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Cangene said today its biodefense contract with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was extended to include additional work that could net the company up to $77 million over four years—just a year after the two inked an extension deal that followed contracts stretching back to 2002.
The new contract—under which the company supplies Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous™ (VIGIV) into the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile—was extended by 18 months, followed by three additional option periods extending through 2017. VIGIV is used for treating and preventing some severe complications that may be associated with smallpox vaccination.
The extension includes additional services to support license maintenance activities for VIGIV, now projected to generate up to about $6.9 million over 18 months, plus future optional services for maintaining the VIGIV license and options for additional manufacturing and plasma collections.
If exercised, the optional periods could generate an additional $45 million in revenue if the baseline scope of work is implemented, or up to $77 million if the maximum scope is implemented.
Cangene and the CDC originally entered into a five-year contract for VIGIV in 2002, then extended their accord to a 10-year term ending last year. The initial five-year contract allowed for the U.S. government to order up to 100,000 doses of VIGIV on an as-needed basis (Cangene completed a supply of 30,000 doses under this contract during fiscal 2004) and required the company to take VIGIV through regulatory approval in the United States.
VIGIV was first accepted into the Strategic National Stockpile in 2002 and subsequently licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2005, followed two years later by Health Canada licensure.
On August 28, 2012, Cangene inked a new deal with the CDC that the company said at the time was expected to generate $9.8 million over 18 months.
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Richard ("Rick") Dennis McLaughlin, resident of Redwood City, CA, died unexpectedly on Sunday, August 12, 2012, while playing volleyball at Lake Tahoe. An avid volleyball player for over 35 years, Rick often said that he could think of no better way to go.Born in Windsor, Canada, on December 4, 1949, to John and Phyllis McLaughlin, Rick was the youngest of five boys. In 1955, the family moved to Lincoln Park, Michigan, where Rick attended Christ the Good Shepherd grade school and enjoyed building model airplanes as a hobby. In 1964, Rick and his parents moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they had spent many a summer vacation. There Rick attended St. Mary's High School, took up horseback riding, and worked at a stable where he boarded and cared for his horse. In 1967, the family moved to California, where Rick completed his senior year at Costa Mesa High School in 1968. It was in California that Rick first experienced the lure of the sand at the beach and in the desert. He frequently explored the desert on his motorcycle and on rides with friends from the "Harbor VW Association." A gifted mechanic, Rick thoroughly enjoyed working on cars and motorcycles. In 1975, Rick combined his mechanical talents and his life-long love of airplanes by enrolling in the Aandamp;P Technology program at Orange Coast College where he earned his AA certificate and an Aandamp;P license in 1978. Upon receiving his Aandamp;P license Rick moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he worked for a number of different companies including American Airlines, Aviation Methods, Utah International and Pinole Point Steel. In 1988, Rick founded his own independent corporate maintenance and consulting business, "JetAssist Aviation," which he owned and operated for 24 years. Highly respected in his field, Rick was frequently called upon by others for advice. He loved talking about his work and was a great listener as well. He jokingly referred to himself as the "Ann Landers" or "Rhona Barrett" of the aviation world. Rick's easy-going and friendly nature endeared him to many in his profession and in his personal life.Outside of work Rick had a passion for volleyball — he loved playing, watching and talking about the game. A self-professed "volleyball idiot," Rick pushed himself to his very physical limits while playing the game — loving every minute of it.Rick is survived by the love of his life Jan Shoemaker, her children Tiffany Sargent and Ben Jones, his brothers Jack and Michael, all of California, his aunt and uncle, Suzanne and Denton Grenke of Canada, his aunt Claire Heise of Michigan, his sister-in-law Judy McLaughlin of Arizona, and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Thomas and David. Rick was buried at Good Shepherd Cemetery in Huntington Beach, CA. A celebration of Rick's life will be held in the picnic area near the sand volleyball courts at Stanford on Sunday, September 23 at noon. Please RSVP to Jan at 650-339-4524 or email@example.com.
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Shadows lengthened during Sunday afternoon's spelling competition to the point where some wondered if Western New York's newest spelling champ would emerge victorious under moonlight.
It took about two hours to whittle the field of 20 finalists at the 86th annual Buffalo News Spelling Bee down to a group of five in the auditorium of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.
After that, they began dropping like flies. Within minutes, only eighth-grader Beatrice Bacon of Royalton-Hartland Middle School and seventh-grader Madeline McCoy of Grace LEAH Home School were still standing.
That's when the test of endurance really began.
It took more than 50 minutes and nearly 50 rounds before 12-year-old Madeline, of Hamburg, finally took the championship, successfully spelling the word "cappelletti" (a type of small, stuffed pasta).
Both girls easily held their own in the early rounds, but once the word choices dramatically expanded in the final round, both Beatrice and Madeline struggled to spell two or three words in a row correctly to clinch the win.
Words like "decastich," "bastide," "geanticline," "oyez," "glaucomatous" and "heliacal" tripped up both finalists.
Beatrice, of Middleport, knew "horologium" but subsequently misspelled "flavedo."
Madeline knew "presbytery" but then whiffed on "tropomyosin."
On it went.
After the first two dozen rounds, everyone in the room seemed to flag a bit. The bee facilitators, sensing this, eventually chose to return to a narrower set of words that prompted immediate success by both finalists.
They both missed "mneumonic" but in quick succession spelled "paradigm," "repertoire," "dossier" and "witloof."
Beatrice misspelled "apartheid," giving Madeline the opening to spell that word correctly, then follow up with "cappelletti" for the win – 48 words into the final round and three hours after the start of the competition.
News Features Editor and spelling bee emcee Bruce Andriatch told the audience, "If you're exhausted, imagine how they feel."
Deb Patti, who organized the Buffalo News-sponsored bee competition, said Sunday's competition was one of the longest she could remember in the past two decades.
Despite the marathon competition, Madeline said she found it all exciting.
"I was very nervous," she said, "and I was also kind of surprised that I made it this far."
Madeline was also a finalist in the News Spelling Bee last year, finishing in seventh place as a sixth-grader.
As this year's local champion, she and an adult escort will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to represent Western New York in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which starts May 28. She also received a $100 cash award, an unabridged Webster's dictionary and other prizes.
Madeline said she's looking forward to visiting Washington. Since the start of the school year, she said, she's spent about 15 minutes a day studying spelling words. Now that she's moving onto the finals, though, she said she plans on ramping up her efforts.
This is the first time in four years that the News Spelling Bee has crowned a new local champion. Former Casey Middle School student Nabeel Rahman finished as the top local and state Spelling Bee champion each of the last three years.
In the 2011 national competition, he stunned everyone by making it to the final round. Last year, he succeeded through five rounds before making a graceful exit. Now a high schooler, Nabeel has aged out of the competition, and Madeline has her own shot at enjoying the national spotlight.
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Is it gay if your balls touch while giving a chick THE RHINO?
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Dairy farmers join with NFL and USDA
As you watched National Football League games this past season, you probably saw the commercials promoting Play 60. That's the NFL's initiative to promote 60 minutes of activity every day for youngsters. Through our check-off dollars and National Dairy Council, those of us in the dairy industry are part of a related campaign Fuel Up To Play 60..
The program gained momentum when it was endorsed by USDA during a ceremony last month at Central Park East Middle School in New York City. The campaign brings together the NFL, National Dairy Council, multiple health organizations, and several major corporations, including Kraft Foods, Domino's Pizza, Leprino, and LaLa. All 32 NFL teams are participating in the program through local dairy councils and schools in their respective markets.
The signing ceremony involved Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, as well as Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner, and Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Inc., who are shown here.
NFL players present included Rashard Mendenhall, Pittsburgh Steelers; Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Jaguars; and Kevin Boss, New York Giants. Dairy farmers present included Zach Meyers, North Carolina; Skip Hardie, New York; and Paula Meabon, Pennsylvania.
As dairy farmers, we have committed $50 million per year to the campaign for five years. Funding is expected to grow as government, business, communities, and families join this effort to improve nutrient-rich food choices and achieve 60 minutes of physical activity each day among children. More than 58,000, or 60 percent, of the nation's 96,000 private and public schools are currently enrolled in Fuel Up to Play 60.
Goal of the campaign is to fight and defeat childhood obesity. Based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the program empowers students in grades 4 through 10 to engage their peers to "fuel up" with nutrient-rich foods they often lack – particularly low-fat and fat-free milk and milk products, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains – and "get up and play" with 60 minutes of daily physical activity.


