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POLICE are on the hunt for a man wanted in connection with stolen cars found in a Great Lever lock up.
Officers found nine stolen vehicles when they swooped on the unit in Hartford House, off Weston Street, Great Lever, on Wednesday, March 5.
A 30-year-old-man called Mark Treppas is now wanted by police in connection with the cars found in the raid — as well as burglaries, thefts of motor vehicles, driving offences and fraud.
Police say he uses aliases Mark Walton, Mark Daniel Treppas, Mark Daniel Walton and Daniel Walton.
He also has links to Great Lever, Deane, Daubhill, Farnworth, Hindley and Atherton.
The Great Lever raid followed an "extensive" investigation into car theft in Bolton.
A motorbike stolen only three days earlier was found, as well as three cars and five engines.
All the vehicles and parts had been stolen in Bolton, something police described as "unusual", as goods are normally taken further afield.
A grey motorbike recovered was one of three police believe to have been taken from Smethurst Lane in Morris Green on March 2.
Officers also found a blue Fiat Punto car, which they think was taken in November from an address in Melbourne Road, Deane.
They also found a stolen Vauxhall Corsa and a stolen black Renault Clio Sport with false plates.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 8565507 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.


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Okavango, Chobe and Vic Falls
On this safari we travel through Botswana and Zambia, exploring Chobe National Park and the vast Okavango Delta. We search for wildlife including elephant, zebra, buffalo and giraffe. Swapping land for water we stay on the Okavango Panhandle aboard our houseboat, searching for hippos, crocodiles and other wildlife. We end our trip in Zambia, visiting the thundering waters of Victoria Falls.
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- Comfortable Lodges - The finest game viewing from comfortable hand-picked lodges.
- Okavango Delta Panhandle - Spend two nights on a houseboat and explore the most prolific inland delta of Africa by boat.
- Chobe National Park - Discover the stunning wildlife that inhabits this fine reserve, renowned for its big herds of elephants.
- Victoria Falls - Visit one of the natural wonders of the world.
Itineraries on some departure dates may differ, please select.
1Join trip Maun airport, drive to the Okavango Delta
2Full day of game drives
3Okavango Delta - search for marine life and huge variety of birds
4Morning game drives; afternoon head to Maun
5Okavango Delta Panhandle Houseboat
6Optional visit to Tsodilo Hills, see thousands of San Bushman rock paintings
7Drive to Kasane and the Chobe National Park
8Game Drives in Chobe National Park
9Game Drives in Chobe River area
10Drive to Livingstone; view Victoria Falls
11In Livingstone, free time for many optional activities
12Trip ends in Livingstone
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A simple street ride is all that Louie Carrillo of Riverside, CA., wanted for his latest creation; a '69 Chevy Impala hard top. He wanted a '69 specifically, as that was the year he was born in, and the Internet aided him in his search. "I found the '69 in Arizona on Craigslist and I bought it off of the original owner." Since a convertible proved too difficult to find, he settled instead on a hardtop, albeit one in great shape. The car was in such great running condition that Louie was able to drive it from Arizona to his California home. There, it would be transformed into the beauty you see here.
This isn't Louie's first Lowrider or even the first time that we featured one of his cars in the magazine as Louie is a well-known custom car painter; a title he began cultivating at when he was just thirteen years old. "My older brother used to do custom paint and I would help him prep the cars when I was only twelve," he explains. "This was back in the in the early '80's. I started when I was thirteen and by age twenty, I became a pretty popular guy for paint, thanks to the flake paintjobs that I was doing to the mini-trucks in the late '80's." His big break came in 1995, when Louie met the Toma brothers, who asked him to paint their '50 Plymouth. The car won back-to-back Bomb of the year titles, and propelled Louie to the top of the Lowrider painting class, boosting his reputation among builders. "The phone calls started coming in and I was given the opportunity to paint many cars," he says proudly. He's certainly put his skills to work within the scene. Some of the cars that Louie has painted include "Ultimate Obsession," "Every Hater's Dream," "Yo Soy Mexicano," "Bloody Mary," "Wild Cherry," "The Blue Print," and his 1961 Impala, named "Silver Bullet" that was featured in the June 2003 issue of Lowrider Magazine.
Back to the topic at hand, of course a guy with a rep for being one of the scene's most detailed painters couldn't leave well enough alone on what was supposed to be a simple build. "The first thing I did when I got the '69 was to take it to Top Notch to get a little work done," Louie says. "My intentions were to do a nice paintjob, add a multicolor top, throw some wheels on it, and it would be good to go." Of course the build didn't stop there. "We added a sunroof and before I knew it, we were taking the car off of the frame," Louie says with a laugh. "My intentions were to make it a street ride, not a trailer queen, but I took it to the Toma brothers and because of them, I ended up going all out on it." Louie is still not done with the car and he promises several new additions at this year's Lowrider Magazine's Super Show in Las Vegas. "I would like to thank the Toma brothers from Top Notch Customs, who are two of the best car builders in the industry. Also thanks to my good friend George Victoria for all his support transporting my car from one place to another."
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"El Perrucho"
Owner: Louie Carrillo
Vehicle: 1969 Chevrolet Impala
City/State: Riverside, CA
Club: Uniques
Engine: Top Notch, out of Riverside, CA., installed the 350 with a 350 turbo transmission, Magnaflow headers, Flowmaster exhaust, Edelbrock intake, Walter Prosper air cleaner, Spectre air filter, CFR engine dress up kit, Taylor Wires, AC Delco ignition, Optima battery and a CFR cooling system.
Body/Paint: All keyholes and the firewall were shaved. The dash, hood and trunk were molded, and the skirt was molded to the car. Once the car was ready, Louie Carrillo, of Top Notch, sprayed the Lime Green Candy Sherwin Williams paint that had Sparkle EFX flake on it as well.
Interior: Joe, at California Upholstery, in Bell Gardens, CA., installed the Lexus front and rear seats. Custom door handles and billet inserts were also added.
Sound System: The Toma brothers, from Top Notch, installed the Pioneer touch screen in the custom center council and HiFonics amps, Infinity mids and Kicker subwoofers.
Setup: Top Notch installed the two custom billet pumps with six Optima batteries. Apolonio, at AB Polishing, in Montclair, CA., handled all the chrome.
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Can anyone help me locate the meaning of tamaham.? None of my dictionaries are any help (I don't think it has anything to do with darkness, tama) and my usual method of cross referencing fails me since it appears primarily in the Abhidharma for which I haven't found complete resources in English (or Pali, for that matter) on the Net.
Here's a link to the Channa sutta in Pali where you can find it toward the end in the sentence: "A¤¤aü ca kàyaü upàdiyati, tamahaü saupavajjo'ti vadàmi."
