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ETC.: Both Ambrose and Blickensderfer say they are "anxious to continue the learning process this weekend." Adds Blickensderfer, "Marcos communicates well, which allows us to be able to make the appropriate adjustments to improve the car's handling. I felt we learned a lot last weekend at Texas, and we will learn even more about each other this weekend."
31 JEFF BURTON, Chevrolet
Team: Richard Childress Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: 19th, 221 points out of 13th place.
PHOENIX RECORD: Two wins and 13 top-10 finishes in 26 starts. Finished fourth in the fall race a year ago.
LOOKING AHEAD: Burton said, "Phoenix International Raceway has been a really good track for me. Every time I go there we run well and have been in position to win the race. We've even won it several times. It's just been a good track. When we go there, I'm very comfortable and feel like we know what it takes to win."
LOOKING BACK: Burton spent most of the race battling a loose race car as he finished 19th at Texas. "Everyone on this Caterpillar Chevrolet team put in a solid effort all weekend," said Burton. "I just got crazy loose there toward the middle part of the race and we couldn't catch a break until it was too late. Shane (Wilson, crew chief) did a great job during his first weekend on top of the box."
ETC.: Burton will spend Thursday at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving at PIR. He will participate in a number of activities including giving guests of Chevrolet and members of the media a few "hot laps" around the track. "It will be a fun day taking part in all of that stuff," said Burton. "One of the few relaxing days we have at the race track."
1 JAMIE MCMURRAY, Chevrolet
Team: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
WHERE HE STANDS: 20th, 225 points out of 13th place.
PHOENIX RECORD: Only two top-10 finishes in 18 starts.
LOOKING AHEAD: McMurray said, "We are taking a new car that we have raced only once at Martinsville a couple of weeks ago. I feel like this new car that we built has a lot of potential and I am looking forward to getting another race on this chassis. We tested the 2013 Chevy at Phoenix two weeks ago and felt like we had a good test with the new car."
LOOKING BACK: McMurray finished 18th at Texas. "We really worked hard for that 18th-place finish today," said McMurray. "The guys on our McDonald's Chevy made a lot of adjustments during our pit stops today. We were lucky to get a few cautions to help us out with maintaining position on the lead lap, and keeping us in position for a top-20. Our car was back and forth on the handling all day, both tight and loose at times, but the guys did a great job of adjusting along the way."
ETC.: The team announced last weekend that it will be switching to Hendrick engines in 2013. The organization had been running engines from Earnhardt Childress since it switched to Chevrolet to 2009. "We just feel this is the best for our two (Cup) teams," said a team spokesman.
43 ARIC ALMIROLA, Ford
Team: Richard Petty Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: 21st, 245 points out of 13th place.
PHOENIX RECORD: His best finish in three starts is 12th.
LOOKING AHEAD: Almirola said, "We ran well there in the spring, finishing 12th in what was just my second race with the team. So I definitely feel we can go back there and be fast, run up front and even have a shot at a win for Farmland."
LOOKING BACK: Almirola finished 15th at Texas for his seventh top-15 finish of the season. "Our Farmland Ford was pretty good early in the race and at the end, but we had a stretch in the middle where we were just way too loose," said Almirola. "We were chasing track conditions a little bit, which made it difficult. But all the guys on this 43 team worked hard all day, throwing everything they could at it to make it better. And they did. And we clawed for every spot we could get and came away with a top-15."
ETC.: Almirola will spend Thursday strapped into an F-16 fighter jet at Luke Air Force Case in Glendale, Az. Almirola will go through flight training and be fitted for his own flight suit before climbing aboard the F-16 Fighting Falcon for an authentic training exercise. "I'm really excited about it," said Almirola. "I'm looking forward to pulling those 'G' and maybe even breaking the sound barrier. I can't wait."
42 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, Chevrolet
Team: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
WHERE HE STANDS: 22nd, 286 points out of 13th place.

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Priscilla Queen of the Desert The uplifting story of a three friends who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. An international hit with over 500 dazzling, 2011 Tony-winning costumes, Priscilla features a hit parade of dance-floor favorites including "It's Raining Men," "Finally" and "I Will Survive." 03/05/2013
Noah Bendix-Balgley with David Allen Wehr PCMS presents the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's new concertmaster, Noah Bendix-Balgley, in recital. Mr. Bendix-Balgley won 1st prize at the Vibrarte International Music Competition and the International Violin Competition "Andrea Postacchini." He'll be accompanied by pianist David Allen Wehr who holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair at Duquesne University and who has collected numerous prestigious awards throughout his performing career. 03/05/2013
Symphony East Symphony East has its business meeting at 11 AM, lunch at noon, and a free public musical program with singer Claudia Benack and pianist Deana Muro at 1 PM.03/06/2013
Thurgood In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became our first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Ted Pappas directs this exuberant one-man play which tells Thurgood's story in his own words – from humble beginnings as a waiter in Baltimore, to behind the scenes with leaders such as General MacArthur, Robert Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson, to his triumphant rise to the highest court in the land. A journey of epic proportions, Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr., is an eye-opening, humorous, and uplifting portrait of a true American hero. 03/07/2013
Music 101 - Alison Peters Fujito "Never Say Never" is an informal lecture/performance by PSO Violinist Alison Peters Fujito. She'll discuss her career and respond to questions from the audience in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms.03/07/2013
HMS Pinafore The Savoyards' 74th Season spring show, Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore." 03/08/2013
Rossini, Higdon, Respighi, and Ilana Davidson sings Mozart The orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday year of Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon by performing her dynamic Concerto for Orchestra. American soprano Ilana Davidson brings a crystalline soprano, assured musicality and interpretive insight to Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate. The Pines of Rome features off-stage trumpets and a large orchestra as a finale to this concert conducted by André Raphel,03/08/2013
Mozart & Bartok Conducting favorite Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos returns. Mozart's Serenade No. 6 is a delightful orchestration for two small ensembles. Powerhouse pianist, Shai Wosner makes his PSO debut with Mozart's Concerto No. 15. Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is one of the composer's most popular works, in which each section of instruments plays a virtuosic role. 03/08/2013
Unspoken A program of captivating choreography by three masters, George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, and Mark Morris. Featuring Tudor's Lilac Garden, Balanchine's dynamic classical work, Valse Fantasie, and Mark Morris' Drink toMe Only With Thine Eyes, this choreography speaks in ways words cannot.03/08/2013
Aaronel deRoy Gruber: Art(ist) in Motion This exhibit highlights the Pittsburgh artist's exploration of the medium of sculpture, from welded steel and formed aluminum to vacuum-formed plexiglass pieces, both illuminated and motorized.03/09/2013
Trouble with a Capital T Join the Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts in singing along to some favorite tunes from The Music Man! Emcee Anna Singer returns as Marian the Librarian in this fun family feature from the 1960s. The event includes food at the "town social," many activities for children of all ages, a silent auction, live auction, and dessert auction to support the choirs and programs. 03/09/2013
Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes A world premiere by Daniel Beaty (creator of Through the Night). Roland Hayes journeyed from the dirt paths of Georgia to European stages, becoming the first African-American classical vocalist to be heard around the world. With bright yellow shoes given to him by his mother, his Angel Mo', Roland walked the hard road to stardom. This musical features the soul of spirituals and the grace of classical music to portray one man's ambition to be an artist.03/09/2013
Lunasa Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lunasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped formed the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade.03/09/2013
Movie Night Featuring the winner of the annual collegiate Young Artist Competition. Music Director Matthew Kraemer also leads the orchestra in familiar music from popular recent movies.03/09/2013
Music in Pictures Maestro Istvan Jaray conducts Beethoven's Symphony #6 "Pastoral," and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Also featured will be the JSO's Young Artist Competition winner, pianist Anthony Cornet, now pursuing a Masters Degree in piano performance at Duquesne U.03/09/2013
Celebrating Wagner's Nordic Tales Chatham's Sunday Vocal series presents a concert in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's "Year of Europe: Scandinavia." Featured singers: Anna Singer, Robert Frankenberry, Mary Beth Sederburg, Demareus Cooper, Kelly Lynch, Desiree Soteres, and Jolanta Doherty, with pianist Walter Morales.03/10/2013
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PITTSBURGH - General manager Ray Shero's hat trick of veteran acquisitions has jolted the NHL and sent a clear message to the Pittsburgh Penguins:
This is the year to win the Stanley Cup.
