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Drug Diversion and Abuse: Health Facility Diversion in the News
Cmdr John Burke
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Health care professionals are sometimes a part of the drug diversion and abuse problem
Unfortunately, but certainly not unpredictably, the diversion of medications from health facilities is back in the news. It involves one of the worst-case scenarios of collaborative damage that is possible aside from the death of patients, which is still a possibility.
David Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician, was allegedly discovered diverting medications at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire, where 32 patients contracted hepatitis C in a 1-year period. Kwiatkowski, who reportedly tested positive for hepatitis C, is alleged to have removed fentanyl from syringes intended for patients, and replaced it with saline and other substances after injecting himself. He has been charged federally with crimes that were committed at Exeter Hospital.
The additional problem is that because he was a traveling medical technician, hospitals across the country had to be contacted. This has added to the potential numbers of those infected with potentially fatal liver disease. Pennsylvania and Maryland potential victims have since surfaced.
Different health facilities now allege that there was evidence of Kwiatkowski diverting drugs. The facilities mostly decided to do nothing. One case did report it to law enforcement, and that agency either did not have the expertise to investigate and didn't look to someone who did, or sloughed it off under the pretense that they did not have enough evidence. Regardless of the reason, the suspect continued working at health facilities across this nation and continued, allegedly, to infect patients. If you have read my articles over the years, you know that diversion in health facilities has been a passion of mine for a very long time. While in charge of the pharmaceutical unit in Cincinnati, I saw my investigators arrest a nurse from a nursing home or hospital every week on the average for diverting drugs. Although this did not result in us catching every violator, this number of arrests was accomplished only by constant contact with facilities and, in one case, threatening the arrest of a hospital official for nonreporting of these criminal violations.
Exeter Hospital was certainly not the first facility impacted by diversion from a traveling health professional, and Exeter patients were not the first patients exposed to harm. Decisions were likely made at many health facilities across the country concerning cases like this, with virtually none of them opting to summon law enforcement to investigate what it is—a crime!
Do these cases involve addiction? Of course almost all of them do, and although we can sympathize with addicts and call it a disease, when innocent patients are harmed, and the acts involve diverting prescription drugs, then a competent criminal investigation must be done as soon as possible! It isn't an option decided by the health facility, it is morally and ethically the right thing to do, and in some states a legal obligation under criminal statutes. Absent this, a situation festers, which this time just happened to erupt at Exeter Hospital.
Enormous collaborative damage occurs when these facilities do not report, or when reported, law enforcement does a shabby job, or no job at all. Placing aside the mountains of patients that can be harmed due to nonreporting, what about the addicted nurse or hospital worker that needs treatment? Failure to report allows that person to either continue at their current health facility endangering patients, or to move on to the next one and impact a whole new cadre of innocent folks. The employee receives no treatment and his/her addiction only becomes worse and more dangerous for the addict and the innocent patients.
The only way, apparently, that health facilities are going to be more compliant in reporting these crimes is to be the subject of massive civil suits that greatly impact their bottom line. It is sad to think that this may be the most effective result, because many innocent patients were sacrificed in order to reach a goal of health facility compliance.
No question this event will not change the lack of reporting by our nation's health facilities to any great degree. Those involved hopefully will take on an aggressive program of detecting and reporting drug diversion and others will see the devastation occurring with this incident and also decide to do the right thing. Innocent patients are counting on them.
Cmdr Burke is commander of the Warren County, Ohio, drug task force and retired commander of the Cincinnati Police Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad.
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McNichol fires 728
Steve McNichol rolled a 258 en route to a 728 series in the Michael Carbonaro Mixed League at Rab's Country Lanes.
Rab's Country Lanes
Rab's Adult/Child: Sam Forin 194; Daniel Custantino 224; Anthony Venturine Jr. 223; Kevin Buono 196, 269, 216-681; Jessica Monachino 232, 184, 174-590; Karalyn Buono 212, 215, 184-611.
Larry McSorley Juniors: Jose Garafolo 189, 186; Adam Abdeloziz 279, 191-608; Caroline Gottlieb 184, 162-503; Joseph Dorman 184, 185; Sean Van Pelt 180; Nicholas Hollywood 201.
Michael Carbonaro Mixed: Steve McNichol 258-728; Scott Walsh 247-716; Phil Oppenheim 681; Anna Mull 248; Jun Halana 253; Lisa Hollywood 216; Tom Velleca 243; Merrill Barizone 242; Joe Astorina 246; Garry Reebe 256.
Sharpe, Connolly victors
Eric Sharpe shot 19 out of the 20 targets to win first in the Richmond Boro Gun Club's Metallic Sillouhette .22-caliber competition while Tommy Spinard (16 of 20) was second and Nunzi Mezzasalma (15 of 20) was third.
Ben Connolly hit 16 targets in 51 seconds to capture the .22-caliber moving target rapid fire event. Hiram Golden (15 in 57 seconds) took second and Norbert Phillipps (14 in 56 seconds) was third.
Hart takes second
The Richmond Rockets' Tommy Hart (43:31) placed second in the 65-69 age group in the 5K run at the Merrell Down & Dirty National Obstacle Course Mud Run in the Bronx. Janine Payson, who is unattached, placed third with a time of 32:51 in the 35-39 age group.
BATH, N.Y. — Staten Island Athletic Club members Robin Howald (4:07:08), Katherine Callan (4:15:43), Raoul Edwards (4:26:22) and Thomas Mazy (4:42:06) competed in the Wineglass Marathon.
Parnese Law sweeps
Mike Piccarelli and John O'Connor split 10 hits and Jon Manuelian and Anthony Noto went yard as Parnese Law swept a Robert Kelly Memorial Hardtop League doubleheader from U.S. Coachways 12-7 and 4-3 at the Paulo Intermediate School, Huguenot. Parnese Law improved to 8-0.
Cindy Mahoney went 3 for 3 and connected for the game-winning hit as SJ Associates edged Drunken Disorderly 11-10 in a Staten Island Fun Coed League B Division game. Dominick Bonanno had three hits for and Luann Rutherford was the winning pitcher.
Alfonso's Pastry Shop and Rab's Country Lanes split a doubleheader in VASA. Alfonso's won the first game, 12-6, and Rab's won the second, 1-0. In the first game, John Oliveri was the winning pitcher for Alfonso's, and drove in three runs.
Victor Moddasseri smacked a grand slam in the first game as Bull's Eye Tattoo beat Los Bravos 10-7 and 7-0 in a James and Joann Tabeek Memorial Fall League doubleheader. Lenny Dundon earned the win in both games.
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ST. JAMES, N.Y. — Grand champion Aboxa's Moonlight Serenade, a fawn boxer from Stapleton, earned her 100th grand select point earning the AKC title of Bronze grand champion. She is a natural eared bitch owner handled by Wayne Morris and bred by Wayne Morris and Diance Kowalchyk-Morris.
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February 15, 2010 - Cindy Votruba
For the last two days, there's been a lot of talk on the scanner. Mainly plow drivers and law enforcement talking about how the highways are — the drifting, the stuck cars, the accidents, the blowing, and of course, snow.
Sunday, we all heard about how some woman in her car was apparently taking photos out her windshield at the snow that was flying past her from a plow, basically a snow cloud. Comment from the driver was to the effect of "I saw the strangest thing I've ever seen while plowing...probably somebody from the paper." I can assure you that we didn't have anyone out on the highways shooting the blowing and drifting snow Sunday. Must have been a big fan of snow.
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Central — Central appeared ready to force a second half as back and forth as the first when a pass sailed over a receiver to Mandeville defensive back Todd Primo.
The senior returned the ball 16 yards to the host Wildcats' 17-yard line to set up both a Skippers touchdown and the story line for the remainder of the contest.
Primo's first of two interceptions was the first of four second-half turnovers No. 13 Mandeville (9-2) forced, including two for touchdowns, to turn a three-point halftime lead into a 38-20 upset of No. 4 Central (10-2) en route to next week's quarterfinals. The Skippers will host No. 5 Baton Rouge-Catholic, which beat New Iberia 35-20.
"(The defense) came up big for us, especially in the second half," Primo said. "When we kinda put our foot on their throat, that's what did it."
Junior quarterback Glen Cuiellette completed three of four passes on the drive following Primo's spark, including a 7-yard touchdown strike to senior receiver Sam Skansi for the 24-14 lead.
Mandeville's defense then stopped the Wildcats' ensuing drive and forced an uneasy Central Coach Sid Edwards to punt from his own 24-yard line.
"We were down to our third deep snapper due to injury, and we didn't advertise it because you kinda don't wanna put that out there," Edwards said. "But we had both our deep snappers get hurt last week, but with that being said, we also haven't punted the football in three weeks, so you get into that deal, and I can't go for it there, and right when we came out to punt, I held my breath, and it didn't work out."
The snap sailed past junior punter Greg Noel, who had further problems trying to secure and kick the ball from the end zone.
Mandeville senior defensive lineman Delawrence Johnson seized the opportunity and the fumble, and the Skippers quickly extended their lead to 31-14.