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Closed Loop Stimulation for Neuromediated Syncope (SPAIN Study) (SPAIN)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified April 2014 by Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Spanish Society of Cardiology
Biotronik SE & Co. KG
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 11, 2012
Last updated: April 11, 2014
Last verified: April 2014
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Physiological stimulation therapy effectiveness will be proved with contractility sensor or CLS sensor (Closed Loop Stimulation), in BIOTRONIK CLS pacemakers to prevent from neuromediated syncope. Furthermore, not only will be investigated if this system eradicates syncopes, but also if the number of presyncopal episodes is reduced.
|Syncope, Vasovagal
|Device: Pacemaker with Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS sensor)
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Closed Loop Stimulation for Neuromediated Syncope
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: FaintingU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Reduction of number of syncopes [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Demonstrate that pacing therapy regulated by an inotropic sensor (CLS) is effective for the suppression of the neuromediated syncope
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time reduction to the first syncope [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Time reduction to 1st syncope: Time from the implantation to the 1st recurrence of the syncope.
- Reduction of the recurrence of presyncopal symptoms [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Reduction of the recurrence of presyncopal symptoms: Since the CLS sensor can detect any changes in contractility, and presyncopal symptoms are preceded by a contractility increase, it is thought that CLS group patients will suffer less from these symptoms.
- Improvement of Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Improvement of Quality of Life: Syncope produces uncertainties and fear to the patients. This will be checked if pacemaker implant improves QOL of these patients and if a specific programming scheme influences the outcome.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Control
Pacemaker implanted but NO pacing (mode DDI, 30 bpm and sub-threshold)
Device: Pacemaker with Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS sensor)
Crossover: 1 year at control group and 1 year at CLS group (randomized which group goes first)
Other Names:
Experimental: CLS group
pacemaker implanted programmed with the contractility sensor activated (mode DDD-CLS)
Device: Pacemaker with Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS sensor)
Crossover: 1 year at control group and 1 year at CLS group (randomized which group goes first)
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients that fulfill the requirements of the study:
- Patients with 5 previous neuromediated syncopes
- Positive Tilt test, Cardioinhibitory response, heart rate < 40 bpm for at least 10'' or pauses > 3''
- Patient ≥ 40 years
- No cardiopathy present
Patients without the following contraindications:
- Drug treatment with β-blockers
- Chronic Polyneuropathy
- All contraindications for DDD or DDDR pacing (as per clinical guidelines SEC, 2002)
- Geographically stable patients and able to attend all follow ups
- Patients that have signed the informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients that do NOT fulfill the inclusion criteria mentioned above
- Patients with the contraindications indicated above
- Patients with syncopes due to Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity
- Other syncope causes different to the CNS
- Patients involved in other clinical studies
- Pregnant women or in age bearing that are not using at least 2 contraception methods
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01621464
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01621464
|Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
|Sevilla, Spain, 41013
Sponsors and Collaborators
Spanish Society of Cardiology
Biotronik SE & Co. KG
|Principal Investigator:
|Gonzalo Barón Esquivias, MD PhD FESC
|Spanish Society of Cardiology
More Information
Keywords provided by Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, member of Syncope Working Group (within Section of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias), Spanish Society of Cardiology
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01621464 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 11, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 11, 2014
Keywords provided by Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias, MD, PhD, FESC, Spanish Society of Cardiology:
Neuromediated syncope
Tilt test
CLS sensor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Syncope, Vasovagal
Consciousness Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Orthostatic Intolerance
Primary Dysautonomias
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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And yet …
"It's fun to play against a guy you know, a guy you're good friends with, competitors trying to beat each other," Hulls said. "There's a cool dynamic out there."
That dynamic developed on the AAU circuit, when Hulls and Byrd were Indiana Elite teammates (as was IU's Derek Elston). Even though they now play for rival teams, the friendship continues, but with certain limits.
"We talk pretty often," Hulls says, "but we're busy now, so not as much."
When IU and Purdue meet tonight at Mackey Arena, there will be no divided loyalties, Hulls said. It's strictly team over friendship.
"Being from Indiana," Hulls said, "once you put on the Indiana jersey, that's all that matters. It's Hoosier pride."
That pride will get plenty of home-grown fuel given both programs thrive from in-state players.
For instance:
The Hoosiers have 10 in-state players, including starters Cody Zeller of Washington, Yogi Ferrell of Indianapolis and Bloomington's Hulls.
Ten Purdue players also are from the state, including starters Terone and Ronnie Johnson of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne's Rapheal Davis, Gary's A.J. Hammons and Crawfordsville's Byrd.
Adding to the connection, Ronnie Johnson and Ferrell know each other from their Indianapolis high school days.
"It plays out on the court because there's such a familiarity with each other," Indiana coach Tom Crean said. "There are some close friendships, not to mention rivalries. That's a big part of it."
The stakes are a bigger part. The No. 3 Hoosiers (18-2 overall, 6-1 in the Big Ten) need a victory to maintain at least a share of the conference lead with No. 1 Michigan. Purdue (11-9, 4-3) needs a win to stay within range of first and to keep its postseason hopes alive.
The result is enough passion for 10 rivalry games.
"There certainly should never be any concern about is there enough intensity, is there enough energy," Crean said. "Sometimes you've got to make sure that there's enough concentration and enough focus, but not when it comes to intensity and energy."
Purdue has won six of the last nine meetings, but Indiana swept both games last season. That included an impressive 78-61 win at Mackey Arena.
This season, the Hoosiers are Big Ten and national title contenders, while the youthful Boilers are struggling to make the NCAA tourney for the seventh straight year. But coach Matt Painter's go-young approach — starting three freshmen in Davis, Hammonds and Ronnie Johnson over the past five games — has produced improved Big Ten play.
Yes, Crean has noticed.
"I don't think any coach in this league underrates anybody because you just look at the coaching and you look at the talent that is in the programs, and you just know it's a matter a time.
"I think Purdue is doing that. They are playing very well and finding different ways to win. They are rebounding at an extremely high rate. I think they second in the league in offensive boards (39.3) and they are first in the league in defensive rebounding (26.1). It's going to be a big time challenge for us going in there. It's a very tough environment to play, but we're looking forward to it."
Purdue has won four of its last five games. A big reason is Davis, who has started the last five games while averaging 8.2 points and 5.6 rebounds.
The Boilers are 108-19 at Mackey Arena under Painter, including 50-15 in Big Ten play.
"D.J. Byrd, Terone Johnson are doing an excellent job of leading that team," Crean said. "Then you have Ronnie Johnson, A.J. Hammons, Rapheal Davis, guys like that, who continue to get better and gain more confidence.