Shero completed his third bold deal of the week in the early morning hours on Thursday, acquiring Jarome Iginla from the Calgary Flames for the Penguins' first-round draft pick and two college prospects.
There were multiple media reports that Iginla was headed to Boston. In fact, Shero said his sons didn't believe him when he called to tell them he'd completed the deal for Iginla.
"They said, 'No you didn't. We saw on TV he was going somewhere else,'" Shero said.
But Shero got the 16-year veteran, who has played his entire career with the Flames, and served as their captain since 2003-04. Shero called him a "future Hall of Famer."
"I think we're all excited to have him," captain Sidney Crosby said.
Iginla is the third veteran the Penguins have acquired this week. Like forward Brenden Morrow and defenseman Douglas Murray, Iginla is over 30 and eligible for free agency after this season.
"My expectation is that he'll be a really good fit in terms of the team and the guys we have," Shero said.
The trades have been well-received in the locker room, because the Penguins have added talent and haven't given up anyone from the current NHL roster. The Penguins players don't have the mixed emotions that sometimes come with seeing friends leave.
Iginla has scored at least 30 goals in each of the past 11 seasons. His career best is 52 goals in 2001-02. Iginla, who turns 36 in July, had nine goals and 13 assists in 31 games this season. He was minus-7.
Iginla could make his Penguins debut in Saturday afternoon's home game against the New York Islanders. Coach Dan Bylsma indicated he didn't want to break up his top line of Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis, but there was no immediate indication of where Iginla will play.
"They have a month to work out things as far as where things go and what the fit might be," Shero said.
Late-season deals are not unusual for the Penguins. In 1991, a team that was struggling to qualify for the playoffs got a boost when GM Craig Patrick acquired Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson from Hartford. A year later, Patrick got Rick Tocchet and Kjell Samuelsson from Philadelphia. The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in both seasons.
Shero has done his share of re-shaping on the fly, too, most notably in 2009 when he brought in Kunitz, Bill Guerin and Craig Adams at the trade deadline on the way to the Penguins' third Cup.
"They found a way to fit in," Shero said. "I expect the same thing here."
Iginla had a press conference in Calgary and said he was looking forward to playing on a team with Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and competing for the Cup.
"To leave is tough, but I'm very excited about the opportunity to go to Pittsburgh," Iginla said.
Iginla has scored 528 goals and 1,095 points. The Flames qualified for the playoffs just five times in his 15 seasons, most recently in 2008-09.
In making the trades, the Penguins have given up former No. 1 draft pick Joe Morrow, this summer's No. 1 choice, a pair of second-round picks, and prospects Kenneth Agostino and Ben Hanowski. They've acquired three players who may not play for Pittsburgh after this season.
But these deals are all about winning a championship in 2013.
The trade deadline is Wednesday at 3 p.m. Could there be any more deals for the Penguins?
"We've done quite a bit and we feel good about the team," Shero said. "We're not looking to bring in a busload of players. We brought in three significant players, what we believe is a good fit. We'll continue to talk to teams and see what's out there. We're pretty good at this point. We'll get everyone in and playing and see what next Wednesday brings us."


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The Incline boys couldn't have asked for a better start after their holiday break.
After thumping Truckee in their Mount Rose League opener Thursday night, the Highlanders defeated a tough Pershing County squad, 55-50, at home on Friday.
The game was tight from the start, as the Division III powers were locked in a 10-10 tie after one quarter while Incline edged ahead, 32-28, by the half. The Highlanders led 43-35 after three quarters before holding off the Mustangs in the fourth.
Junior point guard Orin Porter finished with a game-high 22 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Highlanders. Christian Biscotti contributed 11 points, while Jack Clouthier scored seven points and Jack Bessette six.
For Pershing County, Randolph McLean led the way with 15 points, Jacob Adams had 12 points and Layne Chambers had 11.
Incline improved to 9-7 overall and Pershing County fell to 13-4.
The Incline girls lost their game against the two-time defending state champion Mustangs, 62-21.
UP NEXT: Incline is scheduled to play at South Tahoe on Friday and host North Tahoe on Saturday.


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Apple has chosen to build a new data center in North Carolina that will inject a local economy with new jobs and excitement, as the company prepares for its first east coast data center. The Cupertino-based company will likely invest more than $1 billion towards the new data center through 2018.
"North Carolina continues to be a prime location for growing and expanding global technology companies," Perdue said in a statement. "We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to working with the company as it begins providing a significant economic boost to local communities and the state."
The announcement follows Perdue's signing of a new North Carolina bill that alters corporate income tax liability, which will give Apple a $46 million state tax credit.
The Apple North Carolina facility will have up to 50 full-time employees once construction has been completed, the press release said. Several locations are under consideration, with construction expected to begin immediately after Apple is able to find a suitable location.
In an agreement between Apple and the county, the average wage of employees at the facility must be higher than the standard wage in the county. A $1 billion investment over nine years could help 3,000 jobs in the area, as construction contractors receive plans for the data center.
Cleveland and Catawba counties have been rumored as potential locations for the site, though Apple and state officials have remained silent. The actual use of the data center and its size also remains a mystery, and probably won't be disclosed until construction begins.
Apple already has a 107,000 square-foot facility located in Newark, California.
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Luis Rodriguez-Flamenco stood to answer Monday to what many Orleans County law enforcers consider the most senseless act of violence they have ever seen – the fatal stabbing of a female shopper in the Walmart parking lot in Albion.
Rodriguez-Flamenco showed no remorse and offered no apologies as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on the day before the one-year anniversary of the murder.
"What strikes me in this case is the randomness, the senseless violence," Orleans County District Attorney Joseph V. Cardone said outside the courtroom after the sentence was imposed. "It was a Sunday afternoon at a store people are in and out of all day. No one expects this type of violence. It can't get any more random or violent. He just ran up and stabbed her."
The sentence "isn't justice," Cardone said, "but it is the best we can do."
Rodriguez-Flamenco, 24, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, pleaded guilty July 18 to stabbing Kathleen Byham, 45, of Albion, multiple times in an aborted carjacking. Two counts of first-degree robbery and a second count of second-degree murder were dropped as part of the plea, but no sentencing agreements were made on the charge for which he was convicted. That charge carried a minimum of 15 years to life and a maximum of 25 years to life.
Assault charges in an unrelated case from last year in the Village of Medina last year were also dismissed, since he is serving the maximum time on the murder charge.
Byham's fiancé, Paul Fox, who had been with Byham for 14 years, gave an emotional plea in court, asking for Rodriguez-Flamenco to be made to understand how his actions affected those who knew Byham.