"Our defense has been big all year," Mandeville Coach Guy LeCompte said. "Those guys have been doing a great job. My coaches, (defensive coordinator Harl) Penton and the defensive staff, those guys have been doing a great job of preparing our defense for the schemes that they're gonna see, and that showed tonight against a very good offensive football team."
Central quarterback Brett Courville scored a 6-yard run to open the fourth quarter to cut the margin to 31-20, but those were the final points Mandeville would allow.
The Wildcats stopped the Skippers' next drive and regained possession trying to further chip into the lead.
Instead, Courville couldn't quite connect with senior receiver Devon Gales on third down, and Primo snatched the bobbled attempt at a reception and returned it 24 yards for the exclamation point on the victory.
"I thought it was just gonna fall down, but I saw him try catching it again, and it fell right in my hands," Primo said. "I was right in position to make a play."
Mandeville made plenty throughout the game.
Cuiellette led the offense with 21-of-33 passing for 215 yards to seven receivers.
Zachary Tircuit, Zach Boudreaux, Parker Orgeron and Kyle Pellegrini each hauled in at least three catches for 51, 47, 44 and 42 yards, respectively.
Cuiellette found Orgeron and Tircuit for first-half touchdowns, and junior kicker Drew Graham hit a 38-yard field goal just before halftime to provide a 17-14 edge.
"What I can say about Glen is he's a hard worker," LeCompte said. "He works. If there's something we need to work on, he'll stay hours after practice to work on it. He studies film as much as any of the coaches. He's a great kid. He's got great character and great work ethic, and he deserves it, and his improvement from Week 1 to now has really shown."
The Wildcats credited Mandeville, but were just quick to point out the plays they could make in response.
Courville struck first with a 6-yard run and found Jake Myer for a 15-yard touchdown in the second quarter, but the Skippers allowed little else the rest of the way.
Central entered averaging 236.4 rushing yards, 204.0 passing yards and 40.6 points per contest. Mandeville held those totals to 163 rushing yards, 171 passing yards and 20 points Friday.
"We definitely didn't have our best game tonight," Courville said. "It was probably the worst we've played in five weeks."
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Red Sox Nation conspiracy hunting
Yankees Universe will love this. The American League Division Series started Friday night with the Yankees in and the Red Sox out. According to Red Sox nation, this is all the Yankees' fault.
That's right. The Red Sox did not qualify for postseason play because the Yankees conspired to keep Boston out. It is all the fault of Yankees manager Joe Girardi for using 11 pitchers in the final game against Tampa Bay and setting it up for journeyman Scott Proctor to toss a lollipop to Evan Longoria for a game-winning home run in the 12th inning moments after Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon had blown a two-run lead in the bottom of the ninth in Baltimore that jumped the Rays over the Red Sox as the AL's wild-card entry.
This is how sick the fans of that crybaby team that calls Fenway Park home reacts to everything: the Yankees are to blame. What a joke!
Of the 20 losses the Red Sox had in 27 games in September when they spit up a nine-game lead in the wild card standings, only four were to the Yankees. The same Scott Proctor who gave up that playoff clinching homer to Longoria also gave up a 14th-inning home run to Jacoby Ellsbury in the last regular-season game at Yankee Stadium. How come Red Sox Nation doesn't think the Yankees were trying to help Boston there?
That the Yankees are responsible for the Red Sox' failure to make the playoffs is absurd. After all, the Yankees had a 7-0 lead in that last game at Tropicana Field. Girardi paraded a collection of relievers into the game, but the guys that Tampa Bay came back against were not September callups. The Rays tied the score off Boone Logan, Luis Ayala and Cory Wade, all of whom were slated for the postseason roster. Proctor is another story, but Joe had simply run out of arms.
The Red Sox won the season series over the Yankees, 12-6. Where were the conspiracy theorists when the Yankees were losing eight of their first nine games and 10 of 12 to the Red Sox earlier in the season? Please tell me how that is the Yankees' way of making sure Boston didn't reach postseason play. The best way to keep opponents from advancing to the playoffs is to beat them as often as you can, which the Yankees certainly did not do for the most part against Boston.
I covered the 2004 AL Championship Series when the Yankees gagged on that 3-0 lead to the Red Sox and became the first baseball team to lose a seven-game postseason series after having won the first three games. The Yankees had a one-run lead in the ninth with Mariano Rivera, the best closer of all time, on the hill in Game 4 three outs from a sweep. Dave Roberts stole second base, and it all went downhill from there.
It was an excruciating period for Yankees Universe. The most successful franchise in sports suffered the most embarrassing postseason collapse. However, I don't remember Yankees fans blaming anyone else for the team's failure other than the team itself. The players felt the same way. They were responsible for not putting the Red Sox away.
This is no different. The Red Sox had an entire month to put the Rays out to pasture. That they failed to do so was no one's fault but their own. Red Sox Nation should not hang Boston's humiliating ending on the Yankees. Look in your own dugout.
Yankees struggle against Orioles' bullpen
The Yankees are finally finished with the Orioles – and good riddance. I don't think there was a single game among the 18 the teams played this year where they didn't get their shoes wet. Rain followed them wherever they went, especially two weeks ago in Baltimore when Hurricane Irene hit and this week in New York when the heavens opened again causing one game's starting time pushed to past 11 p.m.
The Yankees didn't even want to go to Camden Yards Thursday, which they had to do because one of the games during the Baltimore series Aug. 26-29 was lost to the storm. The Yankees had wanted to play two games on the first day of that series, but the Orioles refused, so the game was made up Thursday, which originally was an open date before starting a trip to the West Coast.
So the taste in the Yankees' mouths was pretty sour, particularly after losing a game, 5-4, to a Baltimore team that seemed to be handing it to them. The Orioles made three outs on the bases, two on sensational throws to the plate by Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson and sturdy play from catcher Francisco Cervelli, who withstood hard-charging runners and later threw out Robert Andino on a foolish attempt to steal third base with two out.
Ironically, it was Andino who got the game-winning hit, a single off Scott Proctor, the Yankees' seventh pitcher, in the 10th inning. The Orioles had tied the score in the eighth on Andino's RBI single off Rafael Soriano. Andino took second on the throw home before making the dumb move of trying to swipe third.
But where the Yankees really lost the game was after the fourth inning when the Orioles' bullpen shut them down over six innings. The Yankees didn't get a hit during that stretch and had only two base runners. Granderson was hit by a pitch leading off the seventh inning but was erased on a double play. Alex Rodriguez walked with two out in the 10th and was stranded. Four Orioles relievers combined to hold the Yankees scoreless and hitless with one walk and eight strikeouts.
The Yankees had similar problems with the Birds' pen the day before at Yankee Stadium when they had no runs and three hits against Baltimore's relief corps over the last six innings of the 5-4, 11-inning loss.
In a way, the Yankees were lucky to have scored at all Thursday. Andino, who had a weird day, failed to cover second base on a potential force play as a run scored in the second. After Brett Gardner walked on a very close 3-2 pitch, Derek Jeter singled in two more runs. Eric Chavez pushed the Yanks' lead to 4-1 in the fourth with a two-out single, but the offense went stagnant after that.
Ivan Nova did not have his Rookie of the Year candidate stuff and labored through 5 1/3 innings but was still in position for a winning decision, thanks to the Yankees' defense. The relay from Granderson to Cano to Cervelli on a double by Vlad Guerrero in the seventh that cut down Nick Markakis at the plate was poetry in motion. Cervelli got his bell rung on Markakis' hard slide but stayed in the game and made two more splendid plays.
That the Yankees' bats were silenced two days in a row by a bullpen that has been torched all year may say something about the fatigue factor that comes with playing three games in 42 hours under hostile weather conditions. The Yankees were on their way to Anaheim, Calif., where it hardly ever rains and then continue the trip to Seattle and Toronto, cities that have domed parks. It will feel nice playing with dry cleats.
Laborious day for pitchers at Stadium
Billy Altman was the official scorer for that 22-9 game the Yankees won against the Athletics on the previous homestand. Billy, a free-lance writer who concentrates on baseball and pop culture, is one of my oldest pals, but I must say I was not all that happy to see him, particularly when the score got to 8-7, and we were still in the third inning.
Billy said that due to the rain delay and the length of a game (4 hours, 31 minutes) in which 31 runs were scored – 12 by the Yankees on a record three grand slams – he did not get to his Westchester home until well past eight o'clock that night. Considering we would all have to be dealing with Labor Day traffic Monday, a similar fate may have awaited us.
It is not often that a pitcher with a 9.07 ERA entering a game has it grow, but that is what the Yankees did to Orioles starter Brian Matusz. The lefthander had hoped his career record at Yankee Stadium (2-0, 2.10 ERA in 25 2/3 innings) might have been an indication that he was in position to lower that ERA considerably and perhaps improve a 1-7 won-lost record.
Just the opposite happened, however. Matusz wobbled his way through 1 1/3 innings in which he was grilled for five earned runs, five hits and two walks with three strikeouts. The result was that Matusz's ERA rose to 9.84. Well, at least he kept it under 10.
