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Watch Orangutan Island
Judith Curran created and produced this documentary about a group of orphaned orangutans living in the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The orangutans featured in this dramatically narrated program are being raised to cooperate with each other as a unit in order to survive in the wild together. This is a fairly revolutionary tactic as orangutans are generally solitary creatures so it is not natural for them to function as a socially dependent unit.
The program features regular appearances by executive producer Martha Ripp of Animal Planet and Lone Drřscher Nielsen, founder and manager of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Reintroduction Project.
The real stars of the show are the large cast of orangutans who are full of mischief and fun. The orangutans experience everything from love triangles to bullying as they work their way through their training programs in preparation for a life outside of the safety of the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
- Friday 9:00 PM et/pt on Animal Planet
- 2 Seasons, 25 Episodes - Canceled
- November 2, 2007
- Mini-Series, Documentary & Biography, Animals
Orangutan Island Full Episode Guide
- Episode 11 - Episode 11
- Episode 10 - Chain Reaction/A Walk on the Wild Sid...
Bonita gives an unexpected reaction after an action by Jupiter, and she leaves the island after her run in with Hamlet. Lone sets out to find Bonita, fearing that she is in danger of poachers.
- Episode 9 - Double Edged Sword/Teen Angst
Hamlet's future may be compromised after he strolls into the wild side. A plump Chen Chen had no one to meet him after returning from the clinic having mended. Lone tries to find the best way to ensure Bonita's health. Meanwhile, the males of Palas Island go on a rampage to targeting Kiki, and leaving baby Hardi in harm's way.
- Episode 8 - Where There's Smoke...
Reno's attempt to establish himself on the island ends with disastrous results.
- Episode 7 - We Are Family
- Episode 6 - The Intruder
- Episode 5 - Kindered Spirits/
- Episode 4 - Fight Club
- Episode 3 - Sink or Swim
- Episode 2 - No Borders
- Episode 1 - An Angel in Paradise
- Episode 14 - Many Happy Returns
- Episode 13 - Who Rules?
- Episode 12 - Rumble in the Jungle
- Episode 11 - River's Rewards
- Episode 10 - House of Cards
- Episode 9 - Eaten Alive
- Episode 8 - Orangutan 911
- Episode 7 - Growing Pains
- Episode 6 - Break Out
- Episode 5 - Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost
- Episode 4 - Episode 4
- Episode 3 - Lost
- Episode 2 - The Intruder
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Los Angeles accomplished quite a coup in beating out other cities to become the permanent home of the decommissioned space shuttle Endeavour. But in the wake of its dramatic arrival, Los Angeles residents and leaders still have a lot to learn about how to live together in a 21st...
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Yuval Rotem, Israeli consul general for the Western United States, delivered these remarks at a Feb. 1 dinner for Pressman Academy, honoring him and his wife, Miri, at the Airport Westin Hotel.
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Monkey Puzzle Nut – Araucaria araucana
Monkey Puzzle Nut, Araucaria araucana is another unfamiliar nut tree. It is a native of Chile and Argentina highland regions, found generally above 1000 meters in parts with heavy snowfall in wintertime. Monkey Puzzle Nut is hardy to -23ºC; the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria.
Araucaria araucana leaves are dense, strong and scale-like, trilateral, 3-4 cm long, 1-3 cm wide at the base, and with sharply edged and tipped. They hang on for 10-15 years or more, so cover up virtually the whole tree except for the most aged branches.
This evergreen nut tree is not self-fertile so you will require two trees to produce nuts. The 5cm long nuts are produced on a large cone with as many as 250 nuts per cone. The nuts could be roasted and consumed same as chestnuts, or dried out crushed and ground for usage as nut flour.
Commonly the male and female cones are on independent trees, although infrequently individual trees bear cones of both sexes. The nuts are edible, look-alike to large pine nuts and are extensively harvested in the mountain slopes of its native Chilean and Argentinean south-central Andes.
Monkey Puzzle Nut
Monkey Puzzle Nuts are a first-class source of protein, as well have a high fat content and with most of the fat polyunsaturated. They are in addition to low glycemic so they break down slowly and don't drive a surge in insulin levels. Since the cones drop, harvesting is easy.
Monkey Puzzle Nut Propagation Methods
Propagation of the Monkey Puzzle Nut is by seeds (nuts). A group of six female trees with one male for pollination may yield a few thousand nuts annually.
Monkey Puzzle Nut favors well drained, volcanic soil, slightly acidic but will tolerate nearly any soil type provided drainage is good. When established, it could potentially live as long as 1,000 years. Though yields at maturity could be huge the tree doesn't yield nuts until it is approximately 30-40 years old, which deters investing in planting orchards.
Monkey Puzzle Nut creates a popular garden specimen tree, currently an oddity, planted for its unaccustomed effect of the thick, 'reptilian' branches with a real symmetrical visual aspect.
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If you really want to find the chinks in Jon Brockman's seemingly impervious armor, ask his long-time roommate, Joe Wolfinger.
Brockman is Washington's all-Pacific-10 Conference forward who helped the Huskies beat Mississippi State 71-58 Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Rose Garden.
By most accounts, off the court Brockman is a ceaselessly polite, genuinely nice model spokesman for the program. On it, he is a fierce competitor who sacrifices his body for the team and plays as hard as anyone in the country.
Call him the Polite Warrior.
But ask Wolfinger, and you find out Brockman is a pretty normal college student.
The two have roomed together since they came into the Huskies program as freshmen four years ago. First, they shared a dorm room, then a private apartment, then this school year moved into a four-bedroom house with senior center Artem Wallace and a childhood friend of Brockman's.
"My room's always clean, but the living room and their rooms are always messy," said Wolfinger, a former Aloha High standout. "He's not the cleanest guy, but he's not a pig or anything."
In their little free time, the roommates love to play video games. Among their favorites, "Rock Band." "I'm guitar, Jon's usually on the drums, Artem's on the bass," Wolfinger said.
They also watch movies. The house favorite, "Step Brothers," is a raunchy comedy starring Will Ferrell. "We watch that relentlessly at our house," Wolfinger said. "We quote it all the time."
There you have it. Brockman is messy, likes whacking fake drums and quoting a movie whose most memorable lines cannot be printed in a family newspaper.
But if Brockman's private face is a little more normal, his public face -- on and off the court -- is one anyone would admire.
After Thursday's victory, Brockman was standing outside the interview room signing a few autographs when someone kicked over a cup he had set down, spilling his drink.
Brockman's response: "Sorry, I probably shouldn't have put that there."
The politeness contrasts his demeanor on the court, where he's a 6-foot-7, 255-pound ball of muscle who can rebound like few others in the country and employs a physical brand of post play that seems as suited to mixed martial arts as to March Madness.
On Thursday, Brockman jousted with Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound leaper who has blocked more shots than any player in the country this season. Varnado got five blocks, but Brockman won the war with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
Varnado picked up two fouls in the first half that limited him to 6:28 before halftime, then got a third with 14:58 left as Brockman made a strong post move. Then Brockman went right back at him, drawing a fourth foul 40 seconds later, and the game was over.
A great shot-blocker and effective post player like Varnado is nothing new to Brockman, who has battled more than his share of those in four seasons in the Pac-10. In just the past two seasons, he has faced such powerhouses as UCLA's Kevin Love, Stanford's Brook and Robin Lopez, Washington State's Aron Baynes, USC's Taj Gibson and Arizona State's Jeff Pendergraph.
Brockman's approach Thursday was the same as against all the others -- battle as hard as he can.
"For the most part, just what I try to do every day," Brockman said.
You can see that in battle marks all over his body, from the scratches and scars on his face and arms, to the nose that bends in multiple directions. Before this season, he had broken his nose - and sometimes reset it himself -- every year since he was a junior at Snohomish High. He seemed ready to end that streak this season, but then busted it against Arizona State at the Pac-10 tournament.
Brockman said the nose got hit a few times Thursday, but he refuses to wear a protective shield. "It's a little sore, but I don't want to wear the mask," he said.
As usual, he just toughs it out.
Brockman took a nasty spill when a Mississippi State player got under him as they battled for a rebound, sending Brockman crashing to the court with a sickening thud. He stayed down for a few seconds, sure that something had to be hurt, before realizing he was fine and bolting right up.
"It wasn't intentional," Brockman said, even polite in speaking about the player who undercut him. "I don't think he realized I was in the air like that."
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To obtain detailed information on the major changes that have occurred at BDS over the past year please visit the BDS Website at www.portlandoregon.gov/bds and click on "Service Level Updates."
I have a customer that wants to replace an existing deck, plus add 2 new exterior entry structures. Do I need to make an appointment for a preliminary plan review? Or just roll in there between 8:00 am and Noon during business days? What paper work should I have completed before the preliminary review?
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You used to hold an open house on evenings for private citizens to attend with residential home building questions.
In looking at your website, it appears that is no longer an option. Can appointments be made, or is all business on a drop in only basis? Makes it difficult for folks who work 7:30 - 4:30 M-F to be able to get in.
Also I wonder if you could direct me to the appropriate person/department to inquire about a vacated access on my property. The site map I have indicates that the access on SW Tower way, section 9600, which crossed parcels 9500, 9700, 9800 (mine)and SW Pendleton St was vacated on 9/23/71. A new neighbor on parcel 9700 says he was told by the City that he has right of way on that access. I believe he does not and would like to provide him documentary evidence.
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Toda Seiko 12mm f/7.4 Fisheye for Fuji & Sony
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Toda Seiko has announced a diagonal fisheye lens for Fujifilm X-mount and Sony E-mount cameras. The Toda Seiko 12mm f/7.4 is a manual-focus lens with a fixed aperture, seven-layer muticoating and 4 lens elements in 4 groups. Weighing in at 220g, the lens has a total length of 58.5mm and maximum diameter of 65mm. In Japan, the Toda Seiko 12mm f/7.4 Diagonal Fisheye lens will be available for 24,800 yen.