His pleas for remorse seemed to fall on deaf ears.
Rodriguez-Flamenco, who stood with a court-appointed interpreter, was asked by Orleans County Court Judge James Punch if he had anything to say.
Rodriguez-Flamenco shook his head no, then said in English, "Nah, just give me my time."
He walked out of court with a swagger and a mocking smile on his face, as he passed Fox and others in the courtroom.
Before he left, the judge told him, "This was the most brutal, savage murder I've seen in all my time on the bench. It has to be the most profoundly senseless.
"You took the life of an innocent, lovely person. There is no reason you should not get the maximum sentence."
Byham had gone to Walmart to buy a brick of cheese and a combination pack of lavender-scented bubble bath and lotion. She was headed to her car when Rodriguez-Flamenco and two other men, Jose Torrez-Gonzalez, 28, and Marcos Gomez-Perez, 21, approached her and tried to take her vehicle. Byham was stabbed multiple times by Rodriguez-Flamenco, who then took her keys and fled on foot. He was captured a few hours later, after a massive search.
Torrez-Gonzalez and Gomez-Perez were not indicted, but they were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Rodriguez-Flamenco also will face deportation after he has served his time in state prison, the district attorney said.
Fox tried to smile after court as he remembered his fiancée, who had gone back to school after becoming disabled. Three months before she was murdered, she received her doctorate in philosophy from the online Arts Institute of San Francisco and was making a name for herself by selling personalized greeting cards.
"She never hurt anybody," Fox said outside court. "Someday, [Rodriguez-Flamenco] will feel remorse."
Fox, who was a court security guard before he also became disabled, said he intends to keep a promise to Byham.
"She made me promise to finish school, which I am doing," said Fox, who is attending Genesee Community College for a degree in human services and wants to get back to work.
This was the second slaying involving an illegal immigrant in Orleans County last year.
Carlos Cardenas, 22, raped and strangled his 15-year-old sister-in-law Jan. 15, 2011. Cardenas admitted his guilt June 20, pleading to second-degree murder, and in late August he was sentenced to the maximum of 25 years to life.
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The Stetson men's basketball team (2-6) begins a five-game road trip with a return to Richmond on Saturday. The Hatters and the Richmond Spiders (8-2) are scheduled to tip off at 6:00 p.m. at the Robins Center (note: originally on the schedule as 7:00 p.m.).
"They're a really unconventional team to prepare for on both ends of the floor," Stetson head coach Casey Alexander said of Richmond. "They're a Princeton derivative, that's [Coach] Mooney's background. That's the style he had so much success with at Air Force, and it's difficult to prepare for."
It's been working for the Spiders so far this season, as the Sweet 16 team from just two seasons ago is out to a hot 8-2 start, winning its last four contests. Richmond is averaging 73.3 points per game with shooting percentages of 46.2 from the floor, 38.4 from beyond the arc, and 76.1 from the free throw line. Alexander remarked that many overlook how difficult it is to prepare for the team's offense because Richmond's defense is quite different as well.
"It's a matchup zone, or a switching man," Alexander said. "They're going to play it every possession of every game, and they're really good at what they do, so it's a tough assignment. It creates a lot of uncertainty for us offensively, because you don't know where your baskets are going to come from. You're not going to get any practice scores, any set play scores. You're literally going to have to have concepts about how to attack it, but your scores are going to come at random. We could execute our plan, but there's no guarantee that we'll get the result we want, because it's such a difficult defense to play against."
The Spiders are holding their opponents to just 63.4 points per game, but fortunately for the Hatters, Stetson is currently leading the Atlantic Sun Conference with 72.2 points and 17.3 assists per game. SU is also the only squad in the conference with four players scoring in double figures. Senior Adam Pegg (15.9), junior Aaron Graham (12.6), junior Chris Perez (12.1), and senior Joel Naburgs (11.9) give the Hatters a number of offensive threats in each and every game.
"It's nice to have multiple scorers," Alexander said. "They're scoring in different ways. They're all scoring within the framework of the offense, and that what it's designed to do. There's no secret that offense is not our problem."
Stetson and Richmond will be hitting the hardcourt against each other for the first time since 1983, when the Spiders came out on top 53-52 in DeLand. Richmond holds a 3-1 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1977 when Stetson fell on the road by a score of 69-60. The Hatters' lone win in the series was a 73-56 home victory in 1978.
Saturday's contest can be listened to live on WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna, 1490 AM in DeLand, and online at www.MyAM1230.com with play-by-play from Robbie Aaron. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts will be available for in-game updates. Also, Richmond will provide a video broadcast on a premium pay-per-view basis.


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The lacrimal sac helps drain excess tears from the eye. The sac starts near the inner corner of the eye and runs along the side of the nose. Tears move through tear ducts into this sac. The tears are then passed out into the nasal passages.
Dacryocystitis is swelling and irritation of this sac, which may also be infected.
Dacryocystitis is caused by a blocked tear duct. Tears become trapped in the sac and form a pool. Bacteria can then begin to grow in the tear pool and create an infection. Both the trapped tears and infection will cause swelling and irritation.
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. Your eye will be examined. The diagnosis can be made by appearance. Fluid samples may be taken from the eye or sac. The fluid will be examined for bacteria. This test will help determine which antibiotic may work best.
If you have a tear duct blockage but no signs of infection your doctor may recommend:
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The cause of the tear duct blockage may need to be investigated. This may require additional procedures or treatment such as:
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FIRST PHOTO: More than a dozen beachgoers and boatsmen try to push a boat off of Maalaea Beach near North Kihei Road on Saturday afternoon. The fishing boat "Real Hooker" drifted ashore sometime earlier in the morning, said Pukalani resident Jamie Dancil. Another boat arrived to pull "Real Hooker" off the sand, but the group gave up around 2 p.m., Dancil said. The owner planned to attempt to pull it out on the next high tide. Dancil has repaired boats for about 33 years and was called by a Maui County official to monitor attempts to refloat the boat. He said he sees boats wash ashore all the time. "People don't realize if there's going to be a Kona storms or winds, they should be checking their moorings and gear. . . . I tell guys you gotta dive down to check your moorings because the chain rusts and can break."
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High Court should reject Obama's recess NLRB appointments to NLRB
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U.S. Supreme Court justices often are called upon to interpret difficult, highly technical points of law and the Constitution. At least some of them may be grateful this week includes a no-brainer....
Are you so dum you can't even read a post ?
I said the president has a right to appoint who he wants but has to be confirmed by the senate,
You just to jump in and critize don't you ?
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And I might remind you your favorite president did the same thing. Duh .Your another one who thinks they know it all.
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Wrong again numskull. #1 I said all presidents. # 2 The senate is the ones who does the confirming. #3 This should a yes or no process and turned into a political theather
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The president whom ever they might be has a right to appoint the person he wants to a position.
The senate a right to review the appointee and vote yes or no.
The BS game keeps our gov from functioning properly.
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Maybe if the senate would do its job instead of putting things on hold.
Recess appointments wouldn't be necessary
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Home school enthusiasts learn together at conference
March 24, 2013
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Neither Louisa Entsminger nor Carrie Dunham had met prior to attending Saturday's Eastern Panhandle Home School Conference, but soon they were chatting like old friends....
I personally know a liberal mother who decided to home school because the funding actually spent on children's education is so poor. With the amount of money we spend per student, WV should be rolling out nothing but Rhodes Scholars; so much of it gets lost in the system though, that teachers and students are left to fend for themselves in the classrooms.
