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MapYellowstone. Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Folded title: Maps: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Map of Grand Teton National Park, ca. 1:140,000, on verso. AACR2
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Shilpa Ananth Narayanan: The Journey from East to West
Friday / November 8, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Vocalist Shilpa Ananth Narayanan '13 will present a recital of music with colors from the East and West, keeping true to her roots.
Admission: Free
Valentina Blue Lombardi: Crescent Moon
Friday / November 8, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Valentina Blue will present some of her original compositions and arrangements of well known popular songs.
Admission: Free
Marco Pignataro Meets Nando Michelin
Tuesday / November 12, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
In this concert/clinic titled "Creative Paths in Duo Playing," Marco Pignataro and Nando Michelin discuss the possibilities and challenges of playing and improvising creatively in a duo setting.
Admission: Free
Juana Aquerreta: Canciones
Tuesday / November 12, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
In her last recital at Berklee, songwriter Juana Aquerreta will perform songs that she has written over the course of the last three years with some of her favorite musicians.
Admission: Free
The Benjamin Furman Project
Tuesday / November 12, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Chilean piano player, singer, and composer Benjamin Furman presents his latest project, an interesting mixture of his main musical influences: instrumental jazz, klezmer, pop, and Middle Eastern, Latin, and South American traditional music.
Admission: Free
Ioana Udroiu: Celebrate
Wednesday / November 13, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Vocalist Ioana Udroiu will premiere originals for the first time from her new EP and cover songs that range from neo-soul to jazz to funk.
Admission: Free
Maro Chon: Malice Carnival
Wednesday / November 13, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Guitarist Maro Chon presents a recital of diverse tunes drawing on rock, Latin music, blues, pop, hip-hop, and electronic dance music.
Admission: Free
Fengheng Lee: Groovin' It
Thursday / November 14, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Guitarist Fengheng Lee presents a mixture of R&B, funk, and fusion covers from artists such as Chuck Loeb, Mike Stern, Michael Landau, and others.
Admission: Free
Daniele Odasso: Prelude to Your Love
Thursday / November 14, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Vocalist Daniele Odasso presents original songs and covers of jazz standards, pop, and R&B tunes – a journey into the process of searching, discovering, and understanding love.
Admission: Free
Can Kemal: Dreams of Bosphorus
Friday / November 15, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Percussionist Can Kemal presents compositions from both the traditional and modern Turkish repertoire, joined by musicians from Egypt, Iran, Turkey, and the United States.
Admission: Free
Kartikeya Srivastava: Samādhi
Friday / November 15, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Drummer Kartikeya Srivastava presents his senior recital with a trio.
Admission: Free
Nadia Chechet's Fall Recital
Monday / November 18, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Vocalist Nadia Chechet and her band will present a collection of R&B, pop, neo-soul, and blues covers by artists such as Anita Baker, Ledisi, Oleta Adams, Lizz Wright, and more.
Admission: Free
Vivienne Aerts: Two Is More Than One
Monday / November 18, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Vocalist Vivenne Aerts will present a performance of jazz music that is intended for the listener to connect with themselves and others.
Admission: Free
Seyoung Jung: Music That Has a Story
Tuesday / November 19, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Pianist and composer Seyoung Jung will present a soothing concert of classical music featuring a small orchestra.
Admission: Free
Laure Zaehringer: French Touch
Wednesday / November 20, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Vocalist Laure Zaehringer and 12-piece band will perform in various genres, including jazz, musical theatre, and French music.
Admission: Free
Jin Young Kim's Senior Recital
Wednesday / November 20, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Vocalist Jin Young Kim presents her senior recital.
Admission: Free
Moira Lo Bianco: Improv for Classical Pianists
Thursday / November 21, 2013 / 1:00 p.m.
Pianist Moira Lo Bianco will give a clinic/demonstration on improvisation for classical pianists and others.
Admission: Free
Tim Reynolds: Better Than Life
Thursday / November 21, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Violinist Tim Reynolds presents a recital comprised of arrangements of popular tunes and original songs.
Admission: Free
Donghun Han's Senior Recital
Thursday / November 21, 2013 / 7:00 p.m.
Drummer Donghun Han will present some arrangements of jazz standards with his trio.
Admission: Free
Aleksandra Denda: Purple Melodies
Friday / November 22, 2013 / 4:00 p.m.
Vocalist Aleksandra Denda and her fellow musicians will present original pieces as well as a selection of cover songs.
Admission: Free


text: Main Content Section 333.26426 friendly link Printer Friendly MICHIGAN MEDICAL MARIHUANA ACT (EXCERPT)Initiated Law 1 of 2008 ***** 333.26426 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 20, 2016: See 333.26426.amended ***** 333.26426 Administration and enforcement of rules by department. 6. Administering the Department's Rules. Sec. 6. (a) The department shall issue registry identification cards to qualifying patients who submit the following, in accordance with the department's rules: (1) A written certification; (2) Application or renewal fee; (3) Name, address, and date of birth of the qualifying patient, except that if the applicant is homeless, no address is required; (4) Name, address, and telephone number of the qualifying patient's physician; (5) Name, address, and date of birth of the qualifying patient's primary caregiver, if any; (6) Proof of Michigan residency. For the purposes of this subdivision, a person shall be considered to have proved legal residency in this state if any of the following apply: (i) The person provides a copy of a valid, lawfully obtained Michigan driver license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an official state personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300. (ii) The person provides a copy of a valid Michigan voter registration. (7) If the qualifying patient designates a primary caregiver, a designation as to whether the qualifying patient or primary caregiver will be allowed under state law to possess marihuana plants for the qualifying patient's medical use. (b) The department shall not issue a registry identification card to a qualifying patient who is under the age of 18 unless: (1) The qualifying patient's physician has explained the potential risks and benefits of the medical use of marihuana to the qualifying patient and to his or her parent or legal guardian; (2) The qualifying patient's parent or legal guardian submits a written certification from 2 physicians; and (3) The qualifying patient's parent or legal guardian consents in writing to: (A) Allow the qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana; (B) Serve as the qualifying patient's primary caregiver; and (C) Control the acquisition of the marihuana, the dosage, and the frequency of the medical use of marihuana by the qualifying patient. (c) The department shall verify the information contained in an application or renewal submitted pursuant to this section, and shall approve or deny an application or renewal within 15 business days of receiving it. The department may deny an application or renewal only if the applicant did not provide the information required pursuant to this section, or if the department determines that the information provided was falsified. Rejection of an application or renewal is considered a final department action, subject to judicial review. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the circuit court for the county of Ingham. (d) The department shall issue a registry identification card to the primary caregiver, if any, who is named in a qualifying patient's approved application; provided that each qualifying patient can have no more than 1 primary caregiver, and a primary caregiver may assist no more than 5 qualifying patients with their medical use of marihuana. (e) The department shall issue registry identification cards within 5 business days of approving an application or renewal, which shall expire 2 years after the date of issuance. Registry identification cards shall contain all of the following: (1) Name, address, and date of birth of the qualifying patient. (2) Name, address, and date of birth of the primary caregiver, if any, of the qualifying patient. (3) The date of issuance and expiration date of the registry identification card. (4) A random identification number. (5) A photograph, if the department requires one by rule. (6) A clear designation showing whether the primary caregiver or the qualifying patient will be allowed under state law to possess the marihuana plants for the qualifying patient's medical use, which shall be determined based solely on the qualifying patient's preference. (f) If a registered qualifying patient's certifying physician notifies the department in writing that the patient has ceased to suffer from a debilitating medical condition, the card shall become null and void upon notification by the department to the patient. (g) Possession of, or application for, a registry identification card shall not constitute probable cause or reasonable suspicion, nor shall it be used to support the search of the person or property of the person possessing or applying for the registry identification card, or otherwise subject the person or property of the person to inspection by any local, county or state governmental agency. (h) The following confidentiality rules shall apply: (1) Subject to subdivisions (3) and (4), applications and supporting information submitted by qualifying patients, including information regarding their primary caregivers and physicians, are confidential. (2) The department shall maintain a confidential list of the persons to whom the department has issued registry identification cards. Except as provided in subdivisions (3) and (4), individual names and other identifying information on the list are confidential and are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. (3) The department shall verify to law enforcement personnel whether a registry identification card is valid, without disclosing more information than is reasonably necessary to verify the authenticity of the registry identification card. (4) A person, including an employee, contractor, or official of the department or another state agency or local unit of government, who discloses confidential information in violation of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. Notwithstanding this provision, department employees may notify law enforcement about falsified or fraudulent information submitted to the department. (i) The department shall submit to the legislature an annual report that does not disclose any identifying information about qualifying patients, primary caregivers, or physicians, but does contain, at a minimum, all of the following information: (1) The number of applications filed for registry identification cards. (2) The number of qualifying patients and primary caregivers approved in each county. (3) The nature of the debilitating medical conditions of the qualifying patients. (4) The number of registry identification cards revoked. (5) The number of physicians providing written certifications for qualifying patients. (j) The department may enter into a contract with a private contractor to assist the department in performing its duties under this section. The contract may provide for assistance in processing and issuing registry identification cards, but the department shall retain the authority to make the final determination as to issuing the registry identification card. Any contract shall include a provision requiring the contractor to preserve the confidentiality of information in conformity with subsection (h). (k) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall appoint a panel to review petitions to approve medical conditions or treatments for addition to the list of debilitating medical conditions under the administrative rules. The panel shall meet at least twice each year and shall review and make a recommendation to the department concerning any petitions that have been submitted that are completed and include any documentation required by administrative rule. (1) A majority of the panel members shall be licensed physicians, and the panel shall provide recommendations to the department regarding whether the petitions should be approved or denied. (2) All meetings of the panel are subject to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. (l) The Michigan medical marihuana fund is created within the state treasury. All fees collected under this act shall be deposited into the fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes. The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, for the operation and oversight of the Michigan medical marihuana program. History: 2008, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 4, 2008 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 514, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013 Compiler's Notes: MCL 333.26430 of Initiated Law 1 of 2008 provides:10. Severability.Sec. 10. Any section of this act being held invalid as to any person or circumstances shall not affect the application of any other section of this act that can be given full effect without the invalid section or application. © 2015 Legislative Council, State of Michigan


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SIFE's Alternative Gift Fair opens for seasonal shopping Saturday, Nov. 6, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Heininger Auditorium and features a film screening and discussion, 4-5:30 p.m. To celebrate SIFE's five-year partnership with coffee farmers in Guatemala, filmmaker Scott Loberger '06 will show and lead a discussion about his film titled "Coffee, Culture & Conscious," the third film in a series on globalized coffee production. The gift fair will be open each Saturday through mid December.
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TCL > July 2013 Issue > Summaries of Selected Opinions
Summaries of selected Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions appear on a space-available basis. The summaries are prepared for the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) by Katherine Campbell and Frank Gibbard, licensed Colorado attorneys. They are provided as a service by the CBA and are not the official language of this Court. The CBA cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the summaries. Full copies of the Tenth Circuit decisions are accessible from the CBA website: www.cobar.org (click on "Opinions/Rules/Statutes").
No. 11-3271. United States v. Toombs. 04/26/2013. D.Kan. Judge Lucero. Fifth Amendment—Self-Incrimination—Use of Defendant's Testimony on Retrial—Dismissal of Indictment Without Prejudice.
In 2008, a jury found defendant guilty on seven counts of drug and firearm felony offenses. The Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded his case for violations of the Speedy Trial Act. The district court dismissed his indictment without prejudice, the government filed a new indictment, and after a second trial, the jury convicted him of six charges. At the second trial, the government presented evidence indicating that defendant had participated in a drug conspiracy run out of several homes in the Kansas City region. Over defendant's objection, the district court permitted the government to read into evidence the entire transcript of defendant's testimony at his 2008 trial.
On appeal, defendant challenged the admission of his entire testimony from his first trial. He contended that certain portions of his testimony describing his previous drug conviction, past drug use, and sexual relationships were irrelevant, prejudicial, or constituted improper prior conviction evidence. The Circuit noted that use of prior testimony does not violate a defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination; however, such testimony is subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence. Nevertheless, any error in this case was harmless, because the record contained ample evidence of defendant's guilt, and the district court gave adequate limiting instructions, advising the jury that it should consider defendant's acts and prior convictions mentioned in his testimony solely for purposes of intent, knowledge, identity, impeachment, and absence of mistake or accident.
Defendant also asserted that the district court erred in dismissing the previous indictment without prejudice. The Circuit determined that the district court had properly considered the statutory factors applicable to a dismissal without prejudice. [See 18 USC § 3162(a)(2).] Notwithstanding the considerable pretrial delay, the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that the factors favored a dismissal without prejudice. The Circuit therefore affirmed defendant's conviction.
No. 12-4001. United States v. Mackay III. 04/30/2013. D.Utah. Judge Baldock. Sufficiency of Evidence—Prescription of Controlled Substances.
Defendant, a medical doctor who specialized in pain management, was convicted of three counts of using a telephone in furtherance of drug distribution and thirty-seven counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances. Two of the unlawful distribution counts related to a patient who died. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence on all counts. He also raised evidentiary and sentencing issues.
With regard to the non-death counts, the Tenth Circuit noted that the jury had to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant knowingly and intentionally prescribed the controlled substances to his patients outside the usual course of medical practice or without a legitimate medical purpose. The government's theory was that defendant prescribed narcotic medications without taking adequate medical histories, failed to conduct physical examinations, provided excessive quantities of drugs, and provided prescriptions to patients he never saw. The Circuit analyzed the evidence as to each patient, and determined that the evidence sufficiently supported the convictions. It rejected defendant's argument that he had been convicted based on a simple failure to correctly complete his medical charting; rather, the conviction came from the information gleaned from the charts and explained to the jury by the government's expert witness. The expert testified to such factors as defendant's prescriptions of excessive doses of medications, his providing early refills without adequate indication that the medications were helping the patient, and the insufficient information or diagnosis to initiate his prescription of controlled substances. There also was evidence that on days when defendant was sick, office staff would come to his home, obtain prescriptions, and give them to patients without defendant actually seeing the patients. Finally, the mere fact that defendant's patients did suffer from pain did not mean that he did not prescribe the medications without a legitimate medical purpose.
The Circuit also rejected defendant's alternative arguments that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) failed to provide him fair notice that his conduct was illegal, and that the statute is vague. The statute gave defendant adequate notice concerning the illegality of his conduct, and a previous case precisely on point was not required to put him on notice.
Defendant also challenged his death-related convictions. He was convicted of prescribing oxycodone and hydrocodone, in violation of the CSA, resulting in the death of a patient. The government was required to prove that the patient died as the result of taking the prescribed medications and, given that it had requested an instruction on this element, that his death was reasonably foreseeable. The evidence showed that defendant prescribed the patient oxycodone and hydrocodone, and the patient died three days later. The autopsy report indicated that the patient died as a result of the combination of drug toxicities, as well as pneumonia.
The Circuit held that the evidence was sufficient to show that defendant stepped outside his role as physician and did not prescribe the medication for a legitimate medical purpose. Also, although there was conflicting medical evidence, the Circuit held that there was sufficient evidence that either the oxycodone or the hydrocodone could have resulted in the patient's death. The Circuit further held that the district court did not commit plain error in admitting an autopsy report, that there was sufficient evidence to establish that the death was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of defendant's prescribing the controlled substances, that the district court did not plainly err in determining that the prosecution's expert was qualified to testify concerning the relationship between the drugs and the patient's death, and that the district court did not commit prejudicial error in permitting the admission of charts showing annual rankings of Utah's top ten issuers of hydrocodone and oxycodone prescriptions, in which defendant ranked in the top ten for several consecutive years.
The Circuit also rejected defendant's argument that discrepancies between the statutory minimum sentences for oxycodone and hydrocodone mixtures violated the Fifth and Eighth Amendments. The Circuit expressed concern, however, about defendant's argument that the district court plainly erred in sentencing him to an overall 240 months' imprisonment, rather than specifying individual sentences for each offense. As to nine counts of conviction, this sentence exceeded the statutory maximum. The Circuit therefore remanded the case for resentencing, but affirmed the remainder of defendant's sentence.
No. 12-2089. United States v. Acosta. 05/03/2013. D.N.M. Judge Briscoe. Pronouncement of Sentence—Timeliness of Rule 35(a) Motion—Continuance of Sentencing Proceedings.
Defendant was charged with illegally re-entering the United States. He entered a guilty plea under the "fast track" program, which allows a defendant to receive a downward departure from the Sentencing Guidelines offense level in exchange for his plea. As part of his plea agreement, the government agreed to a downward departure in his final offense level, and defendant agreed not to seek any other reduction, departure, deviation, or variance in his offense level of criminal history category. He also agreed not to appeal any sentence within the Guidelines range. Defendant's presentence report (PSR) calculated an offense level of 18, with a resulting Guidelines range of thirty-three to forty-one months' imprisonment. Claiming the government had told him it anticipated an adjusted offense level of 8 or 11, resulting in a Guidelines range of at most twelve to eighteen months' imprisonment, defendant objected to the PSR calculation at sentencing. The district court then announced its intention to sentence defendant to thirty-three months' imprisonment, to be followed by two years' supervised release. Counsel requested and received a continuance until after the new Sentencing Guidelines became effective. The new Guidelines eliminated the term of supervised release in illegal re-entry cases.
At the second sentencing hearing, defendant's counsel objected to both the Guidelines range and the term of supervised release. This time, the district court reduced the sentencing range to twelve to eighteen months' imprisonment. It then sentenced defendant to twelve months' imprisonment, with no supervised release. Five months later, however, when it entered a written judgment, it imposed a sentence of thirty-three months' imprisonment, without supervised release. In an accompanying sentencing memorandum, the district court indicated that it had lacked jurisdiction to impose the twelve-month sentence. Defendant appealed.
On appeal, the government argued that the district court lacked jurisdiction to modify defendant's sentence after the first sentencing hearing, absent corrections that fell within the limited circumstances permitted by Fed. R. Crim. P. 35(a). Rule 35(a) provides the district court jurisdiction to make corrections of arithmetical, technical, or other clear errors within fourteen days after the oral announcement of the sentence. As a threshold matter, the Tenth Circuit determined that defendant's appeal did not fall within the scope of his appeal waiver, because he did not waive his right to appeal a judgment entered without jurisdiction.
The Circuit then turned to the question of when the "oral announcement of the sentence" occurred. It determined that the sentence was not final until the end of the second hearing. The parties had not had the time to raise other objections, and defendant had not had an opportunity to allocate. Although the district court later stated that it intended to continue the sentencing only as to the term of supervised release, it did not express this intention at the time it continued the sentencing proceedings. Thus, the district court had jurisdiction to impose the twelve-month sentence at the second hearing, because sentencing had not yet occurred, but it lacked jurisdiction under Rule 35(a) when it altered the twelve-month sentence in its written judgment entered five months after its oral pronouncement of sentence. The Circuit therefore reversed the judgment and remanded the case with instructions to the district court to vacate its written judgment and enter a new judgment consistent with the second sentencing.
No. 12-2104. United States v. Copar Pumice Co. 05/06/2013. D.N.M. Chief Judge Briscoe. Pumice Mining—Interlocutory Appeal—Discovery—Appellate Jurisdiction—Attorney–Client Privilege—Perlman Doctrine—Pragmatic Finality Doctrine.
Defendant engaged in pumice mining on federal government land. Not all pumice may be mined. Specifically, "common variety" pumice may not be mined, whereas stonewash pumice that is 3/4² or larger may be mined. The government asserted that defendant was mining common-variety pumice. In 2002, the dispute was settled, allowing defendant to mine 3/4² pumice.
In 2009, the government filed the underlying lawsuit, claiming that defendant had violated the settlement agreement. Defendant proffered the defense of advice of counsel. In response, the government sought to discover from defendant's current and former attorneys pertinent information and documents. Defendant asserted the attorney–client privilege and moved to withdraw the advice-of-counsel defense. The district court ordered production of discovery. Defendant filed this interlocutory appeal to prevent discovery.
The Tenth Circuit noted that the court of appeals generally has jurisdiction only over final orders. However, under the collateral order doctrine, the appellate court has jurisdiction over a small class of rulings that (1) finally decide (2) an important question collateral to, or separate from, the merits, and (3) are effectively unreviewable after final judgment. The Supreme Court has held that this doctrine does not apply to disclosure orders adverse to the attorney–client privilege. The Circuit rejected defendant's arguments that the collateral order doctrine does not apply where the documents were sought from a nonparty and that a post-judgment appeal would be inadequate. The Circuit also rejected defendant's argument on the merits of their asserted privilege because, even if the district court had erred, that fact would not affect jurisdiction.
Defendant also invoked the Perlman doctrine. [Perlman v. United States, 247 U.S. 7 (1918).] Under the Perlman doctrine, when a motion to quash is denied, the subpoenaed person may refuse to comply and be held in contempt, at which point the person's situation becomes so severed from the main proceeding as to permit an appeal. Even where the subpoenaed person is not the privilege holder, the Perlman doctrine may apply. This doctrine permits an interlocutory appeal by a non-custodian in a grand jury proceeding. The Circuit rejected defendant's attempt to apply the Perlman doctrine in this non-grand jury proceeding.
The Circuit also rejected defendant's claim of appellate jurisdiction under the pragmatic finality doctrine. Under this doctrine, a court may assume jurisdiction where the danger of injustice by delaying appellate review outweighs the inconvenience and costs of piecemeal review. The Circuit noted that even if this doctrine is still recognized, it applies only in truly unique instances, which this case did not present.
Finally, the Circuit denied defendant's request for a writ of mandamus, stating that mandamus is not a substitute for appeal. The Circuit held that defendant did not establish the two prerequisites: (1) disclosure of the allegedly privileged information renders impossible any meaningful appellate review, and (2) the disclosure involves questions of substantial importance to the administration of justice. The interlocutory appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
No. 11-3319. Federal Trade Commission v. Chapman. 05/07/2013. D.Kan. Judge McKay. Telemarketing Sales Rule—Misrepresentation—Knows or Consciously Avoids Knowing—Post-Judgment Motion.
The district court ruled that defendant had violated the "assisting and facilitation" provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 CFR § 310.3(b), by providing substantial assistance to telemarketers who marketed and sold to consumers grant-related goods and services based on false representations. Defendant had prepared lists of potential funding sources and other programs for which the consumers were not eligible. In addition to other misrepresentations, she also misrepresented about the telemarketers' expertise and the consumers' likelihood of receiving grant funding. The district court ordered a permanent injunction and $1,682,950 in monetary damages against defendant. She filed a motion to alter or amend the judgment or for remittitur, which the district court denied. She appealed.
The Tenth Circuit observed that a person violates the Telemarketing Sales Rule by providing substantial assistance to a telemarketer when the person knows or consciously avoids knowing that the telemarketer is misrepresenting material aspects of the goods or services sold. The Circuit rejected defendant's claim that her actions did not constitute substantial assistance, because the evidence established that she played an integral part in the telemarketing scheme. The Circuit also rejected her challenges to the district court's finding that she knew or consciously avoided knowing what the telemarketers were doing.
The Circuit also addressed defendant's post-judgment motion alleging that the damages award should not have included the entire amount she billed to the telemarketers. She asserted that her knowledge of their misrepresentations did not occur until after the start of their relationship. Applying the highly deferential standard for reviewing the denial of a post-judgment motion, the Circuit found no manifest abuse of discretion and declined to reverse. The district court's judgment was affirmed.
No. 12-1199. Squires v. Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center. 05/07/2013. D.Colo. Judge McKay. Skiing Accident—Negligence—Release of Liability—Consent for Minor Child—Clear and Unambiguous Language—Fraudulent Inducement.
Plaintiff, a minor and a handicapped skier, sued a Colorado ski center for negligence following a skiing accident in which she was injured. The district court granted summary judgment in defendant's favor based on a release of liability (Release) signed by plaintiff's mother. Plaintiff appealed, claiming that the Release was unenforceable.
Applying Colorado law, the Tenth Circuit addressed whether the Release expressed the intention of the parties in clear and unambiguous language. Plaintiff argued that the Release did not detail the risks involved; however, Colorado law does not require that exculpatory agreements refer to the specific activity in which a plaintiff was injured or describe in detail each specific risk that the signor might encounter. To be enforceable, an exculpatory agreement must clearly reflect the parties' intent to extinguish liability for that type of claim. The Release did so here, and was not ambiguous.
Plaintiff also challenged the Release on the ground that her mother's consent was not voluntary and informed, as required by CRS § 13-22-107 (providing a parent may release or waive a child's prospective claim for negligence). She contended that her mother did not understand the risks involved with the use of bi-skis. Predicting that the Colorado Supreme Court would consider the parent's actual knowledge and the information provided to her, in addition to the Release language, the Circuit determined that plaintiff's mother's decision to sign the Release was informed.
Finally, the Circuit addressed plaintiff's argument that the Release was procured through fraud. She claimed that the information her mother was provided falsely implied that the activities would be conducted consistent with the standards of the Association for Experiential Education. However, even if that representation was false, plaintiff presented no evidence that she relied on it. Accordingly, her claim that she relied on a material misrepresentation was properly rejected. The district court's summary judgment in defendant's favor was affirmed.


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Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
4K discontinued despite emotions & irregularities
The room was packed; emotions ran high. Maybe 80 residents were in attendance? Judging from the Pro 4K-ers holding up little yellow "4K Yes" paper hands, they outnumbered those against maybe 5 to 1. I thought to myself, Oh, this is going to be an emotion filled night. I was right. (My aside comments will be in parenthesis.)
Superintendent Matt Gibson opened the topic at 7:55pm stating that 4K was 1 of 25 ideas discussed as ways to ease Elmbrook's financial problems. 4K was the only one that had an educational and revenue benefit to it. He gave the statistic of 70% of districts in Wisconsin have 4K and touted that our 4K brought in more dollars than it spends: Cost $800,000 Brings in $2 million. (We can debate that at another time.)
Then Matt said something I really took issue to. He predicted 5 board members will vote FOR continuing 4K and said something about pressure on the newest board member.
I don't think that was proper at all!
Gibson then stated that he saw 4K as essential to replace declining enrollment. Then he gave the usual cautions of if we don't approve 4K, we think we can keep electives and interventions but the district would also need to look at closing schools or a referendum to raise the cap. (Check the cable broadcast for exact words.)
Board President Meg Wartman then said, that as we look at the same question and issue from different sides we may have different remedies: financial and educational. That told me she was still a no vote.
Now the public comment parade.
First was Julie Cramer, Hillside Principal. Of course she extolled the marvelous educational and socialization attributes of the 4K program. She also relied on the too familiar argument for keeping any pilot program in place: We already invested $500,000 in the program (as if that justifies anything).
Next was the Principal from Brookfield El. She raised the question: Do we need it? Students are fine without it--they have been fine without it for 40 years. Is fine good enough? Our vision has been to be an exemplary district. (We could be exemplary in that Elmbrook spends money very wisely--only on programs that show real benefit!)
I think 14 spoke in all--only one against. Emotions were high as the parents and grandparents told of their child's wonderful experiences with our 4K. One woman, Laurie B-something, a Psychiatrist in the community, was all excited because her little one recently at the Dr.s office knew their left from their right. She saw that as a milestone evidently.
Other comments included that 4K attracted young families to our community, those who favored 4K also favored the high school referendum, parents felt they could not "pull out" the energy and excitement from their child, and that it was not about the money: even without a 4K program, they would pay a private school for the 4K program if necessary.
Time for board discussion. Ziegler made the motion and Steve Schwei (on the phone) talked about 4K filling up the decline and deferring the need for cuts.
Tom Gehl commented first on the process saying he was deeply concerned with how Matt Gibson introduced the topic tonight. I hope I never hear a prediction on a vote prior [to voting] to relieve pressure on a new board member, he said. (So, Matt's comments did not sit well with Tom either.)
The only new information I heard was from Glen Allgaier. That man has really done his homework! He said those studies that the pro 4K-ers cited to show 4K to be beneficial were in regards to Kindergarten readiness, not long term benefit.
Eileen Depka, the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services was pushing hard to keep 4K.
Cheri Sylla then proposed the Sunset 4K motion (5 year trial). The board eventually voted and it failed, 4-3.
Matt, now shaken, brings up our Strategic Plan--the Vision Statement. He concludes with 4K is one more piece of advance planning.
Meg took issue with his assumption that a No vote showed a lack of planning. She said, 4K came out of a financed need in the 2005 study and 4K was not even at the top of the list. Since then, we have been trying to prove academic merit, which we can't find. That brought up a startling comment regarding all day 5K. Meg questioned the benefits of all day 5K--We have not even tried to show the benefit of it by 5th grade--have we ever shown 5th grade gain? (Again, check the broadcast for her exact words.)
Meg concluded her remarks with, leadership sometimes means going against [what is popular] and looking at your neighbors and saying I can't. I have not supported 4K in the past or today; High School facilities [meetings] talks about wants vs needs. I don't know they have to have it [4K].
Eileen again pushes for passage of 4K citing the 400 responses from pro 4K residents. Tom Gehl questions that number and reminds her that since the 400 were from separate surveys, many of those were repeats.
Surprisingly, Steve Schwei pipes up again asking if they voted for a Sunset vote. (I thought they already did this.) But they vote AGAIN! Same result: 4 no--3 yes.
Now a woman, I think Laurie B, from the audience is allowed to speak before the board! This struck me as very unusual since it was in the middle of the discussion period. There were already 2 failed votes. Plus, I think this was the same Psychiatrist who was so excited that her youngster knew their left from their right spoke up. (Check the broadcast.) She was practically in tears, You are dealing with our kids lives! Etc. etc.
More discussion by the board. Finally, the board votes at around 10 pm. The results are the same: Elmbrook rejects 4K
The four board members, Gehl, Wartman, Allgier, and Murphy showed real strength by voting NO amidst such emotions, but vote no they did.
Making these kind of unpopular decisions must be difficult. But in the future, because of budget constraints, we will have to look at each and every aspect of public education and weigh it in the light of does it show real merit and is the gain worth the investment.
Please send a note of thanks to these board members. It was a rough night!
P.S. I have tried to give a flavor of the night here for those of you (like me) who don't have cable TV. If I find out some of this information is incorrect, I will post a correction.
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Hundreds of blue lanterns were released into the evening sky on Sunday to raise awareness about Autism.
It's part of the "Light it Up Blue" event held at Fox Hollow Golf Course.
Organizers with the La Crosse Area Autism Foundation say about 500 people came out to light a lantern. The event also provided information on different services in the area.
Liesl Jordan and Kara Schuster of the La Crosse Area Autism Foundation say it's an important time for families to build community and support each other.
"It's kind of to let the people in the area know what's around you know what services are available for their child becuase when my child was diagnosed I had no idea so we hope to help the families especially the new families find out what they need to know."
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According to the Lufkin Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Davis Street on reports of a disturbance at about 2:20 a.m. Sunday.
When police arrived, they spoke with three different people who gave authorities their statements.
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Fiscal Cliff Notes: Part II
One of the big advantages that President Obama has, as he plays "chicken" with the Congressional Republicans along the "fiscal cliff," is that Obama is a master of the plausible lie, which will never be exposed by the mainstream media– nor, apparently, by the Republicans.
A key lie that has been repeated over and over, largely unanswered, is that President Bush's "tax cuts for the rich" cost the government so much lost tax revenue that this added to the budget deficit– so that the government cannot afford to allow the cost of letting the Bush tax rates continue for "the rich."
It sounds very plausible, and constant repetition without a challenge may well be enough to convince the voting public that, if the Republican-controlled House of Representatives does not go along with Barack Obama's demands for more spending and higher tax rates on the top 2 percent, it just shows that they care more for "the rich" than for the other 98 percent.
What is remarkable is how easy it is to show how completely false Obama's argument is. That also makes it completely inexplicable why the Republicans have not done so.
The official statistics which show plainly how wrong Barack Obama is can be found in his own "Economic Report of the President" for 2012, on page 411. You can look it up.
You may be able to find a copy of the "Economic Report of the President" for 2012 at your local public library. Or you can buy a hard copy from the Government Printing Office or download an electronic version from the Internet.
For those who find that "a picture is worth a thousand words," they need only see the graphs published in the November 30th issue of Investor's Business Daily.
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Indeed, the New York Times reported in 2006: "An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit this year."
While the New York Times may not have expected this, there is nothing unprecedented about lower tax rates leading to higher tax revenues, despite automatic assumptions by many in the media and elsewhere that tax rates and tax revenues automatically move in the same direction. They do not.
The Congressional Budget Office has been embarrassed repeatedly by making projections based on the assumption that tax revenues and tax rates move in the same direction.
This has happened as recently as the George W. Bush administration and as far back as the Reagan administration. Moreover, tax revenues went up when tax rates went down, as far back as the Coolidge administration, before there was a Congressional Budget Office to make false predictions.
The bottom line is that Barack Obama's blaming increased budget deficits on the Bush tax cuts is demonstrably false. What caused the decreasing budget deficits after the Bush tax cuts to suddenly reverse and start increasing was the mortgage crisis. The deficit increased in 2008, followed by a huge increase in 2009.
So it is sheer hogwash that "tax cuts for the rich" caused the government to lose tax revenues. The government gained tax revenues, not lost them. Moreover, "the rich" paid a larger amount of taxes, and a larger share of all taxes, after the tax rates were cut.
That is because people change their economic behavior when tax rates are changed, contrary to what the Congressional Budget Office and others seem to assume, and this can stimulate the economy more than a government "stimulus" has done under either Bush or Obama.
Yet there is no need to assume that Barack Obama is mistaken about the way to get the economy out of the doldrums. His top priority has always been increasing the size and scope of government. If that means sacrificing the economy or the truth, that is no deterrent to Obama. That is why he is willing to play chicken with Republicans along the fiscal cliff.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His Web site is: www.tsowell.com.
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Some Highlights from Major BrandsChina International Fashion Week is something of a misnomer, since the brands on show, the media, and the spectators are over 95 per cent Chinese.
Still, China alone is a market so huge and rapidly growing that making it there often means you don't need to make it anywhere else.
The biggest brands at this Fashion Week are mostly not known to outside China, but on the Mainland they are very successful, commercially at least. They may not be the most innovative, no where are the most widely worn brands the avantgarde ones, but they are definitely growing fast and gaining more attention.
Many of the themes and designs seem derivative, but the production level of the shows and clothes did seem on a nearly international level of quality – perhaps for he first time in the history of China fashion weeks.
Opening the week, Notting Hill really is named after and inspired by the Hugh Grant movie, though it is hard to see how. They collaborated with an artist to create a 3D effect show that had local media going gaga. The clothes were undeniably wearable and displayed a formal sensibility often absent from the runways of Chinese designers. Most of the outfits could be comfortably worn for a night out in Paris or London, though, ironically, they may be too much for Beijing. After the show the star studded audience was most enamored with the carefully controlled shocks of pink, notable in a sea of gray and black. The highlight might have been the little girl in the same pink who came out toward the end, suggesting that the chiseled dandies on the runway might have a soft side, though her own stern face suggested she would be quick to stomp any weakness.
Probably Mainland China's most famous designer, Frankie Xie brought us a very 80s, rather Madonna themed show. Much of it was a bit too risque for comfort, though I think it was aimed mainly at sexy risk takers in the 35 over category. The gowns were probably the highlight. In 2006, he was the first Mainland Chinese designer to show his collections at Paris fashion week.
Menswear specialist Cabeen has hundreds of boutiques throughout the second tier cities of China selling clothes of dubious quality and often obnoxious design. Cabeen is like a cheap version of D&G geared to meet the tastes of hoodlums in some Asian version of Blade Runner. Low end hair dressers love this stuff. This show, however, showed products with an entirely different level of quality and finish. One expects runways to outdo the racks, but the gap for Cabeen was truly canyon like. The designers here did well reinterpreting some of the best plays with proportion and fur trimmed coats from recent shows in Paris and Milan.
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Reggie Nelson, Alan Branch and Tyler Jefferson helped lead the Apaches to a 24-6 record and a Region XIV semifinal berth in 2009.
Nelson, a 6-foot-1 guard, averaged 20.5 points during the Region XIV tournament while the 6-foot-6 Jefferson averaged 11.8 points and 6.3 rebounds at forward.
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Former U.S. Marine Sergeant Derek Coy says he still struggles "both mentally and physically, with the toll it took on me and countless others do as well."
Derek Coy hails from Baytown, Texas, and could be a poster child for American veterans of the war in Iraq as they look back and ask: "Was it all worth it?"
A former U.S. Marine sergeant based in the volatile Anbar province at the height of the conflict, Coy is proud of his service and believes the "invaluable tools" he gained as a Marine will ultimately help him succeed in life.
But seven years since he left Iraq, he's fighting a different battle — against anxiety, depression and emotional numbness — the effects of post-traumatic stress.
March 19, 2008: Speaking on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, President George W. Bush said that while the costs had been high, "this is a fight America can, and must win."
"I still struggle, both mentally and physically, with the toll it took on me and countless others do as well," he said.
Tuesday will mark 10 years since the "shock and awe" invasion and more than a year since the last company of U.S. troops left Iraq. But only about 4 in 10 Americans who fought there — according to a Pew Research Center poll — believe the reasons for going to war justified the loss in blood and treasure.
Almost 4,500 U.S. troops were killed and more than 32,000 wounded, including thousands with critical brain and spinal injuries. Estimates of the number of Iraqi civilian fatalities are staggering, ranging from 100,000 to 600,000.
The monetary cost could exceed $3 trillion.
While the war in Iraq has ended, the sacrifice for vets continues back in a civilian world they often find "foreign" and isolating.
Ann Weeby, a native of Boyne City, Michigan, was deployed at the beginning of the war, attached to the 101st Airborne under then-Major General David Petraeus , in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul.
The pain of the burning and the screams of his family are the memories Ali Abbas carries from the Iraq War. Then, as a 12 year old boy injured by the U.S. missile that killed his family, Ali's plight moved the world. Â ITV's Paul Davies reports.Â
"Our goal was to find weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein," she said.
"After WMDs were not found and Saddam was captured, I didn't expect [such a] prolonged U.S. military presence in Iraq," she added.
As the only person her family and friends know who fought in the war, Weeby tries to educate them about the scourges of depression and suicide that U.S. vets face after Iraq.
"American troops are suffering, and in some cases dying, because a Veterans Affairs' claims backlog is preventing them from getting [mental] health care. Twenty-two U.S. veterans commit suicide every day!" Weeby said, citing a troubling statistic recently published by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Ann Weeby, who was attached to the 101st Airborne, went in to look for WMDs and Saddam Hussein. "I didn't expect [such a] prolonged U.S. military presence in Iraq," she said.
'The cost was high'
When Leon Panetta, then secretary of defense, addressed U.S. troops in Baghdad before they pulled out of Iraq, he argued that their core mission had been accomplished.
"To be sure, the cost was high," he said. "But those lives were not lost in vain. They gave birth to an independent, free, and sovereign Iraq."
Today, however, Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, heads what looks more like an authoritarian regime, propped up by a coercive secret service.
Toby Dodge, an analyst at U.K.-based think tank Chatham House, claimed Iraq had morphed into a pro-Iran police state, where Sunni gunmen and al Qaeda's suicide bombers seem to strike at will, killing hundreds each week.
His conclusion: 10 years after regime change in Iraq, little has changed.
"The lives of ordinary Iraqis, in terms of the relationship to their state and their economy, are comparable to the situation they faced in the country before regime change," he said in a report written for Chatham House.
Many Iraq War veterans admit they were fighting more for their battle buddies than for any "island of democracy" in the Arab world.
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Robert Contreras, who had two tours of duty in Iraq, returned to California to finish a college degree, where he has struggled to relate to other students. "The most common question I get … is if I've ever killed someone," he said.
Robert Contreras, from Sylmar, California, left the military after 10 years in the Navy, including two tours of duty in Iraq, and returned to California to finish a college degree.
"Personally, I was not there fighting for Iraq," he said when asked if the war was won or lost.
"I was there to protect those who served alongside me to the best of my abilities," he said.
He's struggled to relate to his student peers who know little about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The most common question I get … is if I've ever killed someone," he said.
Contreras also developed symptoms of PTSD. "I was anxious in crowded places and unable to feel at ease anywhere but at home."
Veterans like Weeby and Coy have found a therapeutic way to generate positives from their Iraq War experiences — and better deal with some of the nagging uncertainties about Iraq's future: They've reached out to their fellow vets.
Weeby is an outspoken advocate for San Francisco Bay Area veterans, while Coy is an associate at the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, or IAVA, the first and largest non-profit group representing U.S. vets from those wars.
Both are currently in Washington, D.C., part of the "Storm the Hill" offensive, pressuring Congress to address key veterans' issues, like 9.4 percent unemployment and a bottle-necked health-care program.
NBC News' Kerry Sanders and Mike Taibbi, along with Kimberly Dozier of the Associated Press, reflect on their experiences on the ground in Iraq 10 years ago.
"Coming home with a renewed appreciation for my life and freedoms, I've committed my career to helping others," reflected Weeby.
U.S. military commanders would argue that the war in Iraq brought important changes there: Iraqis are better off without Saddam Hussein and have at least gained a fledgling democracy and national elections.
But 10 years since "shock and awe" was supposed to clear the path for a liberated Iraq and a "forward strategy of freedom" that would sweep across the Middle East, Iraqis are instead falling victim to wave upon wave of sectarian violence.
And many of their American "liberators" are fighting for their own survival — back home.
Jim Maceda has covered Iraq since the 1980s.
Concern grows about military suicides spreading within families
The enemy within: Soldier suicides outpaced combat deaths in 2012
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As we enter our fifth year in the so-called war on terror, we have reacted to the 9/11 attacks about as destructively to our deeply held principles as the terrorists could have hoped.
If Osama bin Laden and his ilk wanted to destroy our way of life, as President Bush repeatedly claims, we are helping them succeed in ways the terrorists could never accomplish. We, and we alone, are in danger of changing our national character.
Not to minimize the deaths on Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists would have to pull off a World Trade Center attack each and every month to equal the number of traffic fatalities in this country. At this point, terrorists do not have the capability to seriously harm us.
There is a precedence, noted by James Fallows in a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly. Before World War I, anarchists were feared and loathed. They were considered a worldwide threat to the way of life at the time.
Like the terrorists of today, anarchists could not seriously harm those mighty empires. Left to their own devices, neither terrorists nor anarchists can take over any country; their isolated, small attacks cannot harm the economy; their hatred does not seriously threaten our way of life.
An anarchist's assassination of a head of state sparked the destruction of those 1914 societies, but only because the countries destroyed themselves. We are doing much the same, in small ways and large.
Physical and mental torture is illegal and immoral, and our overly harsh interrogation techniques are definitely borderline. It should come as no surprise that, given the uncertain circumstances of the conflict, many prisoners are innocent people who were turned in for revenge or who were caught up in the fog of war.
At the very least, we have held for years in isolation innocent people who have no chance to clear themselves. In this area alone, but in others as well, we have become what we loath.
Through various provisions in the Patriot Act, plus incursions on our liberties both large and small, we threaten to change our national character. Free, liberty-loving Americans are becoming less free, more suspicious of their neighbors, more willing to let government control us, all to fight enemies who, on their own accord, could never seriously harm us.
We are doing terrorists' work for them.


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Managers of the Year: Francona and HurdleBy MIKE FITZPATRICK
the associated press | November 13,2013NEW YORK Terry Francona of the Cleveland Indians has won the AL Manager of the Year award in a close vote, and Clint Hurdle of the Pittsburgh Pirates is a runaway winner in the National League after both guided small-budget teams to charming turnarounds.
Francona edged John Farrell of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox by 16 points in Baseball Writers Association of America balloting announced Tuesday. Francona received 16 of 30 first-place votes to 12 for Farrell.
It was the first Manager of the Year honor for Francona, who led the Red Sox to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007. Voting is conducted before the postseason.
Hurdle was selected first on 25 of 30 NL ballots after steering the Pirates to the playoffs in their first winning season since 1992.
Rookies of the Year: Fernandez and Myers
NEW YORK Jose Fernandez arrived early. Wil Myers made it big after a blockbuster trade.
Neither one needed much time to create a splash, and together they brought both Rookie of the Year awards back to Florida.
Fernandez stood out in a very deep National League class this season, and the precocious Miami Marlins pitcher received 26 of 30 first-place votes from a Baseball Writers Association of America panel in results announced Monday.
Myers won the American League prize after the Tampa Bay slugger put up impressive offensive numbers in barely half a season. The right fielder was chosen first on 23 of 30 ballots, beating out Detroit shortstop Jose Iglesias and Rays teammate Chris Archer.
Honestly, when I was called up that didnt even cross my mind. As the season went on I could see I would have a chance, Myers said on a conference call from his North Carolina home. To be able to win is just a huge honor and Im very excited about it.
The two announcements marked the beginning of awards week in baseball. The Cy Young winners Wednesday and MVPs on Thursday.
Myers became the third Tampa Bay player in six years to be selected Rookie of the Year, joining Jeremy Hellickson (2011) and Evan Longoria (2008). Seated next to each other, Myers and Archer smiled and shook hands when the winner was revealed on MLB Network.
Fernandez easily topped runner-up Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers as Cuban players ran 1-2 in the NL race. The only previous Rookie of the Year winners from Cuba came in the AL: Jose Canseco in 1986 and Tony Oliva in 1964.
It means a lot just to be compared to those guys, Fernandez said. Im not sure I was even born when those guys were playing. But for sure I heard the names before. ... All the kids in Cuba play baseball.
Puig received the other four first-place votes and amassed 95 points to 142 for Fernandez, who made the All-Star team at age 20. He went 12-6 with a 2.19 ERA and 187 strikeouts for a last-place club that finished 62-100.
Fernandez was shut down in September after 172 2-3 innings to protect his precious arm. Still, his debut season was so superb that hes one of three finalists for the NL Cy Young Award though Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is a heavy favorite.
Fernandez already has one big prize, however, and he hugged his mother and grandmother when he won.
He came to the United States by boat as a Cuban refugee in 2008, apparently rescuing his mom along the way. Drafted 14th overall in 2011 out of high school in Tampa, Fla., he had never pitched above Class A before this season. Fernandez was ticketed for Double-A Jacksonville at the end of spring training when injuries left two holes in Miamis rotation.
Fernandez became an unexpected addition to the roster, making him the youngest pitcher on a major league team on opening day.
I wasnt planning on being in the big leagues, he said.
The surprises havent stopped on and off the mound.
One day before winning the rookie award, a shocked Fernandez was reunited with his grandmother in Florida with help from team owner Jeffrey Loria.
Out of nowhere, the pitcher said. I have no idea how it happened.
Now, she can visit for a few years and see him play in the majors.
Pretty excited about that, Fernandez said.
After the Marlins dumped nearly all their high-priced stars last winter, Fernandez was a rare bright spot this season. The right-hander became the fourth Marlins player in 11 years to win Rookie of the Year, following Chris Coghlan (2009), Hanley Ramirez (2006) and Dontrelle Willis (2003).
Im very happy that he won, Puig told MLB.com in comments circulated by the Dodgers. He worked really hard to achieve this and he pitched extremely well with Miami and he deserved this just as we deserved to be nominated. I am happy for him, that a Cuban won. Im happy his grandmother arrived and I hope he enjoys his time with his grandmother and enjoys the prize he won.
The 22-year-old Myers batted .293 with 13 home runs and 53 RBIs in only 88 games after he was called up from the minors June 18. He immediately added much-needed power to the middle of the Rays lineup, helping them reach the playoffs as an AL wild card.
Myers was rated one of baseballs best hitting prospects when he was traded from Kansas City to Tampa Bay last December in a seven-player deal that sent pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals.
There were some mixed feelings in leaving Kansas City, Myers acknowledged. I dont want to say they gave up on me. They made a move they thought would better their team and it did.
Worked out well for Tampa Bay, too.
The Rays were 36-33 before Myers arrived this season and went 56-38 the rest of the way. They won a tiebreaker at Texas for the final AL playoff berth and beat Cleveland in the wild-card game before getting eliminated by World Series champion Boston in the division series.
Myers finished with 131 points in the balloting to 80 for the slick-fielding Iglesias, traded from the Red Sox to the Tigers just before the deadline in late July. Both teams ended up in the AL championship series.
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The investigation of widespread ballot shortages that plagued Oahu voters on Election Day is finished, but the thoroughness of the probe is now being brought into question.
The Elections Commission formed a two-member subcommittee to head up the inquiry, led by members Daniel Young and Zale Okazaki. However, during a Friday meeting it was revealed that Young and Okazaki had no staff, no budget and no professional help. Commission members are appointed by members of the state House and Senate, and receive no compensation for their work.
"The subcommittee on their own went and interviewed, as I mentioned (in the hearing), a number of people in the Office of Elections," said William Marston, chairman of the Elections Commission. "There was nobody hired from the outside."
West Oahu activist Carroll Cox and Marsha Joyner of the Hawaii Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition attended the meeting. Both raised pointed questions about the subcommittee's effectiveness.
"Surely, when you ask people to do an investigation (and) you don't give them staff and you don't give them money, then we have to question how the process worked," said Joyner.
Cox's questions focused on who Young and Okazaki interviewed, and what criteria they used to conduct the probe.
"What was the mission statement?" Cox asked. "Was it just a scavenger hunt, or was it specific?"
Young and Okazaki presented their findings behind closed doors in executive session, but Marston confirmed it was done orally, and no written document was presented.
Under Hawaii law, the commission can only present its findings to the public during the next scheduled hearing on Jan. 25. That's also when Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago may find out whether he gets to keep his job.
"There will be a number of decisions made, I'm sure," said Marston. "We will hopefully clean it all up at that time."
However, Young told Joyner a list of people who he and Okazaki interviewed, as well as what was said, may not be made public due to privacy issues.
"We're not trying to avoid your question, but we need to comply and follow the law the way it's spelled out," he said.
At least 51 polling sites on Oahu were either short of ballots, or ran completely out during the Nov. 6 general election. Nago has blamed the shortage on an incorrect formula, and said it wouldn't happen again.
"This is now a possible issue, and this is something that we will be checking to make sure there's no single point of failure," said Nago.
In November, Nago revealed that Lori Tomscyk, who was overseeing ballot operations on the Big Island during the general election, was relieved of her duties after she came up with the calculation on how many ballots to order.
When asked about his job security, Nago deflected the question, saying only that he was focused on planning elections slated for 2014.
Results of elections inquiry won't be revealed until Jan. 25
The investigation of widespread ballot shortages that plagued Oahu voters on Election Day is finished, but the thoroughness of the probe is now being brought into question.
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During an investor call in Japan late last night, Sony confirmed they are working on a "future platform." Although few hard details were revealed about the platofrm, this is the first official mention from Sony of these plans.
When discussing an increase in research and development costs over the last quarter, Sony's VP and CFO Masaru Kato said:
"For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life, but this is a platform business, so for the future platform – when we'll be introducing what product I cannot discuss that – but our development work is already under way, so the costs are incurred there."
Kato said whatever Sony is working on will have a different kind of launch than the PS3. The losses they have suffered on the PlayStation 3 had to do with the price of semiconductors versus retail prices. Sony has since created its own semiconductor facilities, and this mean it is "no longer thinkable to have a huge initial financial investment like that of the PS3," according to Kato.
It's hardly surprising that Sony is working on a new console -- that's the company's whole thing-- but Kato's comments seem at odds with recent statements from Sony head Kaz Hirai. Back in February, Kaz said, "A near-future PS4 or next-generation home console is not something that we are even debating now. That is to say, we are still concentrating fully upon the PS3. Right now, I appeal to you to think of the PS3 and NGP as a new, co-operative partnership."
Obviously, as soon as we know more about whatever Sony is cooking up, we'll tell you, but it might be a while -- we have no word on when we'll be hearing more.
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