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Women's hockey team, bobsledders capture gold medals
It has been quite the past few days for Prince Edward Island sport fans.
Canadians from one end of this vast country to the other will long remember as Canada's women's hockey team and the bobsled duo of Summerside's Heather Moyse and Calgary's Kaillie Humphries snatched victories from the jaws of defeat.
The bobsled duo trailed their American rivals heading into Wednesday's final two runs, needing a flawless descent down the ice and a few mistakes from the leaders to land the gold. That's exactly what happened as they captured Olympic gold in Sochi, Russia. For Moyse, who rebounded from major hip surgery in the off-season, it was sweet satisfaction as she and Humphries became the first bobsled team to ever win back-to-back Olympic gold.
Thursday's gold medal Olympic women's hockey game between arch-rivals Canada and the U.S. proved beyond a doubt that women's hockey can generate just as must interest, if not more, than the men's game, if the right matchup is in place.
Canada-U.S. was a thriller from start to finish and for most of the game it looked as though the U.S. would win.
The Americans led 2-0 with less than four minutes to go and even the most passionate and loyal Canada fans had their doubts. A fluke Canadian goal closed the gap to 2-1 and in the final minute, with the Canadian net empty, the U.S. hit the post. Oh, the heartbreak, if you were an American fan. In the final seconds, Canada scored to tie the game sending the contest into four-on-four sudden death overtime.
In the first minutes of overtime, the Americans swarmed the Canadian net, but goaltender Shannon Szabados saved the day with at least three brilliant saves. Midway through overtime, and with Canada on a power play, Quebec City's Marie-Philip Poulin sank the winner, her second of the game, to give Canada the victory.
The game had everything and will go down as one of the most exciting Olympic contests regardless of gender in modern day Olympic hockey history.
The Canadian men's hockey team beat the U.S. 1-0 in Friday's semifinal to advance to Sunday's gold medal game with Sweden.
Canada has struggled offensively to date as evident by that 2-1 win over Latvia in the quarter-final. Forget about the shots on goal, it's Latvia, hardly a hockey power.
Canada looked very ordinary in wins over Norway and Austria and they will have to come alive offensively.
Olympic talk
Prince Edward Island sport fans at home or at their favourite watering holes will be discussing the Olympics. Here are some of the most likely topics.
– Heather Moyse and Kaillie Humphries winning back-to-back Olympic gold.
– P.K. Subban's lack of playing time and obvious snub by the Team Canada management.
– The lack of scoring by Team Canada against vastly inferior competition like Latvia, Norway and Austria.
– The ordinary play of Sidney Crosby. Most analysts think the U.S. competition and the gold- medal game against Sweden will bring out his best. This is Crosby country, so we hope so.
– The Jennifer Jones rink and their unbeaten Olympic roll in curling.
– The outstanding shot-making by the China men's curling team, especially in its first match against Canada and skip Brad Jacobs, whose rink was equally brilliant in the narrow 9-8 victory.
– U.S. hockey forward T.J. Oshie scoring four goals in six shootout tries in an exciting 3-2 win over Russia.
– The curling sweep by Team Canada.
Harness racing
No live harness racing today at Red Shores at the Charlottetown Driving Park. But there's plenty of simulcast action this afternoon from Flamboro and this evening from Yonkers, The Meadowlands and from Woodbine.
The Toronto $22,000 feature goes in Race 10 and it has horses like Cougar Hall (Jack Moiseyev), Casimir Jitterbug (Doug McNair), Thorn in Your Side (Anthony MacDonald), McKinney (Jody Jamieson) and three others.
At The Meadowlands, The $30,000 top class goes in Race 2 where high-powered aged pacer Golden Receiver makes his debut as the even money favourite from post five in the six-horse field.
At Yonkers, Mark MacDonald is still on the shelf and it will be a little while yet before he returns from jaw surgery.
The breeding season is upon us in Atlantic Canada as broodmare owners are now selecting or about to select stallions in which to breed their mares. Jamie MacKinley has landed the millionaire pacer Image of Dawn (p, 1:50 and change), a Life Sign stallion with a great racing reputation. Image of Dawn was a stakes winner at two and three and banked $1.2 million in a career that saw him win the open at Yonkers and at The Meadowlands.
Earlier this week, I talked with Reg Petitpas, the co-owner of the great Somebeachsomewhere, and he told me the Sportswriter colt he has in Florida training under the care of Steve Mahar is some impressive.
Matt Telford, who trains for Greg McNair in Florida, told me as well the Sportswriters babies they have are impressive — great gaited, size, attitude.
When Casey Coleman was here two weeks ago at the O'Brien Awards she gave me glowing reports about the Sportswriter colts and fillies that she was prepping for the 2014 campaign.
Sportswriter (p, 1:48:3) is a world champion son of Artsplace (by Abercrombie) out of a Jate Lobell mare, the same breeding as Image of Dawn, Life Sign (Abercrombie) out of a Jate Lobell. Image of Dawn is standing at Jamie MacKinley's farm at Cornwall for a $1000 stud fee. Check him out.
Charlottetown's harness racing community was saddened to learn of the passing earlier this week of Don Belanger, who operated the Gold Cup and Saucer restaurant at the Charlottetown track for more than a decade. To his wife, Sis, and all connected, my condolences.
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text: Bryony Shearmur is a London born and LA based Fine Art, editorial and commercial photographer. After moving to LA in 2001 she began to document her surroundings with writing and photography. Today she has works in several permanent collections, has published two books of travel photography and continues to photograph the city of Los Angeles in a unique and inspiring way. In 2009 Bryony won an honorary mention in the International Photographer of the year award for her travel and childrens portraiture. She is currently working on a new project for a show in 2012. Books are available through her website.