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RevGramCracker, you may have been scarred during the course of your home schooling, but I can assure you that your experience is not typical. Sorry to hear that you were so abused; perhaps, in time, you can come to forgive your parents and their friends for what they did to you. It should come as some comfort to you to know that pretty much all of the home schooled children I know are quite well adjusted, ahead of their public school peers in many ways, healthy, happy and properly socialized. Praying for you, RevTroll... I mean RevGramCracker. Stay strong.
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"These communities are rife with incest and sexual abuse of children. Repent you sinners!! "
congrats, Rev. This is the most asinine comment you have ever made. But I'm sure you will try hard to top this one.
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Many homeschoolers are very strong Christians. And even if not they are not abusing their children. How dare you make a comment like that when you have no experience or proof of such. these children excel in many areas and are very well rounded. Many take top honors in our society and graduate with honors in college.
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What do you call a home-schooled adult? The boss.
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The Rev graduated from Ed Gein Day School. He attended church at Westboro and received his BS from Penn State.
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As the country copes with the aftermath of a decade of war, the question looking forward is: What have we learned?
The answer from some people close to the subject is, actually a lot.
We�ve learned that war isn�t just about fighting bad guys, but reversing the conditions that turn them against us.
Erik Juergensmeyer, coordinator of the peace and conflict studies minor at Fort Lewis College, put it this way: �It�s about positive peace, which is having the correct infrastructure to have stability, to have equality, to have less structural violence.�
Juergenmeyer said he sees the military as having learned the importance of a post-war plan.
The generals nowadays are more �interested in building the social structures conducive to peace.�
In his peace and conflict classes, he teaches students about finding solutions to intractable problems between opposing sides. This often begins with dispensing of the idea that one side must lose.
�It�s called the mythical fixed pie, and we expand the pie,� he said. �It�s all aboutsustainablereconciliation in divided societies.�
He said the concepts can be brought to bear on conflicts large and small.
�It�s complicated, but it�s really promising, exciting,� he said.
He said that even with the global war on terror, there are statistically fewer wars being waged than in the past.
�Ironically, it is a pretty peaceful time in the world,� he said.
But the world will never be conflict-free, nor should it be, because conflict is the vehicle for arriving at resolution.
�Gandhi was a fighter,� he said, smiling. �Gandhi was always up for a fight.�
So should any nation that considers itself just, said Eric Greitens, author of The Heart and the Fist, a book about his experiences as a humanitarian turned Navy SEAL.
�The basic fact remains: We live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight,� said Greitens, who as a humanitarian witnessed the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia.
Greitens, whose book is being given to all incoming FLC freshmen as part of the Common Reading Experience, said soldiers today are expected to be more than just strong fighters.
In a phone interview, he enumerated the four attributes of �the complete warrior�: the worst enemy to have, the best friend to have, the most savvy diplomat in conflicts and the greatest role model in life.
�You put all four of those things together, and that�s what I call the diamond standard of what it means to be a complete warrior,� he said.
He argues it takes an army of such warriors to keep the world at peace.
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Deadlocked at 1 with the Chicago Fire as the clock approached 90 minutes, it appeared that the Charleston Battery would remain in contention for the Carolina Challenge Cup title heading into Saturday's third and final match day.
A superb goal in stoppage time from Brazilian forward Alex changed that, however, as the Battery dropped a 2-1 decision Wednesday night at Blackbaud Stadium.
Houston used a pair of second-half goals to down Vancouver, 2-1, in Wednesday's first match, meaning all three MLS teams still have a shot at the tournament title.
Chicago is in the driver's seat with six points; the Whitecaps and Dynamo have three.
"We did well defensively — a lot better than the other night — and the overall performance was very good," said Charleston coach Mike Anhaeuser. "It's just disappointing at the end because (we) really should be coming out of here 1-1 with a point and still a chance (at the title)."
Both teams had scoring chances in the ninth minute. Chicago forward Dilly Duka sent a header just over the bar before a lofted ball to speedster Dane Kelly at the other end was just out of the Jamaican's reach.
In the 11th minute, though, the Battery broke through. Nicki Paterson threaded a diagonal ball in front of reigning USL Pro rookie of the year Jose Cuevas, who slid to arrive ahead of Fire goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi and direct the ball into the far corner for an early 1-0 lead.
Chicago equalized 16 minutes later on Austin Berry's fortunate-yet-not-unearned goal. Joel Lindpere's inswinging free kick was headed down by the 6-2 defender, who followed the bobbling ball into the net.
The game remained tied until Alex's late strike, an outside-of-the-foot laser just out of the reach of Charleston goalkeeper Kevin Klasila.
The Battery did sustain quite a bit of pressure — and understandably so. Chicago head coach Frank Klopas called on a veteran-heavy squad that included an impressive midfielder corps of Lindpere, Duka, Jeff Larentowicz and Patrick Nyarko for the opening 45 minutes before turning mainly to reserves in the second half.
"That could be their starting team," Anhaeuser said in reference to the Fire's March 3 regular season opener at Los Angeles. "It was good for our guys and we played great for the first 10 to 15 minutes. We caught them, had a couple chances there (and) got a great goal by Jose."
Anhaeuser took a similar approach to Klopas and made two changes from the starting lineup used in Saturday's 3-2 loss to Vancouver. Captain Colin Falvey received the nod in central defense for his first appearance of the preseason and Kelly, who scored a highlight-reel goal as a substitute against the Whitecaps, started up top.
Chicago will face Vancouver at 5 p.m. Saturday while the Battery will take on Houston, the 2012 MLS Cup finalist, in the nightcap at 7:15 p.m.


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Breakin' the LawPosted Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 9:06 PM
Boomer and Delta out for their morning walk, ON A LEASH!
So often, when I am out walking my dogs I come across dogs not on a leash. Some of them are out in their yard without their owner, some are with their owner, but the owner does not have them on a leash. Have you ever seen a dog spot a squirrel scurrying across the street and take off on a dead run for it? Do you really think that if you call the dog he's going to stop in his tracks and come back to you? Get real! It's not going to happen, but what will happen is your dog will get hit by a car, become seriously injured or even die.
One evening I was out walking my dogs and we happened to come across a man walking his little dog, but not on a leash. Of course the little dog came charging at us barking up a storm. Because my dogs have not been socialized much with other dogs, they immediately went in defense mode. I got my handy dandy pepper spray out and squirted it towards the little dog. I did not get the spray on the dog, but close enough that he could smell it and somewhat retreated. So while I'm wrestling 100 pounds of agitated dogs, the owner of the little dog saunters over after I asked him to please come and get his dog. I realize it is not your fault that my dogs are reacting the way they are, but had your dog been on a leash as is the law, we would have never had this interaction.
About a mile later we are walking on the trail and out bolts a bigger dog at a dead run across a very busy street at us. This owner actually apologized and did attempt to quickly round up her dog.
Put yourself in the dogs shoes. Someone you don't know is running at you yelling at the top of their lungs. How excited are you going to be about having them get in your space? Why would you think your dog would feel anymore comfortable? Dogs don't like every dog they meet, just as humans don't like everyone they meet.
Some people don't like dogs, aren't comfortable around them and don't want them anywhere near them. Most dogs are very people friendly and think that everyone must surely want to pet them. If your dog is not on a leash, how are you going to stop them from jumping up on, nudging, licking, or any other gesture they normally do to greet someone? Again, your dog may be well trained, but they are still animals. Respect other peoples space.
Again, your dog may be friendly, but another dog may not be. Dogs have a pack mentality and there are rules about hierarchy and how to obtain it. Please set your dog up for success. Do not put them in a position where they feel threatened. Be proactive, not reactive, keep your dog on a leash!
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It doesn't necessarily matter that your dogs had a rough start and didn't get the ideal socialization. My dogs were socialized and fine meeting appropriate dogs. Sadly, a lot of dogs are not appropriate, and are either rude or downright aggressive. So many people think that their dog is "friendly," when in fact they are being pushy and rude. I don't want strangers getting up in my face and hanging all over me when I'm out and about. Neither do a lot of dogs.
This is one of my favorite behavior articles. It's long, but a great read. I gave it as required reading for many of my students in the past.
And while you are there, check out some of the others. Suzanne Clothier is fabulous.
As far as walking in Spencer goes, it's gotten to the point where I almost exclusively walk on Grand now as there doesn't seem to be quite as many dogs rushing out from here or there.
-- Posted by stafinois on Sun, Sep 2, 2012, at 10:49 AM
I have actually had an issue with unleashed dogs on my bike rides and my runs as well. One went so far as to chase down my son, and bite his back tire high enough that it was pretty close to my son's rear, all with the owner in his front yard who was not able to stop his dog from chasing us down. If he had been leashed, it would have been a non-issue as we were on the street riding. I know people mean well to have an unleashed dog, but it's scary and a hazard to others. We love dogs, and have our own and were still scared, so I couldn't imagine the fear someone would have if they were already frightened of them in the first place. They need to start enforcing the leash law for it to be effective.
-- Posted by Vanessa on Sun, Sep 2, 2012, at 9:35 PM
my worst story was about 3 years ago while running my dog at the fair grounds. He loved to run while I rode my bike, always leashed of course. We were approaching the JC stand from the South. A couple with three large dogs, one leashed 2 not, were up by the East end of the grandstand. The 2 pitbullish looking one darted straight for us and attacked my leash medium dog. I'm on my bike and begin to punch the offending dogs in the back of the head to get there jaws out of my dogs neck. the male owner drop kicks me in the chest all the while screaming that you don't punch dogs. After we separated them my dog was bleeding, but not severely. I just wanted out of there. I wish I could have stayed around to get there names so I could press charges, but they were equally ready to split as they were worried about liability. My dog was fine, but I was upset.
-- Posted by Steelerfan100 on Mon, Sep 3, 2012, at 7:38 PM
Protection of our persons and our pets is extremely important while in public, but I think that all of us that are pet owners need to follow the leash law, not only to protect the public and also to protect ourselves, but mostly to protect our kids. A small child walking to or from school is no match against any dog. I was personally attacked by a German Sheppard when I was 4. I was bit on the left side of my face and had over 120 stitches. We need to protect our kids and also our pets. Putting your dog on a leash or chaining them up is much easier than having to put them down because they hurt a child.
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The facts were determined and agreed to in principle by the NCAA Enforcement Staff and the University of Oregon in March 2012. In their report the NCAA Committee On Infractions stated the University was fully cooperative with the investigation.
NCAA Committee on Infractions member Gregory Sankey praised the University of Oregon's cooperation amidst a change in leadership: "The current athletics director came aboard right as this became breaking news and they (president and athletic director) helped guide from a presidential standpoint - and even before with the previous president and current athletics director - in a successful way."
"The University of Oregon has tremendous respect for both the NCAA and the enforcement process established by its member institutions' to monitor intercollegiate athletics," said Rob Mullens, Director of Athletics.
"Since the outset of this lengthy inquiry, we have worked diligently to cooperate with the NCAA Enforcement Staff to ascertain the facts and we have abided by NCAA confidentiality rules in discussing this matter. As we have stated from the beginning, we are fully committed to operating within NCAA Bylaws and accept responsibility for any violations committed by current or former members of our staff.
"Throughout this process, there has been speculation and innuendo regarding the nature and severity of potential violations, much of which was unfounded. As stated by the NCAA Enforcement Staff, the violations committed in this case were unintentional.
"The University of Oregon remains committed to fair play, integrity and the best interests of our student-athletes. We have all learned from this experience and look forward to continuing the progress of broad-based excellence in Oregon athletics."
The Committee on Infractions imposed penalties, including recruiting restrictions, one scholarship reduction for two years, and a three-year probation for the University. The report includes additional details on sanctions. Many of the penalties were self-imposed by the University and the self-identified corrective measures set forth by the University of Oregon were accepted by the Committee on Infractions.
"The University of Oregon takes compliance with both the letter and the spirit of NCAA regulations very seriously," said University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson. "Integrity is paramount at Oregon, both in academics and athletics. We cooperated fully with the investigation, and I will continue to emphasize our commitment to compliance in Oregon athletics."
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A 26-year-old Lackawanna man has been arrested on charges of forcible touching and harassment for allegedly fondling and kissing a woman Saturday afternoon in a Niagara Street deli near Austin Street. Emad S. Al Gumael of Wilkesbarre Street was arrested by Buffalo Police Officers Robert Larusch and Joseph Donovan in the deli shortly after police got a 911 "sex offense" call. The woman complained that Al Gumael pulled her toward him and kissed her after he grabbed her.


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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Martin Marietta donates new computers to library
Martin Marietta has donated new computers to the Jamestown Community Library to replace the original computers they donated when the library opened in 2002.
The new computers will all be hooked up to the Internet, thanks to Will Helmy from Home Telecom.
Martin Marietta and the Hell Hole Swamp Festival also give a monetary donation to help the all-volunteer library pay its bills. The library is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Patrons can also use the library when the Jamestown Town Hall is open to the public. A big thanks to all of the library volunteers and supporters.
Join the THS Band for a Program in Psalms
The Timberland High School Band is inviting your choir, praise leader, and soloists to compete in their version of "Sunday's Best," entitled "A Program in Psalms" on Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. in the THS Auditorium.
This program will raise funds for the THS Band.
All choirs, groups and soloists will compete for first, second and third place and for the opportunity to be crowned the choir/soloist. The program will also feature guest performers including Renard Milford, Romona Greene and the Alvin community Choir, Ronald Ferguson and Chosen, and the THS Marching Band.
You must register before the Sept. 18 deadline. Choirs and groups can register for $25. Soloist registration is $10.
All guests are asked to bring donations for the THS Band. Make checks payable to Timberland High School Band. Contact Prince Brewington, THS Band Director, at (843) 567-8110 for more information and adjudication sheet.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
You're never too young to be humbled. Just ask the 18-year-old who flipped off a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge and was rewarded with 30 days in jail. BAM!
By now you know the story: Penelope Soto was originally arrested for illegal possession of Xanax. At her bond hearing she got mouthy with the judge, and he increased her bond to $10,000.
Then, according to every news outlet in the free world, Soto gave Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat the finger. That's when he hollered, "In contempt!" and gave her 30 days in the county motel. (Now, I'm not sure he hollered. But who could blame him?)
Two days later, Soto stood chastened before the judge—one got the feeling her mother and lawyer probably tag-teamed her--and apologized. It worked. Rodriguez-Chomat dropped the contempt charge and ordered her to seek drug treatment. He also waived the $10,000 bond, which means Soto walked out of court and into the sweet sunshine of freedom. (I'm betting she then flipped off the first person she saw, but that's just me.)