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Title 09 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION
Subtitle 10 RACING COMMISSION
09.10.01 Thoroughbred Rules
Authority: Business Regulation Article, §11-210, Annotated Code of Maryland
Notice of Proposed Action
The Maryland Racing Commission proposes to amend Regulation .07 under COMAR 09.10.01 Thoroughbred Rules.
This action was considered by the Maryland Racing Commission at a public meeting held on November 12, 2013,
notice of which was given by publication in 40:22 Md. R. 1898 (November 1, 2013), pursuant to State
Government Article, §10-506(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of this action is to provide the opportunity for an individual who owns a Maryland-bred horse which participates in a Maryland race to receive an owner award if the horse finishes first, second, or third in an allowance race, maiden race, or a claiming race for not less than
Comparison to Federal Standards
There is no corresponding federal standard to this proposed action.
Estimate of Economic Impact
The proposed action has no economic impact.
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The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.
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The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Paul Pierce poured in a team-high 23 points on
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AKRON, Ohio -- The University of Akron says an officer fatally shot a 64-year-old man during a traffic stop after he produced what later was determined to be a BB pistol.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man shot at about 11 a.m. Thursday as James Genda of Akron.
University spokeswoman Laura Massie told the Akron Beacon Journal that the officer said the BB gun looked like a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol. The officer said the man produced the handgun as the officer approached the car after determining that it had a faulty registration.
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Endocyte designs targeted small molecule drug conjugates (SMDCs) for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. All of the company's SMDCs also come with a companion diagnostic imaging agent that helps to predict which patients will benefit most from a therapeutic. This dual approach for personalized therapy is improving the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to the firm, which says SMDCs for other diseases are in the pipeline.
Endocyte formed in 1996 to design a drug delivery system based on technology discovered by Philip Low, Ph.D., at nearby Purdue University. Dr. Low, CSO at Endocyte, found that folate can transport drugs into cells. Most cells have receptors for folate, a B vitamin needed to carry out cell division. Rapidly dividing cancer cells particularly overexpress the folate receptor and use a different pathway than healthy cells to obtain folate. Endocyte researchers exploit this alternate pathway by attaching drugs to folate to kill cancer cells.
"This means that we can target highly potent drugs directly into cancer cells without harm to healthy cells," says Ron Ellis, president and CEO.
Many potent cancer drugs have been discovered and tested by drug companies over the years, but they've been abandoned due to their high toxicity when tested in patients. Endocyte took an older, off-patent cancer drug and attached it to folate to create vintafolide (MK-8109/EC145). This drug candidate is in a Phase III trial in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
Vintafolide has a companion diagnostic, etarfolatide (EC20), to select patients most likely to respond. A marketing authorization application for conditional approval of vintafolide and etarfolatide for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer was accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in November 2012.
Merck teamed up with Endocyte in April 2012 to develop and commercialize vintafolide. The partnership is worth up to $1 billion if all milestones are met. In addition to continuing trials of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, Merck will evaluate the potential of vintafolide for the treatment of other cancer types. The partnership underscores Merck's goal of building a portfolio of oncology therapies that use a companion diagnostic to assess patients most likely to benefit from a treatment.
The chemotherapeutic component of vintafolide is a type of vinca alkaloid taken up only by cancer cells. For the treatment of patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, vintafolide is combined with Doxil® (pegylated liposomal doxorubicin). The firm says the drug combination increases the likelihood of killing cancer cells, since treating tumors with more than one drug makes it harder for cancer cells to develop resistance.
"Vintafolide's toxicity profile gives us great flexibility to combine it with other drugs," says Ellis. Many other drugs cannot be combined because their additive toxicities are too dangerous for clinical use.
Vintafolide was tested in an international, multicenter Phase II trial of 149 women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Patients received vintafolide plus Doxil or Doxil alone until either disease progression or death. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival. Patients taking vintafolide plus Doxil had a median progression free survival of 5 months, compared to 2.7 months for patients receiving Doxil alone.
However, in patients who tested the most positive for a specific folate receptor, the delayed progression-free survival increased from 1.5 months to 5.5, or 260%. "If you don't have the receptor, the drug doesn't work as well. That's a remarkable result," says Ellis. A Phase III trial of vintafolide in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer is under way, as well as a Phase II/III trial of vintafolide in non-small-cell lung cancer.
The folate receptor that predicted patient response to vintafolide was identified with etarfolatide, the companion molecular imaging agent designed to screen patients who are likely to respond. "Our development strategy is to start with a diagnostic to assess quickly and easily which tissues and organs a chemotherapy drug will target," says Ellis.
More importantly, tumors in patients are assessed to see if they contain the folate receptor. Tumor cells that highly express the folate receptor are more likely to be killed by the targeted therapy.
The EMA granted vintafolide the equivalence of orphan drug status in March 2012, because the drug shows exciting early results in patient populations that do not have effective treatments. "There's probably no other cancer more in need of an effective treatment than platinum-resistant ovarian cancer," says Ellis.
SMDCs for other types of cancer are made by attaching different drugs, or warheads, to the folate ligand. All the warheads are drugs discovered elsewhere that proved too toxic alone in patients. The revived drugs fall into well-known classes of cancer therapies, such as platinums, microtubule destablizers, and vinca alkaloids, and are highly prescribed worldwide. By attaching them to folate, "we're designing versions that are a thousand to a million times more potent, yet less toxic," says Ellis.
Endocyte researchers also can replace folate with a different targeting ligand to attach to other receptors. One drug candidate targets a different receptor on prostate cancer cells, which generally do not express folate receptors. A companion diagnostic confirms that this drug targets prostate tumors. "We can make our therapies modular by changing the warhead or ligand to create a different drug," says Ellis.
Another program targets activated macrophages, an important cell type in inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and psoriasis. Endoctye has a drug that knocks out, or deactivates, these activated macrophages. Imaging data show that the drug targets human-activated macrophages, and results from animal studies are encouraging.
Endocyte intends to develop and market some of its products by itself. The firm is also open to collaborations with companies that have a proprietary drug that could be made more potent or less toxic by attaching it to folate or another appropriate ligand.
Location: 3000 Kent Avenue, Suite A1-100, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Phone: (765) 463-7175
Website: www.endocyte.com
Principals:Ron Ellis, President and CEOPhilip Low, Ph.D., CSO
Number of Employees: 75
Focus: Endocyte develops targeted small molecule drug conjugates and companion imaging diagnostics to treat cancer and other diseases.
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Serves 7 |
Prep Time 20 minutes |
Cook Time 1 hour
1 package manicotti shells, (about 14 shells)
2 pounds organic extra firm tofu, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup water
1 Tbsp Eden Ume Plum Vinegar
1 tsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1/2 cup fresh parsley, mincedor 2 cups chopped spinach
2 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, diced
1 1/2 cups button mushrooms, sliced
1 cup zucchini, sliced
1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup yellow summer squash, sliced
25 ounces Eden Spaghetti Sauce, 1 jaror Eden Spaghetti Sauce - No Salt
1/2 tsp dried basil
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook manicotti shells until about half done, about 5 to 7 minutes. Drain, rinse and drain again.
While the shells are cooking, place the tofu, water, ume plum vinegar, parsley and shoyu in a blender. Blend until creamy. Stuff each manicotti shell with spoonfuls of tofu cream until each shell is full. Place in a baking dish and preheat the oven to 400°.
To prepare the sauce, heat oil in a medium skillet or saucepan and sauté the garlic for 1 minute. Add the onions and mushrooms, sauté 2 minutes. Add the zucchini, peppers and summer squash. Stir in the spaghetti sauce, water and basil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
Pour the sauce over the stuffed manicotti, cover the baking dish and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until the shells are tender.
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The legal battles between Samsung and Apple have reached near legendary proportions. Apple won a major decision against Samsung in U.S. courts where the jury awarded Apple $1 billion in damages. Samsung is appealing that ruling and is even trying to get the case thrown out of court by alleging
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"Samsung Electronics recently asked Apple for a significant price raise in (the mobile processor known as) application processor," the person was quoted as saying in the report. "Apple first disapproved it, but finding no replacement supplier, it accepted the (increase.)"
Apple was, understandably, was unhappy with the price hike and initially refused to pay it. However, it came back and agreed to pay the additional costs when no alternative provider could be found.
The source also says that Apple buys all of its application processors from Samsung and purchased an estimated 130 million units last year. The source also estimates that Apple will purchase over 200 million application processors from Samsung this year.