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HOLYOKE – Mayor Elaine A. Pluta said on Monday she will opt against giving the members of a committee that she is appointing to search for a new police chief the option of keeping their identities secret.
That's even though the option appears to be there, in the eyes of the state attorney general's office.
City Solicitor Lisa A. Ball said earlier on Monday that Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Sclarsic had told her over the phone that such a committee falls outside the bounds of the Open Meeting Law. That would be the case because the committee would be considered only a committee of the mayor, not a public board of the city, according to Sclarsis, Ball said.
Pluta has said she might give the seven members of a search committee the option of keeping their identities in confidence so they can review chief candidates without public pressure.
Police Chief Anthony R. Scott is retiring in April after having been chief since 2001 and Pluta said she wants to have a new chief ready to step in.
But, Pluta, in an e-mail and a brief phone interview late on Monday, said the option of committee members' identities being kept from the public now is off the table.
"I appreciate the professionalism and concern of the AG's office for Holyoke's new Police Chief search, but I will continue to work with the City Solicitor and the Search Committee openly and transparently so that the residents of Holyoke will have a clear view of this process," Pluta wrote in an e-mail.
"Despite the fact that the last, more closed process, resulted in a fantastic choice and benefited Holyoke with the selection of Chief Scott, the Committee and I will work hard to ultimately do what's right and best for the City of Holyoke to get the best Chief possible," Pluta wrote.
Former Mayor Michael J. Sullivan refused to identify the four-member search board that resulted in the hiring of Scott a decade ago.
Pluta said she has been conferring with Sullivan on her own plans for a search committee, which she hopes to finalize this week.
Ball had said on Nov. 12 that she would advise Pluta that the identities of search committee members must be public under state law but that she also would seek an opinion from the attorney general's office.
Pluta has said at least one member of the search committee will be a city councilor.
The City Council approved two orders on Nov. 16 opposing any bid to keep secret those who will be on a committee to search for a new police chief.
Ward 7 Councilor John J. O'Neill, who filed those two orders, said he was glad Pluta was eliminating the option of keeping search committee members identities' confidential.
"I applaud her position," O'Neill said.
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HOLYOKE – Mayor Elaine A. Pluta said on Monday she will opt against giving the members of a committee that she is appointing to search for a new police chief the option of keeping their identities secret.


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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Infant CPR Training Kit: Convenience over Thoroughness?
The Infant CPR Anytime Personal Learning Program by the American Heart Association is a self-directed kit that "allows families, friends and others who care for infants to learn the core skills of infant CPR and relief of choking in just 22 minutes."
For $35 you get an inflatable mini baby mannequin, bonus spare lung, training DVD, quick reference guide, wipes, and a practice phone. The phone isn't shown in the product photos, maybe because it's a silly addition.
At first thought this kit sounds like a good idea, but consider a few things.
1. A single purchase allows you, your spouse and maybe a babysitter or grandparent to take turns practicing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, the Heart Association's marketing photos show family members each using their own doll together as a family. Does the AHA actually expect us to buy multiple kits?
I mean look at the photo above. They almost want you to buy a kit for the dog.
2. The DVD program lasts 22 minutes. The infant portion of a face-to-face course lasts 1.5 hours. The difference is that in the classroom you watch a video, the instructor gives you supplemental instruction, you take a written exam and everyone is tested using a dummy. Watching every other person use the dummy (don't worry, there are disposable mouthpieces) drills the procedure into your brain. There's no such luck with the DVD home version.
3. In-person CPR courses teach both infant (up to 12 months) and child (1 to 8-years-old) CPR and cost $25 to $45. Maybe the kit costs less and requires less time, but the classroom version could mean you saving your child's life when he's a toddler or beyond, and assures that you've refined your technique.
4. If you go through the in-person course, you can learn adult CPR too and pay an extra fee to be certified in CPR. Aside from being a good idea, it's a nice footnote in the education section of your resume.
5. I'm doubtful about how well a DVD course can train you. My wife is in the process of becoming a CPR instructor. She notes that there is an online course that covers the written test, intended for people who don't have the time to take a 6-hour classroom course covering infant-child-adult CPR. But to be certified you have to lay your hands on a dummy, and the instructors she has spoken with say web-based students are under-prepared when they show up for the hands-on test. The students end up needing additional instruction.
I suppose the kit makes sense if you have a large number of people who will be caretakers for your infant. If not, look for a babysitter who already knows CPR (it's a sign he or she takes the job seriously). In our area, city recreation departments offer babysitting courses that include a CPR component and so I can actually advertise for a babysitter who has a babysitting certificate.
To find an AHA classroom course near you, visit the preceding link, punch in your zip code, and select "Family and Friends CPR" from the drop-down menu.
If the AHA doesn't teach in your area, look up your Red Cross chapter and take one of its CPR courses.


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Pirates see repeat losses at Yakima tournament
Skies were clear and the air was cold and brisk in Yakima for the annual SunDome Shootout, but the sun didn't shine on the Vashon High School boys basketball team. They came away with losses in both of the non-league games played on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 29 and 30.
Wednesday night the Pirates faced the Zillah High School Leopards and slasher Mitchell Zapien, reported to be one of the top 1A players in the state. The Vashon defense came well prepared to contest every basket, but struggled with rebounding and gave their opponents second and third chances to put the ball in.
Alex Wegner scored the first points of the game, hitting with his signature pull-up jumper, but Zillah scored two more baskets and a free throw before the Pirates put any more points on the board. Midway through the first quarter, Vashon was down 2-5.
