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Norwegian Metal Singer PelleK Belts Every 'Power Rangers' Theme Song In One Massive Medley [Video]
Hey, you know how you wanted to spend the next 15 minutes watching a Norwegian metal singer belting out every Power Rangers theme song from the past 20 years? No? Well, too bad, because that's what we're doing, and it's going to be awesome.
The singer in question is PelleK, who's been getting attention lately for his energetic, soaring cover songs like Frozen's "Let It Go" and Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball," but since those songs aren't about teenagers with attitude fighting monsters in a giant robot, I'm comfortable in declaring that nobody cares about them. This, however, is fantastic -- and considering that he sings every song from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers all the way up to Power Rangers Super Megaforce in one continuous shot, it's actually really impressive, too. Check out the full video below!

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Let's all pray that the named police officer remains safe from harm and as well protected as police would protect Michael Brown had he succeeded in his efforts to kill that officer. Brown was shot and killed after stealing from Quick Trip and assaulting police officer as he tried to take the officer's weapon away from him.
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Two North Platte men were convicted Monday of assault in a three-way fight on Jan. 26 at an apartment complex on East Philip.
Bennett ran from police and threw a cell phone at a cop as he was being caught.
Police then found two plastic bags full of several prescription pills on him.
Bennett pled guilty to the reduced charges. He was sentenced to 90 days, with credit for 92 days in jail. He can apply the extra two days toward court costs.
"Hopefully, this is the last time we will see you for awhile," Lincoln County District Judge Donald Rowlands told him.
Scott Mehring, 56, was convicted of second-degree assault and sentenced to 180 days in jail. Two other counts of assault were dropped.
Mehring at first pled guilty but changed his plea to no contest after the facts of the charge were read in court. Prosecutors stated that he hit a man in the head with the butt of a knife and cut the man's hand.
"Do you agree that is substantially correct?" Rowlands asked him.
Mehring thought a minute and then said, "Not in my opinion."
Rowlands offered him the chance to change the plea to no contest, and Mehring did.
He receives credit for 90 days in jail and was ordered to pay court costs.
In other court convictions April 28, a North Platte man, Thomas E. Barnes, 41, was convicted of third-degree sexual assault.
Prosecutors said a 14-year-old girl accused Barnes of reaching under her shirt and bra to put his hand on her breast.
Barns pled guilty. A presentence investigation was ordered. Sentencing is set June 9.
Barnes also faces a theft charge in county court.
Too much to drink
Carrie Wilkinson was convicted of driving under the influence - fourth offense. She pled no contest. In return for her plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.
Wilkinson was involved in a wreck on Sept. 10, but allegedly walked away from the scene, prosecutors said. Her blood alcohol content was 0.233.
Her prior DUI offenses were in 2005 and 2006.
She was ordered to report immediately for a presentencing investigation and return for sentencing on June 23.
Joey Guillman, 28, was sentenced to 200 days in jail, a $500 fine and his driver's license was revoked for a year.
Guilleman is convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol while on probation. He has been in the Lincoln County jail for 92 days.
Bond was reduced to $10,000 for Nick Flynn, who is charged with violating probation. Rowlands ordered him to attend treatment or wear an alcohol monitoring bracelet at his own expense and submit to random tests, if he pays the required 10 percent and is released from jail.
Flynn was ordered to return to court on June 9.
Travis Dancer faces charges of driving on a suspended license, hit and run and failing to furnish information to law enforcement
Defense Attorney Blaine Gillett said a plea offer had just been made and he thought an agreement would be reached.
Gillett asked for more time to consider the agreement.
Lincoln County District Court Judge Richard Birch told Dancer to return to court on June 9.
Tyler Bush appeared with defense attorney Russ Jones, who said a plea agreement had been reached and his client would plead guilty to DUI.
Bush is charged with fourth offense DUI on May 28, 2013. He is out of jail after posting the required 10 percent of $100,000 bond.
Birch set sentencing for May 12.
Off to treatment
Lincoln County Attorney Rebecca Harling asked for consideration for Angela Hasbouck to enter a long-term treatment program.
Hasbrouck was initially arrested in 2012 on drug charges. She was doing well in the drug court program, until she relapsed earlier this year, Harling said.
Hasbrouck tested positive for drugs, kept company with people with criminal records and she had left Lincoln County in violation of her drug court program, Harling said.
Harling asked Birch to accept Hasbrouck's voluntary withdrawal from drug court so she could enter treatment, which includes a supervised halfway house after in-patient care is complete.
She said Hasbrouck won't contest the recent charges. She wants to restart her life when she finishes treatment.
Birch sentenced Hasbrouck to 207 days. With credit for 172 days that she's served, and good time jail provisions, Hasbouck was released from jail.
Lucas Swarthout, charged with terroristic threats, use of a weapon and drug possession, was sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to attend a 45-day drug and alcohol treatment program.
Swarthout was also ordered to submit to random searches and tests throughout his probation.
Swarthout threatened a Lake Maloney resident with a knife because he was following his car, which the lake resident said was driving a suspicious manner.
The man followed Swarthout's car to try to get the license plate number.
Swarthout noticed he was being tailed. He stopped his car and confronted the man, brandishing a large knife, threatening him and putting him in fear of his life, according to a sheriff's statement.
When deputies caught up with Swarthout, they found syringes and baggies in his car, consistent with the distribution and use of methamphetamine.
Lincoln County Attorney Rebecca Harling recommended probation and treatment. Defense Attorney Kent Florom agreed.
"Recovery would be more beneficial to everyone involved," Florom said.
Judge Donald Rowlands agreed that it would be best to keep an eye on him.
"The county attorney has gone to bat for you," Rowlands then told Swarthout. "I hope we don't see you back here again."
More charges
Ryan Walsh's sentencing for burglary was continued for two weeks, pending the resolution of charges in county court.
Defense Attorney Russ Jones asked Rowlands for time to address the latest charges against his client.
Walsh, 31, was arrested March 20 for failure to appear in court 10 days earlier on theft and drug charges. He was scheduled to be sentenced for the burglary of Kohler's Trailer Sales in May 2013.
