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The holiday season -- it's a time for buying and giving.
And if you like to shop local and give local, now there is an app for that.
The mobile app is called RallyCause, and was developed last June by a trio of entrepreneurs--including marketing expert Lisa Flynn--as a way to encourage Central Oregonians to shop local, while also donating to local causes.
More than 400 people, 30 businesses and 35 causes have have joined forces this season, all to help families in Central Oregon.
"It's really all about community," Flynn said Saturday. "And we were really pleased to see that more people were more motivated to use it, if they could donate that small discount, rather than save it themselves."
RallyCause works like a coupon. Once downloaded onto your smartphone, you can shop at participating businesses, get discounts on products -- and then give the savings to a participating nonprofit of your choice.
"Customers are much more willing to to use it, because it's a cause they are picking -- and again, they can change their cause whenever they want to," Flynn said.
Bellatazza coffee shop owner Stewart Fritchman said he didn't have to think twice about joining the RallyCause program.
"It was absolutely the right thing for Bellatazza," Fritchman said. "I get probably three requests a day of people wanting donations, and this is the perfect solution for these requests."
RallyCause not only brings in donations, but makes shopping about more than a quick transaction.
"It's so much more than a just a coupon or just a discount," Flynn said. "It's really a moment where these few people are doing something good for the community together, and everybody is smiling."
"It creates so much excitement,"Fritchman said. "The people that are coming in are recognizing it as this is a new piece of our regular habit, and we want to donate too. It gives a point of connection between the guests and the people behind the counter."
To help promote the app, street teams gave away hundreds of pairs of red gloves to Bend's First Friday Art Walk participants, each with the simple message on them: "Lend a Helping Hand."
The Bend firm recently got the second-place prize of $55,000 at the Bend Venture Conference.
Already, the program has expanded from Bend to Redmond, Sisters and over the Cascades to Eugene, according to its Website, with plans to soon add Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego and more cities in California and Colorado.
You can find out more about it and download the app at www.rallycause.com


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Stodgy stocks in unglamorous industries are often rock-solid cash cows. Nobody cares if you're not setting the world on fire -- as long as you can ratchet up dividend payments on a regular basis.
Garbage disposal specialist Waste Management (NYSE: WM ) is a poster boy for this strategy. I dare you to come up with a less attractive business than disposing of the refuse of our modern world. Somebody has to do it, though, and Waste Management has found a way to squeeze prodigious amounts of cash out of the dirty work -- and it's returning oodles of it to shareholders. You could set a clock by the company's dividend boosts.
The payouts make a huge difference for investors. In terms of plain share prices, Waste Management has trailed the Dow Jones (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) over the long term. But assuming you took dividends along the way to reinvest them in more shares, the picture changes dramatically:
The 4.1% dividend yield and impeccable history of increases make Waste Management a solid income stock. The yield stands back to back with fellow income favorites in far more ritzy markets. Microchip giant Intel and oil transportation specialist Magellan Midstream Partners both match Waste Management's generous yield exactly. Ubiquitous fast-food guru McDonald's can only muster a 3.4% yield. Garbage handling may not be sexy, but it's an investable enterprise totally on par with semiconductors, black gold, and everyday consumer staples.
Waste Management has been a longtime favorite of dividend seekers everywhere, but the share price performance over the last few years has left many investors wanting. If you're wondering whether this dividend dynamo is a buy today, you should read our premium analyst report on the company. Just click here now for access.

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Well, as you say... The game does nvolve ALOT of backtracking... Get an item... go to the person, go back to another place... get item.. go back to same person.
But as with all Zelda games, there is puzzles, some you have to think really hard about... Which makes the game more challenging... in a different way though!
and yes he can walk, altough he is a lazy ass, so he also gets teleported eveywhere :P
The camera angles you see you cannot change (Except to shift it to 'links' line of sight with "Z")


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text: As in many new developments across London, a strip of ridged pine decking running across the space is to be found on a new terrace. Here this was compensated by nice glass screening and so we concentrated on creating some new planter prototypes. The client, an artist, wanted something creative, colourful and contemporary - yet very low maintenance. Photograph by Lucy Fitter.


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Seemingly on cruise control, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) ended a sixth straight day of gains by closing at all-time highs for a fourth straight day. Today's buying was driven by February unemployment numbers showing that the unemployment rate declined to 7.7%. During this week, where investors bid shares higher on hopes the Fed would continue its stimulus program, the Dow posted 2.2% gains. Blue chips added 67 points, or about 0.5%, to close at 14,397 on Friday.
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS ) was today's top blue chip gainer, adding 1.9% today. The gain wasn't magical in the least; in fact, it was quite logical. Wall Street poured into shares after learning that the lovable trio of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia will all be portrayed by the original actors in the next Star Wars installment. Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm for $4 billion in October 2012, is shooting for a 2015 release date for the seventh film in the series.
After two straight days of crushing its blue chip counterparts, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) fizzled to end the week, finishing 1.5% lower, at the bottom of the Dow. Still, with the kind of week B of A put together, as investors cheered the way the bank handled stress tests, shares still ended with 6.4% gains. Today's slip may have been partially caused by investors wanting to lock in gains.
Nine of the 10 major sectors ended Friday with gains, and none made off better than the consumer and cyclical sector, which added nearly 0.6% today. Premium mattress powerhouse Tempur-Pedic (NYSE: TPX ) gave the sector a boost, jumping 5.8% today. Investors piled into the shares after learning that the planned acquisition of Sealy was approved by the FTC, a union that will strengthen competitive positioning significantly.
Of course, a rising sector does not a stock make. Phillip Morris (NYSE: PM ) , despite also being a consumer stock, slipped 0.8%. Less than 30% of all stocks traded today lost value ... so what did it do wrong? Where there's smoke there's fire, right? Usually that's right, but today, there wasn't much pushing it lower. That said, longer-term, the tightening grip of regulation, and the steady uptick of debt on big tobacco's balance sheets remain two major areas of concern for investors in the area.
Tobacco companies have been under siege in the U.S. for decades, as waves of litigation, regulation, and anti-smoking campaigns have given the industry a black eye. Yet, Philip Morris International focuses on overseas markets, where business prospects generally look brighter. Investors have been happy with its stock's performance, but is Philip Morris still a buy? Find out in The Motley Fool's premium research report on the company, which includes in-depth analysis of its opportunities and challenges ahead. To claim your report just click here now.


