayed, they heard another woman outside scream, "There's a bear at the gate!"
The bear turned out to be a fur-capped Russian soldier. Eventually, he would be followed by his comrades.
To this day, Schloss has only praise for her Russian liberators. "They treated us with respect. They fed us, clothed us, brought us back to safety. They could have abandoned us. They were still pursuing the Nazis and in the middle of fighting."
When she deemed it safe enough, Eva walked to Auschwitz to search for her father and brother.
There she discovered Otto Frank, whose wife had died and whose daughters had been taken elsewhere. Later, another acquaintance there delivered the bad news that Eva's father and brother were ordered on one of the last forced marches to leave Auschwitz.
Eventually, the camp survivors boarded a train again — this time heading into Russia and farther away from the front lines.
'I'm a lucky person'
After Eva and her mother resettled in Holland, they received devastating news from the Red Cross.
Eva's father and brother died at the Mauthausen camp in Austria, Heinz of exhaustion and her father of causes that are still unknown.
On the train trip to Auschwitz, Heinz had confided that he had concealed his paintings under the floorboards of his last hiding place. Eva and her mother recovered the artwork.
Otto Frank became a frequent visitor in the Geiringer home.
He learned that his daughters Anne and Margot were taken to the Bergen-Belsen camp in Germany, where they died of typhus.
When the woman who hid the Frank family gave him Anne's diary, he felt reconnected with his daughter.
He and Fritzi Geiringer, who barely knew each other prior to the war, married and made the global publication of the diary and correspondence with its readers their life mission.
"He loved my mother very much. Anne was really part of our family, as a spirit. He talked about her continuously."
Eva Geiringer would become Eva Schloss, have three daughters and five grandchildren. After the 1988 publication of her autobiography, she assumed a new role as a public figure on the worldwide lecture circuit — educating others about the Holocaust.
She refuses to see any heroism in her personal story. "I don't consider me a hero. I'm a lucky person. I certainly did not do it out of heroism. Heroes risk their life to save people. The people in the Resistance were the heroes. They could have taken the easy way out and just been bystanders. That was free will and those were heroes."
During the Holocaust, she lost her faith in God. "Why did God not interfere? Why did God let this happen?" she asked herself.
Years later, with the help of Otto Frank, she learned to accept the past and, instead of being bitter about the world, to try and make it a better place. She regained her faith in God and what she considered God's gift of "free will."
"God gave us a choice in how to live and it is up to use to choose between good and evil," Schloss decided.
The story of Eva Schloss is about more than good and evil, though. It is a character study in perseverance, the struggle and will to live even in the shadow of death — even for those who think God has forsaken them.
"Life is too precious to give up easily."
"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." — Anne Frank
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Rhonda Allison Cosmeceuticals, a professional skincare company, has appointed Shannon Esau as the Director of Education to guide the advanced education initiative at the new Rhonda Allison Education Center.
In her new role, Esau will oversee the educational and instructional programs at the Center, developing the course curriculum, structure and schedule. She will also coordinate a continuum of courses that will be live streamed, which will enable global interactive learning and 24-hour access to archived training courses. Shannon brings more than 14 years of experience in the aesthetic industry, having served as national educator within Rhonda Allison. Esau also completed advanced chemistry studies in cosmetic formulation.
"Continued education has always been one of our top priorities, and now with our new Education Center and Shannon at the helm, we are in a unique position to raise the bar on advanced aesthetic training and enhance our abilities to better serve our clients and partner with them more directly," said Rhonda Allison, founder of Rhonda Allison Cosmeceuticals. "Shannon's knowledge of the aesthetics industry, years of experience in leading educational programming, and expertise in the chemistry of formulations will prove invaluable."
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Spa News: Jaime Huffman Leading Universal Companies' Spa Development Efforts
Universal Companies recently announced that Jaime Huffman, MPH, joined its team on July 30, 2014, as Senior Vice President of Spa Development. In her new position with Universal Companies, Jaime leads the Product Development, Education, and Equipment teams. Brenda Elliott, Universal Companies CEO said, "We are very glad to welcome Jaime to the team. She has an impressive resume, with more than 25 years of leadership experience in spa, hospitality, education, and health care. Her experience and understanding of the complexities involved in delivering an exceptional spa experience makes her a perfect fit for this Spa Development position."
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Prior to her 14-year tenure at The Spa at The Grove Park Inn, Jaime provided operational and educational services in two hospital-based wellness centers, a medical/psychological group practice, and in her own consulting business. She holds a master's degree, a license in therapeutic massage and bodywork, and she is a certified corporate speaker.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Rona Hollander Citrin, a vice president of Citicorp for 12 years, has joined the board of trustees at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
Citrin currently serves on the board of trustees at the Aspen Art Museum as well. She also is involved in various capacities at arts and educational institutions such as the advisory council of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, the photography acquisitions committee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the national advisory council for the Tang Museum at Skidmore College, and the President's Leadership Council at Dartmouth College.