Walsh, 31, is also charged with drug possession, according to sheriff's records.
He has been held in jail without bond since March 20.
Rowlands deferred sentencing on the underlying charges until May 12.
Aryan Perry, 18 pled not guilty to burglary and meth possession for charges that originated in September, when a home was broken into on West 22nd.
Perry was arrested on Feb. 1. When his belongings were searched, a small plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine was found, along with another baggie of pills, drug paraphernalia and items used in meth use and distribution.
Perry was charged with burglary and possession of a controlled substance (meth) with intent to deliver. He bonded out of jail on Feb. 20, coming up with the required 10% of $7,500.
But since then, he tested positive for marijuana, a violation of the conditions of his bond.
He was handcuffed in the courtroom Monday and taken to jail, and ordered to return to court on May 12.
• Also, Brady Fisher, 38, was handcuffed and taken to jail after he appeared in court on theft charges. Fisher was out on bond, but was charged over the weekend with possession of meth -- a violation of the terms of his bond – so he was taken back to jail.
In other court action:
• Cash Brewer was convicted of attempted possession of meth. He pled guilty to the charge in a deal with prosecutors. Initially, he was charged with possession. Brewer was arrested Nov. 4, when he was found with 0.04 grams of meth. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and ordered to report on May 10. He received credit for 18 he served after his arrest.
• A bench trial is set for June 10 in the case against Jesus Montana, a frequent occupant of the downtown streets. Montana has been in jail frequently on minor charges. Most recently, he was arrested on Christmas day, charged with felony shoplifting and has been in jail since.
Not guilty pleas
Teddy Daniels, 44, pled not guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and possession of oxycodone. He was arrested in January.
Defense attorney Russ Jones said he thinks his client and prosecutors will reach an agreement and asked for time to work that out. Daniels was ordered to be back in court on June 23.
• Also, Dwayne Palmer pled not guilty to possession of oxycodone, methadone and driving under the influence of alcohol.
No shows
• Lucas Camacho did not appear for arraignment. He said he had "no way to get to court" in a phone call to defense attorney Amanda Speichert, and his case was continued.
Comacho is charged with trying to break into a house in early December in the 200 block of East 10th.
• A warrant was issued for the arrest of Cheri Doerr, who did not appear for her arraignment. She is considered a high flight risk.
Doerr was charged Jan. 28 with domestic assault and use of a weapon.
• Terry Boles did not show up for court and a warrant was issued for her arrest. She is charged with cruelty toward a child.
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Hungary's foreign minister said Wednesday that calls by an extreme-right politician to register the country's Jews as potential security risks were "completely unacceptable" and the worst yet in a series attributed to the legislator's party.
Janos Martonyi also denied suggestions that his country was lenient with neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists, telling reporters "Hungary does not put up with" actions by such groups and individuals.
"Hungary has the strongest laws against such manifestations," he said after meeting in Vienna with Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger.
Martonyi's comments reflect Hungary's attempts to deal with the fallout from the remarks by Marton Gyongyosi of the far-right Jobbik party, which generated headlines across Europe and outraged human rights activists.
Gyongyosi told the legislature last week that it was time "to assess ... how many people of Jewish origin there are here, and especially in the Hungarian parliament and the Hungarian government, who represent a certain national security risk."
Gyongyosi later apologized to "our Jewish compatriots" for his statement, but added that Hungary, a nation of about 10 million people, needs to be wary of "Zionist Israel and those serving it also from here."
Some 550,000 Hungarian Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Hungary's Jewish population is now estimated at 100,000.
Martonyi's center-right Fidesz party, the main group in Hungary's ruling coalition government, criticized the remarks along with all other parties in parliament.
On Sunday, senior Fidesz politician Antal Rogan told an anti-Jobbik crowd estimated at 10,000 by Hungarian media that he would take his two sons to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where it is estimated that one-third of the Nazis' victims were Hungarian.
The controversy has strengthened the platform of opposition politicians and human rights activists who accuse Fidesz of not doing enough to combat strong anti-Jewish and anti-Roma sentiment in Hungary — something Fidesz denies.
Martonyi said that Fidesz has repeatedly ruled out "any political or other cooperation with Jobbik," adding he expected unspecified political and legal consequences for Gyongyosi because of his comments.


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I have an MRI scheduled for Tuesday (12/18). It is my first scan since July and the longest I have gone without a scan since diagnosis. I have a oncology appointment scheduled for Friday (12/21) but usually my internist calls with the results when she gets them. I feel great, but I am soooo nervous about it.
So any good thoughts you can throw my way would be greatly appreciated!
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Thank you Geoff for mentioning those discourses.
My own experience has been that by practicing anapana-sati to develop samadhi one merely maintains the awareness of the touch of the breath for longer and longer periods until sama-samadhi is achieved. This practice is done in the absence of other contemplations such as the ones you and Brizzy have enumerated. And the experience of many practitioners is that the method is effective.
So, I am interested in the mechanics of the development of jhana within that particular context.
I am also aware of the Nivarana Sutta which says the four satipatthanas should be developed to abandon the hindrances. The four satipatthanas when developed will lead to the permanent abandonment of the nivaranas but my question relates to their temporary abandonment/suspension/suppression.
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This is a true story. Three animals were walking in single file. The rabbit was in front. It was followed by the dog. The cat followed behind them both.
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They were all walking forwards. They were not looking backwards. How can you explain this?
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A GROUP of Winchester primary school children visited the House of Commons recently.
Steve Brine, MP for Winchester and Chandler's Ford, invited teachers and pupils from Weeke Primary School's Newspaper club to visit Parliament on January 8.
The group took a tour of the House and had the opportunity to quiz the MP about his job.
Mr Brine said afterwards: "I really enjoyed having the group here, and what a super bunch of kids. I read the Weeke Whizz Magazine they publish, and it is a wonderful piece of work."
Weeke pupil Charlotte Prince-Rayner said: "Being in the place where our country's decision are made, watching the House of Commons in action, and meeting our MP was something I'll never forget."