"Donnie Hale is a redshirt player that's gone in there and played better and better. Anthony Johnson is now a veteran in that program. Ronnie Johnson, end to end, is as fast as any guard in the country."
IU is an eight-to-10-point favorite, but Hulls knows the degree of difficulty can't be measured by odds makers.
"We've got to stick together," he said. "It will be a pretty crazy environment. We'll let the freshmen know it will be very physical battle. They have to come out ready to play."The Northeast Indiana IU Alumni Chapter will hold a viewing party for tonight's game at the Woodland Lounge (918 Woodland Plaza Run) beginning at 8 p.m.
There is no cost to attend, and there will be door prizes, IU basketball calendars, and munchies.
There will also be opportunities to win a basketball autographed by Tom Crean, as well as other Hoosier gear.
Proceeds from the event will benefit IU scholarships.
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Up nextTipoff: Indiana at Purdue, 8:30 p.m. tonight
Online: For more on Indiana athletics, follow Pete DiPrimio via Twitter at pdiprimio.


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In my past two articles I have discussed the principles of fair use and how they apply to allow someone to use copyrighted material without permission of the copyright owner. In my third and last article on fair use, I will give an example of a recent situation where a magazine publisher failed in its attempt to rely on fair use to protect the publisher's use of newsworthy photographs.
This case involves the world of gossip magazines and Spanish soap operas. The plaintiff was Noelia Lorenzo Monge, a pop singer and model. In January 2007, Monge wed her manager, Jorge Reynosa, in a secret private ceremony in Las Vegas. The couple had employees of the chapel use their camera to take photographs of the ceremony.
Monge and Reynosa succeeded in keeping their wedding a secret for about a year and a half, until summer 2008 when their bodyguard somehow got his hands on the memory chip containing the photos of the wedding, among others. The bodyguard proceeded to sell the photos to Maya Magazines, publisher of the Spanish-language celebrity gossip magazine TV Notas.
Maya printed the wedding photos in February 2009, along with photos from the chip showing Monge on a bed in her underwear on her wedding night. The front page of the magazine read: The Secret Wedding of Noella and Jorge Reynosa in Las Vegas.
Monge registered copyrights in the photos and then sued Maya for copyright infringement among other things. The district court concluded that Maya's use of the photos was a fair use. Monge appealed and the 9th Circuit reversed in a decision that came down several weeks ago in Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc..
In its opinion, the 9th Circuit proceeded to analyze the case under the same four-part test discussed in my prior articles. In so doing, it noted that the factors have been referred to by other courts as billowing white goo, naught but a fairy tale, and so flexible as virtually to defy definition. Nevertheless, the court felt obligated to stick with the factors and try to make some sense of them.
1. Purpose and character of the use
The court started out by noting that the gossip magazine's sensational coverage of the wedding does qualify as news reporting, which is listed in the copyright statute as an example of fair use. (17 U.S.C. ' 107.) But the mere fact that the copyrighted material is used for news reporting does not automatically make it a fair use. The use still has to be transformative.
Here the photographs were reproduced in their entirety. There was no cropping or adding of headlines and captions over the images. Maya argued that the publication of the photos in the magazine was nevertheless transformative because Maya transformed the photos from their original purpose (images of a wedding night) into newsworthy evidence of a secret marriage. The 9th Circuit rejected that argument, noting that the photos were not necessary to prove the fact of the secret marriage: The publicly available marriage certificate would have sufficed. Furthermore, a difference in purpose (Monge wanted wedding photos and Maya wanted to expose the wedding) is not the same thing as a transformative use.
Bottom line, Maya's wholesale copying of the photos with some written commentary was at best minimally transformative. The first fair use factor, then, weighed against a finding of fair use.
2. Nature of the work
Here, the work consists of photographs, clearly a creative work. On the other hand, the works were unpublished. The Supreme Court has stated that under ordinary circumstances, the author's right to control the first public appearance of his undisseminated expression will outweigh a claim of fair use. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539, 555 (1985).
The 9th Circuit did not find that the case to be an extraordinary circumstance, and, accordingly, applied Harper & Row to conclude that the second factor weighed against a finding of fair use.
3. Amount and substantiality of the portion used
This factor analyzes the amount and substantiality of the portion used both quantitatively and qualitatively in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole. This was not a difficult analysis because Maya used every single photo of the wedding and almost every single photo of the wedding night. Given that, with one exception, the photos were not cropped at all, the 9th Circuit had no difficulty concluding that the heart of each individual copyrighted photo was copied.
Therefore, the third factor also weighed against a finding of fair use.
4. Effect on the potential market
The final factor is the effect of the use on the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work. Maya argued that there was no potential market for or value of the photos because Monge did not want to release the photos.
The problem with Maya's argument, from the 9th Circuit's perspective, is that Monge could always change her mind and decide to publish the photos one day. But now that Maya has published the photos, whatever value Monge might have received for the rights to the photos was gone: The cat was out of the bag.
Thus, the fourth factor also tipped against fair use.
With all four factors weighing against fair use, the 9th Circuit concluded that Maya's publication of the photos could not be considered fair use. As the court noted, the mere fact that the photos were being used for news reporting is not a get out of jail free card in the copyright arena.
Fair use, then, is not a black and white area. It is based on a balancing test and whether a use is a fair one will depend on the specific facts of the case and, frankly, what judge you draw. That may not seem fair, but until Congress changes the Copyright statute, those are the rules.