Reliever Chris Jakubauskas fared no better. The righthander took over for Matusz in the second and promptly loaded the bases by walking Mark Teixeira, who had homered (No. 36) in the first inning, and hitting Alex Rodriguez with a pitch on a 0-2 count. Robinson Cano cleared the bases with his 24th home run, his third grand slam of the season and seventh of his career, six of which have come at the Stadium.
Just as an aside, imagine if Jakubauskas pitched for the Red Sox. With Jarrod Saltalamacchia behind the plate, you would surely have a battery with the longest names in history. The shortest I can remember is pitcher Doug Rau and catcher Ed Ott with the Angels in 1980.
Yankees starter Freddy Garcia also had his ERA swell Monday. He didn't make it through the third inning, yielding seven earned runs and nine hits, which sent his ERA from 3.09 to 3.50. Yankees manager Joe Girardi turned to Scott Proctor in the third. The righthander returned to where he started his career in 2004 and made his first appearance for them since July 22, 2007, also against Baltimore. Proctor, whom the Yankees signed to a minor-league contact Aug. 15, gave up one run (on a game-tying home run by Robert Andino) and three hits in two innings.
Another September callup, Jesus Montero, continues to win over fans on this homestand. He was according a curtain call in the fifth inning when he hit his first major-league home run, a solo shot to right field in the fifth that pushed the Yankees back into the lead, 9-8. With each game, the rookie is bettering his audition for a post-season roster spot as the Yankees' designated hitter against left-handed pitching.


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Editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley has really been missing the mark as of late. His Oct. 14 cartoon portraying the Occupy Wall Street protesters as freeloaders who demand to live within the means of Wall Street was the final straw for me.
Has Kelley forgotten the TARP bailout from 2008 where taxpayer money was handed over to these very Wall Street barons, who had recently wrecked the U.S. economy?
It is the top 1 percent who have been living off of the backs of the American people, and I'm proud to say that "We the People" are finally doing something about it.
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Here is a look ahead at highlights in high school sports for the week of May 27-June 1:
Championship games, Friday and Saturday: The state finals for all classifications return to Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer for the 16th consecutive year. Class 3A and 2A-1A championship games are played Friday, and 6A, 5A and 4A games Saturday. Times will be set following Tuesday's semifinal games. Each classification will have a new champion. In 6A, the semifinals are down to Southridge vs. Clackamas and Roseburg vs. Sheldon. In 5A, it's Bend vs. Wilsonville and Redmond vs. Sherwood.
Championship games, Friday and Saturday: Oregon State is the host site for state finals in all classifications. Class 3A and 2A championship games will be played Friday, followed by 6A, 5A and 4A games Saturday. Times will be determined following Tuesday's semifinal games. Three returning champions are in the mix to repeat in North Medford (6A), Banks (4A) and Blanchet Catholic (3A). In Class 6A, three of the four No. 1 seeds remain alive in Lincoln, Glencoe and North Medford.
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State championship game, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: Tigard High School is the host site, where a new champion will emerge, as three-time state champion Lincoln lost in the second round. Tuesday's semifinals are also at Tigard, where Beaverton plays Lakeridge at 6 p.m., followed by Jesuit vs. West Linn at 8 p.m. Lakeridge was the No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs.


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Fifa 2010
Halo 3DST, Tekken 6 etc.?
Fifa 2010
mass effect 2, halo odst i guess.. not a huge halo fan but it looks cool. and uncharted 2 (ps3 obviously)
Gamertag/PSN ID=SensesFailxWiix if you add me send me a message via console or wiichat
Well...RE5 came and gone..
Bionic Commando
Aliens/other aliens game
Ninja Blade
fight night round 4
I am alive
Dead rising 2
Dante's Inferno
Forgot some probably
actually, screw that. FIFA10.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, HaloDST and Mass Effect 2
There are other games that maybe good but those are two that I know will be good. Their aren't many games announced for 2009 for sure yet, im guessing at that thing in June, I forgot what it's called but they usually announce alot there.
I'm looking to get Sacred 2 for consoles but that's just me because I like Diablo style RPG's.
Don't like Soccer so I could careless for FIFA
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SSBB FC: ????-????-???? (New Wii, so I gotta check)
Gamertag: T3kNi9e
Been playing alot of WarCraft III lately, anyone up for game? Just message me, my account is the same as here and GT.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 looks great.
Lost planet 2
Dead rising 2
bioshock 2
Steam ID: Mintoisking
Xbox live GT: Sir Minto
PSN ID: Mintoisgod
crap, how could i forget about MW2, thats all that matters to me right now lol
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It's not an unusual event for a stronger player — or, let's say, a better endgame player — to outplay a weaker one from an equal endgame. But what does this "outplay" really mean? To simply play stronger?
I don't think this quite illustrates it sufficiently, since chess isn't a race — the two sides come into contact and fight with each other. One player finds a more proper course of action and more accurately anticipates his opponent's best ideas, while the opponent fails to find the best play, or plays in an entirely planless way. The failure to fully comprehend the position in all its details may not be evident on every move - an experienced chess player can make reasonable moves on general principles, and sometimes those moves will turn out to also be the best moves in the position — but eventually will add up to various inaccuracies, which will cause the game to slip away.
Here we will be seeing a very instructive example I cam across recently, from an old game between Siegbert Tarrasch and Frank Marshall in their 1905 match. While of course both players were world class in their day, Tarrasch was significantly stronger (he won the match 8-1), and in particular Marshall's strengths were located in another phase of the game — not the endgame. Thus Tarrasch outclasses Marshall. We will see how, specifically, this happened.
The rook and pawn endgame began with the following position:
It is worth noting that Marshall had just captured a rook on f8 from his rook on f1, and Tarrasch had recaptured on f8 with the king. Thus we can see that Tarrasch understood that centralizing the king was important, and the f-file was relatively meaningless at this point, something which Marshall apparently misunderstood.
Basically the position is about equal. Black has the open a-file (the doubled pawns are not really a disadvantage for him at all) but there is not much he can achieve with it, since the white pawn on a3 is solidly defended. The main problem white faces is that the pawn on d4 is blocking two of his pawns and provides Black a sort of small space advantage. However, this situation could be easily fixed. Before checking out how the game continued (and how Marshall ought to have played), think for yourself - what would you play here? You may find the answer to be a revelation...
It wasn't easy, but White managed to lose this equal, nearly symmetrical position with only rooks and pawns. This same thing happens every day, and games such as this repay close study.
Fantastic game and very good annotations.
Thanks IMBryanSmith!
32.Kc1 Kf6
I have to edit this now: 32. ..Kf6?, 33.Kb2 c5, 34.Rf1 Kg5??, 35.Rf7 and Re7; and white winns.
Another helpful article. Thanks for all of them.
Amazing Title!
thanks i really learnt a lot
Nice explanation .. but what would u suggest for white to move in 19 ?
i would suggest 19.e5 !
Fantastic article. This is exactly the material that separates "A" players from Experts. Thanks.
Really instructive.
will there be article 2? I need more of this.
Very nice article indeed! It just shows how important the endgame study is!
This is a great article -- including all of your commentary in the PGN, along with the variations, made it much easier to play through the game and made your writing more accessible. I really appreciated that. Well done!
Getting the King central, and prefereably in front of your pawns is always preferable, but it is impossible to get him there with pawns locked together. The rook must find forks on pawns and the other king too so as to eat up pawns, but preferably staying off the same file as your king to avoid being stolen after check. Sacrificing a rook can be a very good strategy in a rook and pawn ending, even if all it does is win you a single tempo with which to create a protected passed pawn with your king. It is very difficult for a rook to stop a pawn from queening and usually the rook must be traded for a pawn that is queening under the king's protection. If you are a move ahead, allow your opponent to advance his pawn as much as he likes, just stay that move ahead and your early queen will win you the game as long as your king stays clear of his queening lines.
How about 19. Rc1 Ra4 20. c3 c6 ... and black is still a bit better..
Nice lesson.
Frasier! I always thought Tarrash looked like Frasier for some reason! But now that I've actually seen a picture. Imagine hearing, "To look like a dashing player at the cost of losing the game" in Frasier's voice ^_^
O...M...G look at it! Look at Terrasch mustach! :D He is such a hipster ^_^
I always imagined him to look like a fuddy duddy with Squidward's personality.
very instructive lesson
Short and to the point = Great.
Thanks for the article!
(I, too, would have played 19.Rf1+, but then I would have followed immediately with 20.Rf2 and transferred the King to d2/c1, staying passive, but flexible. I think that that plan would hold the draw even with the a3 weakness. In my opinion, 25.b4 was the big error.)
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PORTLAND, Ore. – On the strength of a fifth-place finish against a national field, College of Idaho's women's golf team is the recipient of the Cascade Collegiate Conference's "Verizon Team of the Week Award" for the period ending Oct. 9.
