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SACRAMENTO - A year ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger set out to show the nation that California could do what the federal government and many states could not: transform a health care system that leaves millions uninsured and countless others paying ever more for skimpier benefits.
That dream died Monday in a Senate committee, falling victim to a faltering economy and leaving reformers to wonder whether a historic opening was squandered. With the governor and lawmakers now focused on the state's budget woes, the next chance may be at least a year away, after the next president is inaugurated.
"California had a major opportunity," said Peter Harbage, an independent health care consultant affiliated with the New America Foundation think tank. "This would have been one of the biggest reform efforts in the nation in a very long time, really since the Clinton effort" in the mid-1990s.
The Republican governor's proposal, crafted after months of contentious negotiations with Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, sought to put the state on a path to universal coverage and fundamentally change how health care is provided. Businesses would have faced a new requirement to cover workers, and individuals would have had to carry insurance.
The plan would have expanded government health programs to cover more poor and working-class residents, and taxed hospitals and cigarettes to help pay for it. Insurance companies, notorious for weeding out sick customers, would have had to halt that practice.
Altogether, about 3.6 million of the 5.1 million permanently uninsured residents would have received coverage.
But the $14.7 billion proposal ultimately may have been undone by a state budget deficit of roughly the same size. A warning last week of potentially huge shortfalls made it difficult for even liberal Democrats to get behind the landmark plan.
Perata denied vote
The proposal died in the Senate Health Committee on Monday with only one member - Democrat Mark Ridley-Thomas of Los Angeles - voting for it. Seven legislators voted against it, and three, including Democrat Elaine Alquist of San Jose, abstained after saying they could not support it.
Ironically, it may have been the bill's co-sponsor, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, who laid the groundwork for its demise. After the Assembly passed the health plan in a party-line vote last month, Perata declined to schedule a quick vote in the Senate. Instead, he asked the non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office to critique how the proposal would affect the state's finances.
The analyst's report issued last week found that the health plan could end up billions of dollars in the red within years, if health care premiums slightly exceeded projections. That killed any momentum for the bill and allowed opponents to focus instead on the financial damage it could do.
Proponents argued that the plan wouldn't take effect if the money wasn't available - and noted that any major reform proposal inherently carries some financial risk - but it was a difficult case to make as lawmakers wrestle with a huge budget deficit.
"It doesn't matter if there are all these good things in the bill," said Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Los Angeles, the committee's chairwoman, "if there isn't sufficient funding to pay for them."
Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-San Luis Obispo, said the bill reminded him of people who took out subprime home mortgages, only to be burned years later. "It looks beautiful, we'll get our house today," he said, "but who knows what'll happen in four or five years."
In a statement after the vote, Schwarzenegger insisted he wasn't finished with the issue. "I am someone who does not give up," the governor said. "Especially when there is a problem as big and as serious as health care that needs to be fixed. One setback is just that - a setback."
He could suffer another setback next Tuesday if Proposition 93, the measure to change term limits, is rejected by voters. If it fails, his closest legislative ally, Núñez, will become a lame-duck leader with his term expiring this year.
In a letter to Schwarzenegger and Núñez on Monday afternoon, Perata suggested plucking individual proposals out of the reform package - such as a fee on hospitals, and a requirement that insurers spend 85 percent of health care premiums on medical care - and passing them as separate bills.
But with lawmakers increasingly consumed by the budget, it will not be easy to refocus their attention on health care reform.
"We are losing a window of opportunity that potentially comes along once every four of five years, once a decade," said Anthony Wright, executive director of the consumer group Health Access.
Supporters, opponents
Schwarzenegger spent the past year cajoling an array of often competing health interests to back his reforms. He and Núñez persuaded business, labor, health provider and consumer groups to support the compromise they crafted last fall, ABX1.
"It's going to be hard to get all those interests together again any time soon," Harbage said.
But support was hardly unanimous. It faced opposition on the left from the California Nurses Association, which wants a single-payer health system like Canada's, and on the right from insurance giant Blue Cross and other business groups. Opponents were prepared to spend tens of millions of dollars to defeat a companion ballot measure in November that would have provided the proposal's funding.
That initiative was necessary because the plan could not muster the two-thirds majority support in the Legislature that was required because it included taxes - and no Republicans would approve a tax increase. Had the Senate passed the bill, it would have triggered a costly ballot campaign that, given the state's shaky finances, proponents would have had a very difficult time winning.
Now the next best hope for changing health care may be at the federal level. All three Democratic presidential candidates have proposed plans that mirror Schwarzenegger's in key ways. Republican contenders are pitching market-based proposals to extend insurance to more people and lower costs.
But Washington has deadlocked on health care reform for decades; any action isn't likely until well into 2009.
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Prosecutor Says Pistorius Lied on stand
The chief prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial said today in closing arguments that the athlete repeatedly lied during testimony in a crude attempt to defend himself against a murder charge for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel cited flaws in the defense, saying the Olympian's legal team floated more than one theory about what happened on the night that Pistorius shot Steenkamp through a closed toilet door in his home.
Defense lawyers had argued that Pistorius fired in self-defense, fearing an intruder, Nel said, but they also raised the possibility that he was not criminally responsible and accidentally shot because he was "startled."
"It's two defenses that you can never reconcile," Nel said as Pistorius sat behind him in the dock, occasionally flicking through documents. The once-celebrated double-amputee athlete appeared calm, in contrast to some past occasions during which he retched and wailed in apparent distress.
The prosecution has argued that Pistorius intentionally shot Steenkamp before dawn on Feb. 14, 2013 after a quarrel, and argued he knew she was in the bathroom.
Nel ended his closing argument by saying Pistorius was guilty of premeditated murder because he then "made up his mind" to find his gun, walk through to the bathroom and shoot. "That, my lady, is pre-planning," Nel said to the judge.
Yet Nel said Pistorius should still be convicted of murder even if the court accepts he did not know it was Steenkamp in the toilet cubicle, arguing the athlete intentionally shot at and killed a person with no reason to believe his life was under threat.
Barry Roux, the chief defense lawyer, listened and checked files as Nel spoke for hours. Nel was occasionally questioned by Judge Thokozile Masipa and urged to speed up elaborations on written arguments of more than 100 pages that were submitted to the court last week.
Roux began his final arguments before Masipa postponed proceedings until tomorrow for the defense to finish. Masipa will then adjourn the trial to deliberate with two legal assistants on a verdict, with Pistorius facing 25 years to life in prison if convicted on the main charge of premeditated murder.
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There has been a little bit of a theme in my reviews of
Jimmy Needham
, always describing him as having a Jack Johnson vocal sound coming through and the last two albums I described as having the perfect summer sound with their funky beats. Was I trying to pigeonhole Jimmy? It looks I have been and I'm sorry about that, but does his new album
Clear The Stage
continue that sound? Well, I'll tell you that answer in a short moment.
Needham released his debut album, '
', in 2006, followed by '
Not Without Love
' in 2008 and his third album '
' in 2010, but now Jimmy is releasing his fourth album,
'Clear The Stage'
. Produced by Ed Cash (Chris Tomlin, Laura Story, Dave Barnes, Aaron Shust) the ten-track album features guest vocals from Hip Hop star Lecrae.
So back to the original question, has this new album moved away from the funk summer feel-good sound that we have become used to with Jimmy Needham? The answer is both yes and no! There is still a proportion of the album which does have this sound, and a sound that Jimmy does so well, especially in the opening Maroon 5 inspired
'I will Find You'
and the swaying funk beats of
. Then there is the Paolo Nutini sounding track
'Daddy's Baby Girl'
which is about the birth of the singers new baby girl and is a beautiful song to sing about his new daughter and how it makes him feel.
Then there is a part of this album which has its big pop rock songs like
My Victory
If I Ever Needed Grace
, which are songs about Jimmy and his relationship with God. Two very strong songs on the album. But the place where Jimmy takes this album to a whole new level is with the songs that see him at his most vulnerable. This sees Jimmy dig deep to a place of true honesty with the trails and tribulations that he has sadly had to go through, in songs like
Rock Bottom
In the Middle
As a whole the album contains some of Jimmy's most heartfelt and powerful songs to date, that show that Jimmy as a songwriter has grown so much even since the last album. Where I might have expected this album to sound like I thought it might, it really doesn't. Still with the style and swagger of previous releases but with a lot more maturity in the songwriting. For example
is a stunning piece of work, with the song sounding like Ed Sheeran. Jimmy plays a simple acoustic guitar beautifully making this song a real treat to listen to, whatever the weather. Overall this album has plenty going on and with each listen has grown on me. A top quality recording this one.
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I Will Find You
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He isn't.
He's overrated and mediocre. And I said this last season when everyone was touting him (when I was also the first guy to put Geno's name out there at all). I went back and found as much as I could find online and then watched a couple of his games to end the season.
He's a product of his system and his weapons. Without the wealth of weapons and an arcade system at his disposal, he's been turnover prone and has done little more than rack up RAC yards through Cobi Hamilton and swing passes in garbage time.
He's not a franchise caliber signal caller and his ceiling is below both Bray and Geno's, perhaps even with Barkley's but less likely to be reached.
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Issue No.02 - April-June (1983 vol.5)
pp: 115-117

Editor's Note: The architecture of the 701 has been described in previously published papers and is mentioned by several authors in this issue. The references in the following paper by Nathaniel Rochester (especially Bashe et al., 1981, and Astrahan and Rochester, 1952) are recommended for readers who want further details. Rochester mentions assemblers and refers to William F. McClelland, so we asked McClelland to provide the accompanying remarks on assemblers.