Citrin holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's in business administration from New York University. She, her husband Jeff and family reside in Aspen, New York City and Greenwich, Conn.


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The Department of Student Recreation and Wellness is home to the Outdoor Programs office which is comprised of two distinct entities; RU Outdoors and the Climbing Wall.
The goal of the Outdoor Program is to provide the Radford University community with diverse adventure oriented extracurricular activities that challenge individuals both mentally and physically.
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RU Outdoors provides weekend adventures allowing students to explore the outdoor recreational activities in the surrounding New River Valley to include:
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- Various clinics and certification programs.
RU Outdoors also hosts an outdoor equipment rental facility and trip planning advice center (check out our interactive trip planning map). To register for a trip, stop by the RU Outdoors office, call us during normal hours of opperation, or click here to register online.
The Climbing Wall is located in Peters Hall. This facility is open daily and is free to Radford University students. Various clinics are hosted here including: intro to climbing, belaying 101, intro to lead climbing, and the fundamentals of climbing movement.


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- Submit a written request to the University Policy Coordinator/Office of the Executive Assistant to the President, 264 University Hall.
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The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's tennis team will host a pair of Southland Conference matches at the Corpus Christi Country Club this weekend in the final two home matches of the year. They play host to the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks on Saturday at 2 p.m. and the match against the Sam Houston Bearkats slated for a 1 p.m. start.
They come into the weekend with an 8-5 record overall and 5-4 mark in league matches. The Ladyjacks are 18-3 on the season. All three losses came in conference matches as they are 6-3 in the Southland.
The Islanders will be holding their Senior Day on Sunday to honor the seniors before the final home match of the year. Bianca Discordia and Nadia Filmalter will be recognized before the match starts at 1 p.m.
Admission to both matches is free with fans encouraged to come out to the Corpus Christi Country Club and see the Islanders for the final time during the 2011 season.


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Esperanza Community Bicycle Shop Opens Doors
- March 11, 2013
The word Esperanza means "hope", and the old Esperanza Library is now bringing hope and community revitalization to west Central through the renovation of the building and new programming for youth and adults alike.
The Esperanza Community Bike Shop will provide bicycles, bicycle repair, and cycling education to budding cyclists and seasoned pros. A room in the bike shop will be named in honor of Richard Rivas, well known in the community for his work of recycling bicycles and giving them to those in need. The shop will be the new home for the Richard Rivas Community Bike Recycle Program as well.
The Bike Shop will also house the Parks and Recreation Department's Bicycle Safety Education Program. The Bicycle Safety Education Program has been serving bicyclists in Albuquerque for more than 17 years. Best known for its 'Bike Rodeos', offering elementary school-age children bicycling safety skills complete with traffic signs and wooden obstacles; the program will hold future events at the newly renovated facility.
"Providing healthy and safe programs and facilities in our communities is an investment in the future of our city," said Mayor Berry. "We are thrilled about the shop's mission and what it will mean for the entire city".
"The Bicycle Safety Education Program has been educating future commuters about the joy and practicality of bicycling, and to be respectful of bicyclists when they become drivers of cars," added Chuck Malagodi, Program Coordinator. "We are especially proud of our new-found collaboration with Partnership for Community Action and Bernalillo County," Mr. Malagodi added.
The shop will be a community resource for learning all about bicycles: from maintaining one's own two-wheeler to putting old bikes to new use. Among the new programs at the shop is the Earn-A-Bike program, where kids 9-17 years of age can learn how to maintain and repair a bike, all while earning a bike all their own.
The community is also encouraged to donate bicycles and parts in any condition; the donated equipment will be used at the shop. Open Shop Nights will serve the entire public on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. The shop will also be home to a bicycle library where bikes will be available for check out. Visit the shop's homepage at Esperanza Community Bicycle Shop.


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MINTURN - Minturn Police Chief Lorenzo Martinez, has announced he is resigning from his position effective Feb. 15.
"I have been honored to serve the residents of the Town of Minturn and will always think of Minturn as home," Martinez wrote in his letter of resignation. "I wish the town success in the future." Martinez has offered to provide any assistance needed during the transitional period.
Martinez has been with the Minturn Police Department for approximately 27 years, first as an officer and then eventually as the chief. For more information, call Minturn Town Manager Jim White, 970-827-5645.