Coming back on the court from a time-out, the Pirates pulled ahead to a 7-5 lead off of baskets by Adrian Arceo and Ben Whitaker. Then Hamzah Griffin made a free throw. With five seconds left on the clock, Wegner was called for a controversial double dribble right before he put up a shot. Zillah took possession and hit a three-pointer to end the first quarter at 10-7.
In spite of a foot injury, Kyle Bakker came in during the second quarter and started pulling down the rebounds. The teams kept even, and Zillah held a 19-16 lead at halftime.
Plagued by turnovers and aggressive traveling calls, the Pirates fell behind in the third quarter and by the end, Zillah led 30-22. The Pirates came roaring back in the fourth and scored eight unanswered points to tie the game at 30-30 midway through the final quarter. But Zillah was able to convert off Pirate turnovers, and the game ended in a 33-42 loss for the Pirates.
Coach Andy Sears said the Pirates needed to execute better. "This was a good team, but we can match up with them," he said.
Thursday night, the Pirates came back to the SunDome court to battle a very physical Connell team. Vashon shot ahead to a 6-0 lead midway through the first quarter on baskets by Griffin and Arceo and a pair of Wegner free throws. Wegner hit two more baskets and another pair of free throws to give the Pirates a 12-4 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter, Wegner took advantage of the bonus situation, hitting both halves of a one-and-one, then followed with a two-point basket off of a Pirate steal. Jeff Rauma was denied a basket with a traveling call before his shot. Stoffer hit one of two free throws midway through the quarter. Wegner put in two more free throws and two field goals, giving the Pirates a 21-13 lead at halftime.
Trouble started for the Pirates early in the third quarter. Wegner made one of two free throws, then Griffin went to the line to shoot two. But while the officials at the scoring table argued over the number of fouls on a Connell player, they missed giving Griffin credit for his second shot. The Pirates didn't score again until Wegner hit the first of a one-and-one with three seconds left on the clock. Meanwhile Connell put in 12 and Vashon fell behind 24-25.
Griffin sunk for two at the start of the fourth, followed by a goal from Connell. The teams traded leads several times, but Vashon was down by two with 38 seconds left in the game. Wegner sunk two free throws, then picked off a Connell pass to drive in for a final shot. Pirate fans saw him blocked twice on the way in, but the referee saw something different and the game went into overtime, tied at 37-37.
Vashon played the overtime period without Griffin, who had picked up his fifth foul while contesting a rebound late in the fourth. Connell put in four points, then Matt Dick answered with a three-pointer, bringing the Pirates back within one. But Vashon didn't score again until Wegner put in two with 15 seconds left. The Pirates were defeated 42-48.
— Glenna Mileson is the mother of Pirate Alex Wegner.
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Guidance on Due Diligence to Prevent Unauthorized Transshipment/Reexport of Controlled Items to Russia
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In consideration of the ongoing situation in Crimea, BIS has imposed export restrictions targeted at Russia's energy and defense sectors. For example, in August 2014, BIS implemented restrictions on exports of certain items destined for Russian deep water, Arctic offshore, or shale energy exploration or production. See: 79 FR 45675 (August 6, 2014) (
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-08-06/pdf/2014-18579.pdf). Subsequently, BIS expanded its military end use and end user controls to impose a license requirement on various items that may not otherwise require a license if the exporter has knowledge that such items may be used by military end users or for military end uses in Russia. See: 79 FR 55608 (September 17, 2014) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-09-17/pdf/2014-22207.pdf). In addition, BIS has expanded controls on certain microprocessors for military end uses and end users in Russia (as well as other D:1 countries). See 79 FR 75044 (December 17, 2014) (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-17/pdf/2014-29450.pdf).
BIS remains concerned about efforts by front companies and other intermediaries, who are not the true final end users, to transship or reexport U.S.-origin items to the Russian Federation in violation of these measures and other export controls. Even prior to the imposition of restrictions based on the situation in Crimea, front companies and other intermediaries obtained U.S.-origin items that may require a license to Russia through intermediate countries subject to a more favorable licensing policy under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). A salient example is Wassenaar Arrangement dual-use items controlled under the EAR for National Security (NS) reasons.
Therefore, BIS is providing additional guidance to U.S. exporters to prevent unauthorized reexports to Russia, especially for transactions involving NS-controlled items or items listed in Supplement No. 2 to Part 744 of the EAR, which lists items that are subject to the military end use license requirement. As described in Supplement No. 3 to Part 732 of the EAR, whenever a person who is clearly not going to be using the item for its intended end use (e.g., a freight forwarder) is listed as an export item's final destination, the exporter has an affirmative duty to inquire about the end use, end user, and ultimate destination of the item to ensure the transaction complies with the EAR. In addition, the exporter should pay attention to any information that may indicate an unlawful diversion is planned. This may include discrepancies in the destination country and the country from which an order is placed or payment is made.
When inquiring into the ultimate destination of the item, an exporter should consider e-mail address and telephone number country codes and languages used in communications from customers or on a customer's website. The exporter should also research the intermediate and ultimate consignees and purchaser, as well as their addresses, using business registers, company profiles, websites, and other resources.
Exporters should always screen their customers against the U.S. Government's consolidated export screening list (http://export.gov/ecr/eg_main_023148.asp). An interactive tool for searching this list based on entity name and address is also available (http://internationaltradeadministration.github.io/explorer/#/consolidated-screening-list-entries).