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The engines rumbled to life in the predawn dark on Thursday, more than 30 sport boats headed offshore to launch the oldest billfishing event in the state, the 46th annual Blue Marlin Tournament in Georgetown.
The first casts were the beginning of the annual South Carolina Governor's Cup Billfishing Series, this year a five-tournament competition that is the signal flag on the lines of a recreational fishing industry said to bring $600 million per year to the coastal economy.
Their boats are top of the line. They pay thousands of dollars each to enter different categories in the tournament, thousands more to get into pools of extra cash awards and hundreds of dollars each run in fuel alone.
But these anglers bring something bigger to the table: the future of fishing off the Lowcountry coast. And many of them don't even realize how important they are.
When the boats pull back to the docks, state wildlife officers are waiting to record what they caught, where they caught it, the bait and hooks they used and other details.
The information goes into a database that has been compiled for more than 30 years. It's the only detailed catch history of its kind in the East if not the country.
Meanwhile, from that record the S.C. Department of Natural Resources has expanded to track meat fish such as tuna, wahoo and dolphin fish, as well as billfish caught year-round.
So, the database has become an unrivaled, sought-after resource for tracking a lot of popular offshore fish — pivotal to state, federal and now international fishery managers such as the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas trying to save the prized, disappearing food fish. The DNR tracking may well end up being the thing that keeps sought-after fish in the ocean off the Lowcountry, and keeps anglers like the tournament competitors coming after them.
"South Carolina has the best data set for its offshore fisheries. Period," said fishing researcher Don Hammond. He ought to know. It was his idea more than 30 years ago. Today, he's about to incorporate the dolphin fish data into his research for Cooperative Science Services, his company.
'Unit of effort'
Those pricey sports boats in the billfish series are the new faces in a centuries-old lineage of ketches, schooners, sidewheelers and the like that are the heritage of the Lowcountry. Theirs is the coast that used to be defined by commercial fishing and shrimping.
Both industries have been strangled by tighter catch restrictions on the fish they're after, fish that regulators say are caught too often to sustain the population. The commercial boats have disappeared one by one. Meanwhile, more than 80,000 South Carolina residents hold saltwater fishing licenses, a number that does not include out-of-state license owners and some tourist anglers. More than 2 million recreational trips per year are run offshore.
The DNR needs the data it compiles to keep the whole works afloat. The data is far richer than a simple record of catch numbers, it's an equation of catches based on "unit of effort," how many hooks in the water for how long. It's comprehensive to the point of factoring in times when the other lines on a boat are pulled out while a big catch is wrestled in.
If all the tournaments were doing that, and had been doing it, stock assessments would be far more accurate, said Wally Jenkins, who coordinates the billfish series and the data records for DNR.
As just one example, the billfish boats last year caught a total 32 white marlin, one of the species regulators are worried about. But, "that's a pretty decent number for something that's supposed to be endangered," Jenkins said.
Catch and release
The day before the Blue Marlin Tournament opened, Jim Johnston was aboard Big Sky, fitting out the boat he traded his Montana retirement for.
Johnston, 68, has fished in the tournament for every one of its 46 years. He used to own the Georgetown Landing Marina where it's held. If there's a rival to DNR's record history, it's him. He can reel off the number of boats that competed and the fish caught in the early years. He can talk sizes and strategies.
"I almost know it by heart," he kidded. Yet, "I don't know that anybody other than DNR is as aware of it as I am."
Most anglers, though, have come to expect the DNR officers as soon as they hit the dock. It's one more formality that makes for the event's import and pageantry. Everybody knows what's at stake. The series stresses catch and release, and touts that some nine of every 10 fish hooked are put back.
And coincidentally enough, billfish catch numbers have climbed dramatically for nearly a decade after holding steady for years, while meatfish numbers keep tanking. You can't attribute that to the tournament's catch-and-release, but it's a nice affirmation. The catch records are "really a pioneer state program focused on benefiting recreational fishermen," Hammond said. "It's something we can take pride in."
Reach Bo Petersen at 937-5744, @bopete on Twitter or Bo Petersen Reporting on Facebook.
Ten men carry an 881.8 pound blue marlin to the scales that confirmed it as the new state record on June 2, 2005, during the Charleston Harbor Billfish Tournament.×
Wallace Jenkins of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources measures a dolphin fish during the Bohicket Marina Invitational Billfish Tournament held May, 2011.×
Metro - SPORTS-- Don Hammond, a 59-year-old marine fisheries biologist who lives in James Island, is discovering how far dolphin are willing to swim and what paths they tend to take. As part of his dolphin research project, 1,325 fishermen have helped him tag 8,700 dolphin. Of those, 242 have been recaptured. Provided×
Don Hammond, a 59-year-old marine fisheries biologist, is discovering how far dolphin fish are willing to swim and what paths they tend to take.×


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Behind the Scenes: The Secret Spaces 'In Between'
Brundage Snow Blog
September 26, 2012 by April
Brundage Mountain's trail map doesn't list all of the names of runs and off-trail ski areas inside the boundary. Employees have created a long list of unofficial names to describe these spaces 'in between'.
Ski Patrollers, charged with rescuing people within the perimeter of the ski area, have an especially descriptive list of names for the places that visitors wander into and get into trouble.
For instance, "Stupid Boy Creek" is located between 45th Parallel and Temptation and was named by a couple of volunteer patrollers.
One out-of-state skier who got stuck in "Stupid Boy Creek" declared, "Boy, was that appropriately named."
"Smoked Salmon" is the glade below the Cat Track, adjacent to Temptation, and if skiers and boarders do not traverse over to Temptation in time, they get stuck in "Stupid Boy Creek." The name "Smoked Salmon" came from smelling a burning slash pile when they logged the area. "You could smell the smoke all season," said patroller Jimmy Bryan.
The difficulty of the terrain in the Hidden Valley area has led the patrollers to name runs: Terminator, Preparation H, Backbreaker Rocks, North and South Nozzle, and Richard Noggins Nob.
Several paid and volunteer patrollers have been heard to say, "I can't stand going out on the Goat Trail."
All of these places you won't find on the trail map are part of the living, breathing history of Brundage Mountain.
Brundage Mountain is proud to announce the release of our new book, Brundage Mountain: The Best Snow in Idaho, on Saturday, October 6, at Shore Lodge, from 4-7 pm.
In Boise the release party is on Tuessday, October 9, at the Idaho Historical Museum at noon. Author Eve Chandler will be available to sign books at both events.
Those unable to attend can order their copy of Brundage Mountain: The Best Snow in Idaho through our secure checkout here.


