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Wes Hoolahan enhanced his reputation by scoring his first goal for his country against Poland last night, but it may not be enough to earn a start in next month's World Cup qualifier against Sweden.
The Norwich City midfielder's second-half volley followed a first-half strike by Ciaran Clark, also his first in an Irish jersey, to give Ireland a 2-0 win at Lansdowne Road.
However, manager Giovanni Trapattoni said afterwards that he favoured playing with two strikers against the Swedes, rather than playing a man behind a central striker, meaning Hoolahan may have to make do with a place on the bench again.
"It feels amazing," Hoolahan said when asked to describe the how it felt to score.
"It's great to score a goal and come off the bench. It was a great ball by Jeff (Hendrick) over the top. I came onto it nicely and just put it in the corner.
"Coming off the bench it was tough, but I thought generally I did okay."
Although he has starred for Norwich in recent years, Hoolahan is not complacent about keeping his place in Trapattoni's squad.
Hoolahan said: "He just said play the normal role I do at Norwich in behind Conor and just support and get back in to midfield when they have the ball.
"I'll keep doing what I'm doing for my club and see how it goes. "
Derby midfielder Jeff Hendrick played a starring role in Hoolahan's goal and it was a sweet night for the debutant as his family and friends were in the crowd.
The 21-year-old has impressed many with his performances with Derby and at underage level for Ireland and on the basis of last night's second-half display he has a bright future in the senior team.
Hendrick said: "It was a good goal and we are all delighted we got the win. I was just delighted to get on the pitch and even get picked in the squad. I'm glad to get an assist.
"With Derby the manager is always telling me to just take the ball down with every opportunity I get. I sort of did it without thinking. He made the run and I just played him in. It was a great finish from Wes. The minute it touched my chest I saw him running.
Hendrick is still eligible to play for Noel King's U-21 side for two more seasons so he is not getting carried away.
He said: "There are still a lot of players that aren't in the squad. I was just happy that I've made my debut now. I'm still only young and I have two or three years in the 21s, so if I don't get picked again then hopefully I'll be in the 21s again.
"We just have to keep playing at our club as well. You can't take your foot off the pedal or else you'll be replaced. There's always someone to come in behind you."
Hendrick's fellow debutant and Derby County team-mate Connor Sammon almost rounded off his maiden appearance with a goal, but was still "delighted" to get 90 minutes on the pitch.
"I was pleased with my performance," said the former UCD and Derry City striker.
"I would have loved to get a goal. I had a great chance in the second half when my touch was a bit heavy and I probably should have taken a shot with that.
"I really enjoyed getting 90 minutes. I didn't expect that. We were playing against a tough team in the Polish. Credit to all the boys for getting a clean sheet, scoring two good goals and getting a good win."


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Marquette: Had light fishing activity with only a few coho and lake trout caught near Granite Island and the Sand Hole.
Munising: Had slow fishing overall. Smaller lake trout were caught near the Big Reef and a couple of pike were caught off the city dock.
Grand Marais: Those fishing in 180 to 200 feet of water for lake trout reported slow catch rates. Pier anglers did catch a few whitefish along with the occasional coho. The window of opportunity for pier anglers to catch whitefish appears to be closing.
Keweenaw Bay: Lake trout fishing was good in Traverse Bay when jigging in 220 to 265 feet of water. Those trolling reported slower catch rates, except for one group that managed to take limit catches when trolling a herring dodger and a chartreuse peanut straight out from the marina in 180 feet of water. In the South Portage Entry, those jigging reported slow action, but those trolling in 30 to 70 feet of water did well off Newton's Reef, Farmers Reef, Big Reef and the Mud Banks.
Black River Harbor: Salmon are still in the area and those trolling in 75 to 120 feet of water have caught them with dodger and fly. Lake trout fishing was slow.
Ontonagon: Those able to get out have caught lake trout when trolling a couple of feet off the bottom in waters 100 feet deep. Orange and green spoons worked best.
Little Bay De Noc: Has a lot of food out there right now with the mayfly hatches and the alewife moving in. Best walleye catches were off the mouth of the Escanaba River but most were sub-legal. Anglers were drifting or trolling crawler harnesses. Night anglers caught a few fish off the ship docks in Escanaba when trolling crank baits or jigging crawlers in 20 to 25 feet of water. Several nice catches of perch were reported in the Narrows when still-fishing minnows in 13 to 25 feet of water. Northern pike were active just off the coal piles at the Gladstone Power Plant. Try trolling crank baits in 10 to 14 feet of water.
Escanaba River: Had good walleye fishing however many were sub-legal. Most were drifting or trolling crawler harness in 10 to 25 feet of water.
Big Bay De Noc: Still had good walleye reports off Ansell's Point when trolling harnesses with crawlers in 16 to 22 feet of water. Smallmouth bass were active throughout the bay. The fish were off the beds and hitting on crank baits, tube baits or crawlers in 10 to 20 feet of water. There is a large mayfly hatch here as well so anglers were targeting the bug lines in search of fish. Off Fairport, more anglers are salmon fishing as catch rates increase when trolling spoons or imitation meat rigs 40 to 90 feet down in waters 80 to 120 feet deep. Good numbers of steelhead were caught in the shallow waters near the bug lines.
Indian Lake: Catch rates were slow however a few walleye were caught. The biggest concentration of boats has been along the west and the north shore. Smallmouth bass and northern pike were also caught however few were keepers. Some tried anchoring and jigging for yellow perch. Again, the bite was slow but enough fish were caught for a meal.
Au Train: Fishing was light with scattered reports of lake trout in 140 to 200 feet of water. Surface water temperatures were averaging the low 50s.
St. Marys River: Whitefish and Atlanic salmon have been caught near Sault Ste. Marie near the power plant when fishing near the water discharge. Use wax worms for whitefish or smelt for Atlantic salmon. Raber Bay is giving up a few walleye off Antelope Point for those using bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses in 10 to 14 feet of water. Also, try the Canadian rock pile east of Raber Bay. Good northern pike action in 6 to 8 feet of water around Hart Island.
De Tour: Boats are still trolling in the area known as the ''Humps'' for lake trout and salmon. Try 55 feet down with green and silver or black and white spoons. Near Drummond Island, the mayfly hatch is in full swing. Walleye have been caught in 12 to 14 feet of water around Grape Island, Edward Island and Butterfield Island.
Cedarville and Hessel: Mayfly hatches are early this year and the lake herring are in. McKay Bay is producing limit catches in 10 to 12 feet of water with a teardrop and wax worm. Those in Cedarville Bay, Musky Bay and the Moscoe Channel are trolling and casting for pike and yellow perch in 6 to 10 feet of water. Perch were averaging 9 and 10 inches. Pike were caught in the Hessel Marina and in the bay when trolling or casting with minnows.
St. Ignace: Boat anglers seeking chinook and lake trout are trolling the middle of the bay and fishing 45 feet down in waters 70 to 100 feet deep. Try green and white or black and orange spoons.