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A 21-year-old Hoboken man was charged Monday with eight counts of possession of ecstasy and marijuana on public housing premises and in close proximity to a school, according to police reports.
Around 1 p.m., Anti-Vice Squad detectives who secured a search warrant for Stephen E. Rhone, Jr., used a battering ram and a rabbit tool to break open the door to his Marshall Drive apartment in public housing after knocking several times, reports said. Hoboken Housing Authority maintenance workers later repaired the broken door, reports said.
Police said they began a systematic search for drugs through the apartment. In Rhone's bedroom, cops found a shoebox with several zip lock baggies containing suspected marijuana. His coat pocket contained 40 blue pills in a sandwich bag labeled "Spiderman" believed to be ecstasy and $625 broken largely into denominations of $10, reports said. Another coat had a bag stamped with "Apple" containing marijuana, reports said.
In another bedroom closet, police said they found a jacket with $7,258 rubber-banded in small piles.
Detectives seized a total $7,883 as proceeds from the alleged sale of illegal narcotics, reports said.
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Near-field optical microscopy has been used to study photorefractive surface waves in . The field distribution of the photorefractive surface wave near the crystal–air interface has been measured and compared with theory. Experimental data indicate that a micrometer-wide transition layer with dielectric and photorefractive properties that are different from the properties of the bulk exists near the interface.
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Murdered Mumbai rabbi's father sues Pakistan intelligence agency
Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were among the Mumbai dead
The father of the Chabad rabbi who was murdered by terrorists in Mumbai two years ago is taking legal action against the Pakistani intelligence agency, the ISI.
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in a Brooklyn federal court.
The rabbi, whose son and pregnant daughter-in-law were killed during the two-day siege at the Indian Jewish centre in November 2008, is also suing the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-E-Taiba.
In July GK Pillai, the Indian Home Secretary minister accused Pakistan of masterminding "from beginning to end" the attacks during which militants killed 166 people.
Indian officials had previously implicated the ISI and Mr Pillai said that the ISI chief "knew everything".
The couple were gunned down just days before their son turned two. Moshe was rescued by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel, who found an escape route out of the besieged Nariman House.
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Shuster makes last push with funds, ads for primary
With days left to fend off two Republican primary challengers, Rep. Bill Shuster, R-9th District, has launched his last counterattack, raising hefty last-minute funds, running new commercials and boasting of endorsements from famous Republican figures.
Facing challenges from Manns Choice veteran and developer Art Halvorson and Franklin County engineering coordinator Travis Schooley, Shuster has wielded his resources on the airwaves as donors continue to offer campaign money.
He raised $40,000 in the seven days up to Friday, finance reports indicate, and has produced commercials citing support from Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
Halvorson and Schooley haven't submitted the same last-minute reports, indicating they haven't received a similar cash injection late in the game.
Primary reminders
Democratic and Republican primary polls are set to open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and close at 8 p.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Voters throughout the region in both major parties will have chances to vote in contested races, from the hard-fought governor's contest among Democrats to a slate of local and regional legislative races among Republicans.
Information on the primary, including polling sites, can be found by calling your county election office or online at VotesPA.com.
Eichelberger takes a key slot
State Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr., R-Blair, is set to take up a position on the influential Senate Appropriations Committee, the group of legislators who act as gatekeepers for spending bills, his staff announced Friday in a news release.
The state budget process, which will likely heat up as summer approaches, depends closely on the appropriations committees. As a member, Eichelberger will hold greater sway over the direction of budget negotiations.
Eichelberger, who is unopposed in his re-election bid, already sits on several committees and heads the Local Government Committee.
Movie bill to star in Senate committee
A bill by state Rep. Jerry Stern, R-Martinsburg, that would release tens of millions of dollars in unused film tax breaks could soon be on the red carpet to Gov. Tom Corbett's desk.
The bill, introduced earlier this year, passed the House on May 6 in a 180-21 vote. On Friday, it was referred to the Senate Finance Committee for its first consideration in the upper chamber.
Stern's bill would release $22.5 million in unused film tax credits – the breaks offered to film crews for working in Pennsylvania. The credits, which are capped at $60 million per year, sometimes go unused. The bill would allow them to be issued retroactively.
In a memo accompanying the proposal, Stern said the $367 million worth of credits the state has handed out in recent years has recouped $2.7 billion in economic activity. He's pointed to movies that took the credits and filmed in the state, including "Unstoppable," the 2010 action-thriller that featured some scenes in Tyrone.
Opponents, however, have cited a 2013 state fiscal study that indicated the state makes only 14 cents in film-related tax revenue for every dollar offered in breaks.


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Alright to work while getting chemo?
- Question from Janice: I am an RN working in a walk-in treatment center. I will be starting chemo next week. If my counts remain OK, should it be OK for me to work?
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Working is important to many women for several reasons, such as finances, maintaining a normal routine, and maintaining your sense of who you are as a person. Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, working should be fine and perhaps very helpful to you.
If you are working with people who have highly contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, however, a change in your job description may be appropriate. Your doctor, who knows your situation the best, can help advise you in this decision.
Working during chemotherapy does not make you a better person. There is no need to be "superwoman." Nonetheless, if working is important to you, explore this with your doctor.
I can usually tell which patients will keep working based on how they ask the question. For example, if a woman says, "Is it possible for me to hook onto the Internet while I'm getting my chemotherapy so I can stay in touch with work," working will be very important to her. Another woman might ask, "I don't have to work during this, do I?" Work will be much more troublesome to her as she already has mixed feelings about her job. You may be somewhere in the middle.
If you are worried about taking time off from work, ask your doctor to help you. A very simple note from your doctor to your employer can ease the way and take the pressure off you. Even taking a few days to a few weeks off can make an enormous difference to you and your recovery.
Editor's Note: For more information on working during treatment, see Breastcancer.org's section on Breast Cancer and Your Job.
The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.
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Every day is a stay of execution for XM Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR ) and Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI ) .
At least, that's what Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes seemed to imply in a note this morning, suggesting that every passing day makes it less likely that the Department of Justice will block their proposed merger.
And don't go thinking that Wienkes is a blind bull. He actually has sell ratings on the sector. A merger may create a near-term uptick in shares of both companies, but he feels that the synergies are overblown in a sector that will be challenged to turn a profit in the coming years.
I guess we'll need to see that merger go through first. Next week will mark the one-year anniversary of the deal between the two satrad providers. Regulators have certainly taken their sweet time on this one.
On paper, it's easy to argue that the combination of the only two licensed satellite radio operators would be monopolistic. However, satellite radio itself has been challenged, as automakers add HD radio receivers and audio jacks that allow drivers to bypass satellite radio subscriptions in favor of plugging in their Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) , Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) , or SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK ) players. Even cell phones are now music depositories, with music subscription services like Napster (Nasdaq: NAPS ) and RealNetworks' (Nasdaq: RNWK ) Rhapsody making digital music truly portable.
Now that even the bears seem to agree that coming together is an inevitable reality, it's about time to make that an actual reality. So, sure, every day is a stay of execution, but now it's time for that execution to take place in the form of executing a deal that we've been waiting on for a year now.
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CHIN International Bicycle RacesCourtesy Midweek Club8 am to 3 pm, Saturday July 1st, 2006 at Exhibition Place, TorontoOn-line registration: www.ontariocycling.orgFor full Tace Schedule & Technical Guide, click HERE (downloadable pdf)Additional Info: - You may race multiple races and women may race with men. (Note: when a woman races with men there is no separate prize purse for women) UCI/CCA Licensed riders may ride in any race for their category. Riders who hold citizen permits may race in the Beginner Race, Sport Race or Master A, B and Junior Race. Senior 1/2 Riders may only ride in the Elite Points race and Sprint Competition.- Riders who are eligible may do more than one race and 1-daypermits and citizen permits will be accepted for all races except theelite event.


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DETROIT -- One bad inning was enough to do in Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander on Wednesday night. That, and an offense that all but disappeared.
Verlander was dominant in every inning except the fifth, striking out 10 to surpass 200 for the first time in one season. But the Seattle Mariners got a two-run homer from Ichiro Suzuki to cap a three-run fifth.
That was the difference in a 3-1 loss to the Mariners, who got a surprisingly strong start from Ian Snell.
"Justin definitely pitched well enough to win tonight," said catcher Gerald Laird, one of five Tigers starters to go hitless.
It was the 22nd time this season that the offense scored one or no runs. Detroit is 2-20 in those games. One has been a lonely number for the Tigers, who have scored a single run in 19 games.
"The offense just didn't do anything," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "We just didn't get anything going, particularly up top."
Wednesday's game: Justin Verlander pitched well, but Carlos Guillen's solo home run was all Detroit could muster in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
Record: 63-56
Double-digit whiffs: Verlander struck out 10-plus for the 10th time in his career and sixth time this season. The Tigers have lost only one other game when he reached that strikeout total.
Key stats: Detroit scored one or zero runs for the 22nd time and is 2-20 in those games.
Next up: 1:05 p.m. Thursday vs. Seattle Mariners (Jarrod Washburn vs. Ryan Rowland-Smith), FSD
Curtis Granderson is 0-for-12 with seven strikeouts in the past three games, and is batting .167 in his past nine games.
Leyland said he likely would rest Granderson in the next two games with left-handed starters Ryan Rowland-Smith going Thursday for Seattle and Gio Gonzalez starting Friday in Oakland for the A's. Granderson has missed only two games this season.
A solo home run by Carlos Guillen was all the damage Detroit could do against Snell in 5 2/3 innings. He entered with a combined 2-9 record and 6.03 ERA for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Mariners, who obtained him three weeks ago.
Snell also had a good outing against Detroit in Pittsburgh, allowing two runs in seven innings before taking the loss against Rick Porcello.
Verlander pushed his American League-leading strikeout total to 204. It's the most by a Tiger since Jack Morris had 208 in 1987.
"It means a lot to me, especially after last year," said Verlander, who was 11-17 with 163 strikeouts in 2008.
He said Laird tossed the ball to a fan after No. 200, which came against Russell Branyan on the third of his four whiffs to end the fateful fifth.
"But I got it back for an autographed ball," Verlander said.
Leyland said, "He's one of the better pitchers in the game, and his best days are still ahead of him. I'm sure he's more concerned with wins than strikeouts, but congratulations to him on that."
Verlander allowed just three singles in his other seven innings, but a quality start was not enough on this night.
Detroit couldn't get to Seattle's relievers as it had in Tuesday night's comeback win, and the lead in the Central Division over the second-place Chicago White Sox dropped to two games.
Verlander has gone eight innings in three of his past four starts, and only CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees has pitched more innings in the league than Verlander has with 175 1/3.
But Verlander failed in an attempt to join Sabathia and Josh Beckett of the Boston Red Sox atop the league leader board at 14 wins.
The high-inside fastball Suzuki, hitting .366, lined out to right field was the one pitch he would have liked back.
He got two quick outs that inning before Seattle scored three times.
Snell struck out only two Tigers but dominated them in the only area that matters: the scoreboard.
Detroit had two on and two out in the first inning, when Snell labored with 24 pitches. But just-acquired designated hitter Aubrey Huff flew out to center to end the threat.
The Tigers had only one other good chance against Snell. Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez singled in the fourth, but Brandon Inge hit into an inning-ending double play.
Ordonez had three singles and one walk to account for half of Detroit's hits to raise his batting average to .277.
Willis start interrupted by injury
Dontrelle Willis (anxiety disorder) pitched for Toledo on a rehabilitation assignment start but came out after allowing one run in 1 1/3 innings because of an injury.
His first start since June 14 for the Tigers was delayed two days because of a sore hip.


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'Rise up' call sparks debate
A secretive "hacktivist" group's YouTube call for South Africans to rise up against the government has sparked fierce online debate.
Claiming to be from the global group known as "Anonymous" - which has crashed major websites such as Wikileaks and which encouraged Egyptians to rise up - the five-minute video message blasts the South African government on crime, poverty and the export of mineral wealth.
It warns President Jacob Zuma that "we don't forgive; we don't forget - expect us", and asks South Africans to "take to the streets" and "take (your) country back" in 2011.
The clip was viewed by more than 2500 people in its first five days.
But while it has been praised by at least one human rights lobby group, others have called it "irresponsible mischief" and "foreigners meddling in what they don't understand".
The message features a synthesised American voice over music from the movie Terminator.
According to the social media news site Memeburn: "This particular message from Anonymous to South Africa is short on details, and offers no solution to the multitude of problems".
The video was also posted on the Facebook group, "Taking Back South Africa: 2011", where it triggered debate among its 430 members.
Belinda Silbert, a Cape Town-based futurist wrote: "Who is truly behind all of this mischief-making? Who has such a vested interest in unleashing anarchy? I do not think that this is the way forward in South Africa."
A government spokesman did not respond to questions. James Lorimer, a spokesman for the DA, said: "It seems no one knows exactly who is behind this, so my initial reaction is that this lacks credibility."


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Results tagged ' Lorenzo Cain '
Braves showing interest in Cain
The Braves are among the teams showing interest in trading for Brewers center fielder Lorenzo Cain. They are also very capable of providing the Brewers with the talented young pitching prospects they're seeking in exchange for Cain.
Cain hit .306 with a .763 OPS and seven stolen bases in 43 games with Milwaukee this past summer. The 24-year-old outfielder has hit .291 with a .366 on-base percentage during a six-year Minor League career.
If the Braves acquired Cain, he would provide immediate insurance. He could serve as the everyday center fielder in the event that Nate McLouth's struggles extend into the upcoming season.
The Braves also need to guard against the possibility that Chipper Jones' knee proves problematic enough that Martin Prado spends a lot of time at third base. If this happens, they could play Cain in center and have McLouth and Joe Mather share left field.
It appears the Braves and Brewers have talked. But it doesn't look like they are aggressively working toward completing this deal at this time.


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The seats were filled, the lights were set and programs were handed out to audience members waiting for this year's Ginny Award announcements at Slidell Little Theatre. The event is held to recognize the accomplishments and standouts of the past theater season. The audience was entertained between award presentations with performances of some of the more memorable songs from this year's show offerings.
Three college-bound students — Maggie Moroney, Jonathan Urbina and Keely Macloud — were honored with the YATs Scholarship Award for their work at the theater. They will receive scholarships and are planning to study different aspects of theater.
The winners for Slidell Little Theatre's 49th season were: Best Show, Babette Griffin and Elizabeth Bonnell for "The Producers"; Best Actor, Ronald Brister in "The Producers"; Best Actress, Melanie St. Cyr in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"; Best Director, Julie Faust for "The Producers"; Best Supporting Actor, Larry Johnson, Jr. in "The Producers"; Best Supporting Actress, Katie Lynn Cotaya in "The Producers"; Ham of the Year went to James Pagones in "The Producers" and Allee Peck in "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
Other award winners were: Best Poster, Randi Giraud Jones for the "Widow Bride"; Best Callboard, Mary Giraud for "Widow Bride"; Best Costumes, Larry Johnson, Jr. and Nikki Lively for "The Importance of Being Earnest"; Best Sound, Jack Faust for "The Producers"; Best Lights, Carlos Nine for "The Importance of Being Earnest"; Best Choreography, Joshua Brewer for "The Producers"; Best Set, Allen Little for "Mornings at Seven"; and Best Musical Direction, Elizabeth Lowery for "The Producers."
The Service Awards were handed out to "volunteers who have distinguished themselves with their service," said Fred Martinez, SLT president. He admitted it's a tough category to award because everyone at the theater is a volunteer and works hard to make sure all the productions are the best they can be. Those awarded were Pam Lisotta, Joel Sweetland and Nikki Lively.
The President's Award is given each year for outstanding support with projects throughout the year. Recipients of this year's awards were the Slidell Little Theatre Jazz Ensemble for its help with fundraising efforts; and Keep Slidell Beautiful, which has helped with landscaping, painting and other tasks.
"I like to help nonprofits that improve the quality of life," said Bill Mauser, executive director of Keep Slidell Beautiful.