The Yotes traveled across the country in making a major statement last week at the NAIA Fall Preview. Playing at Links Hills Country Club in Greeneville, Tenn., site of the 2012 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships, the Yotes placed fifth among 15 teams, six of which finished in the top 21 at last year's national championships. College of Idaho finished just 14 strokes out of first place and just 10 out of second.
Sophomore Baylee Borchers carded a pair of 74s to win her first collegiate tournament, besting an outstanding field that included a host of players who finished in the top 25 at last year's national tournament. Borchers' back-to-back 74s were the two lowest rounds of the tournament, and her 148 total ranks tied for second for the lowest 36-hole score in program history.
Teammate Trish Gibbens continued her strong play this season, posting a pair of 76s to finish in a tie for third. Melissa Clausen also had a strong showing, finishing with a second round 79 to finish in 31st.
Said Garry Matlock, C of I's coach: "It was a tremendous showing, and we're all very proud of the team. This is a very hard-working group; they take it upon themselves to do conditioning three days a week, and it's paying off. If we can keep it going, maybe we can get back to Tennessee in May [for the NAIA Championships.] Baylee is a legitimate player and a great student. I'm very happy for her. This may be a real breaking out for her."
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has been the target of letters and fliers mailed anonymously to constituents and lobbyists, communications that his lawyer called "illegal hate mail."
The mailers accuse Hubbard of unethical behavior or possible illegal activity. They came with either no
return address or an Oregon address associated with "virtual office" space.
Team Hubbard fired back with its own mailer to Lee County households and Hubbard's lawyer said he reported the anonymous mailings to authorities.
"The speaker has been subjected to some illegal hate mail. We have reported it to the appropriate authorities and we are cooperating with the investigation," attorney Mark White said.
White declined to name who they contacted.
A piece mailed to Auburn residents read "Who Does Mike Hubbard Really
Represent? His clients and his wallet!"
The mailer listed a return address as 5200 SW Meadows Road, Suite 150 Lake Oswego, Oregon. It does not list a company or person taking credit for the mailer. A website describes that address as a "virtual office" that people can rent for $50-a-month while working elsewhere.
"Continue your telecommuting or home working and impress your clients with a virtual address at Lake Oswego Executive Suites, 5200 SW Meadows Road, Suite 150, Lake Oswego, OR 97035," the website read.
White said he believed the mailer was an attempt to influence the upcoming
election and the name of who paid for it should have been disclosed. Hubbard currently does not have opposition.
"The mailings we have are obvious blatant flagrant violations of the Campaign Finance Practices Act and perhaps federal statutes," White said.
An anonymous letter was also sent to legislative lobbyists last month. The letter cautioned lobbyists not to attend an upcoming fundraiser, citing a special grand jury seated in Hubbard's home county.
The grand jury was seated by prosecutors specializing in public corruption. The nature of the probe is unclear since grand jury secrecy laws prohibit witnesses from saying what they were asked.
"By skipping the Mike Hubbard fundraiser on the Thursday before the session begins you are refusing to participate in his alleged criminal activities," the anonymous letter said.
White said they are trying to track down who was behind the lobbyist letter.
"The one to the lobbyists is a cowardly spiteful act," White said.
Hubbard fired back in his own direct mail piece sent to Auburn residents titled, "Can we talk? A personal message to you and your family from Mike Hubbard."
The speaker referenced the anonymous mail piece sent to voters, blaming it on unnamed "special interests."
"The liberal special interests who ran Montgomery for decades before we liberated the legislature are now absolutely desperate, so they have resorted to using political terrorists who break state campaign laws to keep their identities secret," Hubbard said in a statement emailed Friday.
"I regret the citizens of House District 79 are receiving these anonymous pieces of mail but I know they are too smart to fall for the lies and distortions being spread by the cowards who are sending them," Hubbard said.


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LANETT — Lanett senior tailback Kordelrus "Scutt" Morgan rushed for 168 yards on 14 carries and scored two TD and threw for a third score on a beautifully-executed halfback pass to lead the Lanett Panthers to an impressive 34-0 season-opening win over the Beulah Bobcats here Friday evening at Morgan-Washburn Stadium. Morgan led coach Ronnie Sikes' devastating Lanett rushing attack as the Panthers rolled up over 250 yards on the ground and three rushing scores in the big win. Lanett's offense has picked up right where they left off in 2007 with another impressive performance but instead of a high-octane aerial attack, it's a lethal ground attack combining in the talents of speedsters in seniors Morgan, Antonio Harper and bruisers in seniors Anthony Evans and Tonedric Andrews at the fullback spots. The Panthers opened the scoring with 1:27 left in the first period on an OJ Simpson-like weaving scoring run by Morgan. On the play, Morgan cut across against the grain, made a nice inside head fake, then darted outside and simply dusted the Beulah secondary for a 45-yard scoring jaunt in displaying great speed and acceleration in the process for a 6-0 lead. Junior placekicker Josue Aldana converted the PAT kick for a 7-0 Lanett lead. Lanett's scoring drive was 78 yards on seven plays and all were on the ground. The Panthers pushed the lead to 13-0 on another scoring run from Morgan, this time from 20 yards out, to cap a nicely executed six-play, 41-yard march for points with 5:28 left in the second quarter.
Morgan hooked up with 6-7 junior James "Boomer" Harris for a perfectly executed 18-yard halfback TD pass in the third period for a 19-0 Lanett lead. Morgan's scoring strike to Harris capped a six-play, 60-yard drive as Lanett took complete control with a three-score lead. Junior Raven Winston got in the scoring act with a wild, rolling and fumbling 26-yard muffed punt recovered in the Beulah end zone for a Lanett TD with :48.2 left in the third and 27-0 lead after senior Anthony Evans tacked on the two-point PAT run. Evans also had the final score of the game for Lanett on a six-yard run to cap an 11-play 73-yard drive and a 34-0 Lanett lead for the final score of the game. •Lanett (1-0) opens the 2A Region 3 schedule Friday against Woodland High.


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Does chicken give me too much cholesterol?
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I've been eating roasted chicken breast daily at dinner time to get my protein. However, Calorie Count shows that it is very high in cholesterol, even without the skin. If I eat one egg with whole wheat bread in the morning and chicken at night, that is almost 200% of the allowance for cholesterol. Fresh wild fish is price prohibitive to eat every day. Is there something else I could be eating to get my protein?
All animal-based "meat group" foods have similar amounts of cholesterol. Compare the cholesterol in 3-ounces of chicken breast, white fish, and lean beef. Most of the cholesterol in your diet comes from the egg you eat everyday. Instead of eating less chicken, trade the egg yolk for an egg substitute, such as Egg Beaters, or egg white without the yolk. Dietary cholesterol is limited to 300 mg a day for healthy people. Saturated fat intake should be less than 10% of daily calories. Read how to distinguish between high and low cholesterol foods from the Guide to Cholesterol at About.com.


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PHILADELPHIA -- It seems fitting that as Roy Halladay's career comes to an end, so does the Phillies' time on top.
Halladay's arrival in Philadelphia four years ago represented much more than just an acquisition of a pitcher. It was the best pitcher in baseball deciding to come to Philadelphia because he wanted to win. He was soon joined by Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Jonathan Papelbon as players who flocked to town because of the great things happening at Citizens Bank Park. It was something that was supposed to happen in New York or Boston, not in Philadelphia.
Now you have to wonder if it will happen again anytime soon.
As the Phillies try to rebound from their worst season since 1997, it's fair to ask if Philadelphia is still a premier destination for players. A team that once painted the city red is now a group that clearly lacks direction, and doesn't seem to be anywhere close to winning another World Series title that so many players thought they would get by signing here.
When Halladay decided to spend his last few critical seasons in Philadelphia trying to win a World Series, he did so because this team had talent, a respected manager, a fun clubhouse and a direction. Just three seasons later, that all appears to be gone, and free agents considering making South Broad their home might want to look at how things have panned out for Papelbon and Lee.
As a free agent, Papelbon had plenty of teams calling him and willing to pay for an experienced closer. After fielding offers, he called his agent and told him "I want to go play for the Phillies. Let's make this happen." From the outside looking in, he saw the great things everyone else did at that time. Since coming to Philadelphia, however, it has been a complete disaster for Papelbon.
Yes, his performance on the field plays a part in his disappointing time in Philadelphia. There certainly seems to be a lot more to it then just that, however. He has questioned the leadership in the locker room, clashed with the fans, suffered through plenty of losses, and now just after two seasons after committing to Philadelphia, the team is basically trying to give him away. At first, Papelbon's problems with the team seemed like his own issues. As more time goes on, however, it looks like Papelbon might have just been the first one to see the problems coming.
Papelbon isn't the only one to have his time in Philadelphia go like this.
Look at Lee's experience with the Phillies. After playing a huge role in the Phillies' 2009 World Series appearance, Lee was blindsided with a trade to the Seattle Mariners. Being traded is part of the deal as a professional athlete, but it certainly didn't seem like the classiest move from the Phillies considering what Lee just did for them. Still, Lee decided to rejoin the Phillies one season later as a free agent. His press conference sounded like a huge commercial for Philadelphia, as he spoke about the city, his wife's love for the culture, and how he wanted to raise his family here. Things haven't exactly gone as planned.