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LOL - would have raised it quadruple
Why 20%? You know they can't get 130million processors anywhere else. I'd have quadrupled the price and told them good luck getting your product past that 1hr launch you had when you ran out...ROFL.
Oh by the way, while you take the next few months tooling up a new supplier we'll be selling the heck out of our Samsung Galaxy S3 now & S4 soon.
Can you imagine no chips for months for Ipad4/Iphone5? You refuse to pay you take months to come up with a replacement. Samsung won't get another chance to do this once Apple is TSMC etc tooled up. You only get one chance to make them get 1/4 the profits for a while. No phones or tablets would kill their bottom line for months. You may take a small hit, but once nothing is on the shelves for xmas, you're stuck buying nexus 10's and Galaxy phones etc. EVERYTHING BUT APPLE. People who get used to android (forced there by no apple crap) may never come back. There is a portion that would be hard to get back forever once everyone gets a taste of cheaper freedom. Everything android would sell a LOT more for xmas.
I'm thinking 20% was FAR to little. With apple out samsung would probably make 16bil next quarter instead of 8B. Much more money in the coffers for the coming war with 100bil cash company. They should cut them off at the knees now. I may have to produce your chips due to contract, but apparently I can charge whatever I want. BEND OVER CRAPPLE :) Bite the bullet samsung and screw them while you have the chance before they tool up at other fabs. You may get 2 quarters of screwing them out of it, giving you time to replace production with Kepler/denver/boulder chips (and whatever you throw at others like nexus 10). Android already outsells apple 2 or 3 to 1 (based on activations). With no apple it becomes 100 to none right? :) Only lasts 3 to 6 months but that's more than enough time to HURT them and collect everywhere while weakening their future vs. yours.
Ruthless? That's just good business ;) Apple gets no return on A6 R&D then since by the time the retool at TSMC etc that would be old tech. You screw their sales. You screw their stock. It would surely tumble some on no phones/tablets for 6 months news - a fair amount of people would EXIT quickly. You lower their market cap doing it, which in turn lowers ability to fund tons of R&D to kill you etc...The benefits list goes on and on. Unless they are contractually unable to raise above 20%, this move is NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. It would surely teach apple a lawsuit lesson which would be taught throughout colleges everywhere in the future. Sue for a billion and it may cost you 15-20B in the next 6 months...ROFL. Or would that be more than 20B? It's a LOT thats for sure based on current profits and how much of that is purely mac money. Take phones/tablets out for 2q's and they get seriously hurt for a time.
Income is 40B over last TTM and rising 60% YOY. So you could argue for at least $20B losses. A brilliant move if sammy has the guts. Personally I'd have made the move the second I saw 20million in sales on the galaxy S3. But I guess I'm FREAKY RUTHLESS...LOL. Samsung would probably pocket 20B during the same time. They already make 8B/Q now. Remove apple and boom, you take their profits as nobody else sells 20mil phones in 100days.
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COLUMBIA Initial skirmishes are playing out in the class-action lawsuit filed against Gov. Nikki Haley and others after the massive breach of taxpayer information at the S.C. Department of Revenue.
Three motions have been filed seeking to dismiss the suit. Filing are Haley, with the Revenue Department and its former director; the Division of State Information Technology; and Trustwave, an outside firm used to review system security.
A judge is scheduled to hear those motions and others Feb. 7 in Fifth Circuit Court in Richland County.
In their shared motion, attorneys for Haley, the Revenue Department and its former director, Jim Etter, argued that the case should be dismissed for several reasons, including that the breach is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation and that the three have immunity from the lawsuit under the states Tort Claims Act.
Thats the same law that caps lawsuit damages against public agencies in South Carolina at $600,000 per occurrence, such as a single hacking incident.
John Hawkins is a former state senator who filed the class-action suit on behalf of Spartanburgs Phillip Morgan in October.
Hawkins is expected to argue that the breach affecting millions of S.C. taxpayers and businesses represents more than a single occurrence.
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The unusually early, hard-hitting flu season has prompted two hospitals to limit visitors in the labor and delivery area in order to protect patients from the seasonal sickness.
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What: 100 free flu vaccinationsWhen: Today, 5-7 p.m.Where: East Cooper Medical CenterWho: Must be at least 8 years old. Call 884-7031 for information and to register.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare said Wednesday it will restrict visitors to immediate family at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in West Ashley and Ropers Mount Pleasant Hospital. The downtown Roper Hospital stopped delivering babies this year. The change will happen sometime this week, said spokeswoman Kim Keelor.
Earlier in the day, Roper said it was weighing whether to follow the lead of Charlotte hospitals in Carolinas HealthCare System, which will restrict visitors under age 12 beginning today. Carolinas HealthCare System is a founding partner, or sister company, to Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Keelor said.
Different areas of the region are experiencing different levels of influenza. We are taking our direction from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and are not implementing the same restrictions being put in place in the Charlotte area at this time, Keelor said.
Trident Medical Center, East Cooper Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina said Wednesday they are looking into whether new visitor rules are warranted because of the flu outbreak.
Our infection control committee is in discussion about some visiting restrictions, but as of yet no decision has been made, said Trident spokesman Bob Behanian.
MUSC is considering whether visitation restrictions are appropriate based on community influenza and hospitalization rates as well as patient care needs, said Cassy Salgado, an infectious diseases specialist. We do have a facility-wide policy to screen all visitors for symptoms compatible with influenza and restrict their visitation if needed, Salgado said.
We are looking into that but have not made any final decision, East Cooper spokeswoman Kari Davis said.
Widespread influenza is being reported in South Carolina as visits to doctor offices, hospitalizations and deaths rise well above levels seen last year. A Barnwell County child is among the states 15 fatalities from flu complications.
Officials say the best protection against flu is vaccination, which can take up to a month to be fully effective. East Cooper Medical Center will offer 100 free flu vaccinations from 5 to 7 p.m. today.
Theres an obvious need for precautionary measures that can help save lives. And we will do whatever we can to keep our community healthy, said East Cooper Chief Executive Officer Jason Alexander.
Statewide, more than 32,000 people who received the rapid flu test in the past three months tested positive, compared with fewer than 300 for the same time last year. Hundreds of people in the state were hospitalized between Sept. 30 to Dec. 29 because of flu complications.


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After 45 years on the bench and hundreds, if not thousands, of difficult cases, U.S. District Judge John T. Curtin doesn't use words like "struggle" lightly.
But that is exactly how Curtin described the 21-year legal battle waged by thousands of sick, poor and elderly nursing home residents, almost all of them now dead.
The victims spent years trying to prove that New York State stole from them, and in the end, they won an $11 million settlement for their families.
The class-action suit claimed that up to 16,000 nursing home residents were cheated out of insurance co-payments, deductibles and other costs when the state began charging them twice for the same service.
Curtin last month closed the book on the 1991 suit that accused the state of double-billing Medicare and Medicaid, and he used the occasion to take note of the victims' "long struggle" for justice.
"It took a lot of doing," the judge said of the lawsuit. "Certainly, it was a long road. It could have been better, and it could have been worse."
Henry W. Killeen III, a lawyer who joined the plaintiffs' side in 2000, said it was one of the most shocking cases that he has been associated with.
"I don't think in my 35 years of practicing law I've seen a more shocking and disturbing case," he said. "I sort of believed what they taught in civics class – these guys are supposed to do the public good."
Judges like Curtin handle thousands of cases, but there are always a few that stand out, and Conrad v. Perales is one of them.
Some of it may be the length of time – Curtin was 70 and only halfway through his current tenure when the case was filed. Some of it may be what many see as an outrage – the allegations of neglect and wrongdoing by state social services officials.
Even more so, it may have to do with the plaintiffs, who by all accounts were among the most vulnerable in society – nursing home residents who were not only poor and elderly but also, in many cases, disabled.
"These folks were entitled to relief," Curtin said. "Many of the plaintiffs were elderly, not in good health and not very sophisticated in these matters. They needed someone to lean on."
In Curtin, they found a judge with the longevity and perseverance to oversee a case that would take 15 years to settle and another six years to locate all the heirs and refund the money.
The victims also found Anthony Szczygiel, a University at Buffalo Law School professor who uncovered the alleged wrongdoing while running a law school clinic in 1989.
"They were elderly, they were poor, and they were often the sickest people in the nursing home," Szczygiel said of his clients.