Furthermore, exporters should pay attention to the countries a freight forwarder serves, as well as the industry sectors a distributor or other non-end user customer supplies. The exporter should then determine whether a license is required based on the likely country of ultimate destination and end use and end user. The exporter should consider not only the list-based license requirements specified in Supplement No. 1 to Part 738 of the EAR (the Commerce Country Chart) in conjunction with item's classification specified in Supplement No. 1 to Part 774 of the EAR (the Commerce Control List), but also the end use and end user controls in Part 744 and the embargoes and special controls in Part 746. If the exporter continues to have any doubts or concerns surrounding the end use, end user, or country of ultimate destination after exercising due diligence, the exporter should present all relevant information to BIS in the form of a license application or refrain from the transaction.
Export controls are a shared responsibility between government and industry. If you have any concerns about suspicious inquiries that come to your firm, you are encouraged to contact your local BIS Export Enforcement Office (https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oee/investigations#OEEFieldOffice) or use BIS's online tip form (https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/component/rsform/form/14-reporting-violations-form?task=forms.edit).
If you have any questions about export licensing requirements or submitting a license application, you may contact BIS's Office of Exporter Services at (202)482-4811. If contacting the Office of Exporter Services via e-mail, please include a telephone number to facilitate BIS's response to your request. (https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/about-bis/contact-bis).
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Guidance on Actions Exporters Can Take to Prevent Illicit Diversion of Items to Support Iran's Nuclear Weapons or Ballistic Missile Programs
It is the policy of the United States to counter Iran's pursuit of technology that could enable it to develop nuclear weapons and missiles capable of delivering them. In support of this effort, the United States maintains comprehensive economic sanctions on Iran.
- Iran is currently trying to procure items for its uranium enrichment centrifuge program. For this program, Iran will need to procure items on the Commerce Control List (CCL) such as carbon fiber (controlled under Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) 1A002, 1C010, 1C210, 1C990) and filament winding machines (ECCNs 1B001, 1B101, 1B201), as well as items classified as EAR99, such as epoxy resin. Epoxy resin and related hardening/accelerator agents are necessary to bind the carbon fibers used in both uranium centrifuge and missile structures. Thus, U.S. manufacturers of such items should be particularly vigilant.
- As outlined in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General El Baradei's report of February 22, 2008, Iran has admitted to attempting to evade international sanctions to procure sensitive items, using deceptive procurement tactics to obtain items that can contribute to its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs.
- Specifically, Iranian entities form front companies in other countries for the sole purpose of exporting dual-use items, including U.S. origin items, to Iran that it can use in its nuclear and missile programs. These companies appear to be procuring dual-use items for commercial activities and enable Iran to obtain materials that would typically be prevented by export control restrictions in supplier countries. They make it difficult for businesses to know that the end-user is in Iran. Furthermore, these front companies are often in third countries where U.S. companies have strong trading relationships.
- Not all items that Iran could use for weapons of mass destruction-development activities are listed on the CCL. Therefore, exporters must be vigilant on the potential end-use of all items exported from the United States. (e.g., epoxy resin).
- The exportation of any item that is subject to the EAR (including an EAR99 item) to Iran without a license is prohibited under regulations maintained by the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This includes any exports to a third country if the exporter knows or has reason to know that the item will be reexported to Iran.
- Exporters should screen parties to a transaction against the Denied Persons List, Entity List, Unverified List, BIS General Orders, and the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
- Exporters should take note of any abnormal circumstances in a transaction that indicate that the export may be destined for an inappropriate end-use, end-user, or destination. For example:
- unusual quantity requests;
- paying above market prices or using unusual payment methods;
- waivers of normal installation, training or maintenance agreements; and
- requests for delivery to one country with original orders from a second country or direct delivery to a freight forwarder.
- When such "red flags" arise, you should check out the suspicious circumstances and inquire about the end-use, end-user, or ultimate country of destination.
- If you encounter "red flags" that you are unable to resolve with reasonable inquiry, contact BIS.
- Companies should have in place compliance and/or business procedures to be immediately responsive to theft or unauthorized delivery.
- If you believe a previous shipment has been diverted and may have gone to an end user in Iran, we encourage you to report it to BIS.
- Remain vigilant and know your customer.
- Understand "Red Flag" indicators.
- Be cautious of customers operating in transshipment countries or free trade zones.
- Be familiar with U.S. Government screening lists.
- Contact BIS if something does not seem right about the transaction or if you suspect a shipment may have been diverted to Iran.
- Subscribe to the BIS listserv to receive e-mail notifications of changes to the BIS published list to entities of concern.
- Subscribe to the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control's service to receive notifications of changes to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
You will not find the term"E-Commerce" within the Export Administration Regulations (EAR); however, commerce transacted electronically may be subject to the EAR, the same as transactions that are not electronically facilitated.
The EAR apply to the conduct of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers and with the non-electronic buying and selling of goods and services and the transfer of funds. Your export (or deemed export)/reexport (or deemed reexport)/transfer transactions and other services may be subject to the EAR. Some transactions and activities specific to the E-Commerce environment where you should determine if you are subject to the EAR include:
- Orders processed using the internet with tangible delivery of goods;
- Intangible downloads and releases of technology and software.
- The various services performed during transactions; and
- Transfer of funds to certain entities and prohibited activities.
Related E-Commerce Links and FAQs
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Am I required under the EAR to actively screen for terrorist-supporting destinations?
In your business practice, it is prudent to use a standard of care to ensure that you will not violate any of the prohibition identified in the EAR. The EAR does not require a person posting software on the Internet to implement screening procedures for the terrorist countries. The "Know Your Customer" guidance in Supplement No. 3 to Part 732 provides companies with guidelines on how to comply with their responsibilities under the EAR. Related E-Commerce Links and FAQs
Know Your Customer Guidance
Certain provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) require an exporter to submit an individual validated license application if the exporter "knows" that an export that is otherwise exempt from the validated licensing requirements is for end-uses involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons (CBW), or related missile delivery systems, in named destinations listed in the EAR.