Despite keeping up his end of the bargain by performing on the field, Lee is once again reportedly on the trading block. He sounded more and more miserable with each game last season, saying at the end he "just wants to win" when asked if he wants to remain in Philadelphia.
Lee isn't the only player the Phillies have (reportedly) tried to move pretty soon after a signing. Just a few months after Hamels decided not to test the free-agent market and re-sign with the Phils, the former World Series MVP is reportedly on the market. Trading Hamels against his will certainly is a red flag to any free agent, as this would be the second premier pitcher to commit to the Phillies only to have them turn around and move them.
Throw in Hamels' recent comments about all of the "finger pointing" going on in the Phillies' clubhouse last season, and it's hard to remember the last time a current member of the team had something positive to say about the current state of this team -- and it's hard to imagine other player's aren't taking notice.
The Phillies have a rookie manager, an aging roster, and what looks more and more like a toxic environment. They also have some pretty recent horror stories of big-name players coming here, only to be on the trade block almost immediately afterward.
More than anything, the Phillies lack stability and direction. Yes, money is a big factor for players, and the Phillies certainly hand that out. It's easy to convince Marlon Byrd to come here for big money, or Carlos Ruiz to come back with a deal no one else would give him. But when the money is the same from multiple teams -- which it normally is for premier free agents -- they usually go with the team that has stability and direction, a place they can trust, and a place they can win.
That used to be Philadelphia. Now, it's hard to imagine any player would pick Philadelphia if given other options.
Which sure feels like a far cry from what it used to be.
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In honour of BIg Boy turning 6 we have measured the 2 bigger boys. These are their current stats, they are sure growing up!
Big Boy: 48 lbs; 46 inches
Little Boy: 33 lbs; 35 inches
|The ride on battering ram.
|One side of the playground - for middle sized kids.
|Bigger kids would enjoy this bit of the equipment.
|Don't the majority of these tails strike you as "too close"? (Sorry about the odd camera angle.)
|I decided to dust the cupcakes with powdered sugar - very common over here and I thought "when in Rome".
I had no idea how difficult dusting nicely is! I will ice them with buttercream for Big Boy's class.
|Mmmmm....what a meal....


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The votes have been counted and most of you want Ubuntu on your smartphones, according to our unscientific poll. This doesn't come as a surprise, since an earlier poll showed a preference for Ubuntu on tablets as well. Not bad for an OS that's not really available yet on those hardware platforms.
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Riley Gill has been superb in his two starts with the Hershey Bears this season.
With the Bears heading into another three-in-three this weekend, Bears head coach Mike Haviland said the goalie is slated to start one of the games.
Gill (1-1-0) has a 0.99 goals-against average and .969 save percentage. He has surrendered just one goal in six regulation periods.
"He deserves it," Haviland said Thursday. "He's played well. I think with the three-in-threes, we've got to be smart here. For sure, he'll get something."
With Hershey playing well, winger Derek Whitmore and defenseman David Kolomatis are waiting for chances to get back into the lineup.
"I said, 'If you guys were in the lineup, you wouldn't want to be pulled out,'" Haviland said. "I think honestly and communication goes a long way. We've talked to both of them, even Patrick Wey, and said, 'Hey, the team's playing good.' And they all agree. It's tough.
"There's certain things we want them to work on, too, to make sure they're ready. They're working really hard with Moug [assistant coach Ryan Mougenel]. You re-evaluate after every game, but you want that continuity which we've had. It's showing on a lot of different areas of our game."
Whitmore, caught in a veteran scratch spot since Ryan Potulny's re-signing, has been scratched in four straight and seven of eight. Kolomatis, still the leading scorer among Hershey defensemen (5-11-16), has been scratched in three straight and four of five.
"Whitter's got the two things, because he's got the vet and the team's playing well," Haviland said.
"Kolomatis has played very, very well for us, and guys have gone in and played well, too. It's nothing to do with their play."
Wey, returning from a lower body injury that has sidelined him the past 13 games, won't be sent to Reading (ECHL) to get some game action, Haviland said. "We're going to keep him around right now," Haviland said. "I have no plans of putting him down right now."
Nathan Walker, sidelined the past six games by a lower body injury, returned to practice at Giant Center but didn't fully participate in a workout that focused mainly on special teams. "He said he feels better, so we'll start pushing him now," Haviland said. "I would think next week would be full-blown. I don't think he'll be ready for this weekend."
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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(March 19, 2011)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—When he learned that Goodyear planned to replace the right-side tires the company had supplied for this weekend's races at Bristol Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards didn't mince words.
"The potential is there to completely turn this field upside-down," said Edwards, who won the pole for Sunday's Jeff Byrd 500 before Goodyear trucked in 1,200 new right-side tires for the race.
Edwards might be right. Teams practiced on the old right sides during Saturday's first session before switching to the new tires during final practice. It might be hyperbole to say that the change caused mass confusion in the garage—but it did have teams scrambling to find setups that would work with the new tire combination.
"We've got to change everything in the car, and we've got one set of tires to figure it out," Kevin Harvick said during the final practice.
Edwards was fastest during Friday's practice and qualifying. In Saturday's final session, he was 33rd quickest. Greg Biffle, who qualified second, was 30th during the final practice.
Edwards used only the new right sides for his practice session. Other drivers, Jimmie Johnson among them, started final practice with the old tires and switched toward the end of the session.
"The (new) tire is a lot slower, and it's going to be a little more difficult to drive," Edwards said. "We're still working on trying to get the car set up best for it, but it's a challenge for everybody.
"We never put the faster tires on, so that's why we were slow. We could have run a faster lap if we would have ran those tires, but we just didn't see a reason to do that. I feel good about (Sunday). We were fast compared to other people on the newer tire, so we're good."
Goodyear called an audible Friday to make the tire change after observing Nationwide Series and Cup practice sessions. The tires Goodyear brought were not coating the track with a layer of rubber, as is typical. Consequently, tire wear did not improve appreciably throughout practice, and teams experienced problems with heavy wear on the outside shoulder of the right rear tire.
Ironically, during Saturday's first practice session, the track began to rubber in.
"The tire we brought here is actually putting rubber on the track now," Rick Campbell, NASCAR project manager for Goodyear, said between practice sessions. "Performance has been good. We changed the tire, and the replacement tire will do very well as well, because it's been run here before, and we know how it's going to perform.
"There's some rubber going down on it (with the original tire). I think the sunshine and the warmer track temp has something to do with it. And I think just the additional laps and a lot of cars running and a lot of cars practicing … it's starting to act like we expected it to—just a day late."
All teams must run the new right-side tires in Sunday's race.
Stewart: Bristol unique among short tracks
When Sprint Cup points leader Tony Stewart saw Bristol Motor Speedway for the first time, his first look wasn't at the racing surface.
Stewart was awestruck by the enormity of the grandstands surrounding the .533-mile concrete track.
"I've run a lot of high-banked half-mile tracks, but when you come to Bristol the first time, it's just different—everything about it," Stewart said. "You walk in here, and the first thing you notice is the grandstands. You don't even notice the racetrack.
"You just can't believe that there is a racetrack sitting in this big mass of a 160,000-seat capacity venue. Just the setting of it. You've got to go uphill to go down into the infield of this place, and it's just like you feel like you've climbed into a volcano."
Less combustible, Stewart believes, is the racing at Thunder Valley, thanks to a resurfacing of the speedway in 2007.
"You actually race at Bristol now instead of wrecking people at Bristol," Stewart said. "Now guys can run the top of the racetrack, the middle of the racetrack, and actually there's a racetrack now versus just a track where guys used to go in there and run into the back of each other or wreck them or move them out of the way and then go on."
Armstrong gets shot in truck series
Odd-numbered years have been good to ThorSport Racing, and the team hopes that trend continues in announcing the signing of Dakoda Armstrong, 19, to drive a third Camping World Truck Series entry in 2011.
Armstong will be behind the wheel of ThorSport's No. 98 Chevrolet for selected races this year as he attempts to win the rookie-of-the-year title. ThorSport won the rookie award with Willie Allen in 2007 and Johnny Sauter in 2009.
Armstrong was 2010 rookie of the year in the ARCA Series.


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Vice-presidential candidate denies he profited from a 2008 meeting with Fed chairman in which officials outlined fears for financial crisis
by Dominic Rushe, TheGuardian:
Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate, sold stock in US banks on the same day he attended a confidential meeting where top level officials disclosed the sector was heading for a deep crisis.
The congressman on Monday denied profiting from information gleaned from the meeting on 18 September 2008 when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, then treasury secretary Hank Paulson and others outlined their fears for the banking sector. His office said he had no control over the trades.
Public records show that on the same day as the meeting, Ryan sold stock in troubled banks including Wachovia and Citigroup and bought shares in Goldman Sachs, Paulson's old employer and a bank that had been disclosed to be stronger than many of its rivals. The sale was not illegal at the time.