Nathaniel Rochester, "The 701 Project as Seen by Its Chief Architect", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol.5, no. 2, pp. 115-117, April-June 1983, doi:10.1109/MAHC.1983.10022


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> You can always negate acls with ! if this makes your life easier.
> deny_info looks for the last ACL on the access line where the request was
> denied. Any ! should not be specified to deny_info.[/color]
I have a rule like so:
deny_info [url]http://22.214.171.124/cgi-bin/squidsearch/FD_Handler.cgi[/url]
but then none of my users ever receive the authentication prompt and the
browser acts like it is an endless loop trying to get to
[url]http://184.108.40.206/cgi-bin/squidsearch/FD_Handler.cgi[/url]. Both the
access.log and store.log are loaded now with references to
FD_Handler.cgi. But, like I said, the browser doesn't ever present the
authentication prompt.
If I change the rule to !password, users can authenticate, but the
deny_info rule is ignore and the standard Forwarding Denied error page
is present when a non-cached page is requested.
I must have missed something major about how deny_info works, and/or how
to define the ACL.
How can I redirect the Forwarding Denied error to FD_Handler.cgi, and
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Project update
The Bristol99 project has now finished – for the time being! The final event was a 'data hack' party, where Bristol Natural History Consortium and a group of volunteers who had been with us from the start of the journey, entered the wildlife data that had been collected over the 6 weeks and 40 events. The final tally saw 3157 new records and 861 individual species for Bristol – a great achievement over such a short period of time.
Over the duration of the project, there were 6 school events, 9 group events and 22 public events, which saw people of all ages and walks of life taking part and enjoying the natural world. Hopefully, these events, delivered by many local partners, succeeded in engaging a whole new audience with the wonderful wildlife in their local green spaces and for some, this may encourage a more long term interest, desire for further involvement and sense of stewardship.
Such was the success of the project, that the BNHC team are now looking into ways of making Bristol99 a long term project – any developments on this will be announced on the BNHC website – www.bnhc.org.uk
Huge thanks go to everyone who supported the project – we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!
Bristol is a great city! And it's also a green city, in fact, it holds the title of greenest city in the UK – certainly something to be proud of! But how much do we know about our green spaces – where they are, or what they're special for? And how much do we actually use them, or enjoy them?
Well, we're hoping to introduce people to some of Bristol's best this spring and summer, through Bristol99 – our exciting new project celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Festival of Nature, Britain's largest free natural history event and one of Bristol's most popular festivals.
Through 6 weeks of events and activities, from bug hunts and bird watching to evening bat walks and scenic bike rides, Bristol99 is going to take the festival out and about into the city and directly to people where they live, giving them the opportunity to reconnect with the natural world and discover the wildlife on their doorstep.
With 99 great wildlife sites to choose from, we are hoping that as many people as possible will take advantage of this opportunity to get out and about this spring and summer, by attending at least one of our events.
Find out which events are in your area by visiting https://bristol99.org.uk/find-an-event/ and make sure you keep up to date with it, as events are coming in all the time!