With their help, he developed a lawsuit that accused the state of stealing their money as part of an illegal double-billing scheme designed to overcharge Medicaid and Medicare.
State officials never admitted any guilt in the course of the suit, and a spokeswoman with the State Attorney General's Office declined to comment for this story.
Killeen said his outrage over the state's actions seemed to grow each year he was on the case. Over time, he began to believe that the state knew what it did was wrong and did it anyway.
"I've been in high-stakes litigation across the country, and I've never seen anything like this," he said of Conrad v. Perales.
The original suit accused state welfare officials of concocting a scheme in which nursing homes across the state would bill both Medicare and Medicaid for the same service. The nursing home would keep the higher payment, while the state would take the smaller one.
As part of the scam, the nursing homes charged residents the co-payments or other patient contributions often associated with nursing home services.
Szczygiel said he noticed the double-billing in 1989 and took the state to court two years later.
"They knew the impact of what they were doing and did it anyway," he said. "They thought they could get away with it because, who was going to complain?"
Unbeknown to him or the court, federal auditors also uncovered the scheme and ordered New York State to refund millions of dollars in Medicare and Medicaid overpayments.
During this same period, state officials advised Curtin that they were willing to refund any money taken illegally from nursing home patients,
That changed in 1999. New York began to argue that it should not have to refund the money and claimed that State Social Services Commissioner Cesar Perales, the lead defendant in the suit, had sought a federal waiver allowing the double-billing practice.
When the state couldn't produce records of that waiver request, Curtin declared that New York's actions had created a "substantial failure of justice."
"They always changed their mind," Peter Dellinger, an attorney at Empire Justice Center who also represented the nursing home residents, said of the state. "These were all poor and elderly people, and the longer the state delayed, the more people that died. What they did was pretty awful."
The state's actions became suspect enough that the plaintiffs' lawyers sought outside expertise on the professional ethical behavior of the state's lawyers.
In 2005, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert on legal ethics, filed an affidavit condemning New York's handling of the case.
He accused state officials of knowing what they did was wrong, of misleading the court throughout the litigation and of filing false affidavits and destroying evidence.
"Taken as a whole, the conduct of defendants and their counsel has stalled all progress on the merits of this case for years," Hazard said at the time. "In my experience, I have never encountered such an egregious failure to comply with elementary discovery obligations as is involved here."
Why would the state drag its feet and for so long?
Lawyers in the case differ on the reasons.
"Was this a conscious plan to rip off old people?" asked Dellinger. "I don't think so. I think it was a series of neglectful and inept steps by a bureaucracy in Albany that just didn't make it a priority."
The two sides finally reached a settlement in 2006 that set aside $11 million for the nursing home residents. The amounts owed to individuals ranged from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars.
Szczygiel said the amounts may seem small but not when you understand that the people who were cheated out of that money were poor and elderly and often disabled.
"Being able to keep that money would have made a world of difference to these people," he said, "There was a callous disregard by Albany as to the impact of what they did."
Last month, after more than five years of tracking down the family members of those who have died, Curtin closed the book on Conrad v. Perales, when the last of the victims or their families were tracked down and paid.
"We finally came to the end,' Curtin said last week, "after a long struggle."
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Dear Abby: My niece is engaged to a really nice guy who is obviously gay and in denial because of his religion. My brother and his wife ignore it because, according to them, being gay is a "sin."
This couple has been out of high school for two years. They are also both virgins, which is unusual. I had a gathering at my home, and some gay friends attended. They noticed that he was gay and mentioned it to me. Should I just stand by and keep my mouth shut?
– Unsure in New Jersey
Dear Unsure: Yes, you should. Unless you are 100 percent sure the man is, in fact, gay, you should keep your feelings to yourself. Your niece's fiance may be an effeminate straight man. And your gay friends' "gaydar" may have given them a false reading at your gathering.
Avoid a love match
Dear Abby: I have developed a horrible crush on my kids' tennis instructor. I am very happily married and would never, ever cheat on my husband, but this man makes my heart race.
My kids and I spend a fair amount of time with him, and I'm afraid it's starting to show. By the way, I'm pretty sure my feelings are reciprocated. What to do?
– Crushing Mom in the South
Dear Crushing Mom: It's not a question of what you should do, but rather what you should NOT do. Do not act on your feelings, do not spend time alone with him and do not tell anyone about it.
Enjoy feeling like you are 16, and take your kids home after their lesson. In time, the feeling will fade – particularly if they develop an interest in another sport.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


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The legislative push for more gun restrictions has resulted in an increase of gun and ammunition sales, gun range usage and applications for concealed weapons permits.
Jerod Johnson, who owns The Range, a Grass Valley-based gun shop and shooting range, said demand for his products is the highest it has ever been in the 18-year existence of the shop.
"Demand is at an all-time high," Johnson said. "We have done as much business in the first six weeks of the year as we normally do in an average year."
Johnson said he has had trouble keeping ammunition in stock, as patrons buy bullets off the shelves as soon as deliveries are made.
On Feb. 8, one day after State Senator Leland Yee, who represents San Francisco and San Mateo County, introduced a series of gun-related bills, residents of western Nevada County began lining up outside of The Range at 10 a.m., and the line stretched out the door to Grass Valley Avenue, Johnson said.
Sheriff Keith Royal said applications for concealed weapons permits have doubled from 2011 and 2012 and spiked sharply since mid-December, when federal and state officials announced pursuit of gun control legislation in the wake of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.
In 2011, 420 concealed weapons permits were issued to Nevada County residents, Royal said. In 2012, the number jumped to 660.
When asked whether he thinks the recent spike in permits is attributable to aggressive legislations at both state and federal levels, Royal said, "Yes, I do.
"If you take away guns from law-abiding citizens, all the guns will be in the hands of criminals," Royal said. "That's the fear."
Johnson, who formerly served as a captain with the Grass Valley Police Department, agreed.
"If it's announced that gas prices will go up tomorrow, everybody is going to head out and get some gas," Johnson said.
The trend is not unique to Nevada County.
The New York Times reported in January that December witnessed a record for criminal background checks performed before many gun purchases.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry trade group, reported a 58 percent increase over the same period in 2011.
"If I had 1,000 AR-15s, I could sell them in a week," Jack Smith, an independent gun dealer in Des Moines, Iowa, told the Times.
An AR-15 is a popular semiautomatic rifle that has drawn attention after being used by Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six adults in December's Newtown, Conn., shooting, and James Eagan Holmes in the mass shooting that resulted in 12 fatalities inside an Aurora, Colo., movie theater about five months earlier.
Johnson said The Range does not sell semi-automatic assault rifles and said the media's fixation with the weapon is off base.
"It's a knee-jerk reaction to an event," he said. "Most of the people buying weapons are first-time buyers. They want a firearm for home protection or personal protection. A lot of them are Baby Boomers and couples."
Royal, who is also president of the California State Sheriff's Association, said many counties throughout the state are reporting similar trends.
Applications to carry concealed weapons have spiked just about everywhere in Northern California in recent months, including in Yuba-Sutter, the Marysville Appeal-Democrat reported earlier this month.
"There's been a dramatic increase in applications in the last few years," Yuba County Sheriff Steve Durfor told the Appeal-Democrat. "I think it's reflective of uncertainty in the world and more people feeling vulnerable with increased talk of gun control restrictions."
Sutter County Sheriff J. Paul Parker has seen the same trend.
"Five years ago, we had 650 permits. Now we're at 1,174," Parker noted.
While much has been made about the national legislation, including an assault-rifle ban, pushed by President Barack Obama, Senator Dianne Feinstein and others, Royal said most of the restrictions are already in place in California.
"What's of greater concern is legislation at the state level," Royal said.
Lee, along with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has announced a series of bills aimed to prevent gun violence, along with numerous other Democrats, including state senators Darrell Steinberg, Kevin de Leon, Marty Block, Mark Leno and Hannah-Beth Jackson.
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence recently released a study that showed the states with the toughest gun laws have the lowest rates of gun-related deaths, while states with weak gun laws have the highest rates of gun deaths.
The six states with the lowest per capita gun death rates (Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), all had some of the toughest gun laws in country, Yee stated in a February news release.
In contrast, the top 10 states with the highest per capita gun death rates (Alaska, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi) all had weak gun laws.
"It is a fact that strong gun laws work, and weak laws result in the loss of innocent lives," Yee said in the release.
"Clearly, there is a direct correlation between common-sense gun laws and fewer gun-related homicides."
