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Why are you Columbians typing CU for Columbian University? Don't you guys know that CU is for Cornell? Jeese. It's even on the BIG RED BOOK! CU is for cornell, not Columbia! So stop using it! Go get somethingelse.
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Kristin Kent, MS '10Resource Management and Conservation
Kristin Kent always knew she wanted to go on to graduate school, but she wanted the timing to be just right. Five years into work as an environmental scientist, Kristin knew the time had come and turned to Antioch University New England to expand her knowledge base.
What did you do before coming to AUNE?
Before coming to AUNE I was working as an environmental scientist for a consulting company in Massachusetts. I was doing wetlands and wildlife work on behalf of various public and private sector clients.
Why did you decide to go back to school for a graduate degree?
Getting my master's degree had always been a personal goal of mine, but I wanted to have a strong professional foundation before I went back to school. I had been working in the environmental field for about five years and had reached a point where I felt I was ready to go back to school and learn new skills that I could apply to my work.
What have you gained from being a student in the program so far?
Thus far, the program of study has exposed me to a variety of professionally valuable and applicable skills; including science-based skills, management skills, organizing techniques, and business concepts. Antioch has provided a unique environment in which I'm exposed to a variety of points of view and am encouraged to think outside the box. These things have been particularly valuable as I've already had the opportunity to apply them to my professional work.
Would you recommend the RMC program? If so, why?
I would recommend the RMC program to people who are looking for an opportunity to learn skills and concepts that they can immediately apply to their field. AUNE is also great because the class schedule is flexible enough that it is manageable for people who work full time and want to get a graduate degree.


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MELBOURNE, Australia -- The last time Roger Federer played at Rod Laver Arena, he left in tears after losing the Australian Open final to Rafael Nadal a year ago.
There were no such waterworks Tuesday, just a few tense moments for the Swiss star seeking his 16th Grand Slam title in a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-0 first-round win over Igor Andreev of Russia.
Federer lost the first set after leading by a break, then saved three set points in the 12th game of the third set before winning the tiebreaker and dominating the fourth set.
It was a far cry from last year when Federer shed tears after having missed his first chance to equal Pete Sampras' 14 Grand Slam titles -- a feat he later achieved and then surpassed with wins at the French Open and Wimbledon.
On Tuesday, Federer was all smiles at the courtside television interview with two-time Australian Open champion Jim Courier. Now a TV commentator, Courier reminded Federer that he had not lost a set in the first round of a major in more than six years.
"I did know it was going to be tough, we played five sets in New York two years back and I really had to adjust my game to beat him," Federer said of Andreev. "I think I definitely got lucky to get out of that one. It was a fortunate third set today. I prefer easier matches, but this worked as well."
Top-ranked Serena Williams, the defending women's champion, had an easy first-rounder, beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-2, 6-1. Her sister, sixth-seeded Venus, also advanced easily, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2.
Third-seeded Novak Djokovic beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 in a night match. Djokovic won his first and only Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, losing only one set during the two-week tournament and beat Federer in the semifinals.
Hometown favorite Lleyton Hewitt, still trying to win his first Australian Open after losing in the 2005 final to Marat Safin, opened with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win over qualifier Ricardo Hocevar of Brazil.
Serena Williams' record in the first round of the Slams is even more impressive than Federer's -- she has never lost an opener.
"I was a little nervous today because that's always on the back of my mind," Williams said. "Records are meant to be broken. This one means a lot to me ... just to have an opportunity to have not lost yet in the first round of a Grand Slam -- knock on wood -- is really good for me."
Williams' demeanor was also far different than her last Grand Slam appearance at last year's U.S Open. There, an outburst against a line judge who called her for a foot fault cost Williams the match, a record fine of $82,500 and a suspended ban which means she'll miss a U.S. Open if she has another such outburst at any Grand Slam event in the next two years.
"I always said what I did wasn't right ... I don't know whoever got fined like that. People said worse, done worse. I just thought it was a bit much."
The 28-year-old American hurt her left knee at the Sydney International last Friday and later said she has been bothered by a foot problem. She played with her right thigh heavily wrapped with a white bandage Tuesday, but said it was more for a precaution.
Williams' win in 73 minutes contrasted to what the WTA Tour said was a record for the longest women's match at a major in the Open era. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic needed 4 hours, 19 minutes to beat Russia's Regina Kulikova 7-6 (5), 6-7 (10), 6-3.
Elsewhere, No. 8 Jelena Jankovic, No. 11 Marion Bartoli, No. 13 Sam Stosur and No. 19 Nadia Petrova advanced along with No. 26 Aravane Rezai, who beat India's Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-2.
No. 18 Virginie Razzano lost 6-2, 6-3 to Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and American Vania King ousted No. 23 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5.
Melanie Oudin, the 18-year-old American who made a surprising run to last year's U.S. Open quarterfinals, also went out in the first round, beaten 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 by Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia. Oudin has won just one WTA Tour match since the U.S. Open.
Back on the men's side, sixth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, No. 9 Fernando Verdasco -- who lost an epic five-set semifinal to Nadal here last year -- No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 12 Gael Monfils of France, No. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and No. 21 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic all advanced.
Americans James Blake and John Isner reached the second round, but No. 25 Sam Querrey lost to German Rainer Schuettler. Blake had a 7-5, 7-5, 6-2 win over Frenchman Arnaud Clement, while Isner held off Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4.
Fabrice Santoro extended his Grand Slam career into a fourth decade, but he lasted only one match -- a 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 loss to 14th-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia.
The 37-year-old Frenchman, who started his Grand Slam career at the 1989 French Open, retired last season but returned to Melbourne Park for a record 70th major.
Richard Gasquet, competing in his third tournament since a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed him to return to playing, was beaten by 20th-seeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (9), 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-4 in a night match lasting 4 hours, 53 minutes.
A doping test provided by Gasquet last March showed traces of cocaine. A panel of three lawyers from the CAS accepted Gasquet's claim that he inadvertently consumed cocaine by kissing a woman in a Miami club hours after withdrawing from a tournament with an injury.
American Donald Young advanced with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 win over Christophe Rochus of Belgium.
The rain that allowed only 26 of the scheduled 64 matches to be completed on the opening day gave way to sunny conditions Tuesday, allowing officials to clear up most of the backlog.


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New York state boasts more than 300 wineries, with at least a third of them opening since 2000. The state has roughly 100 breweries, double the number ten years ago.
Add in a few dozen distilleries and hard cider makers, most of those also less than a decade old, and you've got a rapidly expanding alcoholic beverage industry.
That's the focus of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Beer, Wine & Spirits Summit," to be held Wednesday in Albany.
The Cuomo administration bills it as an opportunity to talk about keeping the beverage industry flowing, by hearing directly from industry insiders. Cuomo held a similar summit this summer on the state's exploding yogurt industry.
So what are the issues facing New York's alcoholic beverage makers?
Two of the most contested topics -- the sale of wine in grocery stores and the practice of hydrofracking for natural gas -- are reportedly not going to be addressed.
Cornell University, whose staff includes many researchers and experts in the varying fields of beverage production and economics, today offered a guide to the hot topics the summit might tackle, as seen through the experts eyes:
• Anna Katharine Mansfield is an assistant professor of enology - the science of winemaking. "One of the biggest challenges facing craft beverage producers in the U.S. is the convoluted network of post-prohibition laws, which can stymie farm-level production and limit Cornell's ability to perform research necessary to support New York's evolving beer, wine and spirits industries."
• Timothy Martinson is a senior extension associate who supports the growth and profitability of the New York wine and grape industry. "New wine grape varieties that survive outside the traditional grape growing regions are fostering expansion of grape production to new areas such as the Thousand Islands, Lake Champlain, Albany/Saratoga and the Mohawk valley. New winery and grape production businesses will benefit from ... policy issues at the state level that impact these startup enterprises."
• Steve Miller is a senior research educator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County, and New York's first hop specialist. Since 2011, he has been leading a statewide effort to expand local production of hops, one of beer's key ingredients and once one of the state's major cops. "In order for this effort to be successful, hop and barley growers need help through research, outreach and infrastructure improvements. To produce a quality crop economically, New York growers need varieties that will thrive here, as well as better tools for insect and disease management. That's where Cornell faculty and extension specialists come in. By offering workshops, resources, and the best varieties and production methods for this part of the country, we can help growers overcome obstacles and meet the growing demand."
• Karl Siebert is a professor of food science who teaches brewing. He worked in the brewing industry for 18 years, including eight year as director of research at the Stroh Brewery Co. in Detroit. "The interest in making beer on the part of small brewers has expanded incredibly in recent years. ... It's encouraging to see so many people interested in this field and legislation that gives them incentives for using local ingredients. Now, we need more hops, more barley and more malt houses in New York for the industry to really take hold. This means we need to get more knowledge and science into the hands of those who can use it."
• Bruce Reisch is a professor of plant breeding and genetics, who specializes in the development of new wine and table grape varieties, as well as new grape breeding techniques. "As one who has worked with the grape industry to improve upon the spectrum of wine grape varieties being grown in New York, I have seen first-hand the economic benefits of research being put into practice by our thriving wine industry. Research and promotion, as well as the potential for synergies between the wine and beer industries, hold much promise for continued success in promoting tourism and economic growth."
• Thomas Burr is a professor of plant pathology and director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. In addition to overseeing the station's many outreach efforts, his research focuses on protecting grapes and other plants from disease. "The focus placed on the wine and brewing industries ... will further enhance the development of strong public-private partnerships that positively impact the wine, brewing and associated industries throughout the state. The research and marketing outputs that result from such partnerships will continue to be instrumental for the continued production and recognition of world-class New York wines and beers."
• Brad Rickard is an assistant professor of applied economics and management who specializes in agricultural food policy and international trade. Much of his work centers on the economics of the wine industry. "The recent discussions between Canada and the United States have renewed the debate over the regulations that Canada, and in particular Ontario, places on the importation of wine from the United States. The Canadian duty of 62 cents per liter and an Ontario excise tax of 39.6 percent create a prohibitive barrier on sales of New York State wines to Canadian visitors. Our analysis shows that removal of these restrictions would generate over $2.5 million per year in increased wine sales."
Food & Drink Editor Don Cazentre can be reached at 470-2297 or at email@example.com. Look for food- and drink-related stories, photos and videos at syracuse.com/food.