BIS has issued the following guidance on how individuals and firms should act under this knowledge standard. This guidance does not change or revise the EAR.
Decide whether there are "Red Flags"
Take into account any abnormal circumstances in a transaction that indicate that the export may be destined for an inappropriate end-use, end-user, or destination. Such circumstances are referred to as "Red Flags." Included among examples of red flags are orders for items which are inconsistent with the needs of the purchaser, a customer's declining installation and testing when included in the sales price or when normally requested, or requests for equipment configurations which are incompatible with the stated destination (e.g.--120 volts in a country with a standard of 220 volts). BIS has developed lists of such "Red Flags" which are not all-inclusive but are intended to illustrate the types of circumstances that should cause reasonable suspicion that a transaction will violate the EAR. You should also review U.S. Government Lists to Check to identify parties prohibited or restricted from participating in U.S. export transactions; and BIS's Univerified List of parties whose bona fides BIS has been unable to determine in end-use checks.
If there are "Red Flags"
If there are no "Red Flags" in the information that comes to your firm, you should be able to proceed with a transaction in reliance on information you have received. That is, absent "Red Flags" (or an express requirement in the EAR), there is no affirmative duty upon exporters to inquire, verify, or otherwise "go behind" the customer's representations. However, when "Red Flags" are raised in the information that comes to your firm, you have a duty to exercise due diligence to inquire regarding the suspicious circumstances and ensure appropriate end-use, end-user, or ultimate country of destination in the transactions you propose to engage in.
The duty to check out "Red Flags" is not confined to transactions involving the "know," "reason to know," or "is informed" sections of the EAR. Parties engaging in export transactions are required by the EAR to obtain documentary evidence concerning the transaction, and misrepresentation or concealment of material facts is prohibited, both in the licensing process and in all export control documents. You can rely upon representations from your customer and repeat them in the documents you file unless "Red Flags" oblige you to take verification steps.
Do not self-blind
Do not cut off the flow of information that comes to your firm in the normal course of business. For example, do not instruct the sales force to tell potential customers to refrain from discussing the actual end-use, end-user and ultimate country of destination for the product your firm is seeking to sell. Do not put on blinders that prevent the learning of relevant information. An affirmative policy of steps to avoid "bad" information would not insulate a company from liability, and it would usually be considered an aggravating factor in an enforcement proceeding.
Employees need to know how to handle "Red Flags." Knowledge possessed by an employee of a company can be imputed to a firm so as to make the firm liable for a violation. This makes it important for firms to establish clear policies and effective compliance procedures to ensure that such knowledge about transactions can be evaluated by responsible senior officials. Failure to do so could be regarded as a form of self-blinding.
Reevaluate all the information after the inquiry
The purpose of this inquiry and reevaluation is to determine whether the "Red Flags" can be explained or justified so as to evidence the bona fides of the party and the legitimacy of the transaction. If they can, you may proceed with the transaction. If the "Red Flags" cannot be explained or justified and you proceed, you run the risk of having had "knowledge" that would make your action a violation of the EAR.
Refrain from the transaction, disclose the information to BIS and wait
If you continue to have reason for concern after your inquiry, then you should either refrain from the transaction or submit all the relevant information to BIS in the form of an application for a validated license or in such other form as BIS may specify.
Industry has an important role to play in preventing exports and reexports contrary to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. BIS works in partnership with industry to make this front line of defense effective, while minimizing the regulatory burden on exporters. If you have any question about whether you have encountered a "Red Flag," you may contact BIS' Office of Export Enforcement or use this Confidential Enforcement Lead/Tip Form to submit a confidential tip.
Please note that use of the form will not generate any return e-mail to you so that the information you submit will remain confidential.


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Green River KOA
Welcome to the new Green River KOA, located on Business Loop 70 just across from the John Wesley Powell River History Museum. Fine dining is available at the Tamarisk Restaurant, across from the campground office.
Take a day trip to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks or take a river trip with Holiday Expeditions, located just outside the campground entrance. Enjoy 80-foot pull thru sites with large, grassy areas. Some sites come with 50-amp service and cable TV.
All sites have access to free Wi-Fi. Enjoy the 22x50-foot pool, complete with a slide. The Green River KOA is your home away from home. Limited service is available from October 15 to March 1. There are no additional fees for children 6 and under.
Join us for our Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 11th. A gift will be awarded for every egg found and a KOA Rewards Card will be awarded for the Golden Egg. Make your reservations early!
Reserve now for Moab's Jeep Safari held April 4th - 12th.
- Tent Sites Available
- RV Sites
Food and Dining
- Picnic Tables
- Swimming Pool
- Firewood Sold
- LP Gas Sold
Maximum Length Pull Through - 80 feet
50 Amp Service Available
From I-70 take Exit 164, 1.75 miles on Business I-70. Campground is on the left.
Green River KOA will happily answer your questions and take a reservation if you would like. Simply fill out the form below, click "Submit" and your request will be forwarded to Green River KOA for their prompt attention.
Your Information will not be shared with any party other than
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Q: What's the outcome when a hedge fund manager uses inflated values of a security called a Nigerian Oil Warrant to overstate his fund's monthly net asset value?
A: A federal prison term.
Just ask Michael Balboa, a former portfolio manager for the Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund. The 45-year-old Melville, N.Y., executive and former United Kingdom resident was sentenced to four years behind bars during a hearing in New York City Monday.
U.S. District Court Judge Paul Crotty ordered Balboa to forfeit $2.23 million and pay more than $390 million in restitution to victims of the 2006-2008 scheme.