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According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Deerfield Management now owns 5.8 million shares of NxStage Medical (NXTM), a medical-device company whose primary product, the NxStage System One, is used for hemodialysis treatment. Along with a number of warrants, Deerfield controls 5.9 million shares, giving it just under 10% of the shares outstanding. Deerfield is a health-care-focused fund managed by James Flynn; it had owned 5.3 million shares of the stock at the beginning of October.
NxStage's revenue climbed 9% in the third quarter of 2012, compared with the same period in 2011, roughly in line with its growth rate on the top line in the first half of the year. Net losses, which had been slightly lower earlier in the year than in the same periods last year, were cut in half in the most recent quarter. For what it's worth, NxStage lost $2.6 million ($0.04 per share), compared with $4.3 million invested in research and development (and R&D was up 26% from the third quarter of 2011). The company also reported that its cash flow from operations had been positive for the first nine months of 2012 (unlike a year ago), meaning that it should not need to dip into its balance sheet cash of $100 million to keep the company going.
The System One, according to NxStage, has the advantages of being both portable and easy to use, so it can be used by people with little training as well as health care professionals, and in patients' homes as well as health care facilities. This product is responsible for about two-third of the company's sales, and it has been the source of most of its growth. With margins improving considerably, the System One segment experienced a 68% increase in operating profit in the third quarter compared with the third quarter of 2011. NxStage also sells some hemodialysis products to dialysis centers; this segment saw lower revenue growth, but operating profit was up significantly here as well.
Of course, NxStage is still unprofitable, and while we can see that its business is improving, the analyst consensus is that it will lose money in 2013 as well. The market capitalization is about $670 million (with about 400,000 shares traded daily, and a current price of $11.30), and as we've mentioned, a considerable portion of that is cash. Orbimed Advisors, another large health-care-focused fund, had a smaller position in the stock at the end of the quarter. One of NxStage's largest customers, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DVA), is well known as a stock that Warren Buffett has been buying recently on the expected strength of the dialysis market.
As such, we would expect continued increases in revenue for NxStage in 2013. The question is, can NxStage continue to increase its margins to the point where the company can show positive net income and continued growth that would justify the current valuation? The company says in its 10-Q that it expects continued increases in R&D, which could of course be a positive sign for future revenue growth but makes it less likely that we will see profits next year. In addition, NxStage will be hit by a medical-device excise tax starting in 2013. As a result, improved operating margins would likely have to come from continued improvement in gross margins, to such a degree that these headwinds are overcome.
We're interested in seeing health-care-focused funds get into NxStage, and Buffett's interest in DaVita might be taken as a good long-term sign for companies that are tied to dialysis. While we can't really evaluate it from a value perspective at this point, it might be worth coming back in a quarter or two to check on its progress.


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AUSTRALIAN Sam Griffiths continued recent overseas domination of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials by winning his first four-star title - but past champion Oliver Townend and comeback king Harry Meade pushed him close in a thrilling finale.
While Dorset-based Griffiths celebrated landing an £80,000 jackpot aboard the 11-year-old mare Paulank Brockagh, though, his fellow Australian Paul Tapner suffered a showjumping implosion.
Highworth-based Tapner, Badminton winner four years ago and the overnight leader after cross-country, could afford to have two fences down aboard Kilronan and still take the title, but four rails hit the deck and he finished fourth.
For Yorkshireman Townend, riding Armada, second spot proved a best four-star result since he triumphed at Badminton and Burghley in 2009, while third-placed Meade and Wild Lone completed one of eventing's most remarkable recoveries.
Meade, the son of three-time Olympic gold medallist eventer Richard Meade, suffered career-threatening elbow injuries following a horror rotational fall during a competition last August, and he defied medical logic to take his place in the Badminton field.
"It is way beyond expectations - everything just added up in the right place," said Meade, who lives in Luckington, a neighbouring village of Badminton.
"I have coped really well. I feel great, to be honest. My arms were great on Saturday on the cross-country, and I was so relaxed going in there again.
"He (Wild Lone) did everything I expected him to do, but in eventing it can leave you 20th or it can leave you in the top three.
"On Saturday, I loved the fact it was raining, it was windy and they were hostile conditions. You could get your teeth stuck into it. This is just brilliant."
Townend finished less than three penalties behind 41-year-old Griffiths' final score of 67.9, and he added: "I am thrilled with the result. He came here as good as I could have had him.
"The reason he is so good at cross-country is because he is tricky in the other two phases. It was certainly a good cross-country competition, so it has worked out in our favour in the end.
"At certain points riding the cross-country course I just thought this was what the sport was meant to be. It is a fantastic feeling when you are on a Ferrari to be able to sit there and get those distances you need on big courses like this one.
"I am fairly speechless, if I am honest."
The glory belonged to Griffiths, though, who jumped from fifth to first after having just one fence down on a day when only one of the 32 final phase survivors - his fellow Australian Wendy Schaeffer - collected no jumping penalties.
Griffiths becomes the sixth Australian winner in Badminton's 65-year history, while Townend remains the only British champion since 2005.
"I was fifth going into the showjumping, and I had no expectation of being on the podium, but I just concentrated on what my horse does well," Griffiths said.
"She is one tough nut with a massive heart. She tries and tries and tries. I cannot speak highly enough of her.
"This is the ultimate dream. When I was a little boy we used to wait for the video to come out to watch the highlights of Badminton. To win it is the completion of that dream."
Record six-time Badminton winner Lucinda Green, meanwhile, believes that Saturday's thrilling and challenging cross-country spectacle has reinvigorated an event that was first staged in 1949.
"In the old days it used to be a ratio of importance of two for dressage, 12 for cross-country and one for showjumping. In the mid-1990s that was taken out of the rule book," Green told Press Association Sport.
"On a good day, it has become a ratio of six, six, six, which is acceptable, but so often we have had a ratio of eight, three, nine."
Green, who won 13 Olympic, world and European medals during a glittering career, added: "What we had on Saturday was a seriously difficult course, not made any easier by the conditions.
"If Badminton holds its nerve and can have this level maintained, the rest of the sport will aspire to it and the whole sport will start to put cross-country back to where it should be.