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Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [SL] Aug. 6, 2009 Dry Conditions Could Boost Dove Hunting Prospects AUSTIN, Texas -- Despite extended drought conditions across much of Texas, wildlife biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department suggest there has been enough moisture to set the stage for good hunting this dove season. "Dry conditions don't necessarily equate to bad dove hunting," said Corey Mason, TPWD dove program leader. "I've been around the state the last month and have seen good production of native sunflower and numbers of doves along high lines and around water. I'm expecting a good dove season." Reports from field biologists echo Mason's outlook. "Dove hunting should be awesome; especially if hunting over a water source," said LaGrange-based district biologist David Forrester. "Normally water is overabundant in my district, but this year it will be at a premium. Additionally, if you can find a stand of sunflower, goat weed, etc., hunting should be good. Food sources and particularly native food sources are going to be an attractant because the agricultural crops and harvest just aren't going to be as good." In regions where rainfall has been plentiful, such as the Panhandle, dove hunting prospects are favorable but could bring unwanted additions as Amarillo district biologist Calvin Richardson warned. "Probably, the only downside that I could imagine is that we probably are going to have a heck of a mosquito crop during dove season." Beginning this year, Texas will be going to a 70-day dove season and 15-bird daily bag statewide. Possession limit is still twice the daily bag. The season in the North and Central Dove Zones runs Tuesday, Sept. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 25 and reopens Saturday, Dec. 26 through Saturday, Jan. 9. The South Zone dove season runs Friday, Sept. 18-Tuesday, Nov. 3, reopening Saturday, Dec. 26-Sunday, Jan. 17. The additional 10 days in the North Zone should provide more late season hunting opportunity for diehard sportsmen, according to Mason. "Most folks hunt early, usually the first couple of weekends, but there are usually birds to be found throughout the season around water holes and food sources so the extra days could mean good hunting during enjoyable weather." The Special South Texas White-winged Dove Area will open to white-winged dove afternoon-only (noon to sunset) hunting the first two full weekends in September running Sept. 5-6 and 12-13 and reopens when the regular South Zone season begins on Friday, Sept. 18 through Tuesday, Nov. 3 and again from Saturday, Dec. 26 through Wednesday, Jan. 13. The Special White-winged Dove Area season takes four of the allowable 70 days, so when the regular season opens, this area most close four days earlier than the rest of the South Zone. The daily bag limit is 15 birds, not more than four mourning doves during the first two weekend splits and 2 white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15. Texas boasts fall dove populations in excess of 40 million birds and its 300,000 dove hunters harvest about 6 million birds annually or roughly 30 percent of all doves taken in the United States. Dove hunting also has a major economic impact, contributing more than $300 million to the state economy. Dove hunting provides an entry into the sport of hunting because it is relatively economical and accessible. Through its Public Hunting Program, TPWD offers affordable access to quality hunting experiences with the purchase of a $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit. This year, TPWD has leased nearly 50,000 acres of public dove hunting fields in 46 counties; many of which are located near major urban areas. The 140 hunting units are distributed from South Texas to the Panhandle and from Beaumont to West Texas. "Approximately seventy-two percent of the dove units and 71 percent of the acreage are located in the four major metro areas of Austin/Waco, Houston/Beaumont, San Antonio/Corpus Christi and Dallas/Fort Worth," said Vickie Fite, TPWD public hunting program coordinator." This year, TPWD has combined its Annual Public Hunting Map Booklet and its Dove Hunting Supplement into one publication. The new map booklet is organized into eight urban area based regions that will allow hunters to readily identify places to hunt in their area. Beginning Aug. 15 public hunting maps will be available for download and viewing from the department's Web site. Hunters are reminded that in addition to a valid Texas hunting license, certification in the Harvest Information Program (HIP) is required. HIP certification is offered when you buy your license and involves responding to a few simple questions about your migratory game bird harvest during the previous season. Hunting licenses expire annually on Aug. 31 and licenses for the 2009-2010 year go on sale Aug. 15. TPWD is also conducting ongoing dove banding research and asks hunters to please report leg bands recovered on harvested birds by calling 1-800-327-BAND. TPWD bands about 20,000 dove a year across the state. --- On the Net: http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/public/lands/ -30-


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Washington and Lee University School of Law Dean Rodney A. Smolla will participate in the World Forum on the Future of Democracy, hosted by the College of William and Mary from September 16 to September 18, 2007. This is a signature event of America's 400th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the colony at Jamestown.
The World Forum on the Future of Democracy is the culminating event of the year-long International Conference Series on the Future of Democracy. The series is chaired by former United States Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton and former British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.
At the World Forum on the Future of Democracy, scholars, public officials, activists, and experts in democratic development from around the world will gather to discuss the lessons learned and the challenges and opportunities now presented for democratic governments. Representatives of emerging and mature democracies will explore diverse conditions and approaches for advancing human freedom and enlightened self-governance in the 21st century.
Dean Smolla will participate on a panel titled "Protecting Religious Freedom and Minority Rights", moderated by the Hon. Donald W. Lemons, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Joining Smolla on the panel are:
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Updated 9:07 pm, Friday, September 14, 2012
It takes a skilled smoker to make a tender chicken, and that bird may be the best item on the menu at B&B Smokehouse.
The menu here also included burgers, chicken-fried steak, a killer-looking chef's salad and some other properly rendered meats, but the most difficult item to make proved the most memorable.
It started with a well-seasoned but not too salty skin and a smoke flavor that penetrated the meat and kept even the breast meat from drying out — it was everything a good smoked chicken should be. Granted, we're in a state that reveres brisket but there's something to be said for good chicken.
Perhaps that's especially important because the slices of brisket we tried during a lunch visit proved a bit dry, especially compared to the chicken. That was too bad, because the flavor was on.
This place, in business since 1984, is a South Side institution with a busy lunchtime and longtime fans who know immediately to order at the counter, get a ticket and grab condiments and plastic forks and knives from a table near the rear of the dining area. The wait for all our dishes wasn't very long, and it probably took us longer to pass around our different dishes to each other than to receive them in the first place.
The juicy pork ribs, with a generous spice rub, offered just enough resistance from the rub and spice mop on the exterior to balance out the tenderness that lies within.
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Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday
Price range: Po' boys, burgers, chef salads $4.99-$7.79; barbecue plates $6.49-$12.49.
Hit: Smoked chicken
Miss: Unnecessary chocolate chips in pecan pie
Lighter Choice: Veggie chef salad with dressing on the side
Noteworthy: Restaurant traces lineage to 1958.
A burger deserved credit for its hand-formed patty but needed more seasonings to properly compete with the barbecue.
Among the desserts, a pecan pie included bits of chocolate chips, an unnecessary touch, while a peach cobbler just needed a few more minutes in the oven and a scoop of ice cream, but still turned out nicely.
As we waited, our group saw a bowl of lettuce with a generous mound of diced chicken meat and enough toppings to make an epic chef salad. It almost made one of us want to change our order. Almost.


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Oberholtzer, Astros top Mexico's Veracruz
HOUSTON -- Two wins in a day? That's as good as it gets for baseball teams in March, and the Astros pulled that off on Saturday.
A pair of fourth-inning runs and Brett Oberholtzer's dominant six innings on the mound propelled Houston's split-squad past the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (Veracruz Red Eagles), 2-0, in Saturday night's exhibition at Minute Maid Park.
The other Astros squad routed the Rangers, 13-6, on Saturday afternoon in San Antonio.
The Red Eagles gave the home team a stiffer challenge. The Mexican League squad turned three double plays and didn't commit an error under the bright lights of a Major League park.
Veracruz starter Tomas Solis no-hit the Astros starters through three innings. But once he was yanked for Oscar Verdugo, Houston pounced.
Dexter Fowler launched a towering solo homer to right-center field to put the Astros up to start the bottom of the fourth.
Astros manager Bo Porter said Fowler unleashed his inner Babe Ruth by calling his shot.
"I told him, 'You got one more [at-bat] this spring. Whatever you need to do, make sure you're ready,'" Porter said. "He said he was going to hit a home run. And he actually did it."
"I'm guilty, it's true," Fowler said. "I just knew I'd find a pitch to hit."
The inning was just getting started.
The Astros eventually loaded the bases with no outs, but they only managed one more run on Matt Dominguez's sacrifice fly.
That was all Oberholtzer needed. In his final tuneup before facing the Yankees on Thursday, he was as efficient as could be.
The lefty only allowed two bloop hits and struck out a pair while allowing no runs in 58 pitches and six innings.
"Definitely a foot forward, definitely a step in the right direction," Oberholtzer said. " I threw some good pitches early in the count to keep them off my fastball, and they really got themselves out. My pitch count was down and I could have gone deeper in the game, which is always positive."
Dominguez also made the lefty's night easier, snaring several difficult balls at the hot corner to showcase his Gold Glove Award potential.
There was still cause for concern for the Astros despite the split-squad status. Houston struggled to touch Solis even with a lineup that could very well double as its Opening Day club. Fowler, Jose Altuve and Jonathan Villar were the only starters to record hits.
But the bullpen couldn't have been better, as Matt Albers, Anthony Bass and Josh Fields combined to toss three scoreless innings and preserve Oberholtzer's gem.
Porter said the likely starters and Major League regulars will mostly have Sunday's game off, meaning this was their last appearance this spring.
"They'll have a complete day off tomorrow and Monday," he said. "Obviously, they'll hit in the cage, get their normal work in. But this was a good end to their spring."
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter. Chris Abshire is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sunday was How Weird Street Faire here in San Francisco. This event kicks off the festival season in San Francisco – Haight Street Fair and Union Street Fair and North Beach Festival and Pride and so many other weekend street fair events and parades to follow but it all really starts with this one each summer. And this is the best one to spot amazing DIY fashion including lots of pretty crochet.


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The No. 3 Hoosiers host the No. 1 Wolverines tonight and the last thing you're likely to see is slow-it-down drudgery.
Both teams like to run. Both have the athletes to do it. Specifically, they have the point guards who can do it — Yogi Ferrell for Indiana, Trey Burke for Michigan.
The Hoosiers are the Big Ten's highest-scoring team, at 84.0 points. The Wolverines are second, at 78.0. They rank 1-2 in scoring margin, IU at 23.5 points, Michigan at 19.4 They are the two best three-point shooting teams.
In other words, the outright conference lead (both teams are 7-1 in league play) is likely to come down to fast-break fury, which leads to the obvious question:
Can any visiting team outrun the Hoosiers in Assembly Hall?
Clues are everywhere if you know where to look. Jay Bilas does. He's the ESPN broadcaster in town as part of its "GameDay" crew. He knows a good fast-break team when he sees one.
"Michigan is an underrated transition team," he said. "They are very efficient when they run. They don't run as much as some teams. They're not up there (nationally) in pace of play, but when they run, they run. Their lanes get filled fast with speedy guys on the wings. Burke makes it go. When he gets to half court, he makes good decisions."
Good decisions are easier when you have Tim Hardaway, Glenn Robinson and Nick Stauskas filling those lanes. Still, it comes down to Burke, and everybody who plays the Wolverines knows it.
"The key is, can you corral him in transition and slow him down," Bilas said. "Can you stay in front of him? Once he has an angle, it's over.
"They're an excellent half-court team, but if you limit them in transition and corral Burke and slow him down a little bit … That's easier said than done. It's a great plan, but as Mike Tyson used to say, everybody has a plan until they get hit."
IU coach Tom Crean understands the challenge.
"Michigan is tremendous at running on misses and turnovers," he said. "They really run. If they're not the best running team in the Big Ten, they're as good as there is in the country. They get out and want easy buckets. They're creating them with defense."
Forget risk-reward defense. Michigan is too good, Crean said.
"We want to be solid. This cannot be a risky, risk-taking, let-me-go-for-a-steal type of play. You have to be very sound in what you try to do."
Both teams come in hot. Michigan (20-1) has won four straight, the last three by at least 14 points. IU (19-2) also has won four straight and is coming off Wednesday's 97-60 blowout win at Purdue.
Beyond that, this is the first time two top-three teams have ever played at Assembly Hall. The previous best came in 1993, when No. 1 IU beat No. 4 Michigan 93-92.
The result is a buildup not seen since last season's Kentucky game.
"When you go around campus, you can feel the buzz," guard Jordan Hulls said. "The fans are great. We'll need them in full force."
That buzz hasn't distracted the Hoosiers, or at least Hulls, from one-game-at-a-time perspective.
"It's a little bit different because of 'GameDay,' " Hulls said. "We've never had that experience, but it's still another game, the next one on our schedule. At least, that's the way we're looking at it."
Rebounding is a major point of emphasis. Indiana has the Big Ten's best offensive rebounding team (40.3). Michigan is the conference's best defensive rebounding team, holding opponents to 29.2 boards.
"Rebounding is the big key to the game," Hoosier forward Christian Watford said.
"We know they'll send guys to the glass. We have to keep bodies on them. Controlling the glass is definitely something we want to do. That lets us get out on the break and control that tempo."
Tempo is another word for pace, and that, Crean said, is all about perspective.
"Beauty is in the eye of beholder, but it has to fit your team. Michigan can score a lot. They're good at half-court. It becomes what your execution is. Are you getting good looks or shots?
"It will be a game of momentum changes. How you gain momentum will have a lot to do with the pace of it. You read pace as the game goes on. Against the best teams, it's always a game of adjustments."
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GONZALES — The Ascension Parish School Board on Tuesday handed out salary increases to district employees amounting to about $6 million.
The money, listed as a "one-time pay increase" and not a permanent pay raise, was approved unanimously.
"It's a very simple equation as to what makes the Ascension Parish school system great," Superintendent Patrice Pujol said. "It's the people. It's the people who day in and day out serve our children in whatever capacity they can that make our system great."
Pujol said district officials would continue to look at the feasibility of improving the salary structure in the future.
School Board President Troy Gautreau thanked the district's employees and credited them for helping the School Board meet its mission of providing every student the quality of education needed to succeed in an ever-changing world.
Any district employee whose job requires a teaching certificate will receive a check for $1,750, Pujol said. Support staff who do not require teaching certificates will receive $1,000 checks.
Other items coming before the board included:
ASCENSION FUND:The board thanked an organization that has donated more than $1 million to schools and teachers during the past two decades.
The Ascension Fund, a local nonprofit established in 1991, has handed out more than 1,000 grants worth $1.2 million since then. Gautreau said it was past time for the board to recognize the nonprofit for all it does on behalf of the district's schools.