A Manhattan federal court jury convicted Balboa in December after a two-and-a-half-week trial.
Evidence in the case and court records show the hedge fund's manager represented to investors that independent entities would provide values for each security held by the fund, thereby enabling calculation of the monthly net asset value.
Balboa conspired with two co-workers who provided false values for the Nigerian Oil Warrants. Although the warrants traded at a price no higher than $239, Balboa directed that they be valued at approximately $525 to $3,500.
The result? An $80 million overvaluation of the hedge fund.
"Michael Balboa has been held to account for his blatant fraud, inflating the valuation of securities in the hedge fund and falsely representing them as independent valuations," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Monday.


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Oh no! So I've put on 4kg in just over 3 weeks and the only major difference in my diet that I can pinpoint is juicing.
I've maintatined my weight on primal for over a year now but I was starting to have big problems with acne and a couple of friends encouraged me to try juicing as a way of upping my nutrition and clearing my skin. I was a bit worried about too many carbs in the juice, so I stopped eating my once daily peice of fruit and instead put this in the juice along with lots of vege (carrot, cucumber, celery, beetroot, spinich usually), sometimes I might add another half piece of fruit like lemon or lime or a feijoa. I've not been having the juice as a meal replacement but as an extra.
So has anyone else had this response to juicing?
I have been fighting a nasty infection over the last two weeks and I am currently taking antibiotics and lots of fluids for this, so this might explain the weight gain. Should I keep juicing (currently just 6 times a week) or maybe stop and see if my weight drops back down again?
So annoyed! My acne has improved though


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Mindfulness for Educators Certificate Program
Program Philosophy
The Mindfulness for Educators Certificate Program trains educators in the core practices of mindfulness and compassion, as formal practices and as lived and embodied responses to life in the classroom and in the world. Antioch University New England has the only graduate program with a focus on mindfulness that is just for teachers.
Program Delivery
- All courses fully online
- Nine graduate credits
- Year-long program completed in spring-summer-fall of any academic year
- One course per term
Relevant and engaging coursework takes into account the lives of working educators. The cohort approach helps participants remain committed to daily meditation and informal mindfulness practices. The program combines online pedagogy with interactive teaching methodology. It includes small class sizes, individual attention from faculty, and real-time connection via telephone, on-line conferencing, and webinars.
Program Orientation
The program strengthens an educator's innate wisdom through the study and daily application of ancient and current applied philosophical perspectives, and universal and human development models. It has a three-pronged approach:
- formal meditation practice
- study of the field of mindfulness
- application of ideas and approaches to classroom and other educational contexts
The program is rooted in the philosophy of reflective practice and inquiry. Each course is designed to lead teachers deeper into their own classroom experience and help them see the work of teaching and learning with fresh eyes.
Spring | Using Buddhist Frameworks to Reflect on Teaching and Learning
Participants strengthen their mindfulness meditation and practices in their work and their lives. They study core Buddhist concepts and frameworks that support a mindful perspective on their work as educators. They develop skill in mindful inquiry using educational reflective practices and Buddhist frameworks.
Participants begin to study and explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness (body, feelings, mind, and mind objects) and the Four Noble Truths for the establishment of mindfulness in daily life and educational contexts. These will serve as the principle Frameworks through which participants can begin to see more clearly into the nature of their own minds, their students' minds, and the nature of their working lives as educators within schools or universities. This study and exploration of the core Frameworks will continue in each of the following two courses. Participants will study their own current educational context as the ground for mindfulness and reflection on both the thorny and inspiring aspects of their work as educators. The interface of mindfulness and reflection is seamless with one complementing the other so that there is a sense of nothing extra added, only a deepening of seeing and understanding.
Summer | Human Development and the Inner Landscape of Teachers and Learners
Participants continue to strengthen and expand their meditation practices, and explore the core frameworks in greater depth. Educators gain new insight into the moment-to-moment reality of their professional lives through a renewed understanding of human psychology and development. The practices of kindness, compassion, and equanimity, and their applications to difficulties and stress are explored. Participants inquire into what it means to establish balance of heart and mind in the midst of what arises in the classroom and in the educational contexts in which they work.
Fall | Awareness of Body, Mind, Heart and Brain: Pathways to Change in Education
Participants deepen, strengthen, and expand their skills in the formal meditation practice, and understanding of the basic frameworks. They examine recent studies in neuroscience and their applications to teaching and learning in diverse educational contexts. The course highlights the scientific nature of mindfulness practice; there will also be a strong emphasis on application and reflection within specific educational contexts.
Participants shape and define their pathways in order to lead toward greater freedom and joy in their educational contexts and at the heart of teaching and learning.
Claire Stanley, PhD, is on the faculty of Antioch University New England and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. She is also a founder and the Guiding Teacher of Vermont Insight Meditation Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Her work as an educator for the last thirty years has focused on teacher development, interpersonal, and intercultural communication in professional relationships, and the role of mindful awareness in the quality and effectiveness of our work in the world.
She is passionate about the far-reaching possibilities of transforming the systems of any professional context into learning communities where human beings are awake, compassionate, and responsive to their inner life and to the lives of the people they work with.
Jack Millett, MAT, is a founder and teacher at the Center for Mindful Inquiry and Vermont Insight Meditation Center. He was an Associate Professor in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at the SIT Graduate Institute for twenty-five years.
Since 1990 Jack has been exploring ways to integrate meditation and teaching practices to bring mindfulness to his work in the classroom. When designing lessons and teaching classes, he is most interested in being in the moment, seeing what is, accepting what is, and responding to serve.
From his extensive teaching, teacher supervision, and educational administration experience, he has developed the ability to create safe and engaging environments that allow participants in his courses and workshops to touch an appreciation of themselves and others as they engage and learn the content of the course.