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The NFL and the NFL Players Association included language in their current collective bargaining agreement to protect Michael Sam, the University of Missouri product who is set to become the first openly gay player.
On page 211 of the joint agreement inked in 2011, the NFL, the league's 32 teams and the NFLPA is barred from retaliating against a player due to "race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation."
Sam -- expected to be taken within the first few rounds of May's NFL Draft -- will be the first out player to fall under that last designation. But could Sam's revelation in a New York Times story on Sunday night spur other players to come out?
"Obviously, we hope this encourages others to come out," said Patrick Burke, co-founder of the You Can Play Project that pushes for equality in sports. "I wish we could make those predictions. We certainly hope this is the first domino to fall in the NFL, even though there have been many others in other sports."
Esera Tuaolo, Wade Davis and Kwame Harris are among the NFL players who came out publicly after their playing days ended. Sam, however, has made the monumental decision of revealing his sexuality even before the NFL Combine, which is set to take place at the end of the month.
"Michael was out in college," Burke told NJ.com. "He understands the historical significance. In his mind, he knows there's no going back in the damn closet."
The NFL hasn't always been the most politically correct environment. Before the 2013 Super Bowl, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver said a gay player wouldn't be accepted in an NFL locker room. In an NFL Network report earlier this month, New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma said he had concerns showering with a gay teammate.
"I think he would not be accepted as much as we think he would be accepted. I don't want people to just naturally assume, 'Oh, we're all homophobic,'" Vilma said (per OutSports.com). "That's really not the case. Imagine if he's the guy next to me, and you know, I get dressed, naked, taking a shower, the whole nine, and it just so happens he looks at me, how am I supposed to respond?"
OutSports.com co-founder Jim Buzinski said he doesn't expect a flood of closeted players to come forward right away.
"I think players will take a wait-and-see approach," Buzinski told NJ.com. "Each person has their own journey toward coming out. Maybe Michael's coming out will help create an environment where players feel more comfortable and not just in the NFL but the high school and college level. If everything goes fine for Michael, some players may just say, 'What's the big deal?' Why can't one player become two or three or 10?"
NFLPA spokesman George Atallah said leaders in the union pushed for equal protection for players of any sexual orientation so somebody like Sam could follow their NFL dreams. He said he wasn't sure if Sam's openness about his sexuality would lead other gay players to do the same.
"It's hard to predict," Atallah told NJ.com. "Sports reflects society and it's interesting that this happened during the Olympics. You see our society and the progress we've made on this issue and we're glad to be apart of it."
On April 29, 2013, NBA center Jason Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major North American team sport to come out publicly as gay. He was not signed by a team and remains a free agent.


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The Resetarits brothers, indicted together on one count of second-degree sexual assault, were to be arraigned in Kenai Superior Court Tuesday afternoon. The single count indictment was handed down by a grand jury on Sept. 20.
Joseph Resetarits, 19, and Anthony Resetarits, 21, are accused of a crime that allegedly occurred Sept. 9, 2012 at a Homer residence involving teens at an out-of-control drinking party. Charges allege an incapacitated teen victim at the party was sexually penetrated with an object.
Now that the two brothers are formally arraigned, they will go through proceedings at the Kenai Superior Court, not the Homer District Court, where the case stalled in preliminary trial mode for the past year. A plea agreement was extended by the Kenai District Attorney's Office, but was not an "attractive offer," defense attorneys said.
Salvation Army needs bell-ringers
No arrests are in yet on the case of a safe robbery at the Homer Salvation Army, but Lt. Jeff Josephson people are stepping in with much appreciated donations. An undisclosed amount of cash was removed along with the safe, enough to put a crimp in the charity's ability to help the needy in a busy holiday season ahead. Josephson is hoping for a busy "Kettle Season" of bell ringers that bring in cash donations.
"We're hoping for a lot of volunteers," he said. "That would get us back on top if we can get donations." Those interested are encouraged to call 235-2609 to get their names on the list.
The Sept. 11 break-in was the second at the store this year. This time, they didn't just bust a bunch of donations and make a mess of the store.
In 2012, the Homer Salvation Army gave out $63,100 in financial assistance in the form of food, emergency lodging, vouchers through its store on Pioneer Avenue, Christmas boxes, Thanksgiving boxes, heating and energy assistance funding, rental assistance and other efforts to help people get through a bump in the road. The assistance helped some 746 households and more than 3,000 people.
KPO 'plays' Carnegie Hall
The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra will present a Fall Family Concert on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 3 p.m.
The concert will be held at the Homer High School Auditorium and is the second year of collaboration between KPO and KPBSD to present students performing with the orchestra in Carnegie Hall's Link Up Program. There is no admission to attend.
Fish and Game meets Oct. 8
The Homer Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. at the NERRS building on Kachemak Drive in order to hear a report on the fall hunting season so far, as well as an update on current programs underway.
It will also mark the beginning of Board of Fish Lower Cook Inlet proposal discussions. For more info, contact Dave Lyon at 399-2340.
Hospice teaches volunteer training
Hospice of Homer is starting an "End of Life and Volunteer Visitor Training" at Homer Senior Center on Saturday at 10 a.m.
The 34-hour training runs through the entire month of October. Class size is limited, and registration is required. The class is free. Contact Hospice of Homer at 235-6899 for details and to reserve a place in the class.
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We bring you this story tonight from the Macon Telegraph in which Georgia AD Damon Evans (surprise, surprise) is ticked off at one of Kiffin's comments.
Evans' abridged response to Kiffin's insinuations: "We don't need to cheat."
Kiffin apparently denigraded Georgia's recruiting efforts in-state on a radio show and said the only reason Memphis WR Marlon Brown -- the top prospect in Tennessee -- left the state to sign with Georgia is because his grandmother wanted him to go to Georgia.
"Marlon called (the night before signing day) and said that he loved it here, but his grandmother wouldn't let him come," Kiffin said told the Knoxville News-Sentinel. "I don't know what you do about that. Other than that, I thought that we did a great job in-state."
In other words, hey, it wasn't Kiffin's fault that the fence he's supposedly building around the state of Tennessee sprung a leak in the direction of an SEC East rival.
Of course, when asked by the AJC specifically about Kiffin's allegations, Georgia coach Mark Richt wouldn't bite.
And, just for reference, click on this Rivals.com story and scroll down a bit for the complete Kiffin-vs.-SEC recap -- at least through 10:39 p.m. on Feb. 18, 2009.
As for the mood on the UT campus, AD Mike Hamilton said his support is stronger than ever for Kiffin in this column by John Adams in the Knoxville newspaper.
"He's very frank," Hamilton said. "He's not going to give a whole lot of politically correct statements. He will be very frank in how he feels about the program."