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Is this Taiwan news really worth 5%?
Is a DEAL finally at hand? Could be likely based upon the SHAKE a week + ago.
I am still shaken from thinking to Sell !!!! that cant be it ?????? maybe hidden News or Leked great earnings...Still lovin it!!!!!!
Sentiment: Buy
I'm new to this stock...Very nice base around 13 for about 6 weeks...Looks like sellers are on strike.
Good fundies and technicals here...why sell now?


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Before I go insane due to WOWHOBBIES
I don't know if wowhobbies reads these forums, but I have seen that numerous people on this forum have complained or have been through similar ordeals as myself.
My story....
I bought a UFO MX400 a month ago and have been dealing with wow to try to get it off the ground. Initially it took several weeks just to receive the item, then when I did, one of the motors had a stutter. I contacted wow immediately to advise them that what they sent wasn't working. No response for a few days.
They said they had not received several of my emails...must've gone to spam or elsewhere. Following that response, I received responses back and forth, days in between without any response. Wow insisted that it's the esc after many emails and two weeks later finally decided to mail me another (they said they were waiting for my response on whether I wanted a new esc or not..which again, the emails back to them with my reply of YES, must of went to spam or their trash box. 4 days later I receive a "new" esc in a envelope in a sandwich bag wrapped with what almost resembled a paper towel
Did they really think this was going to resolve the issue..sending me what appears to be a used esc, in a sandwich back and envelop shipped usps?
Now instead of one motor twitching and stuttering I have two motors stuttering.
I have written to wow yet again to fix this issue immediately or to refund me my money. Awaiting a response, and I'm sure it'll be another six forevers before I hear back. I type this to you as a warning moreso then anything. And for those of you whom have gone through similar ordeals, I feel your pain and should've heeded your advise. Nevertheless, I'm more then tempted to get a class action law suit on these people. They have my money and many others like myself whom Im sure, it gets to a point where the customer just finally gives up and wow is left with what..your money and less useless items in their warehouse.
I also say this because perhaps wow could learn from companies like apple, who sell the ipad for close to what they sell the mx... apple has there share of irate customers I'm sure. However, I remember the apple prior to Jobs passing whom believed that customer service and satisfaction ment everything. A happy customer was a returning customer. In these economic times, it's difficult to scrounge up a few bucks to have some fun. It's not only considered bait and switch / theft presented by a company such as wow to do what they do, but also, is added frustration to those like myself whom take that time to figure out a way to scrounge up the money to get this only to have a paper weight. If this is what they advertised, a paper weight costing $400 or more) then I would say I'm the sucker. And perhaps I am the sucker that didn't read the "fine print" or the fact that they refer people to this forum for "tech support".
If anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with these people, please suggest... I really can't do this anymore. I'm ready to contact our family lawyer and let them take care of it..which I believe, once I point them in the direction of this forum..they may have a field day shutting that company down with a class action suit.
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A lawsuit is the answer ?
Never ceases to amaze how many people threaten a lawsuit and think this is the way to solve their problems. It's doubtful they have any idea how long, and tedious, and expensive the proposition is, but it probably feels like it's a good thing to say. And class action, very very difficult to get certified.
The op's time frames don't really add up. it looks like they ordered something, got it, flew it, complained about it, then got a replacement receiver in the span of 30 days. That doesn't sound like horrible service.
I saw on the other thread you posted on the vendor responded repeatedly, although didn't appear to appease most.
Rather than threatening a lawsuit/class action that would never happen, or go "insane", why not file a PP dispute or just issue a chargeback?
Local hobby shops may be better to deal with if possible, that way you can deal with them face to face.
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First off it pays to have friends that are lawyers willing to help in instances such as these. However, like you said I know it's a long drawn out process. So I'll thank you for your advice as I went ahead and filed a dispute in the meantime. We'll see how that goes.
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Even friends who are lawyers wouldn't go anywhere near what you have described, doesn't sound like a pattern or practice of bad faith behavior.
That being said, when it comes to my money and a problem, I want it back as soon as possible. If I'm not heard the first time, I go to PP, Visa, or Amex to do my talkin! They haven't failed me yet.
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Have been dealing with wow and the cc company on this issue now nearing 2months. Have also contacted my lawyer on the matter. The longest wait I've ever gone through for a simply remedied issue (aka. You sold me junk give me my money back...done). Sad that such a company as wow has a nice place when you google helicopters as slot one/two in search. All the easier for them to market into taking other people's money blindly. Lesson learned.....
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Under the direction of Drs. Huffnagle and Young, the following equipment (and training) for microbiome and inflammation research are located in 6200 MSRBIII and 4618 Med Sci II and available for use without cost to Center Members:
Germ-free & Gnotobiotic Mouse Facilities
The germ free mouse resource at the University of Michigan was established by Dr. Kathryn Eaton and consists of two barrier-isolated animal rooms (880 square feet) located near the Microbiome Lab in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building. It currently houses a total of 12 gnotobiotic isolators, as well as 200 square feet of office and storage space. Four of the isolators are large, capable of holding up to 50 mouse cages each. These are used to house breeding pairs of mice and are maintained completely germ free at all times. Eight isolators are smaller and capable of housing up to 12 mouse cages. These are used as quarantine, surgical, and experimental isolators and used to house germ-free or experimentally colonized mice depending on the experimental protocol. Sterility is maintained by routine methods and ensured by weekly aerobic and anaerobic bacterial culture. Routine monitoring of sterility will be performed by weekly aerobic and anaerobic culture and Gram-stains of feces and moistened chow and by serologic and molecular monitoring of sentinel mice. Germ-free mouse strains are derived by embryo transfer. A breeding colony of germ-free Swiss Webster mice (currently over 150 mice) is maintained for use as embryo transfer recipients, vasectomized male breeders, and breeding stock. Superovulated donor mice are mated, and blastocysts are collected aseptically and transferred to the germ-free hood. Pseudopregnant recipients are aseptically removed from the isolators to the hood, and blastocysts are transferred to the uterus. In some cases embryos are collected and frozen until pseudopregnant recipients are available. Frozen two cell embryos are transferred to the Fallopian tube. The recipient mice are placed into a quarantine isolator until the pups are weaned and sterility is assured, and then the pups are transferred to one of the breeding isolators. Surgeries and related procedures are performed by trained surgical technicians with the assistance of staff in the U of M transgenic core.