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The 17-hydroxycorticosteroid (17-OHCS) test measures the level of 17-OHCS in the urine.
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A 24-hour urine sample is needed. You will need to collect your urine over 24 hours. Your health care provider will tell you how to do this. Follow instructions exactly so that the results are accurate.
The health care provider will instruct you, if necessary, to stop medicines that may interfere with the test. These may include:
The test involves only normal urination. There is no discomfort.
17-hydroxycorticosteroid (17-OHCS) is a product formed when the liver and other body tissues break down the steroid hormone, cortisol.
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The Performing Arts Series at Ozark Actors Theatre will host nationally renowned bluegrass band The Expedition Show Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cedar Street Playhouse, 701 North Cedar St., Rolla.
Band members include Blake Williams, Salem native Wayne Southards, Kimberly Williams and Alex Hibbitts.
The Expedition Show has been nominated twice by the International Bluegrass Music Association for Emerging Artist of the Year. The band has performed all over the world and released seven full-length CDs.
Southards has won the International Acoustic Music Association's Male Vocalist of the Year award, and Blake Williams has been nominated three times for Entertainer of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America.
Tickets are only $15 for adults or $12 for students, children and military veterans. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ozarkactorstheatre.org or by calling 573-364-9523, extension 100.
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Oliver Springs resident Janelle Arthur continues to "wow" the judges on "American Idol."
She advanced Wednesday night in the competition and will compete again this week, when Americans — and hopefully Janelle's many East Tennessee fans — will get the chance to vote for her.
"Your voice is so raw and real. And there's not an ounce of pretentiousness in your voice," judge Mariah Carey told Janelle.
On Twitter, Janelle posted Wednesday: "As you saw tonight, I made the TOP 20 on American Idol!!!!! I AM SO BLOWN AWAY & THANKFUL."
This week's shows — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday — will reportedly be live. The shows begin at 8 p.m. each night on WTNZ Fox 43.
The 23-year-old is the daughter of Oliver Springs residents Judy and Gentle Dean Arthur.
Donna Smith can be contacted at (865) 220-5502.
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OAKLAND -- It's been a year and 10 days since the Warriors acquired Andrew Bogut. But it's been little more than the past 10 days that the Bay Area has finally started to see the bona fide big man the Warriors believed they were getting when they made the deal.
Regarded as one of the best defensive centers in the league when healthy in Milwaukee, Bogut is starting to step up his prowess as a paint protector during the Warriors' stretch drive. That development could change their "fear factor" to a prospective opponent once they get into the playoffs.
Bogut is quick to remind that the Warriors have to lock down that playoff spot first. Even though their position appears solid with 12 games to go -- nine of those at home -- there is still unfinished regular-season business, starting with the Washington Wizards on Saturday night at Oracle Arena.
"We're not there yet," Bogut said. "We have a lot of work to do in these next 2-3 weeks."
But there is little question Bogut's extended presence in the middle -- he's played over 30 minutes in four of his last five games -- is starting to have a profound impact on the team's defensive results. The Warriors have held opponents under 100 points in four of the last six games, and all four have been victories.
The Warriors opened eyes by holding Houston and New Orleans to 78 and 72 points on back-to-back nights last week -- the first time in 11 seasons a Golden State team has held consecutive road opponents below 80. Bogut's impact toward those defensive achievements can't be minimized. He had 21 rebounds and seven blocked shots in the two wins, and altered several more shots.
"I'm finally getting adjusted to our system and what the coaching staff expects of me defensively," Bogut said. "And my teammates are starting to have confidence knowing there is a shot blocker back there, someone who takes charges and gets rebounds."
Coach Mark Jackson sees a 7-footer who is finally starting to shake off the cobwebs of a virtual year off because of ankle surgery.
"His body is a lot livelier, and it is also responding the next day after playing 30-plus minutes," Jackson said. "We like where he is right now, but we're still going to respect the process and keep an eye on him. That said, he certainly is a difference maker for us."
Jackson doesn't believe the rest of his players are playing defense any differently now that Bogut is manning the middle, but Bogut himself sees a major difference.
"I think it just gives them more confidence to pressure the ball a little bit more," he said. "They can get up on their man, and if he blows by them, I'm either going to take a charge or get a block or maybe just alter the shot. It all starts with me being vocal, too. As a big man, you have to talk a lot. There are a lot of screens coming left and right, and you have to make sure the little fellas don't get knocked about."
Jackson said as good as his big man has been of late, he has only scratched the surface. He noted that the center's offensive game is starting to come around, and when that fully blossoms, the Warriors will be that much more dangerous.