Listen, I was 18 and stupid once. I did and said outrageous things. (I briefly considered majoring in snark.) But I knew there were certain lines of authority you didn't cross. That's because in mi familia, judgment was swift and sure. Read on…
In our clan, kids left the nest early. My brother T-Bob was a senior in high school when he flew the coop. I started college at 17 and split. I don't remember when Bubba and Moonbeam left, or under what circumstances. In my family, you were just sort of there one day and gone the next. It was no big deal.
Mother always encouraged our independence. If you said, "I'm thinking about mov—" you'd better have a new place and a buddy with a truck lined up, because she'd exclaim, "Wonderful! Marvelous! Don't be a stranger!" and shoo you out the front door. (Then she'd turn your bedroom into a sewing room before Tuesday. Woman didn't play.)
Of course, we knew we could always go back for a meal, or to do laundry. With four young adults coming and going, it was all very fluid and relaxed. Until one sunny Saturday morning….
I was standing at the open kitchen window, watching T-Bob, now about 19 and in college, wash his cherished Peugeot in the backyard. Tiny, feisty Mother was next to him, chewing him out about something. He was not in the mood to hear it, and she was not in the mood to back off. Voices were raised.
Finally, flush with independence and testosterone, T-Bob threw his sponge in the air and invited her to shut the hell up. I almost fainted at the sink.
I thought Mother might slap him, but no. She cocked her head and said, "Huh." Then, with a half-smile fixed on her face, she turned and trotted towards a small pile of sand and brick pavers—remnants of a recent patio project. She bent, picked up a half-brick, turned and trotted back towards T-Bob.
She was less than 20 feet away, still smiling, when he realized what she meant to do with that brick. He let out a bloodcurdling scream, threw down the hose and ran for his life. The last time I saw him that day, he was sprinting down our long dirt driveway with Mother doggedly trotting behind.
T-Bob made it to the highway and hopped a ride in old Mr. Barber's Rambler, which is the only reason he remains alive today.
Was Mother's reaction harsh? Absolutely. Did T-Bob ever flip off a judge? Never. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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SALEM - The recent death of 9-year-old Olivia Thompson has rallied the community around her parents, with a number of fundraisers planned to help them deal with the aftermath of her loss.
"The community has really come together," Salem First United Methodist Church member Janet Keene said Monday.
A member of the church family of Billy and Beth Thompson, Olivia's parents, Keene compiled information about three upcoming events and about two bank accounts set up at Huntington Bank to assist the family with expenses.
She said the family is facing thousands of dollars in expenses related to Olivia's medical care after she was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle in downtown Salem the night of Oct. 19 and then died the next day. Some of those expenses include a medical helicopter flight from Salem Community Hospital to Akron Children's Hospital. There's also the expense of a funeral.
The first fundraising event is Friday evening at the Side Door Tavern on South Broadway Avenue as a celebration of Olivia "Livvy" Thompson's life. With the blessing of Livvy's mother, people are being asked to come and listen to some good live music, celebrate Olivia's life and donate change or dollar bills to help the family. All money will go directly to the family.
On Saturday, a 4-wheel poker run to benefit the Thompsons will be held for $10 per person with registration beginning at noon at the Flying Pig Saloon, 175 N. Ellsworth Avenue, and the last car out at 12:30 p.m.
Stops along the route include the American Legion Post 290 in Columbiana at 44403 state Route 14, then the State Line Tavern at 879 E. Taggart St., East Palestine, the Shale Tavern & Grille, 40964 state Route 154, Lisbon, and Mark's Landing at Guilford Lake, 33220 Charlton St., Lisbon.
The final stop will be the Guilford Lake Grille, 7094 Eastlake Road, Lisbon (Guilford Lake), where participants are being asked to bring a covered dish for a free buffet for participants. There will be entertainment by DJ Terry Krebs of T-N-T Music and a bocci roll off. The bocce party prize package includes food, court time and instruction.
Keene said people can be part of the bocce roll off without being part of the poker run. Keene's employer, Lyle Printing & Publishing, donated the posters for the event which was organized by Christina Helman, a friend of the Thompsons. All proceeds will go to the Thompsons.
The third event is a spaghetti dinner at the Salem Elks Club from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 15, with donations accepted instead of charging for the meal. The Salem Elks donated the space and most of the costs of the dinner will be donated. Organizers are Jennifer Hippely and Kelsy Courtright. Hippely's aunt, Amy Toole, who is manager of the Elks, was a neighbor of Beth when she was a child.
The event will include a bake sale and a Chinese and silent auction, with all proceeds going to the Thompsons.
In the area of bank accounts, Keene said Russ Loudon, owner of Stark Memorial, helped the family set up a bank account for donations at Huntington Bank to help with medical and funeral expenses, with Beth and Billy Thompson listed as guardians of the account.
"Our church family wanted to help them in a different way," Keene said.
A second account, the Olivia Sage Thompson Memorial Fund, was set up for donations at Huntington Bank with two members of the church family, Jim Solmon and Elaine Rousseau Kothera, serving as guardians for the account. A restricted fund, the purpose of this is to help the parents move on with their lives, find better housing and improve their standard of living, Keene explained.
"So many people want to help out and right now, financial support is what's really needed," church member Jack Kothera said.
Keene spoke with Beth Thompson about the different fundraisers and said she was "flabbergasted."
"She was just amazed at the outpouring of all these groups to help them," Keene said.
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Upheaval in Mali Curbs Drug Traffic
GAO, Mali—After French troops drove militants from towns at the edge of the Sahara in late January, locals looted the newly abandoned stucco palaces of "Cité du Cocaine"—Cocaine City.
It has been a tough couple of months for the traffickers of Gao, the desert trading outpost where this district of luxurious villas is located. The French military offensive that evicted Islamist militias also drove out drug smugglers who, according to security experts and Malian officials, enjoyed militant protection in their business of transporting Europe-bound drugs across the dunes and lava crags of the Sahara.
Gao and other areas in Mali's north remain a war zone. Islamist fighters have launched three major assaults since February in the heart of Gao, a town of 80,000 people where homes of mud brick, thatch or concrete block sprawl around crumbling whitewashed buildings of what was once colonial French West Africa.
Fighting destroyed municipal buildings and burned down the market that had rambled for blocks through the heart of the city. Three-fourths of the city's residents have yet to return, said Mayor Sadou Diallo, who flew back to Gao in February with French forces anxious to show Mali's government returning to the north.
Many of Gao's drug smugglers were members of northern Mali's Arab minority, whose forebears traded along centuries-old salt caravan routes. In about 2003, these traders began to transport cocaine through the ancient passages, as South American drug cartels sought to expand sales to Europe to offset flat demand in the U.S., according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Around the same time, a band of Islamist militants left their homeland of Algeria and found refuge in the difficult terrain outside Gao, where they pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden and renamed themselves al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. AQIM commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar married the daughter of a Malian Arab dignitary, elevating himself into a position of influence over cocaine traffickers, according to U.S. counterterrorism officials.
Islamist militias such as AQIM, which generated funds for guns and recruitment by kidnapping and ransoming Western hostages, profited from protection money and other proceeds of the drugs trade, according to security analysts.
During this era in the mid-2000s, Gao—remote, lightly governed and long known as a hub for black-market trade—became a staging post for cocaine traffickers. Newly successful businessmen began building homes in a neighborhood soon known as Cocaine City. Tall concrete and stucco villas redefined a stretch of the horizon, while builders trucked in TVs, satellite dishes and boxes of hand-painted tile to decorate the houses.