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Under the direction of Dr. Robert Lyons, the University of Michigan's DNA Sequencing Core is located near the Microbiome Lab in Medical Science Research Building II. It provides U-M investigators access to automated DNA sequencing technology on a recharge basis. The Core processes samples primarily on ABI Model 3730 sequencers. Two Next-Gen pyrosequencing platforms are available at the Sequencing Core: the Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx and the Roche 454FLX Genome Sequencer. Although available for microbial genome sequencing, the use of these two sequencers is primarily for mammalian genome sequencing.
The bioinformatics support for the Microbiome & Inflammation Core will be directed by Dr. Patrick Schloss and is located in 5713 Med Sci II and 6200 MSRBIII. Additional bioinformatics and computer support for the project will be provided by the University of Michigan Center for Computational Medicine (www.ccmb.med.umich.edu) including analytic tools on high-performance computers.
T-RFLP data will be analyzed using a program developed in our laboratory called K9 (this program runs under OSX 10.4.x or above and is freely available under the GNU public license (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jre/Microbiome_Core/K9.html). This program has been designed to streamline the analysis T-RFLP data by pulling together functions from many different sources in to one discrete and easy-to-use package. Detection of specific TRFs is carried out using slight modifications of the R (http://www.r-project.org) and Perl scripts that use a statistical method to separate "true" peaks from noise and then bins TRFs of similar size. Once binned, the Bray-Curtis distance is determined for each of the groups, a hierarchical cluster analysis of the binned TRFs is performed and a dendrogram displaying the relatedness between communities generated.
All DNA sequences will be analyzed using a phylotype and OTU-based approach, using the algorithms implemented in mother. Phylotypes have the advantage of basing an analysis on previously defined taxonomic lineages for which we have some phenotypic knowledge. The challenge of this approach is that there is no standard taxonomy and all taxonomies are incomplete as demonstrated by the myriad new lineages identified in nearly every microbial ecology study. OTU-based approaches overcome these limitations by allowing the data to speak for themselves in forming groupings for any genetic distance threshold. All sequences will be assigned to a phylotype using the 16S rRNA classifier implemented within mothur, which is based on a naïve Bayesian approach. Because there is discordance in the taxonomies used by different sources, we will use multiple taxonomies including that of the RDP, greengenes, SILVA, and NCBI. Phylotype assignments will be summarized by generating pie charts, heat-maps, and bar graphs for each sample. Sequences will also be assigned to OTUs by calculating pairwise sequence distances that will be clustered using an unsupervised furthest neighbor (i.e. complete-linkage) algorithm using mothur. A representative sequence will be identified from each OTU and processed through the taxonomy classifier in order to associate each OTU with a phylogenetic anchor. Based on the number of sequences assigned to each phylotype or OTU, we will use mothur to calculate non-parametric estimators of richness and diversity within individual samples (e.g. Chao1, ACE, Shannon index). These frequency data will also be used to compare the membership and structure of communities by generating dendrograms based on commonly used b-diversity metrics (e.g. Jaccard, Morisita-Horn indices). We will make use of the datasets deposited in the Human Microbiome Project's Data Analysis and Coordination Center (DACC; http://www.hmpdacc.org) to perform meta-analyses comparing the community structure of our samples to those from other investigators. These dendrograms will enable us to use indicator analysis, which can identify OTUs that are responsible for the structure of the tree. In addition, we will use t-tests and analysis of variance on each phylotype or OTU to identify those populations that are differentially represented under different conditions.
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About Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimer's disease is a mental disorder named after a German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who was the first to describe it in the year 1906. Researchers have learned a great amount of information about Alzheimer's disease in last century since Dr. Alzheimer first drew focus on it. Today we are more aware about Alzheimer's disease and its symptoms and we are much better prepared for its treatment.
Alzheimer's disease is progressive
Till date there has been no treatment to halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease. More than 5.3 million people are suffering from Alzheimer's disease in United States alone. The neurologic progression of Alzheimer's results in permanent loss of neurons in the brain cells specifically in the cortex and the hippocampus. Some of its clinical characteristics are progressive impairment in memory, inability to make judgments, failure at decision-making, and reduction of orientation to physical surroundings and vulnerable language. Alzheimer's develops with passage of time.
Alzheimer's disease is fatal
Today Alzheimer's is one of the leading causes of death in the world. It is predicted that by 2050, 1 out of 80 deaths on our planet will be due to Alzheimer's disease. Sufferings in Alzheimer's are worst as it affects work, behavior, cognition and eventually the social life of a victim. The destruction in brain cells ultimately obstructs the basic functioning of brain causing death of the victim.
Prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is variable
Survey results show that the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease varies according to the victim's age, lifestyle, ethnicity, geographical conditions, amount of stress, etc. a perfect diagnosis can be made only at an autopsy. After observing the statistics of the victims of Alzheimer's, it shows that prevalence of Alzheimer's is approximately 60 percent among the people over 90 years of age, 1 percent among the people of 60 to 65 years of age and its occurrence among the people below 40 years of age is rare.
Alzheimer's disease is incurable
Alzheimer's has no cure till date and the existing treatments offer relatively less indicative help but are mostly palliative. While treatment for occurring symptoms, proper services and aid makes life better for the people having Alzheimer's but this does not hamper the degenerative nature of this terminal disease.
Alzheimer's disease reduces the Life Expectancy of the victim
The life expectancy of the victim is noticeably reduced. An average life expectancy after the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is approximately 7 years, less than even 3 percent of people survive for more than 14 years. This reduction in survival years is associated with the harshness of cognitive impairment, functional inability and severe damage to the nerve cells.
Alzheimer's disease is one of the most costly diseases in society
While the victim of Alzheimer's disease may function well in the early stages but in later stages of the disease a victim needs to be taken care of. Direct medical costs in Alzheimer's are the medication, tests and nursing expenses whereas in-direct costs are frequent day care, caregivers time and vanished earnings as impaired cognition enforces a total dependence of the victim on the caregiver.
Most of the aspects remain uncertain about Alzheimer's disease and its victims' behavior and there are negligible evidences to support that any particular measure is successful to preventing this fatal disease. However, epidemiological studies anticipated relationships between certain factors, such as diet, pharmaceutical products, cardiovascular risk, or intellectual activities among others, could reduce one's probability of developing Alzheimer's disease.