Royal said many of these legislative items are unnecessary, and officials should instead concentrate on more rigorous enforcement of laws already on the books, including provisions intended to keep firearms out of the hands of those with a history of violent criminal activity and those diagnosed with mental illness.
One law, Assembly Bill 174, drew particular ire from Royal and other members of the state sheriff's association.
The bill seeks to eliminate grandfather clauses of certain gun control restrictions.
"It would end exemptions and basically make criminals out of law-abiding gun owners," Royal said, adding there are myriad other bills, including the taxation of ammunition.
The state of California maintains a system that identifies individuals deemed incompetent by the court system and those with serious criminal backgrounds, Royal said.
Periodic checks on these individuals and the use of the legal capacity to confiscate weapons should be utilized by more law enforcement agencies as a preventative measure.
In late January, Royal released a statement asserting U.S. citizens' "right to acquire, own, possess, use, keep and bear firearms.
"Recent events have precipitated discussions as to what can be done to prevent gun violence," Royal said in the statement.
"We all grieve over the suffering caused by gun violence and have a common interest to see that reforms work effectively in seeing that guns are not accessible to criminals and the mentally ill."
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The sweet smell of cinnamon buns soon will fill the air over Bedford.
The 138th Bedford County Fair, July 22-28, will kick off the area county fair season, and people will flock to pick up the cinnamon buns from Molnar Concessions of Austintown, Ohio.
"They have been with us for 40 years or more, and the line can be 25 deep at night," said John E. Holbert, fair manager.
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Johanna Pisarczyk of Sidman helps fellow Cambria County 4-H Beef & Veal Club member Martin Veneskey of Carrolltown shear a lamb at the 2011 Cambria County Fair.
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Julie Sprowls of Bedford drives Belle, a Haflinger in the obstacle course log pull at the 2010 Bedford County Fair.
Beyond the cinnamon buns, the Bedford County Fair prides itself on its livestock show, which Holbert said is one of the biggest FFA and 4-H dairy shows in the state.
The Bedford County Fair is also known for its motorsports events.
The fair will offer three demolition derbies - at 6:30 p.m. July 25 and 26 and at 6 p.m. July 28. A truck and tractor pull will be held at 3 p.m. July 22 and go-cart racing at 4 p.m. July 23, Holbert said.
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Area fairs
Bedford County
Dates: July 22-28
Location: Bedford County Fairgrounds, west of downtown Bedford on Business Route 30
Admission: $9, except July 23
which is $5
Website: www.bedford-fair.com
Phone number: 623-9011
Clearfield County
Dates: July 30-Aug. 4
Location: Clearfield County Fairgrounds, Park Drive just off Route 322 West
Admission: $5-$8
Website: www.clearfieldcountyfair.com
Phone number: 765-4629
Huntingdon County
Dates: Aug. 5-11
Location: Huntingdon County Fairgrounds, Fairgrounds Road, 2.6 miles off Route 26 North
Admission: $4-$5
Website: www.huntingdoncountyfair.com
Phone number: 643-4452
Grange Fair
Dates: Aug. 23-30
Location: Grange Fairgrounds, 169 Homan Lane off Route 144, Centre Hall
Admission: $6 daily, $5 for parking
Website: www.grangefair.net
Phone number: 364-9212
Cambria County
Dates: Sept. 2-8
Location: Cambria County Fairgrounds, 883 N. Julian St., Ebensburg
Admission: $8, except $4 on Sept. 4
Website: www.cambriacofair.com
Phone number: 472-7491
The 152nd Clearfield County Fair follows from July 30 through Aug. 4.
The Clearfield Fair is best known for its entertainment, with big names like Meatloaf, the Doobie Brothers, Peter Frampton, Foreigner and Kelly Clarkson appearing over the last several years.
"Our entertainment may not sound that great [this year compared to other years], but I really believe they will come through for us," said Greg Hallstrom, fair manager. "We can't afford the gigantic names any more."
This year's lineup includes The Band Perry at 8 p.m. Aug. 3 and Twisted Sister with Great White and Jac and Jill at 7 p.m. Aug. 4.
The Clearfield County Fair also offers an amusement park carnival with Reithoffers.
"Their rides are comparable to amusement parks. They are bigger rides. That is one thing the people asked for. This is our third year with them," Hallstrom said.
The Expo II Plaza offers a clown, petting zoo and a circus, Hallstrom said.
Next up is the Huntingdon County Fair, which dates back to 1831.
The Huntingdon fair, which will be held from Aug. 5-11, offers a variety of entertainment, rides and food and features a fair museum.
"Our fair museum is a treat for everyone. We started it about 25 years ago. It includes tools, antique tractors, hand tools that people used and a collection of milk bottles from local dairies. It just has a little bit of everything," said Jim Davis, fair president.
Davis calls the event a "homecoming."
"It is like a partnership with a lot of the local organizations. This is the source of fundraising for the services they provide over the year," Davis said.
Later this summer, the Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair in Centre Hall, set for Aug. 23-30, better known as "The Grange Fair," becomes a city within a town.
"We are best known for the number of military-style tents people stay in for a week to 10 days. We will have 2,500 families living there," said Darlene Confer, general manager and tent secretary. "We will have 1,500 RV sites and about 975 tents."
The Grange Fair, which also will attract about 300 concessionaires and nearly 5,000 exhibitors, also will bring in country entertainment.
David Nail, known for "Let it Rain," will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 27, and Kip Moore, known for "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 30.
The local fair season will wrap up with the 121st Cambria County Fair from Sept. 2-8, which is always held during Labor Day week.
The Cambria fair also will feature country entertainment with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives performing at 8 p.m. Sept. 2, and Jason Michael Carroll at 7 p.m. Sept. 3. A gospel group, The Martins, will perform at 3 p.m. Sept. 3.
"We wanted to bring in bigger name entertainment. Last year it rained, and we lost two or three days of entertainment," said Patricia Fenchak, office manager. "We are trying to upgrade the fair to make it more people friendly and stay within our agriculture roots of where we come from and have progressed through time."
The education aspect is important at the Cambria fair, which also offers a wide line of food and craft vendors.
"We are trying to be as progressive as we can be and educate our youth and the community on the importance of agriculture," Fenchak said. "We are trying to present the agriculture end and show people how important it is to have farming within the community."
The county fairs play an important role, said Mark O'Neill, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau spokesman.
"County fairs provide opportunities for people from rural areas, the suburbs and even bigger cities to talk with farmers about how they raise animals, grow fruits, vegetables and other crops for their consumption,"O'Neill said. "Some people go to county fairs for musical acts, carnival rides or other entertainment, but fairs provide an opportunity for them to interact with the people responsible for producing the food that they eat."
Mirror Staff Writer Walt Frank is at 946-7467.


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The Riviera del Gambarogno with its characteristic Ticino villages on the left shore of Lake Locarno (or Lago Maggiore) extends along the lakeside for a stretch of 10 kilometres, from the tip of the lake all the way to the Italian border. But the Gambarogno begins before that, in Contone, at the foot of the Monte Ceneri, and includes parts of the Magadino Plain. Vira with the Church of San Pietro which rises impressively above Lake Locarno is the historic centre of the Gambarogno. An authentic village centre with old houses huddled close together, narrow streets and arcades is a typical feature of Vira. Magadino is the largest place in the Gambarogno.
From Vira there is a road up to the mountain villages of the Alto Gambarogno which offer stunning views of Upper Lake Locarno and the Alps. The bendy mountain road continues over the Neggia Pass - starting point for hikes to the Tamaro (1961 metres above sea level) and Gambarogno (1734 metres above sea level) peaks - to the remote mountain village of Indemini in the immediate vicinity of the Italian border. The Gambarogno with its endless chestnut groves is a popular hiking and biking region boasting a trail network of almost 200 kilometres.
Gambarogno Botanical Gardens are located on the hill road between Piazzogna and Vairano. In the region of 950 types of camellias, 350 types of magnolias, azaleas, peonies and rhododendrons, interspersed with ivy, pine trees, junipers and other, occasionally rare, European and exotic pine trees grow in this 17'000-square-metre area. The flowering magnolias in spring are a particularly colourful sight.
Regular boat services provide transport from the lakeside towns and villages to Locarno, Ascona, the Brissago Islands and other excursion destination on Lake Locarno. The Ticino city triumvirate of Lugano, Locarno and Bellinzona is as quickly accessible from the Gambarogno as the nearby Italian market town of Luino.