The outside world got a vivid glimpse of Gao's cocaine trade in 2009, in an episode local media dubbed "Air Cocaine." Malian prosecutors said Malian and European drug traffickers landed, in the desert near Gao, a 727 jet loaded with up to 10 tons of Colombian cocaine. When mechanical troubles kept the 727 from taking off, traffickers unloaded the cocaine and burned the jet, according to the criminal charges filed by the prosecutors.
By then, drug seizures and political turbulence already had begun to sap the drug trade in West Africa, according to U.N. drug officials. The flow of cocaine through West Africa to Europe peaked in 2007 at 47 tons. It dropped to 18 tons in 2010, the latest year for which the U.N. drug office has given estimates.
The reduced volume still represents $1.25 billion of cocaine crossing an impoverished region, the agency said. The sum dwarfs the security budgets of many West African nations and suggests at least one-tenth of the cocaine in Europe reaches the continent through West Africa, the agency estimates.
Not everybody has benefited. In March 2012, junior Malian military officers mutinied, overthrowing the civilian government in Bamako. They cited corruption and cocaine trafficking by their generals and elected leaders. A week later, AQIM and allied militias took control of Gao, and with it, control of the northern half of the country.
Gao residents said some of the Islamist militias were avid participants in the cocaine trade. "They said they came for religion. But when they came, we saw they came for trafficking," Mr. Diallo, the mayor of Gao, said of one Islamist militia, Nigeria-based Boko Haram.
One militia in particular, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, "quickly became a front for drug smugglers from Gao," Wolfram Lacher, a German expert on West Africa, wrote in a 2012 report for the Carnegie Endowment.
In January, the French intervention halted a southern advance by Islamist militias. As militia chiefs retreated, the residents of Cocaine City fled their mansions, residents said. Locals flooded in and stripped what was left, lugging away doors and toilets.
Remaining debris in the looted villas testifies to Cocaine City's fast times. Instruction manuals for satellite phones and widescreen TVs litter floors. In one home, stripped to its blue tile, hand-scrawled ledgers bear large sums recording building costs and other unspecified transactions.
Mali's new transitional administration says it is trying to flush supporters of the cocaine trade from the security services and government. In February, the government charged six Malians, including three former mayors from the region around Gao, with trafficking drugs, according to Alassane Diarra, a spokesman for Mali's Justice Ministry.
None of the six has been apprehended. Two wanted for alleged involvement in the Air Cocaine episode, including a former mayor, are moving freely in a village within a day's drive of Gao, according to Mr. Diarra and a military spokesman.
"There are problems," Mr. Diarra said to explain why no arrests had been made. "Among them, problems of security."
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By adopting the House version of patent reform, the Senate hands over some of its prior stipulations for the greater cause of getting the bill passed. [Nerlich Images - Fotolia.com]
Years of discussion and wrangling by lawmakers, lawyers, biotechnology businesses, and others over reform of the patent system are expected to end today, when the Senate is scheduled to vote on a motion to end debate on the America Invents Act of 2011 and then vote on the bill itself.
The bill to be taken up by the Senate is word for word from HR 1249, the patent reform measure passed by the House of Representatives on June 23. Last year, the House used a similar maneuver when its then-Democratic leadership persuaded a bare majority to pass verbatim the Senate version of President Obama's healthcare measure, over the strenuous objections of Republicans. In both cases, the maneuver avoids the additional time required by a conference committee to hammer out a compromise bill amenable to both chambers of Congress.
The Senate's expected move on patent reform also has political overtones: it allows the Democratic-controlled Senate to pass America Invents, then send it to President Obama for his expected signature, while positioning the bill as one of several designed to jumpstart the economy and job creation this fall, as Obama steps up his re-election campaign.
"This bill will unleash American innovation and create good, well-paying jobs for American workers. It is commonsense legislation that goes to the heart of our shared agenda: reinvigorating the American economy and promoting job growth," Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the Senate bill (S.23), said in a statement after the House passed its version of America Invents.
By adopting the House version of patent reform, however, the Senate retreats from several key provisions of Leahy's bill.
Among the most important about-faces by the Senate concerns how to fund the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent bill passed by the Senate in March—as with the original House patent bill—ended the practice of diverting USPTO revenues to the nation's general revenue coffers, and allowed the agency to keep the fee revenues it generates from filers.
USPTO and its supporters in the Senate contended that the funds were needed to hire more patent examiners and process applications faster, estimating that the agency lost some $1 billion in fees since 1992.
But in the House, leaders compromised between the Senate fee language and their desire to obtain a greater Congressional role in USPTO spending. The House version creates a sequestered account for USPTO revenue in excess of appropriated funds, for use exclusively by USPTO. To access that money from the Public Enterprise Fund, USPTO must submit requests to the House Appropriations Committee. However, the fund includes a sizeable bone for USPTO—a 15% fee surcharge requested by the agency, and the authority to set rates going forward.
"We need to compete more effectively with patent offices around the world that don't have this problem," Thomas T. Moga, co-chair of the Life Sciences and Biotechnology Practice at the law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon, told GEN soon after the House passed America Invents. "We complain about not having enough skilled examiners, or the patent office not being able to keep good examiners because of not being able to compete with the private marketplace. If we can't fix this, we are going to be unable to fix so many of our other problems."
The House patent bill set for adoption by the Senate retains the current law's 12-month window for filing postgrant reviews following the issue or re-issue of a patent. The Senate would have shortened that window to nine months. Postgrant proceedings would be conducted by a new Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with the current Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences being abolished.
Also retained by the House is the current "substantial new question of patentability" threshold standard for initiating current inter partes exams and applying it to the new inter partes reviews. That's a retreat for the Senate, whose bill barred the USPTO director from allowing an inter partes review unless he or she determined there's a "reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with respect to at least [one] of the claims challenged in the petition." The Senate would have also limited use of inter partes reviews to questions of anticipation and/or obviousness, as with current law, with only patents or printed publications permissible in challenging previously issued claims.
The House measure also creates a new inter partes review allowing third-party challenges to patents after they have been granted—but limits the basis of such review to prior art consisting of patents and printed publications. Inter partes review may only be sought after a postgrant review, or after the one-year time period expires for requesting third-party review.
New as well in the House bill is the creation of a supplemental examination procedure for holders of issued patents. The procedure protects patent holders who voluntarily and proactively present previously undisclosed information to USPTO from being challenged for inequitable conduct for nondisclosure.
Other features of the bill:
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the House bill is projected to cost $446 million between FY 2011–2016, but will ultimately cut $717 million from future budget deficits, mostly since USPTO fees will be reclassified from offsets to discretionary spending to offsetting receipts.
Both chambers agree that USPTO should change its criteria for awarding patents from "first to invent" to "first inventor to file." Supporters say it will benefit smaller inventors by aligning the U.S. patent system with those of the nation's major trading partners, and by sparing them the time and expense of lawsuits estimated to cost business owners $5 million to fight.
But as argued in this space when the Senate bill passed, first-to-file can hurt smaller inventors, who often lack the experienced patent lawyers and other consultants or staffers that a corporate giant can muster.
While changes to the Senate bill sparked some objections from individual representatives in both parties, the House eventually passed the patent bill by a somewhat bipartisan 304–117 majority, with 136 Democrats joining 168 Republicans in voting for the measure. It's not the 95–5 margin of the original Senate measure, but it's a fair approximation of how patent reform should fare this time around, unless opponents can succeed where they have failed twice this year already in torpedoing the bill.