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Responding to a Chemical Goliath
Caroline Cox / Journal of Pesticide Reform v.18, n.3 Fall98
Caroline Cox is the editor for the Journal of Pesticide Reform which is published by NCAP (Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides). This issue focused on Roundup (glyphosate).
The immensely profitable herbicide glyphosate is heavily marketed as environmentally and toxicologically benign. NCAP has compiled research that shows the opposite, the hazards of glyphosate products. NCAP's work has been vigorously discredited by glyphosate's manufacturer.
Here, NCAP provides responses to three common criticisms of our work about glyphosate: 1) Although the Journal of Pesticide Reform is not "peer-reviewed" as are scientific journals, most of the research we cite is from peer-reviewed journals, government documents, or manufacturers' publications; 2) While glyphosate has received favorable evaluations from federal and international agencies, the rest of us should be able to study the underlying data and disagree where appropriate; 3) NCAP is proud to make available information about the hazards of glyphosate, as most of the information easily available to the public discusses only its favorable properties. This focus does not make our work bad science. Please see the article on pages 3-16 for details about glyphosate's hazards.
The herbicide glyphosate is the pesticide industry's "first billion dollar product," 1 with predictions of three billion dollars in annual sales by 2000. 2 Although the price of glyphosate has been reduced about 50 percent in the last two decades, profit margins on the sale of glyphosate herbicides are over 40 percent, quadruple the industry average. Glyphosate accounts for less than a quarter of revenues for its manufacturer, Monsanto Company, but half of its corporate profits.2 Small wonder, then, that Monsanto over the last decade has repeatedly criticized NCAP's information about glyphosate's hazards. The company has called it "inaccurate and intentionally misleading" and accused NCAP of a "de-liberate intent to disparage. "3
There is an enormous amount of research about this widely used herbicide, and its manufacturer heavily markets it as environ-mentally and toxicologically benign. Therefore, NCAP is devoting a large proportion of this issue to glyphosate's hazards (see pp. 3-16). In this short introduction, however, we answer some of the general points that are frequently raised in debates about glyphosate use.
Industry's claim:
The Journal of Pesticide Reform is not peer reviewed.
NCAP's Response:
Prior to publication, scientific research is typically evaluated by independent researchers. This process is called "peer review" and is de-signed to improve the quality of published research. JPR does not publish original research, and so it is not peer reviewed. However virtually all of the studies which we cite in our glyphosate factsheet are either peer-reviewed research articles, government documents, or publications from pesticide manufacturers.
Industry's claim:
Federal and international agencies have favorably evaluated glyphosate. There's no need for further evaluation.
NCAP's Response:
It has been fifty years since pesticide use became wide-spread. During that time, there has been a series of problems caused by pesticides even though these chemicals had been favorably evaluated by government agencies. People should be encouraged to look at the data that are the foundation of these evaluations and independently decide if they agree with the conclusions.
Industry's claim:
NCAP does bad science, ignoring favorable research and focusing on research that documents problems.
NCAP's Response:
Pesticide research is typically conducted or paid for by pesticide manufacturers. These manufacturers have the resources to widely publicize these studies. NCAP is a nonprofit organization providing people with information about pesticide hazards to which they otherwise would not have access. Scientific research is not a popularity contest, with the winner getting the most "votes": all identified hazards need to be seriously considered.
When Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the pesticide industry responded by branding her an unscientific alarmist. We are humbly honored to be following in her footsteps. (See New York Times article 'Silent Spring' is Now Noisy Summer Rachel Carson Stirs Conflict -- Producers Are Crying 'Foul' - NYT 22jul62)
1. Franz, J.E., M.K. Mao, and J.A. Sikorski. 1997. Glyphosate: A unique global herbicide. ACS Monograph 189. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society.
2. Fritsch, P. 1996. Top-selling Monsanto herbicide won't die on the vine. Wall Street Journal (Jan 2): A13.
3. Monsanto Co. Undated. Letter from Dan Holman, communications manager.
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A 62-year-old Scappoose man died Tuesday night after the minivan he was driving collided with a pickup towing a trailer at the intersection of U.S. 30 Northwest Cornelius Pass Road.
Authorities with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. and shut down eastbound traffic on Cornelius Pass Road between U.S. 30 and Skyline Boulevard.
The victim was identified as Lonny Friberg. His minivan was heading east on Cornelius Pass and he apparently was turning left onto U.S. when he collided with a pickup towing a camper. The older-model pickup was driven by John Whitney, 68, of LaPine. He was not injured in the crash.
A third vehicle was struck by debris from the crash but reported no damage or injuries.
Deputy Travis Gullberg said the investigation is continuing but authorities are looking into the possibility that one of the vehicles might have run a red light.


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ecember 18, 2000
Extend a hand to help others
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Looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit of giving? The Extend a Hand - Make a Difference volunteer initiative, sponsored by the Snoqualmie Valley Network, would like to spotlight an organization which needs and deserves the community's help ‹ Acres of Diamonds in Duvall.
Acres of Diamonds is a transitional housing program located just south of downtown Duvall on Kennedy Drive. This non-profit organization provides temporary housing for homeless women from a variety of different situations. Many of these women have children; most do not have a high school diploma, nor little chance of success.
They are referred to Acres of Diamonds by social service agencies, hospitals, rehab centers and parole officers.
The obstacles these women face are substantial, but director Laura Wandoishine believes they can be taught their own worth and to make better decisions in the future. Speaking to her about the 135 women and countless children who have passed through her doors in the previous five years is both inspirational and eye-opening. She has seen it all, but her enthusiasm for what is being done at Acres of Diamonds is boundless.
The Acres of Diamonds program is aimed at giving these women a good chance at a self-sufficient life by establishing a set of goals for them to meet.
These goals include stable housing, earning a GED or high school diploma, income from a job, attending school full time, decreasing debt, obtaining a valid driver's license and maintaining sobriety.
The women achieve these goals by attending Christian counseling sessions, abstaining from dating for the first six months, learning life and household skills such as budgeting ‹ all with the help of a sponsor within the program.
Some of these women are able to accomplish what is required in a short amount of time, while some take longer. As long as the rules of the house are being followed and the women are working towards self-sufficiency, they can remain there.
Acres of Diamonds is a Christian-based organization and is in need of both one-time volunteers and ongoing support. They also have opportunities for other organizations to furnish rooms or lend a hand with rides (to and from jobs, etc.).
Those interested in helping should contact Wandoishine at (425) 788-9999. For a list of volunteer opportunities at Acres of Diamonds and other organizations around the Valley, go to www.uwkc.org.


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Beer And America
It came over with the Mayflower and stayed on to be the unchallenged drink of democracy.
June/July 2002 | Volume 53, Issue 3
Beer as fun has had slightly more staying power, but it is closelv tied to faddishness and can easilv eet out of hand. As it did in the late eighties, when Bud and Miller resorted to spring-break promotions and wet-T-shirt contests to carry their message to college students, roughly half of whom were under the new federally mandated 21-year-old drinking age. A bizarre-looking female bull terrier named Honey Tree Evil Eye, better known as Spuds MacKenzie, party animal, was the last straw. Lawmakers were convinced that brewers were intentionally targeting children. The industry, under threat of an advertising ban, had to accept warning labels in 1988, and two years later the federal beer excise tax was doubled.
Ever since the days of the Beer and Whiskey League, beer has had a powerful connection to sports. (Just as you would never serve beer at an art opening, you'd never bring wine to a Super Bowl party.) And it's no wonder, considering the aura of men-at-work-andplay they share. It was in the 1920s that New York brewer Jacob Ruppert, co-owner of the Yankees from 1915 and sole owner soon thereafter, raided the Boston Red Sox for Babe Ruth, and then built him a stadium. Thirty years later Gussie Busch bought the St. Louis Cardinals, acquiring the right to sell his beer to thousands of fans and also to place Budweiser signs all over a stadium seen by millions of television viewers. But this would turn out to be child's play compared with the marketing wars of the 1970s, when Miller and then Bud would between them buy up every available minute of ad time during sporting events, using jock spokesmen to make the point that the new "lite" beer was just as macho as the fullcalorie kind.
Beer was about holding on to a heroic and humorous stoicism.
But most enduring, and most powerful, is beer's connection to the culture of American workingmen, a connection that's grown only stronger as the idea of the working class has morphed over the past century into the idea of the average Joe, Joe Six-pack. With all of beer's obvious success in all social strata, it still carries overtones of nose-thumbing at class pretension and high culture. A classic example is the Marx Brothers' 1935 A Night at the Opera . When the highbrow singer Lasparri is knocked cold by his dresser (Harpo), bystanders Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho) and Fiorello (Chico) each plant a foot on his body as if stepping up to the bar. "Two beers, bartender," says Groucho, and Chico pipes in, "I'll have two beers too." It's a straight shot from there to the wild, beer-soakedantiauthoritarianism of the 1978 Animal House , with Bluto (John Belushi), the symbolic center of the movie's anarchy, crushing beer cans and smashing beer bottles aeainst his head.
In another and subtler guise, this is the macho bohemian side of beer culture, a line that stretches from Jack London's waterfront dives to the Beats, all variations on working-class skepticism. The person who may have understood this strain best was John Steinbeck, whose 1945 novel Cannery Row gave us the nonconformist scientist Doc and the ne'er-do-wells of Monterey's sardine district. "'There,'" Doc says of them, "'are your true philosophers. … In a time when people tear themselves to pieces with ambition and nervousness and covetousness, they are relaxed. All of our so-called successful men are sick men, with bad stomachs, and bad souls, but Mack and the boys are healthy and curiously clean. They can do what they want. They can satisfy their appetites without calling them something else.' This speech so dried out Doc's throat that he drained his beer glass. He waved two fingers in the air and smiled. 'There's nothing like that first taste of beer,' he said."
The deepest layer of all, though, lies in the ties between beer, work, and the saloon and the connection of all of these to a working-class vision of democracy that has seduced the whole culture. Somehow, by the middle of the twentieth century, the bar where men shared beer had picked up resonances of both the colonial tavern, mythical birthplace of patriotism and democracy, and the pre-Prohibition saloon, refuge from the competitive marketplace, from confining domesticity, from the coldness of modern life, from the pressure to rise and "better" oneself. The Miller brand discovered the power of the image when, in the late sixties, marketers changed the advertising approach. "The Champagne of Bottled Beers," with its implicit appeal to class, became "It's Miller Time," an ode to the workingman, and Miller found itself shooting up from seventh place in beer sales to second.
If wine was about class aspiration, and cocktails were connected with the compulsive striving for success, beer, in this deepest layer, was about accepting who you are and trying to get by. It was about effacing, for a time, the bruising society outside the bar with the joy and dignity, the original democracy, of the community inside. And it was about holding on, in a harsh world, to your sanity and your sense of humor.


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The eighth-graders all grown up
When Siddiqui left home for college five years ago, he knew he was leaving a place of comfort - and strict rules - behind.
"It was such a shock leaving family life, to realize that there's so many paths you could have taken and so many that you can take," the soft-spoken Kashif recalled. The path he chose took him to Rutgers University and then to Columbia University, where he graduated with a degree in computer engineering.
He works as an internal consultant for JP Morgan Chase.
Along his journey, he discovered he preferred the small social circles of Columbia to the large campus at Rutgers. "The small environment let me flourish," Kashif said. At Columbia, he was president of the Organization of Pakistani Students, and he learned how to handle a budget and coordinate big events.
At JP Morgan Chase, he is in a program that allows him to do different jobs in six-month rotations. He's worked in investment banking and technology and is now in the treasury and security services department. He splits time between offices in Secaucus and Manhattan.
Kashif lives with his family. And while he may work for a big corporation, he's not far from his humble beginnings. His father says that the computer Kashif built when he was 13 years old is still in the basement.
When Acuna graduated from high school, she said she wanted to travel far and often. She does.
As a member and chairwoman of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality while she attended James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., Mei, as she prefers to be called, traveled across the U.S., from Las Vegas to Chicago to Boston.
"The best decision I made was to join this organization," said Mei, a perceptive, poised young woman. "It's so much of who I am. I've grown a lot professionally and personally."
While earning her degree in hospitality and hotel management, Mei flew around the country to coordinate recruiting events for her organization and managed a half-million-dollar budget.
A daughter of Filipino immigrants, Mei is proud of her heritage and strives to set a good example for her younger cousins. "There are certain cultural stereotypes for Asian-Americans - soft spoken and passive. In this field I'm always in the spotlight."
Mei values her family and friendships. She's trying to find a job in the Washington, D.C., area so she can live near her parents in New Jersey and her cousins in Virginia.
Whether it was juggling hot dogs and chili as a restaurant waitress on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor or analyzing real estate for the Bank of America, Janukowicz loves "multitasking."
Maybe that's why her father, Rob, used to call his daughter a "high-wire act" back when she was breaking records on the basketball court while getting honors grades in high school.
At Michigan, Dawn earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and joined a sorority. She played intramural basketball, her favorite sport, for two years, but had to give it up while recovering from two knee surgeries.
One summer during college she worked for Harlem RBI, a community-based program in East Harlem that provided neighborhood kids with year-round sports and education programs.
Now Dawn works as an origination analyst in the commercial mortgage-backed securities group at Bank of America in Manhattan. She likes her job and lives with friends in Midtown.
"Most of what I do on the job, I learned on the job, but going to college helped me grow as a person, being away from home. Now I like being on my own."
Singer earned a perfect score on the math section of the SATs and he landed the perfect job. He's a trainee in the industrial engineering department of UPS, the world's biggest shipping carrier, where he uses math applications to make sure the facilities are run efficiently.
"If they have 100,000 packages to turn over in three hours, whether it has to happen overnight or the next day, it has to go through," Michael said. "And you don't want to use a billion people to do it."
Michael earned a bachelor's degree in science and engineering at Cornell University. But it was tough finding a job and he decided to go for his master's last year.
"When I graduated, there was nothing going on and it seemed like the only option was to continue my studies and it worked out well," Michael said.
During college, Michael, an adept athlete, played for Ithaca Adult Hockey, a local county league near the university.
Michael's younger sister, Julie, also attends Cornell. And Michael has been dating a fellow student, Allison, who plans to be an audiologist.
His new job with UPS is based in Philadelphia. "I'll get variety there," Michael said. "It won't be the same boring thing every day."
Growing up, Latzman could often be found on some field of play. The baseball diamond, hockey rink or the soccer field. It was fitting then that he should find love at a college football game.
Matt, who shed his shyness while earning a degree in political science at Ohio State University, met his fianc�e, Audra King, during the high-rivalry Ohio State vs. Michigan game in 2002.
"It was during the football games when I started talking to her," Matt said.
As for academics, Matt switched majors from chemistry to political science after one of his roommates got him interested in the field. "I found it intriguing," Matt said.
He said he plans to pursue law. "Law school interested me. I like the arguing part. I want to do litigation."
While Matt is still an avid sports fan, he plays for recreation only these days. He played in a fraternity softball league during college.
Matt works as a paralegal for Pfizer Inc. in Bridgewater. His fianc�e is earning a master's in clinical social work at Ohio State. They became engaged in September at Eagle Rock Reservation at the Highlawn Pavilion and plan to get married next June.
After graduating from the Walworth Barbour American International School near Tel Aviv four years ago, Shafir decided to give academics a break for a year to travel, even though her friends said it wasn't a good idea.
"Everyone except my parents had advised me not to do it, but that's one of the decisions I have no regrets about," said Adi, who moved to Israel after graduating from Heritage Middle School in Livingston.
Following her dream, Adi took time to explore the world before enrolling at the University of Pennsylvania. She did volunteer work in England for several weeks for an organization that helps patients with disabilities and traveled to Iceland by ferry before returning to Israel for her brother's bar mitzvah.
It was a rewarding year. "There's book smarts and street smarts and whether I had street smarts was questionable. Traveling alone is very interesting. I met a lot of people, but at the same time it's exhausting. You have to always keep your guard up."
An introspective young lady, Adi is interested in many fields, from philosophy to psychology to publishing. She studied cognitive science. "I've always been fascinated with the mind," she said.
She graduated in May.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Jefferson County Commissioner said her family is offering $5,000 in cash to anyone who can prove she voted to close Cooper Green Mercy Hospital.
Commissioner Sandra Little Brown, who is running in a tight race for the County Commission District 2 seat, said she's tired of her record being distorted.
Brown said family members are also fed up over opponents who tell voters that the first-term commissioner joined a Republican majority to closed the county-owned hospital for the poor.
"The integrity of the family's name" is at stake, said Brown, a Democrat.
Brown said her sister, Sonjenia Mixon, is putting up the money and the offer is good through June 3, the date of the primary elections.
Mixon said, "We are tired of what they are putting her through ... we are sick of it."
Mixon said she's traveled the world as a member of the military and never seen such hostility in politics.
Brown is in a hotly contested race with former county commissioners Shelia Smoot and Steve Small Jr.; Birmingham Councilwoman Sheila Tyson and UAB Health School Dean Dr. Max Michael.
The winner will not face Republican opposition in the November general election.
The fate of Cooper Green is among the most talked-about issues in the race.
Many voters in the heavily Democratic district remain angry at the closing of the in-patient care unit and emergency room at the facility, which had been in operation for four decades.
Records show that Republican Commissioners David Carrington, Joe Knight and Jimmie Stephens voted to close the Sixth Avenue South facility in August 2012.
Democrats Brown and Commissioner George Bowman voted no during a contentious meeting.
That has not stopped some of Brown's critics from assailing her for voting with the Republican majority on other high-profile issues, such as filing for bankruptcy and the sale of the Jefferson Rehabilitation Health Center, also known as the county nursing home.
The transition from a hospital to an urgent care center with clinics has not gone as well as some county officials had planned. Last year, a group of area doctors said the downsizing at Cooper Green was "an abject failure," and just this week a UAB medical executive said the transition "has not gone smoothly at all" and that he doesn't believe the county understands the healthcare business.


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The Song Remains the Same
The line forms here for the world's greatest and possibly most influential band--Led Zeppelin! Band members supervised the remastering and Dolby 5.1 remixing of the film's image and sound.
Featuring performances of such classics as "Dazed and Confused," "Stairway to Heaven" and "Whole Lotta Love," this mesmerizing movie built around Zep's famed 1973 concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden is convincing proof why.
In addition to their performances, The Song Remains the Same features fantasy sequences and at-home glimpses of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham.
This 2-disc Special Edition has over 40 minutes of newly-added extra features including two never-before-released performances ("Celebration Day" and "Over the Hills and Far Away"). There is also vintage TV footage of the band's arrival in Tampa, Florida (for their record-breaking performance), the famous Drake Hotel Robbery (which took during their concert stand in New York), and a BBC interview with lead singer Robert Plant and band manager Peter Grant.


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Does she have insight into her behaviour? If not, maybe leave some books around and suggest a therapist.
i know it doesn't help to suggest it is a mental health issue or imply it is not her fault, when it is a personality disorder and it doesn't mean you should stay,there is no point you both being miserable. You will become one of no doubt many destroyed relationships in her life.
Make it a clean definite break.
Obviously if there are kids involved, it will be messy.


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Dietary antioxidants and asthma in adults
- 1Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
- 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK
- 3Department of Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK
- 4MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge CB2 2XY, UK
- 5MRC Epidemiology Unit, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK
- Correspondence to:
Dr N J Wareham
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK; nick.wareham{at}mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
- Received 24 March 2004
- Accepted 24 January 2006
- Published Online First 7 February 2006
Background: Several antioxidant nutrients have been reported to be inversely associated with asthma. A study was undertaken to assess the independent associations of these nutrients with asthma in adults.
Methods: A nested case-control study was performed in 515 adults with physician diagnosed asthma and 515 matched controls using dietary data obtained from 7 day food diaries. The main outcome measures were physician diagnosed asthma and current symptomatic asthma (diagnosed asthma and self-reported wheeze within the previous 12 months).
Results: Cases were similar to controls in age, sex, social class, and daily energy intake but had a lower median intake of fruit (132.1 v 149.1 g/day, p⩽0.05). 51.5% of the population reported zero consumption of citrus fruit; relative to these individuals, people who consumed >46.3 g/day had a reduced risk of diagnosed and symptomatic asthma (OR adjusted for potential confounders 0.59 (95% CI 0.43 to 0.82) and 0.51 (95% CI 0.33 to 0.79), respectively). In nutrient analysis, dietary vitamin C and manganese were inversely and independently associated with symptomatic asthma (adjusted OR per quintile increase 0.88 (95% CI 0.77 to 1.00) for vitamin C and 0.85 (95% CI 0.74 to 0.98) for manganese), but only manganese was independently associated with diagnosed asthma (OR 0.86 (95% CI 0.77 to 0.95)). Adjusted plasma levels of vitamin C were significantly lower in symptomatic cases than in controls (54.3 v 58.2 μmol/l, p = 0.003).
Conclusions: Symptomatic asthma in adults is associated with a low dietary intake of fruit, the antioxidant nutrients vitamin C and manganese, and low plasma vitamin C levels. These findings suggest that diet may be a potentially modifiable risk factor for the development of asthma.
- BMI, body mass index
- FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second
- FVC, forced vital capacity
- HLQ, health and lifestyle questionnaire
- NRHS, Norfolk respiratory health survey
Published Online First 7 February 2006
Bipen Patel is funded by the NHS Executive Anglia and Oxford R&D. Nicholas Wareham is a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow. EPIC-Norfolk is supported by grant funding from the Cancer Research Campaign, the Medical Research Council, the Stroke Association, the British Heart Foundation, the Department of Health, the Europe Against Cancer Programme Commission of the European Union, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
The authors have no competing interests.


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It's the end of 2012, and that means it's time to take a look back at the year in retrospect. We'll be reading through the naughty and nice lists (we've already checked them twice), counting down the 25 best-performing stocks and the 25 worst-performing stocks in the health care sector this year.
In this segment, Motley Fool health care analysts Brenton Flynn and Max Macaluso take a look at No. 19 on the nice list, BioMimetic (UNKNOWN: BMTI.DL ) , and how this company left investors with more than a little something extra in their stockings this year.
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Only In America: GHGs & Political Football
Last night, Federal legislatures came to an agreement to extend the deadline to advert the U.S. government from being shut down. Depending on what news agency you follow there are several perspectives on winners and losers in this recent battle on the political gridiron. One of the bargain points in the recent government shutdown was curtailing the EPA's role to regulate green house gases (GHGs). Huh? What do GHGs have to do with the price of tea in China? I am sorry, how do GHGs equate to shutting down the government?
Let's be clear, a partial government shutdown requires all non-essential government employees to be furloughed. I tried to research exactly what this mean, but the information out there is pretty vague. Here is what I found. The post office will still deliver mail, but don't expect to get a passport. You still need to file your taxes with the IRS, but if you are expecting to get a refund you better file electronically or risk a delay. Applying for a federally backed mortgage? Sorry, no federally backed mortgage processing during a partial government shutdown. Are you on active duty in the military? You'll be paid, but there are questions about whether there will be any delays. Imagine that! The government will still collect taxes, but just do not expect services during a shutdown. It is more like taxation with lousy representation.
Now I know it seems as if I am digressing, but I am not. I want to paint a picture of how despicable a government shutdown is. Which brings me back to the EPA and GHGs. I am not ranting. I am frustrated. Yes we have Federal clean energy programs. Yes we have State-level programs and targets. However, there is no coherent U.S. policy for clean energy. It incenses me to know that China is now the number one country in terms of clean energy. It stings even worse to know that they recently past the U.S. to become the number one country in terms of total installed renewable energy capacity. What are we doing about it? Playing political football with GHG regulations. Even in the game of football you can be lucky and recover an onside kick. However, that can only happen if you are in the game! U.S. renewable energy policy is more like sitting on the sideline watching the clock wind down.


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In a complex math that matches graduating med students with residency programs across the country, they learn where they'll be studying for the next three of four years.
Welcome to "Match Day."
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine students are among those learning their future. They pick up envelopes with their name and destination at 9 a.m. today.
A student has some say in the matter. They've interviewed and listed their preferences or programs. The National Residency Matching Program does the rest, and says that 85 percent of medical students get matched to one of their top three choices.
Some of them might be staying at OHSU, which has 800 slots available in its residency training program, across all specialties.
So, here are some quick facts about the future doctors of the world, according to OHSU:
* 4,571 applications for 66 slots in OHSU's primary care residency program, specifically:
* 1067 applicants for 12 spots in Family Medicine
* 902 applicants for eight spots in Family Medicine Cascade East
* 914 applicants for 13 spots in Pediatrics
* 1,688 applicants for 33 spots in Internal Medicine
* 121 medical students will graduate from the OHSU School of Medicine in 2012.
* OHSU ranks 10th in the nation for in-state retention of physicians who complete their residencies at OHSU.
* Nearly half of all OHSU medical school graduates end up practicing in Oregon.
-- The Oregonian


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Fire crews were battling a blaze that reportedly began in a garage and spread into a home off Huckleberry Road near the intersection with Whitts End Lane/Route 72 in Union Township.
The fire was dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. and everyone was safely out of the building, according to a Lebanon County fire dispatcher. Initial reports were that the fire began in a garage attached to the home and quickly spread into the home itself.
Additional details were not available as of 8:30 a.m. as fire crews were still attempting to quell the fire, according to the Lebanon County 911 incident report website.


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4/14 Extra bases
The Cubs will have more news on Steve Clevenger's status today. Clevenger injured his left oblique on a swing which ended Saturday's game against the Giants. The team may not call anyone up because Darwin Barney is scheduled to come off the disabled list Tuesday, which means they would be short-handed for one day. Monday is an off day.
"I've seen it many times, but not that severe," Dale Sveum said of Clevenger. "I've never seen somebody in that much pain."
Some notes from Saturday's game:
* Dioner Navarro hit a two-run pinch-homer off Madison Bumgarner in the bottom of the seventh inning. It was Navarro's second-career pinch-homer and his second in as many days. On Friday, he connected from the left side of the plate, on Saturday, it was from the right side. Navarro is the third Cub to hit a pinch-home run in back-to-back team games and the first since Darin Jackson did so Aug. 14, 1988, vs. the Cardinals and Aug. 16, 1988, vs the Reds.
"It's called pinch hitting and not pinch walking or pinch taking," Sveum said. "That's nice to see. That's why we went with the three catchers, to have the ability to do those kinds of things with those two guys."
* Alfonso Soriano posted his first three-hit game of the season.
* Jeff Samardzija dropped his second straight game. He is 0-1 with a 2.70 ERA in seven-career games (two starts) vs. the Giants. Cubs starting pitchers have compiled a 3.00 ERA (22 ER/66.0 IP) with six quality starts in the first 11 games of the season.
"I think he'll probably tell you that he wasn't as sharp as his first two outings," Sveum said of Samardzija. "Fastball command and the split was 'scuds' so to speak. The life on the fastball wasn't quite what it has been."
* The Cubs have served up five home runs, tied for fewest in the Majors.
* Each game of the Cubs-Giants series has been a one-run decision. The Cubs are 1-2 this series and 2-3 this season in games decided by one run.
— Carrie Muskat
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What sad news for Clevenger. It looked VERY painful and he will probably be on the DL for a while. Sad for him, sad for the team. I have been waiting to say bye-bye to Lillibridge and now have to wait even longer. He really does not belong on the roster at this point. It is PAINFUL to see him at the plate and pretty much painful on the field. Can only hope that Stewart gets back fast to cover 3rd. We will have Barney back, too. Please, guys, no more injuries!!!
BARNEY!😀 I'm waiting already! Return soon!!!


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DULUTH, MN (The Northland's NewsCenter) -- Winter weather is taking its toll on motorists and pedestrians here in the Twin Ports.
By 2 p.m. on Tuesday, the Duluth Police Department had already reported half–a–dozen accidents due to what can only be called slick, sloppy streets.
A 9 a.m. accident on Woodland Avenue caused an empty Duluth School District school bus and a late–model sedan to collide.
Duluth Police report the driver suffered minor injuries, and was taken to the hospital.
Earlier in the morning, a woman in a motorized wheel–chair was hit while she was crossing 1st Avenue East in downtown Duluth.
Friends say the victim was ironically on her way to a meeting of the City's Curb Ramp Accessibility and Sidewalk Improvement Committee when she was struck.
Duluth Police Officers said bad weather was partially to blame for the 8:30 a.m. accident. The woman is listed in good condition at Essentia Health Clinic in Duluth.
Duluth Fire Department Captain Bob Noldin said his team responded to several other foul-weather accidents on Tuesday, including a serious slip-and-fall injury at UMD.
"We had a gal that was walking on the sidewalk and she hit a slippery spot and went down," said Noldin describing the 12:30 p.m. incident where he said a woman fell and likely broke her arm.
Captain Noldin said the "slick" and "greasy" quality of the snow was contributing to the problems.
According to the National Weather Service, over seven inches of heavy snow had fallen in just 24 hours by 5 p.m. on Tuesday at the Duluth International Airport.
"Well, first of all, wear the proper clothing, give yourself a little more time, and understand that it is extremely slippery because this is one of those snow falls that's more on the greasy side,' Noldin said.
"It's more of a slippery snow. So just take your time and be little more cautious than normal."
Authorities also remind home-owners in the cities of Duluth and Superior that local ordinances require them to take responsibility for shoveling sidewalks and clearing streets.
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Craig Trebilcock and Andrea Marceca Strong appear headed for the York County bench. They beat out a crowded field of seven cross-filed candidates to win the Republican and Democratic nominations for a pair of seats on the Court of Common Pleas.
Trebilcock, 51, was easily the leading vote-getter for both parties. A colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, Trebilcock received significant media attention for helping to represent Albert Snyder when the York County man sued the Westboro Baptist Church, a case eventually heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Strong, 41, is a private attorney specializing in family law. She stressed that as a strength during the campaign, because York County's next judge likely will be assigned to family court.
Strong squeaked past county solicitor Michael Flannelly by 26 votes in the Democratic side, according to unofficial results. She edged Christopher Menges in the Republican field.


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We could all use some home cooking—NFL teams especially. At this time of year, every game is essential. A home game, the logic goes, should be a nice way to get a win before a brutal road game.
But it doesn't always work out that way, does it? No, and a number of home teams are in for a rude awakening this weekend.
Below I will pick every game and then focus on a few home teams that are destined to lose in Week 11.
|Projected Winner
|Atlanta Falcons
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|New York Jets
|Buffalo Bills
|Detroit Lions
|Pittsburgh Steelers
|Washington Redskins
|Philadelphia Eagles
|Baltimore Ravens
|Chicago Bears
|Oakland Raiders
|Houston Texans
|Arizona Cardinals
|Jacksonville Jaguars
|Cleveland Browns
|Cincinnati Bengals
|San Diego Chargers
|Miami Dolphins
|Minnesota Vikings
|Seattle Seahawks
|San Francisco 49ers
|New Orleans Saints
|Green Bay Packers
|New York Giants
|Kansas City Chiefs
|Denver Broncos
|New England Patriots
|Carolina Panthers
Pittsburgh Steelers
They'll prove it on the road against the reeling Steelers.
Matthew Stafford is having a career year, throwing for 2,836 yards, 19 touchdowns and eight picks. He's completed 61.4 percent of his passes, and the team averages 306.9 passing yards per game, which is third in the league.
The addition of Reggie Bush has opened up the offense and taken pressure off the quarterback. That was a brilliant signing.
The Steelers don't have a chance here. Yes, they're coming off a win against Buffalo, but that was a banged-up Bills team. They beat the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets, which are not exactly signature wins. They've been blown out by good teams like the New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals.
Ben Roethlisberger has been under siege this year. We've long talked about how bad the Steelers offensive line is, but it has hit a new low this year. Through nine games, Pittsburgh has given up 36 sacks. Last season, it gave up 37 in total.
Ndamukong Suh and the rest of the Detroit defensive line should have a field day. The Lions will move the ball easily and take this one 28-7.
Miami Dolphins
It's not going to get easier against the San Diego Chargers.
No, the Chargers haven't been great this year. But they are coming off a competitive loss to the Denver Broncos, and they have impressive wins over Philadelphia, Dallas and Indianapolis.
Miami, on the field, is also not that good. The Dolphins may have four wins, but their play has decreased dramatically since their 3-0 start. Since holding the Cleveland Browns to 10 points in the season opener, look at what has happened to the defense:
They've lost two-fifths of their offensive line, while Lamar Miller and Mike Wallace have been busts. It's not pretty.
Philip Rivers should have a field day, and Keenan Allen is a must-start for fantasy owners. It's going to be a fun day for Chargers fans. They'll win this one by a score of 38-14.
Carolina Panthers
So what do they do for an encore?
Lose at home to the New England Patriots.
Yes, the Panthers have been a great story, and I think they will still make the playoffs.
But let's remember something—the 49ers do not have a pass offense. The Panthers were able to load up on Frank Gore and hold him to just 82 yards. Colin Kaepernick threw for just 91 yards. The Panthers have a great run defense, giving up just 82 yards per game, which is second in the league. It was easy for them to load up on the road with San Francisco offering no passing threat.
Can the Panthers pull off a second upset?
This is the best pass offense that the Panthers have faced all season. Remember, they haven't faced New Orleans yet. While they were able to shut down the 49ers' one-dimensional offense, the Pats are not one-dimensional. Stevan Ridley has six touchdowns in his last four games, and the team as a whole averages 129.1 yards per game on the ground.
It should be a great game, but look for the Pats to win this one by a score of 21-16.


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Now that spring practice is complete, I'll have five thoughts on each Ohio State position group this week: receivers, defensive line, offensive line, running backs, quarterbacks, linebackers and defensive backs.
We're done with the receivers and defensive line, so we're on to group three, the offensive line.
Ohio State offensive line
Thought No. 5
Justin Boren is a different shape than the rest of the Ohio State offensive linemen.
There was a practice this spring when I looked up after a play at practice and wondered why Justin Boren was smothering a defensive tackle 5 yards downfield from the play. He has moments like that.
Jim Tressel talked from the jump about how Boren at Michigan was one of the best run blockers in the Big Ten. And forced into playing left tackle in the spring game, Boren held his own out on the edge while pass blocking.
But I'm interested in how physically he differs compared to the rest of the line.
Andy Miller is 6-6, 279.
Mike Adams is 6-8, 322.
Jim Cordle is 6-4, 295.
Bryant Browning is 6-4, 312.
J.B. Shugarts is 6-8, 298.
Boren is 6-3, 315.
Browning is listed with similar measurements, but Boren looks about twice as thick front to back as anyone else on the line, the kind of guy who's not going to be knocked backward very easily. You're not going to get under him, or knock him off balance. Compared to last season's left guard, giant Steve Rehring, who was 6-foot-8, Boren looks like a different species.
The nasty talk, while a part of what Boren brings, has taken on a life of its own, maybe eclipsing what Boren offers that's more important. He looks like a cinder block on the inside of the line. He's not perfect. But he's a pro. Forget the attitude - he can play.


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Home > Press > FEI releases V600CE for high-performance circuit edit and design validation
New Gas Delivery System and End-pointing Capabilities Deliver Precise, Flexible Circuit Edit for Increased Success Rates
FEI (Nasdaq: FEIC) has introduced a new member of its V600 focused ion beam (FIB) family. The V600CE enables faster semiconductor design validation and performance optimization on today's 65nm and below devices. Featuring an advanced ion column technology, a versatile gas delivery system, and advanced end-pointing control, the V600CE delivers enhanced circuit edit capabilities.
Successful semiconductor companies rely on FIB-based circuit editing to get new electronics products to market faster. Circuit editing is an alternative to time-consuming mask and fabrication iterations, enabling faster verification and prototyping of new designs. However, as semiconductor geometries decrease to 45nm, and new materials are introduced, successful FIB-based circuit edit becomes more challenging. The V600CE is specifically designed to increase success rates, reducing development costs and time-to-market.
"Modern integrated circuit devices introduce significant challenges to circuit edit, including shrinking geometries, low-k dielectric materials, dummy metallization and high circuit densities," said FEI Product Marketing Manager Joseph Race. "The latest release in the V600 family demonstrates FEI's commitment to deploying our core technologies on an extensible, cost-effective circuit edit platform."
The V600CE improves etching planarity with its NanoChemix™ gas delivery system. Innovative gas handling accommodates a wide range of precursors for etching and deposition, and gas mixtures can be used to improve electrical performance of insulator depositions. The unique tri-nozzle delivery provides a symmetric, high-flux flow of agents. A dedicated central nozzle delivers the precursor for metal depositions, and dual opposing nozzles eliminate the shadowing that occurs in trenches milled using single-nozzle systems.
The new system also includes a dynamic end-point solution that improves operator control during critical applications. Live imaging of the active pattern is displayed on the user interface, and both stage current readings and secondary electron intensity for each active pattern are graphically displayed. The combination of these graphical monitors with the live milling image provides reliable end-pointing, resulting in higher edit success rates.
FEI will feature the V600CE and its entire suite of time- and cost-saving solutions for semiconductor manufacturers at SEMICON West, July 17-19, 2007 (Booth 2120, South Hall) at San Francisco's Moscone Center.
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Many months back, I blogged about a question our daughter, Christine, frequently asks me after a ride: "Dad, did you have fun?"
In my blog (since removed from OregonLive), I responded that the question struck me as strange. With all the seriousness that I could muster, I prattled on about fun not being the point. It was about challenge, testing and overcoming. About going fast one day and faster the next. .
"I don't understand the question. I don't do it for the pleasure. I do it for the pain."Well, many times - maybe most times - cycling for me is that. I don't see it as fun. It is something with which I am hopelesly in love. Cyclng is the fork; challenge is the meat.
Except today.
My lovely tri-athlete friend, Kendra, along with her training partner, Heather, and I rode a fast 55 miles from the West Hills out to Scholls then on to the Forest Hills Golf Club and a bit further. We averaged just a tad under 18 mph for the route. Oh yes, it was challenging and a good deal of burn went into my quads. Kendra is 30-years my younger; Heather appeared even younger. I grunted, snorted and wheezed as I fought to stay on their wheels or take a proper turn at the front.
But, man, was it fun. I came home tired but exhilirated. A magnificent ride on a magnificent Spring day in wonderful company.
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New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Thomas H. Mattox testified Monday to a Joint Legislative Budget Hearing that e-filing continues to significantly advance over paper filing.
Only one week into the tax season, more than 1.3 million taxpayers have e-filed their income tax returns - more than 10 percent of the total expected. In comparison, the Department has received only 8,000 paper income tax returns this year.
"E-file is widely accepted as the easiest, safest and fastest way to prepare and file income taxes, and our numbers continue to increase each year," testified Commissioner Mattox. "And for the millions of New York taxpayers expecting refunds, the message should be perfectly clear - e-file to receive your refund twice as fast compared to mailing a paper return."
Commissioner Mattox's Testimony to the Joint Senate and Assembly Budget Hearing
Nearly 90 percent of New York's 10 million taxpayers e-filed last year. This year, thanks to the Department's new Income Tax Web File, almost all New Yorkers can prepare and e-file their State returns for free. Already, more than 7,000 have used the new option, with thousands more taking advantage of free software options available from the Department's Web site.
Also new this year, the Tax Department now accepts all income tax forms electronically, removing any barrier to filing electronically.
"Not only is e-filing safer and faster than mailing a return, but it's also more accurate," added Com-missioner Mattox. "Paper returns are 20 times more likely to have errors than e-filed returns."
In addition taxpayers receive prompt confirmation of receipt for e-filed returns, alleviating the need for certified mail or concerns of whether a return has been received by the Tax Department.
Commissioner Mattox noted that, by creating a Tax Department Online Services account, taxpayers can receive email alerts regarding their refunds, view their returns online, and use several other features. In the past year, income taxpayers created more than 220,000 Online Service accounts - a 34 percent increase - bringing the total to nearly 900,000.
Taxpayers have until Tuesday, April 15 to file their 2013 tax returns.


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The Vietnamese new year, explained the Rev. Tuan Pham, the new pastor of St. Cletus Church in Gretna, is a time to celebrate, gather with family, rejoice at reunions and ask God for blessings of prosperity, happiness and longevity.
In 1986, Pham left Vietnam at age 14, crammed into a small boat with 99 other people. His parents stayed behind.
"I wanted a better future,'' he said. "I was very determined.'' His mother cried out of worry, and for good reason, he said. Many refugees fell victim to lack of food or water, or to pirates.
But Pham made it to a refugee camp in Singapore, and an aunt and uncle who were already living in the United States sponsored him and brought him to California.
Pham came to New Orleans in 1987, graduated from Abramson High School in 1990, and then entered seminary at St. Joseph's in Covington. After four years at St. Joseph's, he completed four years at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans and was ordained as a priest.
Tet is especially meaningful to Pham, because he was able to bring his parents to the United States and they now live in eastern New Orleans.
"We are very blessed.''
St. Cletus' new principal, Jill Grabert, who started work at the parish the same day as Pham -- July 1 -- said she was happy to have the Tet celebration at the school.
"It's important to experience different cultures,'' Grabert said. "It makes them open to different customs.''
The children from St. Cletus seemed oblivious to the bone-chilling cold as they sat on a paved area in back of the school and giggled, laughed and screamed while dragon dancers from Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple, in Algiers near English Turn, dipped, wiggled and pranced among them. The dancers, most of them students from Helen Cox High School, allowed the children to pet the "dragons'' and one dragon even rolled over on its back for a belly rub.
After the performance, the children came back to their classrooms, and one group at a time was allowed to take their red envelopes -- called Li Xi, Pham said -- off of a paper tree in the school foyer.
In Vietnam, children offer good wishes to older family members, and in return, they receive Li Xi.
All the St. Cletus children received at least a $1, and some even received a $5 or $10 bill. Some even received real gold pieces, Grabert said.
"They're the luckiest people,'' Pham said.
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CNY FISHING FORECAST A reminder that walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger muskie season closed on March 15. Also, all persons aboard pleasure vessels less than 21 feet long, regardless of age, must wear a personal flotation device until May 1.
Bait stores (list and map).
Streams across the area continue to be clear and low. We need some rain. To find out how many fish are stocked in your favorite Onondaga County stream, call 689-0003. To hear the DEC's weekly fishing report, which includes a list of what streams have been stocked in Region 7, call 607-753-1551.
Brown trout are being taken along the lake shore flat-lining (trolling lure behind the boat without any weight) with stickbaits and spoons; if you can find some off colored water, fish around it. Good starting depths have been the 5 to 25 foot range. In the clear water areas, fishing with planer boards may help with getting the brown trout to hit.
The river continues to be down, still flowing at about 285 cubic feet per second at midweek. Anglers continue to catch steelhead and occasional the brown trout. Try the deeper pools. Use egg sacs, trout beads and night crawlers.
The river is down, and fishing hasn't been good lately. Anglers continue to catch a lot of nice brown trout, though, in the harbor and the occasional chinook and coho salmon as well.
Anglers continue to cash in on perch and bullhead, along with other panfish, particularly around the marinas. Some are also getting out on the Oneida River, catching bullhead and panfish.
The lake is still low. There are reports of some good perch fishing on the northern end if you can get on. Anglers trolling are getting lake trout, brown trout and Atlantic salmon. Lake trout are coming on spoons or flasher and fly rigs fished 100-115 feet down over 130-150 feet. Green has been a good color. Fishing stickbaits on the surface over 15-25 feet of water is working for the brown trout and salmon. Fishing on the south end of the lake has picked up for Atlantic salmon and brown trout.
Lake trout are being taken near bottom in 70 feet of water. Atlantic salmon and brown trout are hitting stickbaits fished near the surface. Yellow perch and black crappie fishing has been good off the pier with fish hitting minnows.
Lots of perch being taken on the lake by anglers using fathead minnows. The Inlet has also been stocked all the way to Groton with trout. Lots of action, there, too. Also, bullheads are being by the mouth of the Inlet by anglers using worms and crayfish. Also, reports of smelt runs.
Yellow perch are being taken on small minnows off the causeway. Black crappies continue to be taken in the shallows on small minnows.
Anglers getting out in boats are still catching some yellow perch in the north end of the lake. The bite continues to be on-and-off. If you're not catching fish, keep searching. Lake trout are hitting near bottom in 40-50 feet of water.
Anglers getting out in boats are catching yellow perch in shallow water on small minnows. Fishing around the bridge is producing black crappie and a few bullheads.
Black crappies are hitting around docks, and perch are being taken in the north pond. Some bullhead are also being taken on the pond.
The perch bite has been good in Eel Bay and Krings Point. Try fishing anywhere from 5 to 20 feet of water, using fathead minnows. The bullhead bite has picked up lately, particularly in the early morning and late evening.
A reminder that all angling is prohibited on the Otselic River from the mouth (where it enters the Tioughnioga River) to the Whitney Point Reservoir Dam, until opening of walleye season. Bullhead fishing slowed down with the cold weather but should pick back with the warm temperatures forecasted. Try fishing for bullheads after dark on the north end of the reservoir and also off Keibel Road. Crappies are also being taken in the reservoir along shore. The spillway area is closed until the walleye opener.