Top Events
- Magadino International Organ Festival – marvellous organ music focussing on Johann Sebastian Bach (July).
- International open-air art exhibition – sculptures, music, paintings etc. out in the open since the sixties. (irregular).


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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, accused of trying to rape a 60-year-old Falls woman in her home Jan. 21, pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree sexual abuse.
Because he is a repeat felon, Jeffrey Brantley, 47, of Walnut Avenue, faces mandatory state prison time of up to seven years. Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas will sentence him Feb. 13.
Assistant District Attorney Robert A. Zucco said the victim approved the plea offer.
"I feel we have a very vulnerable victim," Zucco said. "She is anxious to the point of needing [medical] treatment."
Brantley was accused of being in the woman's house for two hours. The woman held a statue of the Virgin Mary to try to persuade Brantley from assaulting her; the statue was broken in the struggle.


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As a sprint triathlon event, the distances are 525 yds of swimming (21 lengths in the pool), 9 miles of on-road biking (two times around the Griffin Road loop and 5k of cross-country running (the cross-country course).
The entire event takes place on the Hamilton campus and surrounding roads. HamTrek starts in the Bristol Pool and finishes in the field behind the fitness center.
Participants are encouraged to collect donations to benefit the Shawn Grady Memorial Fund. The Fund, a non-profit/tax exempt organization devoted to helping local families who have children with life-threatening illnesses, was established in memory of Shawn Grady, an outstanding athlete who was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of his sophomore year. http://www.shawngradyfund.org
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The Grass Valley woman who was plucked from her burning car after she crashed into a big rig knows she owes her life to her rescuer, even though she has no memory of that entire day.
"I'm just glad he didn't panic," Amy Stapleton-Horn said of Scott Teuscher, a Federal Express delivery driver who came on the scene to find both vehicles in flames.
"He could have lost his life; he was standing in diesel. It was 30 seconds past when he pulled me out, that my car burned up … I'd be dead if it wasn't for him."
Stapleton-Horn was injured on July 12, 2012, when her 1992 Honda Civic hit a big rig being driven on Highway 20 by Penn Valley resident Bill Brown.
Teuscher, 35, of Roseville, was filling in for another driver when he made his last delivery in Rough and Ready that afternoon. He took Highway 20 because it's faster, he told The Union at the time.
Both Brown's tractor and Stapleton-Horn's sedan were burning when Teuscher arrived. Diesel fuel was spilling onto the asphalt, Brown was standing by the side of the road and bystanders looked on in shock. Teuscher said he looked in the back seat of the Honda, then in the front, and saw Stapleton-Horn on the driver side, laying across the passenger seat. But the woman was unresponsive to Teuscher's pleas, he said.
"I opened the door, unbuckled her seat belt, pulled her out and carried her across the road," Teuscher said, adding that a second man helped carry her further from the wreck.
"As soon as we set her down is when the big rig exploded," Teuscher said, describing the scene as "a huge fireball … Debris from the car flew everywhere."
It was just human nature to go to Stapleton-Horn's aid, Teuscher said, adding, "I couldn't go on with life knowing somebody was left in there to die."
Teuscher's heroics will be recognized Saturday night when he is presented with a Public Safety Commitment Award by the Nevada County Law Enforcement and Fire Protection Council at its annual Red Light Ball.
Teuscher and his wife will be on hand for the ball, and will be seated with Stapleton-Horn, her husband, and her mother, Elaine Stapleton.
"He's a neat guy," Stapleton-Horn said."I'm forever in debt to him. I told him I wanted to stay close to him — he's my hero."
And that's precisely why Teuscher was selected for this year's award, said council founder Bill Drown.
"The number of citizens who can say they have literally saved a life is a very elite group," Drown said.
The ball, now in its 14th year, is one of two annual fundraisers for the organization, along with the Guns & Hoses golf tournament; the two events have raised an estimated $650,000 to purchase much-needed police and firefighting equipment for area agencies. Drown said the council expects close to 500 people to attend the fundraising dinner and dance, adding that people can still call today for reservations.
This year, the council spent more than $50,000 on "all kinds of equipment," Drown said.
The monies spent included purchasing four new Tasers and go-bags for every officer in the Grass Valley Police Department, helping to buy a mobile command center trailer for Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue team, and funds to update mapping for area fire agencies and to coordinate radio frequencies for area law enforcement.
At the time of the donation to Grass Valley Police, Sgt. Steve Johnson thanked the council board members for the donated items, telling them, "Sometimes it's the little things … The morale boost was incredible. You got a lot of bang for your buck."
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"He could have lost his life … I'd be dead if it wasn't for him."
— Amy Stapleton-Horn on Scott Teuscher, a Federal Express delivery driver


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Record of Employment – An Employer's Responsibility
The Record of Employment is a record of insurable earnings and hours for employees who leave your business for any reason or experience an interruption in earnings, such as maternity, parental or adoption leave. This document must be filled out within a specific time frame and passed along to the departing employee and to Service Canada.
The responsibility of issuing a Record of Employment falls to you, the employer, as it is used to determine:
- The individual's eligibility for Employment Insurance benefits
- The amount of the benefits
- How long the individual can receive the benefits
When you provide timely, accurate information on the Record of Employment, you help prevent employment insurance fraud and protect the system. The deadline is strict: the record must be filed online or given to the employee within 5 days of the interruption of earnings.
There are two ways to prepare a Record of Employment: online and on paper. Each method requires a different lead time, so it is good to plan ahead. If you order the forms by phone from Service Canada, they will be mailed to you within 4 – 10 business days, depending on your location. However, if you prefer to use the ROE Web program, a designated representative from your company must register in person at a Service Canada Centre before receiving an activation code to be used online. This process could take up to 20 days, but only needs to be done once.
Who can prepare a Record of Employment?
- The person responsible for payroll preparation within the business
- Your bookkeeper
- Your accountant
- An outside payroll preparation service hired by your business
Service Canada provides more information and detailed instructions on How to Complete the Record of Employment Form. To learn more, see our section on Departing Employees.
Note: Changes have been brought to regulation 19(3) which indicate that only online filing can allow you to submit records within the 5 days following the end of the corresponding pay period (except when a pay cycle has 13 or fewer pay periods).
You do not need to give an employee a paper copy when you submit records electronically.
could you please send me a copy of how much percent do you deduct for income tax and uic for a live in caregiver and cpp. thanks
employers and employees must have a good relationship if it comes to work.The benefits of the employees must be considered.
Hello Pablo,
The Canada Revenue Agency can help answer all your payroll deduction questions and provide information on deduction percentages for income tax, Employment Insurance (EI), and the Canada Pension Plan. You can reach them at 1-800-959-8281 for general enquiries or at 1-800-959-5525 for business enquiries.
For more information, you can visit their information for business page. To learn more about deductions, visit their payroll page.
Best of luck!
We have an employee who is requesting an ROE way back in 2000. Since we've had a systems upgrade in 2004, we can not determine whether we've ever issued an ROE for this employee. Due to the size of our company and the nature of the business, we only issue ROE upon request. My questions are:
1. Would Service Canada have a record of the person applying for benefits?
2. As part of record retention, we would not have the record beyond the seventh year anniversary of the employee's termination date. Is it wise to issue/re-issue an ROE?
3. Do people actually try to apply for benefits after eleven years? Is there no time limit??
Any information given is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your help in advance.
what is the penalty if the employer does not submit an roe within the prescribed time period (thereby, delaying the process for an EI claimant)?
is there any regulation or legal statute that speaks to this?
My spouse delivered our baby last March 11, 2011 and her last date of work was February 05, 2011. Prior to delivery, our Doctor advised us that she have to be on Full-time bed rest until she delivered the baby, and we applied Disability Leave due to pregnancy issue.
The problem here is, we learned today that her employer has not yet submitted my spouse ROE. Please advise us, what could be the implications to EI benefits? Can we still claim the Disablity EI if the employer completed the ROE electronically this week?
It is not our fault the employer is not doing their job and made us believe they already completed the ROE.
Congratulations on your new baby!
To answer your question about EI benefits, if the employer does in fact complete the ROE this week (or the next), there should be no implications to your spouse's EI benefits situation other than a delay in processing the claim.
J'aimerais savoir, J'ai terminé mon emploi le 5 mars 2011 et mon employeur a complété mon relevé d'emploi et a inscrit à la case 11 la date de mon 4% qui est le 12 mars 2011. Est-ce correct? je pense que la case 11 du RE aurait du lire la fin de ma période de travail qui est le 5 mars 2011. Je viens tout juste de reçevoir mon Re et mon 4%. Ou aurait-t-il du être inscrit?