Not long after the meeting, Wachovia's already troubled share price went into free fall. It plunged 39% on the afternoon of 26 September alone as investors worried the bank would collapse. It was eventually taken over by Wells Fargo for $15bn, a fraction of its former value.
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PICTOU – The Pictou Lobster Carnival ended its 80th anniversary celebrations with money in the bank.
Raymond Falconer cuts the net, with a Grohmann knife, to kick off the 80th Pictou Lobster Carnival. AMANDA JESS – THE NEWS
Once in jeopardy of discontinuing because of financial woes, the carnival has paid all its outstanding bills and still has $17,663 in the bank, said Kent Corbett, executive member of the carnival committee.
In addition to this, he said, it is expecting an additional $8,600 from an HST cheque so the carnival is off to a great start for its 81st celebrations.
"We had a lot of stuff in our favour this year," he said. "Moving everything to the one location helped us save money and we had lucked into some sales when we went to purchase the liquor for the beer garden."
He said there are some things the carnival can work on to improve for next year, but overall there have been good reports from the community about the July event.
Corbett said the air show was a big hit both Friday night and Saturday morning and the boat races are always a draw for people.
"As far as the entertainment goes, there was something for everyone," he said.
The car show on Sunday had the second largest number of registrants, he said.
The lobster carnival committee was in dire straits about two years ago when it announced it had a huge deficit to pay, no money in the bank and a lack of volunteers to help out.
The community came together, new people joined the board and the 2013 carnival was scaled back to save some money. The committee fundraised throughout the year and Corbett says it was able to erase the debt and start this year's festivities with some money in the bank.
He said the only thing still lacking in this year's carnival was a need for people to volunteer as grounds crew. He said it's difficult for a handful of people to be in different places at once to set up and tear down events.
"You can never have enough volunteers," he said. "We definitely have to recruit some able-bodied people for the grounds crew."
Corbett said the committee will begin planning for next year in the fall and the carnival's annual general meeting will be held in October. A new fundraising schedule will be released at this time as well.
Anyone interested in volunteering at the fundraising events or with the carnival committee is welcome to attend the meeting which is open to the public.


text: Making maple syrup is a North Country tradition and an important cottage industry in our region. As I sit down to write this article, it's the middle of March; prime time for northern New York maple syrup production. These are the weeks of sap flow, when the sugar maples break dormancy and local syrup producers, having tapped thousands of trees, harvest their reward and boil it down with pride and care, turning out gallon after gallon of delicious pure maple syrup, as well as pure maple candy, scrumptious maple cream and delightful maple sugar. Steam is wafting from sugarhouses operating at full production and the sweet smell of boiling maple sap is in the air. At least that's the way it should be.


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Venue:The Blank Club, San Jose on October 10
Andrew Legrande brings energy from mellow ryhthms to hardcore thrashing with Zaticoy. [Ed. note. Love the classic wrap on these drums.]
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text: Walking down Milwaukie Ave. tonight I noticed that the former Tea Rific Bento truck has dramatically changed colors. It is now a bright red color with a samurai guy on the front. The new name is Samurai Lunch Box. I know of a Samurai Bento lunch truck in another part of town, I wonder if this is the same.


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Grammy winner hits Ta' Liesse | Malta Jazz Festival
Four-time Grammy award winner Dianne Reeves will be gracing the stage at Ta' Liesse this summer at the 22nd edition of the Malta Jazz Festival.
10 July 2012, 12:00am
Dianne Reeves is the only jazz vocalist to have won the Grammy Award for 'Best Vocal Jazz performance' for three consecutive recordings. The artist has recorded and performed extensively with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. She has also recorded with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim and was a featured soloist with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Lyne Carrington's The Mosaic Project is an all-female ensemble consisting of some of the finest female instrumentalists and vocalists in the world. This year The Mosaic Project won the Grammy Award for 'Best Vocal Jazz Album'.
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The nation's steadily improving employment situation got even a bit better in February as the government reported the addition of 227,000 jobs for the month. The unemployment rate, however, stayed steady at 8.3 percent, the Labor Department reported this morning.
Bloomberg reported that the job increase was better than its predictions, based on surveys with economists who said they believed 210,000 jobs would be added in February.
Here's more from Bloomberg on what the jobs picture means:
More jobs are helping fuel the wage gains that drive consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy. The latest pickup in employment may not be convincing enough for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who last week said the labor market remains "far from normal," a sign policy makers continue to see merit in keeping interest rates low for several years.
"Businesses have a bit more confidence about where the recovery is going," Omair Sharif, a U.S. economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut, said before the report. There's "a little better feeling that demand for their products will hold up for the next six months or so," he said.
For more details, click here for the release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Omaha police say a suspect carjacked a man at gunpoint late Friday night.
The attack happened in the garage of the victim in the 1100 block of N 26th Circle.
Stanley Teel told officers the suspect approached him after just backing his 2005 Chevy Avalanche into his garage.
Teel walked to the back of the vehicle and the suspect got in a drove off. The suspect is believed to be about 25-years-old, about 6-feet tall and about 170 lbs. He was in a black hooded sweatshirt with a black beanie on.
The SUV has South Dakota plates 1BAD27.
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RELATED: Barack Obama will win re-election, Pulitzer Prize winner says in Grand Rapids address
GRAND RAPIDS – Ari Fleischer, a former press secretary for President George W. Bush, said Barack Obama has failed to capitalize on the popularity he enjoyed when he took office in 2008.
"When he took office, he had America in his hands," said Fleischer, who was speaking at a breakfast fundraiser for Michigan State University's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research political leadership program. "He turned out to be very unlike what we had hoped."
Fleischer pointed out Obama's approval rating stood at 70 percent, but that has sunk to 45 percent. His disapproval mark, once 10 percent, is at 48 percent.
"If you're looking for a two-word summary of what has happened," Fleischer said. "Those words are 'spending fatigue.'"
Fleischer's take was the opposite of Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who predicted Obama's re-election in his address.
Fleischer pointed to the auto bailout, a $787 billion stimulus that never produced in his view, employment that has cratered and the collapse of housing values during Obama's first term.
All that led to a tidal wave turn that led to Republicans grabbing control in the U.S. House, and it's left the race for president in November a 50-50 jump ball.
The former press secretary and political consultant said the GOP primary race has been a game of musical chairs and it's left Michigan squarely in the middle, poised to play a critical role in Tuesday's vote.
"Michigan looms large," Fleischer said. "Michigan is the springboard that is going to launch either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum into Super Tuesday. It's Iowa and New Hampshire combined.
"If Mitt Romney loses Michigan he will limp into Super Tuesday."
Ten states have primaries on that March 6 day, but momentum will be gained here in Romney's home state, once considered a sure win for the former Massachusetts governor. Polls now show the state up for grabs with margins of error indicating either of the two could win.
"Now that it's settled into a two-man race, it's almost where he's most vulnerable," Fleischer said of Romney, who has trouble courting evangelicals and people who consider themselves "very conservative."
"Rick Santorum lit a spark on social conservative issues. (Mitt Romney's) conservative problem is actually an advantage for him in the general election. The question is, is it so debilitating that he can't get through the primary?"
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Posted on 05/15/2012 11:43:45 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
You would think that after decades of Title IX enforcement, sex discrimination in school sports would be a thing of the past. But this isnt the case in Suffolk County, New York, where a skilled student-athlete is being denied the right to compete in sports based solely on sex.
The child is 13-year-old Keeling Pilaro, who for the last two years has been a member of Southampton High School girls field hockey team. He tried out for it and was allowed to play because there are no boys field hockey teams anywhere in the county. So whats the problem now?
Hes too good, say Suffolk officials.
(Translation: hes a boy who is too good.)
To many, Keelings exclusion may seem entirely intuitive and just. This is why we have separate sports categories for men and women, boys and girls, right? Not so fast.
Title IX, the federal legislation mandating equal opportunity for the sexes in schools, has long been interpreted to mean that a student must be allowed to try out for an opposite-sex team if theres no corresponding team for his sex. Because of this, girls have occasionally appeared on boys teams. In fact, a traditionalist Catholic Arizona high school just forfeited the Arizona Charter Athletic Association championship because of the presence of a female player on the opposing team.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
A 40 year old male couch potato can snap the arm off a 25 year old female body builder. And the couch potato can't conceive. Men and women are different. Deal with it, folks.
I exaggerate, but not by much.
Before everyone jumps ugly on this kid for playing a "girls" sport, you need to do your homework.
In places where men play field hockey, it is an exciting and sometimes brutal sport. The ball moves faster, the men are more physical, and the game is just all around better.
Its too bad more American men do not play, as it provides a great alternative to baseball in the summer.
We already have a fast, physical spring/summer alternative to baseball called lacrosse. As a bonus it is native to this continent.
Baseball has a alternative. It's called Lacrosse. It's a game for those who like the speed and brutality of hockey without the game slowing penalties.