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Showers likely done with Dallas today, but cooler temps to last through weekend
The scattered showers that doused Dallas before dawn should clear out this morning but will again keep a lid on temperatures.
There's a 50 percent chance of rain before 1 p.m. today, though Tarrant County is far more likely to see another round of rain than Dallas, according to the National Weather Service.
And the worst storms, packing lots of rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph, have bypassed Dallas-Fort Worth entirely.
"The [severe weather] that we've had is staying well to the west, and it's started to fizzle out," said Tom Bradshaw, a weather service meteorologist in Fort Worth.
High temperatures today are expected to remain in the low 90s, and this stretch of cooler weather should last through the weekend. In fact we won't return to the average high for this time of year (97 degrees) until next Thursday.
"It's certainly a welcome relief for this time of year," Bradshaw said.
Unfortunately today's rain may be the last we see for a while. There isn't a drop in the weather service's extended forecast.


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Published in News on August 31, 2009 1:46 PM
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4th Fighter Wing Commander Col. Mark Kelly, right, showed up at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base flight line Sunday to motivate 300-plus members of the 335th Fighter Squadron one final time before they boarded a DC-10 bound for Afghanistan -- and to shake each one of their hands.
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335th Fighter Squadron members head for a transport plane Sunday.
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Senior Airman Shaun Thomas spends a few moments alone shortly before deploying.
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Military Affairs Commission chairman Dr. Mike Gooden brought 10 cases of eastern North Carolina peanuts for deployed airmen to eat on the flight. But he and former MAC chairman Henry Smith also came with a pledge: That the Wayne County community will watch over the families left behind.
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Another Successful Flight in the Books!Emily Malone
I feel like over the course of almost-two years, I've written quite a bit about our travels with Cullen. He took his first flight at eight weeks old so we could go home to see family for the holidays. Since our families are both on the other side of the country, we are totally limited to air travel in order to see each other. This means that in Cullen's short life, he has already become a seasoned traveler.
As we buckled ourselves into our seats for yesterday's flight, my husband and I reflected for a few minutes on how travel has changed as Cullen has gotten older. I was afraid we were jinxing ourselves, but I honestly wasn't nervous about this flight at all. Even though Cullen is a wild, active toddler now, he's also developed so much language and comprehension at this point that we're able to communicate with him very well.
There were three keys to our successful trip with our 21-month old: timing the flight right (not during a nap/sleeping time), plenty of snacks, and a fully-charged iPad. While Cullen certainly didn't prefer to sit still for four hours, the chance to watch Sesame Street and his other favorite cartoons for such a long stretch was a rare treat limited only to travel days like this. Of course he gets thirty minutes here and there at home, but this type of veg-out screen time felt like a huge treat to him.
We also booked our flight for first thing in the morning, typically his most active – but also his happiest – time of day. I was armed with a variety of snacks – everything from sliced fresh fruit, to squeezable pouches, boxes of raisins, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich — all things that are easy to pack, not overly perishable.
We spent the long five hours with him squeezed in between us – his last free flight before he turns two, and now I know why. He's definitely at an age and size where he'd be easier in his own seat, and while I certainly don't look forward to paying hundreds of extra dollars for every trip home, it will be nice for all of us to have a bit more room. As it was, he happily wore his headphones and played on the iPad for several hours. He was so into it that I actually closed my eyes and took a nap – a travel luxury I haven't experienced since before he was born!
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Duluth artist Ron Benson has created a series of four sculpted glass murals for the exterior of the Whole Foods Co-op. Each mural is a depiction of big waves on Lake Superior.
"I chose the lake as subject matter because it is something the public overwhelmingly responds favorably to. When you ask people who live around here what they like about the area, they almost always point to the lake. There is something about this immense body of water that is universally appealing. It may be one of the few things we all have in common. We all love the lake."
The murals are constructed out of recycled materials. Over 150 windows were melted down to create the series.
"Most recycling plants don't accept window glass. It ends up buried in landfills. I divert glass from the waste stream and turn it into sculptures, tiles, back-splashes, and privacy windows for homes businesses and schools."
Rather than pay landfill fees, you can donate old windows to the artist. When the Common Ground reuse center closed, Benson recycled their windows. Recently, he pulled 350 windows from the old Two Harbors high school before it was torn down. He also salvaged handrails from the school which became frame-work for the WFC wall sculptures.
"The design for the WFC project was based on an oil painting I'd been working on. The challenge of translating that painting into the 3rd dimension was really intense. When you look at moving water, you are presented with ever-changing sets of infinite detail. I tried to capture and sculpt fluid shapes that convey the feeling of movement and light that is so unique to water."
"The medium of glass is particularly well suited to depicting water. I have never seen anyone manipulate glass in the way I'd conceived so I had to create my own techniques and trust my imagination to make it happen."
The complicated and technically challenging wall sculptures took 8 months to complete. The murals are characterized by their highly sculpted and richly detailed surfaces. Benson spent 2 months hand-carving the intricate imagery of moving water to create ceramic molds into which the recycled glass was melted. The molds impart a bas-relief image into the glass. Fine detail can be seen on every square inch of these large panels. The front surface of the glass was colored with lead-free cloisonne' enamels and textured with hand-cut heat-sculpted elements. The undulating surface texture creates a lens-like effect that gives movement to the image.
"My goal is to create eco-friendly art that is fresh, positive, and enhances the quality of the space for the people who inhabit it. Whether it's a huge mural on a commercial building or a few tiles in someone's kitchen, it is nice to give a second life to materials that would have otherwise been buried."
The artwork remains untitled. "I plan on sponsoring a Name the Sculpture Contest with a piece of my art as grand prize."


