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North Irwin, neighboring officials warn residents about snow, ice removal
The recent warmer temperatures and rain might have kept some North Irwin property owners from being fined for failing to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks.
But with several weeks of winter remaining and the return of sub-freezing temperatures in the forecast, borough officials are warning residents that fines of up to $300 a day will be issued to property owners who ignore the law.
"This is a public safety issue," Mayor Jim Douglas said. "People have been forced to walk in the streets because so many sidewalks are a mess, and that's dangerous."
Even after several days of temperatures that reached into the 40s, some sidewalks were still covered in dirty, crusted snow and ice.
Residents are required to clear snow within 12 hours "after the cessation of any snow, sleet or freezing rain," according to the borough's ordinance.
Before winter, a notice was placed on the sign at the bottom of First Street leading into the borough giving residents up to 48 hours to clear sidewalks.
The sign was recently updated with a "final warning" that residents will be fined if they fail to comply.
"I think the amount of time posted on the sign is more than generous," Douglas said. "So I'm going to ask the police to start mailing out citations."
Borough manager Adele Nehas said snow and ice covered "about half" of the sidewalks in the borough after the spate of frigid weather and snowfall earlier in the month.
"We had a number of complaints from residents, including parents whose children slipped while walking to catch their school bus," she said. "It's a real problem."
Nehas said the borough will try to assist people who cannot shovel snow.
"We understand that it can be difficult for some people to go out and shovel," she said. "So if they have a legitimate hardship, we'll try to get somebody to help. But ultimately, it's one of the responsibilities of being a property owner."
Irwin manager Mary Benko said the borough also has a snow removal ordinance.
"People have to clear their walks within 10 hours after it stops snowing," she said. "But if the snow ends after 6 p.m., we give them until 10 a.m. the following day to do it."
"We've had occasions in the past where we had to place a notice in somebody's door to remind them, but I don't recall that we've had to issue citations."
Most residents comply, she said.
Irwin residents face a $600 fine if they are convicted of violating the borough's snow removal ordinance, Benko said.
"If they can't shovel, then it's up to them to find somebody to do the job," she said. "It's the responsibility of the homeowner."
Benko said she was not aware of any agencies or organizations available to help people who are physically unable to shovel their own sidewalks.
"Family members and neighbors usually know who needs help, so hopefully they are stepping up to do it," she said. "If we ever get a call about somebody who doesn't have someone to shovel, we suggest that they contact one of the local churches to see if they assist."
North Huntingdon
While North Huntingdon does not have a specific ordinance dictating how long residents have to clear snow from their properties, it is covered by other laws, said Joshua Andrykovitch, the township's code enforcement officer.
"Our property maintenance ordinances requires that all sidewalks, walkways, stairs, driveways and parking spots be kept in a proper state of repair and maintained free from hazardous conditions," he said.
"A lot of our streets don't have sidewalks, so it's not really been an issue," Andrykovitch said.
A North Huntingdon woman died after reportedly shoveling snow near her Herold Drive home on Feb. 14. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office ruled her death natural. Township manager John Shepherd said anyone who needs help should call, although the municipality does not grant exceptions for those who are unable to shovel.
"We hope that neighbors are helping others who can't do it themselves," Shepherd said. "But if that's not possible and we get a call about someone unable to shovel, we would contact local social services agencies to see if they can help in some way."

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Heart disease is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in this country.1 Among the medical conditions with the highest rates of rehospitalization within 30 days of discharge, heart failure leads the way.2 Approximately 5.7 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with heart failure.1 The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association (ACCF/AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines has issued valuable guidance for heart failure management.3
Healthcare Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act seeks to, among other things, reduce healthcare costs by improving the management of chronic disease.4 Chronic diseases are a leading cause of disability and death in the United States.5 Effective post-discharge follow-up care can reduce readmission rates for chronic diseases such as heart disease.6 Specifically, research shows that telehealth services can reduce healthcare costs, including those generated by unplanned hospital admissions and emergency department visits.7
Technology Innovation
Telehealth is one innovation that can decrease hospitalizations.8 The ability to frequently monitor vital signs and symptoms of chronic diseases via telehealth equipment, instead of only during periodic office visits or home health visits, allows for early detection of the worsening of chronic diseases, paving the way for earlier interventions.9 Armed with guidelines for heart failure management that outline specific actions based on evidence-base practice research,3 nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses can play a key role in overall management of this disease.
According to the ACCF/AHA heart failure guidelines, key provider activities prior to discharge include: medication reconciliation, initiation of oral therapies such as angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers and beta-blocker therapy, and comprehensive written discharge instructions. Guidelines further emphasize that post-discharge systems of care, such as telecommunication, should be used to facilitate the transition to effective outpatient care.3
Research Analysis
We performed a literature search on the subject of telehealth, using the search terms "heart failure," "prevention of readmission," "telehealth," "telemonitoring," "telecommunications," "telehomecare" and "home monitoring." We searched for studies published between 2004 and 2012 and included the medical databases CINAHL, Cochrane Library and Medline. Consistently, search results yielded studies supporting the development and implementation of post-acute care chronic disease management using telehealth. Evidence-based practice studies such as systematic reviews of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs), single RCTs, single correlational/observational studies and a single nonrandomized trial were found.
In general, this research indicates a trend in care delivery outcomes improvement in which the delivery of post-acute care disease management interventions and patient teaching make a difference. For example, a Level 1a systematic review of RCTs by Clark et al, published in 2011, found that remote monitoring programs reduced the rate of readmission by 21% for patients with heart failure.10 Of the six trials reviewed, three reported significant quality-of -life benefits10-12 and four reported cost reductions.10,11,13,14 The Level 1a systematic review of RCTs by Inglis et al, published in 2010, determined that telemonitoring reduced all-cause mortality when structured telephone support and telemonitoring were provided.11 In another telehealth study, significantly more visits to the emergency department were noted in a control group than in the telehealth intervention group,15 and another study found that for patients with heart failure on a 60-day telehealth program, readmissions were 13.3% less than for those receiving routine home care.16
Program for Heart Failure Management
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, has been steadily working to identify needs, develop ideas and research and implement programs to combat hospital readmissions. Of the more than 700 beds at this hospital, 100 are dedicated to patients with heart disease. The institution recognized a serious need and in 2007 developed a heart failure (HF) readmission task force to develop recommendations to help meet the needs of patients diagnosed with heart failure.
The task force was comprised of physicians on the medical staff, nurses, educators, managers, directors, and administrators. As areas of concern were identified, ideas were discussed and debated, which led to evidenced-based research policies and programs. The new policies and programs implemented by the HF task force included:
-medication reconciliation and education provided by pharmacists at the time of admission
-continuation and reinforcement of medication education by nursing staff throughout hospitalization and at the time of discharge
-HF treatment team rounding (pharmacist, unit manager, cardiovascular center director, social worker, case manager, and designated hospitalist)
-HF classes taught by designated cardiovascular education specialists and cardiovascular clinical nurse specialists
-follow-up telephone calls by a designated cardiovascular nurse after discharge.
The most recent effort to assist in decreasing rehospitalization of HF patients was the opening of an outpatient clinic. The clinic opened in June 2012 and has been directed by a nurse practitioner. The initial statistics for the clinic are promising. Of the 190 appointments scheduled at the time of discharge from the acute care setting, 136 patients kept their appointments (72%). Equally as impressive was the associated decrease in HF readmission rates. In May 2012, the readmission rate was 19.3%; in June, July and August, rates were 10.7%, 12.5% and 12.0%.
Today, the nurse practitioner-based clinic, which remains a vital part of the organization's approach to heart failure management, continues with positive outcomes. Of 522 discharged patients, 339 kept their clinic appointments (65%). In terms of 2013 HF readmission rates, from October 2012 through March 2013, the hospital recorded a 30-day monthly readmission rate ranging from a 8.9% to 17.4%. These rates are still substantially below the 2004 national average of 19.6%.1
Post-Acute Care
Teaching post-acute care to acute care professionals requires three main components. The first is teaching an alternative method of assessing patients, via telehealth equipment instead of in person.17 The second is developing excellent communications skills, which strengthen patient rapport and serves as the main avenue for data collection. The final component is teaching protocols for when to intervene with referrals, education, prescriptions or other treatment.
Post-acute providers must have excellent assessment skills to detect worsening of HF, thus leading to early intervention. Assessing patients via telehealth monitoring can be challenging because it is different from how data is traditionally gathered and interpreted. This type of monitoring requires both subjective and objective data.18 A clinician with experience in telehealth requires minimal technical assistance or support to accomplish subjective and objective patient monitoring.19
In telehealth, the provider's ability to communicate effectively with the patient can ultimately affect the health and life of the patient being served; excellent communication skills are of utmost importance.17 Telehealth professionals must develop appropriate attitude, voice quality, motivational interviewing and communication etiquette.17
Attitude and etiquette lay the foundation for how the provider is perceived by the patient. Conveying a caring attitude is essential in telehealth because the patient will immediately judge whether or not this trait is present and whether he or she can trust the provider to meet personal needs.17
One aspect affecting a patient's perception of attitude is the quality of the provider's voice, particularly tone, volume, clarity and speed. Etiquette involves the prompt answering of calls, questions and concerns.17 Since the patient may not be able to see the provider or his/her expressions and gestures, the provider's voice quality, as well as attitude and etiquette, influence the provider-patient relationship.17
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Communication techniques necessary for effective telecommunication are listening skills, interviewing techniques, effective closure of the encounter, and as noted, motivational interviewing.17 Motivational interviewing is a key technique to master in dealing with patients who have chronic diseases. HF can be difficult to manage, and most patients require lifestyle changes. Adherence to medication regimens, along with smoking cessation, sodium and fluid intake restriction, weight management, dietary and alcohol limits, exercise and stress reduction, are critical lifestyle changes that require support and close follow-up.20 Simply instructing a patient to change problematic behaviors is often ineffective, and patient adherence to self-care regimens is usually less than optimal.17 To enhance patient adherence, motivational interviewing can build a collaborative and supportive relationship that empowers the patient's conviction, confidence and readiness to change.21
The last component of a transition to post-acute care is educating providers about the appropriate care protocols to follow with the information and data they collect from patients. The protocol may necessitate a referral, scheduling of an appointment, more education, or a specific intervention such as a change in medication. Symptoms such as dyspnea, orthopnea, peripheral edema, fatigue or an increase in weight suggest a worsening of HF.22 These symptoms require prompt attention and accurate intervention.22
Conclusions and Recommendations
Heart failure is a serious medical condition affecting more than 5 million people in the United States.1 It is a chronic illness that requires a comprehensive approach to management. Our discussion here outlines how one acute care facility created a task force to develop protocols and programs that have positively affected readmission rates and improved patient care and satisfaction.
1. CDC. Chronic disease prevention and health promotion. http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm
2. Jencks SF, et al. Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. N Engl J Med. 2009;360(14):1418-1428.
3. Jessup M, et al. 2009 focused update: ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association task force on practice guidelines: developed in collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Circulation. 2009;119(14):1977-2016.
4. USDHHS. What's changing and when. http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline
5. World Health Organization. Health topics: Chronic diseases. www.who.int/topics/chronic_diseases/en/
6. Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. Reducing hospital readmissions. http://www.chqpr.org/readmissions.html
7. Suter P, et al. Theory-based telehealth and patient empowerment. Popul Health Manage. 2011;14(2):87-92.
8. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Telehealth. http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/about/telehealth/
9. Hein MA. Telemedicine: An Important Force in the Transformation of Healthcare. 2009. http://ita.doc.gov/td/health/telemedicine_2009.pdf
10. Clark RA, et al. Telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes for patients with chronic heart failure: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2007;334(7600):942-945.
11. Inglis SC, et al. Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programmes for patients with chronic heart failure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010;8:CD007228.
12. Seto E, et al. Mobile phone-based telemonitoring for heart failure management: A randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2012;14(1):e31.
13. Bowles KH, et al. Clinical effectiveness, access to, and satisfaction with care using a telehomecare substitution intervention: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Telemed Appl. 2011;2011:540138.
14. Venter A, et al. Results of a telehealth-enabled chronic care management service to support people with long-term conditions at home. J Telemed Telecare. 2012;18(3):172-175.
15. Gellis ZD, et al. Outcomes of a telehealth intervention for homebound older adults with heart or chronic respiratory failure: a randomized controlled trial. Gerontologist. 2012;52(4):541-552.
16. McManus SG. A telehealth program to reduce readmission rates among heart failure patients: One agency's experience. Home Health Care Manage Pract. 2004;16(4):250-254.
17. Espensen M. Communication techniques. In: Espensen M, ed. Telehealth Nursing Practice Essentials. Pitman, NJ: American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing; 2009:45-45-66.
18. Malcolm J, Arnold O. Heart failure. http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/heart_and_blood_vessel_disorders/heart_failure/heart_failure.html
19. Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council. The state of TeleMedicine and TeleHealth in Texas: A special report of the Texas Statewide Health Coordinating Council and recommendations for ensuring a strong Telemedicine/Telehealth system in Texas. 2002.
20. Mayo Clinic. Mayo clinic: Heart failure definition. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-failure/DS00061
21. Lobodzinski SS, Jadalla AA. Integrated heart failure telemonitoring system for homecare. Cardiol J. 2010;17(2):200-204.
22. Colucci WS. Patient information: Heart failure (beyond the basics). http://www.uptodate.com/contents/heart-failure-beyond-the-basics
Mari Tietze is a nurse informaticist who is an associate professor at Texas Woman's University in Dallas. Mary Reeves, Dona Horton and Rebecca Wolfe graduated from the family nurse practitioner program at Texas Woman's University in May 2013.
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Fall Festival Week is here and the activities are many. I hope you take advantage of all that is being offered. Tuesday was Senior Citizen Day at the Civic Center and they had many activities there for everyone to enjoy. The stew contest is on Saturday. We hope to be able to help out at the Meal-A-Day site. We have never helped and are very excited about this opportunity. If anyone from Brashear is participating in the contest, please let me know and I will make sure to check out your stew. Also, please stop by the Meal-A-Day site to say hello.
We want to express our condolences to Mary Jo Rogers and her family on the death of her brother, who passed this week.
Last week, I made an error in my reporting. Mrs. Sammie Wright Carnes had called inquiring about Lorene Stone and I misunderstood. I have now put her on the right track. Again, I sincerely apologize.
I heard from Gary Odom, who the man responsible for Rockdale Cemetery. If you have any question about this ceremony, please get in contact with Gary.
If someone could contact me with news on the Divide Baptist Church, I will be happy to put their news and information in the Brashear News.
Brother David Burns of the Brashear Baptist Church gave me the information on their upcoming revival. It will run from Sunday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. through Wednesday, Sept. 23. Monday through Wednesday night services will begin at 7 p.m. Brother Jim Everidge, evangelist, will be our main speaker, and "Higher Trails" gospel group will be doing the music. Everyone is invited. A nursery will be provided.
Birthdays for this week are: Tyler Childers and Allison Burns, 9/17; and Tyler Darrow 9/22.
Don't forget the Senior Expo on Oct. 13, at New Beginnings Fellowship Church from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be free health screenings and information about cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose checks, health/weight, home health equipment and a lot more. Flu shots will be available, and we all want to make sure we get our vaccines with the influenza being so bad this year.
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When you take your first ride on a sixty-plus mile an hour center console fishing boat, the exhilaration of the speed and spray is overwhelming. Sixty-plus on the ever-moving platform formed by the constantly changing ocean can be breathtaking. Your senses fight to keep pace with the rapid-fire input from the moving and changing surroundings. You fight for balance, stability and question your common sense. The actual performance of the vessel is masked by the emotion and commotion created by the seas and speed. After multiple excursions through the breakwaters, the boat's personality begins to surface. Changing seas and conditions reveal the strengths and weaknesses of various hulls.
Speed and stability are often conflicting design issues. Boat builders consider it important to reach that magical top end in order to attract buyers. "Faster is better" becomes the boat buyer's mantra. Horsepower defines performance and graphics equal branding. Deals are made based upon near shore sea trials and credit checks. Bingo, you won the boat of your dreams with a twelve-year payment schedule. Unfortunately, you have just learned the meaning of "Boat Show Special". And the "US1" warranty.
The "Best in Show" NASCAR fishing platform not only "rocks the world", but shakes, rattles and rolls. Light and fast are not the only qualities you need when you are caught in eight to ten foot seas forty-five miles from the nearest inlet.
The ability to return to the dock in rougher-than-expected seas requires a vessel whose design addresses not just speed, but also durability and stability.
Hard work and the ability to adapt new and improved materials and techniques are the qualities that have allowed Island Runner to steadily grow presence in the center console offshore class.
Two decades of freethinking and "no-guts-no-glory" improvements have created a high performance Island Runner seen in offshore tournaments today. High speed has been coupled to stability and soundness through subtle yet substantial design and materials changes.
The 31 model sports an 8'6" beam. This formula for speed incorporates a sixty-degree re-entry forefoot that cleaves the waves in even the most broken seas. But the most noticeable difference is the rock-solid feel, as this boat takes the waves.
A total lack of shudder or rattle in six-foot seas impressed me on a recent sea trial.
Upon returning to the fabrication shop, the reasons for these performance improvements become evident. The hand-layed, non-production hull starts with a best-materials, best-practices mindset. Post gel coat, the entire outer shell to the foam core is vinylester resin with knitted fiberglass, as opposed to the single layer found in most boats boasting vinylester fabrication. The core cell foam is vacuum bagged into place with adhesive putty and overlaid with a knitted fiberglass. The rakes in the inner hull are filled with adhesive putty to form a smooth, void-free and consistent surface. A pre-molded stringer system, complete with rigging chases and tank supports, is bonded to this structurally sound outer hull. The inner liner with full freeboard is bonded to the hull and through-fastened and bonded to the inner liner. The final outcome is a one-piece boat that rides and handles better than equivalent custom/production vessels in its class.
The console is well laid out, with plenty of vertical space for flush-mounting electronics. The interior space offers a full six feet of headroom and includes a shower, sink, head and plenty of storage. Batteries and switches are mounted behind a bulkhead panel inside the console.
The front of the console incorporates a built-in seat/110-quart cooler combination with a very slick design. The lid is split 60-40 with hinges on the ends, rather than along the back edge of the lid. This allows you to access the cooler without raising the entire seat. It makes a lot of sense.
In the floor, just forward of the console, is a huge dry-storage bin that can hold buckets, nets and lifejackets. Forward of that, set into the raised casting platform, are a pair of matching storage areas—one for dry storage and the other an insulated 380-quart fishbox that drains overboard. In the bow deck, the anchor locker features a vertical standpipe slotted to hold a Danforth-style anchor. Cleats and bow lights are all pop-up, and all latches are flush-fitting Gemlux electropolished stainless. The bow deck provides plenty of space for throwing a castnet.
A fishing boat that travels or a traveling boat that fishes—take your pick. The Island Runner 31 handles either job with ease.
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El Segundo, Calif. • Gordon Hayward has been on the floor more than any other Utah Jazz player so far this preseason, but he's only passed the 30-minute mark once so far.
Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter are the only other Jazz players to have done so.
Jazz coach Ty Corbin says he doesn't want his starters playing "extended minutes" tonight against the Lakers, in the first half of a back-to-back in Los Angeles, but Corbin says he will he will "tighten up" his rotations.
"I need to get them more into a game rotation," he said after shootaround today.
Corbin let his starting five play the entire first quarter Sunday night in Oklahoma City (although the coach did have two subs at the scorer's table waiting to check in). Instead of letting Hayward and company play 12-minute stretches, Corbin said he'll cut it back to 8- to 10-minute stretches, allowing him to get that starting unit back on the floor sooner.
Corbin also said rotations "may be a little different with a couple of our elder statesmen" with a game against the Clippers tomorrow night.
Buzzer beater
Point guard John Lucas III was one of the last players on the bus after shootaround. The reason: he was finishing a game of one-on-one against player development coach Johnnie Bryant. Lucas narrowly Bryant with a crossover and a layup that wowed free agent point guard Scott Machado. There was some disagreement between the player and coach over whether Lucas was letting Bryant keep it close.
Injury update
Jeremy Evans had a big ice wrap on his strained shoulder today.
He did not participate in shootaround and is doubtful for tonight.
Rudy Gobert (shoulder), Mike Harris (ankle) and Scott Machado (abdomen) are all game-time decisions. Brandon Rush (knee), Marvin Williams (achilles) and Trey Burke (finger) remain out indefinitely.
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President Barack Obama says talks with Congressional leaders on Friday were "constructive" but if no agreement is reached in the Senate he will be push for his proposal to be voted on.
Speaking after the end of about an hour long meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, Obama told reporters that he was "modestly optimistic" an agreement would be reached. At a "bare minimum", he wants Congress to agree to not increase taxes on America's middle class, he said.
The president's offer is on renewing existing tax cuts for American households with income of up to $US250,000 a year, Bloomberg News reported earlier. That's the same offer he made on December 21.
Additionally, Obama is believed to have asked Congressional leaders what changes they will support, Bloomberg said, adding that the president is seeking a straight 'up or down vote' on his tax cut proposal if no counterproposal is made.
US stocks have closed lower for a fifth straight day on Friday, dropping 1 per cent and marking the S&P 500's longest losing streak in three months as the federal government edged closer to the "fiscal cliff" with no solution in sight.
Some in the market were resigned to Washington going beyond the New Year's Day deadline, as long as a serious agreement on deficit reduction comes out of the talks in early January.
"Regardless of whether the government resolves the issues now, any deal can easily be retroactive. We're not as concerned with January 1 as the market seems to be," said Richard Weiss, a Mountain View, California-based senior money manager at American Century Investments.
US stocks fell for a fifth straight day on Friday, dropping 1 per cent and marking the S&P 500's longest losing streak in three months as the federal government edged closer to the "fiscal cliff" with no solution in sight.
"I was stunned Obama didn't have another plan, and that's absolutely why we sold off," said Mike Shea, managing partner at Direct Access Partners LLC in New York. "He's going to force the House to come to him with something different. I think that's a surprise. The entire market is disappointed in a lack of leadership in Washington."
In a sign of investor anxiety, the CBOE Volatility Index , known as the VIX, jumped 16.69 per cent to 22.72, closing at its highest level since June. Wall Street's favourite fear barometer has risen for five straight weeks, surging more than 40 per cent over that time.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 158.20 points, or 1.21 per cent, to 12,938.11 at the close. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 15.67 points, or 1.11 per cent, to 1402.43. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 25.59 points, or 0.86 per cent, to end at 2960.31.
For the week, the Dow fell 1.9 per cent. The S&P 500 also lost 1.9 per cent for the week, marking its worst weekly performance since mid-November. The Nasdaq finished the week down 2 per cent. In contrast, the VIX jumped 22 per cent for the week.
Pessimism continued after the market closed, with stock futures indicating even steeper losses. S&P 500 futures dropped 26.7 points, or 1.9 per cent, eclipsing the decline seen in the regular session.
All 10 S&P 500 sectors fell during Friday's regular trading, with most posting declines of 1 per cent, but energy and material shares were among the weakest of the day, with both groups closely tied to the pace of growth.
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said Thursday he had held conversations with Obama, had expected a new proposal from the president that he would consider.
However, the White House spent much of Thursday stifling expectations for any new offer from Obama, beyond the limited fallback plan he outlined in vague terms on December 21, which would protect what he described as "middle class Americans" from the tax hikes, extend unemployment insurance and lay the "groundwork for further work" on deficit reduction and tax reform.
The major sticking point is Republican opposition to tax hikes on anyone, particularly in the absence of heavy cuts in spending for so-called entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the government-run health programs for senior citizens and the poor.
"The wealthy have got to kick in," said Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan Friday morning on CNN. "The tough part is in the House, where they have taken this very extreme position of protecting the wealthy at all costs."
"It's feeling very much to me like an optical meeting than a substantive meeting," said Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, noting that it was not a sign of urgency to set a meeting for mid-afternoon with a deadline just days away.
Contracts for US home resales hit a 2-1/2 year high in November and factory activity in the Midwest expanded this month, suggesting some strength in the economy despite the threat of tighter fiscal policy.
The National Association of Realtors said on Friday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed last month, increased 1.7 per cent to 106.4 - the highest level since April 2010 when the home-buyer tax credit expired.
Signed contracts, which become sales after a month or two, increased 5.0 per cent in October. November marked the third straight month of gains.
A separate report showed the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago business barometer rose to 51.6 in December from 50.4 in November. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the regional economy and the second straight month of growth was driven by a rebound in orders.
The reports suggested some of the growth momentum from the third quarter carried into the final three months of 2012, even as businesses and households braced for sharp cuts in government spending and higher taxes in the new year.
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CUMBRIA has been ranked among the worst counties in the country for early deaths.
New statistics show that in relation to premature death, the county is in the 'red zone'.
It ranked
* 80th in cancer treatment
* 77th in heart disease
* 70th in lung disease
* 48th out of 150 for liver disease.
Westmorland MP Tim Farron has now called for the county council and the NHS to 'meet the challenge of local healthcare'.
The new website from Public Health England shows 'serious disparities' in the number of early deaths between the north and south of England.
Local authorities are ranked using a traffic light system, with red for the worst areas for premature death and green for the best.
Mr Farron has long campaigned for radiotherapy services to be brought to Westmorland General and says he is working to bring better health services throughout South Lakeland.
He said: "We must work tirelessly to end these health inequalities – rural counties face very different health challenges and governments of all colours have failed to meet these.
'With an older than average population, we desperately need services that meet our needs – especially when it comes to cancer treatment.
'These statistics strongly back up the case that we need radiotherapy services at Westmorland General to build on the success we have had bringing chemotherapy to South Lakeland."
The news has alarmed those with health care responsibilities in the county, who say they are driving a number of initiatives to improve the situation.
Councillor Patricia Bell, Cumbria County Council's cabinet member for Public Health and Communities, said: "Tackling inequalities is critical to improving health across Cumbria.
''The county council is committed to working with local communities, the NHS and other partners to improve Cumbria's health.
"For example, the council now funds free health checks for everyone in Cumbria aged 40-74 years.
"These checks, which are available in GP practices and selected pharmacies, can provide an early warning of more serious health problems and help people manage their risks or avoid them altogether.'
She added: 'Free stop smoking services are also funded by the county council for anyone who wants help and support to quit. People who use the county's stop smoking services are four times more likely to successfully kick the habit than if they used willpower alone.
"The service is free and can be accessed by telephoning 01900-324222, texting QUIT to 82540 or through a local participating pharmacy."
Dr Rebecca Wagstaff, Cumbria County Council's Acting Director of Public Health, said: "It's a strange fact, but when we think about our health, more often than not we conjure up images of illness, hospitals, and the doctors and nurses who work in them.
"In actual fact, 80 per cent of what makes our lives longer and healthier happens well away from hospitals and other health services.
"Whether we smoke, drink to excess, eat too much, exercise too little and other lifestyle factors account for 40 per cent of our overall health.'
"The condition of the home we live in the job we do, our income and other parts of our life make up the rest.'


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What Do You Do When An Earthquake Strikes?
Nov. 13, 2013
Cal State Fullerton professor David Bowman's final installment of a "Living Textbook" on earthquakes. In the last two weeks, we've reviewed the hazards posed by earthquakes in Southern California. So what should I do once the shaking starts?
Most earthquake-related injuries are the results of building contents being tossed about during the event. The strongest motion in an earthquake generally occurs as sharp side-to-side motion in a nearly horizontal plane. Thus, the greatest hazard in most rooms is from heavy objects being flung off walls, shelves or desks. Unsecured computers and monitors may be flung off desks. Bookshelves that are not properly anchored to the wall may topple. Pictures may be knocked off walls.
This is the reason why all earthquake experts recommend that you should duck, cover and hold on in the event of a major earthquake. Read the full article online. Content is behind a paywall and may not be available without either a subscription or a small fee.


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Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The smuggling of weapons into areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority show that PA Chairman Yasser Arafat has chosen to escalate the level of violence, Israeli security experts said on Tuesday.
Arafat apparently has chosen a path likely to lead to an Arab-Israeli war, one analyst said.
Israel revealed late Monday that its navy had intercepted a Lebanese vessel laden with weapons destined for the PA-controlled Gaza Strip.
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said it was not just the quantity of the weapons that was cause for concern, but also the type.
The cache, neatly packed in waterproof containers, included 107 mm Katyusha rockets with a range of about five miles, SA-7 Strella anti-aircraft missiles with a 2.5 mile range, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, anti-tank grenades, two 60mm mortars and 98 mortar shells, landmines, Kalashnikov assault rifles, and some 13,000 rounds of ammunition.
Having access to such weapons would enable the Palestinians to launch attacks on most major Israeli population centers, and even threaten to bring down military and civilian aircraft landing at Israel's main airport near Tel Aviv.
There was no immediate indication whether the weapons were being shipped directly to the PA itself or to other militants in the area. But Israel Navy Commander Yedidiah Ya'ari said they had probably been sent by the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.
PFLP-GC leader Ahmed Jibril said on Tuesday this was not the first time his group had smuggled weapons to the Palestinians and would not be the last. However, he did not say whether or not the PA was involved.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday that the crew of the vessel, the San Torini, had apparently already succeeded in smuggling weapons to PA areas three times in the past.
PA officials have denied that the weapons were being sent to them. But analysts say that since the militant Palestinian organizations are working together in the uprising, the PA will undoubtedly use the weapons in the end.
Col. Moshe Hager, a reserve commander in the Israeli Army, said in a telephone interview that the PA is already using ammunition and weapons that have been smuggled into the Gaza Strip.
According to Oslo Accord agreements signed between Israel and the PA, the number of PA policemen, vehicles, rifles and pistols allowed to maintain internal security was clearly delineated.
The original agreement allowed for up to some 12,000 policemen, and that amount was increased by several thousand in successive accords. But today there are an estimated 30-50,000 Palestinian "policemen," including members of such agencies as military intelligence and general intelligence, none of which were allowed under Oslo.
Hager charged that the Palestinians had "decided to establish an army" since Israel began negotiating with them in 1993. From Israel's point of view, the end result of the negotiations would be the establishment of a de-militarized Palestinian entity neighboring Israel.
Hager warned that if the PA completes a port near Gaza, "they will bring in tanks and missiles."
The PA already has an airport in Gaza, which Israel has closed down periodically during the last few months because of security concerns. Work has also begun on construction of a seaport.
Provoking Israel into retaliation
Boaz Ganor of the International Policy Institute on Counter-Terrorism, north of Tel Aviv, said he believes the Palestinians have been smuggling in weapons since the establishment of the self-rule authority.
They had used many different channels, he claimed - a boat over the Dead Sea from Jordan, through tunnels from Egypt, vehicles of PA VIPs, and even in Arafat's personal helicopter.
But Ganor said the shipment now seized were of a different order, much more advanced than anything used by the Palestinians up to now.
"Using this kind [represents] the ultimate escalation," Ganor said. Katyusha rockets, for instance, could be fired into most of Israel's large cities, forcing a powerful Israeli retaliation - possibly including the limited recapture of PA-controlled lands.
But even the U.S., Israel's most faithful ally in the current crisis, has made it clear that Israeli forays into PA areas are unacceptable.
Hager downplayed the idea of Israel retaking PA territories but suggested that Israel disarm the Palestinians before they have a chance to launch an all-out war on Israel. Taking away all of their guns would take "some years" he acknowledged, but said Israel "can do it."
Ganor envisages one of three possible scenarios developing. In the best case, Arafat would decide that he would not gain anything through the use of violence, having observed that what he had expected had not materialized - the Israeli public has not yet broken down emotionally over the number of casualties; the European Union has not supported him; the Arab nations have not backed him beyond rhetoric: and the U.S. has not pressured Israel.
A second scenario could see Arafat decide to engage in a long war of attrition, aimed at eventually forcing outside involvement through the sending of international troops. This tactic has been unsuccessful up until now. The U.S. recently vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution to send an observer force to the PA territories.
In the worst case, Ganor said Arafat would carry out a major attack that would force Israel to retaliate, perhaps even re-conquering some of the Palestinian territories so as to establish wider buffers between Israeli population centers and positions from where the Palestinians could launch attacks. That Israeli retaliation would then prompt Arab nations to declare war on Israel.
Ganor said it would appear that Arafat had opted for the worst-case scenario.
The only way to stop the violence would be to apply pressure on Arafat, he said. But even the U.S. does not hold enough sway over Arafat, he added. Instead, pressure would have to come from more moderate Arab states such as Egypt and Jordan.


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Burglar alarm outift European Environmental Controls Ltd has lost the latest round in its battle with the Office of Fair Trading.
The history of this operation goes back to at least 2003, when Surrey Police said a pensioner was visited more than 20 times by EEC reps before being persuaded to spend £10,000.
EEC denies preying on the elderly but a tribunal has just ruled that the company:
*Repeatedly visits vulnerable customers;
*Does not make clear the reason for the visit:
*Sells unsuitable or unnecessary products;
*Stays in the homes of elderly consumers for an unreasonable amount of time;
*Installs products while a customer still has the right to cancel;
*Imposes unfair contract terms.
The tribunal ruled that the OFT was right to revoke EEC's consumer credit licence, used by the company to flog its alarm systems and fire equipment on credit. It said the company lacked a "moral barometer".
Although the tribunal accepted that EEC had changed the way it operates, it had to consider the company's history.
Ray Watson, Director of the OFT's Consumer Credit Group, said: "We welcome the Tribunal's judgment which confirms the OFT's decision to revoke EEC's licence. This decision sends an important message to companies that the OFT will not tolerate practices that could harm vulnerable consumers."
EEC is run by John Ball, 62, of Formby, Merseyside; Gillian Fox, 42, of Southport, Merseyside; John Honeyball, 37, also Southport; and Martin Mills, 43, of Norwich.
The company has the right to appeal the tribunal's decision on a point of law and its licence remains in force until the appeal process is exhausted.


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Kindergarten is a year of growing socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Your involvement, interest and enthusiasm will help make this a wonderful year for you and your child. It is my belief that a child's success is based on a cooperative parent/teacher relationship and a solid home to school connection. Therefore, if you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to working with you throughout the year.
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My name is Kelly Baars. I graduated in 2000 with my Bachelors in Elementary Education and in 2015 with my Masters in Early Childhood Education and Developmental Psychology. Since graduation, I have always taught Kindergarten – I love the little ones! Not only am I a teacher, but a parent as well. My husband and I have four children ages 1 – 13 that keep us on our toes. When I'm not at school, I enjoy spending time with them, reading as many books as I can and traveling different places.


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Medicare's Viability Extended to 2029 Following Health Overhaul, U.S. Says
Medicare will gain an extra 12 years of fiscal life as a result of the health law signed in March by President Barack Obama, a government report said, confirming the administration's claims about the value of the overhaul.
Medicare, the U.S. government's health plan for the elderly and disabled, will now run short of money in 2029 instead of 2017, according to the report issued today by the program's trustees, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
In 2009, Medicare covered 46.3 million beneficiaries and paid $502 billion in benefits, the report said. The health law cuts payments to medical providers under the Medicare program, reduces future spending and puts in place programs such as the "Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation," designed to develop future cost efficiencies.
The legislation "makes a very substantial improvement in our long-term fiscal position" Geithner said at a Washington news conference, one that is "much larger than anything we have considered, much less embraced."
A report issued by Medicare on Aug 2 predicted the overhaul may more than double the time before the program ran out of funds. Under the health law, $145 billion is scheduled to be saved over a decade as a result of payment cuts to Medicare Advantage while $205 billion in savings will come from as a result of lower payments to Medicare providers, according to an administration report released Monday.
Insurer Index Gains
The Standard & Poor's Managed Health Care Index of six insurers climbed $2.71 to $330.44 after the report's release.
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the private insurer administering the most Medicare plans, gained 20 cents to $33.11 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, and Humana Inc., the second- biggest Medicare insurer, was up 28 cents to $50. UnitedHealth, the biggest U.S. health plan by sales, is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and Humana in Louisville, Kentucky.
The report was prepared by the Office of the Actuary, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services. Last year's actuarial findings showed that the trust fund had eight years remaining and wouldn't be able to pay full benefits in 2017. Social Security, the retirement income program for people over 65, will run out of funds to pay full benefits in 2037, the same as in last year's trustees' report.
"Nearly all" of the 12-year increase in Medicare's longevity is attributed to the overhaul, according to a report summary by the administration.
Medicare spending has grown steadily since its creation in 1965, and is the third-largest federal outlay behind social security and defense. It is funded through a payroll tax, general tax revenue and beneficiary premiums
Aging Population
Medicare's finances still face long-term difficulties because of an aging population that will live longer and because of the increasing cost of medical care.
"The significant longer-term financial imbalances of the programs still need to be addressed," said the trustees in the report summary. "The sooner action is taken to address the long-run financial imbalances, the more reform options will be available, and the more time there will be to phase in changes so that those affected will have adequate time to prepare."
Options for funding Medicare that have been discussed in past years include cutting other programs or increasing taxes. Also, the program could raise the age at which Social Security and Medicare start providing benefits to most people from 65, or decrease the amount of those benefits.
"We're going to have to have a debate, and we can always hope it will be civil," Geithner said.
Bipartisan Committee
Obama has appointed a bipartisan commission to study the country's fiscal challenges and how to solve them. Their report is due Dec. 1.
"This administration looks forward to hearing the fiscal commission's recommendations so we can address the imbalances in these programs," Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, another of the program's trustees, said at the press conference.
The report, which each year estimates how many years Medicare can pay benefits before running out of money, was delayed from the usual spring release so government actuaries could assess the impact of the health law.
To contact the reporter on this story: Drew Armstrong in Washington at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is one of the major modes of variability of the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere. It is particularly important in winter, when it exerts a strong control on the climate of the Northern Hemisphere. It is also the season that exhibits the strongest interdecadal variability. For winter, the difference between the normalised sea level pressure over Gibraltar and the normalised sea level pressure over Southwest Iceland is a useful index of the strength of the NAO. Jones et al. (1997) used early instrumental data to extend this index back to 1823.
Below is a timeseries of the winter (December to March average) of the Jones et al. NAO index, updated to the winter of 2016/17. Note the upward trend from the 1960s to the early 1990s, but also that the trend has not been sustained and has significant year-to-year variability superimposed on it. Note also that the winter 2009/10 had the most negative NAO index measured during the almost 200-year record (Osborn, 2011).
Updated monthly values of the NAO index for the full timeseries are now available on our main NAO webpage. Below is a repeat of the monthly values for the most recent 10 years. (Note that this Gibraltar minus Iceland version of the NAO index is really most applicable to the winter half of the year -- see Jones et al., 1997.)
A useful winter season is the December to March average of these values (see Osborn et al., 1999), which is shown in the timeseries above. Recent values of the DJFM NAO index are shown below.
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Mission & Goals
The mission of the Psychology Department in contributing to the education of Augustana students is
for all students who enroll in psychology courses:
- to foster an appreciation for the complexity and diversity of human behavior;
- to provide an introduction to the data, methods, and theories of psychology;
- to encourage critical evaluation of assumptions and evidence about behavior;
- to encourage an appreciation for the interconnections between different fields of study, scientific knowledge, and the practical issues of human life;
- and to model the ethics and practice of psychology in our interpersonal behavior and through participation in research and other professional activities.
In addition, for students who major in psychology:
- to foster an understanding of the major content areas of the field and their historical foundations;
- to encourage facility with the investigative tools of the discipline, including the use of electronic databases and statistical software;
- to develop the ability to acquire, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate information, as evidenced by, among other things, performance in a senior capstone research course;
- to provide opportunities for students to practice and extend their knowledge of psychology outside the classroom, including research and applied settings;
- and to prepare students for teaching, graduate study in psychology, and other professional education.
To achieve this mission, the Augustana Psychology Department created and uses a Skills-by-Level Approach in all psychology courses. This means that in addition to learning the content of each course, you will be expected to develop certain skills identified as appropriate for the course level (i.e., 100, 200, 300, and 400 level classes). Skills domains targeted include scientific literacy, critical thinking, data analysis and graphical literacy, applications, ethics, written communication, presentation skills, and APA writing style.


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Money and games I will play good.Recommend
Unplayed games bad.
Please bid.
Also, if you see something on my trade list or even my collection, please GM me, and, more than likely, I'll list it.
Things I'm interested in:
- Money (This would be the most ideal)
- Games
- Gift Certificates
- Surprise me. If it's interesting enough, I'll bite.
Here's how it works: I'm going to list games, and you can offer a cash bid, a trade offer, or any combination of the two:
Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements + Thunderstone: Dragonspire
Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements + $25
I consider 31 =$1.
If you are not familiar with the term Soft Reserve, it simply means that is the minimum amount of money that I will DEFINITELY take. However, if other bids go well, or if I'm just feeling nice, I'll consider giving it to bidders for less.
Please, if you're even just considering bidding $1 on a game with a higher soft reserve, put that bid in. I might decide I really need money, even if it's far below my reserve price.
Buy it Now is active until the item is sold.
You may also make an offer for multiple items. Please make sure and list in all the games boxes.
Buyer is responsible for shipping. All items will be shipped securely through the USPS, unless otherwise requested.
I accept Paypal, Cash, Money Orders, and Personal Checks, though you will have to allow for up to one week for the latter to clear. All sales will be handled through the BGG Marketplace.
I'll be running this auction until Sunday, April 29th at 8:00pm BGG time, but if any bid is made near this time, I will extend the auction, and close it an hour after the last bid is made.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
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UNLV Performing Arts Center Welcomes The Moscow Festival Ballet Feb. 1
The UNLV Performing Arts Center welcomes the Moscow Festival Ballet at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 1 as part of the Charles Vanda Master Series. The company performs the timeless love story Cinderella – a perfect way to start the month of romance.
The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 when legendary principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet Sergei Radchenko sought to realize his vision of a company which would bring together the highest classical elements of the great Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies in an independent new company within the framework of Russian classic ballet.
Leading dancers from across the former Soviet Union have forged under Radchenko's direction an exciting new company staging new productions of timeless classics such as Giselle, Don Quixote, Paquita and Carmen.
Since its inception, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, with extraordinary receptions in Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands.
Tickets to the Moscow Festival Ballet are $25-$40-$55-$75 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or online at pac.unlv.edu. Student rush tickets are $13 each (not inclusive of the facilities fee), and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $1.50 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, located at pac.unlv.edu.
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV is Southern Nevada's original performing arts venue, celebrating nearly 40 years of arts in Las Vegas. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances and is home to the Charles Vanda Master Series. At the UNLV PAC, Southern Nevadans can enjoy the arts nearly every day of the year. The Performing Arts Center is home to productions presented by the Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV and the UNLV music and dance departments, the Desert Chorale, and the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society. The Center also hosts more than 50,000 Clark County School District students yearly for productions, festivals and concerts.


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Oh, so you just get to walk away?"
It's a gorgeous, camera-ready May night in the Village. Street lamps illuminate quaint brownstones. Tree blossoms flutter down to the damp pavement. And the Sex and the City crew is hard at work filming Sarah Jessica Parker (as love-challenged Carrie Bradshaw) huffily hoofing away from Ron Livingston, who, as latest boyfriend Jack Berger, is calling after her in exasperation. Parker plays out the emotional merry-go-round scene convincingly, but the perfectionist in her isn't pleased with her performance and she asks for a redo. "Make it go away," she says of her last take, scrunching her face and waving her hands like she just downed a four-alarm chili pepper. "Make it go away…."
Soon enough, it will. Ever since HBO announced last January that its flagship comedy, which debuted in 1998, would call it quits after this season, millions of Sex fans have been weeping and rending their Prada pencil skirts. Here are a few tidbits about season 6 to tide you over: Samantha bags a beau in twentysomething waiter Jerry (Jason Lewis); Charlotte ponders converting to Judaism for her attorney boyfriend, Harry (Evan Handler); Miranda falls for an opposite-of-Steve guy; and Carrie gets busy, first with writer Jack and then with a legendary European artist (the role will be cast soon). Big and Aidan pop up again, and Sex exec producer Michael Patrick King teases, "There will be a wedding or two."
As Carrie & Co. primp for their final hurrah — the first half of the season begins June 22; the second half kicks off in January — we offer a sneak peek ahead and a lusty look back at what made Sex the funkiest, spunkiest comedy on TV.
I: Foreplay
The big bang theory begins with a single star — Darren Star, who created Fox hits Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place before heading to New York City to launch CBS' 1995 glitzy miss Central Park West. It was there that Star befriended Candace Bushnell, author of a titillating column for The New York Observer called "Sex and the City." And he couldn't help but wonder: What if he turned her column into a TV series that explored sex and relationships from a female perspective?
DARREN STAR In the summer of '96, I had conversations with a couple of networks. I met with ABC, and my question to them was "Could you even call it Sex and the City?" I'd been a big Larry Sanders fan, and I envisioned a single-camera film comedy that wasn't a sitcom and would be really adult in tone. I knew HBO was the only place that would allow that kind of freedom.
CAROLYN STRAUSS (HBO executive VP, original programming) He pitched it as Mary Tyler Moore for the '90s, but with sex. Our ears perked up. And I think he was on the phone from the Hamptons, so obviously we were jealous.
II: Cruising for Chicks
In spring 1997, Star began casting the colorful quartet: hard-edged lawyer Miranda; uptight optimist Charlotte; Samantha, a flashy publicist who samples men like finger food; and Carrie, our charming, bumbling columnist-narrator…


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Sixteen-year-old Australian Jessica Watson, currently attempting to single-handedly circumnavigate the world, earned more than her share of the spotlight - for all the wrong reasons - in September when she collided with a 63,000-tonne cargo vessel.
And in a case discussed in the Dutch parliament, and which polarised people internationally, 13-year-old Laura Dekker was made a ward of the state, dashing her solo circumnavigation ambitions.
Reversing that trend, a group of Hong Kong youngsters is making headway and headlines for all the right reasons after victory at this month's China Cup International Regatta in Daya Bay, Shenzhen.
The keen bunch of Hebe Haven sailors are skippered by 14-year-old French-New Zealander Cosmas Grelon. It's an on-board league of nations with Hong Kong-born, British-Filipino-Chinese Gerald Williams, 13, British-Chinese James William Johnston, 12, and Nathan Bradley, 12.
Jim Vincent, 11, joined them on board once in Daya Bay.
Normally inshore solo sailors on board small craft, they banded together for the first time as a crew on a vessel usually reserved for older sailors, a 47-foot Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, Tuatahi.
They were the surprising winners in the regatta's first race, a 25-nautical-mile passage from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, and then finished second overall in the series, which was established three years ago.
Coach Marek Nostitz-Jackowski, of the Hebe Haven Yacht Club, is keen to see his charges develop skills for larger, keel boat sailing, as well continuing to skipper in small craft such as Optimists. 'The 'Opies' are likened to a floating bathtub for their stubby bow,' Nostitz-Jackowski, who coached the Polish Laser squad before the 2000 Sydney Olympics, said.
'They're the most popular international competitive class for children. Because they are usually solo dinghy sailors, I'm never in the boat with them. In the [regatta], it was interesting to see how they worked as a crew on a large vessel. The owner and I were on board to keep an eye on safety.
'They discussed tactics, trimmed the sails, helmed and made their own decisions. What they achieved blew everyone away, and they were treated like rock stars on arrival and all through their visit. The Chinese media went all out.
'Winning a race is never easy even in the easiest of conditions, let alone when you are sailing on a boat normally sailed by adults and you are used to dinghies. It was no mean feat. Most of these sailors have competed this year in the Optimist World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.
'It was the first time Hong Kong sent a team. They've sailed in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and China. In order to be really competitive, they need to pit their skills internationally.'
The boys are hoping to make another mark, in the Asian Optimist Championships in Langkawi next month.
'The next big thing on the horizon is the Asian Optimist Championships,' Nostitz-Jackowski said. 'We are expecting that Hong Kong will be in the top 15 of the fleet of around 100 boats. We have a fair chance of that, which will be great for Hong Kong as this has never happened before.
'Cosmas Grelon was our Hong Kong Optimist champion this year and has a chance to make his mark before moving on to the Lasers and 420s at 15 next year. All of the children have Olympic ambitions and want to represent Hong Kong. This is really their home.
'Through sailing, these kids are learning about life in a small scale: how to be responsible, how to be helpful, how to communicate with each other, how to take care of each other. I think they're more mature than most their age. After university, they'll go to work knowing how to win, how to lose and how to fix the problem. Sailors learn lessons for life.'
The boys competed mostly in the Hong Kong Performance Number handicap.
It took about 4 1/2 hours for the monohull to make the passage to Daya Bay, competing against crews from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Britain and Turkey, as well as Hong Kong.
Grelon said: 'We had the leading edge because we sail three times a week.
'There's a lot of luck in sailing. You can suddenly have 45-degree wind shifts.
'We made the right tactical decisions to stay close to the coast where the winds were in our favour, overtaking offshore boats. We had good boat speed, balanced the boat and were conscious of our weight.'
Veteran skipper Frank Pong was impressed by the boys' performance.
'A nor'east monsoon that passed through the south China coast brought 30 knots and a 10 degree Celsius drop in temperature overnight,' he said. 'Yet the young crew held their nerve on board a substantially sized boat. What they achieved was quite remarkable, and it's important to realise they were sailing against some seasoned veterans who are highly competitive.'
Reflecting on the current zeitgeist of youth sailing, Pong said: 'I agree with the various sailing agencies who have removed any mention of the youngest person to sail around the world from their websites. The claim to be the youngest person to undertake this should not be given any further publicity.
'It's gone too far. Some of these sailors are just two years older than a person is when they can enter an elevator without an adult! The lads racing in the Shenzhen passage sailed close to the shore, with adults on board, in broad daylight and in a convoy with a fleet of similar-sized boats. That's a different thing entirely.'


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Gnome and Juliet
According to Variety, Kate Winslet will lend her voice talent to CG-animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet (Miramax Films). Being pushed by performer Elton John, Gnomeo and Juliet is a twist on Shakespeare's classic that's set in the world of tacky garden gnomes. People familiar with the project said it has a Monty Python sensibility and presumably the move to a specialty label will afford it an edgier, hipper tone. No release date has been set yet. Above is Kate Winslet, 30, and producer husband Sam Mendes, 40, with their napping 2-year-old son Joe Mendes. (Kate and Joe celebrate their third wedding anniversary next Wednesday, May 24th.) School was in session for daughter Mia Threapleton, 5. More pictures in the gallery!


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The 2010-11 LWC Bonner Leaders gather in early
August the Norma & Glen Hodge
Center for Discipleship. The program received a $500,000
endowment grant to support
its service-learning initiatives.
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College has
received a $500,000 endowment grant to support service-learning
initiatives at the liberal arts college.
The grant is from the Bonner Foundation of Princeton, N.J., and it
will be matched by $500,000 from the college to create a $1 million
The $1 million endowment will be used to provide scholarships to
more than four dozen students who participate in the Lindsey Wilson
Bonner Leaders program.
"The Bonner Leader program is an incredible asset to Lindsey
Wilson's students because it helps them become values-centered
parents, employees and volunteers who are committed to serving
others," said Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. "Bonner Leader students
learn through doing, through leading and through reaching out to
help others. These habits of service ingrain in them the ability to
and the need to be integrally connected to those around them."
Lindsey Wilson started its Bonner Leader program in 2005-06 with eight
students, and it expanded the program to 42 students in 2009-10.
Thanks to the endowment gift, the college has more than 50 Bonner
Leader students in 2010-11, according to LWC Director of Civic
Engagement & Student Leadership Amy Thompson-Wells.
Since its inception, LWC Bonner Leaders have contributed more
than 30,000 hours of community service to the region, including
more than 10,000 hours during the 2009-10 school year. In 2007, the
LWC Bonner Leader program received the Best Partner Award from the
Kentucky Community Education Association for its work with the
after-school program at Columbia's Colonel William Casey
"Lindsey Wilson College is making a difference in Columbia and
in surrounding communities through the Bonner Leader program,"
Luckey said.
One of those students is Kayla Clark of Greensburg, Ky. Clark
has voolunteered at Colonel William Casey School's after-school
"Camp Casey" program.
"It's been a great experience for me because I've learned who I
am," Clark said. "I've also learned that service is something I
really enjoy doing. I've realized that helping people from the
heart is what I want to do with my life."


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Bears hope road win triggers late-season run
February 16, 2013
Women's Basketball Preview
» What: Northern Colorado (10-3 in Big Sky, 13-9 overall) at Northern Arizona (5-8, 6-16)
» When: 6:35 tonight
» Where: Lawrence Walkup Skydome, Flagstaff, Ariz.
» TV/Radio: None/None
» UNC probable starters: D'shara Strange, 5-10, jr., G (13.3 PPG, 6.6 RPG); Victoria Timm, 5-9, sr., G (5.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG), Lauren Oosdyke, 5-11, sr., F (14.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG); Stephanie Lee, 6-1, so., C (7.1 PPG, 3.1 RPG); Lindsay Mallon, 6-0, so., G (2.6 PPG, 3.3 RPG).
» NAU probable starters: Tyler Stephens-Jenkins, 5-10, sr., F (9.4 PPG, 4.3 RPG); Aubrey Davis, 6-2, sr., C (8.1 PPG, 6.5 RPG); Amy Patton, 5-10, sr., G (18.8 PPG, 8.2 RPG); Paige Haynes, 5-7, sr., G (7.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG); Amanda Frost, 5-8, jr., G (10.4 PPG, 3.5 RPG).
» Last time they met: UNC senior forward Lauren Oosdyke scored a season-high 24 points and missed only three shots from the field as the Bears cruised to a 69-54 victory over Northern Arizona on Jan. 24 at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Oosdyke was 11-of-14 from the field with two of her misses from 3-point range. Junior guard Molly Duehn came off the bench for UNC and added 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc. The Bears also held NAU senior guard Amy Patton to 14 points, all of which came in the second half.
» Last time out: UNC struggled at the free-throw line, but went there 44 times in the game and it proved to be the difference in a 62-51 victory over Montana State on Saturday at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. The Bears made 25 of those Division I school-record 44 attempts (56.8 percent) to hold off a second-half rally by the Bobcats. Senior forward Lauren Oosdyke led the Bears with 19 points and was 8-of-10 from the free-throw line. UNC junior guard D'shara Strange added 18 points as UNC won its sixth game in a row. Northern Arizona trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half but came storming back for a 62-58 victory over Eastern Washington on Saturday in Cheney, Wash. Northern Arizona held Eastern Washington to 33.3 percent shooting from the field and forced 18 turnovers with 15 steals in the game. Senior guard Amy Patton led the way for the Lumberjacks with 18 points and six steals. Junior guard Amanda Frost added 12 points and four steals as Northern Arizona has now won two of its last three games.
What: Northern Arizona (6-8 in Big Sky, 9-15 overall) at Northern Colorado (5-9, 7-15)
When: 7:05 p.m. today
Where: Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion
TV/Radio: None/KFKA AM-1310
UNC probable starters: Derrick Barden, 6-5, 215, jr., F (11.7 PPG, 8.9 RPG); Tim Huskisson, 6-5, 190, so., F (7.8 PPG, 3.9 RPG); Connor Osborne, 6-9, 270, jr., C (5.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG); Tevin Svihovec, 6-2, 190, so., G (11.7 PPG, 3.1 RPG); Tate Unruh, 6-4, 175, jr., G (12.5 PPG, 3.9 RPG).
NAU probable starters: Gaelian Bewernick, 6-6, 215, so., F (6.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG); Max Jacobsen, 6-8, 230, jr., F (9.1 PPG, 4.6 RPG); Michael Dunn, 6-0, 180, sr., G (6.0 PPG, 2.8 RPG); Gabe Rogers, 6-2, 175, sr., G (17.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG); Stallon Saldivar, 6-0, 185, sr., G (6.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG).