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jadium 4 years ago on 07/03/12
The prophecy shall be fulfilled...
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Tulip O'Hare 4 years ago on 07/03/12
Equipped: Giant Robot named K-Devil named "Big Brother Is Watching You"
Last night I dreamed that Mike's neighborhood was flooded and you could only reach DrummerCon by swimming. Mike and a handful of other people hung out at the end of his driveway with a cooler of beers and a big stack of towels to give people as they showed up.
Virginia came out wearing a gold bikini.
Nomi came out of the water really freaked out and swearing about how gross the water was. Mike laughed at her and said "Welcome to Long Island bb!"
Kevin came out, wearing his motorcycle jacket and holding his helmet as per usual. Virginia was mad at him for being late and he just smiled at her and did a perfect "bitch I'm fabulous" wet hair flip, which only made her madder.
Tanya was doing this crazy stroke where she was windmilling both arms straight up and left a jet-ski-like wake behind her.
(s)Aint Chimo 4 years ago on 07/03/12
Equipped: Rose Bouquet named "Do these smell like chloroform to you...?"
jadium said:
SWEET HOLY LORD, it has been done as I had foreseen!!! That is AWESOME!
Jonci 4 years ago on 07/03/12
Equipped: Link's Bomb named "For Use Against Mods"
I had the oddest dream. I was visiting Melissa (Quul) and we spent the day listening to music, and the music turned into a lazy river that we just floated on for awhile. She also had a big dog that kept jumping on us randomly.
Devi 4 years ago on 07/03/12
Equipped: Lawn Gnome named "Pablo"
Oh gosh, I had a dream last night with Caddy, Jenn and I think a few other LA members. I think they were hanging out in my room giving me life or moving advice!
jadium 4 years ago on 07/05/12
I had a dream about a separate faction of partying geeks that wasn't OB. There was a wandering monster cosplay event at their own version of Bootycon, and I was trying to get them to alliance with OB to make a bigger Bootycon next year. I was also parkouring everywhere.
Yvaine 4 years ago on 07/05/12
Equipped: Bento Box
I had a dream last night bootycon took place in London and Dan was our tour guide haha.
(s)Aint Chimo 4 years ago on 07/05/12
Equipped: Rose Bouquet named "Do these smell like chloroform to you...?"
I dreamed we had a secret section of OB meet in the woods, there was a clubhouse that housed just a pool and I wanted to go in so badly. Jadium kept telling me to come in and John Booty kept having to adjust his glasses. Yvaine looked like everyone was ganging up on her and splashing her!
Then I saw K-Devil was there and sat on his lap, but my non-OB friend, Julio, was there and he got mad I was being so flirty. I didn't even question why he was there! My lithium loves to make me dream of you sexy people!
LeeChan 4 years ago on 07/13/12
Equipped: Keys to the Pussy Wagon named "My name is Buck, and I came to cook duck."
Have to type this up before I forget!
Had a dream last night that SQ's persona was used in a new anime series from Japants. So we all gathered in this underground subway station turned apartment complex with TRON-esque lighting to watch the premier of some anime where SQ was an anime character!
NekoStar 4 years ago on 07/13/12
Equipped: Pocket Link named "small but pleasing"
I had a dream that I had brought a crapload of instruments to bootycon and a bunch of us were jamming. I don't really remember my dreams that well but Phil was definialty rocking out on all the auxlilary percussion: bongos, sleigh bells and a vibra-slap. He was stomping the floor a lot too as part of his percussivness.
All in all what I got out of this dream is a hard to resist urge to get a Casio keyboard and to start collecting percussion toys. Oh I also had an acoustic guitar, but my actual guitar is electric.
By the way, here's a picture of a vibra-slap because they are cool.
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LeeChan 4 years ago on 07/15/12
Equipped: Keys to the Pussy Wagon named "My name is Buck, and I came to cook duck."
Had a dream that Major Tom moved to Minneapolis and became a roommate of Float.
Just generally lots of dreams lately where OB members play supporting roles.
(s)Aint Chimo 4 years ago on 08/01/12
Equipped: Rose Bouquet named "Do these smell like chloroform to you...?"
I had the absolute weirdest dream. I was at aboarding school where I was one of 3 girls. I was confronted by sparkledonkey while laying in a dayroom which had no doors. She was wearing a dress and lifted it up and two huge, cartoon looking dicks came out from under! They both came out and up to her chest and stacked one on top of the other. She insisted I call them her girl cocks. She wanted to have sex with me and I said, "Wait, aren't you engaged?!" She said nothing, smiled and proceeded to tie them together to get them in at the same time. I was like NO cos I couldn't imagine how they would fit and I was grossed out by how huge they both were! Not to mention in the dream she was engaged.
I don't know what the fuck my brain was thinking but Jen, I am so sorry!
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Mr. Francis York Morgan 4 years ago on 08/19/12
Equipped: Magical OtakuBooty Source Code named "G Gundam's Plot"
According to my subconscious, Logan goes by the name Dr. Antler on LinkedIn.
I think there was more, I can't quite remember anymore.
jadium 4 years ago on 08/22/12
Had a dream I was late for an OB pool party. I jumped in for chicken fights and had Katy on my shoulders. She had to leave and we kissed a few times in the water right as she was getting out. Merci was there but I can't remember any other faces.
NekoStar 4 years ago on 08/25/12
Equipped: Pocket Link named "small but pleasing"
I had a dream that I was on a date with my friend Tomi K (who i havent seen in like 3+ years). The date ended with he and I in a big cuddle pile with Viv, Brandon, Ryan and some other lovely OBers that I can't remember. You guys, I want all my dates to end this way <3
(s)Aint Chimo 4 years ago on 08/25/12
Equipped: Rose Bouquet named "Do these smell like chloroform to you...?"
Ryan the Lion was in my dream last night and we were talking about Sausage Fest. No sausage was eaten but it was a lovely conversation.
Ryan the Lion 4 years ago on 08/25/12
Equipped: Radtaculous Glove of POWWWEER named "Knife-proof bionic hand!"
You better have been telling me how you're coming to Sausage Fest.
(s)Aint Chimo 3 years ago on 09/04/12
Equipped: Rose Bouquet named "Do these smell like chloroform to you...?"
I dreamed I was at an OB gathering and Krissytokyo had on a ruffled pink Loli maid uniform that covered her from neck to wrist to knees. It came with a white head covering and with a white apron. And she had HUGE, GLITTERY, SPARKLEY, PINK EYES that looked like two snow globes where fixed on her eye sockets. It was amazing and pretty to look at close up but once you saw they were on a normal sized face, let alone a living human's face, it was really easy to get creeped out by it!
Tulip O'Hare 3 years ago on 09/06/12
Equipped: Men's Pocky named "Man Candy"
Thanks to reading the entire Hunger Games series in less than a week, my nightly dreams about work have been replaced with nightly Hunger Games dreams that haven't really been any warmer or fuzzier than the books.
Of course, last night's dream starred OB. The twist was that the competition was... musical. You were allowed to carry one musical instrument of your choice into the arena (which was a forest), and you also had to pick a code name. You had to play or perform at least every 6 hours or else some kind of hazard or enemy would come after you, and hazards would also be sent against each day's best performer and worst performer as voted by the audience. You didn't have to attack other players, but it would make the game go faster since it was still last man standing wins. You could also form a band, but any punishments would be visited on the whole band. And each person had a PalmPilot-like device that showed live footage of performances and deaths, and could be used to blast messages to other players (couldn't send to individuals, only to the entire group).
Johnny Landmine easily topped the first day's acts with a Van Halen-caliber electric guitar solo, and was crushed to death in a rockslide minutes later. Cristina (codename BanjoLoco, playing a banjo) had somehow made a tiki bar-like camp on a beach and was inviting people to stay with her, but everyone was too scared. I adopted a strategy of keeping to myself in deep woods and singing for as long as I could whenever I was awake. (I don't remember ever actually playing the electric bass I was carrying.) This kept me alive and unharmed for several days. By that time, the band headed by Logan (codename BluesBelle, playing a zither) and Moonage Daydream (codename BluesBeard, playing harmonica) was at the top of the rankings and starting to fray under the pressure, judging by the passive-aggressive messages they were sending back and forth. We'd been getting one enigmatic, subtly mocking message a day from Senator Hideki (codename OneLoner, Casio keyboard), whom not one person had seen during the competition except on screen when he was playing. The last thing that happened before I woke up was Ryan (codename HowlinLion, acoustic guitar) starting to play, then abruptly smashing his guitar to pieces against trees and rocks while screaming, and then yelling to the sky "I WON'T PLAY ANYMORE! NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?" There was a rumble, and then what seemed like every animal in the forest attacked him at once and tore him to pieces.
... yeah my brain's fucked up
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Note to members and fishing community supporters:
To support UFA by becoming a member see http://www.ufa-fish.org/members.htm
1. Alaska Fishing Industry Announces Assistance to Fishing Communities Affected by Japanese Earthquake
AFIRM Press release: http://www.akjapanhelp.org/doc/AFIRMPress
AFIRM Home Page: WWW.AKJAPANHELP.ORG (and to donate by credit card)
To go directly to donation by credit card through PayPal CLICK HERE
2. Governor to Lead Anchorage Choose Respect
Choose Respect home page:
For March 31 Rally details in your community:
3. Governor Appoints to Boards of Fish/Game
UFA supported Mike Bowen, Mike Heimbuch, John Jensen, Dwight Kramer, Mel Morris, Victoria O'Connell, John Renner, John Scoblic, and Paul Shadura.
4. Cook Inlet BOF: Changes made by fish board are out of balance
It would be impossible to try to make every user group happy. There just aren't enough fish in the sea. But, a good management plan should strike a balance that at least leaves everyone feeling like they have adequate opportunity and access to their respective fisheries. And it should address biological concerns without creating new ones.
In its deliberations this week, the Board of Fisheries has ignored that balance…
Board of Fisheries Summary of Upper Cook Inlet
BOF News page: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fisheriesboard.main
5. National Seafood Marketing Coalition looks to shore up U.S. seafood marketing
6. Fisheries chief sees end to overfishing
NOAA: U.S. "Turning a Corner" in Ending Overfishing
NOAA Testimony: http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/112
Senate Commerce March 8 Hearing: Implementation of the
7. U.S.CG Proceedings Magazine: - Fishing Vessel Safety Edition
Download 4 mb. pdf file for color magazine:
USCG fishsafe.info:
Dr. Lincoln's work applies to all U.S. Fisheries – and funding is in jeopardy.
NIOSH/CDC Fishing Vessel Safety page: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/
AMSEA FV Drill Conductor Courses Scheduled Nationwide
8. Halibut Stock Decline Forces Increased Management Measures for Southeast Alaska Charter Fleet
NOAA Press release: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/2011/
9. NOAA posts Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Management Measures
The IPHC held its annual meeting in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, January 25-28, 2011, and adopted regulations for 2011. The changes to the previous IPHC regulations (75 FR 13024, March 19, 2010) include:
10. Nearly 200 urge protection of Bristol Bay salmon in Save Bristol Bay Week in Washington, D.C.
11. Rep. Austerman thanks Fish Caucus presenters, provides links to archived video
For archive of the 2011 presentations, see:
UFA thanks representative Austerman for helping inform the legislature about Alaska fisheries.
12. Parnell proposes increase to Southeast State Forest
HB 105: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?bill=
Maps of the parcels, and briefing docs are online at http://forestry.alaska.gov/whatsnew.htm
13. NPFMC meets March 28- April 5, Anchorage
14. State addresses nonresident worker issues
77% of Alaska CFEC permits are held by residents. Crew licenses are around 50% resident.
15. Alaska Delegation Introduces Maritime Lien Reform Act
For full text and tracking of S.608 and HR1210, see http://thomas.loc.gov/ , and search by bill number.
UFA Thanks Senator Murkowski, Senator Begich, and Congressman Young. We ask our non-resident fishermen to call or write with support of S.608 and HR1210 to their delegations.
16. Sen. Patty Murray fights 'Frankenfish'
Read more:
17. Hawaii: Towed aquaculture fish pens break free
The company, in anticipation of the green light from NMFS on its fishing permit, was towing the cages out into ocean waters last week without fish.
A ten day comment period was provided for this attempt to expand offshore Aquaculture to the EEZ off Hawaii. Thanks to a heads-up from Dale Kelley at UFA member group Alaska Trollers Assn, UFA commented:
DRAFT - Environmental Assessment-- Issuance of a Permit to Authorize the Culture and Harvest of a Managed Coral Reef Fish Species (Seriola rivoliana) in Federal Waters off the Leeward Coast of the Island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii March 17, 2011
The Pacific Islands Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
18. Comment Deadline April 11 on NOAA Draft Aquaculture Policy
19. Laine Welch's Fish Radio –topics from this week
20. Voices from the Waterfront - Meet Commercial Fisher Linda Behnken
21. Federal Subsistence Board to Discuss Rural Determination Process – April 6
Meeting Materials: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/pdf/meetingbooks/board0411/Materials.pdf
Office of Subsistence management home page:
22. Federal Subsistence fish and shellfish regulations posted
Office of Subsistence Management home page: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml
23. Comment by April 11 on C/P BSAI Parallel Fishery
24. Comment by May 13 on BSAI Crab plan Amendment 34
This notice announces that proposed Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for
Comment by April 27 on BSAI Crab plan Amendment 34 Proposed Rule
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs. Amendment 34 would amend the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program to exempt additional recipients of crab quota share from Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and pollock harvest limits,
25. NOAA Policy on Prohibited and Approved Uses of the Asset Forfeiture Fund
26. Call for Innovative NEPA Pilot Project Proposals – Deadline June 15
27. Identification of Nations Whose Fishing Vessels Are Engaged in Fishing in Waters Beyond Any National Jurisdiction That Target or Incidentally Catch Sharks
28. NMFS posts correction to 2011 BSAI harvest specifications
29. Comment by April 27 on Exempted Fishing Permit for Salmon Excluder in Pollock Fisheries
30. 2011 American Water Resources Association - Alaska Section annual meeting April 4-6 at Chena Hot Springs Resort http://state.awra.org/alaska/ ).
31. Southwest Alaska Salmon Science Symposium -April 13-14, Anchorage
The day long event on April 14 will run from 8 am to 5 pm and is free and open to the public. Both events will take place at the Egan Center in downtown Anchorage. Thursday's day long symposium will be followed by the opening of an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum, called "Sailing for Salmon: 125 Years of Commercial Fishing in Bristol Bay." The day-long symposium will be available via videoconference in Juneau, Fairbanks and Dillingham…
32. Sailing for Salmon - 125 Years of Commercial Fishing in Bristol Bay
Repeat items, still timely:
33. Comfish Kodiak – April 14-16 Kodiak Harbor Convention Center - Kodiak, Alaska
34. Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, April 9–12, 2011 Kodiak, Alaska
35. National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) meets in Seattle April 26 - April 29
36. Comment Deadline April 12 on Federal Subsistence Board Two Rural User Seats
37. Comment Deadline April 29 on Ocean Policy - Nine Priority Objectives
38. Comment by May 16 on USFS Planning Rule
39. Boards of Fisheries Call For Proposals – SE, PWS; PCod; and Statewide Misc Shellfish...
Surveys – input from fishermen wanted:
UFA dues for Alaska Individual members are $150 and are now open to holders of Alaska commercial crew licenses, in addition to CFEC permit holders and IFQ holders. Individual members may run for four at-large seats, and vote in these elections – to be held this Spring. If you are intrested in running for a seat, please contact the UFA office at (907) 586-2820.
We also welcome crew/supporter nonvoting members at $50 per year.