Merci beaucoup et bonne journée
If an employer submits an ROE electronically, are they still required to submit one to the employee in paper for their own records?
Hi Michael,
With ROE Web
bonjour, je suis en congé parental depuis le 5 mai, on est rendu le 11 mai et mon employeur ne m'a toujours pas fourni mon relevé d'emploi sur papier et me donne un délais jusqu'au 19 mai. pouvez-vous intervenir? je ne trouve pas ca correct et non conforme à la loi
Si vous éprouvez des difficultés à obtenir votre relevé d'emploi de votre employeur, présentez-vous à votre bureau de Service Canada ou demandez de parler à un agent en composant le 1-800-808-6352 (ATS 1-800-529-3742). Un agent vous indiquera la marche à suivre pour obtenir ce relevé d'emploi ou quels renseignements sont nécessaires au calcul de votre demande.
Bonne chance et bon congé parental.
IF an employer does NOT deduct income tax from an employee's paycheck by "mistake."
Who is responsible for the missing deductions when it comes time for the employee to send in his T1 tax form?
I work for an employer that seems to find it difficult to provide a ROE for another coworker who requires an ROE for EI. This co-worker has dealt with the company HR twice and still has not received his ROE after six weeks. Is there any law requiring employers to issue a ROE within two weeks of layoff?
What do you do when you receive an ROE in person from an employer that says you are laid off and you get your benefits and all of a sudden the employer has changed there mind a month and a half later and writes a letter to unemployment stating you quit after you were laid off for no work. Is an ROE a legal binding document or just a paper to throw around???
I would like to ask how long is the processing of ROE? What is the timeline from the day my employer applied to the time I can have a copy of my ROE?
Thank you
Hello, 2 weeks ago my 16 yr old quit her job with a fastfood resto after working there for 13 months.
She has called the employer, showed up at the establishment and sent a text msg to the owner requesting information on her ROE and any outstanding $ that should be paid to her. There has not been any return contact on the employers behalf.
I know that the employer has 14 days to complete the ROE, but am unsure as to where we should be going from here. Any assistance appreciated.
Hi Chris,
Employers are legally required to issue ROEs for departing employees within specific deadlines. These timeframes are detailed in Service Canada's How to Complete a Record of Employment Form.
Hello Lee-Ann,
You may be able to find out why the ROE was amended and what your options are by visiting your local Service Canada Office. If you prefer to speak to someone over the phone
Hello There,
I was wondering if companies need to submit a ROE when they hire someone or they just need to do so when an employee leaves?
Thank you
Hi Bri,
Employers are legally required to issue ROEs for departing employees within specific deadlines. These timeframes are detailed in Service Canada's How to Complete a Record of Employment Form.
Hi Muriel,
If your employer submitted your Record of Employment (ROE) electronically, you may be able to view and print copies of your ROE that same day using the online tool My Service Account. Note that, if the ROE was submitted electronically, you will not need to submit a copy to Service Canada.
If your employer issued a paper format ROE, they generally should have a copy available for you within 5 business days of your last day of work. You are then responsible for submitting a copy to Service Canada.
For more information about Records of Employment, contact Service Canada toll free by dialling 1-800-263-8364 (TTY 1-800-926-9105).
Hello Nina,
Employers do not need to issue a Record of Employment (ROE) when hiring. Regardless of whether or not the employee intends to file a claim for EI benefits, the employer must issue a ROE:
- Each time an employee working in insurable employment experiences an interruption of earnings
- When Service Canada requests one
For more information about the issuance of ROEs, please visit the When do I have to issue a ROE section of the Service Canada website."
My work permit expires Sept. 2011, and my employer decided not to hire a live-in caregiver anymore… and no intentions to renew my work permit… so I decided to ask my employer to give me early release… My question is am I entitled for employment benefits? Is quitting a job due to health problems can be a reason also to have employment benefits? Thanks a lot if you can help me with this.
Bonjour, mon employeur a noté "probation échouée" sur mon relevé d'emploi alors que c'est moi qui ai pris la décision de quitter (départ volontaire). Est-ce que ça vaut la peine de contester et de demander à mon employeur de changer l'information? Est-ce que cette information pourrait me nuire dans le futur auprès d'autres employeurs?
Merci d'avance pour l'information.
My boyfriend was recently fired from his job just days under his 3 month probation period. While the ethics used in his termination are questionable, I am trying to find out, after the time period for filing the ROE has elapsed and he still does not have access to his ROE, what can we do to obtain one? We have attempted to contact the employer and are being given the run around. Also, if any, what repercussions could the company face for not adhering to the ROE filing deadline?
Thanks for your time.
Hello Willy,
For questions regarding income tax deductions from your paycheck and the T1 tax form, you may contact Canada Revenue Agency's individual income tax enquiries line at 1-800-959-8281 (press the star key *, to speak to an agent) or TTY 1-800-665-0354.
Hello Zoe,
Service Canada is able to respond to your specific question regarding EI benefits. You can use the Service Canada toll-free telephone information service at 1-800-206-7218 (TTY 1-800-529-3742) or visit the Contact Information for Employment Insurance page for mail or in person service information.
We hope this information helps.
Hello Yolanda,
Your boyfriend should confirm with his former employer whether or not his ROE will be issued electronically to Service Canada. If not, he may want to contact Service Canada, toll-free, at 1-800-206-7218 or TTY: 1 800 529-3742 to ask for help. He may also visit a Service Canada Centre. In either case, when he requests a missing ROE, an agent will advise him how it can be obtained or what is needed to calculate his claim.
It may be worth noting that employers are legally required to issue ROEs for departing employees within specific deadlines. These timeframes are detailed in Service Canada's How to Complete a Record of Employment Form.
Best of luck.
Bonjour Christine,
Pour plus de renseignements au sujet des relevés d'emploi
We hired a fellow to help us out, and he couldn't live up to his or our standard of work. We let him go after only one day on the job. The fellow is now requesting a ROE for this one day. Are we required to make one?
Thanks for your time.
Hi Cathy,
Employers are required to issue a Record of Employment (ROE) even under circumstances of early dismissal such as on the first day of employment.
For more information, you may consult Service Canada's page How to Complete the Record of Employment Form.. Note that if you submit through ROE Web
One of my employee's went on Medical Leave in Mar-2011, which I already issued Medical ROE for him. In May, we got his doctor's approved that he is ready return to work but with suggest schedule. Unfortunately we cannot create a shift just for him, so EI office changed his Medical EI Plan to Regular EI Plan. Yesterday we got a resignation email from this employee. Do we need to issue another ROE for him Code: E-Quit?
Thank you,
Hello Vivian,
Service Canada has posted some information on when you need to submit an amended ROE. Given your particular situation
I was let go from my job. The reason I was given at the time was that there was not enough work. I received a letter from my former employer stating that they were looking into changing the reason for my termination from lack of work, to dismissal.
I responded to this letter by stating that there was no just cause for this dismissal, but I have yet to hear back on that matter. I followed up with my former employer via email asking when I would be receiving my ROE and final cheques. They told me that cheque would be the end of the week, and the ROE might be earlier, as they were trying to set up their ROE web account. When should I have my ROE, and can my employer change the terms of my termination after the fact, without giving me a reason, or "just cause" as to why?
Hi Erin,
If your employer submits your ROE to Service Canada electronically, you do not need to request a paper copy of your ROE for purposes involving Employment Insurance or Service Canada. On the same day your employer submits it, you will be able to view and print copies of your ROE online using My Service Canada Account.
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Hello Amir,
We are sorry to hear you are having difficulty submitting a ROE.
If you have read How to Complete the Record of Employment Form and have already tried to submit through ROE Web and are still having difficulties, you will need to contact Service Canada. You can speak to an Employer Contact Centre agent by calling Service Canada toll free at 1-800-367-5693 (TTY 1-855-881-9874). The Centre is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
If you would like to share your comments with Service Canada on the service received, you may want to contact the Office for Client Satisfaction or fill out their online feedback form.
We hope this information proves to be helpful,
I find that most of these government agencies are not very helpful. Contacted Service Canada about ex employer not submitting ROE, said they would look in to it, but there would be no action taken toward employer. Also contacted Ministry of Labour about non payment of wages will look into it, could take up to 45 days again no action would be taken against employer. I thought these agencies were here to help the worker, I am glad they think I do not need this money, what about the person that might have to buy food or pay rent.