Last time they met: UNC guard Tevin Svihovec hit a 3-pointer with 4.8 seconds remaining to tie the game, but Northern Arizona's Michael Dunn hit a 10-foot jumper with no time remaining to give the lumberjacks a 67-65 victory over the Bears in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Jan. 24. Svihovec scored 10 of his team-high 16 points in the second half as the Bears shot 52 percent from the field. Still, it wasn't enough as Northern Arizona got a game-high 28 points from senior guard Gabe Rogers and couldn't make enough stops down the stretch to slow down the Lumberjacks.
Last time out: Northern Arizona led by as many as 18 with 7:35 left play in the game, but Eastern Washington rallied for a 77-74 victory over the Lumberjacks on Saturday in Flagstaff. Northern Arizona shot 48.3 percent from the field and held Eastern Washington to 36.9 percent shooting, but the Eagles made 14-of-43 with temps from 3-point range to get back into the game. Senior guard Gabe Rogers led NAU in the loss with 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field. NAU senior Stallon Saldivar added a double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. UNC guard Tevin Svihovec scored a game-high 23 points as the Bears used a hot shooting performance to snap a six-game road losing streak and beat Montana State 85-72 in Bozeman, Mont., on Saturday. UNC shot a blistering 62 percent from the field (29-of-47) for the game and 72 percent in the second half alone. UNC was also 21-of-25 from the free-throw line. Svihovec led the way as he hit 9-of-11 shots from the field in the win. UNC guard Tate Unruh added 15 points while forward Derrick Barden added 11 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double since the game at Northern Arizona.
Matt Schuman
There's nothing like a road victory to boost the confidence level.
The University of Northern Colorado men's basketball team had been waiting a while for that winning feeling on the road again and now the Bears are hoping it will turn the fortunes of their season around as they begin a three-game home stand 7:05 tonight against Northern Arizona at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
The Bears snapped a six-game road losing streak on Saturday with a convincing 85-72 victory over Montana State. That came off another strong performance — albeit a loss — at Big Sky Conference-leading Montana on Thursday.
It has the Bears feeling good about themselves again in what has been an up-and-down season for UNC, which sits in eighth place in the conference standings.
"We needed that win," UNC center Connor Osborne said. "We have kind of been down on ourselves with some of our losses, but I think now that we have gotten that win we know what we're capable of."
The Bears believe they are capable of still making a run at the Big Sky tournament but know the importance of making a push now with only six games left in the conference season, four of which are at home.
Today's game against the Lumberjacks could have a major impact since UNC sits one game back of Northern Arizona for the seventh and final spot in the tournament.
UNC has already lost to the Lumberjacks on a buzzer-beater in Flagstaff, so Northern Arizona currently holds the tiebreaker over the Bears.
"We need these next couple games for sure," UNC sophomore guard Tevin Svihovec said. "We are battling with all of these teams right there in the conference. They are very winnable games and with the confidence in our team I think we are going to play well. We are playing well right now."
No one is playing better right now than Svihovec, who is averaging 15 points and five assists over his last five games and shooting 59 percent from the field.
He is coming off his strongest performance of the season on Saturday with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field in the Bears' victory over Montana State.
However, he and the rest of the Bears will face a familiar nemesis in Northern Arizona senior guard Gabe Rogers, who is one of the premier shooters in the conference.
Last time UNC and Northern Arizona met, Rogers scored 28 points in the Lumberjacks victory.
Svihovec said he knows the Bears will have their hands full trying to shut down Rogers.
"We have got to run him off the 3-point line for sure," Svihovec said. "We can't let him get comfortable shooting 3s. We can't let him see a couple go in and let him get his confidence going. He is a good player and he is going to hit some shots, but we have got to take the challenge and guard our yard against him."
Fortunately, the Bears have the confidence to do so, especially now that they have found a solution to winning on the road.
"It takes another level of focus and toughness both mental and physical to win on the road," UNC coach B.J. Hill said. "Being able to do that this late in the season and get a win like that is a big step for us. But we've got to take advantage of that now and try to throw some together here at home."
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Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week
Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. So, here's a recap of some of the top stories from the week that you may have missed.
May Restaurant Openings and Closings in Metro Phoenix
It wasn't a great month for restauranteurs in Phoenix, with the closing of a favorite Italian joint and a wine bar that's been around for years. On the upside, we're getting a whole bunch of Togo's -- again.
See the complete list of restaurants that closed and the ones that opened during the month of May.
--Lauren Saria
See also: -- Chasing Amy: Overcooked Reality and the Decline of Western Civility Amy's Baking Company: The Complete History
11 Metro Phoenix Couples We'd Rather Watch Run a Restaurant Than Amy and Samy
The horror of -- and fascination with -- the Amy and Samy Show may have been seeing people's obvious dysfunction laid bare. That's why we love reality TV. It lets us feel superior. And boy did we ever, watching that train wreck. Here were two people who seemed to love each other but obviously had no business 1. operating a restaurant and 2. operating a restaurant together.
So it got us thinking about the local couples who do a fabulous job of running a restaurant together. Here are eleven of of our favorites. Please, someone, give one of these couples their own reality show -- not Amy and Samy.
--Nikki Buchanan
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With Help From His New Partners, Julian Wright Is Taking Over Mill Avenue
You really do have to wonder if Mill Avenue mogul Julian Wright (who owns La Bocca Urban Pizzeria, Canteen Modern Tequila and The Handlebar on that street) ever sleeps. The restaurateur and CEO of Fork & Dagger Restaurant Group just opened Gringo Star Street Bar (also on Mill) not much more than two weeks ago, and earlier this spring, he debuted Modern Margarita in CityNorth.
And already, he has three more ideas for turning Tempe's main drag into the Wright Stuff. Here's how he plans to stay busy for the next few months.
--Nikki Buchanan
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Lynn Spigel
School of Communication, Northwestern University
Lynn Spigel is the Frances E. Willard Professor of Screen Cultures at the School of Communications at Northwestern University. She has written and lectured extensively on postwar culture and popular media.
Her books include Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America (University of Chicago Press, 1992) and Welcome to the Dreamhouse: Popular Media and Postwar Suburbs (Duke University Press, 2001). She has edited and co-edited numerous anthologies, including Television after TV (Duke University Press, 2004) and Feminist Television Criticism (2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is the general editor of the Console-ing Passions book series at Duke University Press.


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Who's affected by the peering dispute between Cogent and Sprint? Lots of businesses, universities and government agencies, according to Renesys, which tracks Internet routing. In a business dispute between the two companies, Sprint has severed the network connections between them. That means any organizations that use only Cogent or only Sprint for their Internet access will be unable to see any sites on the other network. The dispute also leaves customers of WV Fiber unable to see Cogent's network (more on this in a moment).
"Over 200 downstream autonomous system customers of each organization cannot reach the networks in the other," writes Renesys' Todd Underwood. "This is ugly and will remain so." Todd's post provides a thorough explanation of how the Cogent and Sprint networks are affected by the dispute. Here's Renesys' data on who's affected:
- Folks that are "single-homed" with Sprint and cannot access Cogent's network include Expedia Inc., Pfizer, Rutgers University, the Federal Aviation Administration and Sungard Higher Education, which provides technology management to colleges and universities.
- Organizations single-homed with Cogent include online video firm Joost, whose primary servers in the Joost Production Benelux Network in Amsterdam use Cogent. Also affected are Loopt and NTT America.
The peering dispute also affects customers of WV Fiber, company president Randy Epstein said ina post on the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) mailing list.
"WV Fiber (AS19151) is currently partitioned from Cogent since
AS19151 only contracts with Sprint for transit and is settlement-free with
the rest of its peers," Epstein wrote. " As previously reported, late last year, Cogent
depeered AS19151 for unknown reasons. Up until yesterday, this wasn't much
of a problem. Now unfortunately, the two networks (AS19151 and AS174) are
partitioned. Any single homed WV Fiber customer and any single homed Cogent
customer can not reach each other. WV Fiber hosts over 7 million eyeballs
and many networks."