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VIENNA - When Vienna officials were unsure of whether they could afford to complete an $850,000 sports complex in Jackson Park all at once, Harry C. Esbenshade Jr. stepped forward.
"We weren't sure we could afford to do it at one time, and Harry wanted to see it done at one time," recalled former Vienna City Councilman Bob Marshall.
It was estimated the city needed a quarter of a million dollars to cover the rest of the project. Esbenshade made a significant donation to the effort, then set about raising the rest.
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Harry H. Esbenshade Jr., right, is shown with, from left, former Vienna City Councilman Bob Marshall, city parks director Norm Harris and Bob Hildreth of the U.S. Tennis Association at the site of a sports complex in Jackson Park, for which Esbenshade served as fundraising committee leader, in 2007. Esbenshade passed away Sunday at the age of 88.
"The man went to work on it and got us what we needed," Marshall said. "Writing the check was the easy part of the work for him."
Esbenshade, a Yale University graduate who came to Parkersburg in 1949 to operate what is now Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal, passed away Sunday at his home. On Monday, he was remembered by those who witnessed his generosity over the years as someone whose contributions went beyond money and who never sought the limelight for himself.
"His joy was the satisfaction in making something good happen," said Judy Sjostedt, executive director of the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation. "Harry didn't want recognition. He just wanted to do good."
Even the local venture with which his family name is perhaps best associated - the Esbenshade Series of lectures, performances and programs at Marietta College- was named not for him but for his mother, Frederica G. Esbenshade. Harry Esbenshade Jr. established it in 1980 in her honor, asking that "there would be a variety in the programs, it would be free, open to the public and advertised in the Marietta and Parkersburg areas," according to the college's website.
Esbenshade was also an emeritus trustee for the college, MC President Joseph Bruno noted.
"It was my pleasure to get to know Harry in the short time I have been Marietta College's president," Bruno said in a statement Monday. "His outstanding service and generosity is just part of his legacy at Marietta College, and it will continue to benefit our students and faculty for many generations. I know I join the entire Marietta College community in relaying to the Esbenshade family our sincere sorrow in his passing and that our thoughts and prayers are with them at their time of loss."
Esbenshade started the Esbenshade Advised Fund at the community foundation in the 1980s. Sjostedt said the foundation would bring projects to Esbenshade for his consideration. Over the years, he distributed more than $220,000 in charitable grants through the fund, Sjostedt said.
"He favored capital projects and helping groups with substantial needs," she said.
Esbenshade also served on the foundation's board of directors for more than a decade.
"Harry was an incredible man," Sjostedt said. "He had a key role in building our foundation's financial and investment policies.
"He always wanted to make sure we made the very best use of what anyone gave us," she said.
Sjostedt said she learned a great deal working with Esbenshade.
"I will miss him," she said. "I considered him a mentor and a friend, and a great citizen of our community."
Wood County Commissioner Blair Couch described Esbenshade as "a fun guy (who) was also very down to earth."
"He told me once he really liked to contribute to parks and libraries (because) everyone from 8 to 82 can enjoy and use the parks and libraries," Couch said.
James Edwards, president of the Vienna Public Library Board of Directors, said Esbenshade's patronage of the library was "a blessing." Esbenshade contributed to the renovation and new addition at the building several years ago and provided funds to purchase books. Often, he chose the subjects those books should cover, including construction, science and sports.
"He was just a strong supporter, even just physically being there," Edwards said.
Esbenshade is survived by four children, 11 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
(Staff writer Pamela Brust contributed to this story.)


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2009: Started all 11 games at defensive end ... second team All-Big South ... third on the team in sacks (1.5) and tackles for loss (5.5) ... at least one tackle in every game ... started the season with a season-high eight tackles at Hofstra (9/5) ... three stops in the win over Brown (9/19) ... three tackles and a pass break up vs. Presbyterian (10/3) ... broke up another pass and had one tackle for a loss at VMI (10/17) ... recorded a sack among his five tackles in the victory over Coastal Carolina (10/24) ... three tackles in each of the final three games of the season ... 1.5 tackles for loss and was in on a sack vs. Liberty (11/21) ... also broke up a pass against the Flames.
2008: Sat out the season after transferring from Colorado.
Prior to Stony Brook: Played the 2007 season at Colorado ... saw action in nine games for the Buffaloes ... totaled seven tackles, two for a loss ... played one season at Laney College in California ... first team all-conference ... was in on 60 tackles ... 19 tackles for a loss with nine sacks.
High School: A 2005 graduate of Bishop O'Dowd High School ... three-year letterwinner in football ... first team all-league and second team All-San Francisco Bay Area as a senior ... totaled 80 tackles with 24 going for a loss ... 12 sacks ... tight end on offense ... caught 22 passes for 300 yards and a pair of scores ... 50 tackles as a junior ... honorable mention all-league that season ... also lettered in baseball, earning all-league honors as a sophomore.
Personal: Born Christopher Perri on February 14, 1987 in Alameda, California ... father, Mark, played football at Fresno State ... majoring in sociology.


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Blogs - Summit Announcements
May 01, 2013
Learn How To Become a Pro-Life Apologist
With examples like the Kermit Gosnell trial showing us the disturbing reality of the abortion culture, we can expect organizations like Planned Parenthood and NARAL to change their talking points on abortion. Despite the fact that Gosnell represents the murderous and barbaric outcome of abortion-on-demand, expect to be told the issue isn't so clear.
In fact, one of the new talking points for pro-aborts is this: Abortion isn't as simple as being pro-choice or pro-life. "It's complicated."
Don't fall for it. Life Training Institute President Scott Klusendorf is one of Summit's most popular speakers, and he'll be featured at our upcoming Engage conference in Minneapolis, put on with our partners at WORLD Magazine. He teaches students that abortion really boils down to one key issue: are the unborn human?
Scott offers some key steps for all of us to become effective and winsome pro-life activists in five minutes or less:
- Clarify the issue. Abortion advocates say the issue is about protecting a woman's right to do as she pleases with her body. Those of us on the pro-life side say the issue is about protecting the human being inside that woman. If the unborn are not human, there is no moral problem with abortion. So, the key question to answer is: are the unborn human?
Defend your pro-life position with science and philosophy. "Scientifically, we know that from the earliest stages of development, the unborn are distinct, living, and whole human beings," Scott says. Science demonstrates this.
Philosophically, the only differences between the unborn are Size, Level of dependency, Environment, and Degree of dependency, or SLED. Differences in any of these factors don't make the unborn less-than-human.
- Challenge your listeners to be intellectually honest. Ask tough questions and don't accept lazy answers.
Scott also teaches effective pro-life tactics like "Trot Out the Toddler," which put a human face on the scourge of abortion.
If you want to learn more from Scott, hear him elaborate on these strategies, and even talk face-to-face with Scott, consider coming to Engage in Minneapolis on May 18 We also have more Engage events later this year in Dallas and San Diego. Scott will be joined by Summit President Jeff Myers, WORLD Editor-in-Chief Marvin Olasky, Colson Center Fellow John Stonestreet, Manhattan Declaration Executive Director Eric Teetsel, and more.
In addition to hearing the best pro-life apologetic strategies around, you'll also learn why a robust defense of marriage is so needed, how to interpret and use media to shape the conversation in your community, and how to pass on the Christian worldview to rising generations. You'll learn how to engage in a post-Christian age.
For more information, go to www.worldmag.com/engage. And please, tell your friends about Scott Klusendorf and other speakers who will be coming to Minneapolis soon.
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|Dialysis Technicians: A Quick Look
|Median Salary
|$32,499 per annum
|Entry-level education
|On-the-job training
|Primary employers
|Number of positions (U.S.)
|Job Growth (2012-2022)
|27% (for all Biomedical Engineers)
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What Does A Dialysis Technician Do?Dialysis technicians operate dialysis machines and work with patients suffering from kidney disease. Dialysis technicians work closely with nurses and doctors as part of the patient's treatment team.Read more.
SalaryThe national median annual dialysis tech salary is $32,499, according to data gathered by Salary.com. Read more.
Becoming A Dialysis TechnicianDialysis technicians usually complete a 1 year certificate program. Depending on state requirements, dialysis technicians may also be trained on-the-job, or obtain associate degrees. Check out How to Begin a Professional Career as a Dialysis Technician here. Read more.
Job OutlookThe number of job positions for dialysis technicians is expected to rise 15% by the year 2020.Read more.
Dialysis Technician Salary
How much do dialysis technicians make? The median dialysis technician salary is $33,000, but can range from $24,210 to $56,040. The variation in salary is based largely on experience and location, with more experienced technicians and those living in high cost of living areas making more money.
How To Become A Dialysis Technician
How To Become A Dialysis TechnicianDialysis technicians typically come from a health-care background. The career is ideal for biology students, phlebotomists, medical assistants and certified nursing assistants (CNAs).
To become a dialysis technician, candidates must have a high school diploma or a GED. They also must speak fluent English and be able to make basic algebra and math calculations. Qualified candidates may receive some on-the-job training or employer-sponsored training.
How long does it take to become a dialysis technician? Dialysis technician education generally takes two semesters, or a about a year total. Most programs have a classroom segment as well as a clinical observation and laboratory segment. A typical program might have 250 classroom hours and 100 observation/laboratory hours. Many employers will follow up this education with on-the-job training, but dialysis technicians are expected to have the proper knowledge to perform their duties before hire.
Educational Requirements
Students in dialysis technician training programs will learn about the dialysis environment, patients with end stage renal failure, dialysis principles, medical equipment, vascular access and possible complications. They may also have coursework on the psychosocial characteristics of renal failure, infection control, typical precautions, procedural clinical proficiency, extracorporeal circuit and water treatments. It is helpful if the student has prior health-care experience, prior coursework in biology, medical terminology and CPR.
See our listing of the top dialysis technician schools & training programs
Data source: Salary.com
Note: The specific educational requirements required to become a dialysis technician may vary state-by-state.
There are three main certifying organizations for dialysis technicians:
- The Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT)
- The Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC)
- The National Nephrology Certification Organization (NNCO)
Dialysis technicians must be certified at both the state and national level. When dialysis technician students are finished with their education, they are eligible to take the Certified Hemodialysis Technologist/Technician Exam (CHT) offered by BONENT. This exam has 120 multiple-choice questions and costs $210 to take.
The CHT certifies dialysis technicians at the state level, but does not certify them at the national level. To be certified at the national level, students must take the Clinical Nephrology Technology (CNT) Exam offered by NNCO. This exam has 200 questions and costs $245. Both the CHT and the CNT have a time limit of 3 hours.
Another certification test is the Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) Exam offered by the NNCC. This test costs $225 and consists of 150 multiple-choice questions. This exam also lasts 3 hours.
Many dialysis technician education programs will prepare students for all 3 of these exams.
Certification/license requirements for dialysis technicians can vary from state to state. For example, in Ohio, a technician must complete one year of patient care before sitting for any certification exam. Generally, however, licensure in order to work as a dialysis technician.
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Dialysis Technician Job Description
What does a Dialysis Technician do? Dialysis technicians assist those with end stage renal disease or permanent kidney failure with their dialysis treatment.
Artificial kidney dialysis is the purification of the blood by a hemodialysis machine, which replaces the normal functioning of the kidneys. Dialysis technicians work in medical environments with patients and other health-care professionals. They can work at dialysis centers, hospitals, nursing homes and private residences.
During a typical day, a dialysis technician will need to exercise their dialysis training, attention to detail, communication abilities and professionalism. Dialysis technicians must also be able to keep a cool head during an emergency, have some degree of dexterity and be able to remain standing for extended periods of time. Dialysis is vital to those with end stage renal disease, and dialysis technicians need to maintain constant vigilance to ensure patients' health.
Dialysis technicians can work full- or part-time, but often have to work evenings, overnight and weekends as patients require dialysis around the clock.
Some of a dialysis tech's daily tasks may include:
- Assembling medical equipment
- Taking patients' blood pressure
- Weighing patients
- Maintaining and testing dialysis machines
- Administering local anesthesia, including inserting needles
- Sterilizing blood
- Calculating fluid removal rate
- Calculating blood flow rate
- Monitoring patients
- Administering patient medication
- Keeping patient records
- Keeping nurses and doctors up-to-date on patients' condition
- Performing emergency medical procedures such as CPR when needed
Alternative Job Titles
Dialysis technicians are also called:
- Hemodialysis technicians
- Renal dialysis technicians
- Nephrology technicians
Job Outlook
Job Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, all biomedical engineer positions should increase by 27 percent by the year 2022. As more and more baby boomers age, dialysis service needs will rise.


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Dulcie Marie Johnson, 83, of Williamstown, died March 8, 2008, at the Arbors of Marietta.
She was born in Parkersburg, the daughter of the late Charles B. and Florence Harmon Wright. She had at one time worked in St. Albans, W.Va., and more recently had worked for the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta. She enjoyed crossword puzzles and attended the Williamstown Church of God.
She is survived by her children, Juanita I. Lyons of Marietta, Delmer L. Rhodes and his wife, Linda, of Marietta and William E. Johnson of Columbus, Ohio; her sisters, Letha L. Owens of Marietta and Edith L. Rowe of Williamstown; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ferral Lyons; one son, Paul E. Johnson; her brothers, Harold, Albert, James W. and Lawrence H. Wright; and her sisters, Mildred Wright, Lena V. Boyd, Gertrude J. Lott and Eva M. Lambert.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Leavitt Funeral Home in Parkersburg, with Pastor Ron Blevins officiating. Burial will be in the Eastlawn Cemetery in Marietta. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.leavittfuneralhome.com


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Being in a dense forest in Ubud, Bali, eighteen luxury house build from bamboo. These houses look luxurious with a spiral staircase as a bridge that connects the river to the house door. Again, Bamboo as the main material of the house.
This exclusive residence designed by Elora Hardy. He wants to prove, that simplest of materials can be used to create amazing architecture building. For him, there is no need to get excessive compromise modern comforts.
Overall the house using local bamboo, which is then processed durable. To coat the inside of the wall, Hardy uses a banana leaf paper. While the aluminum sheet used to coat the roof of the house.
Green Village is the name, the village has attracted buyers from all over the world. For each house sold between £ 300,000 and £ 1.2 million. This price is comparable to that obtained in comfort and luxury .
With a view of beautiful tropical rainforest. Despite living in the jungle , no need to feel isolated. Because the village is equipped with electricity.
The idea to create luxury house from bamboo, Hardy obtained from schools built his father, John , in 2006. Same with the house, which he founded, the school called the Green School is also made of bamboo.
"Green Village has redefined the potential of natural ingredients that can be used sustainably. This is the place, where people reconnect with nature", he said as quoted by the Daily Mail.
Hardy assured, that houses made of bamboo which is able to last a lifetime. This could be evidence of human ingenuity and innovation in the future.
"A lot of people think, bamboo is cheap tool to build small houses. Theory we showed that bamboo can also be used to create a large and luxurious house", he said.
Curious with the Luxury House built from Bamboo? you can see the Galery below.
Luxury House From Bamboo Photo GaleryAddress: Jalan Tanah Putih, Badung, Bali 80352, Indonesia
Phone: +62 361 469874
Page : greenvillagebali.com


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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Animal Farm Chapter 4 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Without halting for an instant, Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones's legs. Jones was hurled into a pile of dung and his gun flew out of his hands. But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion. His very first blow took a stable-lad from Foxwood on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud. At the sight, several men dropped their sticks and tried to run. Panic overtook them, and the next moment all the animals together were chasing them round and round the yard. They were gored, kicked, bitten, trampled on. There was not an animal on the farm that did not take vengeance on them after his own fashion. Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman's shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly. (4.8)
Yikes. No wonder the pigs start oppressing the animals almost immediately; Boxer sounds pretty scary. But, really, all the animals do—the only weapons humans have, really, is their brains. (Although, sheesh, what did the cowman ever do to the cat?)
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"He is dead," said Boxer sorrowfully. "I had no intention of doing that. I forgot that I was wearing iron shoes. Who will believe that I did not do this on purpose?" (4.10)
At least some of the violence is accidental: Boxer didn't mean to kill the stable-boy. But who's going to believe him? (Also—it's easy to believe that Boxer didn't mean to kill a boy; it's a lot harder to believe that Tsar Nicholas II and his kids weren't executed on purpose. That's kind of the definition of an execution.)
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The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, "Animal Hero, First Class," which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer. It consisted of a brass medal (they were really some old horse-brasses which had been found in the harness-room), to be worn on Sundays and holidays. There was also "Animal Hero, Second Class," which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep. (4.16)
We're on shakier territory with taking pride in violent military action and sacrifice, but it still seem to be working for a common good: if the animals take pride in their shared goal of running a working farm, then they don't mind a few dead sheep here or there. (Less bleating.)