Oh, I have no argument with that. I just wanted to check the comments about a boy playing a girls game.
Field Hockey, when played by adult men, is as exciting as Lacrosse. I know its hard to believe. But its true.
And Lacrosse is my favorite spring sport (I photograph sports for a living.)
Title IX: because a small group of liberals are convinced that someone, somewhere wants to watch women's crew.
Irish Hurling comes to mind.
Or game slowing fights.
See my answer on #7....
If anything, those differences, which are very real, actually almost make the case for the asymmetric treatment women seem to want here:
If a girl is big and strong and 'good' enough to safely have compete on the boys' team for a sport and there's no equivalent girls' team, they let her play.
If a boy is small and weak and 'bad' enough to safely have compete on the girls' team, they let him play.
Having small, weak, 'bad' girls play on the boys' team or having big, strong, 'good' boys play on the girls' team makes no sense.
Identity Politics only matters when you serve The Party. Just ask Sarah Palin and Clarence Thomas.
—Having small, weak, bad girls play on the boys team or having big, strong, good boys play on the girls team makes no sense.—
I strongly agree. They need to get over trying to "overequalize" us.
I have often said that if I were Czar, and I mean real Czar and not a wimpy Obama czar, I would ban K-12 soccer, issue everyone lacrosse gear, and make it the official alternate Spring sport to baseball. Lacrosse has everything soccer does not - action, contact, scoring, and it requires opposable thumbs.
Really there's no way to test that a boy is 'bad' enough to play with the girls, so I simply wouldn't allow it.
I could see a case made for the freakish girl who's good enough to play on the boys team, when there's no equivalent team for her. After all, she can try out and make it or not make it just like any of the boys.
But that asymmetry is problematic, so I'd understand scratching that too.
You obviously didn't watch Sunday's Manchester City-QPR match.
—After all, she can try out and make it or not make it just like any of the boys.—
Though I consider it a "camel's nose" issue, that might be a good way to do it.
The problem is that if you do it across the board (good girl plays with boys and bad boy plays with girls, you end up with one of those "rose by any name" scenarios:
You end up with the "good team" (which is mostly boys) and the "bad team" (which is mostly girls). I'm not sure how people would react to that.
Like all liberal policies,
it's not about bringing up those without,
but about bringing down those with.
Yeah, I agree. I think the usual case is made just for girls playing on boys' teams when there is no girls' team in that sport. With more boys often playing sports, there may well be more choices among the boys' teams.
But I just think it's hard to do without someone somewhere thinking it's unfair, so it probably just should be scratched. The old-fashioned 'segregation' is probably good enough for all but non-competitive intramural-type sports.
Wrong. There should be no mixing of the sexes whatsoever in sports. To do so blurs the distinctions between them and is part of a very destructive agenda.
Besides, it isn't just in the area of size and strength that boys are superior. They also, in general, have more talent and therefore can develop greater skill. So just because a boy is small and relatively weak doesn't mean that he wouldn't have an advantage in girls' sports.
—The old-fashioned segregation is probably good enough for all but non-competitive intramural-type sports.—
I think that is especially true when you consider why there are those kinds of sports in school to begin with: To give kids an outlet that keeps them from getting too up close and personal with each other.
Girls and boys playing together defeats the whole purpose of why there are school sports.
Yes, good point. Also, though, another higher purpose of sports is to instill character and mold boys into men. This is undermined when you include females.
Boys have a right to a masculine environment without a feminist agenda intruding and making a mockery of it.
"it's about bringing down those WITH"
You win the thread.
What are you talking about? I came down on the side of keeping them segregated, except for the slightest of non-competitive intramural sports.
That's adult life: co-ed volleyball and the like, and it's how girls and boys sometimes play sports outside of a school context.
Lacrosse is scary, with those hard little balls zooming around at head level!
I apologize. I think I got your post confused with someone else's.
Having said that, I oppose the mixing of the sexes at all levels in sports. I have my reasons, of course.
But we can agree to disagree on that.
Fair enough. I'd consider the mildest of coed sports to be like organized school dances—a managed environment for boys and girls to interact. But everyone might not support that.
—Boys have a right to a masculine environment without a feminist agenda intruding and making a mockery of it.—
Yeah. Sometimes, with a lot of stuff going on, I would like to see our leaders and politicians (and public) respond thusly:
Homosexual marriage? No. It's a stupid idea. Now, what's for dinner...
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ARLINGTON The Arlington Police Department honored a volunteer, two staff members and three officers during its annual meeting in the City Council Chambers Feb. 21.
Arlington Police Chief John Gray presented plaques to Support 42 Chaplain Dennis Sonsteby, support services technicians Loralie Carlson and Val Copeland, Lt. Edward Erlandson, and officers Jay Schwartzmiller and Peter Barrett.
Gray named Barrett the Employee of the Year, quoted his fellow department members who characterized Barrett as having unbelievable motivation levels, an unwavering commitment to the profession, his coworkers and his department, and a passion and determinations to fight crime, one suspect at a time.
Gray described Barretts achievement of leading the department in removing impaired drivers from the street as remarkable, since Barrett worked as a patrol officer for eight months before being assigned as a detective.
He maintains relationships that foster trust and inspire confidence, and an attitude that encourages others to utilize his willingness to assist in any way, Gray said. Peter gives 100 percent and the criminals pay for it.
Gray recalled that Sonsteby started the chaplain program to assist police and fire services staff during times of crisis, by aiding families who have lost loved ones or been displaced by tragedies.
His vision was to create a cadre of volunteers who are committed to providing essential services to those who have emergent needs that cannot be addressed by others, Gray said of Sonsteby. They provide emergency social services when everyone else has gone home. They have delivered food, bought car seats, stood vigil at memorials for fallen officers, helped make funeral arrangements, performed wedding ceremonies and conducted memorial services.
Gray noted that Sonstebys team of seven volunteers provides more than 100 hours of service to the community each month, before citing his leadership, care and compassion as having bettered the community.
Gray pointed to Carlsons five years and Copelands six years as the voices and the faces of the Arlington Police Department, pointing out that theyve each talked to literally hundreds of people on the phone and at the police station.
Gray commended Carlson for the level of customer service she provides, not only to the public, but also to the officers within the Arlington Police Department and its law enforcement partners.
Gray singled out Copeland for her work as a composite artist, whose contributions have helped solve several high-profile crimes.
Val brings to the department, and the community, a high sense of service and a desire to make them safe, Gray said. Loralie brings to us grace, humility and sincerity, in always being helpful, patient and calm. The customers and clients of the police department are often people who are in crisis and present special challenges to the staff whose duty it is to assist them.
Erlandson was praised for his leadership of the departments special operations team, and as acting chief during Grays absence.
Gray listed the departments challenges within the past year as diverse as the killing of a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash, the kidnapping of two children during a carjacking and the kidnapping of another child by a suicidal parent.
All of these events had two common threads, Gray said. All were solved quickly by excellent teamwork, and Ed Erlandson provided crucial on-the-ground leadership. Leadership is nearly invisible when its effective. Good leadership is easy to expect but far more difficult to deliver.
Gray summarized Erlandsons 20 years of experience with the Arlington Police Department by lauding him for developing his professional skills and mentoring his fellow officers.
This award is a tribute to Eds leadership, Gray said. Hes provided clear directions, had appropriate expectations and brought out the best in his team members.
Gray introduced Schwartzmiller by conceding that a combination of increased workload and relatively constant staff resources have made the police department more reactive and less visible in residential neighborhoods and retail areas.
It became clear, during the analysis of our departments enforcement activities, that one officer had made a consistent and aggressive effort to be proactive, seek out offenders and take the crime-fighting campaign to the offenders, Gray said. This was all done while handling the typical workload that is a burden to every officer.
Gray explained that Schwartzmillers record of more than 100 subject stops, more than 650 traffic stops and 33 arrest warrants served equaled roughly twice as much proactive work as any other officer in the department.
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World-renowned pianist, composer and longtime Tulane music professor Faina Lushtak will present a free concert Friday at Dixon Hall on the campus of Tulane University.One of the selections she will play is "Nostalgic, " a piece she wrote for her mother, her first piano teacher.
"This is the kind of music I remember from my earliest childhood memories in Russia, " she says. "It is the kind of music my parents danced to when I was growing up."
The composition was lost in the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina, along with everything else on the first floor of Lushtak's home, which is two blocks from the 17th Street Canal.
"I only had one copy of it, and it was sitting on a shelf behind the piano, " she says. "Later, I remembered the melody, and I was able to rewrite it."
Lushtak's most cherished possession, a Steinway grand piano she had played for 18 years, was also lost to the storm.
"It died. It was completely washed out, " she says. "Every Steinway is different, so it was impossible to replace."
She does have another piano now, thanks to her friends and music lovers, Michael and Betty Carey.
"Michael called and said they had a gift for me, and I thought maybe it was a box of good chocolates, " she says, laughing.
Instead, it was a lovely Steinway grand piano that had been in their family.