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Being able to
schedule a meeting for a group of people based on their availability, as controlled by their PIM/CalenDar schedule.
"share" a CalenDar with someone (this always seems like a fuzzy concept to me, which includes multiple things - from letting someone see part/all of your calendar, to being able to define someone as a proxy who can Create and Accept schedule changes for you.)
Most software supports this only among people sharing a single server.
Competing with MsExchange
Some existing calendar-sharing technologies to investigate:
specific notes for Ms Outlook-2002
Mac ICal
old NetScape (iPlanet) Calendar Server
YaHoo Calendar?
you can make your free/busy status available (for anyone to view) - mine
- you can view other Yahoo calendars when making an invitation
you can install Intelli Synch to Data Synch to your Palm PDA (or Ms Outlook, but not Micro Soft PDA)
JiCal http://jical.sourceforge.net/ works with MozIlla Calendar and Evolut Ion to handle group calendaring?
is http://www.gctp.org/ GCTP dead?
Horde http://horde.org - PHP(?)/Web-based office app that works with IMAP server
Does Salesforce Com support ICal?
I'd like to see someone build standalone servers and clients for this, rather than extending existing complementary products (EMail clients, PIM apps, etc.) so that people don't have to change those other apps to gain calendaring support. Likewise, make it platform-independent to maximize market: Ms Windows client support is key. Even a hosted WebApp might be OK...
There are standards in play: VCal is a format for data about an event, ICal (not the Apple software) is for the full event lifecycle transactions, but isn't final (I'm not sure how close to final it is...)
User Stories to support: (need to describe how to accomplish these with Ms Outlook without using Ms Exchange)
- background/setup info:
FreeBusy info is stored in *.vfb file, which is supposedly based on ICal standard.
an Ms Outlook user enters a URL where he wants to publish his file to. (Tools, Options, Preferences, Calendar Options...)
each Ms Outlook Contact record has a field for the URL where that person stores his FreeBusy file.
Ms Outlook publishes and reads FreeBusy data each 15 minutes (plus can trigger manually)
MozIlla Calendar
suggest meeting: initiator picks list of people to include (time for that Digital Identity directory, otherwise it slides into EMail address book); pick a day/week to consider; grab FreeBusy data from each user (need to store location for each user - FOAF/Digital Identity) (that data needs to be stored/cached somewhere that's online all the time); pick free time. Generate invitations (EMail with Attach Ment? SOAP envelope?).
JonUdell wrote a good piece on the issue of TimeZone management
- what about scheduling other resources (e.g. conference room)?
Invitee: accept or decline, send response with optional attached message (counter-propose alternate timing, etc.). Goes back only to initiator? (I could even see this waiting for v2, as email is OK for this.
- Initiator can send change to proposal, or cancel.
- Can invitees see list of other invitees? With acceptance status?
Synch to PDA. Ugh, what a nightmare, having to go platform-specific.
Aside from the technical issues, there are tricky usage issues, esp. in an increasingly networked Free Agent economy. Do you accurately block out travel time in your calendar?
In more detail: When I think about calendaring in a network economy my head explodes. Imagine you split your time between 2 different enterprises, and you might work from either of those physical sites, or from home (or Starbucks). You probably want to block off the big chunks of on-org-site time in your calendar. But if someone at one of those sites wants to schedule a meeting when you'll be onsite, how will they know which chunk of time works? And of course you might be willing to do a phone meeting from one site to the other...
Cory Doctorow on MacOsX ICal TimeZone nightmares (Oct'2003)
phpicalendar --2003/11/18 15:15 GMT
 Just want to point you to a very nice ics calendar viewer phpicalendar: http://phpicalendar.sourceforge.net/nuke/
Experiment design --Bill Seitz, 2004/02/20 21:29 GMT
 Using YaHoo and Ms Outlook (which I don't normally use)
put some entries in YaHoo calendar, turn on sharing
start Ms Outlook, make some dummy account (to avoid sucking in real email),
go back to YaHoo
- does meeting request show up? What actions can I take in response?
can I see the Ms Outlook FreeBusy


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Nicole Hyer was 21 when her mother, Margaret, developed breast cancer in 2009. In the months that would follow, Ms. Hyer experienced a phenomenon known as parentification, a process in which children feel obliged to take on duties their parents typically do.
"The moment that deadly disease entered her body, we switched roles," the Meiers Corners resident writes in her blog, The Power of Pink, which is devoted to spreading awareness about breast cancer.
"I became neurotic, overprotective and worried," the now 24-year-old recalls. "I made sure my mom was going to her checkups, drove her to her radiation (appointments) and scheduled future mammograms."
She also did a massive amount of research to educate herself on the disease — which may have contributed to another issue she says many teens with an ill parent encounter as well: Feeling like she had cancer herself.
Because her father and grandmother also are cancer survivors, she says, she felt like "it was coming for me" — a fear that subsided once her physician did blood work and assured her she was fine.
As for her mom, it took four surgeries to scrape away every bit of the malignant tumor that was threatening her life; today she is cancer-free.


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A Constantia teenager accused of participating in a burglary that left a man dead last summer pleaded guilty today to a lesser charge in the case.
Sabrina Bell, 19, was one of three people charged in Michael G. Smith's death.
Smith, 26, of Constantia, was bludgeoned with a hammer, his face was stomped on, and his body was kicked limp Aug. 17 outside the Wander Inn bar in Constantia. His body was found bruised and battered two days later, floating in a swamp along a logging trail in West Monroe.
A jury earlier this month convicted Anthony Fortino Jr., 21, of Syracuse, of the burglary and murder.
Last week, Steven Fortino Jr., 22, of West Monroe, admitted he was present when his cousin broke into the bar and beat Smith. He pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary.
Bell was set to go to trial Monday.
But she, too, pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary.
The judge has promised to send Steven Fortino and Bell to prison for 10 years, plus five years post release supervision.


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Each year we ask owners of hunting dogs to submit photos of their dogs in the field.
The response once again was quite good. Despite bird populations that have declined from previous years, there was simply no way hunters were going to keep their dogs at home. It might be more accurate to say the dogs wouldn't allow it to happen.
Here we share some moments in the field, memories of the hunt and of the unique abilities of hunting breeds. Their enthusiasm is unmatched and their knowledge in the field easily surpasses that of the best hunters among us.
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Submitted Photo - - "Coal," a black Labrador owned by Chris Pulver of Stanley, scans the sky during a hunt in the Stanley area Oct. 19. "I just love watching her intense gaze when we are in the decoys," Pulver said. "She can let me know where the birds are coming in just by watching her eyes. At age 10 she acts like a 5-year-old dog when she's in the field."
Submitted Photo - - Even a snowy day didn't slow down "Rio," a 10-year-old black labrador owned by Kevin Miller of Minot. The photo was taken Dec. 4 in McLean County.
Submitted Photo - - "Crue," a 16-month-old Brittany owned by Jace Lalim of Tioga, points a rooster pheasant that wound up in a hunting vest a moment later. "She is getting to be a darn good dog," said Randy Lalim, Jace's father. "She retrieved two roosters out of the water that we didn't even know were in there!"
Submitted Photo - - Young "Teka," a 1-1/2-year-old Brittany, takes a well-earned rest during her first pheasant hunt this past opening day near Wolf Creek. Owner Timothy Ptak of Minot said Teka figured out pheasants during the second weekend of the season.
We asked for photos emphasizing dogs, not hunters, and our readers responded splendidly. So did the dogs but, as owners will certainly attest, their dogs are always more than ready for the challenge of the hunt.
There are still two weeks of upland game hunting remaining. The season closes Jan. 8. If you get your dog into the field and capture some memorable moments on camera in the coming days, feel free to submit them for possible publication in these pages at season's end. Please include the dog's breed, age, owner's name and town, date the photo was taken and approximate location of the hunt.
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More photos can be found at DOGS in the FIELD - Part 1


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Marquette 71
Kingsford 50
By CRAIG REMSBURG
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Kingsford's Caleb Harrington (22) drives to the basket as Marquette's Brad Brow (10) and Trevor Havican (40) attempt to defend during the second quarter Friday.
For The Daily News
MARQUETTE - You'd think putting four players in double figures scoring-wise would be the main reason Marquette Senior High School took a 71-50 Great Northern Conference boys basketball win over visiting Kingsford Friday night.
It certainly had an impact, as A.J. Grazulis (17), Mark Pap (16), Andy Nyquist (14) and Brad Brow (12) combined for 59 points on Senior Night.
But both Brow and MSHS head coach Brad Nelson said it was something more that enabled the Class ABC No. 2-ranked Redmen to win going away.
"It was defense, for sure," Brow, a junior guard, said. "We shot well, but it was our defense that was tough tonight."
Nelson agreed.
"Our defense in the second quarter and part of the third was tremendous," he said. "We shut Kingsford down for a while in the third before we got lackadaisical and let them get back to within 13 (47-34)."
The two teams battled on even terms in the first quarter, then Marquette (15-2, 8-0 GNC) lost senior forward Mark Pap and junior guard Larry Burnette the entire second stanza to two fouls apiece.
But the Redmen still managed to stretch a 16-13 first quarter lead to a 28-20 advantage at the half.
"It limited our play book (with Pap and Burnette sitting)," Nelson said, "but we played defense and took care of the ball.
"(Subs) Trevor Havican and Connor Brazeau did a good job of that."
MSHS went on a 10-0 run over a three-minute span of the third quarter behind five points by Brow and four by Pap.
But Kingsford (12-5, 5-3) put on a 9-2 spurt at the end of the stanza behind five points by Dalton Allen to make it 47-34 heading into the fourth quarter.
"We played OK the first half defensively," Flivvers head coach Dan Olkkonen said. "But we tried something new by playing a zone in the third and Marquette attacked it well.
"They're just so well-rounded, while we had to grind it out to score."
The two teams battled on even terms in the final eight minutes before MSHS - with a 59-47 lead, outscored the Flivvers 12-3 down the stretch.
Pap notched seven of his points in the final quarter, Grazulis five and Nyquist - who dished out five assists in the game - added four.
"We just kept pushing and running," Brow said. "I think we wore (Kingsford) down."
Allen paced the Flivvers with 14 points. Caleb Harrington chipped in 13 and Aidan Wienke netted 12. Both Allen and Wienke grabbed five rebounds each.
"I liked the way we fought," Olkkonen said, "and Allen did a nice job off the bench.
"But Nyquist did a nice job penetrating for Marquette and they showed good (scoring) balance."
Nelson agreed. with Olkkonen, a former Northern Michigan University player (1994-96).
"It's the first time in a while we had four guys in double figures," the MSHS coach said. "When we have that kind of balance, more guys are playing with confidence."
Kingsford won the jayvee game, 72-68.
Summary (field goals, free throws, total points)
KINGSFORD - Baldwin, 0-1-1; Jennings, 1-0-3; C. Harrington, 5-2-13; Allen, 5-2-14; Wienke, 5-2-12; Glodowski, 1-0-2; D. Harrington, 1-2-5. Totals, 18-7-50.
MARQUETTE - Nyquist, 5-4-14; Brow, 4-3-12; Burnette, 1-1-3; Pap, 6-3-16; Grazulis, 7-3-17; Brazeau, 0-1-1; Havican, 1-0-2; Process, 2-0-4; Ogea, 1-0-2. Totals, 27-15-71.
Score by quarters:
Kingsford 13 7 14 16 - 50
Marquette 16 12 19 24 - 71
FG shooting: Kingsford, 18 of 48 (37.5 percent); Marquette, 27 of 43 (62.7 percent); FT shooting: Kingsford, 7 of 11 (63.6 percent); Marquette, 15 of 19 (78.9 percent); Rebounding, Kingsford, 19 (Aidan Wienke and Dalton Allen, 5 apiece); M, 30 (A.J. Grazulis, 9).