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About 20 people from AFSC, NH Peace Action, NH Citizens Alliance for Action, and Every Child Matters held signs in front of BAE Systems in Merrimack NH on July 31 to call for cuts in military spending and increased support for programs that meet community needs for education, health care, and housing. The picket was timed to coincide with a "town hall meeting" organized by 3 US Senators to boost support for high levels of military spending.
Photo: AFSC/Arnie Alpert


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Website: http://www.thecambrialondon.com
Brixton (0.8 miles)
Loughborough Jn (0.2 miles), Denmark Hill (0.5 miles), Brixton (0.7 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Quiz night, Live music
- Food served, Sunday roast, Gluten free meals available, Real ale, Cocktails
- Outside seating, Dogs allowed, Children allowed, Late licence, Credit cards accepted, Smoking area, Function room for hire, Wireless internet access, Air conditioning, Coach parties welcome, Disabled access, Disabled toilet
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Fox on the Hill, Denmark Hill (0.3 miles), Sun and Doves, Camberwell (0.4 miles), Jack Beards at the Plough, Camberwell (0.4 miles), Hero of Switzerland, Brixton (0.4 miles), Robin Hood and Little John, Camberwell (0.4 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of THE CAMBRIA, CAMBERWELL
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|A couple of weeks back I made my first ever visit here on a Sunday afternoon and I was pleasantly surprised.
It was around 3.30pm when myself and 2 others arrived and the pub was pretty busy. Food was being served and was proving very popular.
Not much ale choice so I opted for the only beer that was on, this was Sharp's Doom Bar which is one of my personal favs and so good that I had 4 pints.
The pub has been transformed from a flagging back street local to a very good gastro pub with an upmarket clientele.
After an hour or so a jazz singer and her band started playing, the music was good and didn't really disturb us while we talked.
Apart from only 1 ale on this is a very nice pub and maybe next time I may try the food, definitely worth a visit if you're in the Loughborough Junction area.
lezford - 24 Nov 2014 13:35
|Just been back here for the first time in a little while. We tried their Tuesday curry night buffet, which was excellent value. Still a good atmosphere too.
timlloyd - 13 Sep 2011 21:30
|Excellent pint of Doom Bar and a good crowd in for the Thursday night quiz. Food looked amazing.
pezza132 - 14 Jan 2011 15:23
|used to go regularly at weekends, but 2 complaints, the food is hit and miss for the prices (yes, sourced from smithfields etc but often overcooked) but the main gripe is if you go for a quiet pint daytime over the weekend it feels like a kindergarden - have nothing against little ones but yummy mums and dads knocking back drinks whilst darlings hurl themselves around other punters not so relaxing.
Nice staff, very friendly.
pintisright - 6 Jan 2011 17:21
|I can't comment on the service Independantreviewer (surely should be independentrevieweer!) received - even the best pubs make the occasional cock-up. However whatever burger he had is nothing like the burgers I have tasted at The Cambria which have always been brilliant. I actually decided to have the steak for a change recently and, although good, wasn't a good as the burgers I normally have. And The Cambria is definitely an oasis in the middle the completely depressing Loughborough Junction area.of
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"Tools to Help us Rest in God" Hebrews 4:12-16
We learned last time in Hebrews 4:10-11 there is an ultimate rest with God for all eternity and a present rest that we must diligently attempt to attain avoiding disobedience. How do we do this? The writer anticipated this question and continued on to tell us the tools for our entering rest. We have two great assets.
We can enter God's rest because He has given us the Word of God and because we have the Lord Jesus Christ's great high priestly ministry
"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12). He began verse 12 with the word "for." This is the connection to verse 11. Here we find the first major tool to keep us from falling into the same example of disobedience and unbelief. This tool helps us in several ways
First, the Word of God is "living and powerful." The words of the Bible are not an incantation or a spell. The life and power of the word of God comes through God the Holy Spirit's as He uses it to penetrate our hearts and lives. He shows us who we are and how we must change. We read in Ephesians 6:17 that one piece of the armor of God is the "Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
To illustrate the Word's life and its piercing power, the writer described a penetration that can't possibly be physical. The word of God pierces between "soul and spirit." No human being can see the soul and spirit. How then could we divide them? It also divided "joints and marrow." Joints are between bones. Marrow is the substance within bones. What is the writer telling us? The Bible can cut right through us and show us what is wrong with us.
The key statement is that the Word of God is the judge, "the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." God sees much more about us than we can ever see. As we read the Word of God it shows us the evil still in our hearts and is the judge of the motives and actions we take. It goes where no one has ever gone before. Jeremiah reminded us "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9). The Word of God shows us that we are guilty of all manner of sin against our Lord.
Verse 13 tells the result of our spiritual cat scan by the Word of God. "And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account." We are laid bare and helpless.
The writer wants us to understand we cannot enter into the ultimate rest with God alone, nor can we live in the present rest without God helping us. Perhaps, the most difficult for us to grasp is how helpless we really are without Christ. Paul worked hard to teach this fact to us in Romans 3:10-12. "As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." What do we do? We are helpless.
"Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:14–15). When the Word of God shows us we are sinners, that is when we must remember who our high priest is. High priestly language can be strange to our thinking, but it was not strange to the Jewish converts who made up the writer's first readers.
These readers had been taught of the Day of Atonement when the High Priest entered the holy of holies to make atonement for their sin. They had learned that in the Law they could only be right if there was an innocent sacrifice for their sin. These are images that the writer to the Hebrews will explore in the pages ahead in this book. Right now they had to understand that God had given them a high priest who would take care of their sin problem.
First, the Lord Jesus is "a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens." Our High Priest is greater than any other high priest these Jewish readers had ever heard about. He also had gone to the highest place in heaven, the very presence of God Himself. We have already read that He is seated on God the Father's right hand.
Second, He told us that this high priest is none other than Jesus Christ the Son of God. Unlike all the other high priests who were human, our high priest is God Himself in human flesh.
Third, we need to hold fast to our confession because the Lord Jesus our high priest who knows what we are going through. The writer states this with a double negative, perhaps to make it an emphatic positive. We have a high priest who can be our go between, our mediator, because He can put his hand on us and on God at the same time. He is the God/man.
"Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16). This verse did two things for the writer. First, it alerted his readers to their greatest tool for living in rest and that is drawing near to God and finding grace and mercy (nothing that they deserve, but what they do not deserve) to help in time of need. Second, it provides a great launching pad for his discussion of our Lord's superior high priesthood.
How do we apply all of this? First, we must recognize the Word of God, the Bible, is our first tool when it comes to "rest." We cannot rely upon the promises of God if we do not know that they exist. Do we memorize the promises? Do we pray the promises? Do we turn them over in our minds? Do we believe them? Do we trust our lives to them?
Second, we must recognize that no one ever hides from God. He sees all of us and our sin. Nothing is hid from Him and everyone is helpless before Him. We begin in our walk with God by throwing ourselves upon His promise to save us by faith. We then can live our lives by grace through faith in His promises.
Third, we must learn how to draw near and seek God at the throne of grace, to find grace and mercy in our time of need.