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Witnesses of Argentina' major train accident fear for their lives
Argentina's Security Secretary Sergio Berni admitted that the sudden murder of Leonardo Andrada, a key witness in last year's major rail tragedy investigation, was "suspicious."
"A full expansion of the investigation needs to take place in order for a clear answer to be found" the government official said in talks with a Buenos Aires radio station in reference to the accident in one of Buenos Aires City busiest train terminal that killed 51 people and left hundreds of injured.
"It is completely suspicious. The Judiciary needs to advance in its investigation and make conclusions on the case" he added.
Andrada, 53, who drove the train part way to the Once terminal the day of the accident that caused 51 deaths on February 22 last year, was brutally murdered a week ago after being shot four times in the back at a bus stop in Ituzaingó, a Buenos Aires suburb.
The attackers stole his mobile phone in the incident, but did not take any of his other belongings, which included a rucksack and over 1.200 Pesos in cash in his pockets.
The Once train tragedy followed by other accidents in Argentina's privatized railway system brought to light the dilapidated state of trains and the risks of travelling by rail in the country.
The heads of the concessions (with excellent political contacts) have argued that no investments or maintenance was possible with frozen rates, even despite the government's subsidies to the transport industry.
However Argentine courts have indicted several former top officials from the current Cristina Fernandez administration and court proceedings are expected to begin in coming weeks.


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The Central Ohio Rescue and Restore Coalition Committee (CORRC) is the primary committee which oversees and governs the mission of the organization. In addition to the main CORRC committee, there are four committees with specific initiatives, goals and objectives of the CORRC mission. Each committee has committee chairs that you may contact if you have questions or would like to get involved. The committees include the following:
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Meeting are held the second Thursday of every month at 6:00pm at Roosevelt Coffeehouse, 300 E. Long St.
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Meeting the third Tuesday of every month at 3:00pm at the Roosevelt Coffeehouse, 300 E. Long St.
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Going from New Jersey to Louisiana is a long route to take to play college football, but the distance isn't an issue for Nick SanGiacomo.
In fact, the decision to play for the Tulane Green Wave couldn't have been any easier for the New Jerseyian.
SanGiacomo, a quarterback at Barnegat High School in Barnegat, N.J., a coastal town about an hour east of Philadelphia, committed to Tulane on Wednesday after visiting the Uptown campus Monday.
SanGiacomo is Coach Bob Toledo and Tulane's first commitment for the 2011 football class.
"Why not Tulane?" SanGiacomo said when asked about his decision. "I loved everything about it. I can't speak more highly about it. It's perfect for me."
Tulane found SanGiacomo without trying to look for him. While watching tape of another Barnegat player, tight end Jarrett Darmstatter, Tulane assistant coaches noticed SanGiacomo and liked what they saw.
"We've got a Division-I tight end that Tulane was recruiting last year, " Davis said. "And on film, they really, really liked our quarterback."
SanGiacomo, 6 feet 4, 198 pounds, completed 58 percent of his passes for a school-record 2,187 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior. He also rushed for five touchdowns.
Barnegat Coach Rob Davis said SanGiacomo is a prototypical pocket passer.
"He is a drop-back quarterback, " Davis said. "He's got a cannon for an arm."
SanGiacomo did not have offers from any other schools. A number of other schools likely would have offered scholarships to SanGiacomo had the quarterback attended more football camps, Davis said. He said it wasn't worth it for SanGiacomo to attend any camps after the positive visit this week.
"He didn't got to any camps his junior year, " Davis said. "A bunch of I-A schools were wanting him to come to camp, and they were probably going to offer."
Davis said it was "obvious" for SanGiacomo to commit to Tulane after the visit.
"How (the coaches) handled my quarterback and how honest they were up front ... (Nick) just felt very comfortable there. He felt like it was a no-brainer, " Davis said.
SanGiacomo also raved about the Tulane coaching staff.
"A big thing for me is honesty and trust, " he said. "I felt that the coaches were honest with me the whole entire recruiting time."
By committing early, SanGiacomo avoided dragging out his recruiting process through his senior season. He said he's relieved to get his decision out of the way.
"It's a lot of weight off my back, I guess you could say, " SanGiacomo said. "If I didn't like Tulane and if I didn't commit, then I would've had to go to all these camps, talk to all these coaches, and maybe gotten some more offers and have to go check them out. It would've been a lot more time and a lot more things to do."
"He's very mature, " Davis said. "He's very passionate about what he does, and I know he's going to be a great asset to their program."