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The unloaded gun was being transferred from one student to another
Two St. John the Baptist Parish high school students were arrested during school Wednesday after an unloaded gun was found in a book bag at West St. John High School in Edgard, authorities say. Authorities say no one was injured and that the school was in emergency "lockdown" mode for about 2 ½ hours while St. John sheriff's deputies and school officials searched the campus for the weapon. "It was resolved very peaceably, there was no ammunition," St. John school system spokeswoman Heidi Trosclair said. "It was an unloaded weapon."
Two students, one from LaPlace and the other from Edgard, both 16 and in the ninth grade, were arrested, authorities said.
One student was booked with illegal carrying of a firearm on school grounds and the other student was booked with illegal possession of a firearm on school grounds, St. John Sheriff Mike Tregre said.
"One (student) brought it to the school and gave it to the other," Tregre said. "We are in the process of questioning them, with their parents, about where the weapon originated and the intent."
Tregre would not say what type of gun was found, but said it was inside a book bag that one of the students had with him.
Tregre praised school officials for their handling of the incident at the 227-student school, which houses students in grades eight through 12.
"The superintendent and all of his staff has been in contact with me and they did a very good job," he said.
Trosclair said a student told the principal about 9:30 a.m. that someone had a gun on campus. The principal notified schools Superintendent Herbert Smith and called the St. John Sheriff's Office, she said.
During a search of the school, a gun was found in a book bag, Trosclair said. She didn't know whom the weapon belonged to.
Once the weapon was located, the school day proceeded as normal, she said.
Under St. John School Board policy the students will be recommended for expulsion for bringing a weapon to school, Trosclair said.
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LOONS 7, WHITECAPS 1Next game: West Michigan (Luis Angel Sanz 2-6, 5.45) at Great Lakes (Allen Webster 11-8, 2.83) 7:05 p.m. Monday
Radio: WJRW-AM (1340)
The Great Lakes Loons blasted three consecutive home runs in the first inning and the Whitecaps lost 7-1 on Sunday afternoon at Dow Diamond.
It was West Michigan's first road loss since July 19 against Kane County, and ended a string of 11 road wins in a row.
Whitecaps starter Victor Larez gave up back-to-back-to-back home runs to Blake Smith, Angelo Songco and Rafael Ynoa.
The homers were three of five consecutive extra-base hits the Loons used to score five runs.
The early power surge was all Loons starter Matt Magill needed as he shut down a West Michigan offense that had 19 hits Saturday night.
Magill, who holds opponents to a Midwest League-low .201 batting average, didn't allow a hit through the first five innings.
Jeff Rowland broke up the no-hit bid with a single in the top of the sixth inning and extended his hitting streak to 16 games.
Tony Plagman's single, coupled with an error, scored Corey Jones in the eighth inning and prevented the shutout.
Larez tossed six scoreless innings after the rough start, but suffered his 10th loss of the season.
Plagman had two of West Michigan's seven hits.
The Whitecaps were able to maintain their two-game lead over Lansing in the Eastern Division wild card playoff chase. The Lugnuts fell to Fort Wayne, 3-1.


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Another lifetime ago, I decided to finally get around to completing my Water Safety Instructor Trainer (WSIT, for the uninitiated). I'd left recreation a year or two earlier because I was tired of people who argued over who gets to sit in front of the jets in the hot tub. When I explained to my mentor that I wanted to use the instructor trainer stuff as extra income, he laughed at me and said, "No you don't. You'll be back. You're a lifer."
I snarkily mentioned something about the pot calling the kettle black, and he said something to the effect of, "Well, at least *I* admit it.
I huffed and puffed and said to myself that I would be damned if I became a lifer.
Over the next 10 years or so, I slowly let a bunch of certifications expire: Lifesaving Instructor (Trainer), National Lifeguard Services (NLS) (Instructor), First Aid (Instructor) and really only kept up my Red Cross WSIT award, eventually becoming a Master Instructor Trainer (MIT) and gaining a reputation for being Really Good At This.
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Earlier in the year, I burned out teaching these courses. Shannon was going through a really clingy phase, Darren was working every other Sunday and it was just too much for our family. I finished up the course I was teaching, bailed on a second that I'd originally agreed to and declared a year long hiatus on teaching, citing family reasons.
Back before Christmas, a client contacted me and begged me to teach a Water Safety Instructor course. I hemmed and hawed about it, sent them a quote, we did a bit of back and forth on how much I would be paid (read: double what I usually get paid), and away we went.
It was an excellent class – six very strong candidates. It was a crash course, which I usually abhor, but it was over quickly instead of having it spread out over five or seven weekends.
About day three, the candidates were in the water teaching their classes. I emerged onto the deck and surveyed what was going on. I walked under the waterslide and watched an NLS class practicing hand and whistle signals. I watched the instructor candidates. I saw lifeguards communicating with each other and dealing with the public.
And for an instant I missed it. I missed the noise, the light, the splashing – the helping people (except for the people hogging the jets in the hot tub. I still don't miss that.)
In the next instant, I thought, "Oh crap. He was right."
And then I realized I had a goal for the year: get my NLS certification back. I'm at the point where I'd have to take the course again, but I'm okay with that. Or rather, I will be okay when I get fit enough to do it.
Next up: a swimcap and goggles purchase to practice swimming. Because there's no way I'm swimming two or three times a week without them.


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Even so, the prospect of biopharmaceuticals capturing a greater share of the global drug market is drawing interest from many pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The worldwide market for biosimilars is projected to grow to $3.7 billion by 2015, up from about $250 million last year, according to Datamonitor. As more biotechnology product patents expire and regulatory authorities clarify requirements, biosimilar development is projected to soar. Leading pharmaceutical companies, such as Novartis and Merck, aim to be major players in the field, and even innovator biotech companies like Amgen are eyeing the follow-on market.
Setting a pathwayFDA officials are under pressure from Congress, government agencies, and payers to develop an abbreviated regulatory pathway for approving biosimilars, as authorized by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI), which was approved as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. The legislation aims to reduce spending on prescription drugs by permitting "highly similar" versions of biotech therapies to come to market based on less-extensive nonclinical and clinical data than was required to approve the original reference drug. Manufacturers talk of marketing biosimilars at discounts of 25–30% off branded products, but reimbursement experts say that prices that are just 10% lower will be able to gain market share, particularly for therapies that have high price tags to start.
BPCI gives FDA the task of establishing a process that will encourage development of biosimilars that meet all standards for product safety, purity, and potency. No "clinically meaningful differences" should exist between the new biologic and the reference product. Both should use the same mechanism of action and have the same route of administration, dosage form, and strength (see sidebar, "Ensuring comparabiliy and similarity"). A biosimilar also has to be manufactured, processed, packaged, and stored in facilities that meet GMP standards.
User fees. FDA also is moving forward with a user-fee schedule for biosimilars. The agency proposes to set fees similar to those for innovator drugs and biologics, but will take a new approach to help finance FDA's extensive involvement in steering sponsors through the development process. The plan is for manufacturers to pay a product development fee of $150,000 with submission of an investigational new drug application and annually thereafter; those upfront payments would be subtracted from the eventual application fee. Performance goals for approving applications would apply to applications submitted within two years of the expiration of exclusivity for the reference product, but not to applications for products that have years to wait before they can enter the market.
The application process . Even without final guidance, FDA officials say they're ready to evaluate biosimilar applications on an individual basis. "We were open for business a year ago," said Steven Kozlowski, director of CDER's Office of Biotechnology Products, at the "Future of Biosimilars" conference in May 2011, jointly sponsored by the Drug Information Association (DIA) and the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI). So far, no manufacturers have attempted the 351(k) approval route for biosimilars authorized by BPCI and are instead continuing to use established drug-approval procedures for some follow-on versions of proteins. If FDA testing requirements and other policies make the biosimilars pathway too arduous, manufacturers say they may use the traditional biologic license application (BLA) and sidestep the 351(k) route altogether.
In devising guidance, FDA has to tackle some basic issues, such as which products fall under the new regulatory program. BPCI extends the definition of biologics to most proteins beginning in March 2020. That definition raises questions about how the change will affect manufacturers of human growth hormones and other proteins, and how they should proceed during the nine-year transition period.
Reference products. A thorny subject is whether FDA can approve a biosimilar based on a reference product that is approved overseas, but not in the United States. BPCI says that reference products have to be licensed by FDA, but biosimilars manufacturers want flexibility to permit comparison with a biologic licensed by a foreign regulatory body under certain circumstances. This approach is important for global biosimilar-development programs, pointed out John Pakulski, head of US biopharmaceutical regulatory affairs at Sandoz, at the DIA/FDLI conference. If every country or region requires local trials using locally sourced products, he observed, that could undermine efforts to establish a less-costly abbreviated development program.
Pakulski and others propose a science-based approach that permits the use of foreign reference products when they are made by a US manufacturer or in a facility inspected by FDA; licensed in highly regulated markets, such as Europe or Japan; and have a sufficient postmarketing history to confirm safety, purity. and potency. Additional scientific data could be required on a case-by-case basis to establish comparability between a US and foreign-sourced reference product.
Another contentious question is whether biosimilar manufacturers can extrapolate data from a clinical study to other indications of the reference product. European regulatory authorities permit this if the added indication involves the same mechanism of action and same receptor, and if extrapolation of immunogenicity data applies to a lower-risk population or route of administration. Biosimilar-drug sponsors indicate that extrapolation may be appropriate if supported by open-label safety studies for each indication.


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The Giants released running back Andre Brown and kept two undrafted wide receivers, moves that highlighted the team's 53-man roster.
Brown, a 2009 fourth-round pick who missed his entire rookie season due to injury, was beat out by D.J. Ware. Wide receivers Duke Calhoun and Victor Cruz made the roster over Derek Hagan, a veteran who was released. Coach Tom Coughlin said the decision came down to special teams and the Giants' need for improvement at the gunner position.
"We certainly had an eye toward who can help us on special teams and there are always thoughts on that when you put your roster together – who's going to perform in what categories?" Coughlin said. "It's going to be reflected in the added responsibility we put on a lot of people to help us become a stronger special teams outfit than we were in the preseason. We kept eight linebackers and a lot of thought went into that – not that they're all going to be active. There's always great attention given to special teams. We were a team coming into training camp that had a lot of work to do and a lot of transitional spots that had to be taken care of. We hope we're moving in that direction."
There are still moves that could be made in the coming days, so the final roster is never finalized. But on a day in which the team let go Brown, Hagan, Jay Alford and Bear Pascoe, it was clear Coughlin and the team's front office committed to restructuring the roster and improve special teams.
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- TE Bear Pascoe among Giants' final cuts
"We put the roster together in the best interest of our football team, the best way in which we felt would possibly balance off our numbers and still be very much aware of the way in which you would rank the ability level of all the players on the team," Coach Tom Coughlin said. "You'd like to think you're ready to go in the first game and hopefully we won't have to make a subtle adjustment as we go along."
Here is the final roster:
Offense (24)
Quarterbacks (2): Eli Manning, Sage Rosenfels
Running Backs (4): Brandon Jacobs, Ahmad Bradshaw, D.J. Ware, Darius Reynaud Fullbacks (1): Madison Hedgecock
Wide Receivers (6): Steve Smith, Mario Manningham, Hakeem Nicks, Ramses Barden, Victor Cruz, Duke Calhoun
Tight Ends (2): Kevin Boss, Travis Beckum
Offensive Linemen (9): David Diehl, Rich Seubert, Shaun O'Hara, Chris Snee, Kareem McKenzie, Will Beatty, Adam Koets, Shawn Andrews, Mitch Petrus
Defense (26)
Defensive Linemen: (9): Justin Tuck, Barry Cofield, Chris Canty, Mathias Kiwanuka, Osi Umenyiora, Rocky Bernard, Dave Tollefson, Jason Pierre-Paul, Linval Joseph Linebackers (8): Jonathan Goff, Michael Boley, Keith Bulluck, Bryan Kehl, Clint Sintim, Chase Blackburn, Phillip Dillard, Gerris Wilkinson
Cornerbacks (5): Corey Webster, Terrell Thomas, Aaron Ross, Bruce Johnson, D.J. Johnson
Safeties (4): Antrel Rolle, Deon Grant, Kenny Phillips, Michael Johnson
Specialists (3)
Kicker (1): Lawrence Tynes
Punter (1): Matt Dodge
Long Snapper (1): Zak DeOssie
Here are the players waived: QBs Rhett Bomar and Dom Randolph, RBs Brown and Gartrell Johnson, FB Jerome Johnson, TE Scott Chandler and Pascoe, WRs Derek Hagan and Tim Brown, OL Guy Whimper, Jacob Bender, Herb Taylor, Jim Cordle and Todd Londolt; DL Alford, Tommie Hill, Alex Hall, Dwayne Hendricks, Nate Collins; DBs John Busing, Seth Williams, Courtney Brown, Matt O'Hanlon and Sha'reff Rashad.
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Kathleen Martinell has begun her one-year term as the newly elected president of the Old Mandeville Business Association. Martinell, manager of the Old Mandeville branch of the Whitney Bank, served as treasurer of the group for the past year.
She succeeds co-presidents Ed and Kellie Greene, owners of the Pontchartrain Winds Guest Cottages.
Serving with Martinell as Board of Directors and officers for 2013 will be Kathy Williams, vice president/membership; Rick Dennie, vice president/Chamber of Commerce liaison; Dennis Wilkins, vice -president/promotions; Abby Sand, vice president/Old Mandeville Development; Vanessa Gomes, vice president/interactive and social media; Ed Greene, treasurer; and Richard Boyd, recording secretary.
Julie Egle was named Volunteer of the Year for 2012.
Several upcoming St. Tammany Parish Library programs can help with New Year's resolutions involving health and self improvement. The self-improvement part involves self-paced computer skills courses. The first will be held Jan. 14 at the Causeway Branch of the library from 2 until 3 p.m. and repeated from 3:10 until 4:10 p.m.
Bill Larsen-Ruffin, head of the library's reference department, will offer classes on how to use LearningExpress Library's database to improve computer skills. The program will allow users to rapidly progress through fully interactive multimedia sessions that include sound, animation, self-assessments, quizzes, hands-on practice lab activities, and visual demonstration for easy learning.
"Have you ever taken a class where the teacher was too slow or too fast, or where you wanted some of the instruction repeated but there wasn't time? This is not a problem with self-paced instruction because you are in Larsen-Ruffin said. "We will walk you through the LearningExpress login process and let you experience the computer tutorial you would like to explore."
With the program, users can have access to self-paced computer software application tutorials, from basic to advanced, for the most commonly used applications and operating systems. Users will get a competitive advantage in the workplace or job search process by becoming proficient in office and desktop applications functions.
Classes are open to individuals who possess rudimentary computer skills. Two identical one-hour sessions will be offered each day and will be repeated at libraries throughout the parish. Participants must register for either of the one-hour sessions. The sessions are free and open to the public but seating space is limited to 10 adults.
The second program can deliver on exercise and healthy eating. From 6 until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Causeway Branch, Dr. Gerard Ballanco will present information on growing spring vegetables from seed.
Ballanco is a retired pediatrician and now a Master Gardener living in Folsom. He is graciously sharing his knowledge and experience with the community.
Nurturing and caring for the plants will provide the exercise while nothing is healthier than eating nutritious, home-grown vegetables.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended and seating space is limited to adults. Light refreshments will be available.
To register for the programs call the library at 985.626.9779 or register online at http://register.stpl.us/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp. The Causeway Branch is located at 3457 U.S. 190 in Mandeville.
Visit the St. Tammany Parish Library website at www.sttammanylibrary.org for more information on all library sponsored adult programs, including the popular Scrabble Game Nights, or comment on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/#!/StTammanyParishLibrary.Kenny Mathews lives in Mandeville Central. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 985.630.8145.


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Birmingham-based Fish Market late last week sued BP and other companies involved in the operation of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which began spewing oil into the Gulf in April. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Mobile.
The suit says BP and the others were negligent in their operation of the rig and acted with wanton disregard. It asks for punitive and compensatory damages to be determined later.
Sarris said in an interview 70 percent of his seafood comes the Gulf Coast, and that his restaurant has developed a reputation based on the freshness and affordability of ingredients from that region. Using alternate suppliers has dramatically increased his costs, Sarris said.
A BP spokeswoman declined to comment.


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The 23rd annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Real Estate Games will take place at American University on Thursday, June 7. The Real Estate Games is a full day of Olympic style events, featuring swimming & track races, a team cycling spin challenge, basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, office chair racing, and more!
The event draws over 1,700 people working in the commercial real estate industry, including developers, architects, and general contractors. Last year's event raised nearly $400,000 for diabetes research. Over $4.6 million has been raised since The Games' inception 23 years ago.
I'll be there! Hopefully I'll see some of y'all there too!


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A Conversation With Vince Dooley
Sports Radio 92-9 The Game presents "A Conversation With" the most recognizable name in UGA Football; Legendary coach and UGA Athletic Director Coach Vince Dooley. Join us for an intimate, upscale dinner-conversation at Shula's 347 Grill on Wednesday, May 14th.
This event will be hosted by 11Alive's Sam Crenshaw and broadcast live on SportsRadio 92-9 The Game.
Your ticket for this special night includes the following (Full menu below): 3 Course Dinner with your choice of either Grilled Atlantic Salmon, Wild Mushroom Ravioli OR 8oz Filet Mignon. The dinner also includes Water, Tea, Sodas and 2 alcoholic beverages (Beer, Wine or Spirit)
More on the Coach: Coach Dooley was the head football coach and athletic director at the University of Georgia and compiled an impressive 201-77-10 record over 25 seasons. He is also a noted author, speaker and living legend to the "Bulldog" Nation.
No Cancellations – No Refunds
Reservations and Seating were on a First Come – First Serve Basis
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- Family Style Seating in tables of four or six. Unable to take reservations but we will sit groups together on a first come – first served basis.
- Attendees Must Be Seated by 6:00 p.m. as the event is broadcast live on air.
- You may be photographed and/or videotaped. Your voice, image or likeness maybe rebroadcast.
Service Fees included in ticket price
Caesar or House Salad with Shula's Vinaigrette
Signature Entrees Choices
- Grilled Atlantic Salmon accompanied with pineapple-mango salsa, smashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
- Wild Mushroom Ravioli braised spinach, roasted tomatoes and garlic beurre blanc
- 8oz Filet accompanied with smashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables. Our custom center cuts of Premium Black Angus accompanied our aging process make up our award winning SHULA CUTS
Chocolate Mousse served with fresh whipped cream and raspberry coulis or Cream Brulee
- What: A Conversation with Vince Dooley hosted by 11Alive's Sam Crenshaw.
- When: 6pm – 8pm Wednesday, May 14th
- Tickets: $92 per person. Plus ticket hosting service fee


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Country road projects start soon
Caution, flaggers ahead.
Even though summer is the peak of tourist and travel season on Whidbey Island, it is also the peak of road construction season. And this year is no exception, especially near Penn Cove.
Two of the projects have been more than a decade in the making, said Randy Brackett, Island County construction engineer. A portion of Madrona Way, approximately 1.2 miles west of Coupeville, has been steadily slipping into Penn Cove. Island County will utilize an innovative stabilization technique to save the road for another century.
The shoreline is eating into the road, and it has been for years, Brackett said.
The project will cost approximately $840,000 and is expected to begin at the end of June, Brackett said. It should take around 80 days to complete the construction, which means the road will be down to one lane for most of the summer.
The contractor also has the option to close the roadway completely for up to 10 days, something Brackett said could happen because of the equipment necessary to stabilize the bluff.
The county is utilizing a process called micropiling, which drives small wood piles into the ground to hold it together. The other innovative technique is the use of soil nails. These 14-foot long steel spikes are driven into the ground at an angle to help stabilize the slope.
The combination of the two methods creates a web of support for the earth, which will keep it from slipping into the Puget Sound.
Brackett said the project took so long to start because of the numerous environmental interests that must be considered. The area is rife with the trees for which the road is named. The county also had to consider fish and wildlife habitat.
People are very interested in seeing those trees preserved, Brackett said. Were going to preserve all of the trees in the area.
The second major project will solve the same problem along Penn Cove Road. Along several spots, the bluff has eroded almost underneath the roadway.
If you want to look at it close up, I mean get out of your vehicle and look at it, youd go whoa, Brackett said.
The Penn Cove Road Project will also begin at the end of June, but will only take three or four days to complete. It will cost only $60,000 because Island County crews will be performing the work.
The county will build a 70-foot long retaining wall underneath the roadway. It will use the soil nails also.
The countys other major project this summer will be to reconstruct the 90-degree curve on Swantown Avenue. Because of the sharp turn, a property owner in the area has received several lawn makeovers, courtesy of the cars that end up in the front yard.
County crews will relocate the curve and smooth it out in order to increase the safety of the area.
Aside from those projects, the county will also be paving several North Whidbey roads throughout the summer. These projects are mostly day jobs, almost all of them are less than a half mile long. A list can be seen in the accompanying box.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island man and an associate bilked investors of millions of dollars through a business that proposed to market and manufacture new beverage and food carriers, authorities say.
Angelo Cuomo, 64, and his partner, George Garcy, 56, of Suffolk County, L.I., pocketed the cash and spent it on private school tuition for Cuomo and Garcy's children, an upstate bed-and-breakfast inn that Garcy owned, and mortgage and renovation payments for properties owned by Garcy and the men's relatives, authorities allege.
But the duo is now on the hook for more than $5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to tax-evasion charges, said a spokesman for Loretta E. Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
They also face up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors said about 200 investors were swindled by the scheme that ran between 2003 and 2009.
The suspects owned E-Z Media Inc. with offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn-based Atlas Carriers, court papers said. They were originally charged with conspiracy, securities and wire fraud and money laundering, stemming from fraudulent securities offerings in E-Z Media, said officials.
Both companies were dissolved last year, according to online records of the New York Department of State.
In March 2009, the Advance reported on a civil lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court, St. George, in which a New Springville family alleged they were scammed out of more than $1.1 million by Cuomo and Garcy, along with others.
That lawsuit is pending.
A law enforcement source said Cuomo lives in Grant City; however, public records indicate he resides in South Beach.
Court papers said Garcy lives in Suffolk County. He previously resided in Florida.
According to authorities, Cuomo and Garcy fleeced investors by telling them E-Z Media owned several patents for new beverage and food carriers and had contracts to sell them to major companies, such as Heineken, Anheuser-Busch and Aramark Corp. No deals were in place, allege authorities.
The defendants said the carriers could be used at concession stands at stadiums, arenas and movie theaters.
Federal authorities contend Cuomo and Garcy enticed investors by saying they planned to sell shares of E-Z Media stock through an initial public offering (IPO). They projected the shares would trade between $7 and $20, and would double in value, allege authorities.
E-Z Media's stock never went public; instead, the defendants looted the funds for their personal benefit, said the SEC.
Officials further maintained Cuomo and Garcy never told investors the federal Securities and Exchange Commission had sanctioned Garcy in 1997 for improperly offering and selling another company's stock to the public. Garcy is also known as Jorge Garcia.
Each suspect pleaded guilty last week in Brooklyn federal court to two counts of tax evasion, court papers show.
Cuomo admitted he owed over $235,000 in taxes on more than $858,000 in unreported income for the years 2006 and 2007, said court documents. Garcy admitted to owing more than $183,000 in taxes on $707,000 in unreported income for those years, court papers show.
The plea covers all charges against the defendants, who have agreed to pay restitution, totaling more than $5 million, to investors, said Ms. Lynch's spokesman.
They face up to five years in prison for each tax-evasion conviction, and the sentences could run consecutively, the spokesman said.
Sentencing is slated for Feb. 8.
Cuomo and Garcy's lawyers could not immediately be reached Monday for comment.


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Andrea Bargnani described his time with the Toronto Raptors as "weird" in a conference call with Knicks reporters on Thursday.
The newly acquired forward/center admitted that his elbow and wrist injuries significantly impacted his play over the last two seasons, but insists that he is "100 percent" healthy now.
"I had so many injuries," Bargnani said of his situation. "I wasn't able to play continuously during the season."
Bargnani was acquired in a trade for three draft picks as well as center Marcus Camby, forward Steve Novak and swingman Quentin Richardson.
General manager Glen Grunwald acknowledged the injury risks, but focused on the potential of adding Bargnani.
"We're very hopeful that Andrea is still young and is now healthy and will have a very bright future with us," Grunwald said.
"Steve and Marcus are both very good players and I was sorry to see them go," Grunwald continued, adding, "Andrea brings a unique skill set with unique size; he's a player who is hopefully going to create matchup problems for other teams."
Grunwald also believes Bargnani and Amar'e Stoudemire can play alongside each other and give coach Mike Woodson the ability to play both big or small.
The former first-overall pick averaged just 12.7 points and 3.7 rebounds in 28.7 minutes per game last year, which was a significant step backwards from a few years earlier when he averaged over 20 points per game and made 37.2 percent of his 3-point attempts.
"There was a lot of frustration in Toronto," Bargnani said, adding, "When you're the leader of the team, you get all the pressure and the fans have the right to express their feelings."
Bargnani sees the Knicks' situation as different. Not only does he get to play alongside Carmelo Anthony ("It would be a great experience to play with him") but he feels New York can "play against anybody" and "can go very far."