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Voices: Simon Gray, On Tablet technology
Simon Gray is president of Gray Consulting in Boston and Atlanta.
We require our clients to have tablets, or at least smart phones. When they come in for their first meeting we install and set up their device with the specific apps and tools that we use. One app, for example, shows how their stocks are doing each day and over a period of time. We also use an internal Twitter-like app through which clients can ask our team members about a fund. We're able to crowdsource answers to these questions. Our suite of apps is easy to use and they give clients immediate access to information about their investments while also allowing them to communicate with us every day.
Using cloud-based technology allows us to respond to changes in a client's account in real time. Many of our apps allow us to set up alerts that notify us when a change in the market impacts a specific client. We can address that change immediately and make adjustments so we don't have egg on our face later.
Because we handle people's money from the accounting side and from the advisory side, you might expect that our clients would require a lot of our time. But we've found that clients don't need day-to-day contact anymore. They use tablets to get the communication and information they need. They love having everything they need right in front of them in an easy to use and aesthetically pleasing format.
Using these technologies also allows us to be paperless. We don't send anything out in the mail. All our client's files are kept in secure cloud-based storage spaces. It's convenient for clients and it saves us time too.
Using cloud-based investing and accounting software has allowed us to take on clients who we never could have worked with in the past. For example, we've built a successful relationship with one client who we've never met in person. We did all his accounting and investments electronically. Now we're able to have clients all over the world.
Switching to tablet technologies can be overwhelming for an adviser at first. There are millions of financial apps out there. I had to sort through 70 to 80 apps to determine the four that would work for us. If you want to use tablets in your business, it's important you slowly integrate them into your company so that you are able to carefully evaluate whether they work for you and your clients.
Once in awhile a client is resistant to using a tablet, usually because they haven't used one before. We've found that if you teach clients how to use the applications they very quickly become comfortable. And we limit the amount of apps we use so that our clients' learning curve only involves one to four apps.


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Hercules Dev. wrote:
> I have a technical issue, lets say we have a server that support MWL
> and PPS, now creating PPS instances will include referencing the MWL
> information (Patient information, Requested Procedure information and
> Scheduled Procedure Information) since these information are used to
> fill the PPS Relationship Module.
> If the RIS requested to delete a MWL information that already has a PPS
> instance in the server database, Do we still need to provide the MWL
> relational information for this PPS instance if the RIS queried for
> this PPS or an N-GET command was performed on the server? (Relational
> attributes in the MPPS N-GET are either type 2 or type 3, so we can
> return empty attribute values).
> Any opinions with this will be very helpful.
> Thanks
> Zaid H. Safadi
I can't tell what scenario you're imagining from a clinical, real world
perspective. First, there is no explicit standard message for a RIS to
request an MWL entry to be removed. It is anticipated this action would
occur either directly in the RIS DB or after an event communicated
between a PACS and RIS indicating the imaging procedure has been
completed and is no longer needed on the MWL. Under the IHE framework,
the PPS N-Set messages could perform this function. The Image
Availability messages could also perform this delete function.
The relational DB records underlying MWL entries often continue to
exist in the MWL provider system DB after the entry is no longer
presented and included in MWL SCP query responses, especially when the
MWL SCP system DB is the same system/DB as the PPS SCP and these
records are linked; but the DICOM standard is silent on whether a
system retains these records or not. Similarly, it is silent as to when
a MWL SCP actually stops including relational records in MWL queries.
These are determined by the functionality of the MWL provider system
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Youth Movements
Posted by Neil Paine on February 19, 2010
Talking about arguably the 4 biggest stars of the NBA's 25-and-under set today, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Dwight Howard, had me thinking about this crop of young stars and how they relate to their counterparts in the past... Is this current group the best ever? And if not, who is? Well, here's a simple way to measure how much contribution the NBA is getting from it's age <= 25 players -- divide the youngsters' Win Shares by the NBA's total WS and see what proportion of the league's wins are being added by the kids:
So the <26-year-olds in the modern NBA are doing a pretty decent job, but nothing like in the 50s/60s and late 70s/early 80s. Then again, the percentage approach not only speaks to the skill of the young players, but also the relative lack thereof by the league's veterans at the time. With that in mind, what if we simply looked at the aggregate production by the 5 best under-26 players (by WS) in any given season, and pro-rated to 82 games to account for differing schedule lengths?
This time, the vaunted Class of 1962 -- buoyed by Chamberlain's absurd 24 Win Shares -- takes the top spot, while this year's group is actually outshone by last year's thanks to Chris Paul's injury and a slight drop in production by Howard. Even so, you still have to admit that the league's youth movement looks better now than it has at any point since the legendary '84 Draft class came of age in 1988. If CP3's knee is not as bad as some people are predicting, that is.
9 Responses to "Youth Movements"
Ryan Says:
February 20th, 2010 at 3:35 am
I've asked this a few times but have either missed the response, or not had one. Why are we so persistent in rating a player by Win Shares?
At any rate, nice study.
Mark Price really caught me off guard.
Johnny Says:
February 20th, 2010 at 4:25 am
Wow, I never knew Penny Hardaway was that good.
Johnny Twisto Says:
February 20th, 2010 at 5:56 am
A few seasons into his career, during the Jordan banishment, Hardaway was one of the names my friends and I threw around when talking about how the best player in the NBA was. The answer was Olajuwon, but Hardaway was in the running....I guess it's nice to see the "advanced" stats show we weren't crazy.
I never noticed how bad his FG% dropped after O'Neal left. Interesting.
sjm8885 Says:
February 21st, 2010 at 5:20 am
interesting information but this is definitely skewed towards the mid 90s and beyond due to the increase of early entrants....
Johnny Says:
February 21st, 2010 at 6:29 am
Johnny twisto,
I noticed the FG% drop as well but I don't think all of it is attributed to Shaq. Look at his games without Shaq while he played in Orlando.
93-94: 1 game 8/20 40%, 21 pts, 9 asts, 4 rbs, 4 stls, 1-0 record
94-95: 3 games, 43/71 60.6%, 31 ppg, 5.7 apg, 4.7 rpg, 1.7 spg, 0.3 bpg, 2-1 record
95-96: 28 games, 226/445 50.8%, 25.5, 6.4 apg, 4.9 rpg, 1.96 spg, 0.7 bpg, 20-8 record
Totals: 32 games, 51.7 FG%, (277/536), 25.8 ppg, 6.4 apg, 4.9 rpg, 2.0 spg, 0.7 bpg, 23-9 record
Those are Hardaway's numbers when he was healthy without Shaq. In 96-97 he was a 45% shooter while his injuries wee starting, 97-98 was a wash with injuries, 98-99 he was battling injuries and shot 42%, 99-00 he shot 47%, but then 2000-01 was the year he had the micro fracture surgery which pretty much ended his career at that point at age 30. Hardaway was most likely a 45%-47% FG shooter if healthy without Shaq.
Shaq definitely helped his elite perimeter players (penny,kobe,wade) get open looks but I also think that Hardaway was a very talented player who wasn't just a product of Shaq, as the numbers above show. Injuries are the main thing that derailed his once promising career.
AHL Says:
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
He uses Win Shares to compare across eras. It does a better job than straight ORtg/DRtg, or per game/per minute stats.
Jason J Says:
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Yeah, Penny was brought down by injuries, not by O'Neal. The big fella missed a bunch of games in 1996, and Penny kept them in the running, and they wound up winning 60 games. He was also a blast to watch. Plus he had Li'l Penny - "You can't guard me! The secret service couldn't guard me!"
Harry Says:
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I think it's useful to point out that other than 2008-2009, there has never been a season in NBA history in which more than one player had a PER of above 30 (http://bit.ly/czR8bG). In 2008-2009, however, three players, LeBron James (31.7), Dwyane Wade (30.4), and Chris Paul (30.0) all accomplished this feat. Obviously, to have three players performing at such a high level in one season is unprecedented. The fact that they were aged 24, 27, and 23 (respectively), for an average age of 24.67, is downright silly.
nick Says:
February 24th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Speaking of PER, isn't that based on the fact that the league average is always 15.0 for the year. What a year like 2008-09 proves then is that Lebron, Wade, and Paul were simply that farther above the average. It would be interesting to see how their stats would have held up in the late 80's when Jordan was constantly hitting above 30 PER.


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- This appeared in a draft of the script for "The Chase" which was subsequently rewritten, removing the reference and any chance it was in a deleted scene. I suppose that since we've kept information on things like the second USS Reliant, which was also from a draft version of the script and was certainly never on film, this could conceivably stay as well, but it would need a rewrite to acknowledge this fact. -- SmokeDetector47| TALK 03:01, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Keep. I've added a note to explain its removal prior to filming, so I don't think there's any need to delete it. --From Andoria with Love 05:18, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Archived --Alan del Beccio 08:06, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)
With new policies in place, this should now be merged with the episode article. Kennelly 13:26, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
We merged ALL those articles which only appeared in scripts before, like Golar Province or USS Gage. I was under the impression that only articles could stay that were filmed, but cut like Martin Madden or Livinius. Why now suddenly a different policy? Kennelly 08:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- No real policy change at this time. I've simply added the realworld tag and the different category so that it's inline with United States of Africa. That, also, was never filmed. If one goes, so must the other. So, for the time being, I was going for consistency among the articles. -- Sulfur 12:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
It's only because this is the first page from cut script parts to be treated with this new cat and all, while the others were merged without much discussion, I feared that this would stay while the others went away. As you say, consistency rules, so I hope this'll still be merged. Kennelly 12:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, it's not the first. Look at the category. Admittedly, most of them are starship classes from the Encyclopedia but point holds... :) -- Sulfur 12:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Which nebula was that (the unreferenced quote at the top)? --User:22.214.171.124
- The coffee quote refers to the Nucleogenic cloud being, thought to be a nebula from VOY: "The Cloud". - Enzo Aquarius 00:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