"I think he feels more comfortable on the block now," the coach said. "During the road trip, he was aggressive and he made teams pay the price. He gives us a different weapon. For the first time, we have a legitimate guy at the five who can do something on the block. That's really who he is."


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Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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TUSCALOOSA | Will the University of Alabama basketball team see the Elston Turner who scored 40 points against the Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena last week — or the one who scored four points in Texas A&M's home loss to Florida on Thursday night?
Alabama head coach Anthony Grant isn't sure, but he knows unless UA has a strong defensive effort against the Aggies tonight at Coleman Coliseum, it is likely to be the former, if not from Turner, then from someone else.
"Our mentality has to be that we need to do a great job on the defensive end," Grant said. "They have a lot of weapons at A&M so our defensive challenge is different than just stopping one guy.
"Elston Turner has a tremendous ability to score the basketball. Everyone is aware of how he exploded at Kentucky. He's a scorer. He scores in a variety of ways and his team does a great job of understanding how to take advantage of what he does, (but) there is a very good group of players around him. Ray Turner is 240 pounds on the inside and can score the basketball. They have good guards. The system they run, they throw a lot of things at you. So it is definitely a defensive challenge for us."
Alabama should at least have some added confidence in tonight's game, coming in with back-to-back Southeastern Conference victories, a home win over Tennessee and a road blowout of Mississippi State last Wednesday.
Grant also said he was "hopeful" that point guard Trevor Releford, who sprained an ankle in practice last Monday and did not play in the win over MSU, could see action today.
"Right now, it's going to basically come down to his pain tolerance," Grant said at his Friday press conference. "Obviously, he still has some stiffness and soreness. I want to see him (Friday at practice), see what he's able to do in terms of mobility. Like we said before, the ultimate goal is to make sure that he's healthy and that we don't do something to jeopardize his health. We'll evaluate it today in practice, but we're hopeful that if everything goes well today then he will be available."
"It was a little different, but going into the game we knew that he may not play so everyone was willing to do something extra to get the win," said Crimson Tide guard Trevor Lacey, who handled the majority of the point guard duties in Releford's absence. "We played earlier without him and Andrew Steele. It takes guys coming together and doing little things to piece it all together."
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HOUSTON -- If the Warriors can take any consolation from the 140-109 thrashing they took from the Rockets on Tuesday, it was that history was not made on their watch.
Golden State saw its four-game win streak snapped in embarrassing fashion. But at least the Warriors didn't give up an NBA record for most 3-pointers in a game. They certainly did everything they could to prevent the Rockets from draining that 24th 3-pointer. They recklessly contested all threes. They committed hard fouls on anyone who dared hoist from deep.
In the final minute, with the game out of reach, they twice committed intentional fouls, prompting boos from the remaining fans at the Toyota Center.
"I'm an old-school basketball player and an old-school coach," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "If you can't appreciate that, that's on you. We're not going to lay down. If you're going to try to get the record, we're going to stop it."
The Warriors, however, couldn't stop the Rockets from tying the NBA record for most threes in a game, set by Orlando in January 2009. The 23 3-pointers Houston made, on 40 attempts, was more than enough damage to dispense of the Warriors.
Golden State's defense was torched like a crème brûlée, giving up the most points in a game since Denver dropped 140 on visiting Golden State in November 2006. The Rockets shot 50.5 percent and had eight players with at least 11 points. Bay Area native Jeremy Lin led the way with 28 points and nine assists. Houston didn't even need much from All-Star guard James Harden, who had 18 points on 11 shots.
But Golden State's apparent determination to keep Lin and Harden from penetrating gave Houston a buffet of open looks. And the Rockets feasted.
They hit 3s off the drive-and-dish. They hit 3s off quick ball reversals. They hit 3s in transition. Nine players hit 3-pointers for the Rockets, six hitting at least two.
"We just had to keep playing," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said. "We shoot a lot of 3s. That's just what we do."
Golden State, despite all its offensive weapons, simply couldn't keep up. The Warriors managed just 47 points on 36.6 percent shooting in the second half.
As a result, the Warriors dropped into sixth in the Western Conference standings after being blown out to start a trip for the second time in two weeks. Their last four-games-in-five-nights roadie began without a blowout loss at Chicago on Jan. 25.
The Rockets put up 77 points in the first half, the most allowed by Golden State in any half this season. Houston made 14 of 18 from 3-point range in the first half, tying an NBA record for 3-pointers in a half.
Houston finally began to cool down from 3 in the third quarter. But first, the Rockets turned it into a laugher, sparked by a 14-2 run.
"You'd figure they cool off just a little bit," said point guard Stephen Curry. "But we have to force them to hit tough shots. Can't just give them open looks. ... It gets pretty ugly really fast if you don't do anything about it."