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This was a really strong night for all four of NBC's comedies, and this week I think "Community" was my favorite of the bunch. I'm always more kindly disposed to comedies with multiple storylines if they find a way to tie them all together (see the best episodes of both "Seinfeld" and "30 Rock"), and the climactic sequence here - with Abed and Troy's duet of "Somewhere Out There"(*) accompanying both Shirley's presentation and the Senor/Senora Chang dance reunion - was both hilarious and oddly touching.
(*) In case you didn't get the reference, or why Abed called his rat "Fyvel," go watch the original performance from "An American Tail."
Beyond that, "Environmental Science" was just a nice showcase for virtually everyone in the cast, including Ken Jeong. Jeong was added after the pilot (no doubt due to his performance in "The Hangover"), and there have been times where he's either felt shoehorned into episodes, or else working in a style that's just a little too broad for the room. But he melded very well with Joel McHale, and the opening classroom scene - from pulling Annie, desk and all, out into the hall to lengthening the paper in response to Britta's ass-kissing - was the best of those since Chang's debut scene in episode two.
Pierce got to be right several times (and briefly usurp Jeff's role in the group), Shirley got to give everyone a sandwich, Abed got to question other people's level of reality, and Troy got to squeal like a little girl - a lot.
Strong, funny, very satisfying episode.
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Efforts to defund Obamacare more costly than we know
October 18, 2013
According to the Oct. 5 New York Times, "A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning," the government shutdown was planned since the re-election of President Obama in 2012. Before Ted Cruz was appointed talking mouth of the minute, former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese III and leaders from more than 36 conservative groups had been strategizing a massive plot … a "blueprint to defund Obamacare" by shutting down the government.
Who would be so arrogant as to dismiss and disregard the voice of the American people and our democratic system of government that passed the Affordable Care Act by majority rule into a law that was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States? Who would derail democracy and risk defaulting on the debt?
"Koch Konservatives." The covert branch of government run by ideological despots whose powerful billions not only afford them the protection of Citizens United to manipulate our elections legally but now, apparently, the veto power to override our legislative process! Americans have not experienced such since the attempted corporate coup on President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, when a group of wealthy businessmen created a veterans organization in a plot to overthrow the president. What? A group of patriotic Americans manipulated by big money to destroy a president?
Freedom, Patriot, Prosperity, Heritage … apparently these labels are not so American after all. "Freedom" is just a "front" to these ultra-rich oligarchs whose egos can't accept the loss of democratic election or the passage of a bill that did not advance their own narrow political view or financial advancement. They wrap themselves in the Constitution when it serves them and pocket it when it does not. They flash the Federalist papers in the face the democratic process and quote Madison, Hamilton and Jay … three gentlemen who used blood-sucking leeches to find medical relief in their day.
Advances in medical technology and pharmacology have greatly enhanced and prolonged our lives, but the The New England Journal of Medicine ranks the United States health care system as 37th in the world, while demanding the highest insurance premiums.
And the only jobs Koch Konservatives are concerned about appear to be paying right-wing political advocates to spread an epidemic of Obamaphobia.
Freedom Partners is a tax-exempt business organization with more than 200 members who pay at least $1,000,000 in annual dues. The board is headed by an executive of Koch Industries and funds organizations like the Tea Party Patriots to push to defund the Affordable Care Act. According to PBS Bill Moyers and company, Freedom Partners spent $250,000,000 in 2012 to shape political and policy debate, including dubious studies, misinformation in talking points and even raunchy TV commercials involving proctologists, all to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
The Kochs donated $500,000 to Heritage Action shortly after the passage of Citizens United. Their executive officer, Michael Needham, recently stated, "Any CR (continuing resolution) to fund the government of any length that doesn't address Obamacare is not acceptable." I think Boehner might have gotten that message.
At any cost, the House of Representatives, with the most novice members vulnerable to strong-arming by ultra-rich oligarchs bankrolling campaigns, has become the broken branch of our government. They sit like mischievous imps on the edge of a teetering branch, chain saw in hand, taunting, "Make me! Make me!" while gleefully touching the blade to the trunk of our majestic ancestral tree. They will cause suffering to working families and the economic recovery we have made, risk the country's credit rating and tarnish our credibility and standing in the world before they reach the age of reason.
So what good is the democratic process when we can't believe in it anymore? What happens when we believe that powerful covert forces in this country will not give up attacking the government to get their way at any cost, to write legislation through ALEC for states to pass, to push for Social Security privatization and environmental deregulation and execute a "blueprint" for failure until our government is too disjointed to function and people are too demoralized to vote?
Sweep the house in November! That's what the American people can do to counteract this ploy by the faux government of the Kochs, by the Kochs and for the Kochs in our nation. It won't be easy. The power and extent of the Koch Konservative dominion is deeply funded, organized with people motivated by winning no matter what the costs and billionaires who can pay them very handsomely for their efforts.
There are "scorecards" that are kept to log how a Republican voted on any given issue. Moderate Republicans who are not Koch Konservatives are "targeted" in the next election with Tea party challengers. The Kochs and other billionaires get what they want or else. If they can't get it through Republican incumbents, they fund Tea Party candidates … and gerrymander the district so the elected official can sit on the proverbial tea pot and do nothing.
But Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Libertarians are all keeping their own score cards in this shameful game. Do we all abide by the Constitution of the United States or only when it works for our side? The only Americans who can afford to win "at any cost" are the billionaires. And losing democracy in this country is too high a price to pay.
Cheryl Cook lives in Nevada City.


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Favorite exercise: Running.
Days of exercise a week: Five or six.
Diet do: "Lots of fiber, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein, with emphasis on lentils. And lots of water."
Diet don't: "Red meat, pork and fatty foods."
Guilty pleasure: "Chocolate."
Exercise benefits: "I feel great. It keeps me toned and keeps my weight down; and it's a stress reliever and a morale booster, as well as a social outlet."
Exercise philosophy: "It's necessary to stay fit, sane and healthy."
Kametra Matthews is early to rise. But she admits that if it weren't for her running group, she would be tempted hit the snooze button on her alarm clock.
"Getting up is easy. Not going back to bed is the hard part," she says. "But knowing someone is waiting for you" -- her running group in Audubon Park -- "gets you there."
Although she credits a former boyfriend for inspiring her to start a running program, her commitment to meet up with other runners who rise before dawn has kept her on the path.
The social aspect of running has been a plus in her goal to run the Mardi Gras Half-Marathon -- her first -- in February.
"Preparing for a race always keeps me motivated," Matthews says. She was a sprinter in high school and a swimmer in college. Now, distance running appeals to her.
Her running group splits into two time slots, one beginning at 5:30 a.m., and the other at 6 a.m.
"If you want to increase your mileage, you start with the earlier group, and then you keep running with the later group," says Matthews, who recently completed her first 9½-mile run.
"Running keeps me emotionally sound. It's my yoga," she says.
Matthews runs three days a week and sets aside two days a week for strength-training. And, once a week, she heads to salsa class.
"The beauty of Latin dance is that everyone dances with everyone," she says. She also visits local Latin dance spots with fellow dancers who already have mastered the merengue, the cha-cha, the bachata and salsa. And, she says, "It's not a watch party. People go to dance!"
-- Chris Bynum


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Zinc is strikingly co-localized with glutamate-containing vesicles in the synaptic terminals of retinal photoreceptors, and it is thought to be co-released with glutamate onto postsynaptic neurons such as horizontal cells and bipolar cells. Here we examined exogenous zinc modulation of glutamate receptors on cultured retinal horizontal cells using patch-clamp recording and endogenous zinc effect on intact horizontal cells using intracellular recording techniques. Application of 3, 30, and 300 μM zinc reduced the whole cell peak current of response to 200 μM glutamate by 2, 30, and 56%, respectively. Zinc suppression of glutamate response persisted in the presence of 10 μM cyclothiazide (CTZ). Glutamate responses of outside-out patches were completely abolished by 30 μM 1-(4-aminophenyl)-4-methyl-7,8-methylenedioxy-5H-2,3-benzodiazepine (GYKI 52466), and the receptor desensitization was blocked by 30 μM CTZ, indicating that receptor target for the zinc action on horizontal cells is α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazoleproponic acid (AMPA) receptors. Zinc decreased the amplitude of outside-out patch peak current without an effect on either its 10–90% rise time or the rate of receptor desensitization. Dose-response curves for glutamate show that zinc reduced the maximal current evoked by glutamate and increased EC50 from 50 ± 3 to 70 ± 6 μM without changing the Hill coefficient. Chelation of endogenous zinc with 1 mM Ca-EDTA depolarized horizontal cells in the intact retina by 3 mV, consistent with relief of the partial glutamate receptor inhibition by zinc. Overall, the results describe a unimodal form of zinc modulation of AMPA-type glutamate receptor responses not previously described in native neuronal preparations and a novel role for endogenous zinc in modulating neurotransmission.
Address for reprint requests: D. G. McMahon, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1634. (E-mail: dgmcma1{at}uky.edu).
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Flight to Antarctica
Flights to the Ross Sea region of Antarctica begin in Christchurch and are shared between the American and New Zealand Antarctic programmes. The flight path crosses the northern coast of Antarctica in Oates Land, an area named after one of the members of Captain Scotts ill-fated polar journey in 1911-1912. We then fly south over highland icefields, diagonally across northern Victoria Land and the western Ross Sea. Finally, we make a slow descent past Ross Island (with its famous volcano of Mount Erebus) to land on the sea ice adjacent to the US station of McMurdo. The journey reveals a wide range of glaciological phenomena, including sea ice, ice streams, glacier tongues, land-terminating glaciers, as well as a couple of volcanoes. During this flight on 12 November 2010, we were able to take photographs from the cockpit of an Airbus 310. Some photos are in black and white because of colour problems resulting from optical effects of the cockpit window.
Approaching the continent, we look at the ice-bound coastline of Oates Land. The smooth snow-covered surface to the left is sea ice, whilst the land area is represented by uneven glacier-covered terrain.
Zooming in on the coast of Oates Land below we see two heavily crevassed ice streams with floating termini.
The interior of Oates Land is characterised by a highland icefield where mountains in excess of 4000 m protrude above the thick ice cover as nunataks. These mountains show folded rocks that are a manifestation of the Early Palaeozoic Ross Orogeny.
Another view of the Oates Land highland icefield. The main East Antarctic Ice Sheet lies to the west of these mountains, behind the camera position.
Ice-flow in this region of northern Victoria Land is complex, demonstrating what is known as selective linear erosion where ice flow is controlled by bedrock structure. Here, glaciers are flowing in different directions and combining.
Glacial erosion has produced a predominantly alpine topography in this region of northern Victoria Land, but a few smooth remnants of topography that has not been eroded still survive.
This view of Mount Bird, looking east, reveals its thin ice cap and outlet glaciers, not all of which reach the sea. In the background is the frontal cliff of the Ross Ice Shelf, the worlds largest floating body of glacier ice that is the size of France.
Mount Erebus, with an ice-free area at its foot. The peninsula is Cape Royds, and it is here that Shackletons 1908 hut is located. Just to the left of the Cape is the fast-ice edge.
The crevasse-ridden slopes of Mount Erebus form a backdrop to Inaccessible Island foreground, and the Little and Big Razorback Islands beyond.
Disembarkation from our passenger aircraft, an Airbus 310, at the McMurdo sea-ice runway. Normal transport to and from Antarctica is in much less comfortable military aircraft than this.
Two C130 (Hercules) aircraft parked on the sea-ice runway at McMurdo. These aircraft are used for flights to the US Scott-Amundsen Station at the South Pole and, occasionally, on the flights to and from New Zealand.
|Photos Michael Hambrey, November and December 2010.


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Few Americans believe they could live on a minimum-wage paycheck. In high-cost states such as New Jersey, the minimum wage can hardly be called a living wage – even after it was raised from $7.25 an hour to $8.25 this year.
That small act of honesty – conceding that the minimum wage is too meager to support their own family – doesn't stop many Americans (mostly Republicans) from trying to stop the lowest-paid workers from getting a sorely needed boost.
According to a new poll, nearly 70 percent of Republicans say they couldn't live on a $7.25 minimum wage – yet only 37 percent support raising it to $10.10, as President Obama has proposed. You read that correctly: A large majority of the GOP supports a wage structure that deliberately pays people too little to live on.
That's the same group that fights programs – including food stamps and welfare – that cover the costs a minimum-wage salary can't.
And there's mounting evidence that those policies are prolonging the effects of the Great Recession.
According to a new U.S. Labor Department report, the 13 states that raised their minimum wages this year – including New Jersey – added jobs at a faster clip than those that didn't. The data don't prove a direct cause-and-effect, but the trend is moving in the opposite direction of predictions that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would cost the country 500,000 jobs.
Take Kansas: The state cut billions in taxes for businesses and wealthy taxpayers, heaping a larger percentage of the tax burden on the poor and middle class. Kansas' minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2010 (when, amazingly, it was increased from $2.65). The result: The anticipated economic spark never materialized, and the state can't pay its bills.
That's classic "trickle-down" theory – cut taxes at the top levels, and the rich will reinvest that money in business and spending that will benefit everyone. Except it's proven over and over to be a failure and a lie.
Maybe it's time to try some "trickle-up": Increased wages for the lowest-paid workers mean greater spending power for millions – who will then go out and buy items such as food, clothing and household items. Those purchases support local manufacturers, merchants and tax revenues. If that's not an economic stimulus, what is? For evidence, look to those 13 states where hiring upticks followed minimum wage hikes.
The argument that the prosperity of so-called "job creators" will somehow lift the average American is self-serving and baseless. The rich save a greater percentage of their earnings than other groups and can't spend enough to make up for the tens of millions of Americans who are poorly paid or unemployed.
Low-income workers are more likely to spend their new earnings to increase their standard of living.
Republicans who agree that the low-income lifestyle isn't for them – yet insist on policies that reinforce poverty, even for those who have jobs – should rethink whether they want to stimulate the economy, or continue to stifle it.


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Manager of local supplier and contractor development, George Brakoh, explains how the economic legacy left behind by Newmont Ghana Gold will benefit the local community for years to come.
Boasting economic growth rates that have consistently topped six percent in recent years, Ghana is universally lauded as being an emerging African economic success story. A peaceful and stable democratic nation, Ghana continues to make strong progress towards its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2020.
Like many companies currently based in the country, the Newmont Mining Corporation has found Ghana to be a land of great opportunity and one where it expand its own global reach. One of the largest and oldest gold producers, the Newmont Mining Corporation holds significant assets in North and South America, Australasia and the Far East, employing 43,000 staff and contractors worldwide.
In Ghana, Newmont's African activities are presently centred on its Ahafo operation. Located beneath an area inhabited by around 1700 households, Newmont's staff made great strides in successfully resettling the affected community, compensating residents financially and providing them with new homes, schools and titles to land that they were previously not allowed to own.
Today the mine supports the employment of 1800 people directly employed by Newmont and provides work for a further 3000 contractors on site. As the mine has continued to develop particular focus has turned to Newmont's Ahafo Linkage Programme, a three year project designed to increase procurement from local suppliers.
"Over the course of the last six months," explains George Brakoh, manager of local supplier and contractor development for Newmont Ghana Gold, "we have successfully completed the first phase of this programme. Today we find ourselves embarking upon the next stage of our strategy, which will focus on promoting the mentoring of small business by some of our larger contractors."
A joint agreement already exists between Newmont Ghana Gold and several of its contractors that states that they will work towards providing small local businesses with the type of support that will give them the opportunity to grow. Meanwhile, a similar mission being undertaken at Ahafo involves a drive to create more private-public sector partnerships and increase the level of dialogue between the two sectors.
"Most of the time," Brakoh continues, "what we find is that the two sectors tend not to understand one another. What we want to do is create a scenario where the two sides can connect with one another. We believe that this will ultimately create a more level business environment that will allow everyone to grow more effectively."
What the company is equally keen to ensure is that a legacy of economic stability and growth remains long after the mine has ceased operations. One of the ways it plans to achieve this is through the strengthening of regional agribusiness. "We believe the environment around the mine provides excellent economic opportunities," Brakoh enthuses, "and we want it to remain that way even when our own presence diminishes. What we are striving to do is encourage more successful local businesses to invest some of their profits into various agribusinesses."
On the national front, Newmont Ghana Gold is at the forefront of efforts to develop local content agreements across the country. These efforts have the full support of the Ghanaian government who have brought in local content laws that require mining companies to submit local procurement plans, based on a list of items.
Working in collaboration with the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Newmont has thus far identified 28 different product categories that it believes can be sourced locally. Together with a number of specialist consultants, the company has been carrying out in-depth analysis of these products and the companies that manufacture them in the country.
"Based on the progress made to date," Brakoh says, "we have proposed that a programme focused on driving local content agreements begins in early 2013. What we believe we can achieve in the short-to-medium term is to attract an increasing number of foreign investors into the country, with the ultimate aim being to encourage them to partner with local businesses. This is all part of a long-term strategy that we have mapped out that we believe will lead to a situation where international manufacturers will be able to utilise Ghanaian businesses to establish their own local operations."
Newmont Ghana Gold will certainly be hoping that its local content programme meets with the same success and approval as some of its other initiatives. In early October, the company was commended by the country's Asanthehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for establishing the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation, an enterprise that seeks to ensure the sustainable development of its host communities.
Otumfuo praised the company for the cordial working relationship it has maintained with local communities and reaffirmed his belief that if all other mines could emulate the example set by Newmont, the lives of mining communities across Ghana and Africa as a whole would improve by leaps and bounds.
"Together with our partners in the local community we have achieved a lot at Ahafo," Brakoh says, "and the results are there for all to see. What I, like many others, now believe is that we have the potential to achieve something just as big on a national scale. Thanks to Ahafo there are numerous examples of local businesses that today have the potential to grow further thanks to opportunities that didn't exist before and we are passionate about making such opportunities available on a national level. We are under no illusion that this will pose significant challenges, but with the best efforts of everyone involved we feel that what happens in Ghana will set an excellent example that other countries can follow."
Written by Will Daynes, research by Richard Halfhide


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TRENTON — A city man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for the 2008 shooting death of Marshan Washington.
Jamal B. Darby, 25, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty in January to the lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter.
Superior Court Judge Robert Billmeier said Darby will have to serve 85 percent of the sentence, or about eight years and six months, before he is eligible for parole. Because Darby has been in prison since his arrest in 2008, he has nearly five years in jail credits that were applied to the sentence, Billmeier said.
Darby did not make any statement at the sentencing hearing. He blew a kiss to two of his family members who attended the proceeding before being led out of the courtroom in shackles by sheriff's officers.
Darby was charged along with Wallace L. McClain for the shooting that occurred on Feb. 24, 2008.
Assistant Prosecutor Skylar Weissman said authorities originally believed that Darby pulled the trigger, killing Washington, but now believe that McClain was the shooter.
In his guilty plea Darby said he showed McClain where the gun was in the house on the night that Washington was shot and killed.
Darby said he and Washington had an argument the day before the shooting. When he returned to the house on the 200 block of West Hanover Street in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, he found Washington and McClain there, he said.
Darby said McClain was acting strange and violent, and when he showed him the gun, which was hidden in a couch, he used it to shoot and kill Washington.
McClain pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in 2010 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
City sanitation workers found Washington's body wrapped in a blue tarp, with one arm sticking out, at a bend in the road where Riverside Drive becomes Clearfield Avenue.
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Neighbors help salvage personal items from a home after a tornado touched struck their neighborhood in Dexter on Thursday.U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg plans to visit the scene of the Dexter tornado on Friday, Walberg said in a news release.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the people affected by last night's storm," Walberg, R-Tipton, said in a written statement. "While I am thankful to report there are no serious injuries at this time, my heart goes out to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed. I've been in contact with the governor's office and plan on visiting the affected community today. My office stands ready to assist state and local teams with any recovery efforts"
Walberg's 7th Congressional District includes Dexter, as well as Jackson County.
The tornado hit Dexter Thursday evening, destroying several homes and damaging others.


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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Waccamaw High School football fans were able to see their Warriors in game mode for the first time Aug. 15, as the Warriors took on the Socastee Braves in a 20-minute scrimmage during the 25th annual Conway National Bank Kickoff Classic at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach.
Although the Warriors fell to the Braves 13-0, they kept them out of the end zone until midway through the scrimmage.
The Warriors stopped the Braves several times short of first downs, but Socastee kept pounding away with its powerful running game to eventually penetrate the Warriors defense.
The Warriors moved the ball against the Braves with fullbacks Kevin Gasque and Justin Holmes, but a strong effort by a big Socastee line kept them out of the end zone.
Warrior Head Coach Tyronne Davis said afterwards: My goal was to see how our guys matched up, and get out of that scrimmage without any injuries. Twenty minutes gave me enough time to see what I needed to see, and I wasnt too concerned with the scoreboard. I was more concerned with seeing how our guys did in a game situation.
Davis said he moved his starting players in and out of the game, giving other players a chance to show what they could do.
Weve switched things around a bit, and we needed to see which kids were going to excel in which positions, he said. I pulled some starters out and moved things around to see how it would work.
Socastee Head Coach Doug Illing was eager to put his Braves on the field, and was looking for his players to swarm the football. Our guys have worked really hard in the weight room during the offseason, and we are looking forward to a fast, physical game, he said.
Socastees Angelo Sauter, a 220-pound senior fullback, crashed the Waccamaw line for some large gains up the middle and put the Braves on the scoreboard first with a one-yard run into the end zone. Sauter replaces fullback Kevin Smith, who had 16 touchdowns for the Braves last year.
Senior running back Buck Bacot scored the second touchdown for the Braves.
The Warriors have seven offensive starters and eight defensive starters from last year in this years lineup. Davis is looking to develop more depth in his lineup.
We will be building core leaders in order to replace several key starters from last years team, he said. Davis turned to senior quarterback Trace Mills to lead the Warriors on the field at the Kickoff Classic.
This is Mills first year as starting quarterback.
I thought Trace performed well, Davis said. He threw an interception that resulted in Socastees first score, but thats okay, he needed to feel the pressure of the game, and we needed to see how he would handle it.
I thought our defense played well early, but got tired late in the scrimmage, Davis said.
They got to the QB early and forced a fumble, but they scored on us when we got tired. We will do some things this coming week to make sure the defense is ready for Andrews.
The Warriors will travel to Andrews and Hannah Pamplico for the first two games of the season, but return to Warrior Field on Sept. 5 to take on the Bears of Carvers Bay for their first home game.
Davis said the 2014-2105 Warriors are excited, motivated, and ready for their season.
Davis was grateful to Conway National Banks generosity and support for local high school football programs. He said the Kickoff Classic is a benefit to all players, parents and surrounding communities.
It is the catalyst local football fans look forward to yearly to help spin the football season into motion.
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God is not colorblind
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Faith Matters is a column written by the social concerns committee of the United Churches of Lycoming County. The monthly feature will include local faith-based comment on significant social issues facing us today. Letters reacting to the columns should be brief and clear and may be submitted to firstname.lastname@example.com. Opinions expressed in the columns are those of the writers and the social concerns committee, not necessarily the Sun-Gazette.)
God is the creator of color and the creator of differences. Yet, humans are uncomfortable with race and differences.
The primary ethic in the ancient world was, as Jesus noted, "to love your neighbor (people like you), and hate your enemy (people different from you)." (Matt 5: 43) Human beings create boundaries, the same ones Jesus worked so hard to take down. In an attempt to get along or not be discriminated against, people also pretend that real differences don't exist between individuals.
Immigrants entering this country in the 19th and early 20th centuries often would change their names, hide their ethnic background, and attempt to blend with others. It was called the great American "melting pot." It was a necessity for some to survive; for others, it submerged part of who they really were. The strategy may be possible if you were white, but color can't be hidden.
I grew up in an Italian Catholic community and later in life moved to an Irish Catholic district. Within the safe confines of these neighborhoods, ethic similarities were celebrated. There was a bond between people that connected them. Unfortunately, I could not share in it. My father's side of the family was 100 percent German; 25 percent of it was German on my mother's side with the rest mixed, mostly Scotch-Irish. That made me 62.5 percent German, not enough to qualify for membership in the local German soccer club. I always have felt as if I missed out on celebrating part of my heritage while others nearby shared a close bond in theirs. What I do not miss is hearing ethnic slurs being directed at them.
In the past 20 years, a different sort of "melting pot" approach has emerged to deal with race. It proposes an ideal called colorblindness. How did it emerge? In part it was because conservatives linked colorblindness with a commitment to individualism; society should be concerned with individuals, not groups, and racial identity should be a private matter. For liberals, the ideal of colorblindness is connected with the hope for racial equality. For others, colorblindness is accepted because they find it difficult to see racial differences being discussed in a positive, constructive way. However the story of color is spun, racial differences always will be with us. And I believe that racial differences can be appreciated, respected and talked about in a positive way.
I am the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Williamsport and we share a building with Love Unlimited, a predominately African-American Church. On occasion, we share worship services, dinners and participate in other joint events. People from both congregations take the time to get to know folks from the other congregation. There are differences in each other's cultures. We continue to learn from one another. We ask questions rather than presume to know. Our interaction is genuine and compassionate, not forced and superficial. We smile and enjoy seeing one another. What is colorblind about our interaction is that we are all God's creatures and we share a common identity and spirit in Christ. We take something positive away from our experience of each other because there is mutual respect. We listen, learn and love one another.
Thank God we are different. Thank God for color and differences.
– Manzinger is the pastor at First Baptist Church, 380 W. Fourth St.


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BYRON TOWNSHIP, MI -- Spartan Stores beat analysts expectation in a shorter "transition" quarter as the company moved to a new fiscal year schedule as the newly merged SpartanNash.
The Byron Township-headquartered grocery giant reported consolidated net sales for the 15-week third quarter increased 69.1 percent to $1.3 billion compared to $789.9 million in the 16-week quarter last year.
Much of that boost was attributed to $563.2 million in merger-related sales, a nearly 1 percent uptick in store sales and the impact of new distribution customers.
RELATED: SpartanNash to locate Fortune 500 headquarters, add jobs in West Michigan
Adjusted earnings from continuing operations were $11.1 million, or 40 cents per share, for the current year third quarter compared to $4.9 million, or 22 cents per share for the same period last year.
Analysts expected earnings of 25 cents per share on $805.8 million.
CEO Dennis Eidson said he was pleased with third quarter results, which included about six weeks of financial results from The Nash Finch Company, from the Nov. 19 merger until the end of the year.
"While the merger with Nash Finch contributed a significant portion of our growth in the quarter, we produced strong results in our legacy business, which is a testament to the excellence of our management team and associates," Eidson said.
He added that the next phase of SpartanNash's development and integration activities are progressing as planned.
"Our management team is in place and we are focused on leveraging our increased scale, geographic reach and complementary business segments to better compete in the evolving grocery industry," Eidson said.
In the last quarter, the company completed five minor remodels and store re-banners, and acquired two stores in North Dakota.
It also closed seven underperforming supermarkets, ending the quarter with 172 corporate owned stores and 34 fuel centers.
"We will also continue to evaluate our store base and may close up to ten stores over the course of fiscal 2014," Eidson said.
The company expects first quarter consolidated net sales will increase to between $2.30 as it continues to benefit from the merger with Nash Finch. The company expects comparable store sales in its legacy retail segment will be positive for the third consecutive quarter.
The company anticipates 2014 earnings of between $1.65 to $1.75 per share on revenues of $7.90 billion and $8.04 billion, excluding one-time expenditures.
Eidson said the company continues to make excellent progress in integrating the retail, food distribution and military distribution businesses.
"We continue to expect synergies of approximately $20 million, $35 million and $52 million in fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively and integration and transaction closing related costs of approximately $12 million, $5 million and $2 million in fiscal years 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively," Eidson said.
He added that the company is "cautiously optimistic" about 2014 as the economy continues to show modest improvement.
The newly merged SpartanNash is a Fortune 500 company and the largest food distributor serving military commissaries and exchanges in the United States, in terms of revenue.
It's core businesses include distributing food to military commissaries and exchanges and independent and corporate-owned retail stores located in 44 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Azores, Bahrain and Egypt.
The company currently operates 172 supermarkets, primarily under the banners of Family Fare Supermarkets, D&W Fresh Markets, No Frills, Bag 'n Save, Sun Mart and Econofoods.
This week, the newly formed board of directors approved a quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share, reflecting a three-cent increase. The dividend will be paid March 28 to investors of record on March 14.
Shandra Martinez covers business for MLive/The Grand Rapids Press. Email her or follow her on Twitter @shandramartinez.


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Note: Hugo Gold Moravia book, online version for Nikolsburg =Mikulov, Moravia has; Isaak Jakob vordem Jakob Holleschau (pg. 425); Isaak Holleschauer vordem Hübrl Holleschauer (pg. 425); 6/28/1683 Isaak Holleschauer from Nikolsburg asked the magistrate rünner him his hieherkommenden. To make things asairen start. Decision; Granted, but to be its surfaces sealed by the city guards (pg. 428); Hollitscher (Holleschauer seit 1686: Freud. 168) (page 94); am Oktober 1721 .. Die Häuser des .Aron Holitzer ..weil sie in den Schloßberg eingegralene Gebäude waren (pg. 432); Simon Hollitscher in 1732; house registry 1754 David Hollitscher (pg. 434), Aron Simon Hollitscher (pg. 434), Ahron Hollitscher (pg. 435) - already dead "ch. Mathias Hollitscher (pg. 435), Samson Hollitscher (pg. 435), Antal (Antschel) Hollitscher (pg. 435), Moses Hollitscher (pg. 435) below?", Joseph Holleschauer (page 435), (pg. 94) names con't below, (pg. 274) names con't below, Wolfgang Hollitscher ref. July 9, 1854 (pg. 451)
Simon HOLLITSCHER Born: Aug 15, 1839 in Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Moravia. Buried: Nov 25, 1927 in Vienna NFP + Betty (Betti) DEUTSCH Born: Oct 20, 1841 in Mikulov. Married: Aug 28, 1864 not in Vienna ? Died: Nov 12, 1906 bur. in Vienna NFP
Moses (Mose) HOLLITSCHER /HOLITSCH Residence: Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Moravia + (?)
Note: Hugo Gold Moravia online version "page 274 ..Meir Deutsch ..im Jahre 1773 war er bereits mit der witwe des Nikolsburger Dajjan David b. Israel Fischhof, Kressl tochter des Mose Holitsch in Nikolsburg in zweiter ehe verheiratet; s. Flesch, 'familie Flesch, S. 46, n6.. Eva (nee Fischhof) Hollitscher Nik., Wwe. eines Klnhdl., 43 J., 14. 8. 40. TP (page 94)
*2nd husband of Kressl Hollitscher: Meir (see DEUTSCH family) occupation: Rabbi in Strážnice, (Straßnitz), Moravia. Died: Nov 12, 1781 Father: Josef Deutsch Mother: Chana Braunschweig *source: Hugo Gold Strassnitz history pg 521 16: rabbi in Dresnitz =Strážnice 1750-1781 Grandfather: Meir Deutsch
Note: same as? in Hugo Gold Moravia-1929 online version Karoline Hollitscher daughter of David, Nik., 17 J., 6. 3. 50. TP; Maria Hollitscher daughter of David Klnhdl., Nik., 12 J., 30. 4. 42 ?
Note: Hugo Gold Moravia, Nikolsburg: dr. Hermann Handl, sohn des Wiener Rabiinatsbeisitzers Isak Tonelis-Handl, trat das Eibenschitzer Rabbinat 20. Oktober 1881 (Neuzeit d. 1. S. 354) att und wirkte daselbst bis zu seinem 1925 erfolgten Tode.
- Karl HANDL + Grete (?)
- Adele HANDL + Jaques MARCUS /MARKUS
- Hedwig HANDL Born: abt 1880 Died: 10/16/1941 bur Vienna + Sigmund SCHÖN
- Albert HANDL + Frieda (?)
- Rosa HANDL
Hans HANDL Born: abt 1891 Died: Oct 10, 1914 bur Nov 1, 1914 in Vienna or Berlin NFP
Moritz Ignatz HOLLITSCHER occupation: Beer Brewer in Gaudenzdorf by Vienna, Austria *Hungary births db + Nanette /Anna (see GEIRINGER family)
*2nd wife of Hans Sommer: (?) Married: years after WW-2
Note: Thomas; The last we (my sister Ilse and I) heard from our parents Felix and Edith Mautner was before the deportation from Prague to Łódź in late October 1941. Until then, they could correspond with Finn Skre and Gunhild (?) ref1, ref2, ref3 who were our foster-parents in Bergen, Norway from December 1939. (He had links with the Resistance, was arrested, and did not survive the war. My sister and I brought to Sweden 4 January 1943. The Bad Arolsen, Germany archives had some information on Felix, but next to nothing on Edith.
Note: legalaliennette Blog: The Philosopher of Music; ..concert pianist and holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer has never lost her passion for music. In fact, she owes her life to it.. Alice Herz-Sommer has seen the worst life has to offer, having survived the holocaust and owing it to the talent she's been blessed with. She was a world famous pianist, recognised amongst musicians like Gustav (see Mahler family) *geni "difficult character", Antonín Dvořák, Josef Suk, and Vítězslav Novák, some of whom used to visit her childhood home in Prague, alongside intellectuals like Franz (see Kafka family) "I played especially Czech music, and they were thankful for what I did. Everywhere in the world they played Czech music. People loved it."..She started playing when she was five. "My eldest sister was an excellent pianist. She was teaching me until my 16th birthday. Then I studied with a pupil of Franz Liszt."Most of Alice's family were musicians. "We didn't speak about anything else," she recalled. "Every evening we went to a concert with my mother. I heard the greatest pianists.".. In 1943, Alice was sent with her husband and 6-year-old son to Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp, a "show-camp" made for visitors from the Red Cross, simulating a rich cultural life amongst the inmates. "We had to work all day. I only played when I had a concert. Music is so wonderful, it brings you into another world. You are not anymore here.".. OR on wikipedia ..Herz-Sommer swam daily until the age of 97. At 104, Herz-Sommer published a bestselling book "A Garden of Eden in Hell" (on Amazon) recalling the events of the concentration camps. In 2010, a television programme was aired on BBC4 to recognise her life story. Herz-Sommer attributes her longevity to her optimism..
Raphael (Stefan) SOMMER Born: Jun 21, 1937 in Prague, Bohemia. occupation: Eminent Cellist. Died Nov 13, 2001 in Tel Aviv, Israel while on a concert tour + Sylvie OTT Married: 1965-1978
Note: Raphael Sommer scholarship, cello.org, panmacmillan The Story of a Miracle' by Raphael Sommer, YouTube Rachmaninov Cello Sonata 3rd movt - Raphael Sommer, telegraph, guardian obituary "I have very good memories of that place, thanks to my mother," said the cellist Raphael Sommer, speaking on BBC Radio 3 about the two years he spent as a child in the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin, 35 miles outside Prague. "She did everything to hide all the atrocities from me, and to create a kind of normality." In Terezin, Raphael, who has died of an aneurysm of the aorta aged 64, turned the pages at every weekly concert his mother, Alice Hertz Sommer, a Czech concert pianist, was forced to perform, in addition to forced labour. He also performed the role of the sparrow in the camp production of Hans Krása's fable about tyranny, Brundibar. Years later, he conducted many memorable performances of the opera. Raphael Sommer, who had been born in Prague, was one of only a handful of children to survive Terezín. He was sent to the camp with his parents in July 1943; a year later, his father, Leopold, was moved to Dachau, where he died six weeks before it was liberated. Mother and son were billeted in a narrow room with 16 other inmates, but fortunately remained together. After the war, they reached Israel, where Alice became a teacher and Raphael a pupil at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. His first instrument was, reluctantly, the piano until, at the age of 11, he embarked on a happy and enduring relationship with the cello.. A succession of prizes and outstanding debut performances.. In 1967, a parallel career as a highly respected teacher began when Raphael took over the cello department of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In 1989, he became professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, as well as a judge of international competitions..
*2nd wife of Raphael Sommer: Geneviève TEULLIÈRES occupation: Eminent French Cellist. Residence: Gex, France, London, England
Edmund HOLLITSCHER Born: abt 1847 Died: Jan 27, 1910 in Vienna NFP + Rosa SCHWARZ Died: Oct 19, 1924 in Vienna NFP Siblings: Emil Schwarz & Rosa (?), Julius Schwarz & Hermine (?), Jenny Schwarz & Moritz Theumann, Fritz Fürst & Melanie (?) Father: (?) Schwarz Mother: Anna Wlaschin (abt 1822 - 1/12/1908 Vienna) NFP *2nd husband: Jakob Fürst (abt 1822 - 7/26/1898 Vienna) NFP
Geza HOLLITSCHER Born: abt 1852 Died: Apr 24, 1917 NFP + Ida (?)
Josef HOLLITSCHER
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Update: Since our initial post Sony and the team at Evolution Studios have confirmed that Drive Club has been delayed until early 2014. This includes the PlayStation Plus Edition that was set to be released for free to PlayStation Plus Members on the PlayStation 4's launch day. Taking its place will be a pair of games, Resogun and Contrast, from Compulsion Games.
"DriveClub is a really ambitious racing title and the game is looking stunning. The extra time we're giving the team means the visuals and overall experience are only going to get better. We can assure you that it will be worth the wait."
Multiple sources are reporting that Drive Club, Sony's PlayStation 4 exclusive racing game, has been delayed from the PS4's launch into spring 2014. The original source was TheSameCoin, though follow-ups by Kotaku and a semi-reliable NeoGaf commenter have also confirmed the claim. With yesterday's delay of both Ubisoft's Watch Dogs and The Crew, every launch game delay only makes the sting worse.
While there's no argument that Sony delaying a launch title for the PlayStation 4, and the console's big racing game release at that, is damaging... it's, well, not so bad. Let's be honest, will that many people be canceling their PlayStation 4 preorder if Drive Club of all games is delayed? Unlikely. Sony's still going to sell out of consoles this holiday season.
Plus, let's be honest, but in the highly competitive holiday season Drive Club would have been trounced by other racing games. Not just other racing games, but by Sony's very own racing game. Gran Turismo 6 is coming out for the PlayStation 3, a platform with a much larger install base, and there's no way Drive Club's sales wouldn't be cannibalized by that.
Finally, it's the fact the Drive Club is an unproven driving game franchise going up against huge tiles. Forza Motorsport 5 on Xbox One, Need for Speed Rivals which is multiplatform, and Gran Turismo 6 on PS3. I've played all of those games, and Drive Club was my least favorite of the bunch. Realistically speaking Drive Club deserved both additional development time and a release window that actually gave it a fair chance of being successful.
All that said, let me make absolutely clear Drive Club's delay is 100% rumor. Until there's confirmation from Sony, it's best to assume it's entirely untrue. That doesn't make anything I've said above untrue, however. With less than a month until the PlayStation 4's launch, if Sony's going to delay this thin they really should make it official fast before it turns into a PR disaster.