"I am so happy the course posed the problems that it did. It was fantastically courageous of Giuseppe (course designer Giuseppe Della Chiesa).
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HOULTON — Maine is paying its final respects to a Special Forces soldier from Houlton killed in Afghanistan.
Military Street Baptist Church announced that the funeral for Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Henderson is scheduled for Wednesday inside the gymnasium at Houlton High School.
The Bangor Daily News reports that visiting hours begin at noon with the funeral scheduled for 2 p.m.
Henderson was wounded by an improvised explosive device Sept. 30 and died last Monday at the hospital at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.
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Following a Nuevo Flamenco trend, Ojos de Brujo has borrowed the excitement of the traditional music and put away the sorrow—the ferocity of gutter pain has been turned into a party anthem, or a call to action, or sometimes just used to give a Spanish pop song more power. Marina Abad's voice has some of the force and the rusty-bitter flavour of old flamenco, but not the anguish.
Part of me thinks this is a pity. Another part reasons: why not? Isn't it better to be happy than sad? If the musicians want to celebrate, then let them celebrate. If they want to sound confrontational rather than melancholy when they think about injustices, if they want to bring in a rapper who seems almost breathlessly irritated, well… good. Better that than have them fake a sadness they don't feel. The male wail at the beginning of "Tantas Flores" might be there only so that it can be mirrored by an Indian singer, who matches the Spaniard with an indigenous wail of his own, but the idea of it, of unexpectedly pairing Spain with India, is an inspired one. Never mind misery, let's have honesty instead. Let it be about the presence of emotion, not the nature of that emotion, and let me not think that suffering necessarily ennobles people, or that poor and lonely artists in garrets are better than cheerful ones who travel all over the world and have mobs of friends showing up at the door with chocolate cake at midnight, shouting, "Surprise!" and throwing balloons, as Ojos de Brujo probably does, because they sound like the kind of people who would.
Then I wonder: if Abad's voice is not anguished, then what is it? Determined, I think. Tough and sure. Sometimes with a personal, almost musing tone, which she brings out, on this album, in "Nueva Vida", but always with a strong edge. I'd suggest 'feisty' as well, but I've seen it used to describe too many characters in movies, and it usually seems condescending—as in, wasn't it marvellous, the way she stood up to that serial killer villain when she's just a girl and all? So: determined. Forceful. Eager. She flips out syllables in "Donde Te Has Metio" as if she expects you to dispute them with her and would be pleased to return the favour if you did. Not flexible—she's like an actress who can play only one role, herself, though at two different volumes, loud and soft—but distinctive. In interviews she has brought up the idea that the people in Ojos de Brujo are free, a free group of people, making the music they want to make in the way they want to make it. When she sings there's no reason to doubt that she believes what she says.
Ojos de Brujo share an aesthetic with other bohemian European collectives like Think of One. There's that idea of a large group of talents coming together, making a group-noise, and each song changing depending on who is chosen to be in it—the difference is that Think of One doesn't give the same prominence to one member that Abad enjoys. Here's a jazz piano on "Correveidile", having its turn. Here's a collection of big-band Latin American trumpets, having theirs. Here's a Cuban moment. The result is a large sound, but also a focused one. It's that combination of freedom and voluntary discipline that helps give these groups their character, the sound of a dozen component parts moving together voluntarily. Ramón Giménez's flamenco guitar may not take the same conspicuous role as Abad's voice, but it is equally part of the music.
Aocaná seems to me softer than their past work, more laid-back, with less scratching and fewer u-turns. There is less of an attacking feel and more of a reactive one. The music not as twitchy and fierce as it was in their first widely-released foreign album, Barí. They're still immediately identifiable as Ojos de Brujo, but the change is noticeable.
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"Law enforcement and the major media outlets in the United States need to be consistent in their definition of terrorism and to use the term objectively. Selective use of the term makes it clear that objectivity is simply a conceit and that certain racial, ethnic and religious groups are incapable of committing acts of terrorism (i.e. upper-middle-class white men who own airplanes and nurture a grievance against their own government)."
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Summit County school districts are slated to receive more than $1.62 million from the state's first distribution of tax revenue on casino profits, while Portage County schools are expected to collect more than $495,000.
The figures, released today in a breakdown by the Ohio Department of Taxation, show that roughly $38 million in total will be distributed to the more than 1,000 various educational institutions throughout the state based on population.
Private schools are excluded.
According to the Department of Taxation, the funds are to be released twice a year. The revenue comes from a 33 percent tax levied on daily gross casino revenues.
The coming disbursement, which is to be paid out by Jan. 31, will be the first allocation since Ohio's casinos in Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo have opened.
A fourth casino in Cincinnati is slated to open this spring.According to the overall breakdown, revenue accumulates in the Ohio Casino Tax Revenue Fund, and by the 15th day following the end of a calendar quarter, money is transferred from that fund into various areas.
Ohio schools will receive 34 percent of the revenue, while 51 percent is divvied out to county governments. An additional 5 percent is allocated to casino "host" cities.
The remaining balance is split between other smaller funds. The Casino Control Commission Fund will receive 3 percent, the Ohio State Racing Commission Fund receives 3 percent, the Law Enforcement Training Fund receives 2 percent and the final 2 percent is given to the Problem Casino Gambling and Addictions Fund.
Here's a what some schools in Summit and Portage counties are slated to receive:
Akron City Schools: $463,671.12
Aurora Board of Education: $60,151.26
Barberton Board of Education: $79,134.01
Cuyahoga Falls City Schools: $102,906.65
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The Everglades wetlands ecosystem, our country's largest subtropical wilderness, has already been devastated by a century of destructive human activity. For many years, NRDC and other environmental groups have been working to stop a gargantuan limestone mining project from causing even more harm to the Everglades, irreversibly destroying critical wetlands and endangered species habitat, contaminating local drinking water supplies and costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Earlier this year, a federal court determined that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it issued permits to the mining industry to turn more than 5,000 acres of Everglades into open pits. But the Corps is now set to re-issue those permits as well as approve the destruction of another 10,000-12,000 acres of wetlands. Together with existing mines, this would amount to converting 30 square miles of historic Everglades and irreplaceable wildlife habitat into mining pits.