"It's was an amazing present, and it's a lovely instrument, " she says. "I'm grateful to have it."
Lushtak, head of Tulane's piano department and a frequent soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in the Soviet Union and began studying piano and music composition at 6. She graduated from the Stoliarsky School for Musically Gifted Children under the instruction of her mother. She later earned degrees in piano performance and composition from the Moscow Tchaikowsky Conservatory, where she taught before coming to the United States. She has performed all over the United States and in Europe and Russia.
In the first half of the concert, Lushtak will play Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen, and an Intermezzo and two Rhapsodies by Johannes Brahms.
"Then, after the intermission, I will play my own compositions, " she says.
In addition to the piece inspired by her mother, she will play a piano trio, three Romances for voice and piano on Robert Burns poetry; a sonata for violin, cello and piano; a piano piece called "Old and New; and a sonata for trumpet and piano.
"I wrote the sonata for trumpet a long, long time ago. Then I thought, 'Why not add something new to it?'" she says. "I finished the third movement just last week. It's my new baby. I'm very happy with my last-week baby."
The concert begins at 8 p.m. and is free and open to everyone. You don't need a ticket to attend.
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Sal Alosi, the New York Jets coach who tripped Miami player Nolan Carroll(notes) in the third quarter of the Dolphins' 10-6 win last Sunday, didn't "just happen" to be there.
The Jets have discovered that he strategically ordered players to "form a wall" in that specific place, and have now changed Alosi's suspension from "rest of the season" to "indefinite."
"As we continued our investigation, we discovered some new information," Tannenbaum said in a conference call from the NFL owners meetings in Dallas, "and the players at the Miami game were instructed by Sal to stand where they were to force the gunner in the game to run around them."
To force the gunner to run around them, or to give them an opportunity to trip the gunner? It seems a little unlikely that the gunner would go all the way around them. Tripping him, as we all saw on Sunday, isn't all that far-fetched. That actually happened.
Tight end Jeff Cumberland(notes), who was inactive Sunday, said it was nothing new for the players to line up next to each other as they did against the Dolphins, according to AP.
"Since the beginning of the year, we've been instructed to line up behind the (white) line," he said, adding that it was only Alosi who has told them to do so."
As far as further punishment goes, Tannenbaum says the Jets are still gathering information and that "all options are on the table." A lot of people felt like Alosi should've been fired for acting so recklessly to begin with. Now that there's evidence pointing to this being a premeditated plan, things seem even worse.
If you'll take his word for it, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said today that neither head coach Rex Ryan or special teams coach Mike Westhoff were involved in the plan.
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Jamie Hill, right, accepts the ITAP lifetime achievement award from ITAP president Daniel Lazaratos. The presentation took place at the recent ITAP awards gala in Charlottetown.
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Peter Lawlor, director, strategic initiatives and product development, accepts the Premier's Entrepreneurship Award on behalf of Deltaware Systems during the recent ITAP awards gala.
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Two hundred-plus P.E.I. IT leaders recently celebrated the many success stories in the IT industry of the past year.
The evening was hosted by the Innovation and Technology Association of P.E.I. (ITAP) in the Courtyard of the Rodd Royalty in Charlottetown.
MLA Richard Brown, representing the Government of P.E.I., presented the Premier's Entrepreneurship Award. Popular Island comedian and former IT educator Patrick Ledwell was master of ceremonies for the event.
The following is the list of award winners:
Premier's Entrepreneurship Award: DeltaWare Systems A MAXIMUS Company.
Exceptional Enterprise Product or Service Award: Timeless Veterinary Systems Inc.
Technology Application of the Year: Raspberry PI P.E.I. Home & School Federation.
Exceptional Mobile or Web Application: ZED Creative.
Employee of the Year: Danielle White, Ooka Island.
ITAP Member Business of the Year: MacPherson Roche Smith & Associates, CAs
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jamie Hill.
ITAP president Daniel Lazaratos says it's a privilege to be a part of such a growing industry and to acknowledge the success that IT organizations are achieving on Prince Edward Island.
"We have come a long way to make the IT Industry thrive on the Island and over the last year there have been many success stories. Everyone at the ITAP Gala Dinner has contributed to the success of the Industry and that is truly something to celebrate."
Mike Gillis, innovation director ITAP, says the gala dinner gives the industry an opportunity to share in the successes of various IT companies and acknowledges their contributions towards the IT Industry and the Island economy as a whole.
"The success stories heard at the dinner demonstrate that the IT industry in Prince Edward Island has never been stronger, and the large number of nominated organizations, their products and services and their employees prove that the industry has a very bright future," said Gillis.


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JACKSONVILLE, Alabama---Belmont's Kerron Johnson stood at the foul line for a late in the second half of the Bruins 73-62 win against Jacksonville State Thursday night.
As the former Madison Academy standout went through his preshot routine a fan, seated behind the basket, yelled out clear as day, 'You don't want to be the first person on your team to miss a free throw!'.
He didn't, swishing it through the net.
The fan tried to throw him off again with a similar comment as Johnson went through his motion for his second attempt screaming, 'Being first's not all it's cut it out to be!'
Maybe it got to Johnson a little more but not enough. The senior rolled the shot in to give Belmont an eight-point lead on its way to a victory in its first ever game in the Ohio Valley Conference, a contest in which the Bruins went a perfect 17-for-17 from the charity stripe.
"It was surely the best thing we did," Belmont coach Rick Byrd said. "I give Jacksonville State a lot of credit. They made us look a little sloppy. Our execution wasn't good. I didn't feel like it was one of our better game but I felt like Jacksonville State had a lot to do with that."
Byrd continued: "Without 17-for-17 this game is anybody's game."
Belmont (10-4, 1-0)), which jumped out to an 8-2 edge early led by 11 with 2:55 go in the first half. However, the Gamecocks (10-4, 2-1) cut that deficit down to two at the half with a furious finish sparked by the offensive production of 6-foot-1 junior guard Brian Williams.
Williams knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, the second of which he kissed off the glass from the top of the key in the midst of a 9-2 run to get the Gamecocks back in contention.
"We started off sluggish in the beginning and I felt like we had to work harder to get back in the game," said Williams who finished with a game-high 18 points to go along with four rebounds and five assists. "If we would have started off strong, we could have a lead and maintained it. So, I felt like we used all our energy trying to fight back and that kind of gassed us in the second half."
A 3-pointer by JSU sophomore Darion Rackley tied the game at 38 with 16:15 to play but the Bruins responded with a triple of their won from forward J.J. Mann less than a minute later.
The Gamecocks briefly held the lead briefly, against Belmont which has played in the NCAA tournament each of the past two seasons, at 48-47 with 10:24 remaining but the Bruins put together a 6-2 run to take control of the game for good.
"To play a team like that, that's going to be as poised and as tough, mentally and physically as they are, you gotta be ready out of the gate. I didn't think that we had five guys down really working. They beat us on the backboard. They beat us on cuts. You'd think we never watched film on them. But we did. We were just way off the mark."
Led by Mann's 16 points, five Bruins finished in double-figures in scoring. Blake Jenkins had 14 and nine rebounds. Ian Clark had 12 and Johnson and Trevor Noack had 11 apiece.
Rackley was the only Gamecock to hit double-digits in scoring with 11 points.
Belmont travels to Tennessee Tech Saturday while Jacksonville State hosts Tennessee the same day.
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And that would be because the Arena was holding the Farm Show's annual Pony Pulling competition.
The idea behind the contest is simple. Two ponies are hitched up to a wooden sled filled with concrete. The team of ponies that pull the sled the furthest are declared the winners. As the competition gets tighter and contestants are eliminated, more and more concrete blocks are added to the sled.
As the horses in the middleweight division strained to drag the heavy load a couple of feet across the dirt floor of the arena, some owners would cheer the horses on with a series of whoops and calls.
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For common farmland bird species, n = 36; for common forest bird species, n = 29; for all common bird species (this line includes the farmland and forest birds as well as other common species that are not primarily associated with either of these habitats), n = 135. Country coverage (i.e. reflecting the availability of high-quality monitoring data from annually-operated common bird monitoring schemes, employing generic survey methods and producing reliable national trends): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. See www.ebcc.info for more technical information on the calculation of the index. It should be underlined that the methodology for calculating the farmland bird index has recently changed. The new index presents a much sharper drop around the years of 1995 and 1996. While the new index is recognised as integrating better expertise in terms of species selection, further investigation is necessary to explore what is behind this drop. In addition, the influence of including both new species and the new Member States in the selection, and the starting year of monitoring schemes in some countries should be further investigated. In any case, the trend from 1996 onwards is consistent with the previous methodology and shows the index to be fairly stable.
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Morris Hills High School dedicated today a memorial to nine former students who died in the Vietnam War, according to a report in the Daily Record.
The memorial is composed of a permanent indoor display with personal mementos and biographical information, as well as a tree and memorial bench outside the school. Family members of the deceased soldiers were among the 120 people in attendance, as well as dozens of military veterans, current students and faculty, and U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen.