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KAHULUI - State Land Use Commission members reversed themselves Thursday, unanimously approving a state land-use reclassification from agricultural to urban for the 68-lot Kahoma affordable housing project.
The commission members' action came after they agreed last month to reconsider their Dec. 5 vote. In that vote, developer West Maui Land Co. received four votes in favor of its petition - two short of the six required for a state land reclassification.
Factors that led to the reconsideration included new information. First, that the Maui County Council had approved the Maui Island Plan on Dec. 21. The plan calls for an affordable housing development on the project site, calling it an "in-fill planned growth area" that is "surrounded by previously developed lands." Secondly, on Nov. 25, the county adopted best management practices for storm water quality that would be applied to drainage plans for the Kahoma project.
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Honolulu resident Routh Bolomet makes a presentation as an intervener before the state Land Use Commission on Thursday. She called on the panel to reject West Maui Land Co.'s petition for a state land-use reclassification for its Kahoma affordable housing project.
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Lahaina resident Michele Lincoln presents her arguments as an intervener Thursday before the state Land Use Commission to reject the proposed Kahoma affordable housing project. At her left is Deputy Attorney General Bryan Yee.
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Closing statements were mostly restated arguments by attorneys representing the developer, Maui County and state Office of Planning and from the interveners, Lahaina resident Michele Lincoln and Honolulu resident Routh Bolomet.
West Maui Land Co. attorney James Geiger said that while the project developers respect Native Hawaiian culture, they don't agree or accept that there are cultural sites on the 16.7 acres of former sugar cane land between the Kahoma Stream flood control channel and homes mauka of the former Pioneer Mill.
Nevertheless, Geiger suggested including a more stringent archaeological monitoring condition - which was adopted by the commission - that requires watching the site for cultural features whenever the ground is disturbed by construction work.
Geiger reiterated that the project site is surrounded by urban uses, including a neighboring light industrial commercial project approved in the 1990s and the Kahoma Stream flood control project completed in the early 1990s.
He noted that the County Council has twice approved the development of affordable housing on the property.
Geiger quoted testimony from Paia resident Bruce U'u, who earlier this month told commissioners that the Kahoma project was in a "perfect place," close to shopping, the shoreline, Lahaina town and schools. Because the project is in an already developed area, it's in close proximity to roads and utilities.
The attorney also argued that the project would not negatively impact traffic and it would add only a small fraction of storm runoff.
Deputy Corporation Counsel James Giroux said that Maui County remained in strong support of the project.
"We need affordable housing. We're in a crisis," he said. "We are suffering here, trying to get our people into decent housing."
Maui residents and families need affordable housing to enable them to stay here, Giroux said.
"Maui needs this. My friends need this. My friends' families need this," he said. "We want to see the people we grew up with stay here, and the only way we can do that is to provide affordable housing."
Giroux said that the county's support for the project was not at the expense of the environment.
Recently updated storm water quality standards will be enforced with the developer, and there is ample capacity for the project's projected additional wastewater, he said.
Deputy Attorney General Bryan Yee, representing the state Office of Planning, said that the state doesn't usually support motions for reconsideration. But, in the Kahoma housing case, it was appropriate and needed, he said, because commissioners did not adequately explain the reason for their Dec. 5 decision.
It was "very clear" to the state that the developer had met the criteria necessary for a land-use reclassification, Yee said.
The project's nearly 17 acres is "so small" that if it were only 2 acres less then it wouldn't need to come before the Land Use Commission, he said, also noting that the development area is surrounded by urban uses.
It would make little sense to keep the property in agriculture because it's in an urban area, an odd shape and with no easy access to irrigation water, Yee said.
Lincoln, one of two interveners, disputed that the project has met the criteria for land reclassification. She said that the property has cultural and historic significance that justify denial of the proposed land-use change.
Agricultural lands should be protected, she said, maintaining that a farmer could get crops on only 2,000 square feet of land. Lincoln said that the landowners were not using the property for agriculture "by choice."
Bolomet also said that the property could be used for agriculture, which would provide jobs that would allow people to afford housing.
She said the project's 16.7 acres could provide more than 100 jobs and feed as many as 1,000 families.
Affordable housing attached to two earlier developments - Puukolii Village and Pulelehua - have not been developed, she said. So, the development of affordable housing is not guaranteed.
Bolomet said she's a lineal descendant of Native Hawaiians who owned the land at Kahoma and she has the obligation to take care of the land and its people. She said the property has cultural and archaeological sites that would be impacted by the development.
When commission members deliberated on the project, commissioners with Maui ties - Jaye Napua Makua, an at-large member born and raised on Maui, and Sheldon Biga, who holds the commission's Maui seat - both expressed support for the project.
Biga, who is from Lahaina and voted against the project in December, described the development as a "thorn" for him, although he said that because of the "facts of laws" he supported it.
Makua said her "kuleana," or responsibility, on the commission has been as an advocate for Native Hawaiian cultural preservation, but she said her review of the project showed that the developers did adequately attempt to address cultural impacts.
With Thursday's vote, the commission's staff will draft a decision and order, which will need to be approved by the panel at a later meeting.
After the hearing, Geiger said he was "very pleased" the commission decided to support affordable housing in Lahaina.
Lincoln said she was disappointed, but "God is in control, and I trust in him that whatever happens to the land will be good."
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Climb to the top of a life-size Tyrannosaurus rex for an up-close view of its teeth at this real-world Jurassic park. Purchase souvenirs at a museum shop located inside Ms. Dinny, a 150-ton Apatosaurus considered the largest concrete dino in the world.
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
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Circling a patch of lonesome prairie, 38 old cars painted gray form a replica of England's Stonehenge. Additional sculptures made from Detroit iron include "Ford Seasons," representing seasonal changes to the landscape.
Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota
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Seven sensational scrap metal sculptures line this 32-mile stretch of highway in southwest North Dakota, including artist Gary Greff's massive "Geese in Flight," listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's largest scrap metal sculpture.
Hole n' the Rock, Moab, Utah
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Walk through a modern cave home with 14 furnished rooms carved out of Utah sandstone. If the excavation, which removed 50,000 cubic feet of stone, doesn't move you, take in the petting zoo.
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America's oldest example of zoomorphic architecture, this 130-year-old, 65-foot pachyderm is actually a building that once served as a summer cottage. Lumber up the spiral stairs to Lucy's towering howdah for elephantine views of the Atlantic Ocean.
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This towering donut, built in 1952, has earned celeb status by appearing in films (Mars Attacks!), videos (Randy Newman's "I Love L.A."), and Hollywood dreams of sweet treats.
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America's most famous mythical lumberjack, capable of felling entire forests with his powerful ax, has a long reach. There are monumental statues of Bunyan in Akeley, Minnesota; Bangor, Maine; and Portland, Oregon. His trusty sidekick, Babe the Blue Ox, gets in on the action with colossal statues in Klamath, California, and Bemidji, Minnesota (pictured above).
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Banish all thoughts of baked beans. If you want some ice cream that'll make you scream, head to this 40-foot-tall snack stand at the Boston Children's Museum. While not exactly a roadside attraction—it's more a waterfront sight—the nearly 80-year-old icon has delighted lactose-loving families for ages. If it was real it could hold 58,620 gallons of milk.