Hi Lorne,
If you would like to share your comments with Service Canada on the service received, you may want to contact their Office for Client Satisfaction or fill out their online feedback form. Your Ministry of Labour may have a similar feedback process.
I left a previous employer in June 2011 and I keep being told by them the process to get an ROE is going to take another month. Is it normal to have to wait 2-3 months for this form? I think they maybe did not have a registered business?
Hello Andrew,
If you are having difficulty obtaining your ROE from your employer, Service Canada should be able to help. Go to your Service Canada Centre or call 1 800 206-7218. An agent will advise you how the ROE can be obtained or what is needed to calculate your claim. More information can be found online.
Good luck in getting your situation resolved.
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As a movie buff, I make many a pilgrimage to the Cedar Lee theater in Cleveland to take in a new movie, or enjoy a cult classic. And, since "dinner and a movie" go together like "peanut butter and jelly," I usually visit one of the eateries around the theater following the film. No matter if I'm in the mood for sushi, pizza or Thai, I will always make a stop at this small pub next door to the theater for a little slice of heaven.
One night after a movie, nestled snug at a table with friends, I came upon the only dessert that I think about weeks in advance, that will have me driving from one end of Cleveland to the other for just a sliver - beet cake. I ordered a piece for dessert, and during the wait, the waiter told me all about how the original owner of the restaurant was the only one who knew how to make the beet cake, and how they had to pass the recipe down to one lucky chef. No one knew where the recipe came from.
Intrigued, I wondered if it was going to be worth all this buildup, and then it arrived - a warm slice of cake topped with molten chocolate and real homemade whipped cream. I immediately forgot about beets or anything remotely healthy. For many visits afterward, I would either stop in for a slice or get some to go, trying to resist it for the hour drive back to Youngstown.
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There's no need to drive to Cleveland for a great piece of cake anymore. Beet cake, shown above and below, can be made easily at home. And don't worry about the vegetable ick-factor — the beets are a complement to the chocolate cake.
Since my trips to the theater are more infrequent these days, I was wondering if I could replicate the beet cake myself. After Googling a few recipes, some of which were veering dangerously into fruitcake territory, I found one from Taste of Home that seemed close to the beet cake of my dreams.
The words "beet" and "cake" wouldn't seem like they'd go together, but the beets really were a complement to the cake. No need to worry about any vegetable ick-factor. Beets are not only the bread and butter of Dwight Schrute of "The Office," but also provide a healthy sweetness and reddish tinge to an otherwise decadent cake.
I was a bit apprehensive about using the tube pan, as I can never get a cake out of a pan without destroying it, but doubling up on the Pam seemed to work. I swapped out the confectioners sugar for some molten chocolate like the one at the restaurant, only to find that melted milk chocolate morsels don't have the same effect. I suggest that if you want to drizzle chocolate on the cake, spend the extra 40 cents and get the Ghirardelli melting squares.
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6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup butter, softened, divided
1-1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar
3 eggs
2 cups pureed cooked beets
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Confectioners sugar
In a double boiler or microwave, melt chocolate and 1/4 cup butter; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream the remaining butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs.
In a small bowl, combine the chocolate mixture, beets and vanilla. Beat into creamed mixture (mixture will appear separated). Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch, fluted tube pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Top with melted chocolate or dust with confectioners sugar.
The actual cake came out amazing. There were some "Eww, beets," but all were soon convinced otherwise. One taste-tester was so smitten by beet cake that he had me feed him quick forkfuls while he was busy working. Airplane noises were had.
This cake can be customized both with toppings (chocolate, sugar, whipped cream, glaze) and other ingredients mixed into the batter, such as dried fruit or walnuts. It's amazing served warm, so 20 seconds in the microwave works for leftovers.


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That is not my plan. My insurer isn't screwing me, they're being screwed by bureaucrats.
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Sure you can keep your plan Grant. You said the premium went up 50% and the deductible doubled. Same plan you just have to pay more. Or, shop around. It's called free enterprise. It's no one else's fault your current health insurer is screwing you.
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You can !
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Oh I'm sorry, I seem to remember being promised that I could keep my plan..
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Then you should utilize the free enterprise system and shop for a better deal. My premiums have not gone up in two years and I now have additional benefits that I didn't have two years ago.
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No, I do know. I can't keep my plan. I had good, affordable health care insurance. My premium increased 50% and my deductible doubled. We voted for the President, not one single piece of legislation and low information voters like yourself clearly turned the tides. Romney wouldn't have been any better anyways--just like McCain has proven he wouldn't have been after '08. Why is it that you suddenly don't care about the debt when a democrat is in office? You probably complained about it when it was half of what it is now under Bush--but no big deal now, right? I didn't like the debt under Bush. I despise Dick Cheney. So why don't you try and tell me more about the way I think about things...
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You really wasn't aware that we voted on The Affordable Health Care Act? It was in all the papers and on tv. We, elected people to office on the promise of addressing health care. They won. It became the law. We had another election and we re-elected the people that were responsible for this law. Who knows, you might get some pretty good, affordable health care insurance.
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Why is it that the only time people like you are concerned about the debt and our children and grandchildren is when a democrat is in the office. It wasn't that many trillions of dollars ago when Dick Chaney said the debt doesn't mean a thing. It only became a big deal when Obama got elected.
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I wasn't aware that we voted on Obamacare.
No one should ever waste time with a dullard using the "get over it" argument when it comes to OUR government. Is that the same case you'd make for the 17 trillion dollar debt? Get over it? Can't even get out from under it...
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For someone that knows everything about everything and right every time. I'm surprised the Republicans hasn't made you their golden boy. The election is over. You lost Again. Get over it. Or is your problem the same as the republican leadership. Your afraid it might work and bee successful.
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Hey Truth, here is some truth: the Obama administration never once called the proposed fine for not signing on a "tax" while they were selling the law to the people. IN FACT, they went out of their way to say time and time again that it WASN'T a tax. Then Roberts looked at it and decided the only way it was Constitutional is if you considered it a tax. Even then I'm not sure it is. But why don't you bow down to your supreme leaders, maybe even get on your knees and fulfill your teabagging fantasy. The Supreme Court also once said slavery was Constitutional though it clearly wasn't. Also said women couldn't vote. Also said blacks couldn't vote. Also unconstitutionally gave THEMSELVES the power of judicial review. Why don't you try reading the Constitution instead of listening to what you're told and insinuating that none of us laypeople could possibly understand this incredibly complex, deep, long winded document that fits on one page.
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Cynthis, tell us about your expertise in the US constitution since you know more than the Supreme Court. Oh, and that little booklet you read from your local Tea Bagger groups doesn't count.
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OK Cynthia lets hear your plan to solve the healthcare crisis,
As costs keep rising at an annual rate of 11% or more. The people without insurance keeps increasing
And the costs of the uninsured get passed along to the ones who have insurance,
While our premiums,deductibles,co-pays ,out of pocket costs and contributions to help pay for insurance increases
Whats your answer ???
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Fast motion estimation with dual search window for stereo 3D video encoding
Joachimiak, Michal; Ugur, Kemal; Lainema, Jani; Gabbouj, Moncef
Publication type: Konferenssijulkaisu - Conference paper
Issue date: 2011-07-11
Peer review status: Peer-reviewed
Citation: Joachimiak, Michal; Ugur, Kemal; Lainema, Jani; Gabbouj, Moncef 2011. Fast motion estimation with dual search window for stereo 3D video encoding. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2011, July 11 - 15, 2011, Barcelona, Spain 1-5.
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Faculty: Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta – Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering
Department: Signaalinkäsittelyn laitos – Department of Signal Processing
Stereoscopic 3D video is becoming a reality in many application areas, ranging from high quality entertainment to mobile video services. Due to the need to process two views, the complexity of 3D video applications is significantly higher than traditional 2D counterparts. In order to enable real-time 3D video services in mobile devices, this paper proposes a novel algorithm which reduces the complexity of stereo video encoding with improvement of coding efficiency. A novel search window center prediction method is proposed that exploits the correlation between two views. Experimental results show that the average encoding time of the second view can be decreased by 80% with an increase in coding efficiency of up to 2%. The state-of-art fast motion estimation methods for stereoscopic 3D video encoding show coding efficiency decrease, whereas proposed method achieves the speed-up with increase in coding efficiency, making it suitable for high quality 3D video applications.
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