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After a honeymoon to Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora, the newlyweds will live in Hoboken.
The bride is a daughter of Joyce and Michael P. O'Connor of Tottenville. The bridegroom is a son of Judith and Robert H. Adams of Neptune, N.J.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose her sisters, Kelly Bain and Allison Valenti, as the matrons of honor. The bridesmaids were Patricia Adams, Stacey Adams, Roseann Ruby, Amy Ganci, Caitlin Leach and Antoinette Berardi. The junior bridesmaid was Elyse Adams, and the flower girls were Emma Valenti, Charlotte Valenti, Grace Adams and Reese Adams.
Robert Adams and Christopher Adams were the best men for their brother. The ushers were John Valenti, Jason Bain and Thomas Coleman. The ringbearers were Colin Valenti, Jake Adams and Ryan Adams.
Mrs. Adams is a graduate of St. Joseph Hill Academy, Arrochar. She earned a bachelor of science degree, summa cum laude, in elementary education and psychology from Wagner College and a master of education degree in statistical analysis from Rutgers, the StateUniversity of New Jersey, New Brunswick. She is a vice president within asset management operations at Goldman Sachs, Jersey City, N.J.
Mr. Adams is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, N.J. He earned a bachelor of science degree in political science from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, and a juris doctorate from Seton Hall Law School in Newark, N.J. He is an attorney with Fox Rothschild, Roseland, N.J.


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Health department readies measles vaccine; clinics on San Juan, Tuesday, Orcas, Wednesday
In the wake of the recent outbreak of measles on San Juan Island, the San Juan County Health Department once again urges adults who are around young children, parents, and grandparents to ensure they are fully immunized.
If you cannot get an appointment with your health care provider, call the Health Department at 378-4474, where vaccinations will be available this week.
The Health Department will conduct immunization clinics in Friday Harbor on Tuesday, April 8 and on Orcas Wednesday, April 9. If you do not have a regular health care provider, call the Health Department and make an appointment to get immunized now.
If you or your child older than 12 months of age has not received a dose of MMR vaccine, you should be vaccinated now. If you or your child older than 12 months of age has received one dose of MMR vaccine more than 28 days ago, you should now receive a second dose of MMR vaccine.
Most adults born before 1957 have had measles and can be considered to be immune.
Currently there are a total of four cases of measles on San Juan Island. The Health Department is conducting two additional investigations to determine if there are other measles cases. The current known cases are limited to close contacts and family members of the first confirmed case.
If you are unsure of your immunization status or have other questions, contact your health care provider or the San Juan County Department of Health & Community Services at 378-4474.
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SPRINGFIELD - Springfield police say a 25-year old woman died as the result of a 2:30 a.m. Saturday shooting as she stood with two male friends near MJ's Pizza Restaurant on Worthington Street. Police say an argument earlier probably sparked the shooting
Springfield Police Det. Lt. Trent Hufnagel said Adriana Bonet, 25, of Leyfred Terr. in Springfield, died shortly after coming out of surgery at the Baystate Medical Center Trauma Unit. She had been shot once in the torso when a male assailant opened fire on Bonet, Jonathan Rosario, 24, of Bay Street and 19-year-old Jaton Pearson, of Windsor Street.
According to police, Bonet, Rosario and Pearson were standing in a parking lot next to the restaurant, when words were exchanged with another group of people. Witnesses said that a short time later a group of three men, all dressed in red, gathered on the sidewalk along Armory Street about 35 feet from the others. One of the three opened fire, spraying the group in the parking lot with nearly a dozen shots. Bonet was hit by a bullet in the torso just below her left arm, while Rosario was hit in the back. He is currently listed in stable condition following surgery.
Pearson did not present as a victim at the scene, but later walked into the hospital emergency room seeking help. He had been grazed by a bullet on his back in the shooting. He was treated and later released.
After the shooting, the three assailants ran to a white Toyota and fled on Armory Street in the direction of Springfield Technical Community College.
Hufnagel said the investigation is continuing, and police are interviewing witnesses.
Detectives also are investigating a second fatal shooting on Walnut Street later Saturday. Hufnagel said a 29-year-old man, whose name is being withheld at this time, was shot in front of the LaFavorita Mini Mart at 179 Walnut Street. The 10p.m. shooting came after the victim had a brief confrontation with "some males" at the convenience store. Shots were fired and the victim was hit several times. Hufnagel would not saw how many of the males fired weapons.
Police officers dispatched to the scene for reported shots fired found the victim inside the store and began CPR. He was transported to the Baystate Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.