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PhD in Nursing
The doctor of philosophy (PhD) in nursing program began in 1994. This research focused degree has been offered online to a national and international audience since 1997. In over 20 years, the PhD program has graduated over 100 nurse scientists who have gone on to careers in nursing education, research and organizational leadership in the United States and abroad.
Announcing Our New and Innovative PhD Admission Option: DNP to PhD
This PhD option permits nurses with a DNP degree to gain valuable skills that will enable them to function as independent researchers.
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In concert with current trends in nursing as well as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report and the Robert Wood Johnson Future of Nursing Scholars Program, the School of Nursing is proud to announce a new 3-year and revised 4-year PhD program in Nursing. Students now have the option to apply to the program that fits with their goals and lifestyle. The 3 and 4-year options are identical but differ in intensity and duration. Both programs assist students in identifying, clarifying and articulating their research topic and ideas early in the program. During the program, students are mentored as they focus on their ideas and research goals. Emphasis is placed on the health needs of vulnerable individuals and populations within the context of social justice.
The 3 and 4-year programs are offered online with residency opportunities onsite in Pittsburgh, PA, and one residency as part of a study abroad experience at Duquesne's Rome and/or Dublin Campus. It is expected that students will complete the PhD in nursing in three or four years depending on the program chosen. Students applying to the 4-year program would typically complete 6 credits per semester, whereas the 3-year program students would complete 6-10 credits per semester. Students interested in applying to the 3-year program must have a commitment to prioritizing their time in order to complete the program unencumbered by expectations of over-demanding life/work/job.
The goal of the new 3-year and revised 4-year PhD program in nursing is to engage students in an intensive rigorous manner that prepares them as nurse scholars to enter the workforce in a reasonable amount of time.
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Every student admitted to the PhD program is required to come to campus for the first residency, usually held during the third week of May. This week includes an orientation to the PhD program and provides an opportunity for students to meet faculty and participate in live classes for the courses in which they are enrolled that summer.
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Students enrolled in GPNG 924 Methods of Scientific Inquiry II will take part of the course as a study abroad experience in locations such as Dublin, Ireland where students will have housing at the Duquesne University Ireland campus.
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This residency provides an opportunity for the student to meet with his/her faculty mentor either at Duquesne University or another location such as a conference setting for intensive discussion and writing around dissertation topic development in preparation for approval.
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This residency is a 4-day, on-site residency on campus for intensive work with faculty on the development of the dissertation proposal. This may also include beginning development of the first manuscript if one of the dissertation manuscript options is selected.
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The state Senate on Friday approved a bipartisan education bill to increase funding for schools helping at-risk students and perhaps gain access to as much as $500 million from the federal government.
Colorado legislators hope the state will be one of about 10 to receive a share of $4.35 billion in federal stimulus grants from the "Race to the Top" fund.
Rep. Christine Scanlan, D-Summit Cove, is one of the bill's sponsors in the state house. She said the legislation " Senate Bill 256 " could be "a tool" for the stimulus money.
"Quite candidly, we feel like we have a really good chance at getting some of those dollars," Scanlan said. "That would be a huge difference."
The federal grants are to be awarded in fall 2009 and spring 2010 to states aiming to improve: teaching effectiveness, progress-tracking data systems, college- and career-ready standards and support toward improving schools identified for corrective action, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
In an economic recession with slumping state revenues, the stimulus money could save 1,000 teacher jobs, according to a report on indenvertimes.com.
Colorado's 2009 School Finance Act moved quickly through the senate since it was introduced on Monday; it is expected to go before the state house Monday.
The bill includes $4.5 million per year to reward schools helping their at-risk populations " students on free and reduced lunch programs.
Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Arapahoe County, said in a media teleconference Friday that the bill will "provide funding and opportunities to focus on those children who are the most vulnerable in Colorado."
Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, said the bill, which he's sponsoring, sets up the state's "own (President) Obama-like policies."
"It's absolutely the ticket to a world-class work force," he said.
For the first time, a school finance act will reward schools with high populations of at-risk students "who have extraordinary growth," Romer said.
The bill also includes an amendment to register ninth-grade students online with colleges in Colorado. Scanlan said she's heard this amendment will be adjusted to also help students get on-track toward other post-secondary options such as vocational schools.
"We know you need at least two years of additional education," she said. "A high-school diploma is not going to be enough."
Scanlan said she aims for the bill to put "dollars on the ground at the local level, being put into action helping kids."
The School Finance Act is intended to eliminate what's known as the Colorado paradox: Though the state attracts some of the nation's most intelligent transplants, its state-born students are ranked 45th nationwide in attainment of a bachelor's degree or higher for residents aged 25 to 64.
At 23 percent, the state's average is far below the United States average of 42 percent, according to 2005 statistics from the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.
Colorado schools next year expect to have 789,000 students " an increase of more than 10,000. The school budget will be $5.7 billion, averaging $7,231 per pupil, according to a report in the Durango Herald.
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Springs Police say there has been an unusual number of break-ins on the Northeast side of Colorado Springs.
11 News spoke to several people who had their car windows broken, vandalized and items stolen out of them.
One man who lives in a neighborhood near Rangewood and Vickers told us a burglar broke his window, stole cash and hockey pucks that where in the console.
The crooks didn't stop there, they ransacked his next door neighbors car, and broke a window of a truck belonging to a man across the street.
Another man, who lives in the Stetson Hills area, contacted us after his security cameras caught what he believed to be a woman trying to break into his car while it was sitting in his driveway.
He turned that video into police they tell us they are investigating.
Police tell us they will have a better of how many car breakins happened over the last couple of days on later on Monday.
Springs Police confirmed to us, Monday evening that there were 69 car breakins from Friday to Monday.
Police say that number is fairly high.
We spoke to yet another resident in the Springs who lives in an apartment complex near the Chapel Hills Mall.
His car was broken into Saturday night.
Michael Smargie told 11 News he accidently left his wallt in the car after a late night.
Crooks got into his vehicle without breaking the windows or setting his alarm off a few hours later.
They took his wallet, it had $40, pictures of his grandfather who passed away and credit and debit cards.
He says the tried to use his cards but they were denied use.
This is just one of the 69 car breakin stories from over the weekend, one of many that police are investigating.
Smargie is planning to pay $80 a month to use a garage at his apartment complex, an idea police say is great to avoid becoming a victim.
Police say this is also a good time remind people to park in well lit areas and take all valuables out of your car every night.
They say vehicle breakins are a crime of opportunity.
If you have any information that could help police with their investigations, call Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP.


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SIKESTON -- Charles Walter Chesmore, 75, died at 4:20 p.m. on May 18, 2006, at his home.
Born March 18, 1931, at Perkins, Okla., son of the late Dave Clinton and Leona E. Smith Chesmore, he served in the U.S. Army in Okinawa during the Korean War and was discharged as a sergeant first class on April 13, 1955, after four years of service overseas. Since 1957, he had lived in Sikeston where he worked for 10 years in the maintenance department for Sikeston Public Schools until his retirement and was a member of the Beulahland Fellowship Church. He had previously worked for 27 years for the Missouri Plant Food Association and for the Otasco store in Sikeston.
On Dec. 27, 1957, he married Sarah E. Britt who preceded him in death on Dec. 7, 2002.
He was also preceded in death by one brother, Bill Chesmore, and one sister, Ruby Gray.
Survivors include: one son and daughter-in-law, Charles J. "Chuck" and Krystal Chesmore of Sikeston; one brother, Clifford Chesmore of Stillwater, Okla.; and two granddaughters, Mikaela Chesmore and Harley Chesmore of Sikeston.
Visitation will be after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston where a memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Scott Sutton of the New Life Ministries Church in Sikeston officiating.
Burial of the cremains will follow in the Blodgett Cemetery at Blodgett.


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Operation Swill: New Jersey bars caught selling rubbing alcohol labeled as scotch
NJ - Caramel-Colored Rubbing Alcohol Sold as Scotch - NYTimes.com
TRENTON, N.J. — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part of a yearlong investigation dubbed Operation Swill. Twenty-nine New Jersey bars and restaurants, including 13 TGI Fridays, were accused of substituting cheap booze — or worse — for the good stuff while charging premium prices. As part of Operation Swill, investigators collected 1,000 open bottles of vodka, gin, rum, scotch, whiskey and tequila from the wells of the bars, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said. "This alleged scheme is a dishonest ruse to increase profits and is a slap in the face of the consumer," Chiesa said. Within seven days, the establishments must turn over records to help state authorities determine how many patrons were overcharged and by how much. They also will have to inform the state which employees were at work the days samples were covertly taken earlier this year.