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on December 24, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Put Central Terminal out of its misery now
The recent News story regarding the dilapidated condition of the Central Terminal was a real eye opener. There is an immediate need for $800,000 to repair the vaulted roof. This is small change compared to the $3 million needed for roof and masonry repairs to the 17-story tower. Then there is the additional estimated cost of between $50 million and $100 million to restore it. I find any discussion of expending these sums of money to repairing the Central Terminal to be ridiculous.
Buffalo is America's third-poorest city and in desperate need of many improvements. I cannot imagine many folks agreeing that spending this type of money for this purpose is high on the agenda. Hats off to the Oishei Foundation for denying a $2.5 million grant request for this backward plan. Throwing good money after bad is downright nonsensical. The money raised to restore the nine-foot dial clocks and the recent $3,000 for a frosted gaslight should have been used to take many pictures for memories' sake before the wrecking ball comes in and does us all a favor by razing this eyesore.
I believe that good jobs, safe neighborhoods and productive schools are what we need to revitalize Buffalo. Renovating a clock and light on an obsolete building is a silly, feel-good effort that serves no useful purpose. Let's crank up the bulldozers and put the Central Terminal out of its misery. It is time to start looking forward to what this area could become instead of constantly trying to make it what it once was.
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The Stetson men's basketball team (2-7) continues its road trip on Tuesday, traveling to Florida Atlantic (5-5) in an attempt to even the season series after falling to the Owls 88-78 back on Dec. 6. The two teams are scheduled to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. from the FAU Arena in Boca Raton.
After opening the season 2-1, and winning back-to-back games by 22 points, Stetson is now in the midst of a six-game losing streak after recently falling on the road to Richmond on Saturday. The Hatters will attempt to snap the skid on Tuesday against an Owl team that has won five out of its last seven meetings versus Stetson.
FAU recently lost on the road at Dayton by a score of 81-56 after winning three straight, including the victory over Stetson on Dec. 6. The Owls are led by Greg Gantt, who is averaging 21.3 points per game and went off for a career high 34 against the Hatters in DeLand less than two weeks ago.
Stetson will lean on its quartet of double digit scorers to carry the load offensively against FAU. Senior Adam Pegg, whose 10 points at Richmond gave the center double figure points for the 28th time in his career at Stetson, leads the Hatters with 15.1 points per contest in 2012. Junior Chris Perez (12.7), junior Aaron Graham (12.1), and senior Joel Naburgs (10.8) complete the foursome.
Tuesday night's game can be listend to live on WSBB 1230 AM, 1490 AM, and www.MyAM1230.com with play-by-play from Robbie Aaron. Live Stats, the @StetsonMBB Twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts are also available for in-game updates.


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6 Reasons Good Bands Start to Suck: An Illustrated Guide
Well, it's inevitably happened -- you excitedly play the long-awaited new album by your favorite band and are horrified to find that ...
Betrayal! Contempt! Contempt for the band that spurned your devotion! But is it fair to expect artists to never lose it? Why can't artists just be good forever? Well, that's just because ...
#6. They're Afraid of Repeating Themselves
A good artist is constantly evolving ... or so many of them seem to believe. Fear of failing to evolve leads successful artists to change from one thing into another, alienating the portion of the audience that already liked them. Don't make the mistake of assuming that people will follow you down any old path just because it's
you Chris Gaines. Oh, and God help you if your appeal is based on youthful angst that you and your entire audience grow out of halfway through the second album. The best part? The audience is just as likely to abandon you for NOT changing.
Interestingly, some mediums or genres (metal) have for whatever reason (metal) come to embrace notions of not changing. This limits the (metal) audience to people who want the same thing over and over again, and as a result, that audience will be unlikely to levy accusations of sucking. You can't start to suck if you never change. You can't get brilliant and conquer the mainstream, either, but then odds are you weren't gonna do that anyway.
#5. Success Changes You (Into a 400-Foot-Tall Alien)
One of the reasons we love art is for its power to reflect the joys and horrors of daily life. The problem is that the further an artist moves from that life, the less the audience will respond to his or her work, and the more laughable the artist's attempts to relate to regular people will seem, because I'm just Jenny from the block.
Why was their early work so good? Because it was made by people like you. Why is the new album, well, not? For the same reason you don't run into George Lucas in the salad dressing aisle down at the shitty discount grocery store you shop at -- because extremely successful people live on a different planet (we call it $aturn), and the transmissions about ranch life that they beam to our pale blue dot are no longer relevant to us (at least until they go bankrupt and fall to Earth with an Inspiring Comeback Album).
If chasing success motivates you to create great work, then what happens when the dog catches the car, as it were? "Kings of Leon Phase II: The Suckening," apparently.
#4. People Only Have So Much to Say
Imagine you're given a podium and an entire day to talk to an audience about the things that interest and inspire you. It'll be a hell of a speech at first, but after four or five hours, you're gonna be running on fumes, because one can only harbor so many compelling observations. Now spread that meager few hours of content over a career's worth of albums and you can see the inherent problem in uninterrupted decades of artistic production.
A better tactic might be to leave your audience wanting more by cutting your speech after an hour (aka breaking up after a critically acclaimed debut album), but you've got bills to pay, and children to support. And by children we mean all the roadies and merch guys and production staffers and Korean animators who derive their livelihood from the continued existence of your little cottage industry. In other words, as long as sucking pays the rent, this speech is gonna drag on until goddamn midnight.


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MINERAL RIDGE - Karen Capito, 52, of Mineral Ridge, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at her current residence.
Born Oct. 2, 1960, in Warren, she was the daughter of Guy J. Capito and Doris Lapolla.
Karen worked for Comprehensive Logistics as a line worker. She loved the outdoors. However, her main interest was her family and spending time with them.
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Survivors include her mother; her children, Jamie Harper of Mineral Ridge and David Harper of Warren; brothers, Marty (Maureen) Capito of Akron and Tom (Nora) Capito of Niles; sisters, Patty Shelley (David Shaffer) of Niles and Lisa Capito (Bob) of Niles; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father; and son-in-law, Troy A. Jones.
The family would like to give a special thank you to Heather Peyatt and Cathy Lucariello for all their support and kindness.
Per Karen's request, there are no calling hours or services.
Family and friends may view this obituary and send condolences at www.lanefuneralhomes.com.
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on November 11, 2012 - 11:24 AM
A driver early this morning escaped serious injury even though he hit four parked vehicles, flipped his own vehicle and then hit two more vehicles parked on Fillmore Avenue, police reported.
The crash occurred about 4 a.m. in the 2100 block of Fillmore near Drexel Street, where the 34-year-old man was northbound, police said.
He was transported to Erie County Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
Police did not immediately release the driver's name or indicate whether charges were filed.


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After forty years of production, it can sometimes be difficult to believe that the Honda Civic was ever a small economy car. The current car isn't huge, but even the shortest model (the hatchback) is still a full two and a half feet longer than the original 1973 model, and it weighs over a thousand pounds more as well. The Honda Fit now has the role which originally belonged to the Civic, allowing the bigger model to continue packing on the pounds. But the Fit just isn't as cool as the old Civic hatchbacks used to be; it's too utilitarian, too deliberately planned to maximize cargo space. But Honda very quietly rolled out a new concept at the Montreal Auto Show this week, one which very clearly draws inspiration from Civic hatchbacks of the 1970s.