Alex Philippidis is senior news editor at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.
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Green Douglas Fir trees surround Eugene on three sides, while the Willamette and Mackenzie Rivers flow through it. Take a walk or break into a run on Pre's Trail, a bark-mulch path in the grasslands and woods of Alton Baker Park. This 4-mile trail was named for International Track star and 1972 Olympics competitor Steve Prefontaine. He came from Coos Bay on the Oregon coast. He has been described as one of the most inspiring distance runners of all time.
Immerse in live music, browse artisan ceramics and jewelry, and experience the community spirit of Eugene at the Saturday Market - rain or shine. While you're there, dig into a Deluxe Burrito from Ritta's. And be sure to try a piece of Dana's cheesecake.
Eugene has a number of surprisingly delicious eateries. Warm up your morning with a latte or espresso at Full City Coffee. Enjoy eggs benedict for breakfast at Cornucopia, an award-winning neighborhood hub. For a sweet dairy treat, go to local favorite Prince Puckler's Ice Cream and get a scoop of marionberry or Mexican chocolate ice cream. Cap your afternoon with a climb to the top of Skinner or Spencer Buttes for breathtaking views.
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Brock Lesnar is back, and the timing appears to be just right.
With Batista also set to return soon following a lengthy absence, WWE fans could be in store for a monumental showdown pitting "The Beast" against "The Animal."
Lesnar, who returned after a four-month hiatus, is one of the biggest draws in WWE despite a relaxed schedule that limits his annual dates. Batista also was a major draw and Smackdown's top star before leaving more than three years ago to pursue a film and MMA career.
A match between the two behemoths would be a natural.
Batista looms as a possible favorite to win the Royal Rumble on Jan. 26 in Pittsburgh. Lesnar returned last week on Raw and made his intentions known when he declared himself the No. 1 challenger to the world title. In the meantime, he demolished former two-time Olympian Mark Henry.
Both are likely to be positioned in marquee matches at Wrestlemania 30 on April 6 in New Orleans.
Lesnar, 36, is expected to be this year's opponent for The Undertaker, with Taker's 21-win streak at Mania on the line. Nine months ago, however, an even higher-profile match had been penciled in for the three-time WWE champion.
Original plans had Lesnar scheduled to meet The Rock ("Brock vs. Rock") in a Wrestlemania headliner, a scenario confirmed last week.
WWE owner Vince McMahon had planned the match, but the night after last year's Wrestlemania, The Rock re-aggravated torn tendons suffered the previous evening during his bout with John Cena, jeopardizing shooting for his next movie.
Plans were changed, the match was scrapped, and Lesnar was later installed as Taker's opponent.
The Rock said last week that he won't be back for Wrestlemania 30, but did leave open the possibility for a return at Wrestlemania 31.
Batista, 44, who left WWE on good terms, said last year that he would return when the "PG stuff" blew over. He named Lesnar as one of the stars he wanted to work with when he returned, adding that he never got the chance to feud with him in WWE, and thought the two could do big business together.
Batista also said that he'd be open to fighting Lesnar in an MMA contest. Lesnar was one of the biggest draws in UFC history and recently hinted at a return despite having a WWE contract until 2015.
WWE executive Triple H said last week that 2014 could be an "epic" year for WWE.
A number of major developments are in the works, not the least of which is the planned launch of the WWE Network early this year. WWE stock also has more than doubled during the past calendar year.
Ailing Mae
Some sad news to report. Legendary WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young is in failing health and is now under hospice care.
A fixture on the wrestling scene since the 1940s, the 90-year-old icon recently was discharged from the hospital and is now receiving hospice visits at the Columbia residence she shares with former midget women's wrestling star Diamond Lil (Katie Glass).
A kidney is in the process of shutting down, and Young is breathing with the assistance of an oxygen machine, said a friend.
"She's had a good, long life," said former women's champ Susan Green. "But things start wearing out by the time you get to be 90. She's lived an amazing life. If all of us could be so lucky."
Mae Young indeed has had a remarkable life. While she only admits to being 90, some colleagues say the actual number may be closer to 94. She comes by her nickname, the "Amazing" Mae Young, quite honestly. She holds the distinction of having wrestled in nine different decades.
At one point she was scheduled to appear at this week's "Old School" Raw in Baltimore.
In 2000, Young took part in an over-the-top storyline where she (then in her late 70s) dated WWE star Mark Henry, announced that she was "pregnant" and later gave birth to a rubber hand.
That same year she was power-bombed twice by The Dudley Boyz on back-to-back editions of Raw, and was even splashed by the 500-pound Viscera.
Young, along with longtime companion and perennial women's world champion The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. Moolah passed away later that year.
Naitch is back
It's been a while, but 16-time world heavyweight champion "Nature Boy" Ric Flair will return to Raw for this week's special old-school edition.
"I can't wait," said Flair, who turns 65 in February. "It'll be great to be back."
Voice of JYD
Longtime actor James Avery (patriarch Uncle Phil on "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"), who passed away last week at the age of 68, also was an accomplished voice actor and performed the late Junkyard Dog's voice on "Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling" when that series aired on NBC on Saturday mornings in the mid-1980s.
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DARIEN – A man was killed and a woman seriously injured early Wednesday morning in a two-car crash on Route 238, Genesee County Sheriff's officials said.
At about 6 a.m., Timothy Beszczynski, 25, of Darien was eastbound in a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer when he collided head on with a westbound 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer operated by Mary P. Dufour, 59, of Dale. Both drivers were alone in their vehicles.
Beszczynski was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dufour was taken to Erie County Medical Center with a fractured leg and other injuries, officials said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.


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when a basketball player falls unnecessarily, after little or no contact
Wow, there goes Manu again, flopping after no contact
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The first three board cards dealt in Texas Hold 'em poker. This is the only true definition.
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A failed attempt.
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I tried to do a back flip off my trampoline, and boy was that a flop! I am now in a wheelchair.
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to cancel plans with your friends, family, bf/gf at the last minute
we were supposed to go to see a movie, but he flopped on me
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It's a love story for the ages, like Prince William and Kate, or Beyoncé and Jay-Z. It's a tale perhaps even more complicated than the storied saga of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.
Meet the ultimate lovebirds: a pair of Magellanic penguins who have stayed committed to each other, through thick and thin ice, for the past 16 years.
Biologists say their relationship has lasted almost their entire breeding life, including gaps of time apart that included 200,000 miles worth of solo trips, according to the U.K.'s Telegraph. Penguins typically live about 20 years after they start breeding, proving these two truly have grown old together.
"The bond they have is incredible, really," says Dr. Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, a researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina who's led the study. "It is unbelievable how far Magellanic penguins swim, and each breeding season, they come back to the same nest and to the same partner."
But the course of true love doesn't always run smooth. If a couple has an issue breeding, such as when their chicks don't hatch, they leave each other. And it's a journey: they spend their summer breeding season living on the Patagonian coastline of southern Argentina (where researchers in this 30-year study put metal bands on the flippers of 50,000 penguins to monitor their progress) before they head to Brazil for the winter. In the spring, after 10,000 miles apart, penguins return to their old nest – and their original partner.
Even so, this 16-years-strong relationship trumps other faithful pairs whose own love stories often end in tragedy, typically when their offspring die at the hands of predators or because of starvation.
"Many pairs stay together for five or even 10 years," says expert Dr. Dee Boersma of the University of Washington. "The fate of most penguin chicks is to die."
Penguin Couple Together for 16 Years (& Counting!)
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