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Erie region braces for Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy's gusty winds and driving rain didn't stop Tracy Moore from buying some Tootsie Pops at an Erie grocery store.
Moore and her two sons, Matthew, 7, and Joey, 4, went out into the bad weather Monday evening to shop at Tops Markets, 1520 W. 26th St.
"We just needed some groceries," Moore said while standing outside the grocery store. "The boys have a Halloween party (today), so we had to get some treats."
Not everyone took a business-as-usual approach to the storm.
Local officials spent Monday developing and starting plans to face potential problems caused by the arrival of the storm in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Erie and Millcreek Township school districts canceled classes and after-school activities for today.
Several Erie County roads were closed Monday night, including the Walnut Creek Access Road, Knoyle Road in Wattsburg and Neuburger Road in McKean Township, Erie County dispatchers said.
Interstate 79's northbound off-ramp at West 12th Street was closed around 8:15 p.m. when electrical wires fell across the lanes, dispatchers said.
Presque Isle State Park closed an hour early Monday and will open late today so crews can clear debris, park officials said in a news release.
Even the state's 435 liquor stores closed Monday at 3 p.m.
All flights to and from Erie International Airport were canceled Monday, and there is no scheduled activity until at least midday today, airport Executive Director Chris Rodgers said.
Erie County Executive Barry Grossman signed a declaration of disaster emergency for the county as rain and building winds from the storm arrived. Millcreek Township supervisors and Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott signed similar declarations.
Grossman said the designation allows the county to call upon state and national officials to assist in whatever damages might come from the storm.
Grossman, who was briefed of the storm's potential during a teleconference with representatives of Pennsylvania's other counties Monday, said the storm would last several days, and flash flooding could be possible late Wednesday and into Thursday.
Sinnott urged city residents to stay inside during the worst of the storm.
"That's probably the best way to handle it," Sinnott said. "Our folks are going to be out there dealing with whatever might come our way."
On Monday, city crews were busy checking sewers, especially in flood-prone areas.
The U.S. Coast Guard warned boaters to secure their vessels and urged people to stay away from the lakeshore, as gusting winds were expected to produce large waves on the Great Lakes.
Areas it said to avoid were the North Pier, South Pier, Walnut Creek Access Area and Shades Beach, said Chief Boatswain's Mate Stephen Pickard, commander of the Erie Coast Guard station.
"What we would like to avoid is people going down to see what a 20-foot wave looks like and slipping into the water," Pickard said.
As the weather deteriorates, the Coast Guard's ability to do search and rescue operations diminishes, Pickard said.
"The key thing is to stay away, just avoid the lakeshore," he said.
Grossman said one big concern is power outages, and he asked people not to call 911 to report them. People should notify Penelec through its outage line, (888) 544-4877, he said.
The American Red Cross is preparing shelters, but they traditionally do not open until they are needed, Erie County EMA Director Dale Robinson said Monday.
Grossman said he would keep the Erie County Courthouse open "at all cost" during the storm.
As for the Moores, who were grocery shopping Monday night, they were unimpressed with their first look at the storm.
"I thought it was going to be windier," Matthew Moore said.
Staff writer David Bruce contributed to this report.
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LOCK HAVEN - Clinton County's newest Director of Veterans Affairs already has an extensive experience with the job, having served as a volunteer for that department for the past six and a half years.
On Thursday, the Clinton County Commissioners chose William Bechdel, of 69 Spring St., Lock Haven, as the new leader of the local veterans affairs department, effective July 29 at a salary of $28,439.
Bechdel replaces Dave Bower, who submitted his resignation to the Clinton County commissioners in June, and whose retirement is effective in August.
The Clinton County Veterans Affairs Department has received many accolades from the state during Bower's tenure, for his ability to accrue benefits for the county's veterans, and all three commissioners expressed confidence that Bechdel will be able to uphold that tradition.
Commissioner Joel Long said the board received a large number of strong applications, but chose Bechdel because "he showed a passion for the position ... and I am confident he will take good care of the veterans of Clinton County."
Commissioner Pete Smeltz echoed Long's remarks while stressing the importance of the task. Commissioner Snyder said he was initially concerned because of the "large shoes the candidate had to fill," but was "relieved" when Bechdel showed interest in the job.
Bechdel served in the active duty Army from 1981 to 1984 and in the Army Reserve from 1984 to 1987.
Bechdel's most recent job experience was as a supervisor for Labors Local 824 Union Hall and prior to that, he worked with Eagle Valley Construction, Hawbaker Construction and as a guard at Rockview State Correctional Facility.
He has served in a number of veteran organization in various capacities and now is adjutant officer of the Beech Creek American Legion Bitner-Bechdel Post 623, and was a veterans benefits service officer from 2009 to 2013, where he provided information to former service members on medical, financial, survivor, life insurance, burial and home loan benefits.
Bechdel also helped initiate the Veterans Expo, which is in its third year, and acted as a liaison between the Legion post, VA office and Veterans Administration Hospital.
Bechdel is a 1980 graduate of Bald Eagle-Nittany High School.


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The Department of Transportation announced their 2,000th project to be funded with the Obama stimulus package.
Kalamazoo Country in Michigan will receive $68 million to widen part of a highway.
Both President Obama and Vice President Biden were on hand for the occasion.
The president says this is a sign that the economic stimulus package is working.
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Obama's stimulus package gave the Department of Transportation a total of $48 billion for infrastructure projects.
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Geoff Law was born in 1958 and lives in Hobart. Since 1981 he has worked to protect Tasmania's wilderness, largely with the Wilderness Society. He is a keen bushwalker who has trekked in the wild country of Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the Himalayas, but most extensively in Tasmania.
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Catching up with Bradlee Baladez
Like a number of Homegrown players with FC Dallas, Bradlee Baladez wasn't getting much in the way of playing time. So, when FCD technical director Fernando Clavijo proposed the Mesquite native head out on loan to get some minutes, he jumped at the opportunity. Baladez joined fellow HGP Richard Sanchez with the NASL's Fort Lauderdale Strikers and in last Saturday's 1-0 win at Atlanta, the young striker scored the eventual game winner while Sanchez kept a clean sheet to earn NASL Player of the Week honors. All is clearly well for Baladez in Fort Lauderdale and he discussed his experience with the Strikers by phone earlier this week.
How good did it feel to get your first goal with the Strikers over the weekend?
Baladez: Yeah, it was good. I think my last goal was in the Montreal Impact reserve game, so it's been a while since I've found the back of the net. But it was fun to get back on the scoring sheet, just looking forward to our next games coming ahead with the Strikers. I'm excited and looking forward to building with the team.
Discuss how your experience there has been thus far.
Baladez: It's been good, just trying to get used to the Florida humidity. It's a lot different than Dallas but it's great. It's a really good group of guys that I'm playing with. A lot of guys are committed to one thing-playing for a championship. My time here's been really good.
Talk about how great it's been to have someone you already knew also with the Strikers in Richard Sanchez.
Baladez: It's good to have a friend here like Richard. He's a great guy, a great player on the field and he's a good leader for us as well. He got his first shutout the other day against the Silverbacks, so he's a good guy, a good friend. Like I said, he's a great leader and it's always good to have a friend here.
What do you think about the competition level in the NASL thus far?
Baladez: It's good. It's definitely a challenge. A lot of guys are trying to prove points that they belong at a higher level. I'm just trying to get better as a player. That's my main focus. Hopefully I can learn from the new coaching staff with the Strikers. They brought in the new coach and I'm real happy here. We just want to contend for a championship and get better.
Do you feel like you're going to be there the rest of the season or will you be back with FCD before the season is over?
Baladez: There's no telling what can happen. I'm always open. Obviously, my main focus is getting better and helping any team that I'm a part of. I'm always going to be ready so if Dallas calls me back I'll be ready. I'm excited for my time to see what's next for the Strikers. We have a really good team. We're on a good winning streak right now and we're excited for what's next.
How tough has it been for you and the other Homegrowns to not get a lot of playing time since reserve games can be spread out so much?
Baladez: Yeah, it gets difficult to a certain point. But there's a lot of good guys, a lot of great players on FC Dallas right now and we're all still very young. There's a lot of things that we still need to learn and catch onto in the game, but as far as games we're really not getting them right now but our time will come soon. We're all good players and we all have a bright future ahead of us but the main focus right now is to develop our game and get better each day so when our time comes hopefully we can take full advantage of it and impress the people out there watching us.
How good has it been to be getting consistent minutes again?
Baladez: It's been good. I'm excited to get these games in. I have gotten my swag back on the field, like in college playing every weekend was good. Playing regular games is good. Practicing is a lot different than playing games but my experience here with the Strikers has been good. I've met a lot of good people. This is a good coaching staff and I'm just excited to keep learning from my coaches. We're really excited about the season ahead of us.
You guys played in San Antonio several weeks back. Did your family make it down to the Alamo City?
Baladez: Yeah, both my parents and had my aunt, cousin and my grandmother come with my brother, I saw a lot of my family members. We went down to the Alamo, walked the Riverwalk and we had a good time in San Antonio, so it was really good to see my family.
Have you gotten out and about in the Miami area yet?
Baladez: Very little, my girlfriend came down to visit me about two weeks ago. We went to the beach and stuff, but I don't really have transportation out here because my car is back in Dallas. So it's kind of hard to get around but I actually rented a car. It was good, the Miami beaches are nice. South Florida is very different than Dallas. It's a lot more humid so it's taken me a while to get used to the humidity level over here, but my time thus far has had nothing but positives and I'm having fun out here so it's really good.