Susan Dreyer-Leon, EdD, is director of the Experienced Educators' Program at Antioch University New England, a former alternative public high school teacher/leader in New York City and Vermont, a School Reform Initiative National Facilitator, and an experienced Coalition of Essential Schools teacher and leader. Her special interests include the development and support of equitable, democratic and joyful schools, mindfulness and education, facilitative leadership, and sustainable and place-based educational practices. Susan has been a meditation practitioner and student in the Insight Meditation tradition since 1999 and has been intimately involved with the development and implementation of the Mindfulness for Educators Certificate program since its inception in 2011. Her special interest is hosting opportunities for educators to integrate practices and ideas from the emerging field of mindfulness and education.
Gainful Employment Disclosure Information
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Nakazaki withstands gusty conditions for Girls Division
BOLINGBROOK, ILL.- Chris Baker of Brownstown, Ind.,
breezed his way to the top of the Boys Division in the AJGA
Chicago Junior at Bolingbrook with an even-par 72. In the
Girls Division, Noriko Nakazaki of Hanover Park, Ill., carded
a 77 for a three-stroke advantage.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the AJGA
Chicago Junior at Bolingbrook features 99 juniors, 75 boys
and 24 girls, from 16 states and two from Canada. 46 of the
juniors are from Illinois.
Baker (36-36-72) and all the juniors battled 20 mile per hour
winds for most of their round on Tuesday.
"In these conditions, I just wanted to keep my tee shots
in the fairway and just hang on in the wind," Baker said.
Baker, playing in his fourth AJGA event this season, punctuated
his round with an eagle on the par 4 No. 16, from 142 yards
with a pitching wedge.
"My drive wasn't perfect," said the 17-year-old.
"I just wanted to put my pitching wedge close, but I
knew I hit it perfectly once it left the club."
Baker's highest finish in the 2003 season was 11th at the
AJGA Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic in Ringgold,
Rounding out the top five after the first round in the Boys
Division are Joe Cermak of Chicago at 34-39-73, and a three-way
tie for third with Eric Meierdierks of Wilmette, Ill., Daniel
Woltman of Beaver Dam, Wis., and Sam Rosati of Oldsmar, Fla.,
at 2-over-par 74.
Nakazaki, heading to Notre Dame in the fall, was even par
after the front nine. The conditions were not the cause for
Nakazaki's (36-41-77) problems on the back nine, but a loss
of concentration.
"My front nine went very well today," said the 18-year-old.
"Unfortunately I lost my concentration on the back nine.
The wind doesn't bother me because I have played in it before."
The top three in the Girls Division after Tuesday's first
round are Chaneng Joe of Poway, Calif., at 40-40-80 in second
and Ashley Freeman of Belleville, Ill., at 40-41-81 in third.
Second-round tee times begin at 7 a.m. off the No. 1 tee at
Bolingbrook Golf Club. For more information on the AJGA Chicago
Junior at Bolingbrook, contact tournament headquarters at
(630) 771-9400.
The Foundation
The Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program provides financial assistance to junior golfers who wish to play in AJGA events. Its goal is to give top-flight golf opportunities to young golfers regardless of financial resources. This program helps to fulfill the AJGA's mission of developing young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
What is Leadership Links?
Leadership Links is a new program whereby the AJGA is able to further its mission to help develop young men and women by teaching charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age. This program gives juniors all the tools necessary to donate their time, talent and resources to local charities and the AJGA youth development programs. Please click here to learn more about the program and the different opportunities available.


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Star studded concert for Sandy victims
Alicia Keys closed the nearly six-hour show at 1:15 a.m. with "Empire State of Mind," this century's most indelible song about her hometown.
The sold-out Madison Square Garden show was televised, streamed online and aired on radio all over the world. Producers said up to 2 billion people could experience the concert live.
"When are you going to learn," comic and New Jersey native Jon Stewart said. "You can throw anything at us — terrorists, hurricanes. You can take away our giant sodas. It doesn't matter. We're coming back stronger every time."
Jersey Shore hero Bruce Springsteen set a roaring tone, opening the concert with "Land of Hope and Dreams" and "Wrecking Ball." He addressed the rebuilding process in introducing his song "My City of Ruins," noting it was written about the decline of Asbury Park, N.J., before that city's renaissance over the past decade. What made the Jersey Shore special was its inclusiveness, a place where people of all incomes and backgrounds could find a place, he said.
"I pray that that characteristic remains along the Jersey Shore because that's what makes it special," Springsteen said.
He mixed a verse of Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl" into the song before calling New Jersey neighbor Jon Bon Jovi to join him in a rousing "Born to Run." Springsteen later returned the favor by joining Bon Jovi on "Who Says You Can't Go Home."
Adam Sandler harked back to his "Saturday Night Live" days with a ribald rewrite of the oft-sung "Hallelujah" that composer Leonard Cohen never would have dreamed. The rewritten chorus says, "Sandy, screw ya, we'll get through ya, because we're New Yawkers."
Sandler wore a New York Jets T-shirt and mined Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, the Knicks, Times Square porn and Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez for laugh lines.
Chris Rock, who last month performed at the St. George Theatre with fellow comedian Louis C.K. to raise funds for hurricane relief, provided the narrative for a stricken Staten Island and gave a shout out to Oakwood Beach resident Phyllis Puglia, who lost everything in the superstorm.
On a lighter note, Rock joked that they were going to raise so much money Wednesday night that "Jersey's fixed. Staten Island's fixed. It looks like Beverly Hills now!"
The music lineup was heavily weighted toward classic rock, which has the type of fans able to afford a show for which ticket prices ranged from $150 to $2,500. Even with those prices, people with tickets had been offering them for more on broker sites such as StubHub, an attempt at profiteering that producers fumed was "despicable."
"This has got to be the largest collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden," Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger said. "If it rains in London, you've got to come and help us."
In fighting trim for a series of 50th-anniversary concerts in the New York area, the Stones ripped through "You've Got Me Rockin" and "Jumping Jack Flash" before beating a quick retreat — perhaps not to upstage their own upcoming Pay-Per-View show. Actor Steve Buscemi later made light of that, saying producers made room for him by cutting the Stones short. "I said, 'if they play more than two songs, I'm out of here.'"
Jagger wasn't in New York City for Sandy, but he said in an interview before the concert that his apartment was flooded with 2 feet of water.
The Who wove Sandy into their set, showing pictures of storm devastation on video screens during "Pinball Wizard." Pete Townshend made a quick revision to the lyrics of "Baba O'Riley," changing "teenage wasteland" to "Sandy wasteland."
Appearing earlier in the evening, Ms. Keys asked the audience to hold their cell phones high for her song "No One," triggering a sea of light that is the modern version of an earlier generation's holding cigarette lighters in the air. "We love you," Keys said, "and we'll make it through this."
Billy Joel also did his signature "New York State of Mind." Joel's "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" sounded prescient, with new Sandy-fueled lyrics smoothly fitting in.
By the time Joel worked in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," the concert was already testing the patience of viewers. Long sets by The Who and Kanye West stretched beyond the point of endurance, and Seth Meyers' "drunk uncle" comedy set fell flat.
An energetic West worked up a sweat in a hoodie, black leather pants and a black skirt. He told the audience that he had friends displaced by Sandy who were staying at his house, before getting the crowd swaying with a version of "Gold Digger." He ended his set by shouting, "I need you right now!" tossing his microphone and stalking off stage.
Besides the Garden, people gathered in theaters across the region and country to watch the show. In Toms River, N.J., mail carrier Jerry Frasco said he was in awe of a lineup that included many of his favorites from 40 years ago.
"We didn't want to go through a hurricane to have it," he said.
Eric Clapton switched from acoustic to electric guitar and sang "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" and "Crossroads." New York was a backdrop for Clapton's personal tragedy, when his young son died after falling out of a window.
Roger Waters played a set of Pink Floyd's spacey rock, joined by Eddie Vedder for "Comfortably Numb." Waters stuck to the music and left the fundraising to others.
"Can't chat," he said, "because we only have 30 minutes."
The sold-out "12-12-12" concert was being shown on 37 television stations in the U.S. and more than 200 others worldwide. It was to be streamed on 30 websites, including YouTube and Yahoo, and played on radio stations. Theaters, including 27 in the New York region and dozens more elsewhere, were showing it live.
Proceeds from the show will be distributed through the Robin Hood Foundation. More than $30 million was raised through ticket sales alone.
Many of the artists told personal stories of friends or family affected by the storm, like Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.
The concert came a day after the death of sitar master Ravi Shankar, a performer at the 1971 "Concert for Bangladesh," considered the grandfather of music benefits. That concert also was in Madison Square Garden.---
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Grace Frank, MBA
Affiliate Broker
Get your home ready to sell with the Luxury Living Group
When it comes to putting a luxury-living home on the market, there are some key issues that sellers need to keep in mind. Thanks to the help of Grace Frank and partners Kim Bass and Debbie Radford, now known as The Luxury Living Group, Chattanoogans ready to list such a property have the advantage.
"The most important element is attention to detail," said Frank. "Successful people are focused on the art of living, which includes beautiful landscaping, clean and organized rooms and closets, beautiful art and a lack of clutter."
Bass added that, quite often, less is more in regards to such properties for sale. "Declutter, depersonalize and ensure the kitchen and bathrooms are outstanding," she explained. "Maintenance and repair projects should be completed before listing a home. And clean, clean, clean." The group also noted that weeding and laying down fresh mulch in the landscaping of the home is key, as the buyer's first impression of the home's curb appeal is crucial.
"'Luxury Living' buyers are individuals and families, whether local or relocating to the area. This may … be their second home or future retirement home. They are successful people that know what they want and will not settle for less," Radford said in regards to potential buyers. Such buyers can be reached through high-end print media and Internet sites that cater to luxury living, she added.
By focusing on a customized marketing plan to reach the sellers' identified target market, the group ensures more key steps for a successful sale, said Frank. The trio stressed that attention to every detail of a luxury home and allowing it to become a masterpiece to a broad group of buyers is the goal they strive to meet.
"Most luxury homes are custom built and therefore they have unique features and floor plans," the group said. "When owners decide to sell, the key is to create a broad appeal to many buyers versus keeping them designed for a very niche buyer. This can be accomplished through simple redesigning of features and finishes."
According to the National Association of Realtors, in July 2013, sales of luxury homes costing more than $1 million were up 46 percent from the previous year, proving that buyers are out there and looking for action.
As far as listing at the right time, Frank said that for downtown urban properties there is no right or wrong season, only presentation that sets the properties apart.
"Location is key," she noted. "Individuals are always looking. Remote areas seem to have more attention from buyers in the late spring to fall, while waterfront sells better when the water activity is high." Frank added that when it comes to families, they often search for a home in the spring, yet prefer to move during summer break, both times that are the least disruptive to school.
Regardless of the concern or question sellers of luxury properties may have, Frank and her group are ready to help and offer a variety of assistance. They review the home with their clients and create a list of preparation actions. If professional services are needed, the trio has qualified service providers they work with who offer discounts and special promotions to their sellers.