"It makes Ascension Parish stand out above all other districts that we have folks like the Ascension Fund," Gautreau said.
The fund is trying to raise $200,000 to give out in its next round of grants in August. New grant applications are being accepted through April for the 2013-2014 school year. Fund officials are hoping to hand out 50 grant awards during the next cycle.
The Rotary Club of Gonzales, which established the Ascension Fund, is holding a fundraiser on Thursday to generate money for the grants. The annual "Have a Steak in Education" dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gonzales Civic Center. Tickets are $100 per couple and can be purchased by calling (225) 644-8688.
SCHOOL FOR SALE: The board unanimously approved a resolution to place the old Lowery Middle School property on La. 1 in Donaldsonville up for sale.
The school property is empty, and the board ruled that it is surplus property. The property will be sold via sealed bids, and the minimum bid must be $595,000. That's 85 percent of the property's appraised value as of July 20, 2011.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Over a year after the collapse of brokerage MF Global Holdings ( MF), U.S. lawmakers are set to detail how the firm's former chairman and CEO Jon S. Corzine made critical stragegic mistakes that led to the firm's failure. But the findings are likely to further distance Corzine from the most troubling aspects of the firm's demise, such as billions in missing client funds. On Wednesday, a U.S. House Financial Services subcommittee chaired by Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R., Texas) said that a yearlong investigation into the brokerage's collapse has uncovered key missteps made by Corzine, who formerly was a co-head of Goldman Sachs ( GS) and a senator and governor for the state of New Jersey. The report is likely to detail how Corzine's efforts to turn MF Global from a commodity trading specialist into a full service investment bank put the firm at risk and expanded it into Wall Street activities beyond its abilities. Less clear is whether the subcommittee findings will implicate Corzine for any operational errors or decisions that caused MF Global to have a $1.6 billion shortfall in client money at its Oct. 31, 2011 bankruptcy filing. Already, Neugebauer has told Bloomberg News that the congressional inquiry was unable to make much headway in identifying who is to blame for MF Global's missing client funds, which were supposed to be segregated from the firm's dwindling operations. According to Bloomberg, after 50 interviews and three congressional hearings, the findings are likely to focus on Corzine's role in building a risky strategy for the MF Global rather than his actions in the days leading up to the firm's bankruptcy. "Choices made by Jon Corzine during his tenure as chairman and CEO sealed MF Global's fate," Neugebauer said in an e-mail statement obtained by Bloomberg. "By expanding MF Global into new business lines without first returning its core commodities business to profitability, Corzine ensured that the company would face enormous resource demands and exposed it to new risks that it was ill-equipped to handle," Neugebauer's statement adds. Subsequent to MF Global's bankruptcy - the eighth largest in U.S. history - regulatory investigations and those conducted by bankruptcy examiners found significant weakness in the firm's operations, which were at the heart of a cash shortfall. The Commodity Futures Trading Comission, Securities and Exchange Comission and Department of Justice continue to investigate MF Global's demise and how client funds went missing.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelUpscale resort on the beach, with 2 outdoor swimming pools
Popular property highlights
Nestled on the beach, this North Pattaya resort is within 2 mi (3 km) of Crescent Moon Beach, Tiffany's Show, and The Sanctuary of Truth. Pattaya Beach and Art in Paradise are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Resort Features
Catch some rays at the beach or spend the day relaxing at Garden Cliff Resort and Spa's full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the resort's 2 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 230 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer free WiFi and furnished balconies. 24-hour room service and refrigerators are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.
Guest Highlights
- Pool
Garden Cliff Resort and Spa
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Garden Cliff Resort and Spa features a full-service spa, 2 outdoor swimming pools, a sauna, and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the resort's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a grocery/convenience store. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 2 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. This luxury resort also offers a children's pool, spa services, and a library. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Garden Cliff Resort and Spa has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Fitness facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Computer station
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Free WiFi
- Pool umbrellas
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Children's club
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 230
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
- Library
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Luggage storage
- Number of floors - 6
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 4
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2005
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Beach umbrellas
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Garden
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Children's club (free)
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Furnished balcony
- Bathrobes
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Slippers
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Free WiFi
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Minibar
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 10:30 AM.
Garden Cliff Resort and Spa has 2 restaurants on site.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Volleyball on site
Spa Services
Jin Spa has 3 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include Thai massages, massages, facials, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
The spa is open daily. Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
- Thai massage
- Number of treatment rooms 3
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 1800 per night.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: THB 700 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: THB 2200 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: THB 1800 per night
Hotel Name
- Cliff Garden
- Garden Cliff
- Garden Cliff Pattaya
- Garden Cliff Resort
- Garden Cliff Resort Pattaya
- Garden Cliff Hotel Pattaya
- Sofitel Pattaya
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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I can see where recent salary escalation across the CFL is going to put the days of affordable family outings in the past.
$200,000 contracts will soon be $350,000. Sooner than later someone is going to be a million dollar man.
Teams will need revenue to pay so the beers go up. Wasn't that long ago two could go to a game for $50 and have a good time. C est la Vie i suppose.
As usual in my rants I need to find a way to paint Wade Miller as the villain and in no small way do I not consider the Bombers guilty of overpaying time and again and driving up market prices. Overpaid and extended themselves pretty quick as well so they had that one figured out.
Fiscal irresponsibility is the root cause of the need to increase revenue. Player salaries are the primary driver.
In laymans terms "if they had a clue they might be dangerous"
Its not the contracts we hear about but the signing bonus's that we don't. Stanley Bryant signing first day of free agency for $160,000, right. Maybe a little smoke and mirrors thing going on with Okpalaugo as well but we'll never hear it from them.
Even if they just paid the good players well but like the NHL everyone is getting in and many are being overpaid.
One of these days the season tickets that were $300 are over $500 and eventually it becomes an unsustainable priority in peoples lives.
Ironic that the Argos are selling $4 beers at their tailgate deal to try and attract fans.
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Carl Palmer was approached by five states seeking to lure his fast-growing company away from San Juan Capistrano. He wasn't tempted.
"Orange County is a great place," said Palmer, president of Seychelle Environmental Technologies, a water filter manufacturer that exports to 41 countries. "I can jump in my boat and go fishing. And, as for importing and exporting, it's near the border and near the ports for shipping and customs."
Companies such as Seychelle are driving robust growth in the county's international trade. After a 14.9 percent dip during the recession, merchandise exports bounced back by 22 percent in 2010 and 20.2 percent in 2011, according to a Cal State Fullerton report released Thursday.
As a share of the county's economy, exports jumped to 13 percent in 2011 from 9.5 percent the year before. Over the next three years, they are projected to grow at a more subdued rate of about 6.5 percent, reaching $30 billion by the end of 2014.
"We had strong growth as the global economy started to recover in 2010 and 2011," said economist Adrian Fleissig, co-author of the report with economist Mira Farka. "But most countries are not exactly booming now. In Europe, things are not going well. Japan just went back into recession."
Overall, Orange County's leading trading partners are Mexico, which accounts for $5.8 billion in exports, and Canada, at $2.8 billion. The next three major destinations are in Asia: China ($2.6 billion), Japan ($2 billion) and South Korea ($1 billion).
Southern California is a booming center of international trade, due not only to its world-class ports, but also to its extensive infrastructure, large distribution and warehousing centers and huge local market.
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area ranked third in the nation in merchandise exports in 2011, behind New York-New Jersey and the Houston area. The Los Angeles area's export growth – 16.9 percent in 2011 – lagged Orange County's by more than 3 percent.
"International trade is an increasingly important driver of the O.C. economy," said Wallace Walrod, an economist at the Orange County Business Council. "Export volumes have quadrupled since 1990, growing much faster than the overall O.C. economy." He added that export growth has helped Orange County recover earlier and stronger than neighboring counties.
In recent years, the county has suffered blows to its manufacturing sector, however. Boeing, once the largest employer in Southern California, has shrunk its facilities in Anaheim and Huntington Beach. With U.S. military spending expected to decline by at least $487 billion over the next decade – and perhaps more under a "fiscal cliff" tax and spending package – the aerospace industry could suffer further cuts.
During the recession, Los Angeles and Orange counties shed 500,900 jobs in two years, of which 104,000 were manufacturing jobs. However, the economy is slowly rebounding. Unemployment has fallen to 7.2 percent in Orange County from 9.8 percent at the height of the recession.
In Orange County, high tech clusters dominate exports, according to the Cal State report. Computer and electronic products rose to $7.1 billion in 2011 from $5.9 billion the year before. The transportation equipment category ranked second, jumping to $4.2 billion from $3.6 billion. Other Orange County exports include chemical, machinery, petroleum and coal products; food; fabricated metal parts; and electrical equipment and appliances.
Medical device companies are a key component of Orange County's export economy: Edwards Life Sciences, for instance, employs 1,000 people at its Irvine heart valve plant, and Beckman Coulter employs 300 workers making hospital diagnostic instruments in Brea.
Hundreds of smaller companies also drive Orange County's export economy. Unique Spectronix in Irvine employs only nine people, but it is the primary buyer of U.S. components for South Korean appliance makers Samsung and LG
Vitamin maker Boscogen, with $2 million in sales, exports 95 percent of its product to 45 countries. Founded by a Taiwan-born graduate of UC Irvine, the company employs 12 people in its Irvine plant. It just purchased new machinery and expects to double in size over the next five years, according to Vice President Lynae Chang.
A third of Boscogen's sales are to Thailand, and the next biggest customers are Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
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Despite Japan's downturn Seychelle, which has more than $5 million in annual sales, expects rapid growth there in the wake of the nation's nuclear accident. The company is marketing a water bottle that filters out radioactive contaminants. Palmer said the bottle was subjected to extensive tests by University of Kyoto scientists and was found to eliminate "99.9996 percent of contaminants. They'd never seen anything like it before."
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THESE new aerial pictures from an unmanned 'drone' aircraft show the scale of work being undertaken to prepare Blackburn town centre for the new £33m Cathedral Quarter development.
They reveal the scale, and width, of the rarely exposed River Blakewater, running the length of the former Boulevard.
Major buildings, such as St Mary's House and Jubilee House, have been demolished to clear the ground for the ambitious scheme, which includes a Clergy Court, cloister garden, Premier Inn hotel, restaurants, shops, public land- scaped gardens, and office blocks.
Progress has already been made on the new roof of the culvert to allow construction of the office and hotel on either side. Piling will start next month.
Cathedral Canon Andrew Hindley said: "These amazing photographs demonstrate the massive amount of redevelopment taking place in the Cathedral Quarter.
"The scheme, as can be seen, is well underway. The benefits will be amazing."
Council regeneration boss Maureen Bateson said: "This is an exciting project which will transform the town centre, and create hundreds of jobs.
"There has been a great deal of interest in this current phase because the River Blakewater has been uncovered for the first time in many years for work on the culvert.
"Once the roof has been completed on the culvert, the new office and hotel will rise from the ground above."
Adrian Taylor, senior director of contractors Eric Wright Civil Engineering, said: "The technical challenges presented while ren-ewing the culvert structure give our team the opport-unity to exhibit their skills on a job of this scale.
"This new infrastructure will provide the springb-oard for the rest of the dev-elopment."
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- Similar to suspect's car Actual broken side view mirror cover from suspect's vehicle
- BSO Case Number: WP1305-0581
- PIO Number: 13-5-15
- Date: May 17, 2013
- Time: 5:04 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 2600 block of State Road 7, West Park
- Jurisdiction: West Park
- 52-year-old male (HOSPITALIZED)
- unidentified person
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff's Office traffic homicide investigators are seeking the public's help locating the driver who struck a pedestrian Friday morning and fled the scene.
The 52-year-old male victim was in the 2600 block of State Road 7, crossing the northbound lanes from west to east, when he was impacted by a 2006 to 2011 model, four-door, silver Honda Civic with dark tinted windows. The driver of the Civic made an immediate right after the collision into a residential neighborhood. The incident happened minutes after 5 a.m. The suspect's vehicle is missing the cover of the driver's side mirror and should have front-end damage to the driver's side headlight, hood and possible damage to the windshield.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue transported the victim to Memorial Regional Hospital in critical condition, but is now said to be in fair condition and stable.
Anyone with information about the suspect or the suspect's vehicle is asked to contact BSO Traffic Homicide Detective Michael Wiley at 954-321-4840 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or www.browardcrimestoppers.org. A reward of up to $1,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.
***MEDIA NOTE: A photo of a car similar to the one driven by the suspect and the actual driver's side mirror cover left on the scene are attached to this release for your use.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. Wiley, THI; West Park
- THIS REPORT BY: Keyla Concepción/PIO 5/17/13 1140
Posted At: 05/17/2013 11:36 AM
- 13-5-15 BSO SEEKS HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER - Car similar to the suspect's vehicle
- 13-5-15 BSO SEEKS HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER - Actual cover of suspect's vehicle side view mirror left on scene.
- 13-5-15 BSO SEEKS HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER - Actual cover of driver's side mirror left on the scene
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Visiting: Vietnam
Trip Duration 14 Days
Vietnam Historic Tour
Experience spectacular coastal scenery, historic towns and evocative war memorials on this journey through Vietnam. We travel along the coast from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. Along the way we enjoy a cruise in Halong Bay, discover vibrant river life in a boat along the Mekong Delta and explore the ancient sea port of Hoi An.
Tour Highlights
- Hanoi - Wander through the bustling narrow streets of the Old Quarter lined with shop-houses
- Halong Bay - Cruise through one of the most breathtaking limestone landscapes in South East Asia
- Hue - Perfume river cruise to Thien Mu Pagoda, the symbol of city
- Hoi An - Charming ancient merchants' town on the banks of the Thu Bon River
- Ho Chi Minh City - Learn about the resourcefulness of the Viet Cong at the Cu Chi Tunnels
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1Join tour in Hanoi
2Discover the sights of Hanoi including the Old Quarter
3Free time in Hanoi, then drive to Halong Bay
4Cruise Halong Bay; from Hanoi overnight train to Hué
5In Hué; boat along Perfume River to Thien Mu Pagoda
6In Hué, visit the Imperial Citadel; free afternoon
7Scenic drive via Danang to Hoi An
8Free day to explore Hoi An; optional visit to My Lai
9Visit to ancient My Son; free afternoon in Hoi An
10Fly to Ho Chi Minh City; drive to Mekong Delta
11Mekong Delta cruise, then drive to Ho Chi Minh City
12In Ho Chi Minh City; explore Old Saigon, free afternoon
13From Ho Chi Minh City, visit Cu Chi Tunnels
14Tour ends in Ho Chi Minh City
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NEW YORK—Brad Richards is the new face of a menswear line designed to be worn untucked. The New York Rangers center would very much like to get back to wearing a different untucked shirt, but he's less than optimistic that the arrival of federal mediators to NHL lockout negotiations will get him back in a hockey jersey anytime soon.
"I still don't think, if (the NHL owners') last quote is 'great offer, but you need to make another and we're not budging,' I don't know what a mediator is going to be able to do," Richards said on Tuesday at the press event to announce UNTUCKit shirts, his new endorsement.
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"A mediator's not an arbitrator. There has to be a negotiation. There hasn't been. Them saying they came from 43 percent (in the league's initial offer) up to 50 is the biggest crock I've ever heard. We were never at 43 percent. No one's ever played at 43 percent. If you go on any benchmark of what negotiation should be, we were at 57 (percent of hockey-related revenue) and we agreed to go down.
"I still don't know what they think negotiation is, and none of us really do."
That is the crux of the problem in resolving the labor dispute: the players do not feel like the owners are really negotiating because they believe the NHL's goal has been a 50-50 split of revenues all along, while the league points to the distance between its initial offer and its last one, and claims it can go no further. Last Wednesday, the players put a proposal on the table that left the sides only $182 million apart on the core economic issue, and the league rejected it two hours later.
The NHLPA went into that session hopeful that its offer would lead to a deal. The fact that the NHL came back with an outright rejection, rather than an attempt to negotiate, sent a clear message.
"We made that offer because there were a lot of players that pushed to make some kind of offer that would show them we want to negotiate," Richards said. "We thought that it would happen. When it doesn't, it really brings into question what is this all about? Do you want a negotiation? If it's take it or leave it, it's not going to work that way. It might have united the players even more toward that stance that we just want to see some kind of give on something. There's nothing, and they even went backward on some issues."
On Saturday, Richards was in Atlantic City to take part in Operation Hat Trick, a benefit game for victims of Hurricane Sandy that he helped organize. While there, he found agreement on that viewpoint with his fellow players, including Vezina Trophy-winning teammate Henrik Lundqvist and All-Star wingers James Neal and Scott Hartnell.
"Everybody I talk to, the pulse is we're very together," Richards said. "We're all asking real questions because we want to know where it's going. We're scared for the game. That's the biggest thing. Where's the game going to be if this keeps going? ... Right now, it's take it or leave it, and it's a deal that makes no sense for the future of the league."
Not all 700-plus union members agree, of course, as was most prominently displayed in veteran defenseman Roman Hamrlik's comments calling for a vote and a swift resolution. While Richards believes the NHLPA should not buckle, he did voice his respect for Hamrlik's right to speak his mind.
One question that cannot be answered, though, is how many of the NHL's 30 owners are in favor of continuing the lockout. If there is dissent among ownership ranks, it has been silenced by the threat of million-dollar fines from the league, and knowledge that Sixth Avenue has a long memory and the power to withhold signature events such as the Winter Classic, All-Star Games, and drafts.
"I'd encourage everybody that cares for the NHL and the game of hockey to speak up," Richards said. "That's what we need. Players are allowed to talk to Don (Fehr) on any issue and we can talk publicly whenever we want. We need a little push from the other side, too, if they really care about hockey, because it's going down the wrong road."
While the NHL and NHLPA careen toward doom together, the union does still have the option of decertification, but it does not sound like that is something that will happen quickly.
"Everybody knows it's been discussed," Richards said. "There's so many details that, as players, we've got to learn about, and that takes time. The one thing our leadership has done is, we're informed every step of the way, and we know everything before anything is done. Just because it's a popular word right now, it doesn't mean we're absolutely doing it. We want to make sure everybody knows what it entails -- the risks, the pros and cons, all that stuff. It's not just 'let's do this, and everything's gonna be great.' There's a lot more details."
For now, nothing is great, but Richards does not want to make plans to play overseas "until someone tells me there's no NHL this year." He said that he will re-evaluate his options at the turn of the year.
The clock is ticking on that, and the season as a whole.


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McDonald's Boosts Dividend 5%; Sterne, Agee Sees 10% Upside
McDonald's (MCD) announced after hours Wednesday that it is raising its quarterly dividend 5% to 81 cents per share, payable December 16 to shareholders on record as of December 2.
Although the shares are down more than 0.8% at recent check, but Sterne, Agee & Leach analyst Lynne Collier reiterated her Buy rating and $107 price target on the stock on the news, calling it an "incremental positive" even as the forward yield hovers near all-time highs.
"At the current price, this represents a forward yield of ~3.3%. However, this does represent a slight slowdown in the increase rate from the past few years (i.e., a 10% increase in 2012 and 15% increase in 2011). The company plans to return between $4.5 billion and $5 billion to shareholders through both dividends and repurchases in 2013. This marks the 36th consecutive annual dividend increase for MCD."
Collier calls McDonald's "one of the best operators" in the fast food space, and see sees same-store sales accelerating in the second half of the year, as comps ease and the company benefits from new product offerings.
August sales at McDonald's were unexpectedly strong, but owed mostly to surprising strength in European stores, as domestic restaurants inched ahead just 0.2%.
In the past year, McDonald's is up about 6%, just a third of the 18% rise seen by the S&P 500. By contrast, rival Wendy's (WEN) is up more than 85%.


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