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Region 1 News Release: 05-2113-BOS/BOS 2005-315
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Contact: Ted Fitzgerald
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LEWISTON, Maine -- Safe and healthful working conditions for electricians and other workers modernizing Central Maine Medical Center's electrical system is the goal of a new alliance spearheaded by the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Joining with OSHA are the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local No. 567, the Maine Department of Labor's "Safety Works!" program and E.S. Boulos Company, the project's general and electrical contractor.
Alliance participants will develop and deliver training on construction safety and health issues, such as electrical, fall, caught in or between and struck-by hazards. Electricians and other workers on the project will be able to take OSHA's 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health courses.
"This alliance is an excellent opportunity to provide workers with knowledge and training to identify and prevent hazards now and in the future," said Anthony Lemire, OSHA's area director for Maine. "This training and information will serve them well on this and future jobs."
Participants will work together on projects that focus on construction safety and health and will be encouraged to take part in OSHA's cooperative programs, such as the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), safety consultation, and the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP).
Signing the alliance were Lemire; Milton McBreairty, business manager of IBEW Local No. 567; Thomas Driscoll, executive director of the E.S. Boulos Company; and David E. Wacker, director of the Workplace Safety and Health Division of the Maine Department of Labor. A photograph of the signing is available by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
OSHA health and safety alliances are part of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's ongoing efforts to improve the health and safety of workers through cooperative partnerships with employers, trade associations and labor. OSHA has created more than 350 alliances with organizations committed to fostering safety and health in the workplace. For more information about this and other alliances in Maine, call OSHA's Augusta office at (207) 626-9160.
Employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA's role is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
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MEADVILLE -- A Linesville man faces charges after police said he crashed a truck this morning, fled and kicked in the door of a home before being caught in the basement.
The 20-year-old man was driving the truck on Route 19 near Bailey Road in Vernon Township when it crashed about 4:30 a.m., police said.
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Paris Hilton says in an interview from jail she's a changed woman who now appreciates "things I took for granted" and plans to use her fame "in a good way."
"I'm so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night or food," Hilton told E! News's Ryan Seacrest in a phone conversation from Century Regional Correctional Facility.
Hilton, who is scheduled to be released next week, says she plans to use her celebrity for good – and doesn't want to be the object of ridicule anymore.
"You know my gratitude has gone up so much and I just realize that the media used me to make fun of and be mean about it," she tells Seacrest in the interview for Thursday's show. "Frankly [I'm] sick of it and I want to use my fame in a good way."
Of her life behind bars, Hilton, who was jailed for violating probation by driving with a suspended license, says it's been difficult being kept from her family: "I am behind glass and I want to give my dad a big hug and they won't even let me do that."
She also insists that she is not receiving any special treatment in jail. "That's how the rules are, you have to be behind glass," she said. "I'm not a criminal, I'm not dangerous, so it makes me feel like that. It's hard but I'm stronger everyday."
As for the future, Hilton says: "I just can't wait to see my family and have a nice meal and be in my own bed and appreciate all the things I took for granted and never really thought much about."
She said she was "so excited to start this new life" and added: "I think that there were a lot of bad people that I was around. I don't want to surround myself with those types of people anymore."
Seacrest told listeners that Hilton appreciates letters from fans and cries when she reads them in her bed alone. "These letters have really gotten me through some long days," Hilton said. "I have not received one negative letter. It really makes me happy that people care."
Asked when she'll be released, she replied: "I'm not sure, but I know in the next couple of days and I know this is my last weekend here. I will see you all when I get out."
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The Abingdon New Testament Commentaries series offers compact, critical commentaries on the writings of the New Testament. These commentaries are written with special attention to the needs and interests of theology students, but they will also be useful for students in upper-level college or university settings, as well as for pastors and other church leaders. In this ANTC commentary, Gaventa focuses on the literary nature of Acts: the details of narration, how characters are introduced, and the repetition or neglect of various story lines and characters. For a book on which much ink has been spilled, this commentary offers fresh approaches and insights.
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You have a SharePoint 2010 site that was migrated by the database upgrade method from MOSS 2007. The site has several lists and libraries. You open the site in SharePoint Designer 2010, click on List and Libraries in the left navigation, and instead of seeing all of your list and libraries, you get a message saying "No items to display". When opening the Lists and Libraries of sites created in SharePoint 2010 you do not receive this message.
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KANEOHE (AP) - Gov. Neil Abercrombie will honor military members, veterans and their families at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery.
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CITY COUNCIL approved a controversial plan Thursday to allow the Redevelopment Authority to take 17 privately owned properties by eminent domain to build affordable housing in Point Breeze.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, a first-round pick in this year's draft, to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Ristolainen was the first of two defensemen selected by the Sabres in the first round. Russian prospect Nikita Zadorov was taken with the No. 16 choice.
Ristolainen, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound Finnish prospect, has been participating at Buffalo's development camp and is expected to compete for a roster spot with the Sabres next season.
He had three goals, 12 assists, and 32 penalty minutes in 52 games with Finland's TPS this past season.
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