McHale pulled his starters with 5:49 left. Guard Patrick Beverley and big man Donatas Montiejunas knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Rockets 23.
"The guys that were in the game at the end ... they're just out there playing," McHale said. "They didn't have an agenda. ... We do play a push-it-up style. I told the guys that when you get the rebound, let's push it up, see what presents itself and just play basketball."
With 1:04 left and the Warriors defending the 3-point line at all costs, Beverley drove the lane and dunked. He stared at the Warriors' bench on his way to the other end, drawing a technical foul for taunting.
"The only thing I think we need to apologize for was just the reaction after the dunk," Lin said. "To be honest, that wasn't totally classy on our behalf."
After that, Jackson instructed his players to foul to prevent the 3. Soon after, Beverly found himself open in the corner. Rookie forward Draymond Green charged hard into Beverley, drawing a flagrant foul two and prompting a verbal scuffle with Marcus Morris. Both Green and Morris were ejected.
In the final 34.1 seconds, Jackson had his players intentionally foul and concede the free throws. Twice.
"That's our coaches' decision," Warriors forward David Lee said. "That's the way we play. ... We've got three more opportunities to play these guys."
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Published: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 12:28 p.m.
Editor's note: The following story was submitted by John and Melissa Reizer, who adopted Bun Bun from the Spartanburg Humane Society last year.
After bringing Bun Bun to our home last June, she has done wonderful at our house with (daughter) Kayla and the rest of the family.
Bun Bun has adapted nicely to her new surroundings and appears healthier than ever. Kayla spends a lot of time with her furry friend, and it is a common occurrence, almost every night, to see the two of them interacting together.
According to an article on GoUpstate.com, "Bun Bun arrived at the Spartanburg Humane Society 'dangerously overweight.' Bun Bun weighed more than 8 pounds. Her ideal weight was about 5 pounds. The rabbit was placed on a health regimen that included a special diet and exercise. She was taken for walks around the shelter on a harness and made daily rounds inside an enclosure. All Bun Bun's hard work paid off. The once-obese rabbit weighed 4 pounds as of June 12."
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Statue of Liberty Closed in Shutdown
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Some tourists from around the U.S. and abroad left lower Manhattan disappointed Tuesday after they couldn't visit the Statue of Liberty, which is closed to visitors amid the federal government shutdown.
"We turned on the news this morning. We saw that the government completely shut down," said D.C. resident Rod Rioja, 35 years old, who is visiting New York with his girlfriend and her mother. "This was supposed to be the main attraction of our trip. … It kind of ruined our trip."
Since the statue is run by a federal agency — the National Parks Service — it is closed to the public during the partial government shutdown.
Tourists can opt for a 60-minute $24 boat ride around the harbor, which won't stop at Liberty Island. The normal $17 ride to the island — which allows visitors to stay for the day — is not being offered.
Statue Cruises worker Marco Bedoya, 41, said he's been using his language skills — he's fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, French and German — to explain the situation to guests.
"It's been confusing for some people but I'm glad I can try and help them out in their own language," Mr. Bedoya said. "Some people want refunds. Some are disgusted but others take the cruise anyway. Most are understanding."
Traveling with a group of friends from Bulgaria, Miya Strashimirova, 22, is only in New York for one day and looked forward to wandering around Liberty Island Tuesday afternoon.
"We're just going to find something else to do. It's too expensive and it doesn't even stop anywhere," Ms. Strashimirova said.
Nick Durham, 29, was on a day trip with a cohort of coworkers from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., but the group members turned away once they realized they couldn't make it to the statue.
"It's 85 degrees in October. It would have been a great ride," Mr. Durham said. "Too bad. We'll just have to find a way to kill some time now."


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In a recent survey of Delta County and Olathe area students ages 4-18, out of almost 30 outdoor activities, archery was identified as being the one they would most like to try.
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Folks don't necessarily think of museum-going as a summertime activity. But the Bay Area art world never takes a season off, and some of the big exhibitions of the year are opening over the next few months.
From a show of Annie Leibovitz photos to works from the personal collection of Oracle's Larry Ellison to a retrospective on the Bay Area part of Richard Diebenkorn's career, there is a lot of art to see and appreciate this summer. Here are our top picks, in order of their openings:
Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Figure on a Porch, 1959 Oil on canvas 57 x 62 in. (144.8 x 157.5 cm) Oakland Museum of California, gift of the Anonymous Donor Program of the American Federation of the Arts, A60.35.5 © 2013 The Richard Diebenkorn Foundation. All rights reserved. Courtesy: de Young Museum ( Oakland Museum of California )
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FRISCO - The Summit Stage is set to inherit at least five new buses, which will allow transit officials to implement a plan to install bicycle racks inside at least 10 Summit Stage buses.