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NEW ULM - District 88 will begin the 2012-13 school year with "a plateful of changes," covering "a wide range of topics," said Superintendent Harold Remme.
Parents will experience changes in start and dismissal times, daily schedule and personnel, in administrative assignments to classroom instructors, para educators, clerical personnel and food service personnel.
Daily schedule changes:
New Ulm High School will transition from a seven-period daily schedule to a six-period daily schedule. This change is being implemented to provide somewhat longer class periods and to incorporate a daily intervention time, with the goal of improving student achievement, said Remme.
Intervention time will allow more concentrated time for staff to work with students needing extension help as well as creating time for advanced learning, said Remme. Also incorporated into the high school day will be an "open lunch period" that will allow qualifying students in grades 11 and 12 to leave the school during the designated lunch period.
In turn, Washington Elementary School will incorporate more of a departmentalized approach to instruction in grades five and six, reported Remme. The change will begin to prepare students for the grade 7-12 daily schedule structure and also afford the opportunity for improving student achievement as teachers specialize in academic areas of strength, said Remme.
Paid Parking:
The parking lot at the main campus site on South Payne/Garden streets will feature paid parking in specified areas. Students who wish to park in the lot just off Garden Street may obtain a parking permit that will allow them to park in a designated area near the high school entrance by the gymnasium doors. During period of budget reductions, the school board frequently discussed the idea to implement a student parking fee as a source of revenue, and has now acted on it, explained Remme. More than 200 student parking stalls will be available at the main campus site.
Non-paid parking spaces will be available for staff and visitors.
All spaces will be designated by various colors painted for each designated area, Remme explained.
Administrative Personnel Changes:
Washington Elementary will have a new principal when the school year begins. The previous principal, Bill Sprung, will be assuming similar duties in the Montevideo school district.
Due to Sprung's late resignation, the district will fill the position with an interim principal. This means the person serving as principal for the 2012-13 school year will have a one-year assignment.
Technology Director:
The explosion of technology applications for use in the classroom has resulted in the district making a decision to return to a full-time person in charge of technology, said Remme. For the past few years, the school district had attached technology directorship to other administrative assignments.
Effectively using technology as an instructional tool is a priority for District 88 as it prepares students for the future, said Remme.
Wireless Connectivity:
Following 12 months of research and review regarding technology infrastructure improvements, the school district successfully obtained bids for installation of wireless connectivity in each of the instructional buildings, said Remme. The installation will be done in phases.
Phase one will be to complete installation at New Ulm High School. Phase two will be to complete installation at Washington Elementary School. Phase three will be to complete installation at Jefferson Elementary School. If all goes as planned, all instructional setting should be complete by Jan. 1, 2013, said Remme.
Property Sale:
Another project that the school board has been exploring over the past year is the potential sale of the District Administrative Center (the former middle school).
A request-for-bids process resulted in the district working with one of the bidding parties to develop a purchase agreement for sale of the building, said Remme. A successful purchase agreement would result in the property ownership being transferred to a private entity, he said. This would result in the property being subject to property taxes.
The successful bidder intends to renovate parts of the building into housing units. The auditorium would remain as part of the structure for school and community use.
The District Administrative Center will continue to be operated by the school district until an acceptable purchase agreement can be reached with the potential buyer.
Referendum Election:
School board authorization has been given to include a levy referendum question on the Nov. 6 election ballot.
The dollar amount requested for additional local financial support equals $575 per pupil. This amount is $150 per pupil less than requested on the levy referendum ballot in 2011.
School Board Election:
Four positions on the seven-member school board will be open as of Jan. 1, 2013. Eight community residents have filed to have their name placed on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Board members serve four-year terms. New members will be elected in November but do not take office until after Jan. 1, 2013.


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Here are ten things to keep an eye on for this Monday in high school softball:
1-The Union and Monmouth County Tournament seeding meetings occur Monday night, so make sure to check back later to see what the first round matchups in each tournament will be.
2-The complete up-to-date listing of power points throughout the state, including games played through Sunday.
3-Who is the best pitcher in the state? Cast your vote in NJ.com's fan poll.
4-There are 131 softball games around the state of New Jersey on Monday. Check out the complete statewide schedule for Monday.
5-Take a look back at the Results and Links from Saturday.
6-The Star-Ledger's Joe Rea and Pat Lanni were on hand for the Mount St. Dominic Invitational in Caldwell on Saturday. View the entire coverage of the invitational's action.
7-The Star-Ledger's John Haley looks closer at Metuchen as the team is proving ready to play with the best.
8-East Brunswick's Kevin Brady wins his 300th game and inches closer to a 700th victory in three different sports.
9-Whippany Park began its title defense in the Morris County Tournament, defeating Morristown-Beard, 4-0, on Saturday.
10-North Hunterdon earns the top seed for the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament.


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MUEL-1081 (3) Basic Music Theory
Introduction to music notation, meter and rhythm, scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords, fundamentals of harmonic progression, voice leading, aural skills, and composition. For nonmusic majorswho have little or no previous background in the subject. Formerly EMUS 1081. Prerequisites: Restricted to non-College of Music majors only.


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A woman who friends say worked as an adult film star is behind bars, accused of murdering her boyfriend in New York, according to a report from Granite Broadcasting sister station WKBW in Buffalo.
According to the WKBW report:
A 23-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the death of the 24-year-old man.
Friends say the suspect starred in adult films, and bragged on Facebook about her boyfriend -- the man she is accused of stabbing with a kitchen knife.
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There are new stops and new artists, along with some old favorites, on this year's Covered Bridge Artisans studio tour the weekend of Nov. 25-27.
Ten artists this year will sell their wares from a former church in Sergeantsville that's centrally located to six open artist studios.
The free, self-guided tour takes visitors to Delaware Township, Stockton and Lambertville. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. A map can be downloaded at coveredbridgeartisans.com.
Some artists will show and sell their work from the Virginia Napurano Cultural Arts Center between the blinking light and the township school on Rosemont-Ringoes Road in Sergeantsville.
A new addition to the tour is artist Timothy Martin's studio west of Sergeantsville, near the Green Sergeant Covered Bridge. Martin is internationally known for his paintings that include furniture created from natural materials, such as flowers and seashells.
Just east of Sergeantsville visitors can drop in at Phoebe Wiley's Long Lane Farm Studio for majolica platters and bowls painted with bold color combinations for utility or decoration.
On the way to Stockton is Karen and Geoff Caldwell's Sunflower Glass Studio. They produce custom-designed windows in traditional stained glass and specialize in beveled, stained and hand-painted glass. They make products for the home, including frames and beveled glass boxes, and fused glass tableware and botanical windows.
Moorland Studio in Stockton is the collaboration of Constance Bassett and David Cann. She is a painter and sculptor and he is a sculptor, furniture and lighting designer. Moorland Studios provides conservation for public art monuments and sculptures as well as decorative metalwork to commercial and private clients.
Ty Hodanish works from the Art Colony at Prallsville Mills in Stockton. He paints in the tradition of the New Hope school of Impressionist painters. Swan Street Studio in Lambertville is the final studio on the tour. Katherine Hackl produces traditionally handcrafted pottery and tile for private and public installations.
At the Napurano center, new artists this year are Dana Stewart, who produces sculptures in bronze, and Amy Turner, who makes hand-dyed scarves and shawls with beading or tapestry. Other artists and their work are Bernard Hohlfeld of Roundwood Studio, turned and hollow-formed bowls; Sheila Coutin of Sandbrook Pottery, sculptural pottery and functional ware; Susan Nadelson, hand-dyed and handspun yarn from wool, silk, mohair, kid, and alpaca; Diana Contine of Dakota Moon, silver designs from natural themes in combination with gemstones; and Seymour Mondshein and Lisa Martin of Maple Leather, bags and purses from leather and tapestry.
Fiona Scott is a potter who draws her inspiration from the sea and Martha Dreswick designs and weaves wooden baskets with red oak and embellishments of twisted sea grass. Ron Dombrowski carves wooden shorebirds and decorative fish.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange will face the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Jon Rothstein, of CBSsports.com, tweeted that information earlier on Monday.
Villanova will host Syracuse on Saturday 12/20/14 at the Wells Fargo Center, source told @CBSSports. 2nd year of 3-year series. 2015 at MSG.— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 9, 2014
The game will be the second in a series of games between the two former Big East rivals.
Syracuse defeated Villanova, 78-62, at the Carrier Dome last season.
After trading home games last year and next season, the two schools have reportedly agreed to play a third game. The Orange and the Wildcats could meet at Madison Square Garden in the 2015-16 season.
Syracuse already has a date set for its game at Michigan in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Orange will be in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Dec. 2.
Syracuse will also be participating in the 2K Sports Classic, with its semifinals and finals on Nov. 20 and 21 at Madison Square Garden. The other three schools coming to New York City are Texas, California and Iowa.
The Orange will host former Big East foe St. John's at the Carrier Dome in the 2014-15 season. The date for that game has not been set.
The dates and times for Syracuse's ACC schedule should be announced in late August.


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Kim's Oh-My Chili
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 1 hr 30 mins
An upscale version of an old favourite - with white wine, coffee and cocoa adding a more complex flavour. I like mine with lots of taste but not much heat... add more cayenne or chili powder to taste.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
- 1⁄4 cup white wine
- 1⁄2 cup strong black coffee
- 1⁄4 cup catsup
- 2 (28 ounce) cans tomatoes (peeled or diced)
- 2 (19 ounce) cans kidney beans
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 dash cayenne powder
- Cook onions, garlic and ground beef in a large saucepan until meat is well browned and onions are tender.
- Mix in the diced tomatoes with coffee, wine and broth. Season with maple syrup, salt, chilli powder, cumin, cocoa, oregano and cayenne. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
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I agre this has lots of flavor without a lot of heat. Not having 1/2 cup of coffee, I substituted espresso coffee granuals (2 tsp) and some additional water. The combination of ingredients along with the simmering time, helps to create a rich, smooth chili. It was served with some freshly baked cornbread and garnished with grated cheddar cheese and green onions. Made for *Comfort Cafe*


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Naurod, Hessen
July 15
Focus of Study/axe de l'étude/foco de estudio
Radio-Tv-Film (Now I am a grade four teacher)
What languages do you speak?
English, a little German
What do you like to document about your world? or city?
My day as a teacher and a visit to a Christmas market in Frankfurt.


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MACCABI MANCHESTER 2nd 5 SOUTH MANCHESTER SPORTS CLUB 2nd 0
Irving Modlin praised Maccabi Manchester 2nds five-star cup showing against South Manchester Sports 2nd.
Modlin's men put one-foot in the Shon Trophy semi-finals after romping home 5-0, with Jack Myers, Saul Davies and Dan Rubensteen all netted before the break.
And the onslaught continued after the restart, with Ben Gould and Richard Buxton adding the gloss as the visitors were put to the sword.
Modlin told JC Sport: "We have given ourselves some real daylight and we are very confident of progressing now.
"Once we got our noses in front we were always hoping to chalk up a few goals.
"Dan Margolis and Jonny Davies were the stand-out performers, but Dan Rubensteen, who scored the goal of the game with a 30-yard thunderbolt, also deserves special mention."
Report by Darren Witcoop


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Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) aims to be the most innovative company in the industry. To achieve this, the business is cultivating an innovation-friendly working environment and enlisting the help of innovation experts.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, innovation is defined as: "The action of innovating; the introduction of novelties; the alteration of what is established by the introduction of new elements or forms." But Volvo CE has gone beyond this and taken innovation to the next level – innovation has become a company mindset and a way of working. This approach has already attracted attention from outside the organization and industry experts have described Volvo CE's innovation model – which sets out nine essential factors needed for success – as 'state-of-the-art'.
"Innovation is at the core of Volvo CE's business but now we are becoming more conscious of how we innovate," explains Jenny Elfsberg, director of the emerging technologies department at Volvo CE. "Incremental innovation (where you adapt or improve an existing product) will always happen but Volvo CE is challenging its employees to think 'outside the box' and focus on customer needs. Until something brings added value to the customer it's not classed as innovation. To enable innovative product development we are creating a working climate which encourages all employees to be innovative within their role each and every day."
An innovative approach
"Volvo CE has the right approach to innovation," says innovation expert Professor Tobias Larsson. "The company knows that it's necessary to be continuously innovative in order to secure long-term profitable growth and remain competitive in today's global marketplace – that's why it's looking past the construction equipment industry's traditional methods of working. Employees now think about how to modify machines and change the way products are used in order to provide added customer value. You just have to look at Volvo CE's innovative concept vehicles such as the Centaur, which rewrites the rules for articulated haulers, and the radical new excavator design of the Sfinx, to appreciate its advanced technological thinking and world class design abilities. But for employees to be able to think like this, there needs to be a creative climate, one that is ripe for innovation – and that's where Volvo CE's innovation model comes in."
Active innovation
To ensure Volvo CE reaches its goal of becoming the industry's most forward-thinking company, a suitably innovative innovation model has been created. This sets out what's needed for success and includes forming an innovative culture, setting a clear innovation process, receiving the backing from management and making sure employees have sufficient time to think creatively.
Volvo CE is working towards an ideas culture where employees voice their thoughts and aren't discouraged by failure. "There is no such thing as a 'bad' idea and the best way to discover a really good new idea is to gather as many ideas as possible," says Jenny. "We can see the progress we've made in innovation with events such as our Innovation Jams – where the collective brainpower of the entire company is focused on a single issue, such as fuel efficiency. These events have generated dozens of good ideas which are worthy of further evaluation – some have led to patents and will soon be put into production. Another way our employees are sharing ideas is through Volvo CE Interact – an internal website whose role is to be an innovation platform. When an employee posts an idea on the website other users and moderators can discuss it and help it to grow – interaction is key to innovation."
Bright ideas
To further embed innovation in the organization and guide Volvo CE's innovation process, 30 employees have been trained to become 'iCoaches'. The global innovation coaches have learnt to lead meetings in a creative way which will inspire innovation, they understand how to capture an idea and know how to apply for patents. The team consists of employees from different locations including Sweden, Korea, the US and Germany, with more to follow.
Volvo CE's first 'iCoach Days' meeting was held at the end of last year. At the event external innovation experts shared their knowledge and led workshops about such things as 'how and why innovation happens', 'how to communicate cross-functionally' and 'innovation management'. Professor Larsson, who is collaborating with Volvo CE on innovative product development, discussed 'ambidextrous organizations' – companies that manage existing solutions while also pursuing new innovations which will define their future.
Measuring innovation
"There is much more to measuring how innovative a company is than the number of patents granted," says Professor Larsson. "Volvo CE is assessing its innovation capability and looking at what it can do to increase its innovative performance – ensuring its customers are working in the most productive, efficient, safe and sustainable way. You can't measure innovation on sales figures – you have to measure it before the product is on the market, in the early phases of concept development. Volvo CE is working in a very modern way and is alongside some of the most innovative companies in the world."
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Award-winning innovation
Volvo Construction Equipment's On Board Weighing system for its F-Series haulers was recently announced a winner in the Intermat 2012 Innovation Awards. The awards aim to reward the most innovative equipment and techniques in the industry. Volvo's revolutionary On Board Weighing system is available for its Full Suspension haulers and gives an unprecedented insight into machine productivity. The system monitors the input of weight on the machine from pressure sensors and relays this information to load software integrated into the hauler's electronics.
January, 2012
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Picture 2: The Sfinx – Volvo CE's innovative concept vehicle for an excavator of the future.
Picture 3: Jenny Elfsberg, director of the emerging technologies department at Volvo CE, with innovation expert Professor Tobias Larsson.
Picture 4: Volvo CE's On Board Weighing System for its F-Series haulers was announced as a winner in this year's Intermat 2012 Innovation Awards.
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Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Calls for basic changes to the countryŌĆÖs political system grew louder during the March 18-April 10 occupation of the Legislative Yuan by students protesting against the trade-in-services pact with China. The subsequent debate about a referendum on the fourth nuclear plant and the campaign for the recall of Kuomintang lawmakers also added fuel to the fire.
At a DPP-sponsored forum Friday, Su said the Constitution could only reflect the progress in society if the barriers standing in the way of amending it were lowered. At present, an amendment can only be approved if at least a quarter of lawmakers file a proposal, at least three quarters show up and three quarters of those vote in favor. In addition, more than half the people have to vote yes in a referendum before the amendment is considered valid.
Only if the threshold was lowered, could the Constitution be said to have been freed from its present frozen status, Su said. As a result of the recent social movements, citizens should take a closer look at the shortcomings and restrictions in the present Constitution, according to the opposition leader.
The number of members of the Legislative Yuan, currently officially at 113, should be raised by a reasonable amount, Su said, adding that the ideal size would lie between 200 and 300. The size of the legislative body has repeatedly changed over the years, with increases or cuts often being presented as favorable to more efficiency.
Su also wanted to change the structure of the Legislature, with an expansion directed at the numbers of so-called ŌĆ£at-largeŌĆØ lawmakers chosen from a list according to the proportion of the vote won by their party. The lists of new candidates should favor younger people, civil society and action groups, he said.
The DPP chairman suggested a closer look at the current link between motions of no confidence in the government and its right to disband the Legislature and call new elections. At present, the premier had no right to send the Legislative Yuan home if there was a major conflict, making the emergence of a new public opinion more difficult.
The Legislature also needed to be strengthened vis-├Ā-vis the presidency, with the rights of legislation, investigation, control and impeachment to be concentrated in its hands, Su proposed. Only more powers for the Legislative Yuan would lead to a fair balance of powers between the legislative and executive branches of government, according to the opposition leader.
If the Legislature was allowed to increase its powers, the Control Yuan could be abolished while the Examination Yuan could also disappear with the Cabinet taking over its duties, Su said, voicing a long-running DPP demand.
The head of the opposition also reiterated his call for a lower threshold for referendums, a topic which came to the forefront again during last monthŌĆÖs hunger strike by former DPP Chairman Lin Yi-hsiung against the fourth nuclear plant.
Speaking at FridayŌĆÖs forum, National Dong Hwa University Professor Shih Cheng-feng compared the existing Constitution to second-hand clothes, saying it had been designed for another country and not taken Taiwan into account. Taiwan did not need an amended Republic of China Constitution, but a completely new document, he said.
Shih criticized the DPP for supporting a presidential system of government when it was in power and a Cabinet system when it was in the opposition. He described the existing system as an unclear mix of presidential and Cabinet styles of government.
At a separate news conference, DPP legislators proposed that the minimum age to vote in elections should be lowered to 18 from 20, while membership of the party should be allowed from the age of 16.


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By Chef Eric Gilchrist
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut a butternut squash in half and remove the strings and seeds. Drizzle with olive oil, maple syrup, sage, and salt and peeper. Roast the squash halves until soft – 45 minutes to an hour, depending upon your oven.
Dice half an onion and sauté in some olive oil.
When the squash is cooked through, scoop out the flesh and add to the pan of onions with 1 pinch of allspice. Add 4 cups of water and simmer 45 minutes. Add a splash of soy milk and blend until smooth. Then adjust seasonings to taste.
1 c. soy milk
1 T. large cut ginger
1 cinnamon stick
Pinch of salt
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer, then let the mixture steep for 10 minutes. Strain the milk and foam it just before serving with an immersion blender or latte steamer. Spoon the foam on top of the soup.
Optional serving suggestion: serve soup spooned over sautéed Chanterelle mushrooms and topped with foam.