The concept is called the GEAR, and it's actually smaller than the Fit, but with a much sportier look that incorporates elements from the original Civic. The front fascia — particularly the headlight and grille shape — is very '73 Civic, although the quad exhaust pipes on the GEAR are something of a departure from the original design. Inside it's got a customizable center screen which allows the driver to choose the layout they prefer, including a retro display in the spirit of the old Civic. Of course, as AutoGuide reports, Honda's design director Dave Marek said the car is just a design study, and that production is hardly a sure thing at this point. There's also the unavoidable fact that this car made its debut in Montreal while the massive Detroit Auto Show was going on in the States. That isn't the sort of thing that's generally done with a car intended for production, but it's still a very cool concept, and we can always hope that Honda will move forward with it.


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KakaIru aka Kakashi x Iruka. Kakashi Hatake and Iruka Umino are characters from a manga/anime series called Naruto. KakaIru is not as popular than SasuNaru, and it's definitely not canon, but it still has pretty much fans.
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Minnesota FFA Association Announces Career Development Event Winners
Minnesota FFA Association Announces Career Development Event Winners
Winners of the Minnesota FFA Association Career Development Events (CDE) were announced Tuesday at the fourth general session of the 83rd Minnesota FFA Convention at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
The first place team in each CDE earn the chance to represent Minnesota at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana at the end of October. CDEs are competitive activities that tests students' skills in all areas of their respective competition. Scholarships and events are sponsored.
The CDEs are one of many education activities at the state FFA convention in which FFA members practice the lessons learned in agricultural education classes.
The 83rd Minnesota FFA Convention was held April 22-24 in St. Paul and drew 3,000-plus FFA members, advisors and guests from across the state. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. Visit www.mnffa.org for more information.


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Rock legend visiting BJC
UNIVERSITY PARK - Rod Stewart will bring his critically acclaimed "Live the Life" tour to Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center for a show at 7 p.m. Oct. 14. Stewart will be joined at the concert by singer, songwriter and guitarist Boz Scaggs.
The show will mark Stewart's first show at the BJC since its inaugural year, 1996.
Tickets for the show are $65, $85 and $99.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. today through ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Altoona Campus Ticket Outlet, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.bjc.psu.edu, or by calling 800-745-3000.
Acclaimed play to be shown
STATE COLLEGE - The Pulitzer Prize-winning play "No Place to Be Somebody," by Charles Gordone, will be performed by Penn State Centre Stage at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4-5 and Oct. 8-10 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 5 at the Pavilion Theatre on the Penn State University Park campus. There are preview performances at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 3.
The play is set in the middle of the Civil Rights era, on the heels of the Black Power movement, as a black bartender matches wits with a white mobster.
Tickets are $18 per person and $16 for the previews and the matinee. Tickets are $12 for Penn State students with a valid ID. Tickets are available at the Penn State Downtown Ticket Center, Eisenhower Box Office, Bryce Jordan Center, or by calling 863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX.
Novel coming to life in play
UNIVERSITY PARK - A stage adaptation of "The Kite Runner," the international bestseller by physician-turned-author Khaled Hosseini, brings a poignant tale of friendship and betrayal to Penn State's Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8.
The American Place Theatre's adaptation features a single actor, Sorab Wadia, and focuses on the original short story that Hosseini later expanded into the novel.
Tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation are $24 for adults, $10 for University Park students and $15 for those age 18 and younger. Buy tickets online at http://cpa.psu. edu or by calling 863-0255 or 800-ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk and Bryce Jordan Center.
TSO returning to BJC stage
UNIVERSITY PARK - Trans-Siberian Orchestra will celebrate th.eir first 15 years of touring with an encore and final performance of their multi-platinum rock opera, "The Lost Christmas Eve." The show will come to the Bryce Jordan Center at 8 p.m. Nov. 15.
Tickets are $33, $41, $51 and $61 and can be purchased online at livenation .com and Ticketmaster .com, in person at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Altoona Campus Ticket Outlet and Wal-Mart Ticketmaster kiosks or by phone at 800-745-3000.
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HUNTINGDON - After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order to begin an internment program placing Japanese-Americans in internment camps, resulting in the loss of businesses, family breakups and suspension of their civil rights. Juniata College will host a theatrical production based on this shameful chapter in American history called, "Within the Silence," at 7 p.m. Thursday in the ballroom of Ellis Hall on the Juniata campus.
The production is free and open to the public. "Within the Silence" is presented as a companion piece to an art exhibit at the Juniata College Museum of Art, "Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity," which presents art by American artists raised in many different cultures as a way to visually decode how the United States sees itself as a nation.


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The other morning I noticed Carter had a small bag of sugarplums. A couple weeks ago we had gone to a candy store downtown to get some sugarplums for the boys' teachers and then we always get a little bag for ourselves. The teachers' gifts were already wrapped by the store and placed under our tree. I was a bit surprised that we still had some sugarplums left over when I saw Carter with them, but didn't really think more about it.
Later that day I found Noah snooping under the tree amongst the wrapped candy boxes. My eyes got wide as I realized that maybe he had actually opened one of the boxes of sugarplums meant for his teacher. There was one box missing and he confessed (after he made sure he wouldn't be in trouble for telling the truth.) I had a flashback to his other candy incident last year. He hid the contraband in Carter's bed. Already planting evidence.
I have all my Christmas shopping complete, but still need to wrap everything. I am kinda glad my laziness has paid off, so that we could have this heart to heart about not opening presents until you're supposed to. I joke about laziness. If only I could be lazy. That would be super.
I woke up today and had no idea what day it was. I really thought it was Friday and so Noah got a full practice spelling test from me before getting on the bus. Then I realized that his test is tomorrow. Well, he'll be all the more ready.
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Cnooc CEO Touches Down in Cow Town; Says No More Deals on Near-Term Horizon
By Karen Johnson
In a rare media availability in Calgary just about an hour or so ago Cnooc's chief executive told WSJ Canada (and a few others) that the Chinese energy giant isn't looking for any new acquisitions in the near term after completing its $15.1-billion takeover of Canadian oil-sands producer Nexen
Speaking to reporters in a carefully scripted, 30-minute sit-down with international media outlets, Li Fanrong said the Nexen purchase, which closed earlier in the week, is expected to boost Cnooc's production 20% year-over-year, and the Calgary-based producer's portfolio of assets provides significant growth opportunities. It will boost Cnooc's reserves by 30%, he said.
"This is a big deal for any company to pay more (than) 15 billion U.S. dollars. In the very short term, I'm not looking" for any other acquisitions, Mr. Li said. "This is not my priority. My priority is to get this operation right. We need to better realize the full potential of Nexen's resources."
The Cnooc-Nexen deal ranks as the fifth largest acquisitions of a Canadian company by a foreign one, according to Dealogic. It's the largest foreign acquisition to date by a Chinese firm.
Cnooc required Canadian, U.S. and U.K. approval for the deal. In addition to oil sands and shale gas operations in Canada, Nexen hold significant energy assets in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Britain.
Mr. Li didn't disclosed details of the three government approval processes beyond what the company has previously disclosed. Cnooc pledged to make Nexen's offices here the Chinese company's headquarters for its North and Latin American operations. Cnooc will also list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., an interagency group that signs off on strategic foreign investments, was the last government agency to approve the deal. Cnooc and Nexen executives declined to disclose details of that approval process.
"We're not going to get into that. We can't get into the elements of the deal, because of confidentiality reasons," said Kevin Reinhart, Nexen's chief executive, who will continue to lead Nexen businesses.
The deal was approved by the Canadian government late last year after a lengthy review to determine whether the takeover was of net benefit to Canada's economy, a threshold required by federal law for foreign takeovers. Though it approved Cnooc's deal, Ottawa all but ruled out any new deals for majority control of a Canadian oil-sands player by a foreign state-owned entity.


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quote: I am smart enough to reject all the BS that's religion from my life, so I am not influenced by it at all.
quote: UDHR was declared before Bush Jr was even born.
quote: Umm...really? How about Roe vs. Wade where viability is defined as the interim point at which the fetus becomes potentially able to live outside the mother's womb, albeit with artificial aid
quote: It matters because belief in the Bible as anything more than a few philosophical guidelines, is the same as believing Batman/Superman exist
quote: And yet you're foolish enough to believe your life isn't influenced by it. Hilarious.
quote: Give me another...
quote: give me one that says that viability = life, because Roe v Wade doesn't make that distinction.
quote: Prove it.
quote: Prove it. I am not influenced by religion in any aspect of my life. I do not follow any, and I reject all of them.
quote: Here's what Bush did: [his administration announced something in 2001]...
quote: I gave you one and beat you fair and square, no more moving goal posts, you idiot.
quote: I never said viability = life, since even a single cell is life. However Roe vs. Wade argues that viability = human. Let that sink into that cancerous brain of yours.
quote: ... so are the events in the bible and the supernatural powers of Jesus. They are all fiction .
quote: Do you believe in a God, or a supernatural force, or are you a "science guy" believing in evolution?


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S.O.T.B stands for Sex On The Beach
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After the majestic night out (think jewels) and the workaday (think children and art therapy), Princess Kate shifted gears Sunday and took on a surprise turn – as one of four godparents chosen for the son of a university friend in Maldon, Essex, east of London.
Kate, Prince William and 6-month-old Prince George were at the special ceremony for their friends, and the littlest royal was on his best behavior.
"She was here as a godmother, not as a princess," local clergyman Rev. Ken Dunstan, of St. Barnabas Church in Mayland, tells PEOPLE.
"She did what I asked her to do, which was to make the promises that all godparents make."
George was one of a few babies in the 50-strong congregation. There were nine children under 16 including three babies, Dunstan reveals.
"There was a little squeak early on from one of them but after that it was all fine. He behaved himself."
The reverend also adds that Kate was looking "smart."
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Exiled to four years in Siberia, but hailed by the end of his life as a saint, prophet, and genius, Fyodor Dostoevsky holds an exalted place among the best of the great Russian authors. One of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils follows the travails of a small provincial town beset by a band of modish radicals - and in so doing presents a devastating depiction of life and politics in late 19th-century Imperial Russia. Both a grotesque comedy and a shocking illustration of clashing ideologies, Dostoevsky's famed novel stands as an undeniable masterpiece.
©1992 Michael R. Katz (P)2013 Recorded Books
"Excellent translation and narration"
"Devils" (formerly translated as "The Possessed," and sometimes translated as "Demons") is one of Dostoevsky's four great long novels, the others being "Crime and Punishment," "The Idiot," and "The Brothers Karamazov."
First, don't by the version narrated by Patrick Cullen and titled "The Possessed." The narration is poor and the translation is the outdated one by Constance Garnett.
"Devils" is a very political novel and was intended to be so. In order to appreciate it, you should do a little research on the 1869 murder by the Russian revolutionary Nechayev. One of the two lead characters, Peter Stephanovich Verkhovensky, a creepy Charles Manson type, is based on Nechayev. The Wikipedia article on "Demons" is short and informative. It also helps to know a little about Dostoevsky's background because several elements are autobiographical. Last, you might want to print a list of characters because, like all Russian novels, the many patronymic names can be confusing, especially if you're listening. If you do these things you'll experience the full effect.
The plot centers on some brutal, political murders. The setting is the run-up to the Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin and company didn't come out of nowhere. Trouble had been brewing in Russia for some time. "Devils" places events in context. Like all of Dostoevsky's works, the plot is deeply psychological, though there is quite a bit of dry humor and irony (items that are often missed in Dostoevsky's works because the original translator, Constance Garnett, tended to homogenize his phrases). If you're into this thing, "Devils" is a gripping novel.
The narrator is the very accomplished George Guidall. I've listened to many of his readings, such as his outstanding performances in "Crime and Punishment" and "Don Quixote." George is perfect for "Demons." His sharp characterizations, timing, and overall feel are perfect. He has a Slavic background and takes great pride in reading the Russian greats.
Last, I can't say enough good things about this 1992 translation by Russian Studies Professor Michael R. Katz of Middlebury College. Professor Katz reinserts Dostoevsky's intentionally quirky sentence structure which was sadly washed out by earlier translators. I've read that some critics think Doestoevsky wasn't a great stylist as was Tolstoy and others. In my opinion, that's only because early translators failed to pick up his nuances. Dostoevsky was a very careful writer. Many of his supposedly awkward sentences, when carefully translated, reveal great wit and style. I compared Professor Katz's translation to others, such as the acclaimed translation by Pevear and Volokhonsky, and feel that Professor Katz's is the best going.
"Devils" is a great listen if you're willing to put in the time and effort.
"One of Dostoevsky's best"
This is like comparing apples and oranges.
Stavrogin's confession. Pyotr Stepanovich's death scene.
George Guidall's reading is superb. I listened to his reading of Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich and thought this reading every bit as good as that. He imbues his characters with all the life and inner tension that make Dostoevsky's writing so engrossing.
Not a chance. It's too rich and complex to be taken in all at once.
Devils takes a long time to really get going as a novel. Dostoevsky was well aware of this problem, but doesn't seem to have found a solution, although he himself may have been satisfied with the final result. Don't give up on it, though. By the 1/3 mark, the novel finally hits its stride and never lets up until the end. There are enough haunting and beautiful scenes, not to mention some harrowing and grotesque ones, to make this one of Dostoevsky's most memorable novels.
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"I loved the Devil(s) out of the Possessed"
How the Hell do I adequately review this? Once someone hits a certain genius with writing (or other forms of art), it is impossible to really grade their art. How could one grade Beethoven's great symphonies? Is Demons/Devils/the Possessed better than Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, The Idiot? Tell me, do you prefer Matthew, Mark, Luke or John?
Dostoyevsky is writing the gospels man*. Greatness is not a bolus of achievement or a gout of acclaim. It just is. Each of Dostoyevsky's big novels is a piece that is both infinitely frustrating and beautifully perfect at the same time. There was probably more to love (for me) in Brothers Karamazov, but it didn't flow as easily as Demons, but still gah, still I think I love Demons more. No, Brothers K. No. Gah!.
Desert Island book? Forced to pick? To HELL with you I'm taking both or trade my food of foot or future for the second (sealed) book. IT IS that good.
Demons is what you get when you mix a writer who is a philosopher on par with the thinking greats, a writer who is a psychologist on par with the behavioral greats, a writer who is a preacher on par with the moral greats. Oh, and you better damn sure make this writer is hypergraphic.
OK. I'm going to have to calm down, let this stew and seep, think some, sip some, and return and revise. This captures some of the energy I felt closing this book, but doesn't even come close to demanding from me what this book deserves.
* Yes, I kept thinking vaguely of the Big Lebowski as I read this.
Dostoevsky is a master of seeing into the human soul. The way he portrays those precursors to the Bolsheviks give me an eerie feeling. When he describes the ultimate goal of the Devils that descended upon the little town, it was almost as if he was describing the general moral decay we see in our own society.
I am enjoying the performance of this book so much. I'm smirking and giggling and laughing out loud. Bravo to George Guidall!
Will I ever read Dostoevsky again or simply enjoy listening!!
"What is happening?"
I'm seven hours in, and so far I get the sense that FD is playing a joke on the reader. Listening to this is like watching an interminable Seinfeld episode being broadcast in a language you don't know with no subtitles. Normally I'd be all about satire, but never has a story been more expertly crafted to lead the reader into hopeless confusion. Since it's FD, I have to believe it was intentional, but that doesn't make it palatable.
"amazing reader!"
Beautiful, expressive, yet understated reading that does full justice to the irony in the writing. A troubling book that's political satire, dark comedy and a full parade of drama queens! Prescient of the horrors to come in Russia. Totally absorbing.
"Difficult to follow and ultimately not worth it"
I felt pretty cocky when I cued up this book. With several Russian classics under my listening belt, I felt confident about my ability to handle the mystifying naming (patronymics, nicknames, titles), to tolerate snatches of untranslated French, and to go the distance with a lengthy text. Then it all fell apart. I repeatedly lost the thread, could not keep the characters and their backstories apart, or understand the historical, philosophical and political undertones. After a while, I really did not care. Although this is supposedly a political novel and various characters represent various movements or philosophies, the politics did not register, and the characters seem simply vicious or stupid.
Maybe it is all clearer to someone with a background in the history of the era or a strong background in political philosophy. It definitely does not feel universal in the way that it speaks strongly to the reader even if they have no background in the period and the issues.
Crime and Punishment gripped me from page 1. Brothers K was slower and more uneven, but still compelling. But I now think I understand why a modern bookstore offers many copies and translations of each of these books, while Devils has at most one or two.
"Even George can't save this one."
I read this classic twice thinking I'd missed something. In the end I just had trouble paying attention enough to keep track of the story. Given how terrorism is now a daily occurrence, one would think a book about anarchists would be topical. Dostoevsky is examining philosophical debates surrounding nihilism that was a pressing topic in Russian intellectual circles of his day. For me, however, (and I'm guessing for you as well), this book is too dated to engage modern readers. This is the first book Guidall has narrated that I have not liked. Guidall selects his projects well and having his name on the cover is usually a book's best reference. Suffer from insomnia? Buy this book and let George's melodious voice rock you to sleep knowing there's not much of a plot you'll be missing.
"A Brew of Tasteless Devils"
The theme for this novel, which depicts some of the radical political movements that sprang up in late 19th Century Russia, is based on the Gospel account of the devils who asked Christ to expel them from a demon-possessed man into a herd of pigs. That is an interesting premise, but in my opinion did not lead to a particularly interesting novel. While Dostoevsky's skill as a great writer in terms of depicting scenes and personalities are displayed throughout the work, in my view he applied his skills to a story lacking likable or interesting characters and without a clear or coherent plot line. Apart from a peasant woman one encounters near the end of the story, none of these characters appear to have good common sense. Many are detestable people. All the main characters are superficial and confused. The plot lacks a clear beginning, middle and end. It simply ends in a muddle, with the main characters either dead or unaccounted for. Frankly, I was glad to be finished with it, and have no intention of returning or recommending it to anyone I know.
In fairness, there may be something here for readers interested in how Russia could have fallen prey to the Communist extremists of 1917. If the violent scheming and political confusion depicted in this book are an accurate indication of the temper of the times in Russia during that period, the country was prey to all manner of extremist political movements.
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Sony today announced that there are more than 1 million public domain books available through the Google Books project, as Sony continues to battle with Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
"We are committed to ensuring our customers have the freedom to discover and read content from the widest possible range of sources," Sony eBook Store Director Chris Smythe said in a statement. "We're proud to offer access to the broadest range of eBooks today – from hot new releases, to New York Times Best Sellers, to classics and hard to find manuscripts such as those available for free from Google."
Sony's decision seems to be a wise one, as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other providers attempt to increase book catalogs in the increasingly competitive e-book market. Last week, Barnes & Noble, which offers more than 700,000 titles, said it offered the largest online bookstore -- about 350,000 of the total number are Google public domain works.
Amazon, with its Kindle eBook reader, offers 300,000 titles to shoppers. Amazon hasn't publicly disclosed if it will one day include public domain titles.
Another company, Plastic Logic, plan to release an e-reader sometime in early 2010, which will compete against the Kindle, Sony e-book readers, and several other products believed to be in development.
The e-book market is a fickle one, as it's relatively closed off and purchasing books is usually tied to at least one device. For example, Amazon's content can be read only on the Kindle and an iPhone or iPod Touch, but nothing else. The Barnes & Noble titles, however, can be read on RIM's BlackBerry smartphones or the iPhone and iPod Touch, but cannot be read using a Sony e-book reader or the Kindle.
It's possible this closed system may drive away some interested consumers who want the freedom of reading their purchased content on any device.
quote: I hope these eReaders crack open the book market the way the Ipod / Itunes changed music.
quote: Are you saying that shakespeare (or his estate) gets royalties from his books? The $15 charge on shakespeare is purely for the paper and PROFITS to the publisher.
quote: Oh and the fact is, most people just prefer paper to ebooks.
quote: Ebook readers are not going to open up anything. A format you can buy for any device is what is needed. In fact I think ebook readers are just a proprietory way of forcing DRM.


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A: Phew, I've found the exit. Now I only need to walk over to it.
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PIMPS stay up(keeps money) by keeping his down to make that money. Only a true PIMP or hoe would know that though.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Wearing a Lei in Selma, Alabama
August 3, 2013 - Ray Tsuchiyama
In front of the Wailuku Maui County government building there is a small monument (see photos), discrete, low-key, erected in 2006 in honor of the legacy of American Christian social and political reformer Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The monument has his image and the following words etched on stone: "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed".
Compared to my father, uncles and aunts, born and raised in plantation Maui – who easily reached their late 80s or mid-90s, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. had a tragically short life: he died when he was only 39, shot by an assassin. He was well-educated; he graduated with a B.A., a B.D., and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He traveled globally and met leaders and community organizers in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
In 1964 when he was 35 years old he was honored with a Nobel Prize.
In spite of many years of political and social injustice in the United States – Maui residents from Hawai'i's plantation era can relate to (Maui's only fresh-water pool was not accessible to plantation workers nor their families; Nisei soldiers from Hawai'i ready to die in combat fighting Hitler and Fascism in Europe had to use different facilities in the segregated town of Shelby, Mississippi; the Pacific Club did not allow non-Caucasian members until 1968; great barriers existed for many applicants to Big Five firms and banks even until the 1970s) -- King believed in non-violence, and working within the United State democratic system to pass legislation that would outlaw discrimination and disenfranchisement for American citizens.
After all, we began our country with the Declaration of Independence of 1776 with the words "All men are created equal . . ."
Ironically, days after King's assassination, the U.S. Congress finally passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 – a year before Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
Title VIII of the 1968 Act, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, prohibited discrimination in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, religion, or national origin (later expanded to include sex, familial status, and disability) – and was passed four years after the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which addressed "unequal application of voter registration requirements, discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, state and municipal governments from denying access to public facilities on grounds of race, color, religion or national origin, and encouraged the desegregation of public schools".
The 1964 Civil Rights Act covered a lot of ground, but the one area that still hurt many Americans was in residential discrimination, so Rev. King lobbied for the new Civil Rights Act of 1968.
But that is not the end of the King-Hawai'i story, symbolized by a small monument in Wailuku on Maui. In his short 39 years, King visited Hawai'i several times, the first at Statehood in 1959 when he made a significant speech.
When there were barely 40,000 residents on Maui, Reverend King looked at Hawai'i as an "inspiration and as a noble example":
I come to you with a great deal of appreciation and great feeling of appreciation, I should say, for what has been accomplished in this beautiful setting and in this beautiful state of our Union.
As I think of the struggle that we are engaged in in the South land, we look to you for inspiration and as a noble example, where you have already accomplished in the area of racial harmony and racial justice, what we are struggling to accomplish in other sections of the country, and you can never know what it means to those of us caught for the moment in the tragic and often dark midnight of man's inhumanity to man, to come to a place where we see the glowing daybreak of freedom and dignity and racial justice.
Barely six years later, just as the Vietnam War would dominate the nightly TV news, in February 1965 a voting rights activist named Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot dead by Alabama state police in the town of Selma, Alabama.
A month afterward, a young John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC – a major university student association for civil rights of that time) organized a broad coalition of civil rights groups to march 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery.
In spite of the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts that outlawed voting discrimination, Alabama state officials continued to deny U.S. citizens the right to vote at the ballot box, so community activists like Jimmie Lee Jackson was organizing voter-registration drives, similar to volunteers seated at tables at the Maui Mall would do this fall.
It is utterly unimaginable to think in 2013 that an American policeman would take out a pistol and shoot an unarmed individual who was asking people passing by to register to vote in the next election. Today we would think of such an incident as a far-away news item from perhaps Kazakhstan or Zimbabwe, not an American state.
The first march occurred on March 7, 1965 — known as "Bloody Sunday" — when 600 marchers were attacked by state and local police with billy clubs and tear gas. Some marchers were severely injured and were taken to local hospitals. None made it very far in reaching the state capital, their objective. It was like a gauntlet, with police and even armed residents helping to shoot or beat protesters.
The "Selma March" was an early event of our "instant/Live" media age where television reporters (some who were tear-gassed and beaten, as well) were "on the ground" outside the town of Selma from national news channels, like CBS and NBC. American TV viewers from Honolulu to Boston were horrified. Even TV viewers in Japan, France, India and Brazil probably saw the images, so it was became a world-wide phenomenon, an early "viral" media news story.
The second march was held the following week, and resulted in 2,500 protesters turning around after crossing a bridge – again rows of policemen, tear gas, beatings.
Finally, the U.S. Federal government – after continued TV news coverage and a death of a supporter from Boston – acted. Marching about ten miles day, the group was protected by 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers with rifles and pistols; 1,900 members, similarly-armed, of the Alabama National Guard under Federal command; and many FBI agents and Federal Marshals.
The marchers arrived, exhausted, in Montgomery on March 24 and at the Alabama state capitol the day afterwards for a series of speeches, again filmed by television crews.
During this "third Selma march", Reverend King and other marchers were photographed with beautiful white flower leis around their necks (see photos). The leis were gifts from Reverend Abraham Akaka, who was on the Hawai'i State Human Rights Commission (the first in the U.S.) and met King in Honolulu in 1964 when King spoke at a Honolulu conference.
For four short years until King's death in 1968, both the Reverend King and Reverend Akaka, both Christian ministers, had developed a deep friendship, solidarity about love and non-violence.
Of course, we in Hawai'i know of the significance and deep meanings of the flower lei in Hawaiian culture. And so in midst of the terrible beatings, even deaths along this horrific march for human rights in the spring of 1965, shown throughout the world and which accelerated legislation in the U.S. Congress, flower leis from Hawai'i were draped on marchers as we would say now – "channeling" Aloha and peace from across the Pacific to the city of Montgomery, Alabama.
There are Reverend King's simple words uttered during a speech at the end of a 1963 civil rights march at the Washington Monument: "I have a dream". These four words – in the context of his speech – was certainly inspirational, and inclusive, much about Hawai'i, a place that Rev. King loved for our spirit of Aloha, Pono.
These four words are also on the Reverend Martin Luther King. Jr. monument in quiet Wailuku, the County seat of Maui County.
See for more background:
Aloha Never Dies – Hawai'i's Connection to the Civil Rights Movement
Kahu Leis for the March from Selma
Martin Luther King Jr. Salutes Hawai'i Statehood
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Martin Luther King wearing a lei, with others, on a march. In 1965, Hawaii must have been a very exotic, far-away place, as depicted in TV shows like "Hawaiian Eye" or movies like Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" (released in 1961 with a cameo by Hilo Hattie, the iconic Hawaiian dancer/singer/actress/comedienne)


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An absolutely gorgeous girl, great in bed and extremely sexual, really smart, sophisticated, and adorably hilarious. Anda-Lucia is someone who takes a man's breath away. Not to forget her sexy body and her breathtakingly charming appearance! Anda-Lucia is just perfectly wonderful!
There is nothing to compare with Anda-Lucia! She is incomparably unique!
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A region in southern Spain. It is the Spanish equivialant to the American Deep South, as the accent is absolutely horrible.
That girl must be from Andalucia, did you hear her accent?
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Charleston Area Beekeepers Association (CABA) will hold the second annual Charleston Honey and Bee Expo on Sunday, April 7 in Mount Pleasant at Cinebarre Theater, 963 Houston-Northcutt Blvd. Last April the group hosted the first "bee" event in the Lowcountry. The expo is a fun, free, family-friendly event. Beekeepers will answer questions, share educational information, and sell their local honey; there will be live bees and educational displays, presentations, children's games/crafts, free honey-tasting and new honey-cotton-candy for sale.
There will be two bee-related movies; showtimes at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. (Ticket admission is $5 donation to CABA.)
• "Colony" - an intimate look from the perspective of a beekeeping family battling Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the unexplained phenomenon resulting in mass exodus of millions of bees from their hives and threatens not only the livelihood of beekeepers worldwide; but also the world's food supply.
"We admire some documentaries for their artistry and others for their urgency. Rarely do we see a film that combines both those qualities as impressively as this debut by directors Carter Gunn and Ross McDonnell … drawing us into the world of bees and causing us to root for their survival as much as our own." - Thom Powers, Toronto International Film Festival
• "Silence of the Bees" - is the riveting story of the ongoing investigation to identify what is killing the honeybee. Viewers are transported to high-tech labs and locations around the world where scientists race to uncover clues even deep inside honeybee colonies.
CABA is a non-profit organization with members who are beekeepers that manage one or a few hives.
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Konnichiwa Everyone! I wanted to start a new Fourm Topic for general talking and stuff... Where we can talk about anything in general and it won't matter if we go off topic or not... But when I tried to do it I couldn't submit it. Maybe some here could help me figure it out. Arigatou gozai-masu! Dewa Mat,Niji-Hana
interesting huh >.< "everyone knows something but nobody knows everything"
well now there is the manga general section courtsey of the manga admins I will devour their hearts and crap out their souls. They will all taste oblivion....which tastes just like red bull...which is disgusting. -O'malley (RvB)
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Crook County Health Department will be honored at the 2013 annual conference of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, a body of peers, for developing and implementing a program that demonstrates exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need.
Crook County's essay described the effort completed over the last couple of years working with the City of Prineville, County partners, and community members to improve the safety and accessibility of sidewalks, bike paths, and walking paths in the county.
One such effort was a Health Impact Assessment that provided data to the City of Prineville which assisted in their ability to receive a grant to rehabilitate the bike path along Ochoco Creek. The department continues working with partners and is committed to creating a healthy and safe environment for everyone in Crook County.
"Our team is very excited and proud to receive NACCHO's LHD (Local Health Department) of the Year Award. The award is evidence of our department's commitment to developing responsive and innovative public health programs that improve the health of local residents," said Muriel DeLaVergne-Brown, Public Health Director for Crook County.
NACCHO's LHD of the Year Award recognizes and honors outstanding accomplishments of Local Health Departments across the country for their innovation, creativity and impact on their community.
Crook County Health Department was one of 24 applicants and was chosen as the winner for the small category. Each of the three finalists in the small, medium, and large category showed creativity, innovation, sufficient evidence of outcomes and impact on the community, and collaboration with partners, community and key stakeholders.
This award puts Crook County Health Department into special company—a select group of health departments that exemplify a forward thinking, proactive attitude toward protecting and promoting the health of communities across the nation.
For more information about Crook County Health Department go to: http://co.crook.or.us/Departments/Health/tabid/1773/Default.aspx
For more information about the LHD of the Year Award and to view a list of other award winners, go to www.naccho.org.
About the National Association of County and City Health Officials
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the nation's 2,800 local governmental health departments. These city, county, metropolitan, district and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities.


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So, in your opinion, the players need not make any concessions because there are no issues with the league finances right now?
Not at all, thats not what I said.
The problem with Bettman's proposal is that its the players making ALL the concessions. There has to be give and take. So the owners want the players 57% share of revenue cut - OK, offer a 50/50 split but also offer an increase in the minimum salary to say, $600,000. The owners want the length of contracts reduced to 5 years max - OK, but also offer to reduce the age a player reaches UFA by a year. Then you have the basis for a negotiation, rather than the current list of "sign it or we lock you out" demands


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7 'Saved By the Bell' Plots That Prove Zack Is a Sociopath
[From time to time, we at Cracked reach out to some of our favorite writers from around the Web and television and have them write guest columns for us. This week, we're thrilled to introduce you to Erin Mallory Long, whose well-documented obsession with pop culture nostalgia warms our hearts and makes us say "Yes. You. You understand us. We are the saaaame." Enjoy!]
Zack Morris, or Everyone's Favorite Sociopath, as I like to call him, is the master of the scheme. His entire time at Bayside High was spent perpetrating schemes. (While he had excellent schemes in middle school and college as well, for the purposes of this list we'll just discuss his high school schemes.)
Seriously, if Zack isn't doing something heartlessly self-serving, he isn't breathing. Even when he's pretending he's doing something for someone else's benefit or well-being, he ends up screwing them. Like when Lisa has her fashion show and he's SO HELPFUL and then ends up making out with her even though his inexplicable nerd best friend is publicly in love with her.
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This is how supervillains are created.
Zack is not the greatest person (actually, he's one of the worst), but that doesn't stop everyone around him from bending over backward for him and going along with any scheme he decides to cook up.
#7. Buddy Bands/Friendship Forever/Whatever, They're Just Friendship Bracelets, You Guys
In "The Friendship Business," the gang (and everyone who attends Bayside, apparently) gets an assignment to come up with a business. It's kind of like Shark Tank, but with more innovative ideas (Hey-o!), and poor rotund Mr. Tuttle is the teacher, but then he also teaches driver's ed? Who is this guy?
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With hair like this? A God.
When Mr. Tuttle gets to Zack's group, no one has an idea. Enter Zack Morris: The Fixer. Lisa brought in some funky bracelets (no one at Bayside has ever heard of a friendship bracelet apparently) that the Fashion Club made, and Zack thinks, "Great, I had nothing to do with this product, but I'll pitch it to Tuttle!" Everyone loves the idea and Zack elects himself president, as per usual.
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"I'm just preparing you for elections with rich white guys in adulthood."
But then Zack, who is merely the overlord of this company, demands that Lisa not sleep and make as many bracelets as humanly possible. For no money. He wants one of his best friends. A black woman. To work in inhumane conditions for no money.
He is a slave driver.
When the group splits up, he is still a tyrant and sells Screech into slavery, offering him as a "friend" that comes with each bracelet. So Zack Morris is also taking a kind of lame product and forcing Screech upon everyone who buys one. How is this a business incentive?
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His real name is Samuel Powers. "Screech" is his slave name.
Zack, conniving dude that he is, sabotages the Jessie/Kelly/Slater rival product, Buddy Bands, by giving one to Mr. Belding, so obviously then everyone immediately hates Buddy Bands.
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It would remain the worst hairline/headband coverup until LeBron turned pro.
Despite Zack having ruined ... everything, the gang gets back together because they saw Zack pouting and they are all controlled by him so they end up making up with HIM. So they team back up and make Love Cuffs instead, which is disgusting.
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Lisa knows where that hand's been. She knows.
#6. Zit-Off Zit Cream
"Cream for a Day" kicks off with Zack in chemistry class with Screech, who's sporting a pimple (his first ever), which he's named Murray, because Screech is kind of a weird dude. They're mixing something with something else when Screech adds ... a third thing that causes the chemical mixture to explode all over his face. So obviously, having an unstable chemical mixture explode all over your face in chemistry is no cause for alarm in the world of Bayside. But when Zack sees Screech again, he realizes his pimple is gone! It must be from that stuff that exploded on your face, Screech! (By the way, Zack has no ideas of his own except Make Money All the Time and Hurt My Friends in the Process, making him one of the most honestly rendered capitalists of all time.)
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"One percent is also how much I actually care about you ... just kidding, it's zero."
Zack's on again/off again girlfriend, Kelly, is whining because she has a pimple, too! How weird! And it's time for Homecoming and no one is going to elect her Homecoming Queen with a pimple on her face. Those are the rules of Homecoming Court politics!
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"You're lucky we don't lock you in a tower to ring the period bells, Kellimodo."
By this point Zack is already packaging and selling this weird cream in the halls of Bayside (because of course). You know how you couldn't walk from chemistry to history without some kid trying to sell you something? High school, am I right?
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"With every purchase you get half off at the farmer's market by calculus."