As if the devastation to the Everglades were not reason enough to stop the mining, recent studies demonstrate that the proposed mining would endanger the adjacent public wellfield, which supplies drinking water to millions. Alternative mining plans exist, and include large buffers to protect the Everglades and the public wellfield but still allow at least eight years of mining (depending on demand, which has slowed recently).
The Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to stop the proposed mining project by vetoing the permits.
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I'm living in Japan now but I'm from France.
Apparently there has been a lot of talking about a jeweler who killed one of the guys who just robbed him.
What is striking about this story is that lots of people are actually supporting the idea that he was right to do so. I have some friends and even some family on my facebook page who actually believe the robber deserved to be killed by the jeweler.
In France only hunters are allowed to have guns and usually people are not very fond of the idea of doing justice by themselves. But it seems it is changing somehow.
Television and news seem to help people think nowhere is safe anymore and that there are not being protected correctly, now they are afraid and angry which leads to this kind of reaction.
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I find it reflects a lot of problems the Buddha talked about so I thought I would share.


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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Structured Treatment Interruption as an Autovaccination Approach to Enhance Immune Based HIV-1 Control in an Adolescent/Young Adult Population
|Study Start Date:
|July 2003
The focus of this study is to use Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) as an approach to auto-immunization. The STI management schema is based on current understanding of HIV-1 viral dynamics, pharmacology of available antiretroviral medications, and HIV-specific host responses. This is a Phase II trial to provide preliminary data on the feasibility and possible efficacy of using STI to enhance immune-based control of HIV-1 replication. A steady state HIV-1 viral load determined from historical tests prior to initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) will be compared to the steady state viral load post-STI. HIV-1 specific CD4 and CD8 cell responses will be measured before and after the period of STI management and HIV-1 specific CD8 cell maturational phenotype will be assessed and correlated with ability to control viral replication.
Adolescents and young adults who have either had sustained viral suppression on HAART for at least 2 years or who have had sustained viral suppression from 3 to 6 months will be eligible for this study. Participants will have 12 weeks of HAART followed by 2 to 4 weeks of treatment interruption. Participants will undergo three rounds of this regimen. After the third STI, participants will have an additional 12 weeks of HAART and then stop therapy. Participants will be monitored off HAART for up to 20 weeks. During this time, if there is evidence of HIV progression (two consecutive viral loads exceeding 10,000 copies/ml; two consecutive CD4 cell counts under 350 cells/microL; two consecutive CD4 percentages less than 15%; or two consecutive CD4 cell counts less than 50% of baseline), standard continuous antiretroviral therapy will be reinstituted. Plasma HIV RNA will be tested monthly during therapy and weekly while subjects are off treatment. Immunologic studies are monthly throughout the study. Participants will be involved in the study for approximately 2 years.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- Acquired HIV infection after age 12 years
- CD4 cell count greater than 500 cells/microL within 30 days of study entry
- Either on HAART for 3 to 6 months with HIV-1 RNA < 400 copies/ml or on HAART for more than 2 years with at least one HIV-1 RNA < 400 copies/ml each six month period
- HAART regimen of two NRTIs and at least one PI (not nelfinavir)
- HIV-1 RNA 5,000 copies/ml prior to HAART and documented CD4 cell values
- CMV positive
- Ability and willingness of subject (and parent/guardian where required) to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Started initial HAART regimen less than one year after known HIV-1 seroconversion
- Immunosuppressive therapy
- Certain medications
- Pregnancy
- Evidence of an opportunistic infection
- Laboratory values that are classified as Grade 3 or higher toxicities at the time of study enrollment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00067574
|United States, California
|University of California at San Diego
|San Diego, California, United States
|United States, District of Columbia
|Children's National Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|United States, Florida
|Children's Diagnostic and Treatment Center
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|Study Chair:
|Craig M Wilson, MD
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00067574 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 25, 2003
|Last Updated:
|March 2, 2017
Keywords provided by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Structured treatment interruption
Treatment experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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New Zealand's amazing visual artists get the attention they deserve...
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Fans the world over have gained a love of the artwork and artists from New Zealand thanks to Weta Workshop and the company's amazing designs, special effects, costumes, and production. Thanks to films like The Lord of the Rings and live-action TV spots for the video game Halo, pop culture fans have seen what these artists can do...or have they?
Thanks to Ignite Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers, art fans can now get their first taste of a completely unique art book filled with 100% New Zealand artwork. Entitled White Cloud Worlds: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artwork from Aotearoa New Zealand, the 128-page book features various pieces of two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork sculpted, painted, and created by many "established and emerging" artists from the "land of the long white cloud."
Flipping through the 128 pages, readers will immediately find a variety of styles and artistic personalities, including those they have come to love through other mediums as well as those they've never heard of before.
With a forward by writer/director Guillermo Del Toro and an introduction by Richard Taylor, this masterwork of artwork - edited by Paul Tobin - will no doubt be an awesome coffee table book for those fans and collectors who want to find a variety of artwork in one place.
For those who like landscapes, there's Jeremy Bennett, whose work helped create the look, colors and feel of Mordor and other habitats in Middle-earth when he worked as a member of Weta's crew on the production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Still others will find Gus Hunter's work their favorite. Detailed Photoshop work shines as this artist bases his topics on regional myths and characters like "Kupe Faces Te Wheke" (below).
For those looking for an almost child-like sense of imagination and love, Guido Anton's work will surely impress. My personal favorite, "Story Time Pumpkin," is fascinating in its simpleness, tender in its concept, and mind blowing in it's detailed nature.
Others will find artists like Sacha Lees a favorite. Fantastical, flowing and feminine in nature, Lees' work includes such splendid pieces as "Unit 5" (below) and others.
For those who like mecha and robotic designs, look no further than Aaron Beck and Christian Pearce. Both artists have a variety of designs features, including various robots and mecha-style characters. While their styles are different (Pearce's tight, structured designs opposing Beck's sweeping, Japanese-flavored work), both give those with a shine for the mechanical something to cheer about. Of note, Beck's "Peace Dragon" (below) and Pearce's "Ol' Blue Thighs" - both amazing works of art.