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The holiday movie season has officially begun. Four films are opening locally this weekend - three in the cineplex and one in the arthouse.
We'll start with "The Man with the Iron Fists," which is a compelling project on several fronts. First, Wu-Tang Clan rapper (and composer of film scores) RZA is a martial-arts superfan trying his hand at directing a film in the genre. He also co-writes with Eli Roth ("Hostel"), and got his buddy Quentin Tarantino to "present" the film (or so reads the poster).
RZA plays the title role, a blacksmith who seeks the aid of other warriors to help defend his village. Among them are Russell Crowe, playing a British soldier, and Lucy Liu as Madam Blossom. It's not expected to be a major blockbuster, but it has been getting reasonably good reviews.
Next is "Wreck-It Ralph," Disney's animated tale of a video game character who goes rogue from his vintage console. Ralph is voiced by John C. Reilly, and Sarah Silverman plays his odd-couple pal, Vanellope von Schweetz. It's full of gamer-culture references, and likely will be the biggest family film of the holiday season.
"Flight" is director Robert Zemeckis' first live-action feature since "Cast Away" a dozen years ago (he helmed three motion-capture-animation films, the last one being 2009's underrated "A Christmas Carol"). It stars Denzel Washington as an airline pilot who saves many lives with a miraculous crash landing; the character, however, is an alcoholic who comes under scrutiny after his heroism.
Finally, at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts will open "Wake in Fright," the recently re-released 1971 Australian thriller starring Gary Bond as a teacher in the outback who loses his civility and quickly becomes bent on self-destruction. For years, the film was considered lost (it was originally released in America as "Outback"), but has been restored; Roger Ebert called it "powerful and crushing."
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Congress is sworn in: After a contentious vote on the fiscal cliff, the 113th Congress is sworn in, following one of the least productive terms in decades.
Anything but a normal school day: Survivors of the Newtown rampage in Connecticut go back to school for the first time in a nearby town.
Where the Google CEO won't be able to take his smartphone: Eric Schmidt is traveling on a humanitarian mission to North Korea.
Hillary Clinton leaves hospital: She spent three days in New York receiving blood thinners to dissolve a blood clot in n her head.
Boehner backtracks on bill for Sandy victims: Facing outraged lawmakers, the House speaker scheduled two votes this month for roughly $60 billion in aid.
Charges filed in india over gang rape on bus: Police say they will seek the death penalty for five men charged with rape and murder.
Forecasting flu season: Scientists are using weather data in their attempts to predict disease outbreaks.
Why a sperm donor was told to pay child support: Kansas officials say the agreement the donor signed with a lesbian couple wasn't legal because a doctor wasn't used.
What the military is punishing South Korean pop star for: Defense officials say Rain met with actress Kim Tae-hee while he was serving mandatory military duty.
Cardinals 'shock the world' in Sugar Bowl: No. 22 Louisville made good on safety Calvin Pryor's promise and upset No. 4 Florida 33-23.
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How long will we continue to watch
such unspeakable violence against our children before we get serious about our
gun laws?
How many times will we read
the obituaries of sweet children like 7-year-old Scarlett and so many of her
classmates and the words of her family and friends, describing her smile and the
joy she brought to those who knew her?
The Washington Post recently wrote that "Experts worry about the public
health consequences of such violence.
Schoolchildren were asked to create art for a contest about everyday
life. Educators published a book of
children's drawings which included a man throwing a grenade at policemen and
another man being shot with an automatic weapon."
How long?
Oh, wait ... I'm sorry, Scarlett and
her classmates lived and died in Mexico and that contest was entitled "the
Mexico I live in." That would be the
Mexico where it is constitutionally prohibited for anyone other than police and
the military to possess any semi-automatic or automatic weapon. Where citizens may own handguns, shotguns and
hunting rifles, but must register them with the federal government and are
banned from possessing them outside of their home.
The Mexico where criminal drug cartels have terrorized unarmed, law-abiding citizens. Where the police and military are powerless to protect those citizens leading to 27,199 murders, 1,300 of which were children ... just last year.
Yep, how long will it be until we have serious gun laws like Mexico? And won't we be safer then?
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Juanita thumps Lake Washington during rivalry game | Prep football
During the past five years the cross-town rivalry game between Juanita and Lake Washington has been one sided. This year was supposed to be different.
The Kangs came into the game with a record over .500, looking like a formidable opponent. But the Rebels were not intimidated, as they thumped Lake Washington 40-0 Friday in a 4A KingCo match up.
Juanita began the game with a Trayon McNairy 1–yard touchdown run and then added a touchdown through the air, a 25-yard strike from Tavin Montgomery to Landyn Milburn.
Nick Horne's 30-yard field goal, to start the second quarter, gave the Rebels a 17-0 lead.
Juanita continued with the gas pedal to the floor, as Montgomery found Kendrick Murphy for a 10-yard touchdown pass, giving the Rebels a 24-0 halftime lead.
The ugly night continued for Lake Washington, beginning the third-quarter with a safety, as a bad snap bounced out of the back of the end zone.
Rebel Oscar Fuentes got into the scoring action with a 23-yard touchdown run during the third quarter. But the longest score of the night for the Rebels came during the fourth quarter with the game all but over. An 80-yard pass from Nick Peterson to Cody Otterholt completed the scoring during the game.
With the win, Juanita improves to 4-2 in league play and 5-3 overall. The Kangs fell to 2-4 in league play and 4-4 overall. The Kangs will have one more shot at a winning record this season on Friday, as both teams play their crossover and final game of the year.
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In our house, we love kulfi. Kulfi is a popular indian ice-cream. It is 3 types of milk mixed together and frozen in a mold. It's easy, and can be made by anyone since an ice cream machine is not needed.
Using my mom's recipe, I made some kulfi and froze it in a glass dish, topped with some roasted almonds. I got to thinking though (since I've kidnapped my dad's ice cream machine) - would it taste better if placed in an ice cream machine? Would the addition of air actually change the taste? Using the same recipe, I placed it in the machine to compare.
The answer - YES! The ice cream that came from the machine was more decadent than the kulfi that was just frozen. Hubby was convinced that I used a different recipe since it tasted so different. Don't get me wrong, we love the kulfi that I have been eating for most of my life. The machine version though, turned it into something very different, in a good way. I just love ice cream experiments!
1 cup whipping cream
1 can evaporated milk
1 can condensed milk
3 splashes of kewra essence
roasted almonds
Mix the milks and essence together and pour into a shallow dish and top with almonds. The mixture can alternately be put into popsicle molds. If using an ice cream machine, add the almonds in the last five minutes.
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chicken kebabs
I can't believe it's already July. Time is just flying by! We spent Canada Day at Calaway Park which Q totally enjoyed. Luckily he enjoyed the rides, unlike his mamma, and he can't wait to go back. We just had to finish the day with a bbq. I wanted something easy, that would take a few minutes to pull together. I made the meat mixture for the kebabs before we left for some amusement park fun. Food didn't take long once we got home and threw the chicken on the grill.
Chicken Kebabs
1 lb ground chicken
1/2 onion, grated
4 cloves garlic, grated
handful cilantro, finely chopped
handful mint, finely chopped
2 TB yogurt
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp paprika
In a large bowl mix all ingredients together. Let the meat sit for an hour or two in the fridge. Make small logs out of the meat mixture using the back of a wooden spoon. I placed the kebabs in a grill basket and placed it on the grill to avoid it from sticking and falling in. Serve with pita and tzatziki.
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|June 3, 2000
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IMF revisits the scene of the crime
At least former IMF managing director Michel Camdessus had a sense of humor - though being bombarded with a cream pie at the Bangkok Unctad conference earlier this year probably stretched it a bit. The new IMF MD, Horst Koehler, well, is German, and humor is not his (or his nation's) strongest suit. He smiled a lot while in Bangkok earlier this week on the first stop of a five-nation Asia tour, but what he had to say (though we assume unintentionally) bored most of his listeners to tears.
The IMF, he said, ''should listen better to the people'', should refrain from ''lecturing and imposing'' conditions on crisis-hit countries, and ''focus more on crisis prevention''. Amen! We note with great interest and amusement that under its new chief the IMF has gotten some religion and is trying some pious talk and self-deprecation. Perhaps that's better than blowing into town, 50-bureaucrats strong, occupying suites on suites in Bangkok's premier luxury Oriental Hotel, and prescribing fiscal austerity or else . . . as happened in August 1997. But it hardly tells us anything new about the IMF's future role, or, for that matter, why it should continue to exist at all.
That Koehler also saw fit to issue an endorsement of the so-called Chiang Mai Initiative, the ill-conceived and likely never to be implemented Asean plus three (China, Japan, and Korea) currency-swap plan to fend off speculative attacks on regional currencies, may have pleased the bureaucrats who cooked it up on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank conference a month ago. That he went beyond that, saying that establishment of an Asian Monetary Fund was worth discussing, may have pleased the intellectual author of that ill-begotten concept, former Japanese vice-minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara, who once again had pushed it at the Chiang Mai ADB confab. To us, such endorsements and ''listen-to-the-people'' soothing smooth talk merely explain why US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers vigorously opposed Koehler's nomination to the IMF top job and confirm that he was right in doing so.
What Summers - not quite as radical as those who simply want to abolish the IMF - had wanted was a new MD with private sector and/or central banking experience capable of reforming the IMF from a meddlesome, bloated bureaucracy interfering in nations' sovereign affairs into a lean quick-reaction force concentrating on short-term capital-flow imbalances and emergency lending, but staying away from longer-term development banking functions. What he got is a life-long finance bureaucrat who helped make a mess of East-West German monetary unification, then served as head of state savings and loan associations noted for political loans and related corrupt practices, and before his move to Washington directed the marvellously successful efforts of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in aiding the transformation of the Russian and other East European economies. No wonder Larry was not a happy camper when German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder personally intervened with US President Bill Clinton to get Koehler appointed.
But back to Thailand, the original scene of the IMF's gross mishandling of the Asian crisis. That crisis, said Koehler in Bangkok, is now all but over and the Thai economy - save for the nuisance of unresolved non-performing loans (37 percent of loan totals at last counting) - is firmly on the path of recovery. Naturally, his discussion partners, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda, wholeheartedly agreed and dispensed a bit of advice of their own: ''If the IMF is to draw a lesson from what happened in our country,'' said Chuan, it is ''that it can use its expertise to work with states and prevent crises before they happen . . . It costs a lot more money to treat crises [than prevent them].''
Nonsense, all of it. Thailand has a pretty good chance of sliding into another crisis unless it soon gets a new government willing and able to undertake the reforms the present one will not carry out. On crisis prevention, there is little or nothing the IMF could have done to prevent the Asian crisis from erupting. It's neither in its mandate nor in its capability to forestall or cure the deep macro-economic imbalances that led to it. And as for the notion that it's cheaper to prevent than treat a crisis of the kind East Asia experienced, that's nonsense and then some. It harkens back to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir's inanities of blaming it on currency speculators rather than homegrown policy failures and corrupt practices. Attempts to prevent it (and save unsavory systems) cost plenty - the complete loss of Thailand's and Korea's foreign reserves just for starters. And unless East Asia faces up to the fact that the crisis, given the policies and business practices of the decade preceding it, was inevitable and had best be viewed as salutary and an opportunity for in-depth reform, there will be an early recurrence. Sweet-talking Horst Koehler does no one a favor by listening to people (and governments) talking self-serving nonsense.
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SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A father whose son disappeared in the Adirondack High Peaks last winter is mourning the loss of another son who was found hanging in the woods.
Ladamir W. Pattison, 32, of Saranac Lake, was found dead Saturday, several days after he told people he was going camping. The coroner ruled the death a suicide. Pattison is the half-brother of 22-year-old Wesley Wamsganz, who disappeared last November.
Alan Wamsganz, father of both men, told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise (http://bit.ly/qSuZKn) on Monday that he never spent enough time with Pattison, who he called a good son.
Police say Pattison recently said he may try to look for his half-brother. Wamsganz was last seen on Nov. 20, hiking into the High Peaks after working a shift at a Lake Placid diner.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Students will have a chance to see what their academic options are during a college fair at Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Family Life Center Saturday morning.
Admissions representatives from historically black colleges and universities will be on hand to help give students information on programs their institutions offer. A financial aid workshop is scheduled to being at 10:30 a.m. The event is open to the public.
The fair starts at 10 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m.
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Police should not be allowed to badger relatives of criminals to build a DNA profile
July 12, 2013 - Andrea Johnson
If you happen to be related to a criminal, should the police put you under surveillance too, even if you have done nothing wrong? Should they be able to take a paper cup you threw away, probably without thinking much about it, just to get your DNA and use it to build a DNA profile of the black sheep of the family?
How about if your nefarious relative has been dead for 40 years and the murder case the police is trying to solve is 50 years old? That's what happened in the case of the Boston Strangler, according to the New York Times.
The Times reported this week that there has been a break in the case of the murder of Mary Sullivan, 19, who was found raped and murdered in her Boston apartment in January 1964. Police had long suspected Albert DeSalvo of being the Strangler, who is blamed for the murders of 11 women between 1962 and 1964, but weren't sure he was their man, despite a confession. DeSalvo was tried in 1967 for the so-called "Green Man" rapes and confessed to the Boston Strangler murders during the course of that investigation. He was later sentenced to life in prison for rape but, as a result of a plea bargain, wasn't charged with the Boston Strangler murders. Investigators were never entirely sure if he was guilty or if more than one man was to blame for the Boston Strangler murders. DeSalvo was found stabbed to death in prison in 1973.
The Times reports this week that police put DeSalvo's nephew under surveillance and used DNA from the nephew's discarded water bottle to build a profile that is a close match to DNA found at the scene of Mary Sullivan's murder. Now they plan to exhume Albert DeSalvo and try to learn more. This is all very interesting, but I find the police investigation a bit troubling. DeSalvo's nephew is NOT a criminal. He's an ordinary citizen whose privacy has been invaded by law enforcement. It might have been different had the investigators approached the family and asked them to voluntarily provide DNA samples in order to help solve the 50-year-old mystery, but it sounds like either the family was not willing or the police didn't bother to ask. The police also could have gone right to the source and simply had Albert DeSalvo exhumed without badgering his family.
Not surprisingly, according to the Times, DeSalvo's nephew and his family have hired a lawyer and were not at all happy about being put under surveillance to obtain a DNA sample. They probably do not have a case against the police department, since the DNA was obtained from a water bottle the nephew had discarded in public and there was no presumption of privacy. That may be the current law but I think the law could use some tinkering to protect a relative's right to keep his DNA profile private in instances like this. The law should not visit the sins of the father on the son or, in this case, the sins of the uncle onto the nephew.
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Jul-15-13 10:35 AM
I'd say putting someone who isn't guilty of or suspected of a crime under surveillance might qualify as badgering.
Jul-15-13 9:27 AM
I had read an article that stated that a family member, his brother I believe, offered a DNA sample years ago and the police declined. That sample would have been a closer match to the suspect. I've also read books by John Douglas, former top FBI profiler, that say the rapes DeSalvo was convicted of and the Boston Strangler cases are very different with MO and signature that the killer is not DeSalvo.
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