Turns out the pimple cream turns your whole face maroon. Not red -- maroon. Well, this is just terrible, as we already learned that Homecoming Court elections are based entirely on how you look the day of the elections.
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Kind of blackfacey?
Because everyone in the school is an idiot, I guess, Zack is the only one who figures out "Hey, isn't our school color maroon?" and again saves the day. On the one hand, he is clearly a marketing genius on par with whoever came up with the idea to make tacos out of Doritos. But the day wouldn't need saving if Zack wasn't always trying to swindle money from his classmates, so who's really the winner here?
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#5. "Girls of Bayside" Calendar
"Model Students" starts by revealing that the school store is run by The Nerds. But, as we learned during prom, Kelly is poor, so she has to work there. Zack takes over the school store, because everyone listens to him no matter what he wants, The Nerds only sell stupid stuff, and Zack can do way better through manipulation and trickery.
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The "Jobs method."
At the start, no one comes into the school store. Zack's solution? Take "secret" pictures of the girls at swim practice. Does he take the pictures? Of course not. He sends Screech to take them and then has cardboard cutouts made of Lisa, Kelly, and Jessie and turns the pictures into a "Girls of Bayside" calendar.
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Apparently each swim practice starts with "warmup Baywatching."
So he took photos of teenage girls (his friends and girlfriend) without their permission, blew them up, and sold them for a profit. But because he's Zack, instead of the cops, a "teen fashion" photographer sees the calendar and loves it. So Jessie, Lisa, and Kelly, who were all upset about the calendars, are immediately wooed by the photographer and then beg Zack to suggest them for a special photo shoot in Paris. (It even results in Jessie calling him "Zacky," which is horrifying on many, many levels.)
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It's like a pseudo-Showgirls prequel.
Of course hottie Kelly is picked as the teen model to go to France. But, I'm sorry, what's that? Zack is concerned about her going to Paris for a month? Of course he is.
So he scams and lies and manipulates everyone to get Kelly to stay. He makes Kelly feel guilty about missing the swim meet and not being Slater's science lab partner, and then when Kelly invites everyone to her shoot, Zack says she didn't invite them so that they'll hate her.
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"Then she started totally started throwing out racial slurs about Slater and Lisa. Sorry, guys."
To recap, Zack takes his girlfriend's picture without her permission, publishes the pictures for the whole school, and then sabotages her chance at actually being successful. And he evens owns up to it, and Kelly's just like, aww, I still love you.
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#4. Driver's Ed
Turns out teenagers want to drive cars! Who knew? Zack feels fine about the whole thing and is in driver's ed with Mr. Tuttle and the whole gang until it turns out that Slater has a sweet ride and *SHOCK* he turns 16 next week and can take Kelly out driving whenever he wants!
This is Zack's time to shine. As long as by "shine" we mean "be a terrible human being but have no lasting consequences." What do you call a sociopath whose closest companions LET him continue to be a sociopath? You call him Zack Morris.
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With great power comes great douchebaggery.
Zack's brilliant scheme here involves getting Slater kicked out of driver's ed so he won't be able to take his car out and thus won't be able to drive Kelly around. So, through a series of schemes (one part involving Screech and a Mr. Tuttle impression), Zack gets Slater in the "driver's ed car" (which is a golf cart) in the school hallway outside of Mr. Belding's office.
But -- whoops! -- Kelly shows up and hops in the car and then they crash into some lockers and Kelly bumps her head. Kelly, Zack's girlfriend who he just gave a "dating but not going steady" ring to, got hurt in the process of him trying to sabotage Slater.
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This also serves as visual foreshadowing of rest of their careers.
Screech spills the beans, and for two seconds they try to mess with Zack and pretend Kelly's injury caused amnesia (classic), but they give up pretty quickly. Then Kelly and Slater try to take the fall before Zack finally is like "Oh, right, I did it."
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Does she immediately forgive him? Of course she does.


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ATF investigating after incendiary devices damage two businesses in Hurst
Federal investigators are seeking the public's help in identifying those responsible for tossing four Molotov cocktails through the windows of adjoining businesses in Hurst.
Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were called Sunday morning by Hurst police and fire officials who had responded to a call at 1240 Southridge Court, according to ATF public information officer Andrew Young. The address is shared by the law firm of Ginger Weatherspoon and Falcon Petroleum Resources.
Young said four incendiary devices containing flammable liquid were thrown through the windows of the two businesses. One of them ignited, causing a small fire. He described damages as minimal. It's unclear which business may have been the target.
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June 13, 2010
Green Day took the stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 13, singing two songs "Holiday" and "Know Your Enemy". The Billie Joe Armstrong-fronted band were joined by cast of "American Idiot" musical during the performance.
Prior to that, host Sean Hayes kicked off the Sunday ceremony with a piano medley of Broadway and classical tunes. Supporting him for the opening number included "Million Dollar Quartet" cast, Chad Kimball from "Memphis" and Kristin Chenoweth from "Promises, Promises".
Later, Hayes received applause from audience when he shared a passionate kiss with Chenoweth
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The Tony Awards is not the event where you expect to see punk rockers center stage -- but then again, 'American Idiot' is not your typical Broadway musical. Green Day rocked the stage at the Tony's 64th awards show last night (June 13), performing with the cast of their acclaimed 'American Idiot' musical, which was nominated for three awards. Billie Joe and co. kicked off the event with a loud, raucous performance that ensured that no matter what, their performance would be the one that everyone would remember.
[Full review at Billboard.com]
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As mentioned, Green Day will be coming home to the Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco, CA on September 4th. Your Idiot Club presale for the Shoreline Amphitheatre is going on NOW thru Friday via Ticketmaster (coupon code required).
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On Friday 11/13 at 1PM PST John Roecker director of 'Heart Like A Hand Grenade' will answer your questions live on the Green Day Facebook Page. Stay tuned for instructions on how to submit your questions: HERE
November 09, 2015AMERICAN IDIOT RELOADED came to a spectacular end yesterday and today we have learned it is nominated for SEVEN BroadwayWorld awards!
You decide the winners by voting! VOTE for AMERICAN IDIOT in the following SEVEN nominations:
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- Best Direction of a Musical (Local Production)- Marco Gomez
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- Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Local Production) - Andrew Diego [St. Jimmy]
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Tré's wife, Sara Rose is performing with her band One Less Zero this weekend in the San Francisco Bay area. Don't miss them!
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News from IDIOT NATION:
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Shawn Johnson's DWTS Injury Is a 'Devastating' Reminder of Olympic Retirement
The result of Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough's cha cha on Monday night's Dancing with the Stars wasn't anything to frown about – but it left the gymnast feeling blue.
Rehearsing for the country-themed night Johnson, 20, re-injured her knee, giving her a painful reminder of how her Olympic career ended.
"It took me back too much," she told PEOPLE backstage after the dance. "The first thought I had was the Olympics. I mean I lived two full years in training just constantly having to deal with pain, and push it out of my mind, being as that's what took me out of the Olympics. Feeling that again was devastating."
Adds the athlete, "The thought of that taking me out of this – I hated it. I felt overwhelmed. You can say I got really emotional. And the pain on top of it crushed me."
But Johnson is taking the necessary steps to recover.
"I've been doing therapy all week, and it's just going to be maintenance of keeping my body healthy and paying attention to it. It's always the little things that get you hurt."