Fans of fantasy won't want to miss Thomas Simpson's work, including "Marshwalkers" (below) and "The Green Room." Quoting art as being associated with "escapism," Simpson's work truly inspires such as it's near impossible to look at his amazing fictional settings without wanting or wondering what it'd be like to wander about within.
Some names collectors will instantly recognize. Greg Broadmore, famous in the collectibles community for his work on the Weta RayGuns line and his concepts for the fan-favorite film District 9, is featured in White Cloud Worlds and for good reason. He's not only a talented concept artist, but painter as well. His piece, "Lonelybot" (below) proves this true.
Some artists, such as Nicholas Keller, Jamie Beswarick and Gino Acevedo, will prove popular with fans of the dark, angry, and horrifying. Maybe best known for his line of Weta statues, sculptor Jamie Beswarick brings to life a number of pieces featured in the book, including "Terrakula" and "Infrit," while Gino Acevedo's "Vampire" and "Zombie" will frighten even the hardest of horror fans. Keller, whose artwork is influenced by Polish fantasy artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, brings to life a nightmare-ish cast of dark warlords reminiscent of evil characters seen in The Lord of the Rings, Hellboy, and other fantastical films (below).
While I don't have the space here to post the work of all 27 artists, know that each and every one brings forth a unique and beautiful profile that will appeal to a variety of fans. In all, the book features more than 100 pieces of artwork by the 27 featured artists. And, as each artist has complimented their profile with a brief description of their work, their influences, their personality, and joys, each section in the book makes for both an interesting read as well as a beautful selection of art to look at and admire.
As a fan, it's plain to see why each and every piece of artwork in White Cloud Worlds was chosen. Though their styles may vary and their tastes may differ, it's also plain to see their locale has influenced each and every artist included in the book. No doubt New Zealand has an exuberant amount of talent and it's great to see a number of the country's artists featured here in publication for all the world to appreciate and adore.
For more information on White Cloud Worlds or to order your copy, click HERE.
- Jess C. Horsley
- sample courtesy of HarperCollins Publishing; images used with permission.


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Hoping to mail off that bill at the last moment to avoid late fees? It better not be on a Saturday.
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it is ceasing Saturday delivery and pickup of mail from businesses and residences as of Aug. 1 to try to stem the massive losses it has experienced in recent years. Delivery of packages to homes and businesses -- and full service to post office boxes -- will continue six days a week, and post offices that now operate on Saturday will continue to do so.
"The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America's changing mailing habits," said Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO, in a statement. "We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings."
The USPS reported an annual loss of nearly $16 billion in 2012, and Congress has been slow to implement reforms that could put it on sounder financial footing. The agency expects five-day delivery to save $2 billion per year after it's fully phased in. That's a small fraction of the agency's red ink. Indeed, a 2011 Government Accountability Office report concluded that "ending Saturday delivery would reduce costs, but comprehensive restructuring is also needed."
The USPS cited internal research and media reports indicating that 70 percent of Americans supported the move as a way for the agency to cut costs and improve its financial position.
For consumers, the impact will likely be felt in terms of payment flexibility and turnaround times for sending and receiving communications with banks.
For example, consumers who normally would have waited until after depositing their paycheck Friday before sending out a credit card payment Saturday will now face a choice between incurring late fees and hoping their paycheck clears before their payment does. Should that fail to happen, the result could be hefty overdraft fees on their checking accounts.
However, your bank's ability to receive any payments you manage to send will probably be unaffected, as many large businesses have special relationships with the USPS that allow them to receive mail more frequently than regular customers.
"We pick up from the USPS and process payments seven days a week, including all major holidays," says a spokeswoman for JPMorgan Chase & Co. "If a customer's payment arrives in the lockbox on a Saturday or Sunday prior to our 5 p.m. local time cut-off, we will date the payment as of that day."
Overall, the negative impact on customers may not be what it would have been a few years ago, thanks to direct deposit and the sort of Web-based financial innovation that's partially responsible for the Postal Service's dire financial straits. Many people now get their paychecks directly deposited, and electronic bill-pay and other online services allow consumers to pay bills instantly as soon as they have the money in their checking account to do so.
That being said, if you have lost your debit card or have some other urgent need to receive mail from a bank, you won't be able to do so on weekends any longer -- and that could lead to financial hardship for some.
What do you think? Will you miss Saturday mail delivery?
Update: Spokespeople from Citibank and Wells Fargo say they don't expect their ability to receive weekend mail to be affected.


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Dallas -- 7-Eleven announced Tuesday that the company achieved record store growth in 2012 and expects the number of 7-Eleven stores worldwide to pass the 50,000-store mark by the end of the first quarter.
The c-store chain added nearly 5,000 stores globally in 2012; 1,000 were in the U.S. and Canada. At year's end, 7-Eleven operated 49,500 stores in 16 countries.


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The 4-star Hotel Giorgione, completely decorated in a classic style with antique furniture and Venetian décor, is set in a 18th-century building in central Venice. Hotel Giorgione is located 10 minutes away from Saint Mark's Square and 400 metres from the Rialto Bridge. It features a charming interior courtyard that retains the evocative atmosphere of a historic residence set in the heart of Venice.
The elegant rooms feature precious fabrics and Murano-glass chandeliers. They combine period furniture with modern amenities, such as an LCD TV with satellite channels. You have a free internet point in the lobby. The rich breakfast buffet includes freshly baked croissants, eggs and bacon. During summer, it is served in the characteristic courtyard with fountain. In the afternoon, free tea, coffee and biscuits are available.
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Up and down the Jersey shore, residents are demolishing homes and starting to re-build after damage done by Superstorm Sandy.
But some environmental groups are urging officials to rebuild smarter, and in some cases, not rebuild at all.
The hum of clean-up
Ortley Beach, just south of Seaside Heights, was one of the towns hit hardest by Sandy. Now, the sounds of rebuilding fill the air during a typically quiet season: the hum of heavy truck traffic, buzz of circular saws and drone of industrial-sized heaters drying out soaked homes all crowd the air.
On a recent morning, a few blocks from the ocean, a residential street crawled with contractors and a handful of residents stripping their homes who all planned to fix up their homes and stick around.
"We love it down here, why would we move?" asked homeowner Pete Strumolo. "We're a couple of blocks from the beach. Been here as kids together. Nobody's going to move."
Sandy seen as an opportunity
Mark Mauriello, former head of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said the push for normalcy after a trauma like Sandy is understandable. But it might also be short-sighted.
"When you have such devastation, it does provide an opportunity to think a little bit about 'Does it make sense to put everything back where it was?'" Mauriello said.
Mauriello has joined a host of environmental groups urging the state to think more strategically about how, and where, to rebuild. Some were talking about this even before Sandy, in light of climate scientist's projections of rising sea levels.
"In many cases, it's much more cost-effective to acquire a property, relocate the structure and never have it be damaged again than it is to just fix it up and have it damaged over and over again," Mauriello said.
Mauriello is not suggesting people be kicked out of their shore homes. Rather, that the state should consider buying up the land of people who want out after Sandy. People like Janeen Fortunato. Her four-room Ortley Beach bungalow stands a block from the ocean.
"It was like a bath in here," Fortunato said, standing in her living room on a recent morning. "Water's up to the ceiling....the back wall was blown out from the force of the water."
There are still four inches of sand on the floor, and Fortunato's refrigerator is lying on its side in the living room, spilling bags of frozen vegetables. She said she hopes to knock down the house, one of the last original bungalows on her block, and sell the property.
"I don't think that I can afford to rebuild," she said.
Environmental advocates say buying up land like Fortunato's would make room for bigger dunes, or provide more space for marshes, which absorb flood waters and can project adjacent properties.
"Along the New Jersey coat we've lost nearly 50 percent of the wetlands that were there historically," said Tim Dillingham, of the American Littoral Society. "By putting them back in, we are giving ourselves one more line of defense from the waves and storms that are inevitably going to come back to the coast."
Significant hurdles to implementation
On the ground level, however, the conversation about public land acquisition doesn't seem to be happening.
"I haven't head anything like that, from what I've seen of the governor on TV, the message is to rebuild," said Toms River township engineer Robert Chankalian.
Chankalian said he has two issues with the idea. The first is cost: who would pay for all that beachfront property? And second, if homes on the barrier islands don't take the beating from storms, Chankalian argues others farther inland may end up doing so instead.
"If every house was gone from (the barrier island), there might not even be a dune there, so then you might see wave action more frequently coming across that barrier island," Chankalian said. "Now you've put in jeopardy all the houses that are on the back bays."
The New Jersey program Blue Acres was created more than a decade ago to allow towns to buy up flood-prone land for buffer zones or to prevent future damage. But the program is out of money, and there is nothing currently budgeted for post-Sandy buyouts.
A New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said he expects a variety of rebuilding strategies will be discussed this year, and it is premature to guess where public acquisition of private land might be on that list.


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CAPTAIN Fantastic Emma Holloway is celebrating after winning her first-ever solo medal at last weekend's British Gas Synchronised Swimming Championships.
The 20-year-old, from Chippenham, clinched silver in the technical event (65.0912) at Sheffield, also finishing fourth in the free event (65.0667).
Chippenham Amateur Swimming Club member Holloway also led her Bristol Central team, which also included fellow Chippenham swimmer Rachael Lawrence, 16, to the prestigious Redwood Trophy with victory in both the technical team and free team events.
Holloway's outfit also finished just 0.0667 points behind Rushmoor Synchro in the free combination team competition at the Ponds Forge Centre.
Former Great Britain junior Holloway, who is currently studying sport and exercise science at the University of Bath, said: "It's my first year as captain and we pretty much dominated the championships, so I'm really proud of that.
"The British Championships are the biggest competition of the season and winning the Redwood Trophy is a great achievement for all of us. I've been swimming at them since I was 15 but I've never won a solo medal before – that was a big surprise.
"I was aiming to try and get two top-five finishes and I've managed to do that, as well as getting a medal."
She added: "I've got a little bit of time off now before we start training for the Scottish nationals, which are in October – I'm going to be working on a duet with a partner."
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Mattingly happy with results from Adrian, Kemp
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Which is the better sign?
Adrian Gonzalez slugging a pair of home runs to the opposite field, or Matt Kemp launching into orbit his first home run of the Spring?
Manager Don Mattingly seemed pretty pleased with both Dodgers and noted that they had taken impressive recent batting practices with new hitting coach Mark McGwire.
Mattingly saw Gonzalez's two homers.
"It means more that he's going the opposite field with carry," said Mattingly, who didn't see much of that from Gonzalez after his acquisition last season. "Today he had his best BP. And Matt's BP has been getting better. I hope things are starting to click and fall into place."
Gonzalez shook off a case of the flu early in the week after returning from the World Baseball Classic and said he continues to work on good habits while breaking bad ones.
"We're trying to get back to a certain feeling up there," he said. "It's coming along slowly but surely."
Overshadowed, perhaps, but Mark Ellis also homered in a 3-for-3 game, raising his spring average to .371.
"I'm starting to feel a lot better," said Ellis. "It's closer to the season and I'm feeling like a baseball player again. My defense is better. It took a while. To me, defense takes just as long, seeing the ball off the bat, getting the range back."
The Dodgers also got a pair of doubles from Andre Ethier and a home run from Brian Cavazos-Galvez, son of former Dodgers pitcher Balvino Galvez.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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If it were up to me I would put a slight spin on Wrestlemania 29 by having the Shield state that WM29 they will reveal to the world their leader.
Several individuals will have their finger pointed at thinking that their the leader including and especially Big Show, Orton and Sheamus who will team up to face the Shield in a 6 man tag at WM29.
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Here is my first blog and it is the road to WM29 ideas.
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Big Show beats Alberto Del Rio to regain the World TitleThe Rock beats CM Punk for the WWE ChampionshipRyback eliminates John Cena & Dolph Ziggler to win the Rumble match.Surprise entrants: Ric Flair, Brock Lesnar & Triple H
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The usual rules for cost control in patent litigation (about which I have recently written) must be supplemented for cases before the International Trade Commission (ITC).