"We can at least double our carrying capacity for bicycles," Summit Stage director John Jones said. "I think that will be a big help for the customer."
The five-year-old buses are coming from Colorado Springs' now-defunct Front Range Express for a small fraction of the cost of a new bus.
"We're one of the few entities that can use the buses," assistant county manager Thad Noll said. "It's a great deal, a great opportunity for us and will save the Stage a lot of money."
The hand-me-down buses will cost the Summit Stage less than $150,000 in total. A single new bus would cost nearly $400,000.
Local transit officials have secured at least five buses, but as many as eight might be available to be adopted by the Summit Stage.
Officials say the second-hand buses are exactly the same as the newer coaches in the Summit Stage fleet, but are higher quality than the older buses they will replace.
"They're low mileage for their age and in very good condition," Jones said. "They'll also have an emissions package, so they'll run cleaner."
The buses will likely arrive in Summit County in September and be carrying passengers by this winter.
The second-hand buses have more space between the interior floor and ceiling than older models, allowing for wall-mounted bike racks to be installed inside the coach.
The Summit Stage previously had five buses that could accommodate the interior bike racks, but transit officials said they needed to have at least 10 buses that could fit the racks before they began installing them.
"We would be able then to carry bikes year-round, carry bikes at night which we can't currently do and have a reasonable expectation that the bus that pulls up at your stop will be outfitted (with a rack)," Noll said.
The bike racks will fit into space at the back of the buses. Going forward, the Stage will only purchase new buses that have room for the racks, eventually ensuring the entire fleet can carry bikes.
The racks hold up to six or seven bicycles.
Currently, Summit Stage buses can carry a limited number of bikes on racks mounted to the front of the bus, but they can't be used in the winter or at night, Jones said.
The second-hand buses are black and will not be painted blue and white to match the rest of the Summit Stage fleet.
"Painting a bus is a major undertaking and very expensive," Jones said. "They look exactly like our newest buses, but they're black."
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Graham's celebrated 65th Wedding Anniversary
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Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Graham celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary on June 26, 2013. Irwin Gilbert Graham, Jr. and Betty Ann Beebe of Miami, Florida were married on June 26, 1948 at Shenandoah Presbyterian in Miami, Florida.
After raising their children in Miami, they began their 'country life' on OllieGil Hill Saluda, NC in 1979 and have been gardening and farming ever since. Gilbert worked at Henderson Oil Company and Betty was the church secretary at First Baptist, Saluda.
The farm sees an array of visitors every year with their family and friends -Children: Walt Graham (Denise), Diane Warden (Len), Ken Graham (Vicki), and Kathy Kicklighter. Their Grandchildren are Jeremy Warden (Berenice), Evan Warden (Ashley), Angelynn Ballew (Joel), Michael Kicklighter, Geoffrey Graham, Aaron Kicklighter (Marla), Chris Graham, Blake Graham, Jacob Kicklighter, and Theresa Graham. Great Grandchildren are: Adam Warden, Michael David Kicklighter, Eli Warden, Isaac Kicklighter, Taylor Ballew, Maddie Warden, Reagan Ballew and McKinley Ballew.
The family is celebrating the anniversary on July 5th with a Barbeque at the farm. We have all been blessed by their love for each and
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Is Chipotle's strategy enough to drive an Asian invasion of the fast-casual space?
A corporate strategy article by Thunderbird students Manya Andrews Dotson, Wes Herche, Brie Lam, William Randle and Jonathan Walters
Abstract: Can a cut and paste application of the Chipotle strategy lead to another runaway restaurant success in an industry rife with pressures on profitability? Was it the business model that fueled Chipotle's meteoric rise? Or was it that CEO Steve Ells took a food we already knew and loved, the burrito, and made it taste even better? Or, are the two inseparable? Will replicating Chipotle's strategy yield another blue ocean success story?
The foodie blogs are abuzz … a new naked light bulb has been lit in a stainless steel restaurant in Washington DC's Dupont Circle. Firmly planted in a neighborhood where restaurants such as Panera Bread, Cosi and Starbucks dot the grid, it fights for purchase in a bloody — if tasty — battle for the upscale business lunch crowd fed up with traditional fa(s)t food (though, there's some of that around there too). It boasts artisanal tofu, farm fresh ingredients, and free-range meats charred to medium-rare perfection right under the customer's nose. It would be hard to believe that an Asian restaurant this good could be using the same playbook as the blazing burrito chain, Chipotle.


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Wilma was a classic October hurricane which struck South Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on October 24th, 2005. It became the 21st named storm of the season during the morning hours of October 17, 2005, which tied the record for the most named storms in one season originally set back in 1933. The hurricane made landfall shortly before 7 AM Monday, October 24th on the southwest Florida coast between Everglades City and Cape Romano, then traveled east across Florida and through Miami-Dade County. According to the National Weather Service, Hurricane Wilma was the most intense storm ever in the Atlantic Basin.
Approximately $12.4 million was obligated by the United States Congress to the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for damages resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. The Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) project included removing debris (primarily trees and other vegetative debris) from 120 miles of canals and repairing canal banks eroded from the hurricane. Several thousand tons of debris was removed from these canals to restore the flow and prevent flooding. The local sponsor for this project was Miami-Dade County.
"The EWP Program authorizes NRCS to come in and clean out canals of debris caused by catastrophic events, such as we have in Miami-Dade County. This debris causes both flooding and health hazards so it important to clean it up as soon as possible. The US Congress appropriates money to NRCS and we work in a partnership with local sponsors on these projects. In this case, the sponsor is Miami-Dade County."
"NRCS has been tremendous at getting, not only the response, but coming down and evaluating and joining us in the assessments. The whole process was very quick, professional. We came to an agreement very quickly. Over a million inhabitants in Miami-Dade County will benefit from the work that NRCS and DERM have done. "
"The canals in Miami-Dade County are like the veins and arteries for the county for removing all of the storm water that we experience. So the fact that we have been able to quickly respond and get these canals clean now assures our residents better flood protection in the future."
"The canal behind my house was a disaster after Hurricane Wilma. Trees were everywhere, in the canal, on my shed, everywhere! The job they did cleaning the canal was fantastic. If you ask me these are our tax dollars well spent."
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- Apr 24:
- Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database
- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Who Do We Think They Are?
- Crowd funding for Boston's Dave Henneberry and his shot-up boat goes through the roof
- Apr 22:
- Boston bombings edge into immigration debate
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Mercury News editorial: Marathon bombers raise important questions for American society
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombings: Television can only 'hurry up and wait'
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Media chasing Boston images, information in massive manhunt
- Chechnya: What its militants are fighting for
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
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- Boston bombing suspects shown in photos, video released by FBI
BOSTON -- The surviving Boston bombing suspect is being charged with using weapons of mass destruction resulting in death and injury to others, a charge punishable by death or life in prison, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday in a statement.
A criminal complaint against 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-KHAR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) also accuses him of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device.
A court official says Tsarnaev made an initial court appearance in his hospital room Monday when a judge visited him. Tsarnaev is listed in serious but stable condition.
Gary Wente, circuit executive of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says the suspect made his first appearance before a magistrate judge Monday afternoon in Beth Israel hospital.
Officials say Tsarnaev and his older brother set off the twin explosions at Monday's marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 180 others.
The White House said Monday that Tsarnaev would not be tried as an enemy combatant but would be prosecuted as a terrorist under civilian law.
White House spokesman Jay Carney's statement appeared to resolve several days of questions about what Tsarnaev's legal status would be. Carney cited a number of successful prosecutions in U.S. courts of terrorism suspects.
Seven days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the city was bustling Monday, with runners hitting the pavement, children walking to school and enough cars clogging the streets to make the morning commute feel almost back to normal in the hours before the traumatic week would be marked with mournful silence.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has asked residents to observe a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday, the time the first of the two bombs exploded near the finish line. Bells will toll across the city and state after the minute-long tribute to the victims.
The surviving suspect, Tsarnaev, 19 remained in serious condition in a hospital, unable to speak because of a gunshot wound to the throat. His older brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed during a furious getaway attempt.
In addition to facing charges by federal authorities, Tsarnaev is likely to face state charges in connection with the fatal shooting of MIT police officer Sean Collier in Cambridge, said Stephanie Guyotte, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney's office.
Many Boston residents headed back to workplaces and schools for the first time since a dramatic week came to an even more dramatic end. Traffic was heavy on major arteries into the city Monday morning, and nervous parents dropped their children off at schools, some for the first time since the attacks.
Authorities on Friday had made the unprecedented request that residents stay at home during the manhunt for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He was discovered that evening hiding in a boat covered by a tarp in suburban Watertown.
At the Snowden International School on Newbury Street, a high school set just a block from the bombing site, jittery parents dropped off children as teachers -- some of whom had run in the race -- greeted each other with hugs.
Carlotta Martin, 49, of Boston, said that leaving her kids at school has been the hardest part of getting back to normal.
"We're right in the middle of things," Martin said outside the school as her children, 17-year-old twins and a 15-year-old, walked in, glancing at the police barricades a few yards from the school's front door.
"I'm nervous. Hopefully, this stuff is over," she continued. "I told my daughter to text me so I know everything's okay."
The city is beginning to reopen sections of the six-block site around the bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 180.
On Norfolk Street, where the brothers lived, neighbors said they thought they saw some more detectives Monday morning. But unlike Friday, the street was open.
Outside City Paint, the paint store a half-block from the brothers' home, Brian Cloutier smoked a cigarette." We'll get back to normal," he said. "Cambridge and Boston are resilient."
Mourners lined up outside a church in Medford, Mass., for the funeral of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant worker killed in the blasts. A memorial service will be held that night at Boston University for 23-year-old Lu Lingzi, a graduate student from China.
City churches on Sunday paused to mourn the dead as the city's police commissioner said the two suspects had such a large cache of weapons that they were probably planning other attacks.
After the two brothers engaged in a gun battle with police early Friday, authorities found many unexploded homemade bombs at the scene, along with more than 250 rounds of ammunition.
Police Commissioner Ed Davis said the stockpile was "as dangerous as it gets in urban policing."
"We have reason to believe, based upon the evidence that was found at that scene -- the explosions, the explosive ordnance that was unexploded and the firepower that they had -- that they were going to attack other individuals. That's my belief at this point." Davis told CBS's "Face the Nation."
On "Fox News Sunday," he said authorities cannot be positive there are not more explosives somewhere that have not been found. But the people of Boston are safe, he insisted.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, the suspects in the twin bombings, are ethnic Chechens from southern Russia. The motive for the bombings remained unclear.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the surviving brother's throat wound raised questions about when he will be able to talk again, if ever.
The wound "doesn't mean he can't communicate, but right now I think he's in a condition where we can't get any information from him at all," Coats told ABC's "This Week."
It was not clear whether Tsarnaev was shot by police or inflicted the wound himself.
In the final standoff with police, shots were fired from the boat, but investigators have not determined where the gunfire was aimed, Davis said.
In an interview with The Associated Press, the parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in the volatile part of Russia. His father said he slept much of the time.
A lawyer for Tamerlan Tsarnaev's wife told the AP Sunday night that federal authorities have asked to speak with her, and that he is discussing with them how to proceed.
Attorney Amato DeLuca said Katherine Russell Tsarnaev did not suspect her husband of anything, and that there was no reason for her to have suspected him. He said she had been working 70 to 80 hours, seven days a week, as a home health care aide. While she was at work, her husband cared for their toddler daughter, he said.
The younger Tsarnaev could be charged any day. The most serious charge available to federal prosecutors would be the use of a weapon of mass destruction to kill people, which carries a possible death sentence. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty.
Across the rattled streets of Boston, churches opened their doors to remember the dead and ease the grief of the living.
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in South Boston, photographs of the three people killed in the attack and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer slain Thursday were displayed on the altar, each face illuminated by a glowing white pillar candle.
"I hope we can all heal and move forward," said Kelly McKernan, who was crying as she left the service. "And obviously, the Mass today was a first step for us in that direction."
Boston's historic Trinity Church could not host services Sunday because it was within the crime scene, but the congregation was invited to worship at the Temple Israel synagogue instead. The FBI allowed church officials a half-hour Saturday to go inside to gather the priests' robes, the wine and bread for Sunday's service.
Trinity's Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III offered a prayer for those who were slain "and for those who must rebuild their lives without the legs that they ran and walked on last week."
"So where is God when the terrorists do their work?" Lloyd asked. "God is there, holding us and sustaining us. God is in the pain the victims are suffering, and the healing that will go on. God is with us as we try still to build a just world, a world where there will not be terrorists doing their terrible damage."
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was tracing the suspects' weapons to try to determine how they were obtained.
Neither of the brothers had permission to carry a gun. Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said it was unclear whether either of them ever applied for a gun permit, and the applications are not considered public records.
But the younger brother would have been denied a permit based on his age alone. Only people 21 or older are allowed gun licenses in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, surgeons at a Cambridge hospital said the Boston transit police officer wounded in a shootout with the suspects had lost nearly all his blood, and his heart had stopped from a single gunshot wound that severed three major blood vessels in his right thigh.
Richard Donohue, 33, was in critical but stable condition. He is sedated and on a breathing machine but opened his eyes, moved his hands and feet and squeezed his wife's hand Sunday.
Associated Press writers Geoff Mulvihill, Meghan Barr and national reporter Allen G. Breed in Boston, and writer Michelle R. Smith in Providence, R.I., contributed to this report.