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SEARSPORT – Rita R. Collins, 74, passed away Oct. 24, 2012, in Belfast, after a courageous eight-year battle with cancer. She was born May 18, 1938, in Bucksport, a daughter of the late William J. and Margaret E. (Davis) Roberts.
Rita enjoyed spending time with her family; she was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed fishing, camping and snowmobiling. Rita would winter in Zephyrhills, Fla., for many years until her sickness didn't allow her to travel the distance. Rita married the love of her life, Dallas Collins, in 1957, and they were happily married for 55 years. She always looked forward to "Cousins Day" every Tuesday.
Rita is survived by her husband, Dallas of Searsport; her children, Gary Collins and his companion, Kristen Murbach, of Belmont and Kimberly Burke and her husband, John, of Searsport; her four grandchildren, Jason, Jared, Sara and Jeremy; her two great-grandchildren, Bryce and Miles; and her siblings, Wilma "Billy" Berry of Searsport, Mina Barry of Bangor, Rhonda Colcord of Florida, Rhoda Sutfin of Swanville and John Roberts of Appleton. She will also be missed by her mother-in-law, Dorothy Collins of Searsport; a special cousin whom she was very close with, Nancy Hamilton of Searsport; as well as many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Smart Cemetery, Swanville. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Rita's name to Searsport Ambulance, 1 Union St., Searsport, ME 04974 or Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, P.O. Box 772, Belfast. Arrangements are under the care of Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast, ME 04915. Online condolences may be offered to the Collins' by visiting www.ripostafh.com.


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NEWCASTLE have ''no excuses'' in their quest for rugby league's holy grail after unveiling facilities yesterday they say are comparable to any in the NRL.
For so long the poor relations of the competition, the Knights emerged from the stone age in 2008 to move into a gleaming new training base at Mayfield West provided by the Wests Group as a sponsorship deal.
Even after the Knights were privatised last year by billionaire Nathan Tinkler, shoring up their financial future for at least a decade, Wests maintained their commitment to the region's rugby league flagship.
In consultation with new Knights coach Wayne Bennett and his staff, Wests invested a further $400,000 over the summer installing offices, a 30-seat lecture theatre, upgrading the gymnasium and recreational area and appointing a full-time groundsman to maintain the training pitch.
''Nathan Tinkler is owed a great deal of thanks for what he has done … but this team does not belong to Nathan, it belongs to Newcastle and the people of the Hunter,'' Wests Group chief executive Phil Gardner said yesterday.
''One thing we said to Nathan on the night that [privatisation] vote went so overwhelmingly in his favour was that we aren't going to leave him holding the bag. This is testament to the fact that we haven't done that. And I don't think the people of Newcastle and the Hunter will either. This is our team, not Nathan's team. We're behind the team 100 per cent and we want to see the success that it can bring to this community.''
Gardner said it was not that long ago the Knights struggled to compete with other clubs in terms of off-field resources.
''It really is surprising how far we've come,'' Gardner said. ''From portaloos and the nomads of rugby league, we've got the guys today to within a home that we think is as good as any, not just in rugby league but AFL and soccer. Anywhere you can go in the country, we think this facility is as good, if not better.''
Having trained during the pre-season at Newcastle University, the Knights will start using the new ''one-stop shop'' on Friday as they prepare for their round one blockbuster against St George Illawarra on Thursday week.
Knights skipper Kurt Gidley, who started his NRL career in an era when players regularly got changed and prepared for training in shipping containers, said those days seemed '' a long time ago''.
''I've seen it come right from the start to where we are now, and I've trained at a lot of parks all over the world,'' he said. ''This is the best I've trained at. We've been doing some tough training over at the uni and this will be a welcome home when we come here at the end of this week.''

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I tend to write in various genres from fiction to picture books. Using pen (same one for the past eleven years) and paper, laptop and as a new favorite the word program on my cell phone. I have found I can write anywhere with that little contraption and my focus is intense. Has to be with those tiny keys, right? And then I just email to myself and copy post into my manuscript.
Before becoming a self-published author I followed the rules. Wrote outlines, character back stories, did the word counting, queries and everything. I even had an agent once. Unfortunately he was a horrible choice. Directed me away from Ballantine books (wish I would have known who they were then) who wanted The Perfect Solution and straight into the corrupt hands of Publish America. What a crock. After that fiasco I was so humiliated I couldn't write. Fought and had my rights returned and now, I am back. I tried the querying again, but became frustrated when it seems the agents' rules are so varied, too confusing for me. Not to mention the rejection letters can be soul crushing. I received a lot of positive reviews for The Perfect Solution when it was first published and yet when I began querying one agent informed me no one would like the book and yet it deals with negligence in the child care system. So, off I ran on my own. I have recently put three novels, three picture books and a creative non-fiction book into the Amazon and Smashwords systems. I think e-publishing is one of the greatest inventions God has given to the world. I would advise any author to go that route when they have something they feel strongly about.
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Bill Jelen has been running the MrExcel podcast for years now. For those that havenât heard of it, itâs a frequently updated video podcast that teaches you Excel, showing everything from the basics of the fill handle to advanced tips around charting, and everything in between ⦠including some recent tricks with linked pictures. Since thereâs a lot of great information in his videos, we thought that a weekly (or so) wrap-up of his podcast would be a nice thing to add to the blog. If you have ideas for more community showcasing & interaction please send me an email via the link at the top of the blog.
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A few weeks after Kris and I started seeing one another, my period didn't arrive as expected. Days passed. Kris and I joked about it, but as the tension rose those jokes became more forced. We decided that if I was pregnant then we would name the child Grgr, a tribute to Kris's vowel-deprived Slavonic heritage. If it was a girl, then of course we'd opt for something softer and prettier, like Grgrina.
As I said, the champagne comedy was not flowing quite as freely now the fear of unplanned parenthood loomed. Then one morning at work, I fin-ally started feeling those telltale cramps and I knew that I wasn't pregnant after all. It was just a late period. I rang Kris, told him that either the painters were finally in or poor little Grgr was no more. Heady with relief, this idea struck us both as hilarious. Kris countered, suggesting that we should perhaps hold a memorial ceremony for Grgr, maybe in the Botanic Gardens. I suggested that, in the absence of a body, we might bury my tampon in a cigar case.
Many years later, when I experienced a real miscarriage, I recalled all this as I sat on our blood-smeared toilet holding a sanitary pad with a gestational sac the size of a large walnut resting on it; the tiny miscarried embryo that had just passed from my body. I was crying, my toddler was trying to get into the bathroom to see what was wrong, and I was calling to my husband to come and help, screaming out, holding the door closed with one arm so my son wouldn't see me like this. Finally, Kris came and took that little sac away, and I never saw it again.
Even now I wish that I'd buried that tiny sac, and even given it a name. I wouldn't have told anyone, not even Kris, but I wish I'd done it nonetheless.
My miscarriage story is far from unique. Yet the relatively modest setback of having an eight-week miscarriage did make me profoundly sad, a sadness that lingered and startled me with its intensity. For a long time I would cry at the least provocation. I stayed in bed like a hungover teenager. When I tried to work I struggled to concentrate, whole days disappearing with nothing to show. I didn't see myself as "depressed" in the clinical sense of the word, because I knew what had triggered my sadness. I just didn't know why it was so overwhelming and so disproportionate.
As a committed feminist, I'd always been quick to sermonise about the rights and wrongs of abortion. Many were the times I insisted an early-term embryo is a mere jumble of cells, a jumble that could be aborted without any moral qualms. But now here I was, seriously thinking about naming my jumble Grgr and giving it a funeral.
Looking back, I realise many women had told me how powerful and disorientating the experience of miscarriage could be. I'd just never listened to them. Now it was my turn to be ignored, patronised and dismissed, and I didn't like it; not one bit. In response, I divided my social world in half: those who'd experienced pregnancy loss and those who hadn't, those who got it and those who didn't.
Once I started talking about my experience, I discovered that there were far more women in the first category than I'd previously realised, women who now felt they could tell me about their own miscarriages, often in hushed tones like an embarrassing secret. There's a social awkwardness about the subject, but there's also a problem with expressing yourself, a want of vocabulary. Like giving birth, losing a pregnancy is an experience that defies simple explanation.
From those who hadn't been there came banal reassurances. It was better this way, they said, because the embryo must have been "wrong", and the only thing worse than a wrong embryo is a wrong baby. Anyway, it could easily be replaced with a new baby, so no need to make a fuss.
Then there were the happily pregnant women. They didn't have to say anything to annoy me. Just standing there looking expectant was enough.
But if I was pissed off at the world for not crediting my sadness, I was more frustrated with myself for feeling it. After all, it hadn't been a real baby I'd lost, just the possibility of one. I hadn't suffered any lasting physical harm and I was young enough to try again. So why was I making such a fuss?
Physiologically speaking, my miscarriage was fairly typical. I was eight weeks pregnant when it happened, or I thought I was. In fact, the embryo had already been dead for some time, but my body hadn't told me yet. I was still focused on my upcoming 12-week ultrasound, which I'd dutifully booked - the moment when the new pregnancy would be official. I would see my "baby" for the first time and I'd then announce it to the world.
I'd been telling myself that I was having the first trimester that I deserved, reaping the pregnancy karma earned by the months of vomiting I'd suffered the first time around. I was exercising, working efficiently, eating well, feeling fantastic.
Then, at the eight-week mark, I spotted blood. Over the next few days, the spotting got heavier. At first I told myself that there was nothing to worry about. Maybe I just had a sensitive cervix. That's a thing, right? The internet offered me a smorgasbord of interpretations, from the grim to the utterly benign. I chose the benign.
When Kris questioned me, I gave him the obstetric version of the "My Uncle Smoked Three Packs a Day and He Lived to 100" story, citing my friend Annabelle who had bled all through her pregnancy and yet delivered a perfectly healthy baby at the end of it. Who could argue with that? When he did argue, I emailed him selected quotes from the most optimistic of the websites: "Bleeding during early pregnancy is not necessarily a sign that there's anything wrong." I carefully edited out the sentence that followed: "But you should definitely see your doctor."
Fooling myself was a bit harder. I'd read that if you need to change your sanitary pad multiple times in a single day then there's most likely something wrong, so I stopped wearing panty liners altogether. Instead I changed my underwear multiple times a day. It was when I found my undies drawer empty, even though I knew it had been full two days earlier, that I admitted defeat and rang the local maternity hospital.
The nurse on duty asked me how long I'd been bleeding and how heavily. I told her. I wanted to tell her about the reassuring websites, too, the story of "Annabelle Who'd Bled", but I could hear she wasn't interested. She simply told me to come down to emergency for a scan - immediately.
As my husband struggled to keep my toddler amused, I sat in the waiting room of the hospital's Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic, or EPAC: a long room nestled next to the emergency section of the maternity hospital: clean, efficient, neon-lit, hard plastic seats and a TV that might have served as a distraction except that the sound was too low. The woman next to me was weeping, making it even harder to hear what Ridge was saying to Brooke on The Bold and the Beautiful, yet no one was game to ask her to keep it down.
Maybe it's just the Catholic in me, but the EPAC waiting room made me think of Limbo. Upstairs are the birthing suites, where the blessed will ascend to have their babies, to enjoy the sunshine of eternal motherhood. Off to the other side are the private meeting rooms, where the sinners are taken, the miscarriers who failed to keep their babies alive. For their sins, they will suffer the torment of counselling. And in the middle is the waiting room, where you wait. Which is what I did.
Every so often, a woman would be called into one of the examination suites. This was where judgment would be pronounced. We'd watch her go, then about 20 minutes later, she'd reappear. Occasionally, she'd be smiling at her waiting partner - it lives! - but more often than not, she'd be weeping or trying not to weep, staring ahead, avoiding the eyes of all the other women. Fail.
Finally, I was called in. I was told by the technician to take off my underwear and get onto the examination table. She then pulled out the wand - a long, sheathed, cold object used for early-term ultrasounds. It's a bit like being penetrated by a lightsaber, except without the frisson of it being wielded by Luke Skywalker.
The first thing I asked after she'd inserted it into me was, "Is there a heartbeat?" She clearly wasn't given to small talk or tact. She turned the screen so I could see for myself and said, bluntly, "There's the sac. No heartbeat, no nothing. It's dead."
Then she told me what I should expect over the coming weeks, that I'd bleed for a while until what was in me had all passed. Most likely, I wouldn't see anything, she said, just a clot.
It wasn't the blood but that tiny embryonic sac that got to me. I'd never seen anything like it: a clear, walnut-sized balloon that had come from inside me. It was something I was never meant to see, something that would normally have remained secret within me: a tiny alien pod that had unsuccessfully used me as its host. It frightened me, as if I was doing something profane, holding it like that on a sanitary pad. Yet I could see nothing resembling a baby inside it, so why did it upset me so?
Looking back, I feel shame that it scared me like it did, and that I'd screamed for my husband to take it away. I realise that, far from being a dreadful thing, that little sac was the only concrete evidence that I was crying for something real, rather than imagined. So what had I been so afraid of?
I was taught that when you fail you should try, try again. My plan was to get pregnant again before my previous due date arrived. The new baby would grow up, magnificent, and I'd always be able to tell myself that this wonderful child would never have existed if I hadn't miscarried.
Indeed, the first question I asked the nurse at my follow-up visit was when I could get pregnant again. She told me the official position: it would be better if I waited a few months while my cycle returned to normal. Then she dropped her voice, "But I'd ignore that. You can start again straight away if you like." I thanked this naughty nurse profusely. "Don't worry," she said with a wink, "I know how stressful these things can be."
Sure enough, I did get pregnant, just inside the nine-month window I'd allowed myself. Yet this still didn't quite have the desired effect. When I thought about the new baby I did feel happier, excited even, but for a long time afterwards my sadness lingered. I can still summon it now, without too much effort, so I know that it's still there, hovering below the surface.
Edited extract from Things I Didn't Expect (When I Was Expecting) by Monica Dux, published by MUP.


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Just four months after the Stokehouse burnt down, designs have been selected for a striking new building on the St Kilda foreshore to replace the much-loved restaurant.
The Van Haandel Group, which holds a 21-year lease over the Jacka Boulevard site, has selected a design by architect Robert Simeoni.
The new Stokehouse will sit atop constructed sand dunes, and will be designed so that restaurant guests enter through a tunnel - a nod by the architect to a nearby arch named after former local civil engineer Carlo Catani. The restaurant on top will have uninterrupted views of the beach and bay.
The restaurant that burnt down in January sat on Crown land, and the state government and Port Phillip Council must ultimately approve plans for a building to replace the pop-up restaurant. It sprung up weeks after the old Stokehouse was razed by a fire that took hold in the kitchen.
Planning Minister Matthew Guy and the council accelerated the planning process, in a bid to quickly get a replacement.
Frank van Haandel, the restaurant's owner, said his hospitality group wanted to leave a "contemporary legacy" on the St Kilda foreshore.
Four architecture firms - Denton Corker Marshall, Robert Simeoni, Sean Godsell and Jackson Clements Burrows - were shortlisted to find the best design.
Robert Simeoni is best known for Seaford Life Saving Club and the restoration of Abbotsford Convent's chapel, and Mr van Haandel said the firm's selection as preferred designers "was not based on a popularity contest". The new building needed to be "an iconic structure and an architectural statement", he said.
The new building would provide better links to the beach than the one that burnt down, and the new restaurant's placement would mean guests got St Kilda foreshore sunsets, city views and Williamstown's lights at night, he said.
Mr Simeoni said he was honoured to have the chance to work on the project because St Kilda foreshore was part of "the heart of Melbourne". He hoped his design blended architecture and the landscape "to create a little bit of mystery".
Port Phillip's acting mayor Serge Thomann said the announcement brought rebuilding the Stokehouse a step closer. The council will consider plans for the site in May.
Local architect and former Port Phillip urban design manager Jim Holdsworth commended the design, which he said "had the potential to stand as an important piece of architecture in its own right. It's a pretty rare commission for someone to get".


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There is a splendid autumn-flowering gentians called Gentiana sino-ornata `Angel`s Wings.` Here is how its name carves up (according to the international system for plant naming).
- ``Gentiana`` is the genus (plural: genera) of this plant. The genus is like the surname of a plant, but unlike that of humans, it comes first.


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Researchers at the University of Arizona report they've found precious little credible research that shows marijuana is effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ditto for migraines, depression and general anxiety disorder, said the doctors from the school's College of Public Health.
And those findings -- or, more to the point, the lack of findings -- could prove to be a fatal blow to efforts by some to expand the list of ailments for which a doctor in Arizona can legally recommend marijuana. State Health Director Will Humble, who gets the final word, said he expects to make his decision by the end of the month.
The reports are a direct outgrowth of the 2010 voter-approved law which allows the use of marijuana by patients suffering from a list of several specified medical conditions. These range from glaucoma and AIDS to any chronic or debilitating condition that leads to severe and chronic pain.
With a doctor's recommendation, patients can get a card from the state allowing them to obtain up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks. So far the state has issued close to 31,000 of these cards.
That 2010 law, though, requires Humble to regularly consider requests for expanding the list of conditions for which marijuana can be recommended.
Proponents submitted requests for four new conditions. And Humble heard hours of testimony from those who said they are afflicted along with how marijuana -- used by many now without legal permission -- has helped.
Backers also submitted everything from news and magazine articles to what they claimed was scientific backing.
But Humble said state law requires something more substantial for him to expand the list. And that, he said, means full-blown, double-blind, peer-reviewed scientific studies.
So Humble contracted with the UA to review everything that is out there and see if there is anything credible.
The researchers found precious little.
Looking at PTSD, for example, they rated the most of the studies of "very low quality.''
Among the problems were not only the small size of many of the studies, but that those who were participating were "self selected'' as opposed as being drawn at random from the population at large.
They did find one study they rated as of moderate to high quality. But the researchers said they found no studies at all which actually researched the benefits -- or harms -- of marijuana use among those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Similarly, they found only two systematic reviews that directly attempted to explore the association between depression and marijuana use.
"Both reviews were of low quality,'' the researchers said.
They said there is "conflicting evidence'' of whether marijuana use and various forms of anxiety are related. Among the problems is the question of whether anxiety causes marijuana use or even that marijuana use causes anxiety.
Nor could researchers find credible reports on the issue of marijuana and migraines.
Humble said while the UA reports are helpful, he still wants to discuss the findings with his staff before issuing a final ruling.
He said the lack of research supporting the theory that marijuana is helpful in treating the conditions is only part of the problem. The health director said he wants to make sure that allowing patients to use marijuana does not make matters worse.
And that fear, he said, is complicated by the fact that the 2010 law only allows him to add to the list of conditions. Humble said there are no provisions for shrinking the list if subsequent research shows that marijuana use actually would be detrimental.
Humble said he has another concern: He does not want to be in a position of essentially allowing patients with some serious conditions to self-medicate with marijuana rather than getting treatment to deal with an underlying condition that is causing a problem like depression in the first place.


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When the banking bigs and the feds decided to turn the page and sweep "robogate" under the rug last December, it left me wanting. Not for anything as corny as justice or compassion, though both would go a long way in this foreclosure quagmire in which we'll likely spend the 20-teens.
What I was missing was the punch line to this dark joke.
It's one thing to talk about the thousands of schlubs -- known in some quarters as "Burger King kids" -- who mangled, tangled and besmirched the process of legally assigning a mortgage, but quite another to move on without allowing us to savor the black humor of their actual screw-ups.
So I was excited when my own Florida Attorney General's office, or FLAG, released a wonderfully droll PowerPoint presentation a few weeks back with the tantalizing title: "Unfair, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts in Foreclosure Cases." It's based on their own investigation into robosigning in the Sunshine State.
And it did not disappoint. If they ever make the movie version, it should star those guys from "The Hangover." Or maybe "Dumb and Dumber."
The robosigners forged signatures, bungled the witnessing and flunked the notarizing steps necessary to legally transfer thousands of mortgages. Despite this sorry display, the bigs seem satisfied that something justice-y occurred.
There's a wonderful sequence in which an assortment of forged signatures in the possibly fictitious name of bank vice president Linda Green are shown in detail, ranging from fifth-grade penmanship to gotta-run illegible scrawl. Green's signature(s) appear on hundreds of thousands of mortgage assignments under many flags, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citi Residential Lending, according to FLAG.
The quick-draw artists who signed the name Scott Anderson were either inspired by the scrawl of Salvador Dali or merely messing with the next schlub down the chain of shame.
Even the boilerplate stuff in these fudged docs evokes laughter. My favorite is the grantee in an assignment of mortgage identified (typed in) as BOGUS ASSIGNEE. How did truth sneak in here anyway?
I enjoyed seeing all the docs where the notary was years out of date, the plaintiff bank took the liberty of signing for their opponent, and where assignment was made by defunct institutions. Lehman Brothers Bank somehow miraculously assigned a mortgage nearly two years after declaring bankruptcy.
The real howlers: a mortgage note in the amount of $42,214,400 and one document where a blank line is both witnessed and notarized ("Linda Green" again).
Thank you, FLAG, for the foreclosure closure. I needed the punch line, however dark, to convince myself that the letter of law still stands for something in an industry driven mad by its own greed.
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- 24 small fresh sage leaves
- 24 large dried apricots
- 8 slices bacon, cut crosswise into thirds
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- Heat oven to 375º F. Place a sage leaf on each apricot, wrap with a piece of bacon, and place seam-side down on a baking sheet.
- Bake until the bacon is beginning to crisp, 6 to 8 minutes PER SIDE.
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Argued and Submitted December 12, 2000 — San Francisco, California
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to assess the constitutionality of two subsections of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 ("FDAMA"), 21 U.S.C. § 353a. Subsections §§ 353a(a) and (c) of FDAMA prohibit drug providers from promoting or advertising particular compounded drugs. In return, the providers are exempted from the standard drug approval requirements imposed by the Food and Drug Administration. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the enforcement of these subsections, contending that they violate the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech. The district court agreed with Plaintiffs and granted their motion for summary judgment in a published opinion. See Western States Medical Ctr. v. Shalala, 69 F.Supp.2d 1288 (D.Nev.1999). The district court exercised jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1361. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Plaintiffs are a group of licensed pharmacies. They have prepared written promotional materials that they distribute by mail and at medical conferences to inform patients and physicians of the uses and effectiveness of specific compounded drugs. "Compounding" is a process in which a pharmacist mixes ingredients to create a medication for an individual patient. Compounding is typically used to prepare medications that are not commercially available, such as a medication for a patient who is allergic to an ingredient in a mass-produced product. Pharmacists can provide compounded drugs to individual patients only upon receipt of a valid prescription. See 21 U.S.C. § 353a(a).
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"), 21 U.S.C. §§ 301-397, regulates drug manufacturing, marketing, and distribution. It invests the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") with enforcement powers to make sure that the regulations are followed. In 1997, Congress amended the FDCA to exempt compounding from certain requirements of the FDCA, but only if the compounding pharmacies followed several conditions, including refraining from promoting particular compounded drugs. The new legislation sets out several restrictions on compounding including prohibitions on advertisements, like those of the Plaintiffs, that promote particular compounded drugs. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 353a(a) and (c).
Plaintiffs challenged FDAMA's advertising and solicitation restrictions in district court. They contended that the restrictions violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. In a well-reasoned opinion, the district court granted Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, holding that the restrictions do not meet the test for acceptable government regulation of commercial speech set forth in Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 557, 566, 100 S.Ct. 2343, 65 L.Ed.2d 341 (1980). The district court also held that the unconstitutional provisions were severable from the rest of FDAMA. This Court reviews the district court's grant of summary judgment de novo. See Gutowsky v. County of Placer, 108 F.3d 256, 259 (9th Cir.1997). "The evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party to determine whether there are any genuine issues of material fact for trial, and whether the district court correctly applied the relevant substantive law." Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. O'Melveny & Meyers, 969 F.2d 744, 747 (9th Cir.1992).
In Central Hudson, the Supreme Court set out a four-part test for determining the constitutionality of a government restriction on commercial speech. The court must determine whether: 1) the regulated speech is misleading or concerns unlawful activity; 2) the government has asserted a "substantial" interest in restricting the speech; 3) the government has demonstrated that the regulation "directly advances" the asserted interest; and 4) the restriction is not more extensive than necessary to achieve the asserted governmental interest. See Central Hudson, 447 U.S. at 566, 100 S.Ct. 2343. Although the government has asserted substantial interests, they have failed to demonstrate that the speech restrictions directly advance those interests or that they are narrowly tailored to those interests.
The First Amendment does not protect commercial speech that is "inherently misleading" or concerns unlawful activity. See id. at 563-64, 100 S.Ct. 2343. On appeal, the government does not contend that the prohibited speech is unlawful or misleading, and there is no indication in the record that Plaintiffs' advertisements are untruthful. Therefore, the restricted speech must be evaluated according to the other three Central Hudson factors.
Under the second part of the Central Hudson test, the speech restriction must serve a "substantial" government interest. In the district court, the government argued that the challenged restrictions served three substantial interests: 1) protecting the public health and safety; 2) preserving the integrity of the drug approval process; and 3) balancing the need to preserve drug compounding for individual patients with particularized needs while preventing widespread distribution of compounded drugs. The district court determined that the first two interests were substantial and satisfied the second
The third asserted interest was "insufficiently clear" to the district court. Western States, 69 F.Supp.2d at 1303. The court reasoned that for an interest in balancing competing goals to be substantial, the goals themselves must be substantial. See id. at 1302. The court agreed that the goal of ensuring the continued availability of compounded drugs to individual patients was a substantial concern, but was not convinced that the government had a substantial interest in preventing widespread compounding. It held that if the government could not offer an adequate rationale for its goal of preventing widespread distribution of compounded drugs, then the government did not have a substantial interest in balancing this concern with the need for continued access to such drugs. See id. at 1302-03.
The government's effort to balance competing goals can be a substantial interest worthy of government protection. See United States v. Edge Broadcasting Co., 509 U.S. 418, 428, 113 S.Ct. 2696, 125 L.Ed.2d 345 (1993) (holding that the "congressional policy of balancing the interests of lottery and nonlottery States is the substantial government interest that satisfies Central Hudson"). But the government must supply a compelling argument or convincing evidence that it has a substantial interest in achieving both goals. The government cannot carry its burden by "mere speculation or conjecture." Edenfield v. Fane, 507 U.S. 761, 770-71, 113 S.Ct. 1792, 123 L.Ed.2d 543 (1993); cf. Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc., 515 U.S. 618, 624, 115 S.Ct. 2371, 132 L.Ed.2d 541 (1995) (crediting the state's interest as substantial on the basis of a two-year study containing statistical and anecdotal evidence).
We agree with the district court that the government has not met its burden. There is insufficient evidence in the record to conclude that the government has a substantial interest in preventing widespread compounding. The government asserts that increased distribution of compounded drugs is dangerous because of the health risks associated with large numbers of patients taking such drugs. The government neither explains nor supports this contention. In fact, most of the evidence runs to the contrary. Compounding is not only legal under state law, but most states require their pharmacists to know how to compound. See Sen. Rep. No. 105-43, at 64 (1997). The government has failed to show that its interest in striking a balance between ensuring compounding availability and limiting widespread compounding is substantial. The only substantial interests asserted by the government are protecting the public's health and preserving the integrity of the drug approval process.
Under the third Central Hudson factor, the speech regulation must "directly advance" the government interest. In essence, the government argues that the speech restrictions are necessary to prevent an increase in the demand for compounded drugs that would be injurious to the public health. But the government's argument falls short of what is required to show that the speech restrictions will protect the public. The government has not offered evidence or arguments to explain sufficiently why such restrictions will reduce the type of consumption of compounded drugs that is harmful, and even admits that it has a substantial interest in ensuring the availability of compounded drugs.
The government bears the burden of showing that its regulation will advance its interest "to a material degree." See 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 517 U.S. 484, 505, 116 S.Ct. 1495, 134 L.Ed.2d
Without the advertising restrictions, other safeguards exist to protect the public. No compounded drug may be dispensed without a valid prescription from a licensed physician to an individual patient. See § 353a(a). FDAMA sets out specific requirements for the substances that can be used by the pharmacist to fashion a compounded drug. See § 353a(b)(1). A pharmacist cannot regularly compound drugs that are essentially copies of a commercially available drug product. See § 353a(b)(1)(D).
In addition, FDAMA is so riddled with exceptions that it is unlikely that the speech restrictions would actually succeed in depressing the volume of compounded drugs. The exceptions also demonstrate that the restrictions do not directly advance the government's interest in maintaining the integrity of the drug approval process. Under the statute, pharmacists can advertise their compounding services and promote their skills at medical trade events so long as they do not promote the compounding of any particular drug. It seems obvious that advertising that informs physicians that a pharmacy is available to compound drugs is likely to increase demand for compounding. Moreover, even with the ban on specific advertising, FDAMA provides significant incentives for pharmacies to increase their drug compounding business. The statute allows compounded drugs to constitute up to five percent of a pharmacy's interstate drug distributions and 100 percent of its intrastate drug distributions. If a pharmacy has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, up to twenty percent of its interstate drug distributions can be in the form of compounded drugs. See § 353a(b)(3). Under FDAMA, a pharmacist can call a physician and recommend a drug compound when a patient comes in with a prescription for a commercial drug and provides information to the pharmacist that indicates that the patient might require a compounded product. When exemptions and inconsistencies counteract the alleged purpose of a speech restriction, the restriction fails the direct advancement test. See Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n v. U.S., 527 U.S. 173, 190, 119 S.Ct. 1923, 144 L.Ed.2d 161 (1999); Rubin, 514 U.S. at 488-89, 115 S.Ct. 1585 (1995).
Finally, the speech restrictions fail the fourth Central Hudson factor; they are more extensive than necessary to achieve the asserted government interest. If clear alternatives exist that can advance the government's asserted interest in a manner far less intrusive to the pharmacists' free speech rights, then the restrictions are invalid. See Coors Brewing, 514 U.S. at 490-91, 115 S.Ct. 1585; Project 80's, Inc. v. City of Pocatello, 942 F.2d 635,
The government contends that the district court's suggested alternatives are useless since they do not address the government's substantial interest in balancing the availability of compounded drugs with the need to limit their widespread "manufacture." But the district court's alternatives are viable because the government's interest in balancing two competing goals failed to meet the second prong of Central Hudson. The alternatives do offer credible solutions for the government's substantial interests in safeguarding the public health and maintaining the integrity of the drug approval process.
Even if the district court had not proposed compelling alternatives and the government had marshaled sufficient evidence to show that compounded drugs are dangerous and their volume should be limited, prohibitions on truthful speech are still strongly disfavored. "We have never held that commercial speech may be suppressed in order to further the State's interest in discouraging purchases of the underlying product that is advertised." Central Hudson, 447 U.S. at 574, 100 S.Ct. 2343 (Blackmun, J., concurring). In 44 Liquormart, the Court explained:
517 U.S. at 503, 116 S.Ct. 1495. Government prohibitions of truthful commercial messages are "particularly dangerous" and deserve "rigorous review." Id. at 501, 116 S.Ct. 1495. The government has failed to support adequately its assertion that lower demand for compounded drugs will protect the public. Workable alternatives to the speech restrictions exist. Therefore, FDAMA's speech restrictions are more extensive than necessary.
Sections 353a(a) and (c) cannot be severed from the rest of FDAMA unless Congress would have enacted the constitutional provisions of FDAMA absent the unconstitutional provisions. See Alaska Airlines v. Brock, 480 U.S. 678, 685, 107 S.Ct. 1476, 94 L.Ed.2d 661 (1987); Board of Natural Resources v. Brown, 992 F.2d 937, 948 (9th Cir.1993). A statute's unconstitutional provisions are not severable if the entire statute is designed to strike a balance between competing interests. See United States v. Spokane Tribe of Indians, 139 F.3d 1297, 1301 (9th Cir.1998). FDAMA's legislative history demonstrates that Congress intended to provide access to compounded drugs while preventing pharmacies from making an end run around the FDA's drug manufacturing requirements.
The first legislative proposal to address pharmacy compounding appeared in the House of Representatives in 1996. That bill would have exempted pharmacy compounding from FDCA requirements without restrictions on advertising specific
FDA Reform Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Health and Environ. of the House Comm. on Commerce, 104th Cong. 31, 125 (May 1 and 2, 1996) (statement of Hon. David A. Kessler).
Subsequent versions of the legislation responded to the FDA Commissioner's concerns. The new House bill provided that the compounded products would be exempt from FDCA requirements only if the compounding pharmacist "does no more than advertise or otherwise promote the compounding service and does not advertise or otherwise promote the compounding of a particular drug or device." H.R. 1411, 105th Cong. § 17 (Apr. 23, 1997). A similar Senate bill tied exemption from FDCA requirements to a prohibition on advertising particular compounded drugs. See S. 830, 105th Cong., § 809 (July 1, 1997).
Evidence in the legislative record interpreting the final legislation demonstrates that Congress meant to exempt compounding pharmacists from FDCA requirements only in return for a prohibition on the promotion of specific compounded drugs. A House report explained that FDAMA was designed to "ensure continued availability of compounded drug products as a component of individualized drug therapy, while limiting the scope of compounding so as to prevent manufacturing under the guise of compounding." H.R. Conf. Rep. No. 105-399. Senator Kennedy noted that "some of [FDAMA's] conditions are intended to ensure that the volume of compounding does not approach that ordinarily associated with drug manufacturing." 143 Cong. Rec. S9840 (Daily ed. Sept. 24, 1997). The President's comments upon signing FDAMA into law reflect a concern with striking a balance between compounding and manufacturing: "The Act will also resolve the issue of pharmacy compounding — the process of making customized medicines — so that legitimate pharmacy compounding is allowed, while the manufacture of unapproved drugs is not." Statement on Signing the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, 33 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1885 (Nov. 21, 1997). Given these statements and the decision by both houses of Congress to add specific provisions to address the advertising or promotion of compounded products, we believe that Congress would not have passed FDAMA absent the restrictions on commercial speech.
The existence of a severability clause at § 1391 of the FDCA does not change our interpretation of the legislative history.
Thus, we hold that § 353a(a) and § 353a(c)'s restrictions on commercial speech violate the First Amendment. These provisions may not be severed from the rest of the provisions in § 353a. Accordingly, § 353a is invalid in its entirety.
21 U.S.C. § 353a(a).
21 U.S.C. § 353a(c).


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Riley credits Schenectady roots to career of success
Pat Riley punched the air a little bit as he described conversations he's had with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
It's the kind of gesture that friends use to amplify a verbal jab they're delivering.
Riley has a lot of friends around here, at the National Basketball Hall of Fame.
Some of them had jerseys hanging from the wall of the Special Exhibits Gallery Friday morning — Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaq O'Neal; some were right here in person, like fellow class of 2008 Hall of Fame inductee Patrick Ewing; and a busload of them were on their merry way from Schenectady, old friends from the neighborhood ready to celebrate the Linton High graduate's enshrinement in basketball's most hallowed place.
Riley, 63, was formally inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, along with Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Adrian Dantley, Dick Vitale, Cathy Rush and William Davidson.
His coaching career with the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Miami Heat would have been enough to get him enshrined, but Riley's body of work as a player came first, and certainly propelled him to greatness. He was a college All-American at the University of Kentucky and a high school All-American at Linton, where it all started, and Riley spared no words in praising the influence Schenectady had on him.
"They did a hell of a lot more for me than I ever did for them, so when I go back and give whatever I can, it's always important," he said during a morning press conference.
"All the people that are coming have shared something great with [wife] Chris and I and my family. I grew up with them, that's my taproot. They're going to bust my chops, big-time, at the party after, but I love them dearly, and Schenectady, New York, is where it's all about for me."
During the formal enshrinement in the evening, Riley was co-presented by former Lakers greats and Hall of Famers Jerry West and Johnson.
This whole weekend was bound to have a strong Lakers theme, with many of Riley's former players in attendance, but Schenectady, the springboard for everything Riley has accomplished, was well represented, too.
As far as busting chops go, Riley can give as good as he gets.
One of his fondest memories is of the 1961 game between Linton and Power Memorial from New York City, then featuring a promising freshman center named Lew Alcindor, who would later change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Blue Devils won, 74-68.
"That was always discussed when we wanted to rib each other," Riley said, jabbing his fist on "rib." "Again, this is part of my whole journey. I had an opportunity in high school to play against the greatest scorer in the history of the NBA. He was in ninth grade at the time, and he was just developing all of the things that we saw Kareem do in his years. We ended up beating them in that game, and I let him know that. We fouled him out. He only played eight minutes in the game. So he always says, 'Yeah, I only played eight minutes in that game.'
"We didn't play them the next year, and then I went to the University of Kentucky, they came back up and played us in the tournament and beat us by 70 or something like that. I say, 'But I wasn't there.' "
No, he was off becoming a college All-American and helping Adolph Rupp's Wildcats reach the 1966 national championship game against Texas Western (now UTEP), which beat Kentucky and became the subject of the movie "Glory Road."
Riley played on the Lakers' 1972 NBA champion team and was known for having to guard West during practice.
He eventually became a Lakers assistant under Paul Westhead, who was fired shortly after Johnson, then a rookie, asked to be traded because he didn't like playing for Westhead. Owner Jerry Buss named Riley the new head coach.
"I never coached anything," Riley said. "Jerry [West] said, 'Look, you'll be fine. Just throw the ball to Kareem and let Magic run the show. For a couple of weeks, I just let them handle it.'"
Riley won NBA titles with the Lakers in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988, reviving a rivalry with the Celtics that he has said mirrored the matchups he used to have with Linton against Mont Pleasant.
Riley, whose all-time coaching record is 1,210-694 and ranks third behind Lenny Wilkens and Don Nelson on the all-time wins list, joined the Knicks in 1991 for four seasons in which New York reached the NBA Finals in 1994.
Those teams featured players like Ewing, Charles Oakley, Mark Jackson, Anthony Mason, John Starks and Xavier McDaniel, who were rugged defenders and contrasted sharply with Riley's fast-break Lakers teams.
"These guys are tough guys, they're mentally tough, physically tough, that's who they were," Riley said. "The team asked me what would be a good marketing campaign for the team. I said take a camera, put it at the top of the Garden, shoot it down at the key, and put the chalk line of the dead person there, and just say, 'Stay out of the paint.' That's the kind of team we had. Maybe if I gave them a little more finesse, we would've won the title. And if I had kept Doc Rivers active in '94, we probably would've won. I always go back and think about that."
Among the memorabilia Riley will donate to the Hall of Fame are the championship ring he won with the Miami Heat in 2006; the navy blue suit, shirt and tie he wore in Dallas when the Heat clinched the title on June 20, 2006; and his old No. 12 Lakers jersey.
He'll be at Proctors Theatre on Monday for the Schenectady City School District Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
"Sixteen coaches I've had, my father being one of them. Walt Przybylo and Adolph Rupp were the two most influential in my formative years," Riley said. "Walt Przybylo, my high school coach, he set the attitude right, and Adolph Rupp created a player that could play and also have a work ethic.
"Back in the '50s and '60s, it was idyllic, it really was. It was a factory town. General Electric basically employed 80 percent of the people, they had a city center and Central Park. They had Mont Pleasant and Linton High, the rivalry. It simply was what Americana really was about in the '50s and '60s.
"Now, it makes me proud to be from there, because it was a great place to be raised. All of my friends that didn't leave, they stayed there and supported the community and worked as police officers, firemen, opened up restaurants — Italian restaurants. So Schenectady will always be a special, special place for me."


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Since I originally tried to start this blog, many things have happened in my life, all good things. I got married, had a wonderful son, and started a new job. Now that things are a little more calm (ha ha yea right!), I hope to start posting here again with whatever computer related topics come to mind.
The first set of posts will start with general Linux oriented topics. I had to continue using windows because of work-at-home related job projects, but I have since stopped working that side job, and can put whatever I want on my machine again. So I will start with evaluating different Linux options in Vmware Workstation; when I choose my favorite, I will format my machine and cut over to that.
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GWENT'S Police and Crime Commissioner caused something of a storm when, shortly after being elected, he questioned the accuracy of crime figures.
Ian Johnston's suggestion that some crimes were being recorded incorrectly and that this could mean figures looked better than they were provoked a row with the chief constable at the time, Carmel Napier, that was the precursor to her controversial departure from the force.
It would now appear Mr Johnston was quite right to turn over a few stones.
A new report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary highlights Mr Johnston's review and also shows the effect it is having on other forces in England and Wales.
The Crime Data Integrity Report makes some recommendations for improvement for Gwent Police but generally says the force has improved the accuracy of its crime reporting.
One effect of the changes Mr Johnston has brought in has been an increase in recorded crime levels for the force.
This is now replicated in 29 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, proving Mr Johnston's point that crime was not being recorded properly across the country.
Hopefully this is a watershed moment for crime recording.
While the most important factor for the public is the standard of service they receive from the police, they also need to have faith in the crime statistics their local force produces.
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Here's an excerpt of my eroding mental state. Or maybe just some weird ideas I wrote down. The first entry isn't my favourite, but I like the other three. Comments and edits appreciated. --T. (talk) 12:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
|What a strange article. While there are no laugh out loud moments (with the possible exception of the first entry), this article delievers on the whole "this guy is insane, and watching his rambling is entertaining" concept. There are only two major pet peeves I have: first, while it is amusing, the rambling grows to be a bit tiresome by the beginning of the last section. While it's amusing to see the thoughts of a crazy guy, it does get a bit redundant without a bit of spicing up or flavor. Second, all 4 of the sections are so unrelated to one another it gives me the impression they should be different articles. If you're going to write like this, you should connect the entires in more ways than just a P.S. towards the end.
|I'm always a fan of books and such that are told in first person by someone who doesn't exactly have it straight in the head (which probably why I loved I Am Legend so much). It takes some skill to jot down completely random thoughts and make it into a coherent, entertaining article, so well done.
|Prose and formatting:
|Ordinarily, I crack down on users who use lists in their articles. However, because your list in the second entry had pretty in-depth bullets, I won't get mad at you for that. After a thorough proofreading, I see that you've made virtually no spelling and puncuational mistakes. Your sections are evenly spaced, and although I wish they were more related, that doesn't really fall under this category.
|I liked the first image the most, as it seemed like a Sonje-chop, which usually means it's automatically phenominal. Your other ones, though a bit more tame than the first one, compliment their respective sections well. Choosing not to use any captions was also a good idea, as it doesn't really fit well with this kind of article.
|My overall grade of the article.
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|Basically, you've got a great concept, seamless grammar, and excellent execution- with only a few more coats of paint, this is going to land of VFH. Really, there are two major things you can do: first, make your entries more related. Usually, diaries have some references or another to their previous entries. Besides the P.S., you also might want to reference a recurring character, I.E. a strange neighboor or a neighboorhood bum. Second, i'd like it if you got more in-depth with your character- this may be personal taste, but i'd like him to be insane. Two books I can recommend to help you with stream of consciousness are American Psycho and I Am Legend. Try reading them- they are a good example of how to make a narrator insane. Anyways, good luck with the fine tuning, and see you on the front page! =)
|Saberwolf116 22:57, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. For what it's worth, my professional education and background is in mental health, so that's where the subject comes from. I'm not sure I can take some of your recommendations without fundamentally altering the character in a way that diverges from the real intent. He's not terribly focused on any one person for any length of time; he actually gets wrapped up by illogical beliefs about many different people. And his attention can wander; it's tied to whatever anxieties that the other person elicits.
However, length and wording can always be fine tuned to alleviate boredom. If you, or anyone else wants to do minor trim or polish, I'd welcome it. Romartus did some fine work on one my articles that I appreciated greatly. --T. (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


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LAMPASAS — A frozen foods processing plant may be out of commission for a couple of days as a repair crew works to get the facility back online, according to the Lampasas fire marshal.
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at the Windsor Foods processing plant in Lampasas, damaging the facility's roof but causing no injuries.
Five minutes after receiving the call, fire crews arrived on the scene and discovered a portion of the structure's roof engulfed in flames.
"We received a 911 call at 4:24 a.m. and were on the scene at 4:29 a.m.," Lampasas Fire Marshal Reece Oestreich said. "When we arrived, we discovered flames on top of the building."
Oestreich said it took 45 minutes to contain the blaze, and firefighters remained at the plant another hour to investigate and make sure the fire was extinguished.
Two units and 20 firefighters were able to contain the fire to the roof; it is believed there was minimal damage to the inside of the facility.
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Easter Seals Hawaii presented Maile Ogata with the Dwane Brenneman Humanitarian Award.
The 10th Annual Maile's Dream family fun event raised $3,660.00 for Easter Seals Hawaii on March 8th at Washington Middle School. The event featured live entertainment, games, crafts, activities and a silent auction to benefit the East Sultan Early Intervention Program for Easter Seals Hawaii (ESH). Coordinated by students and faculty at Washington Middle School, the event encourages children and individuals of all ages to accept those who are different and to celebrate those differences with one another.
Maile poses with her award with students and faculty from Washington Middle School and staff from Easter Seals Hawaii.
The awareness fair also honored its young founder, 14-year-old Maile Ogata, who started the event ten years ago as a way to encourage acceptance amongst young children, youth and adults. Maile was born with Apert's syndrome, a genetic disorder that can lead to facial and limb anomalies. It was "Maile's Dream" to teach acceptance of those who are different while giving back to a program at Easter Seals Hawaii that has helped her when she was younger. Maile's mother, Cindy Ogata, said, "Easter Seals' Early Intervention Program was there to support us with physical, occupational, speech therapy and a gifted teacher to help with cognitive delays…our objective of the event is to raise awareness and encourage acceptance."
Maile performed a song she wrote called "I am a child," moments before she was presented with an award from ESH's President & CEO Christopher E. Blanchard. "It impresses me how much Maile, at 14-years-old, has done for Hawaii's children and adults with developmental disabilities or special needs in the last ten years. Since she started her event, she raised more than $30,000 for Easter Seals Hawaii. She set a terrific example for the Washington Middle School students who have taken up her cause. We encourage others to recognize the impact Maile and the WMS students have had on our organization and the community."
Maile and her mom Cindy with East Sultan EI Program Manager Dawn Williams, Sultan EI Program Manager Luke Kusumoto, President & CEO Chris Blanchard and VP of Development Iwalani Dayton.
Mahalo Maile!


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How to get Zorin OS
First Impressions
Connecting to the internet
Flash and MP3
There are all the applications you would expect from an operating system such as screen grabber, text editor, terminal, archive/compression tool, calculator and disc burning software,
The browser within Zorin is Chrome. Many other distributions ship with FireFox or Chromium but Zorin comes with the actual Chrome browser.
If you don't like Chrome of course then that isn't a problem either because Zorin has a web browser manager.
Quick question. What does everyone else think of Midori? The jury is still out for me on that one. Am I missing a trick? Is it a hidden secret that I haven't figured out yet?
Thunderbird is installed as the email client and Empathy is the instant messenging client. There are also remote desktop and desktop sharing tools. A noticeable omission is an IRC chat client along the lines of XChat.
The full LibreOffice office suite is installed with Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw. GIMP is also installed for image editing. There is a PDF viewer installed and the Shotwell photo management tool.
In the "Sound & Video" category there is the Totem video player for playing movies.
For playing music there is the noise audio player.
When you first start "Noise" it will ask you to specify the folder where your music is located.
There is also the OpenShot video editor. I am not much of a video editor but I did write this article about using OpenShot to create a streaming cartoon video loop for my daughter's birthday party last year.
If you have any Windows programs that you want to run within Zorin then there is WINE which is not an emulator. WINE is a compatibility layer that enables you to run Windows software. It isn't 100% perfect but works for a good number of applications. Zorin has made this even better by installing PlayOnLinux which makes installing your Windows applications as simple as point and click.
In theory you can run Microsoft Office within Zorin and if you want to run Internet Explorer then you can. (Although you would be much better off getting used to Chrome). Just to prove the point, I installed Internet Explorer.
If you are a web developer then I guess this is useful for testing out your pages within Internet Explorer. I will be taking it off shortly after publishing this article.
Personally I would recommend using a virtual machine to run Windows if you need to run the odd Windows program. The other option is to dual boot.
One of the best uses of WINE and PlayOnLinux is to install your favourite Windows games.
Talking of gaming, a noticeable omission from Zorin (and to be honest most distros) is STEAM. You can remedy this by using the Zorin Software Centre.
Steam is available in the software centre. The software is free but to install it you have to click the Buy button.
When you click the Buy button you will be asked to log in to Ubuntu One. If you don't have an account you have to create one.
Once the account has been created you can download Steam. It is free despite the fact that you have to hit the buy button to install it.
Look and feel
By default in Zorin 8 you get the Windows 7 look. If you are old school then you can choose the Windows XP style and if you are old school Ubuntu there is the Gnome 2 look. There are more looks available but you have to upgrade to the Zorin premium version.
To get the premium version of Zorin visit http://zorin-os.com/premium8.html. You can get the premium version for a small donation of €9.99. If you require a disk then it is €14.99 with €3 for shipping.
The other thing you might want to change is the desktop background. You can do this by right clicking on the desktop and choosing the "change desktop background" option. (Incredibly cryptic).
There are a number of wallpapers that come with Zorin but you can choose one from your own collection by choosing "Pictures". If you prefer a plain colour then click on the "Colours" option.
If you like to add extra effects such as fading windows or cube effects then there is the Compiz Settings Manager.
Zorin Premium
Get the ultimate desktop experience with Zorin OS 8 Ultimate. It includes some of the best programs for Linux. If you're into multimedia, gaming, business or just want it all, this one's for you! Our premium software plus all of the original programs from Zorin OS 8 Core are also included in the package. With Zorin OS 8 Ultimate, you're set for just about anything!It really isn't obvious what you do actually get for choosing the premium option. Maybe the Zorin team could be clearer on this.
- The website is clean and simple to navigate and therefore it is easy to find the correct version to download
- The installer is easy to follow and you can be setup within 10 to 15 minutes
- Most software that I need is installed by default and therefore the package manager is only required for real extras.
- The selection of software is decent
- The look and feel changer is unique to Zorin and is a nice throwback
- There are some nice screen effects created by Compiz
- It is easy to use


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|From: Bill Wood (william.wood3 at comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jun 14 17:53:43 EDT 2009
On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 15:33 -0400, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote: . . . > Natural languages had nouns and verbs and adjectives and adverbs and > prepositions (only some have postpositions) and main clauses and > subordinate cluses and prepositional phrases and so on. They are way > more complex than programming languages (perhaps this is evolution vs. > design). Yet we find them convenient in > everyday use. > > There's probably something to be learned from this variety of syntax. I seem to recall that Larry Wall was of the opinion that natural language mechanisms like endings would be useful in a programming language, and he came up with the "@" and "$" decorators for variables on that model. I for one think the experiment was a spectacular failure -- all he did was invent another write-only language. Just my opinion, -- Bill Wood
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The number one bestseller behind the major film starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine
During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.
Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors.
The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.
About the Author
Eric Lomax was born in 1919. During the Second World War he was captured and tortured by the Japanese Army and forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He met and forgave his torturer in 1995. He died in October 2012.
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A great factual biography
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Fantastic reading and the delivery was extremely fast to get to me. I am glad I read the book prior to seeing the movie. I associated myself with the characters and like many diggers, 'they will forgive but never forget.' A book that opened my eyes that was a true story being a factual account.
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Found the book very interesting because my father-in-law (now deceased) was a POW on the Burma-Siam railway. He was an engineer in the British Colonial Service in the 1930s and 1940s. Some of the beatings, etc which Eric Lomax experienced would have been experienced by him. His pregnant wife with his 1 year old daughter (my wife) escaped to Perth in Australia just before Singapore fell. He suffered greatly from his experiences so that the trauma which Lomax experienced was very familiar to members of his family.
"What a great book. What a great man" -- Harry Ritchie Daily Mail "Forget the grueling films, just read the brilliant books" Independent "This beautiful, awkward book tells the story of a fine and awkward man. Here, I think, is an account that rises above mere timeliness and comes near to being a classic of autobiography" -- Ian Jack Guardian "When I turned to the book, the complexity of Lomax's emotions came alive and burned off the page" Independent "Of all the billions of words that have been written about the Second World War, with the exception of Churchill's Nobel Prize winning history, it is not an exaggeration to say there is no account of it more worth reading that this. Wistfully romantic, historically important, startling, horrifying and ultimately electrifyingly uplifting, The Railway Man is as indispensable as any book can be." -- Tom Peck Independent
Series: Vintage War
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 2nd December 2013
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 13.7 x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.27
Edition Number: 1
Edition Type: Media tie-in


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The Maple Grove City Council approved plans for the Park Nicollet Regional Specialty Center planned unit development (PUD) development stage plan during its Monday, May 19, meeting.
Other discussions during the meeting were in regards to a Paradise Car Wash and outlot on the former Champps site.
The council heard from City Planner Peter Vickerman about the plans for the Park Nicollet Regional Specialty Center, which will be located adjacent to the existing Park Nicollet building at 15800 95th Ave. N.
The project will be a three-story, 93,091-square-foot clinic, medical office building and pharmacy. The facility will be a regional hub for outpatient specialty care. There will be a primary care clinic, urgent care and specialty services such as TRIA Orthopedics, dermatology, oncology, ambulatory surgery, endoscopy, imaging, lab testing among other specialties.
A stand-alone pharmacy will also be included, which will be able to be used by the general public. Although, the applicant stated it may forgo the pharmacy drive-thru and/or parking lot connection to the existing parking lot at 15800 95th Ave. N.
Vickerman said the applicant has "talked about potential future use of the building, up to five stories" and a parking ramp.
The two Park Nicollet buildings will be connected by a skyway.
The applicant, Duane Spiegle, stated there would be no helicopter pad, but there would be ambulance traffic from this building. He added the ground would be broken in August on the new center, which would be opening in late 2015. The remodeling of an existing facility into an ambulatory surgery center would start late 2015 and be completed in the beginning of 2016.
The council then unanimously directed the city attorney to draft a resolution approving the PUD development stage plan, including all site plan and preliminary and final plat components of Park Nicollet Regional Specialty Center, subject to several conditions.
Vickerman said the former Champps site would be developed into two lots, one for a 14,600-square-foot car wash and detail center and the other lot for future bank, medical or dental use. The project will be located off of Elm Creek Boulevard and 80th Circle N.
He said pay stations for the car wash are in a stand-alone arched facility located just northwest of the automatic car wash.
Mayor Mark Steffenson asked if there would be two or three lanes to enter the site. Vickerman said there would be three pay station lanes, but then they would merge into one lane that goes into the car wash. The applicant added that up to 160 cars can go through the car wash in one hour.
Customers can either stay in their vehicles while going through the car wash or they can get out and site inside the building and wait.
Councilor Karen Jaeger asked, "What is so unique about this car wash?" The applicant, Steve Smith, said people have the option for self or full service for detailing. He added construction would start in mid-June with the car wash opening by the end of October.
The council first directed the city attorney to draft a resolution approving the PUD concept and development stage plan, including preliminary plat and all site plan components of Paradise Car Wash and outlot, subject to several conditions.
Secondly, the council directed the city attorney to draft a resolution approving the final plat and paradise addition.
In other action, the council:
DIRECTED the city attorney to draft a resolution approving the PUD concept and development stage plan, including all site plan and preliminary and final plat components of Red Rock Business Park, subject to several conditions. The two office warehouse buildings (182,512 square feet and 140,000 square feet) project will be located south of County Road 81 and north of 89th Avenue N. This is the former Country Concrete facility.
APPROVED the promotion of Travis Pobuda to the position of police sergeant at an annual salary of $79,381, effective June 2 and the promotion of Shawn Watson to the position of police sergeant at annual salary of $82,345, effective May 27. Each are subject to a 12-month probationary period.
PROCLAIMED Tuesday, Aug. 5, at National Night Out in Maple Grove.
APPROVED the hiring of Wayne Faue to the position of water/sewer maintenance I at an annual salary of $37,180, effective June 3 and subject to a 12-month probationary period.


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Although his latest play 'The Starry Messenger' gets good reviews, the production has difficulty to move to Broadway.
Matthew Broderick fears for the future of theater, revealing struggling ticket sales are threatening to stop his latest play from transferring to Broadway.
The actor is one of America's most successful theater stars, with two Tony Awards to his name - one for his hugely successful Broadway run in the musical "The Producers". But he insists the recession has hit New York's famous theater district so hard, only well-known productions with big-name casts are surviving.
Broderick's latest play, "The Starry Messenger", is currently enjoying a run at Off-Broadway's The New Group theater, and was expected to switch to a bigger venue. But the actor reveals those plans are on the brink of collapse, as the theater industry fights a dangerous drop in ticket sales.
He tells the New York Post, "Our play got really good reviews, and we're having trouble moving to Broadway. I don't think we will. I guess people want a really sure bet when they spend money on a ticket. With limited funds around, I guess they'll say, 'I'll see Phantom (of the Opera)'."


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Carmelo Anthony reportedly charged toward the Boston Celtics locker room before being restrained by teammates shortly after the New York Knicks' 102-96 loss at Madison Square Garden.
Anthony had a number of verbal exchanges with Kevin Garnett during the game. Both players received a double technical foul at one point in the game.
Anthony also attempted to confront Garnett near the Celtics' team bus. Police and security stayed between the players and Mike Woodson eventually came to the scene to clear Anthony away.
Garnett tried to downplay the incident on the floor before the altercation at the team bus.
"Heat of battle, guys go back and fourth," Garnett said. "He's trying to get his team to go, I'm trying to get my team to go. Both teams are colliding; not to mention it's the Knicks and the Celtics. That's just what it is."


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Ampacet Corp., Tarrytown, N.Y., has come out with Denestur (photo), a denesting aid for thermoformed and injection molded packaging. It also helps with mold release and scratch reduction. It is FDA compliant and comes in versions for PE, PP, and PET.
•Also new from Ampacet are AmpaTrace molecular tracers that add unique security signatures to food, beverage, drug, and cosmetics packaging. These customized "fingerprint" additive mixtures can be formulated for UV-activated, ferromagnetic, infrared, or other detection methods.
•A third Ampacet introduction is a reduced-bloom UV absorber for thin-gauge polyolefin films, designed to protect packaged contents from UV damage. The new additive is said to be more efficient than competing products, so it can be used at lower levels and in thinner films.
•New oxygen-scavenger masterbatches from Clariant Additive Masterbatches, Winchester, Va., are for HDPE and PP caps on personal-care packaging to protect fats and oils in these products from oxidation. CESA-absorb PEA0050901-ZN can help catch counterfeiting and can eliminate the need for an EVA cap liner.
•New from PolyOne Corp., Cleveland, are its first carbon nanotube masterbatches, based on acetal, PEEK, PEI, and PC. Stat-Tech NT products are aimed at semiconductors and hard-disk drives, providing consistent and uniform electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection together with high purity and little effect on processability or mechanical properties.
•PolyOne also launched OnCap CRT, a "process-optimization additive" for all types of resins, said to improve energy efficiency and throughput in extrusion and injection molding. Cycle-time reductions of 30% or more have been documented, the company says. OnCap CTR also reportedly improves part consistency, dimensional stability, and appearance.
•A more powerful antifungal additive from Techmer PM, Clinton, Tenn., is said to block fungal growth in PE films at just 7.5% loading. PM14873 meets FDA food-contact requirements and can be used in all types of PE.
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FML Process for UK HealthCare and College of Medicine Employees
- If an employee recognizes his/her condition as potentially being FML the employee shall complete and submit the application for FML. If the employee submits the application to the supervisor the supervisor should make a note and then forward the application to the Employee Relations Specialist, Whitney Cunningham in the Family Medical Leave Office.
- If an employee or Supervisor has a question about FML they should speak to the FML Administrator at 323-0256.
Employee Responsibilities
Employees are responsible for the following actions related to complying with the FMLA:
- Providing the University with sufficient information to determine that an absence is covered by the FMLA, which would be the FMLA application.
- Notifying the University of the anticipated timing and duration of the absence.
- Providing 30 days advance notice of the need for an FMLA covered absence when the need is foreseeable for the birth or placement of a child for adoption or foster care, or for planned medical treatment for a serious health condition of the employee or a family member.
Note: When it is not practicable to provide 30 days notice, or when the need to be absent is not foreseeable, notice must be given as soon as practicable. If an employee does not provide at least 30 days notice of a foreseeable FMLA absence, the employee can be asked to explain the reason for the delay.
Note: Calling in "sick" without providing more information is not sufficient.


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Gymnastics Birthday Party Invitations
Product Info
Invite your child's friends to their next birthday party with this customizable gymnastics birthday party Invitation. Features a gymnastics girls with party banner and cupcake. Personalize with
your party details.
Our invitations and photo cards are completely customizable and delivered to you via email so you can have them printed at your favorite place (Walgreens, Target, etc.) or even on your printer at home!
In addition to the invitation, I also offer:
1. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" BANNER - Each letter in matching theme colors/graphics, sized 10 x 7.
2. Thank You Card - sized as 5 x 7 or 4 x 6
3. Water bottle labels - sized 8 x 2 - I will send an 8.5 x 11 sheet with 4 per page
4. Favor Tags/Cupcake toppers - 2.5 x 2.5 circles or squares to adorn your cupcakes or place inside your Goodie Bag to say thank you.
5. Goodie Bag Topper - 4 x 6 (2 x 6 when folded)
6. Candy Bar Wrapper - 5 x 5 to fit a standard "hershey bar"
To order one of more matching party items please select the number of matching party items when placing the order.
1. Find and purchase the card design you are interested in (if you have any questions/requests before purchasing just convo us)
2. One you make your purchase please include the text you would like on the card in the "Notes to Seller" section or email text and photos to eventfulcards @ aol .com (remove spaces)
3. We will then get to work customizing your card and we'll send you a proof within 24 hours (usually sooner). We will make any changes to the layout until you are totally happy :)
4. Once you approve the proof we will send you a 299 dpi graphic that you can download and take to wherever you would like your prints made, or print it yourself on your home printer.
Photos can be submitted in either .jpg or .png format. They should be a resolution of 299 dpi or higher for the best results when printing. If you have questions about dpi or anything else related to your photos, just ask. We can't take responsibility for the print quality of low resolution photos.
It is illegal for us to use images that are copyrighted without the permission of the photography or company that holds the copyright. By submitting your photos, you agree that you are the photographer or have permission in the form of a copyright license from the copyright holder. You also agree to take full responsibility for any misuse of copyrighted images and agree to not hold us liable for any misuse of copyrighted images.
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Forty years after it first shocked movie-goers, The Exorcist is being taken out for another spin.
Actress Linda Blair will visit Canberra next month for a 40th anniversary screening of William Friedkin's Oscar-winning 1973 horror masterpiece in which she played a 12-year-old girl possessed by the Devil.
The November 23 showing at Greater Union Manuka will be followed by an audience question-and-answer session with the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated actress.
The Exorcist screening will launch Canberra's own Monster Fest.
The inaugural ACT outing for Melbourne's horror film festival will bring 12 hours of screen schlock and frights to CIT's Woden Campus on November 30.
Fans of scary movies will be treated to a bizarre selection of cult creep-outs from around the world, including Big Ass Spider, Kiss Of The Damned and the Canadian zombie flick Antisocial.
Monster Fest Director Neil Foley said the festival was thrilled to bring Linda Blair to Australia.
"The Exorcist has had a phenomenal impact on popular culture and kick-started a new wave of horror films in the 1970s," he said.
"For 40 years it's been the stand-out film in the genre, and it's just fabulous that audiences in Canberra will be able to see the film with Linda."
Blair will also attend screenings at Monster Fest in Melbourne and at the Brisbane International Film Festival.
The November tour will be her first visit to Australia in more than 20 years.
Blair shot the movies Dead Sleep and Fatal Bond on the Gold Coast and in Sydney in the early 1990s.
Tickets for The Exorcist screening at Greater Union Manuka from 8.30pm on November 23 go on sale on Saturday.
Tickets for Monster Fest go on sale from October 11 at www.monsterfest.net.au


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New product
A beautiful Princess suitcase Elsa and Anna. Put everything you need within a voyage to fantasatico with your favorite characters. suitcase with Kelly, two trolley wheels, carrying handle and hand an image printed on the front of the Frozen item of luggage, durable and made with high quality materials.
Tracking of Shipping: As soon as your item is shipped, you will receive an email with a link to the monitoring of the shipment.
With this system you can know the status and location of delivery.
Timing of packaging and shipping: The item is shipped the same day payment * at the latest, the following day. Do not count as working days: Saturday, Sunday and all those days on the calendar that are in red. * (valid for payments received through PayPal or other methods immediate. Payments must be received by 13:00 on the days between Monday to Friday)
The cost for shipping varies depending on the product placed in the shopping cart
a mino € 7.00 to a maximum € 25.00
The shipping is free for orders over € 150 EU
The shipping is free for orders over € 300 Out EU
The times for shipping varies from 2-9 days
To conclude a purchase with this type of payment you will see a page of our website where you can enter 'e-mail account and password of your PayPal account or access to the procedure for creating a new one.
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SOFORT Banking. The system of direct bank transfer, international and TÜV.
The high safety standards of SOFORT Banking minimize the risks associated with online payments. A payment system verified and data protection verified by TÜV Saarland. Payments online with ease and security!
Each transaction requires the entry of personal home banking known only to the User himself (please keep handy the details of their bank account and PIN).
Each observation is confirmed and approved by the user with a password dispositive, an authorization code or by other confirmation procedures.
This payment does not include costs aggiuntivi.Sarete redirected to the payment after order confirmation.
Valid only for the following countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland)
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Payment system is not on-line, using this method will see the page that shows the data required to make the payment. Not being an immediate payment method, the seller will wait until the actual crediting of 'amount provided before starting the shipping process.


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Taste and learn about beer-styles whilst snacking on Foot-Long Scratchings.
You'll have a fun, detailed introduction by one of our Draft House liquid geeks into our five favourite beers – Pale, IPA, Lager, Stout and Sour.
12pm – 1.30pm
If this date isn't suitable, please email the pub directly as they can also create bespoke events.
Draft House, Tower Bridge
206 Tower Bridge Road
t: 020 7378 9995
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A failing head lamp switch can cause the head lamps and/or instrument cluster lighting to flicker or dim. The head lamp switch should have a noticeable click between each position; a "mushy" feel is a strong indication of a failing switch.
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