ITC cases can reach trial in as little as seven months. Parties must quickly get to the merits, and discovery deadlines are far more compressed than in district court. The short time frame and fast pace of an ITC action make it challenging for all parties—both complainants and respondents—to litigate efficiently. Some lawyers have suggested (and some clients have thrown up their hands and accepted) that efficient case management simply is not possible at the ITC. Strategies are available, however, for controlling ITC litigation expense while maximizing the chances of success.
Get a head start
The short time to trial at the ITC is an obvious advantage for complainants, who can catch respondents by surprise. A complainant can gain even more of an edge by secretly going beyond the requirements for what must be included in an ITC complaint. A successful complainant should plan to select its technical experts and work up the entire infringement case including reverse-engineering of the respondents' products, with them prior to filing, though it need not tell the respondents that it has done so. While additional documents relating to the accused products (e.g., confidential technical specifications) will be uncovered during discovery, the meat of the infringement case can usually be prepared even without that information. Preparation of expert reports and direct testimony submitted in written form at the ITC should not be a scramble for complainants. That work should be in progress and in some cases largely complete, before the complaint is even filed. Doing so will help ameliorate the chaotic nature of ITC litigation and will reduce overall expense.
Respondents should take full advantage of the 30-day window between the filing of the complaint and institution of the investigation by the ITC. It is not uncommon for much of that period to be spent grappling with the shock of being sued and selecting counsel. Smart companies will be prepared to take full advantage of those 30 days by getting to work immediately. Even if outside litigation counsel are not selected right away, a lawyer (whether outside or in-house) should begin working on the merits without delay. That lawyer may ultimately hand off work product to someone else, but the company will be ahead of the game. Every day of effort counts to quickly focus the defense on the right arguments. As I have previously written, success in a patent case almost always hinges on a limited number of issues. Identifying those key issues early increases the chance of winning and helps control overall cost by reducing the amount of time spent on subsidiary arguments that will not affect the outcome of the case.
Insulate the merits team
Given the fast pace of ITC actions, counsel should be split into separate teams for discovery and the merits. Simply put, the attorneys responsible for winning the case cannot afford to be bogged down in document production or discovery disputes. Their energy must be focused on developing the key arguments for trial and preparing the cross-examination of opposing experts. Like any other case, an ITC trial is won or lost on cross. The merits team should be working on cross as early as possible and certainly not later than the day expert reports are served.
In multiple-respondent cases, it is also important for respondents' counsel to efficiently manage their interactions with the joint defense group. One attorney should be designated to participate in joint defense calls. Cooperation is important, but counsel should proceed to develop winning arguments without waiting for other members of the group to be convinced. Inevitably some members of the group get off to a slower start because they do not follow the suggestions above, but eventually, they will appreciate and support winning arguments.
Take advantage of the judge's expertise
Finally, efficiencies can be gained from the deep experience of the ITC's Administrative Law Judges with patent issues and in many cases with the technology as well, because similar technologies repeatedly come before the ALJs. There is no jury, so while case themes should not be overlooked, they require less reiteration. The role of fact witnesses is limited. Parties can cut to the chase in briefing and at trial, and the judges greatly appreciate when parties do so. In a recent ITC investigation involving multiple respondents, the complainant filed a nearly 1,000-page pretrial brief. After trial, the judge limited the complainant's opening post-trial brief to 200 pages and its reply to just 100 pages. Focusing the briefs and the presentation at trial keeps the judge's attention focused on the important points; it avoids boring or annoying the judge and also reduces legal expense.


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Thomas Hock, the highly paid former chief BART negotiator who has come under fire for signing off on the disputed family medical leave provision that has derailed union contract agreements, issued his first public comments Thursday about the controversy, saying he wasn't aware of the perk's inclusion in the final deal.
"When I presented the last, best and final offer dated Oct. 13, 2013 and presented to the unions on Oct. 17, 2013, TA 4.8, which dealt with the Family Medical Leave Act, was not included in that last, best and final offer," Hock said in a statement released by a spokeswoman for his company, Veolia Transportation.
He added that he was absent from the negotiating table the long weekend of Oct. 19-21.
"Since I was not involved in or contacted about the negotiations over the weekend, I have no knowledge of when 4.8 became part of the settlement," Hock said, adding he could not comment further.
His comments come amid growing dissent from his former bosses, the BART directors, who agreed to pay him $399,000 to lead the six months of acrimonious negotiations. In fact, the board last week directed BART General Manager Grace Crunican to investigate whether the agency had grounds to file insurance claims or take legal action in the matter, Director Joel Keller said Thursday.
It was Hock, assistant general manager Paul Oversier and Labor Relations Manager Rudolph Medina who signed the family medical leave provision that was included in the final labor package ratified Nov. 1 by members of BART's two largest unions. BART has called the inclusion of the language a "clerical mistake."
Union leaders said the disputed provision was "not a glitch" but an agreement between both sides, and blamed Hock's "minimalist" approach to negotiations as a contributing factor to any confusion.
Whether going after Hock is fruitful is an open question, said San Francisco State Labor and Employment Studies professor John Logan.
"It may be somewhat unfair to blame Hock, as he wasn't the only person who signed off on the tentative agreements," Logan said. "But the agency was paying a great deal for Hock's services, and the public suffered a great deal as result of the adversarial nature of the negotiations.
"And now, BART is saying they are getting a terrible deal. It is a monumental train wreck. There needs to be a proper inquiry into why the process was so dysfunctional, and it needs to happen soon."
On Thursday, director Keller called for such an internal review of the entire labor negotiations process for the transit agency.
Meanwhile, BART trustees replaced Hock, whose contract ran out weeks ago, with another negotiator to find a way out of the mess.
The board unanimously approved increasing a contract with Bruce Conhain up to $70,000 for his negotiating services going forward. He was earlier approved for $99,000 to provide a "labor relations strategy" for the contract negotiations.
Director Robert Raburn, before approving the payment increase, said he confirmed Conhain was "not culpable" in the disputed family medical leave provision.
Staff writer Lisa Vorderbrueggen contributed to this report. Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni.